So most of the Cataclysm class updates are out and everybody is either upset or happy with their class. I for one am so disgusted I am probably canceling my subscription this month...forget about waiting for cataclysm. Here is the deal. I have a shaman, level 80 gear score 5295. Not impressive but is my baby, my main and is the main reason I play the game. I really do love my shaman. I love its uniquiness and I love playing with my totems. (you knew I was not going to talk shaman without talking about playing with my wood!)
So here is my take on what Blizzard has done with the shaman in Cataclysm. They had one big ass yard sale and parceled out anything a shaman had to all the other classes. For example...
To the mages go Blood Lust...not only do they bring a table but now they bring a form of BL that also gives them a movement burst so the main reason for even bringing a shaman is gone...
To the Pallies go Healing Stream AND Cleanse totems..in form of spells that turn them into a healing stream which Blizzard them selves said would act as a Healing Stream Totem and they will be getting the cleanse disease and cleanse poison that the shaman cleanse totem does.
It basically comes down to this...shamans got royally fucked in Blizzard's grand scheme for Cataclysm. However, I thought in an attempt at good will I could give blizzard some suggestions.
Shaman Canibalization (level 1) Spell granted to all classes except shamans. Allows party members to take shaman body parts and uses them as projectiles. Thus giving the shaman a unique part to play in every raid. Resto shaman parts, rather than being thrown, would be used to heal party members. 5 second cooldown
Save a drake, Ride a Shaman! New mount available for all classes! Shamans will become a rideable mount in Cataclysm, so everybody will be able to appreciate this no longer unique class. Engineers will be able to make this mount but all classes and professions will be able to ride the fuck out of it. As an added bonus players will be able to fuck the orifice of their choice. A strap on dildo attachment will be available for female players that do not want to be left out of the action.
See? With these unique ideas, shamans will have a unique role to play in the upcoming expansion. Thanks Blizzard for fucking nothing! I will be changing my shaman's name to Blzzassfkdme and will be the troll sitting in front of the north bank with a sign that says...will suck pally dick for BoEs.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
My love/hate Relationship with World Of Warcraft
OK...so I have an addiction. I have never done drugs, but I kind of imagine it would be something like this. I only drink socially and have not smoked in years. I don't do bars or behave like a man whore. But I do have an addiction. This addiction is gaming. And not just any game, no...Ladies and Gentlemen I am an addict to a game known as World of Warcraft!
So maybe the word addiction is only slightly too strong. I do have a job, and yes I do live in my parents house but (A) It is NOT in the basement (since they dont have one) and (B) I am there for reasons totally unrelated to WoW (which is how I will be referring to World of Warcraft for the remainder of this post). I am a semi functioning adult male, with a few extra pounds. I am a single dad. I not only HAVE a job but I function at a reasonable level of intelligence and competence, and to my knowledge am performing according to expectations.
So maybe I am not like a crack ho...you know gasping around for the next hit and dropping to my hands and knees and pulling my thong aside just to get the money for another hit (and no I don't wear thongs!). I am more like a functional alchoholic. I can still do the things I need to do, but that next drink is always around the corner and never far from my mind!
So for the uneducated World of Warcraft is put out by an evil corporation with the intention of taking over the world. This evil corporation known as Blizzard, distributes a game in which players are in an alternate reality. In this alternate universe that they have created you go around the world of Azeroth (along with the Outlands and Northrend expansions) and you perform quests and level up then get gear and get to kill monsters and all kinds of other things.
Now some may see this as childish, but with a population over a 10 million world wide, it is nothing to scoff at. I know grown men and women that play this game. I know successful business people, I know nurses and even a 60 year old doctor that play this game, so it is not just something for kids, teens and dead beat losers! I have found a LOT of military and former military like to play since there is a lot of combat and strategy involved.
WoW is NOT a shoot 'em up game, and there is not a lot of blood and guts everywhere. There are no lewd, naked hookers out there trying to take you down the path of evil. The game is rated PG-13, not for game content as much as the fact that the chat in the game can be pretty foul and is pretty wide open so it is not advised for little children.
But as my title implies it is a mixed bag. So here goes my list of love and hate for World of Warcraft:
10 things I love about World of Warcraft
1. I love the lore
Blizzard has done a great job writing a very thorough and imaginative background story to their game. It is a fascinating story, and I am always a sucker for a good story. So I will have to say that the lore is a huge part of my enjoyment of the game. There is a movie coming out in 2011 that I cannot wait to see.
2. I love trade chat (and Barrens Chat!)
12 year olds on crack best defines trade chat. The ignorance spouted is absolutely amazing. Trade chat used to not be so bad. You basically had to go to the Barrens to get the really stupid chat. Of course barrens chat always got cured by a good dose of Chuck Norris! Hey! Who DOESN'T like a good Chuck Norris joke??? But then you go to trade chat and somehow it always comes down to drugs and anal sex! (now you know why the game is PG-13!) Some idiot talks about how he is gonna smoke pot, and then about fifteen people respond on what an idiot he is. He is not going to smoke pot! He barely got his mommy to give him the 15.00 for his monthly WoW fee!
