Lied his way into a WoW raid at 14, got benched, then grinded to #3 DPS in 3 days
Vjeux · x · 2026-09-20
A player recounts joining his first WoW raid at 14 by lying about experience, ranking dead last in DPS and facing a blacklist — then asking the guild master for a TODO list, farming pre-raid bis gear and relearning his rotation in 3 sleepless days, and returning as the #3 DPS.
Quoting the thread, AutismCapital argues a kid who knows how to raid unironically beats 99% of non-gamers as a hire: teamwork, coordination, leadership, punctuality, loot sharing, direct communication, perseverance and delayed gratification — raid skills that transfer directly to the real world.
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