Revenge of the nerds.

Lastly, this item: Slaughter at the magic funeral. Marv told us about this at dinner last week, but this, true believers, is must see IT.

Yes, I know it is sad that someone died. That's indisputable. But everything else about this is flat-out, gut-wrenching high comedy. From the sheer audacity of the guild that did this, to the self-righteous outrage over the virtual (aka, not real) massacre by a community of gamers clearly out of touch with the outside world, to the clever-yet-goofy guild names (Gnomeland Security?), I found so many things to laugh at that I think this is one of the all-time funniest things I've seen on the internet. The video is funny, but the gold is in the message board posts: incensed condemnations, the unapologetic attackers, and juvenile name-calling are all highly entertaining in a very, very stupid way.

My favorite excerpts from the article:
"The raid has led to much hand-wringing about player ethics, with many people apparently shocked that a game about wizards killing each other would be used for exactly that purpose."

"Even those who found the raid distasteful say it was idiotic for the 'funeral' to be held in an open combat zone."

(I also find it deliciously ironic that the people responsible for all this indignation and vitriol call themselves "Serenity Now". Good stuff.)