3. I love a good guild
A guild is like...your peeps. A gang of sorts. I remember when I was on Frostmane (one of the US Realms in the game) and was a member of Symbol of Agression. There was this Alliance guild that had us on KOS (Kill on Sight) and we had them on KOS. And at least twice a week all war would break out in the Sons of Hodir daily questing area....was a blast! 30-40 level 80s just out beating up on each other...those were the days.
4. I love the goal oriented format (I dig those dailies!)
I like the goal oriented format of the game. Leveling, questing, leveling professions, earning gold through the dailies. It is all goal oriented which is something I love.
5. I love the Blood Elf (female) butt!
Ok...so I started playing the game with a Blood Elf Hunter. A male. I was all like...I am NOT playing a girl! Are you crazy??? Yeah, I know. Till my buddy Ben pointed out I was spending hours looking at a guy's ass. He had a point. So I began playing females...much more atttractive to look at as they are going along all sexy like. (Yes, I know it is a cartoon...leave me alone dammit!!! lol)
6. I love Kara! (umm...that would be Kharazhan)
Of all the raids I did in the game I loved Kara the most. That place was fun. It was the type of place that even now, some of the bosses require coordination no matter how many level 80's you have. That place wasa blast.
7. I love killing this little Night Elf out in Ashenvale!
There is this level 11ish NPC (some guy in the actual game not played by somebody else) He sits beside a fire just outside of a horde base in northern Ashenvale. He is so melodramatic when he dies. I am rarely out in that area...but no matter what..if I am out there..that dude is dead! Oh and the outriders in The Barrens too...them fuckers killed me too many times...I let them have it every time I am around them...oddly enough, I never get that urge to take on the Fel Reaver alone though...somehow I manage to avoid that bastard.
8. I love the Double Language!
The game is just full of double language. If you do the Sons of Hodir Dalies you will do quests named, "Blowing Hodir's Horn". "Thrusting Hodir's Spear" and "Polishing Hodir's Helm"....what can I say...this Hodir Dude gets lucky quite often! There is the achievement where you have to fall 75 feet without dying...oddly enough it is named.."Going Down!" LOL Too much.
9. I love the Shit Quests (no shit! rofl)
Somebody in Blizzard has a twisted sense of humor (not to mention some really sick fetishes!) In every expansion at some point you will do a quest where you have to take a dog for a walk feed it..wait till it shits..then dig through its shit for some quest item...I shit you not! Serious...some of these programmers need therapy!
10. I love Thrall!
Thrall is the bomb. I Hate the mighty Chieftain is getting neutered in the next expansion and is going to become the Ambassador of the horde. Is ok...for now I will just say that in WoW....ol' Thrall is da BOMB! I love watching Alliance come in and try to kill him. Son of a bitch is bad ass! Then there is the day I got to go to Undercity and help ol' Thrall out...him and the Banshee Queen (Sylvanas) backed me up as I took over Undercity. Yeah, he doesnt do too bad for a Shaman...then we had a couple of beers afterwards...
10 Things I hate about World of Warcraft
1. I hate Elitist Jerks (and not the website..I dont understand them enough to hate them!)
I hate people that forget that at one point they didn't know how to play the damn game either. I hate the people that find it necessary to insult and degrade people because they don't know how to play the game as good them. I can't stand to even play with people that have to belittle people for the epeen (that is electronic penis for those that are unfamiliar with the WoW jargon.) And most of all, I cant stand the people that feel the need to judge a person's worth and a person's character by how they play a stupid game!
2. I hate PvP
I cannot stand pvp. Frankly because I suck at it. I may not be the brightest bulb in the box, but I have the good sense to know when I can fight and win and when it is best to stay out of a fight. And trust me, I suck at pvp. So nothing sucks more than to just repeatedly get your ass handed to you by some 12 year old who wants to add insult to injury and camp your ass (in other words sit there and repeatedly kill you for their amusement, is very annoying!) I was glad to finally get off of a PvP server and get to a PvE server. (By the way, for the none WoW people...PvP means Player versus Player and PvE means player versus Environment.)
3. I hate those bugs in Stratholme!
In Stratholme there are these bugs that silence you. So when I go in on my mage I am doomed if I make the wrong step and get about three of them on me. They will chain silence you while everything else kills you. It is embarassing for a level 80 to get killed in Strat..but it has happened to me more times than I care to admit.
4. I hate Rogues!!!
I have already mentioned how much I hate PvP...and my MAIN reason for hating PvP is rogues! I call them the only class that plays with their food! It is irritating as hell! A Paladin kills you it is over before you know what hit you. An arcane mage hits you? Two shots you are dead...thank you...see you in the after life...but no....not arogue....nooooo...these sadistic bastards have to take for fucking ever to kill you. Sap, backstab, blind, mutilate and who the hell knows what else!!! Rinse and repeat...and repeat...and repeat....and repeat...it takes for ever!!!! Finally you are dead...you come back, they are stealthed..you rez...they start it all over again...bastards.
