Happy Halloween

Well, it's been three years since the Headless Horsemen started burning down villages and shouting lovely poetry. The Headless Horseman is one of my all time favorite bosses. His voice over is perfect and the model is fab. However, I hate him. I've been farming him every Hallow's End only to have him laugh at my face and never drop the mount for my priest. I have the mount on 4 other alts. I think he hates my priest. There's still one more day for my priest to pry that mount from his cold, lifeless body. IT WILL BE MINE!

Hallow's End 2010

Don't I make an awesome fishing NPC? Anyways, I need to stop slacking and make my IRL costume for the party we're going to tonight. See you guys later.

Guild Chat Etiquette NSFW?

I thought I would make this a post all on its own. I tend to forget that most people aren't as open minded or outspoken as I am. I often offend people with my shock and awe chat. I frequent 4chan and other message boards like 4chan so things just don't shock me anymore. A few guildmates were talking about the recent Blizzcon and the costume contest. One of the comments was " I would feel so nerdy just watching that. It would make me sad knowing that somewhere there might be a fat nerd beating off to this" of course I piped in and said "It's really no different than some Non fat nerd beating off to schoolgirls, furry porn, henti and whatever other kink there is" Things took a downward spiral after this. We some how ended up talking about other fetishes and strange human sexual taboos. Someone finally stepped in and asked "Why are we even talking about this in guild chat?!" This isn't the first time I've offended someone and it probably won't be the last. I'm just surprised that people still get offended by stuff like this. I know we should have respect of other peoples feelings when being in a social group or when chatting in guild chat, but should you really be offended by words? I just wish there were more people like me out there. I don't judge people by what they are into or what they look like. I don't care if you are  nerdy, geeky, fat, skinny, gay, black, white, asian or whatever label society wishes to place upon you. I see you for who you are. Personality matters to me 100% and if you aren't fun to be around then I don't want to know you. Anyway, I guess it was wrong of us to chat about such "xrated/dirty" things in guild chat. So, I bring you my list of what to not to say in guild chat. 

WARNING: THIS MIGHT OFFEND YOU! IF SO TURN BACK IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY WORDS! IF YOU KEEP READING THEN YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! STRONG LANGUAGE AND "NAUGHTY" WORDS!


















STUFF YOU SHOULDN'T SAY BECAUSE ITS "BAD"

• Cunt, Pussy, Twat, Roast Beef
• Dick, Penis, Cock, Balls
• Fisting, Anal Stretching, Salad Tossing
• Rim Job, Hot Lunch, Cosby Sweater
• Leakage, Alabama Hot Pocket, Tampons
• Anything Political as this will cause a debate and apparently that's bad.
• Racial Slurs (I'm very much against this one.)
• Furry, Yiff, Faggot, "Thats gay"
• Fatass, Ugly Bitch, Nerd, Geek, Freak
• Your Retarded, "Can you link you're profession"
• Alot, U, UR, @, Srsly, Y, Plz, Every other common shorthand.
• Bloodelves (They are bad for some reason)
• Speaking in another language other than English (Or whatever is common for all you EU players out there

And of course your standard curse word should be added to the list.  Well, I think I've posted enough for now.

Super Happy Beta Fun Times Go!

It's been a while since I posted some beta stuff. I've been goofing off doing heroics and testing priest beta play. Holy priests couldn't be anymore perfect. I love the way holy plays now. I still feel that Disc lacks the POW of holy. However, Disc will still be a key player in a 25 man raid setting. Leap of Faith is super fun in PVE and PVP. Clueless melee standing in whirlwind? Mage pissing you off? Warlock likes to Lifetap for no reason? LEAP OF FAITH!

LEAP OF FAITH

Before anyone hates on my lack of keybinds just know this. They reset for some dumb reason every time I log off beta. Anyways, on to more fun things. Cataclysm is really shaping up to be the best expansion Blizzard has done. I know a lot of people are still in "shock" due to all the changes that hit live recently but trust me when I say this: Cataclysm will restore your faith in Blizzard! I've never had this much fun questing. I hate questing in Vanilla, TBC and Wrath. Wrath did bring some new questing styles to WoW that other games have been doing for a long time. The much needed ingame cut scene, and Blizzard has really put this to good use in Cata. Uldum is full of cut scenes and there are a bunch in the revamped old world as well. The one thing I've always loved about Blizzard is that they always find a way to hide pop culture references throughout the game. Cataclysm is no exception to this. 

"Hide Your Wives, Hide Your Children! Zhey're Killing everyone up in he'ah"

Then there is this one that I'll share too. This one is a nod to the popular "You awaken in Razor Hill" series. If you've never heard of this you should read it!

Tednug and Scratchfever

I've also been leveling a worgen mage and tonight I did a random instance. When I saw the loading screen was wailing caverns I was tempted to say fuck it and just leave but I stuck it out. We got to the escort part and I tempted to leave again until I saw the most beautiful thing I've seen so far in all my time in beta. The escort NPC started running. That's right folks he started RUNNING. I couldn't believe my eyes that after five years of slowly walking to rescue Narlax he finally started to run. I'm still shocked about it as I write this post. On another note of awesomeness. The Worgen starting area has one of the best staff graphics I've even seen in game. It's a shame that this graphic is on a green and that it's replaced in 3 levels. The staff is actually animated with rose pedals falling off of it. Its beautiful and a Role Players must have.

