At least I know what to do if life gives me lemons.
Been quite busy at work, but it’s been pretty worth it so far.
Still, working with (not -in-) Blizzard Entertainment can have its ups and downs. The other day they gave me a huge doughnut; I was stupefied.
Also, white stags as the new travel form? Orcas as aquatic forms? Totally called it way back :P
Little favourites here and there
Just me being silly, but every time I have to venture into the Crumbling Wastes for Therazane daily quests, the Colossal Gyreworm brings a smile. The first time I ever ventured into the cave, I wasn’t aware that we could mount up on non-flying mounts. So—unknowingly—I ran around to explore the place, only to get eaten up by a gigantic ringed creature, taken on a joyride, then dumped unceremoniously on some random corner with almost half my health gone. Before I could figure out what had just happened, it came for a second round and this time dumped my character’s corpse in around the same place.
Yeah, one of the heroes who helped bring down the Lich King and much more was killed by a burrowing worm.
Please Blizzard, make a companion pet using that awesome model as a cute little reminder to how many players died to it the first time they went into that cave!
The Alliance’s Ultimate Tactic
You vile, no good, underhanded scum! I’ll give it to you; your strategy to throw us Horde players off worked extremely well. What with the convincing cover-up of a betrayal from an enemy faction, and a seemingly amusing lady dwarf shaman ready to kick some butt. All of this was merely a farce of your true, brutal intention.
Truly, forcing Horde players to quest on a flying ship being tilted back and forth and then confining us to the cramped interior full of sickeningly abundant Twilight Cultists, amounting to the most nauseating experience I’ve ever experienced in a computer game (after Half-Life) is ingenious. You have my undying wrath now for inflicting upon me what I deemed previously impossible from a virtual game.
Airsickness.
OPness in the right places
As the buffs pile on, the number of bones surrounding our favourite bovine NPC increase.
I—for one—welcome our new Gamon overlord.
Random silliness.
So while on my bank alt one evening:
{23:00} Overlord Runthak yells: NEFARIAN IS SLAIN! People of Orgrimmar, bow down before the might of Heminator and his allies for they have laid a blow against the Black Dragonflight that is sure to stir the Aspects from their malaise! This defeat shall surely be felt by the father of the Black Flight: Deathwing reels in pain and anguish this day
{23:00} Overlord Runthak yells: Be lifted by H*********’s accomplishment! Revel in his rallying cry!
{23:01} [Y] [S******]: Deathwing is coming, silly Runthak! Nefarian was merely a setback!
(^ this is my bank alt)
{23:01} [W From] [Z******]: lol nice =D
(^ stranger)
{23:01} [W To] [Z******]: ; )
{23:01} [Z******]: Level 80 Blood Elf Paladin – Orgrimmar
{23:01} 1 player total
{23:01} [W From] [Z******]: +10 internets for you
{23:01} [W To] [Z******]: /bows graciously :D
You know your healer is awesome when…
…the raid leader has called for a wipe on Yogg-Saron 10 with only 1 keeper up because people are dying excessively in phase 2, and the tree gets picked up by a constrictor tentacle and tossed around, but manages to single-handedly outheal every darn debuff thrown onto him—effectively delaying the wipe by several minutes.
He only died when the raid leader yelled at him to. :P
I fear to meet this kind of awesome in PVP.
I thought it the best skill name in the game.
Feral
- Rip now deals damage over 16 sec, up from 12 sec.
- Mangle (Bear) now has a 6 sec cooldown.
- Nom Nom Nom has been renamed to Feast of Flesh. DAMN YOU BLIZZARD! DAMN YOU!
- Source
T_T It was fun while it lasted.
Arthas, I’m not a Forsaken, death knight, nor wielder of a cursed weapon
During our progressing Lich King runs…
I was slightly amazed my guildie asked what XT was…
Bathed in the moonlight, STV emits a traitorous air of serenity.
Tanking Black Temple.
Regular trade chat.
D: Why does the Lich King whisper me in Icecrown Citadel?! I don’t wield Shadow’s Edge or Shadowmourne! Go awai! But seriously, it’s creepy as heck.
*yoinks Alliance ship*
This. MEANS. WAR.
Cataclysm spoilers ahoy!
So I had rolled a Night Elf druid the other night to see the Alliance side of question. I got her up to level 6 and left it at that, planning to come back some other time.
Then this morning I saw this thread concerning the fate of those beloved Shatterspear trolls. And promptly flipped out.