5. Did I mention I hate Rogues?!? (yes I DO still know how to count)
yeah...just for emphasis...
5. I hate the Fel Reaver!
Ok..so how many of my friends that actually play wow and will read this will remember that magical moment when you hit 58-60 and went through the Dark Portal? Did you do it by yourself at 3am (after a long night of grinding to get to that magic number so you could go to the Outlands)? Did you go with friends? Stand in a circle and sing kumbaya? You go through, take that first flight to Thrallmar (Go Horde!) you pick up your first quests, you go start the grind to 70, are busy killing those little red orc guys (or the hellboars you have to feed and dig through their shit for some sort of quest item?) And the ground starts shaking and the next thing you know you are dead? You go WTF???? and look around and this big ass machine is stomping off? How the FUCK does that big ass bastard sneak up on you?? It never failed, I would turn around and BAM! There he is...not like oh let me run cause there he comes...NOOOOO...it is like your head is coming out of your ass because the fucker is already pummeling you!! (you laugh but those that have played the game know I am telling the truth! lol)
6. I hate I never got Legacy!
Yes, Cesar, I AM still bitching and moaning about Legacy. Best in slot weapon for a hunter pre Wrath of the Lich King. It was this badass two handed axe that looked so fucking cool. It only dropped in the Theatre Event in Kara...and only from a specific play, the Romeo and Juliet one I think. And like the star crossed lovers Me and Legacy never could quite connect. It didn't help that it seemed like Legacy always taunted me by dropping when I couldn't raid and I would hear the horrible stories of the damn thing getting disenchanted (which means reduced to powder and shards for those that don't play WoW.)One of these days I am going to run Kara just to get it and put it in the bank so I can say I got it!
7. I hate the rep grind for some factions.
Reputation grinds are part of the game. It is how you get achievements, gear, pets and mounts. Some of the grinds are ok while some of the grinds are a nightmare. I remember leveling Mag'har rep for the mounts. And having to kill ogres, hundreds and hundreds of ogres to get their beads and turn them in for rep. (Yes, I was doing nasty things with ogres and their beads...if you must know!) And then there is Timbermaw...vengeful little buggers, it is hard as hell to get rep with them but you can lose it very fast!
8. I hate that Paris Hilton has invaded WoW!
How the hell this Bimbo has shown up in WoW is beyond me. But WoW has this habit of stealing celebrities names! Mr T, Paris Hilton (she is Haris Pilton in Shattrath City) and many more. There is even a Harrison Jones you have to escort out of danger...a pit full of snakes resulting in an achievement entitled, "Snakes, Why did it have to be Snakes?", sound familiar?
9. I hate The Occulus! (and tanks that don't know how to run Old Kingdom!)
If you have played the game you know what I mean. These two instances are a nightmare. Occulus is a pain in the as place full of dragons where you have to ride a dragon at the end to kill the final boss. While on the surface it sounds cool, if you dont get a decent group of players it always results in a debacle. And don't even get me started on Old Kingdom. After you kill Prince K, you go down this passage way and there are some steps there that only about 5% of the tanks I have run with even know how to run it, usually resulting in multiple deaths and a high repair bill.
10. I hate the nerd rage
It is actually kinda comical watching the nerd rage. Screw up on an instance, "Dude you are such a noob! When did you buy your pally? What a huntard!" The list goes on and on. It is really funny to watch in trade chat as the revenge of the nerds takes place in full color. Then I would be remise if I did not mention my geeky friend Mandie and how she geeks out on Blizzard news! But she is actually cute, rather than irritating...well most of the times at least :-P!!!
So many things about the game to hate or love. But it is my habit and my hobby. I am a grown man. I don't go bar hopping, I rarely drink, I don't do drugs, I don't smoke. This is my escape time. I worship the ground my daughter walks on, and most of the time I am right on top of things with her...of course when I fail to she comes in hugs up to me and says softly, "Daddy, can you get off your game and play with me?" That is when I know I have pushed my luck and it is time to dial it back some! Then of course, there was this one time I was trying to show her how to play this little hand held game she had recieved a s a gift, she promptly took it away from me and said, "Daddy you play YOUR game, this MY game!"
Hey...it is electronic crack! lol And I am a proud member of WoW Anonymous!
For the Horde!!!
So maybe the word addiction is only slightly too strong. I do have a job, and yes I do live in my parents house but (A) It is NOT in the basement (since they dont have one) and (B) I am there for reasons totally unrelated to WoW (which is how I will be referring to World of Warcraft for the remainder of this post). I am a semi functioning adult male, with a few extra pounds. I am a single dad. I not only HAVE a job but I function at a reasonable level of intelligence and competence, and to my knowledge am performing according to expectations.
