So there I was, on a lonesome Thanksgiving Thursday, playing my share of solo queue for the day…
I log my mesmer, queue up, 5 seconds go by.. BAM Skyhammer.
“kitten,” I said to myself…
As I accepted my fate, I pressed Go Now and I cupped my balls for warmth before my match started.
The match starts and I head over to A while my friendly teammate, slowly trotting behind me, states “go B”. So I go B.
Already regretting my decision to not go AFK, I get to point B burst some warriors wailing at my teammate and I get ready to rotate.. BAM Forest of Niflhel.
I stand still for a second thinking to myself “Is this a dream? Did I join a Skyhammer hotjoin by mistake? No way, I kittening hate this map, I would never do that!” So I keep playing, ignoring the ever too familiar popup, whilst spamming Wait, thinking its just a bug and I won’t be dragged from my fellow comrades.
One minute goes by, countdown still at 1 minute.
Two minutes go by, countdown reappears at 33 seconds. I start getting nervous.
I inform my fellow teammates that I got a pop for Forest, and I ask in mapchat if anyone else got a random pop. No answer.
5…
4…
3…
2…
1…
I get ported to Forest with an entire new roster, and against a different roster as well.
I silently bid my Skyhammer comrades good luck, and I thanked the almighty Elo Gods for pulling me out of that dreaded map that is Skyhammer and letting me play a real map.
I would like to thank Justin O’Dell, Joshua Davis, and the rest of the ANet staff for the kind Thanksgiving present and pulling me out of that kitten map.
Happy Holidays!
This tale was inspired by real events.