Deleting Night Elf character NOW.
I will slowly relish avenging our fallen brethren as a Darkspear troll in the near, near future.
LOK’TAR OGAR M!@#$%F%&*@!!!!!!!
Note: Not nerdraging, but am not happy with that happy-go-lucky bunch of awesome trolls meeting such a terrible end before getting to know them. >: |
If you wake up in Azeroth.
I love topics like this! :3 Will assume that I wake up as my human self in the fantasy world.
Probably would wake up in the sewers of Dalaran, since that is my hearth point. There is a high chance of me puking from the smell; come on, it’s sewers of a magical city! My level would likely be 1, donned in a rather ugly robe (nightgown I went to bed with?!). Errr. Right.
- Look around nervously.
- See hawt male blood elve rogues nearby with 100x better hair than myself.
- Contemplate on hitting on them.
- See towering orcs nearby with huge axes.
- Run away screaming.
- Finally get to the ‘ground’ level of Dalaran.
- Go into a state of shock.
- Get mocked for being a newb.
- Find another human, and start crying/ blabbering about where I come from.
- Assuming this Azeroth is purely lore-based without the player factor, probably get directed to the Alliance section of Dalaran which is totally alien to me.
- Remember Rhonin and his weirdo time-travel adventures and ask him wtf is going on.
- Get dismissed as a crackpot.
- GTFO to Stormwind and try to orient self—not gonna happen very well cos I’ve never leveled as Alliance.
- Find my way around—by hook or by crook—to Gilneas before Cata is launched. I don’t care how dangerous it is, I’m getting there or die trying!!!
- Get initiated as a citizen.
- Demand a tophat.
- Finally get out of that darn nightgown into something more practical.
- Train up a little.
- Prep for the cataclysm.
- Survive the worgen starting zone experience.
- Become a druid.
- Continue in Azeroth happily as my preferred class.
Yeah… druid at heart :D
As a side note:
Have a panic attack at the lack of bathrooms.
This comment made my day.
When you dream in Warcraft.
Recently I had a short dream to probably be blamed for watching too much of TotalBiscuit’s fantastic video guides to the Cataclysm beta. Cynical and brit? Heck yeah!
Was a worgen (no class specified) in Gilneas doing the delivery of some letter when the Dark Lady (Sylvanas) and her guards descended all of a sudden. I got pinned down under her foot and overheard something about ‘converting this one’; I can only presume it meant killing and raising me (or my character) into undeath. Ew. No, leave me dead thanks.
Waking up IRL as your character (again)
So I never really got down to writing how I’d deal with that scenario.
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- First off, I’d be awaken rather rudely to the sound of the wooden bed frame crashing onto the floor beneath my suddenly tauren mass. Curses about splinters and resto druids will ensue.
- Attempt to get up, then probably fail and/ or stumble and ricochet off the wall/ wardrobe trying to work those foreign bovine legs.
- Curse mornings. Blasted mornings—I’ll get you someday.
- Go to the bathroom to wash up.
- Flip out at mirror.
- Calm down, then decide to sleep it off.
- Despair at broken bed.
- Examine and try to control tauren tail.
- Get worried about collapsing the floor with my weight.
- Remember I’m a druid and probably spend a few hours figuring out how to shapeshift.
- Meanwhile marveling at my non-visible bags and try stuffing various things into it.
- Test shapeshifting into Swift Flight Form and get the hang of flying.
- Stuff food, swiss army knife, world atlas, and drinking water into bags.
- Get a compass too.
- Set off to Ireland/ New Zealand, planning stop-overs on islands and living off packed food if necessary, and practice hunting in Cat Form.
- Live forever in Ireland/ New Zealand happy, or until very bored.
If bored from frolicking in the deep blue skies, or trying to be a polar bear and scare some penguins, and take to trying to build a tiny hut as a sort of settlement for my non-shapeshifted form. Call it a personal project :P
Woot!
Back when we first showdown-ed with Arthas
A guildie and I were at Zoram Strand for some odd reason when we found a night Elf hunter terrorizing lowbies there. Needless to say we laid waste to him, built a fire over his body, and had a party.
Fun in ice blocks!
Recovering from yet another wipe.
Our first time clearing the Frostwing Halls!
Then running along to go meet Arthas.
We posed for pictures until our crazy RL decided to start the fight… before any strat was laid out.
Bracing for the quick wipe!
But we put up a good fight. >:O
After which we recovered from, then proceeded to force him go storyteller on us.
I can’t take my death knight seriously.