So maybe I am not like a crack ho...you know gasping around for the next hit and dropping to my hands and knees and pulling my thong aside just to get the money for another hit (and no I don't wear thongs!). I am more like a functional alchoholic. I can still do the things I need to do, but that next drink is always around the corner and never far from my mind!
So for the uneducated World of Warcraft is put out by an evil corporation with the intention of taking over the world. This evil corporation known as Blizzard, distributes a game in which players are in an alternate reality. In this alternate universe that they have created you go around the world of Azeroth (along with the Outlands and Northrend expansions) and you perform quests and level up then get gear and get to kill monsters and all kinds of other things.
Now some may see this as childish, but with a population over a 10 million world wide, it is nothing to scoff at. I know grown men and women that play this game. I know successful business people, I know nurses and even a 60 year old doctor that play this game, so it is not just something for kids, teens and dead beat losers! I have found a LOT of military and former military like to play since there is a lot of combat and strategy involved.
WoW is NOT a shoot 'em up game, and there is not a lot of blood and guts everywhere. There are no lewd, naked hookers out there trying to take you down the path of evil. The game is rated PG-13, not for game content as much as the fact that the chat in the game can be pretty foul and is pretty wide open so it is not advised for little children.
But as my title implies it is a mixed bag. So here goes my list of love and hate for World of Warcraft:
10 things I love about World of Warcraft
1. I love the lore
Blizzard has done a great job writing a very thorough and imaginative background story to their game. It is a fascinating story, and I am always a sucker for a good story. So I will have to say that the lore is a huge part of my enjoyment of the game. There is a movie coming out in 2011 that I cannot wait to see.
2. I love trade chat (and Barrens Chat!)
12 year olds on crack best defines trade chat. The ignorance spouted is absolutely amazing. Trade chat used to not be so bad. You basically had to go to the Barrens to get the really stupid chat. Of course barrens chat always got cured by a good dose of Chuck Norris! Hey! Who DOESN'T like a good Chuck Norris joke??? But then you go to trade chat and somehow it always comes down to drugs and anal sex! (now you know why the game is PG-13!) Some idiot talks about how he is gonna smoke pot, and then about fifteen people respond on what an idiot he is. He is not going to smoke pot! He barely got his mommy to give him the 15.00 for his monthly WoW fee!
3. I love a good guild
A guild is like...your peeps. A gang of sorts. I remember when I was on Frostmane (one of the US Realms in the game) and was a member of Symbol of Agression. There was this Alliance guild that had us on KOS (Kill on Sight) and we had them on KOS. And at least twice a week all war would break out in the Sons of Hodir daily questing area....was a blast! 30-40 level 80s just out beating up on each other...those were the days.
4. I love the goal oriented format (I dig those dailies!)
I like the goal oriented format of the game. Leveling, questing, leveling professions, earning gold through the dailies. It is all goal oriented which is something I love.
5. I love the Blood Elf (female) butt!
Ok...so I started playing the game with a Blood Elf Hunter. A male. I was all like...I am NOT playing a girl! Are you crazy??? Yeah, I know. Till my buddy Ben pointed out I was spending hours looking at a guy's ass. He had a point. So I began playing females...much more atttractive to look at as they are going along all sexy like. (Yes, I know it is a cartoon...leave me alone dammit!!! lol)
6. I love Kara! (umm...that would be Kharazhan)
Of all the raids I did in the game I loved Kara the most. That place was fun. It was the type of place that even now, some of the bosses require coordination no matter how many level 80's you have. That place wasa blast.
7. I love killing this little Night Elf out in Ashenvale!
There is this level 11ish NPC (some guy in the actual game not played by somebody else) He sits beside a fire just outside of a horde base in northern Ashenvale. He is so melodramatic when he dies. I am rarely out in that area...but no matter what..if I am out there..that dude is dead! Oh and the outriders in The Barrens too...them fuckers killed me too many times...I let them have it every time I am around them...oddly enough, I never get that urge to take on the Fel Reaver alone though...somehow I manage to avoid that bastard.
8. I love the Double Language!
The game is just full of double language. If you do the Sons of Hodir Dalies you will do quests named, "Blowing Hodir's Horn". "Thrusting Hodir's Spear" and "Polishing Hodir's Helm"....what can I say...this Hodir Dude gets lucky quite often! There is the achievement where you have to fall 75 feet without dying...oddly enough it is named.."Going Down!" LOL Too much.
9. I love the Shit Quests (no shit! rofl)
Somebody in Blizzard has a twisted sense of humor (not to mention some really sick fetishes!) In every expansion at some point you will do a quest where you have to take a dog for a walk feed it..wait till it shits..then dig through its shit for some quest item...I shit you not! Serious...some of these programmers need therapy!
