LFG?

Ok, I’ve been slacking off this week, I know. I’m in love with the new LFG system. Yes, I promised all you nubs a beginners guide to being a winadin healer. It’s coming, I swears. My warrior has been Pugging his heart out, and is only 20 random people away from a new pet. He is also only a few badges away from his 6th piece of t9 (3/5 tank 2/5 dps currently) so that he will have his tank 4piece bonus. Yummy shield block. He also got the first Quel’Delar in the guild .

My paladin got his 2nd 245 ring, and he already had all the t9 gear he needed, so i admittedly have not been running dungeons as much with him, except when he needs to go get his two frost badges a day. We tried ICC10 last night…….OW-Fucking-OW. Marrowgar was not nice. We needs to gears moar.

3.3 crits log-in servers.

Surprised? I’m not.

Anyways, I guess I can work on my first healadin 101 post while the realms are down. Check back in a bit, unless the issue miraculously gets fixed between now and when I eat dinner.

EDIT: Well, my realm is back up, and we ran Forge of Souls, I got some new cool healadin boots…then the instance servers crashed.

Avoiding the Body By WoW

So, this is obviously a common topic of discussion amongst gamers and non-gamers alike. How do you keep yourself (or your loved ones) healthy while allowing you/them to enjoy their hobby of choice. Alot of people blame video games for the high rates of Obesity in America. Well, it’s not the games fault. It’s the lifestyle that most gamers choose to live while being a gamer. Yes yes, I know, alot of people who game are more than capable of remaining in very good physical shape and keeping a healthy social life as well.

WTB 3.3

will tip. Meet at SW bank, kthnx

Happy B-day WoW

So, today is officialy the start of WoW’s 6th year. That’s right, 5 years ago, Novemeber 23rd, 2004, WoW was born into the world. Alot of stuff has changed over these 5 years. I know I asked earlier what the worst change was in WoW. But I think it’s even more fitting to ask that today. What do you think was the most SIGNIFICANT change in WoW’s life? Be it positive or negative, world changing or only meaningful to you, what change do you remember the most? I know my sister would say the change of making pets and mounts NOT take up bag space would be her saving grace. I would probably say the change that sticks with me the most was probably the removal of PvP titles. My first toon ever was a Night elf Huntard who was a Corporal. I loved having that rank, I felt like I was actually accomplishing something, even though I had NO idea what the heck I was doing. How about you guys?

Griefing is contagious…

I don’t plan on making a habit of it, but last night I led a small griefing raid. It was the most fun I’ve had in WoW in months.

A little back story. Our server, like many others, used to have epic world PvP battles in the Hillsbrad Foothills, between the towns of South Shore and Tarren Mill. They were awesome. I remember being on my warrior, at level, questing around there, and seeing the massive amount of players fighting each other. We had a guild on alliance, Phalanx of Perdition, who were the only real pvp guild on our server. They would spend most of their days in South Shore, waiting for the Horde to attack. Or if the horde never did, they would attack TM and the Horde would sure enough come down and counter attack. I joined PoP for a short time, only to discover that the Horde guild they always battled ( I forget the name) was actually their alts. They would stage these battles between themselves, half on ally half on horde at a time. To me it was like a 10 year old catching Santa tucking present under the tree only to find out its Dad.

Bright Idea!

So, I had a great idea driving home from a work meeting this morning. One of the new guys at work said that he was also a professional gamer, he plays in Madden tournaments and such where he has won a few of those giant fake checks they give to golfers and such. So I was thinking, gamers of all genres can be “professional” by entering tournies and winning said tournies. From Madden/EA Sports, Call of Duty/SoCom/Halo, to WoW Arena tournies. But what if there was another way? Every gamer has the dream of being able to make a “decent” living off gaming. Now, WoW has something like 13 MILLION subscribers…13 FUCKING MILLION. Thats ( I would imagine) more people than the NFL has fans. If I’m a product rep, PR person, Ad rep etc. of a corporation who manufactures or sells a product that could possibly, conceivably, maybe linked to gaming….I would do everything I could to get my name into the World of WoW. Now, saying this, I don’t mean I want an NPC giving me a quest to go rescue 6 crates of Mountain Dew from some orcs. I don’t want ads IN the game. But, if I’m selling Monster(c) Energy Drinks, why not contact the GM of a top guild like Ensidia or Vodka and say “hey, if you and your officers go to Blizzcon/Comicon/Other Convention related to gaming/fantasy etc, we’ll pay you guys to go and wear shirts that say “Vodka, powered by Monster(c)” WHY HAS NO ONE THOUGHT OF THIS!? 13 MILLION PEOPLE play WoW. Get your damn name out there. Get the top arena players to go to these tournaments wearing a DELL hat/bandana/shirt etc. (Dells suck, don’t buy a Dell. Seriously, I sell computers for a living. Don’t buy a Dell.) And BAM! instant marketing. Not only will you get publicity from these guys wearing your gear, but your guarunteed to get Pub from sites that talk about WoW (i.e. mine or WoW.com). So far, only Mountain Dew (and Hot Pockets i think?) have taken advantage of this. For any other Ad rep/PR dude who reads this….I just saved your job. Give me a cut

BBB’s Raid for the Cure

So, a few other bloggers have been pointing this out, and being a fan of the Big Bear, I want to show everyone the way as well. Recently, a member of his guild, has been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Cancer in general always seems so far away untill it hits someone you know and love. To show their support for their member, his guild Sidhe Devils are hosting a server wide walk for the cure. Here’s the link to the post on his site, so anyone interested can check it out.

Hello world!

Hello World is right! So, this blog is going to be a bit more than a standard World of Warcraft blog. It will basically be a platform for me to discuss whatever I feel like, as that is really the purpose of a blog. So, I may post about my life, my friends/family, my job, music, movies, video games (other than WoW) or what have you. Admittedly, these random posts will be a minority of what I write here, I am not going to limit myself on what I feel I can and cannot post on here. Basically the main reason I started this blog is because, as it seems alot of other bloggers share this aspiration, I really want  to write a book. I was a history major in school and I love sitting down and reading a good book, but now I want to write my own. I have alot of good ideas, but I don’t have the time/motivation to commit to such an endeavor yet. So for now I am going to blog about my main hobby, which is World of Warcraft. In between working two jobs (one at a local Living History Museum and one at a retail electronics store) and playing WoW, I hope to write about 3-4 blog posts per week.