Bears in ICC.
WOOT I have a satalite orbiting me! Or at least that’s what I thought upon seeing Earth Shield casted for the first time.
Fishing with… Distant Land?
Yeah… my new death knight is feeling regal as heck.
Outlands isn’t prepared for such a merry death knoob!
Too bad he couldn’t parade around in the instance with the reindeer!
…I didn’t do it. Where the heck did he come from anyway?
Being a gentleman and seeing a lady home.
The bane of anyone leveling through Hellfire Peninsula!
So I got ganked by an 80 while questing, then he came back again looking for me. Hadn’t put up a fight at all so waited him to get it over and done with. Instead, he mocked my death knoob by tossing bunny ears on him. I loled. For a very long time.
What if NPCs fought back?
This has made its way to my top favourites for fanmade WoW videos. What if NPCs suddenly rebelled against players? This video has its take on such a situation.
Mad props to the voice-acting and absolutely hilarious ideas!
2 days into the Midsummer Festival…
And I am having SO much fun! Why? Because I have been collecting a demonic-looking set for my little druid that happens to be red, and thought it looked very festive!
So I pulled out a few doodads from my overstuffed bank. This is the result:
The Scorchling is from last year’s Midsummer Festival boss. I fed him a pet biscuit to buff his size up a wee bit :D
The Hordie staff didn’t quite fit the mood, so tried these hand-held items instead. Scorchling didn’t seem to approve.
Throw in an [Orb of the Sin'dorei] and my toon looked so HOT!
I posed beside the Midsummer Dungeonmasters and many players stopped in their tracks, thinking I was an NPC and targeting me. One sent this very kind message!
This is the ‘Use’ effect of [Circle of Flame]. This. THIS is why I wanted it so badly.
Too smexay :o How’s that for a druid, eh?
Later, I moved to Dalaran and got some more reactions. Err, right.
Looking all regal with mah little elemental.
More posing!
The story behind this purely cosmetic ‘rp’ set starts from last year’s (2009) Midsummer Festival, when I attained the [Crown of the Fire Festival] and thought it could look a lot better for something to represent fire. It wasn’t until I spotted someone on my escapist roleplaying realm wearing the [Circle of Flame] that I began trying to attain it.
As most of us well know, Blackrock Depths is one heck of a huge dungeon. It was daunting to 2 of my guildies when I dragged them in there in an attempt at exploring the place (and to find out where that boss with the [Circle of Flame] was located. None of us had the Shadowforge Key, nor any experience in the instance. It took us 3 to 4 whole exhausting hours getting the keys and MC attunement done. Still, I was put off by the whole need to travel down to Blackrock Mountain and actually find my way in just to farm a rare drop from that boss.
Then Brewfest happened. [Direbrew's Remote] dropped and I finally got a way to not only directly get to BRD, but also to a location only 2 minutes from the boss I wanted to farm!
And I farmed him till this year on and off till last week when that rare headpiece dropped. That drop made me realize my druid had nothing appropriate to wear with it! And so, I began to farm some BC gears to suit it, and the above screenshots are the incomplete results. Why incomplete? I’m still lacking gloves and bracers for the set!
I have a feeling this vicious cycle is about to start again. Why? Because [Frostscythe of Lord Ahune] dropped yesterday, and I need a white/ blue to match it!!!! Oh noes!!!!
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How has your Midsummer Festival been, and how have you been celebrating it in-game?
PS: Chawa, sorry :< It appears I didn’t screenshot the [Frostscythe of Lord Ahune] yesterday. Will do so when the server is up! :D
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PSS: For anyone interested in dolling up their characters, do check out WoW Threads–an RP outfit blog! : )
What if you woke up as your character?
I’d like to present a mildly RP-ish scenario for all bloggers out there. Just really curious to see how different people would respond.
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What if you woke up as your character?
Answer with your mainly-played character’s:
- Race
- Gender (please note if different from your RL gender)
- Class
- Level
Scenario:
You wake up to soothing morning rays caressing your face on a Tuesday morning. Birds chirp softly outside your window and a cool breeze stirs your curtains, flooding the room with warm sunshine. Wait. A Tuesday?! You’re supposed to be at work/ school! Your alarm clock still looks functional, but it’s now 11! Too late to carry through with what you originally had planned for the day. Damn the drinks last night; vague memories of a strange bar and a particularly short bartender flicker back in short hazy clips. He wasn’t kidding about the highly experimental house special at all. You had scoffed at that and demanded a jug of that anyway, despite the warnings of unforeseen effects that would last a whole day.