10. I love Thrall!
Thrall is the bomb. I Hate the mighty Chieftain is getting neutered in the next expansion and is going to become the Ambassador of the horde. Is ok...for now I will just say that in WoW....ol' Thrall is da BOMB! I love watching Alliance come in and try to kill him. Son of a bitch is bad ass! Then there is the day I got to go to Undercity and help ol' Thrall out...him and the Banshee Queen (Sylvanas) backed me up as I took over Undercity. Yeah, he doesnt do too bad for a Shaman...then we had a couple of beers afterwards...
10 Things I hate about World of Warcraft
1. I hate Elitist Jerks (and not the website..I dont understand them enough to hate them!)
I hate people that forget that at one point they didn't know how to play the damn game either. I hate the people that find it necessary to insult and degrade people because they don't know how to play the game as good them. I can't stand to even play with people that have to belittle people for the epeen (that is electronic penis for those that are unfamiliar with the WoW jargon.) And most of all, I cant stand the people that feel the need to judge a person's worth and a person's character by how they play a stupid game!
2. I hate PvP
I cannot stand pvp. Frankly because I suck at it. I may not be the brightest bulb in the box, but I have the good sense to know when I can fight and win and when it is best to stay out of a fight. And trust me, I suck at pvp. So nothing sucks more than to just repeatedly get your ass handed to you by some 12 year old who wants to add insult to injury and camp your ass (in other words sit there and repeatedly kill you for their amusement, is very annoying!) I was glad to finally get off of a PvP server and get to a PvE server. (By the way, for the none WoW people...PvP means Player versus Player and PvE means player versus Environment.)
3. I hate those bugs in Stratholme!
In Stratholme there are these bugs that silence you. So when I go in on my mage I am doomed if I make the wrong step and get about three of them on me. They will chain silence you while everything else kills you. It is embarassing for a level 80 to get killed in Strat..but it has happened to me more times than I care to admit.
4. I hate Rogues!!!
I have already mentioned how much I hate PvP...and my MAIN reason for hating PvP is rogues! I call them the only class that plays with their food! It is irritating as hell! A Paladin kills you it is over before you know what hit you. An arcane mage hits you? Two shots you are dead...thank you...see you in the after life...but no....not arogue....nooooo...these sadistic bastards have to take for fucking ever to kill you. Sap, backstab, blind, mutilate and who the hell knows what else!!! Rinse and repeat...and repeat...and repeat....and repeat...it takes for ever!!!! Finally you are dead...you come back, they are stealthed..you rez...they start it all over again...bastards.
5. Did I mention I hate Rogues?!? (yes I DO still know how to count)
yeah...just for emphasis...
5. I hate the Fel Reaver!
Ok..so how many of my friends that actually play wow and will read this will remember that magical moment when you hit 58-60 and went through the Dark Portal? Did you do it by yourself at 3am (after a long night of grinding to get to that magic number so you could go to the Outlands)? Did you go with friends? Stand in a circle and sing kumbaya? You go through, take that first flight to Thrallmar (Go Horde!) you pick up your first quests, you go start the grind to 70, are busy killing those little red orc guys (or the hellboars you have to feed and dig through their shit for some sort of quest item?) And the ground starts shaking and the next thing you know you are dead? You go WTF???? and look around and this big ass machine is stomping off? How the FUCK does that big ass bastard sneak up on you?? It never failed, I would turn around and BAM! There he is...not like oh let me run cause there he comes...NOOOOO...it is like your head is coming out of your ass because the fucker is already pummeling you!! (you laugh but those that have played the game know I am telling the truth! lol)
6. I hate I never got Legacy!
Yes, Cesar, I AM still bitching and moaning about Legacy. Best in slot weapon for a hunter pre Wrath of the Lich King. It was this badass two handed axe that looked so fucking cool. It only dropped in the Theatre Event in Kara...and only from a specific play, the Romeo and Juliet one I think. And like the star crossed lovers Me and Legacy never could quite connect. It didn't help that it seemed like Legacy always taunted me by dropping when I couldn't raid and I would hear the horrible stories of the damn thing getting disenchanted (which means reduced to powder and shards for those that don't play WoW.)One of these days I am going to run Kara just to get it and put it in the bank so I can say I got it!
7. I hate the rep grind for some factions.
Reputation grinds are part of the game. It is how you get achievements, gear, pets and mounts. Some of the grinds are ok while some of the grinds are a nightmare. I remember leveling Mag'har rep for the mounts. And having to kill ogres, hundreds and hundreds of ogres to get their beads and turn them in for rep. (Yes, I was doing nasty things with ogres and their beads...if you must know!) And then there is Timbermaw...vengeful little buggers, it is hard as hell to get rep with them but you can lose it very fast!
8. I hate that Paris Hilton has invaded WoW!
How the hell this Bimbo has shown up in WoW is beyond me. But WoW has this habit of stealing celebrities names! Mr T, Paris Hilton (she is Haris Pilton in Shattrath City) and many more. There is even a Harrison Jones you have to escort out of danger...a pit full of snakes resulting in an achievement entitled, "Snakes, Why did it have to be Snakes?", sound familiar?
