Stupid am I. I'll show you!

I saved most controversial for last. This is one of the most common forms of unintentional trolling, and how it's not seen as trolling has always eluded me. In Warcraft there are many places where a player shouldn't stand. As previously discussed, you shouldn't stand in the basic campfire, where the enemies re-spawn, or in AOE (Area of Effect) pools of damage. These AOE pools of  damage are usually called the poo or the stupid. These pools can cause heavy damage to anyone standing in them. The poo is frequently dropped by enemies in dungeon and raid instances. Obviously it's very inconvenient for your healer to have players standing in the poo. Aside from being completely avoidable damage it's also a terrible drain on your healers mana, as well as being a distraction from the task of healing the rest of the group that isn't doing their very best to get themselves killed. Given these facts it's very easy to see why players would think standing in the stupid is a form of trolling, it's a little harder for players to see where the trolling is on the other side. You don't have to look any farther then the famous healer quote "I don't heal through stupid". Your calling the other player stupid, how is this not trolling? I know what your thinking "But they are stupid, their standing in poo!". This is a mistake that we have all made and no player should get yelled at for the first time they do it.
We never know what's happening on the other side of the monitor screen. This player may be having lag issues. If your a new player that has not encountered this mechanic in a fight before you might not know what's happening and end up getting yelled at for your lack of experience. Also who amongst us hasn't had a bad case of tunnel vision while trying to top out the DPS meter. Part of the problem is that there is no accompanying sound that comes with this damage and if you have your graphic settings are set low the visual indicators might not be so overt you might not be able to see it. This coupled with the fact that in dungeons and raids players aren't used to watching their own health bars as theirs a healer that's supposed to watch that for you. Don't worry folks I'm not just here to criticize, I'm here to educate. New players head to your browser of choice and type http://www.curse.com/client. Your then going to download the client. Once that's done your going to open the client on your computer and go to, get new mods, and type in GTFO (stands for, golly thanks for oranges [thanks Koltrain]) into the search bar. Download it, this ADDON will make sure you know when to get out of the poo by making the most annoying noise possible when you are standing in it. From this point on you will never stand in poo again, if not to save your characters life points then to save your ear drums.

So remember we're all noobs, some of us just fly the flag a little higher.
-Morison