Weddings

I attended an online wedding today. It took place in World of Warcraft. There was a bride in a wedding dress (created by an ingame tailor), and a groom with a tux, (created by the same ingame tailor). Similarly, there was a lvl 41 human priest. A couple dozen people attended, with a coordinated cerimony. They gave their vows, and traded expensive rings (traded them like goods traded by merchants). When the bride and groom kissed, audiance members shot of ingame fireworks which blew up in the sky. Afterwards, there was a wedding procession through the main city, to the bar, where the online characters got drunk . I left shortly afterwards. I wonder if there was a honeymoon?

That was an interesting little phenominon. Where is the gaming world going? Did these people really love each other? Were they just trying to get attention? It was a lot of coordination and work trying to get this put together. Someone even challened the groom to a fight for the hand of the bride (dueling is allowed amungst alliance members) and the groom of course won. Scripted most likley. It was a lot of fun...not because I went to a wedding, but because someone turned this game into their private chapple, and went through a holy matrimoney. If the lvl 41 human priest was an ordaned minister, would these people be married in real life?

I really wonder if they love each other. Are these people dorks? Should we be making fun of them? Or are they truley in love, and should we be jealous of them. In either case, it was a lot of fun watching the bride and groom summon their mounts, and trot through town, with fireworks going off everywhere.

Or are they the most lucky people we can think of?