9. I hate The Occulus! (and tanks that don't know how to run Old Kingdom!)
If you have played the game you know what I mean. These two instances are a nightmare. Occulus is a pain in the as place full of dragons where you have to ride a dragon at the end to kill the final boss. While on the surface it sounds cool, if you dont get a decent group of players it always results in a debacle. And don't even get me started on Old Kingdom. After you kill Prince K, you go down this passage way and there are some steps there that only about 5% of the tanks I have run with even know how to run it, usually resulting in multiple deaths and a high repair bill.
10. I hate the nerd rage
It is actually kinda comical watching the nerd rage. Screw up on an instance, "Dude you are such a noob! When did you buy your pally? What a huntard!" The list goes on and on. It is really funny to watch in trade chat as the revenge of the nerds takes place in full color. Then I would be remise if I did not mention my geeky friend Mandie and how she geeks out on Blizzard news! But she is actually cute, rather than irritating...well most of the times at least :-P!!!
So many things about the game to hate or love. But it is my habit and my hobby. I am a grown man. I don't go bar hopping, I rarely drink, I don't do drugs, I don't smoke. This is my escape time. I worship the ground my daughter walks on, and most of the time I am right on top of things with her...of course when I fail to she comes in hugs up to me and says softly, "Daddy, can you get off your game and play with me?" That is when I know I have pushed my luck and it is time to dial it back some! Then of course, there was this one time I was trying to show her how to play this little hand held game she had recieved a s a gift, she promptly took it away from me and said, "Daddy you play YOUR game, this MY game!"
Hey...it is electronic crack! lol And I am a proud member of WoW Anonymous!
For the Horde!!!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
The War in Warcraft
I love how my husband is all gun-ho about never playing Warcraft again. He calls it Heroin and I love telling him that Star Trek Online is Cocaine and once SWTOR comes out it will be his Meth. You see, what he is in denial about is he is addicted to MMO's not just specifically World of Warcraft, and I find it amusing he uses that excuse as the reason for quitting Warcraft after Ensidia got banned. He is ultimately one of those people in Warcraft you conciser an "Elitist Jerk" In fact he got banned from the EJ site because the moderator of the hunter forum didn't like him, for calling them out on some incorrect information. In his eyes, he is one of the best, has been the best seen it all will always be "the all" in any guild hes in and his attitude has made him rage quit from some of the best guilds out there. Not to mention draining our bank account from hopping server to server in hopes of finding a guild.
Anyways so why is there a war in my house with WoW. Well I don't agree with his choices of quitting warcraft over a ban given to Ensidia in fact he and I will still butt heads as to our opinions on that matter, and that matter in itself is another blog. He now doesn't understand why I am doing these trivial in his eyes things in Warcraft to keep me sane when I cannot raid. See, I am hitting a dry spot for raiding. On the server I am on, eyes I do not meet their standards regardless of how good my gear is because I have not fully completed ICC so I cannot pug what I need to pug to get the experience I need. So I will end up running in circles like a true bored raider in Dalaran, or now in my new pursuit gaining exalted with the biggest pain in the ass reps I can. So as it stands I am now exalted with sporegarr, Cenarian Hold, and Circle, not to mention I am almost exalted with Thorium Brotherhood, Zandalar Tribe, and Timbermaw Hold. I am exalted with almost every WOTLK rep I just need Kaluk and I will have all the reps to max. OH! I am also almost exalted with the Netherwing rep. I need to also get exalted with the Brood since I have to turn in this eye of C'thun and I cannot since I am a dippy dork and killed archiolos way to many damn times to count resulting in my hole of hatred far worse than the typical WoW player. I feel like a dumb ass and still kicking myself for that. Not to mention being murdered by a level 57 while afk yesterday. Got to love carbonite and teabagging night elf druid named Immacat. Epic fail on my part. I am so used to being on a PvE server I have had this bad habit of getting into my old habits of afking in the middle of wide open spaces because I am not flagged but now since I am on a PvP server its all surprise butt sex if I do not hide my ass when afk or if I can fly fly as far up in the air that nobody can gank me. My point is, regardless of if I am raiding or not I will come up with ways to enjoy and be productive while playing WoW to get my $$'s worth in game. 14.99 a month is a lot of money if your sitting there doing nothing scratching your balls or your ass or boobs if your a chick. If you want to do that, then you can do that for free no need to pay 14.99 a month to let your toon do it with you! Plus there are a lot of things I need to do in prep for Cataclysm.
