Are you a jumper? I am.Some people just do it all the time. The easiest simple move in the game-- every character can do it at almost any time-- is to hit the space bar and jump. And some people do it constantly.
Of course it drives some others nuts. 9 times out of 10, there's probably something better you could be doing than jumping-- even in an instance, you could be crafting, or summoning, or drinking for mana, or organizing the groups, or getting food and water ready, or organizing your bags. Why are you jumping? Stop it, you're giving me a headache!
Then again, I jump all the time. Usually, it's actually to signal impatience-- if I'm ready for a pull and we're not pulling, I'll start with the jumping. And if I ever feel helpless-- I've been spell interrupted, or I'm silenced, or in PvP, where there's nothing for me to do while I'm sitting stealthed defending by a flag. Some times when I'm surrounded and getting murdered in PvP, I'll jump just for the heck of it, like a last laugh against death (sometimes I even do the /laugh emote at the Paladin that's tearing me apart). Or sometimes I'm raidleading and I want to get the raid's attention. There are lots of good reasons for jumping around.
But many times, there's not, and I do it anyway. Are you a jumper?
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6-29-2007 @ 10:55AM
Kaitor said...
I'm not a jumper... only a retarded do this... ok who im fooling? >.< yes i jump all the time i almost broke my space bar once for so many jumps =P
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6-29-2007 @ 10:59AM
toastie said...
lol, I jump only while I'm fighting. I figure it will confuse the mob, probly not. I guess I'm weird.
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6-29-2007 @ 11:00AM
Mike said...
Hells, yeah! I jump all the time! Especially because the Belf 360 jump animation is pretty fun!
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6-29-2007 @ 11:02AM
Klaki said...
Jumping is my favorite past time. I like jumping around people. I like jumping off things. I like jumping and twirling. I like jumping on top of things. Jumping... jumping... jumping! WoW needs an equivalent of "spring shoes" to allow me to jump higher.
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6-29-2007 @ 11:08AM
FireStar said...
i especially love jumping over mounds and hills while on a mount (or not). feral druid jumping = fun :P
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6-29-2007 @ 11:09AM
tosviolation said...
In LotR Online, I understand they created a disincentive to jumping by making it reduce your speed.
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6-29-2007 @ 11:13AM
Nails said...
i contstantly jump while moving. running, sometimes, on my mount, mostly
jumping off hills, off cliffs, over stuff, constantly doing 360's and 720's while jumping, too.
i almost never jump while not moving
one nervous twitch i DO have, however, is hitting 'Z' to sheath/unsheath my weapons :) i just think that's fun. the coolest time to do it, though, it while creeping up on either a mob, or while running towards a battle in PVP. whipping out daggers while getting ready to fight just looks cool
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6-29-2007 @ 11:20AM
Mike said...
#7 - yeah that's a pet peeve of mine: running around with a weapon unsheathed. You'll put someone's eye out with that thing! I prefer to keep my weapon sheather, properly stowed under my seat, or in an overhead compartment while traveling.
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6-29-2007 @ 11:37AM
RogueJedi86 said...
I never ran around jumping until I made a Night Elf alt. Now I can't stop doing it on my Dwarf main, even though I haven't played my Night Elf in over a month.
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6-29-2007 @ 12:03PM
EmperorTuna said...
I obessively jump when I'm bored. I always imagined everyone else was the same.
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6-29-2007 @ 12:12PM
Kaitor said...
oh yeah and talking about records: 9 NE twists in a row =P
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6-29-2007 @ 12:18PM
kunukia said...
I jump when running or riding, almost never when not moving. But my son, with whom I play almost daily (he is 31, I am old, hehe) jumps, bouncing back and forth a LOT, which sometimes annoys the heck out of me.
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6-29-2007 @ 12:18PM
Camp said...
Am I the only one that thinks that jumping Blood Elves look like Xander from the 'Gay Bash' episode of Drawn Together - so close it's gotta be intentional!
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6-29-2007 @ 12:23PM
hookkick80 said...
I often have to jump for party members to see me ><
Fizzy, Gnome Mage
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6-29-2007 @ 12:31PM
Halicante said...
I'm a serial jumper and so are my friends. It's habit now...i dont even notice it. Boing boing boing boing boing!
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6-29-2007 @ 12:37PM
Evil M said...
I am a jumper....no I'm not going into rehab. I do it because I get bored waiting for pulls and am fidgety. Although I'll admit to a couple overpulls in Kara because of me jumping around the MT.
I always think it's funny to find people who are so uptight that they'll yell at you for it—although the only ones I've seen that voice their disdain for it seem to be whiners on forums.
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6-29-2007 @ 12:42PM
rcdan said...
hmmm, and i thought only attention grabbing 10 year olds did this...my bad.
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6-29-2007 @ 12:47PM
Gazoo said...
Definitely a jumped.. it is not possible to be a Gnome and not jump.
LOL at sheathed/unsheathed. Others dont always see what you see, so I stopped worrying about it.
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6-29-2007 @ 12:55PM
tyger said...
I am my guild's jumping bear tank. It helps me keep aggro :)
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6-29-2007 @ 1:06PM
Portabella said...
I have *never* had a good experience with a constant jumper. In my experience, having a jumper in the group means we're probably gonna wipe.
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