Well, might as well wash up and figure out what to do with the rest of the day. You drag yourself to the bathroom sink, and stare above it stupidly for a few minutes wondering what your main World of Warcraft character’s portrait is doing where your mirror was supposed to be.
Wait. It’s animated. Your eyes widen, as does your character’s. That’s not a picture; it’s your reflection.
Now then, what do you do?
Notes:
- You are still in our ‘RL world’ :P
- Things will be back to normal tomorrow—if one is to trust the bartender’s words.
I’d love to read everyone’s response to this, so if ya can drop a link to a reply entry! :D
The dragon and the druid: The Barrens
((YES! Another round of terrible writing! Just cos I have to give my lowly bank alt some moar love!!!! >_<))
Another dreary afternoon slipped by the Barrens. Daytime creatures began their quiet routine retreat before the overpowering sun dipped below the farthest mountains. The scattered sentient inhabitants of this harsh landscape too made respective preparations for the approaching darkness.
Except for 2 silhouettes appearing over a bluff. One small, slender and almost fragile; the other tall and burly. They stood there for a while, surveying the landscape with the fading light at their backs.
“Remind me again why we’re traveling during the night, when most stuff of nightmares emerge?” A grouchy light-skinned elf regarded her tauren traveling companion.
“Because we don’t really want to draw people’s attention to the fact you’re a high elf?” The tauren paid the cranky tone little heed, continuing to search for a path to their destination.
Arthas says, “wtf?”
The Lich King on 25man normal is still a progression fight. Many nights we call the raid frustrated, but today was special.
During the end of the 1st transition phase, our off-tank went in to taunt the Lich King. But the frozen orbs were still up and he was blown off the platform 1 second or 2 after he taunted Arthas. It was at that point that the Lich King reset, leaving the survivors bewildered.
So we decided to try and emulate this again in the face of a wipe (to save some of us the gold). We plotted to have a hunter use Distracting Shot on Arthas, then Disengage off the side of the platform. Okay. That’s all planned out. We didn’t get a chance to use that till the last raid of the night when both our tanks disconnected early on, and my efforts to be the unlikely hero failed (ouch those adds hit hard!).
As planned, the hunter made Arthas look in his directin angrily. Then our dear hunter leapt valiantly off the cliff to his doom in noble sacrifice. We were expecting to recover fast from that one, since the Lich King would reset.
But no. The boss actually stopped for about 4 seconds to 5, looked where the hunter had fallen, then continued summoning his adds as per normal. It was almost as if he was saying “W…tf? Nevermind.”
Needless to say, our pathetic attempt at resetting this dude resulted in a roar of laughter in vent that lasted quite a while.
We called the raid then—in good spirits—since the tanks couldn’t come back on, but that was certainly one of the more memorable fights I’ve had of late.
The dragon and the druid.
((Had this conversation between my 2 characters—my main (level 80 tauren druid) and my bank alt (level 6 blood elf)—floating around in my head for a while now. Behold my horrendous writing!)) (more…)
In case anyone missed this from WoWhead
Tirion: Finally, the Lich King has fallen. However, a new one must take his place. Who shall wear the Helm of Domination?
Tirion Greeds 74 so he can vendor it for 40g
Saurfang passes, saying he doesn’t need a helm that will lower his stats.
Varian greeds 37
Darion Morgraine needs 64
Jaina Proudmoore greeds 21
Sylvannas greeds 43
Muradin needs 12
Thrall passes
The Argent Champion, Hogger passesDarion: Awesome, I can really use that helm as a-
-Bolvar returns from being afk-
Bolvar Fordragon needs 86-Bolvar Fordragon recieves the Helm of Domination-
(Source)
Win!
On kitties and their silly aggro (again)
“You know your class is in a good place when the only thing you have to complain about is having crappy aggro dumps.”
(Source)
Hilarity is
…when your 25 man raid wipes a total of 4 times in the first trash room of Icecrown Citadel with the raid leader threatening to minus EP before 1-shotting every boss up to the Lich King.
Serious guys; what gives?!
Also, tanked a good lot of the ICC25 bosses last night. <3 Thanks for letting me tank!
Threat dumping
Another piece of gold from the official WoW forums:
Cower sucks so hard that if you released it in the South America, it would suck all the nutrients out of the rainforest and the human race would die from oxygen deprivation within the next 10 years or so.
(Source)
Truth.