Long story short my Mage is made for raiding, its like in my blood but I know I will never be a elitist jerk in game or out because I do not carry the cocky arrogant rude attitude that most you see portray who do not give a fuck about anyone else besides themselves and refuse to help anyone. Myself I will always help those who need it with out expecting anything although a thank-you would be nice from those who I do help which most do give me. Others just use me and kick me out of party. Everyone was once new to this game or new to raiding, needing gear etc. Pisses the hell out of me when players forget that and get all cocky and shitty to guild members and friends not to mention others because all those shiny epics THOSE GUILD MEMBERS AND FRIENDS HELPED THEM GET makes them so l33t and sexy that they get cocky and bad ass and think they can do anything the fuck they want and get away with it. That attitude makes a lot of douches and I have met my fair share of them.
/end rant
Next post I make when my head is hurting less will be my UI, what addons I use as a mage who raids, and a in-depth look on my mage, my spec, and my arcane and how I swing it.
Anyways so why is there a war in my house with WoW. Well I don't agree with his choices of quitting warcraft over a ban given to Ensidia in fact he and I will still butt heads as to our opinions on that matter, and that matter in itself is another blog. He now doesn't understand why I am doing these trivial in his eyes things in Warcraft to keep me sane when I cannot raid. See, I am hitting a dry spot for raiding. On the server I am on, eyes I do not meet their standards regardless of how good my gear is because I have not fully completed ICC so I cannot pug what I need to pug to get the experience I need. So I will end up running in circles like a true bored raider in Dalaran, or now in my new pursuit gaining exalted with the biggest pain in the ass reps I can. So as it stands I am now exalted with sporegarr, Cenarian Hold, and Circle, not to mention I am almost exalted with Thorium Brotherhood, Zandalar Tribe, and Timbermaw Hold. I am exalted with almost every WOTLK rep I just need Kaluk and I will have all the reps to max. OH! I am also almost exalted with the Netherwing rep. I need to also get exalted with the Brood since I have to turn in this eye of C'thun and I cannot since I am a dippy dork and killed archiolos way to many damn times to count resulting in my hole of hatred far worse than the typical WoW player. I feel like a dumb ass and still kicking myself for that. Not to mention being murdered by a level 57 while afk yesterday. Got to love carbonite and teabagging night elf druid named Immacat. Epic fail on my part. I am so used to being on a PvE server I have had this bad habit of getting into my old habits of afking in the middle of wide open spaces because I am not flagged but now since I am on a PvP server its all surprise butt sex if I do not hide my ass when afk or if I can fly fly as far up in the air that nobody can gank me. My point is, regardless of if I am raiding or not I will come up with ways to enjoy and be productive while playing WoW to get my $$'s worth in game. 14.99 a month is a lot of money if your sitting there doing nothing scratching your balls or your ass or boobs if your a chick. If you want to do that, then you can do that for free no need to pay 14.99 a month to let your toon do it with you! Plus there are a lot of things I need to do in prep for Cataclysm.
Long story short my Mage is made for raiding, its like in my blood but I know I will never be a elitist jerk in game or out because I do not carry the cocky arrogant rude attitude that most you see portray who do not give a fuck about anyone else besides themselves and refuse to help anyone. Myself I will always help those who need it with out expecting anything although a thank-you would be nice from those who I do help which most do give me. Others just use me and kick me out of party. Everyone was once new to this game or new to raiding, needing gear etc. Pisses the hell out of me when players forget that and get all cocky and shitty to guild members and friends not to mention others because all those shiny epics THOSE GUILD MEMBERS AND FRIENDS HELPED THEM GET makes them so l33t and sexy that they get cocky and bad ass and think they can do anything the fuck they want and get away with it. That attitude makes a lot of douches and I have met my fair share of them.
/end rant
Next post I make when my head is hurting less will be my UI, what addons I use as a mage who raids, and a in-depth look on my mage, my spec, and my arcane and how I swing it.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Wrapped in Warcraft
I have been lost in the land of reading Warcraft lore and geeking out with all the new stuff coming to World of Warcraft. Now I have my own speculation as to how the twilight hammer is involved in Cataclysm but that in a sense is pretty obvious if you have ever paid attention to lore or been to Sithlus. The Twilight Hammer is all about worshiping and summoning the "old Gods" and were if I remember correctly responsible for the resurrection of C'thun in Ahn’Qiraj. Neltharion a.k.a Deathwing was driven to insanity by the voices of an old god but by which? Neltharion was able to create a Demon Soul to which to my understanding contains great power and was captured by the Night Elves. Now, here is my theory currently as to how the Twilight Hammer play a important role in the escapism of Neltharion/Deathwing and why I feel that the Cenarian Circle will play another significant role in the Cata event prior to the release of the game. The more I think about it the more I know I am pretty close to being right I may have a few things off. I was doing the final quests in Sithlus and I came across a quest that says some really interesting things.
Geologist Larksbane says: It is history... A history of Silithus... of Ahn'Qiraj... of Titans and Old Gods... I read from the prophecy of C'Thun as written by the Qiraji Prophet Skeram. A prophecy that portends a cataclysm...
