World of Warcraft

Hmm.

Just finished bringing up a stub for the Prophetic Fate message board. After seeing the crappy guild websites for the two WoW guilds I have been in that had web sites, I volunteered to do something better for Prophetic Fate. Um, steady readers will remember I predicted my previous guild, The Compendium, would fail, and it did. I’m not paying $$$ to get a domain for PF until I am sure it’s not headed for the recycle bin. ...

A dwarf with a Ukraine accent (go figure) started a love advice column on Kirin Tor. Well, it’s not as good as “Dear Creature…” could have been, but what the heck :P so I asked her for advice, and she replied! The whole thread is here at Free Service: Love & Fashion Advice – Dear Velda: Is dere anyone for me? I dunno. I been looking. My name be Kanda Der’a’Zun. Dat an’ old family name from an’ old family, but dey weren’t lookin’ so I took it. I tink dey all dead now, so I carry on dat family name wit pride. Pretty sure dey dead. One was still movin’ a little but I was gettin’ tired an’ didn’t make sure.* ...

Someone started a whine thread about getting ganked in the Gurabashi Arena with that title, but with a title like “Dear Creature”, I was kind of expecting a “Dear Abby”-like thread… a la: Dear Creature: Hi, I am a Tauren Hunter, feral spec, with a lovely hyena companion named “Cat”. I really love Cat, but sometimes when we’re having sex, he bites and scratches and gets very mean. I told him I would get a new pet if he didn’t stop, and he threatened to kill me. What should I do? ...

Originally posted here Un’Goro crater is a deadly place, but ya know, dat jungle an’ all de lizards, well, dey make my Lizzie feel right a’ home. But still, it be a dangerous place. Dis gnome lose his mecha-gorilla in some cave, an’ I start ta see if I can help him find it. Well, I been seein’ corpses around dat I did not corpsify, so I know dere was someone in da crater wit me, an’ I know no Horde was dere, so I know it be Alliance. ...

Heh… apparently the guild I just joined has died. Won’t know more until I get home. Yet again, all the interesting stuff happens while I am at work, and when I finally get a chance to play, I have to try and gather the clues as to what happened. I have no idea what happened. As far as I can tell, shortly before I joined the guild, the guild leader stepped down, citing the stress of leadership. ...

Dwarf Paladin Although they aren’t the best-looking of the alliance races, dwarves are the most hardy and stout. A reliable dwarf is a good friend to have. As a paladin, you like to see that everyone is safe - including yourself. Still an important part of any group, if you get overshadowed, you can always refuse to give them your blessing. Find out your real-life WoW race and class ...

I am absolutely opposed to smoking. My mom and my Aunt Betty died from it within a year of each other. My grandfather had severe breathing difficulties and I had bronchitis and constant allergies growing up. And Blizzard isn’t implementing smoking. But a thread proposing smoking showed up on the WoW boards, and I thought the below post was hilarious (not mine): I would think that if 9-year old kids were going to be picking up habits from in-game interaction we should probably be more concerned with the demonology, or the cold-blooded, constant slaughter (and skinning, where possible, dismembering and looting where not) of all other lifeforms in the world, intelligent or not. ...

Occasionally, on EQ, I’d run across a farmer. But not that often; the last time I really interacted with farmers were the ones farming Sleeper’s Tomb for cash items on Stromm. And they spoke English. And were pissed we woke the Sleeper….. WoW…. is filled with farmers. And they don’t hide away, they are everywhere you go. I get linked items or have things put in my trade window from them all the time, in cities. And if I am trying to complete quests in places where valuable tradeskill items drop, whoa be unto me. I have been trained by farmers in Badlands, Felwood and Azshara so far, and from what I understand, it’s wall-to-wall farmer in the Plaguelands. ...

Not bad progress for a character I had quit. Just over a month from 1 to 50. Distressed at possibly repeating a mistake I had made in EQ of joining a guild in a very different time zone that made it impossible to get to raids until hours after they began, I planned to restart on the new Aussie server. At 9PM Pacific time, they’re just getting started. No rushing at all, ever, to raid or group at a good time. ...