Yet another celebrity has confessed to being a WoW player. Curt Schilling, the pitcher whose famous game 6 stand against the Yankees in 2004 helped lead the Red Sox to their first World Series championship in eons, plays Hordeside on Malfurion.
In an interview with Allakhazam, Schilling outed Wyndwraith, his 70 orc hunter, and Ngruk, his tauren shaman. He describes himself as a hardcore raider who loves questing. He plays WoW from hotel rooms when he's on the road, and he has recently struggled with the hardcore vs. casual conundrum. Schilling also talks about his own gaming companies, Everquest memories, and the (non) stigma of video games in today's world.
It's always nice to see a well-known, successful person that plays WoW admit it to the public. It helps break down the stereotype that gamers are all basement-dwelling virgins. One question for Mr. Schilling -- do you still have your epic [Bloody Sock]?
[Thanks for the tip, Calaf!]
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11-08-2007 @ 5:36PM
Denatured said...
What a noob. Look at his trinkets... ZOMG mend pet buffage!
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11-08-2007 @ 5:37PM
Quoi said...
Bah, Curt! WHYYYY???
Next you're going to tell me that Tom Brady plays a Belf loladin! Actually, if I was dating Gisele, I'd give up WoW in a heartbeat :D
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11-08-2007 @ 5:39PM
Quoi said...
Oh man, his hunter's gear makes me sad.
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11-08-2007 @ 5:42PM
Jason Awesome said...
Didn't Schilling admit to playing WoW months ago?
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11-08-2007 @ 5:43PM
Baluki said...
Oh man, bad idea to give out your info when you're a celeb. It's a good thing you can get your name changed now.
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11-08-2007 @ 5:51PM
dekulink said...
Ugh. Boston and Horde.. that guy is just ASKING to go to hell. Teehee.
-A Hardcore Alliance / Yankee fan
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11-08-2007 @ 5:56PM
Nails said...
welcome to two years ago
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11-08-2007 @ 6:00PM
Sedna said...
Curt's stacking stamina over agility and RAP? Oh dear, oh dear...He's maxed Aldor rep though, so it must be working for him.
Well, at least in one area of my life, I can say that I can kick more ass than Curt Schilling. :) Now if only I can find Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's toons...
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11-08-2007 @ 6:07PM
Wildhammer said...
How DARE you show a picture of a Red Sox player in an article that contains "Horde" in its title. Shame on you!
*Slap*
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11-08-2007 @ 6:10PM
Rizel said...
lol don't be too harsh on the fella, it's not like he can commit himself to WoW like those "basement-dwelling virgins".
If you hate his choices, friendlist him and give him advice, maybe he'll give you REAL gold.
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11-08-2007 @ 6:36PM
KCV said...
I really cannot believe people are dissing his imaginary gear, maybe if your nice to him he will pay you to apply a couple of coats of wax to his RL epic mounts.
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11-08-2007 @ 6:42PM
Green Armadillo said...
I lolled at his response to the computer specs question. Yeah, I guess $14 million a year is enough to get yourself a decent rig. :)
For all the time Allakhazam spent talking baseball, there was actually a gaming consideration in Curt's new contract with the Sox. The studio may not be called "Green Monster Games" anymore, but that doesn't mean Curt's not going to want to trade on his rep with the Sox when it comes time to sell their new game. Maybe he could have gotten another million or two signing somewhere else this year, but it might not have been worth the lost BoSox rep. :)
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11-08-2007 @ 6:48PM
Slaign said...
Doesn't look to me like he's a "hardcore raider"...
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11-08-2007 @ 6:54PM
Glavil said...
His gear and spec cry "huntard". This would make me a sad Hunter, if I wasn't a Yankees fan. Instead, it just makes me chuckle.
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11-08-2007 @ 6:56PM
Rich said...
Hardcore raider, huh? I like all his raiding epics, I wonder how he got them to look like blue/green quest rewards...
I don't judge people by their gear, but if he's going to claim he's a "hardcore raider" then I expect it to be true. :p
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11-08-2007 @ 7:13PM
icarusdrc said...
Um, he probably doesn't have much time on his hands to do too many raids, especially during the season. His gear needs some work, but he's got a 70 Hunter... happy to see he resigned with the Sox.
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11-08-2007 @ 7:44PM
Allakhazam said...
Keep in mind that Curt is fairly new to WoW. He played EQ2 until not that long ago and has four maxxed out EQ2 toons. I was actually surprised when he replied that he was playing WoW now. Last I had heard, he was still playing EQ2.
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11-08-2007 @ 8:03PM
Angelus said...
WOW look at all you asses make fun of the guy when you dont even have a link to your own characters.
Takes guts to be in the public like that and call out 2 of your characters to Wowinsiders flame list of jealous crybabies an whiners.
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11-08-2007 @ 8:36PM
Junzim said...
Huh.. That's interesting.
A few years back, when UO ruled the roost I remember Origin put out a feature about how a MLB player played UO. What is it with Baseball players and MMORPGS? :)
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11-08-2007 @ 9:15PM
Elo said...
I think Curt is either hiding his "main" that is a raider because he doesn't wanna be bugged by the world, or he was being a little lofty when he said hardcore raider OOOOOR maybe he just put on a bunch of shitty gear cause he knew you would all be looking.
But yeah, having only one epic, which is a rep reward does not a "hardcore raider" make.
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