Geologist Larksbane says: In the time before time, when the world was still in its infancy, a battle between a Titan and a being of unimaginable evil and power raged on this very soil. The prophecy is unclear about whether or not the Titan was vanquished in this battle but it illustrates that a Titan fell. An Old God had also fallen - or so it was thought.
Geologist Larksbane says: For millennia this being lay dormant beneath the world - biding its time. From its prison it waited for the exact moment at which to strike back at those that would see it harmed.
Geologist Larksbane says: The land of eternal starlight, Kalimdor, was a nurturing mother to all of its creatures. The magic of the Well of Eternity permeated the land and empowered the multitude of flora and fauna that would make the world their home. From this magical ether were born the silithid. It was through the silithid that the brooding Old God would reach and attempt to sunder the world that it once held in its unmerciful grasp.
Geologist Larksbane says: The Old God would create avatars from the silithid in its own image. These avatars were to be known as Qiraji. Sentient and with purpose, the Qiraji would name their creator: C'Thun was born... For many thousands of years the Qiraji worked feverishly to build a force capable of laying waste to the world that would betray their god. The great fortress city of Ahn'Qiraj was created to house their growing armies and prepare for the coming of C'Thun
Geologist Larksbane says: This can't be right. An Old God could never be allowed to enter this world. The results would be... Oh dear!
Geologist Larksbane says: There is more.
Geologist Larksbane says: The moment that C'Thun had so patiently waited for had finally arrived. His children had spent thousands of years building an army capable of exacting revenge upon the whole of Kalimdor and now the prize was within their grasp.
Geologist Larksbane says: The Titans had long since vacated this world. Only the night elves that once inhabited this area were here to defend. Oh my! The next passage is fascinating!
Geologist Larksbane says: A mighty Qiraji known as General Rajaxx would command the initial incursion into Silithus. Only one would stand in his way: A night elf known as Staghelm. They refer to him as Khar'sis or 'hand of the earth' in the native Qiraji tongue.
Geologist Larksbane says: Staghelm and his armies were clearly overwhelmed as the endless flow of Rajaxx's troops poured into Silithus. It would seem as if Staghelm, however, was more than just a nuisance to the Qiraji. Under Staghelm, the whole of the night elf armies had come together to defend Kalimdor, greatly slowing the Qiraji forces.
Geologist Larksbane says: Unfortunately, the night elf defense was untenable and Rajaxx knew that they could not hold out much longer. Their tenacity, however, was causing great frustration to Rajaxx and causing even more frustration to his king. Wait, kings? Incredible.. .
Geologist Larksbane says: Vek'nilash and Vek'lor, known as the Twin Emperors of Ahn'Qiraj, watched the war from the sanctuary of their temple. The clever brothers devised a plan to demoralize and divide Staghelm's forces.
Geologist Larksbane says: Valstann Staghelm served as the right hand of Fandral. A proud and noble warrior, his dedication and adoration for his father unyielding.. . and the Twin Emperors sensed this as weakness. A weakness that could be exploited.
Geologist Larksbane says: The Qiraji forces were commanded to fall back and hide the bulk of their numbers beneath the sands of the desert. A small attack was ordered upon Southwind Village while the front lines of Staghelm's army were kept occupied.
Geologist Larksbane says: Valstann, eager to please his father, convinced Fandral to allow him to take a small battalion to the defense of Southwind. Surely with the tide of battle turning their way, no harm could come to his beloved child. The trap was missed. Valstann was captured by the hiding Qiraji and Southwind Village obliterated. Rajaxx himself would take the captive Valstann to the front lines of the battle where - in front of Staghelm and the night elf forces - he would brutally execute the young night elf.
Geologist Larksbane says: The war continued but the will of the great leader was sapped. The whole of Silithus was soon engulfed by the silithid and their Qiraji hosts.
Geologist Larksbane says: Poor man, this explains so much.
Geologist Larksbane says: The night elf army was pushed back through Un'Goro, to the borders of the Tanaris desert. Something in Un'Goro prevented the Qiraji from being able to take the land. I do not quite understand this word but I believe it to mean 'God Lands.' It is stated that they could not 'take the God Lands.'
Geologist Larksbane says: Fascinating, this coincides with theories of Un'Goro being the home of the Titans when they inhabited Kalimdor. Perhaps Aman'thul himself watched over 'The God Lands.'
Geologist Larksbane says: Hrm, curious... This ends abruptly. In Tanaris the Qiraji document facing a bronze dragon. There is much missing from this... More information must be found! Surely they are planning to invade Kalimdor once more!
Baristolth of the Shifting Sands shifts uncomfortably.
Baristolth of the Shifting Sands says: When the time is right, my lady. All will be clear when the time is right. The master stirs even now. Look to the skies for the Brood of Nozdormu have returned.
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Does this mean that C'thun was the one that turned Neltharion insane? We know that the twilight hammer is envolved and maybe the Cenarian Circle is trying to prevent Cataclysm from happening. C'thun could have told the twilight hammer to break deathwing out of prison.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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