Best Staff Graphic Ever.

Well, That's really all the beta stuff I have to share you guys for now. I know its not much but most of the things I know are already out there.

4.0.1, Earthquakes, QQ, and a New Server.

Lately I've been finding myself just disgusted by the WoW community. Scilla and its battlegroup is wrought with drama, trolls, assholes and just over all shitty player attitudes. You can't do a random daily without someone being an ass. "You're gear is so bad just quit the game and life." Just an overall unpleasant experience. Then a week ago while leveling an alt on an RP server I was doing a bit of auctioning and I was stunned by the trade chat. They were discussing lore, trading and there was a PUG forming. I decided to ask the raid leader of the PUG what their min gearscore requirement was and I was shocked to see him say "We don't use gearscore on this server. Link your achieve or come let me inspect you" We all know how gearscore has spread around Azeroth faster than the plague so you can see why I was shocked by this statement. I decided I would sit around an just watch tradechat on this server to see how things work. There were a few trolls here and there, but not once was there a link spamming Thunderfury or any mindless nonsense. It dawned on me that maybe I wasn't just sick of the overall WoW community but the server group I was playing on. It was then and there I decided screw it I'm getting the hell off of Scilla. I've always wanted to play on an RP server, but was too worried about how to get started. Anyway, I am now on Wrymrest Accord and I couldn't be any happier with me move. I can't wait for Cataclysm now.

4.0.1 hit yesterday. The tears on forums and in-game have been flowing like the southfury river. I have to agree with some of the people complaining though. I played around with shadow in beta and while I was pulling some impressive numbers I knew it was too good to be true. The ability to spam shadow word death is far too much fun to resist. I also played around with tanking on my paladin. It was a huge change. Pally tanking is nothing like it used to be. We've gone through two expansion with it being the same basic rotation and its a hard habit to break. I haven't touched my warlock since the patch hit and frankly I just have no desire too. The same goes for my shaman. I do miss playing her but it sorta broke my heart when I leveled her to 80 and took off all her T6. Oh how I miss my lighting ninja shaman! LONG LIVE BRAIN HEAL! Ahm, Sorry I got a little carried away there back to the actual point. Something that people are failing to realize is that numbers aren't actually balanced around level 80 game play right now. Blizzard has already stated that numbers won't be "right" until we've leveled to 85. I mean people are going so far as saying "I'm unsubscribing this sucks so bad its horrible I don't do any damage" and so on. While I agree that Melee dps is a bit under tuned right now but you can't just give up. I'd see it as more of a challenge personally. I mean get out there and hit that target dummy and run World of Logs to record your dps. Don't just sit there and bitch about change hit it head on!

 

With the release of 4.0.1 we got the early start of the Cataclysm event. Earthquakes can be felt all over Azeroth. There are faint whispers among the citizens in Azeroth that there is a cult causing all the earthquakes. If you pay a visit to Grommash Hold in Orgimmar you'll see the leaders of the horde having a meeting about all the stuff that's going on. Now, if you know anything about the events that are about to take place then you already know what I'm about to post. If not then you are in for some serious SPOILERS. LEAVE IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO KEEP READING! 

Alright, if you're still here then lets get down to the good stuff.  Here's a chat log of the entire meeting. 

 

 As you can see above this is the early onset of the conflict between Vol'jin and Garrosh. I personally dislike the fact as horde we have Garrosh in Thrall's place. Through questing in the newly revamped old world he does tend to grow on you however. There is a huge debate about this very thing over on MMO-Champion and its being beaten into the ground. It may turn out that he's exactly what the Horde needs in the troubles ahead. I just don't agree with it.  Cataclysm is bringing some HUGE changes lore wise and I'm excited to see them beyond what is in beta at the moment. The whole questing line in Mount Hyjal was a huge loregasm. I won't spoil that for you, but if you really wish to know you can head over to MMOC to scope it out. I think that's it for now. Sorry if this update has been bit random. I'm just in a random mood I guess. Remember CHANGE IS GOOD! Embrace it!

 

Group Etiquette 101

Picture it: You log into to do your daily random heroic and prepare for raids. You're random queue pops up and you enter the instance. 

Things seem to be going to just fine until the group manages to wipe.  You release and start the run back to the instance and one of the DPS decides to say something.

[Random Gearscore Natzi: ] Wow, did we really just wipe in (insert random faceroll WOTLK heroic here). You guys are terrible! HOW DO YOU WIPE IN A HEROIC WITH A 56554633887464 GS!!!??!

[Tank:] I didnt get any healz so I died.


[GO GO GO DPS:] CAN WE JUST GO ALREDY PLZ?!?!?!


[Afk Healer:] Sorry lulz dog on fire lulz.

[Gearscore Natzi:] wow rly healer? You should just go kill yourself because you dont deserve to live or play wow. Fin blizzard and they're walfare lewtz.


[Calm DPS Guy:] Do you really need to be rude? We wiped get over it. Stuff happens. Lets just regroup and finish the heroic. 


[Natzi:] You know what you guys are so f'in fail. Have fun with your shitty gear and shitty heroic I dont have time for this shit.



Natzi has left the group. 


This is a common scenario when dealing with people via the random dungeon finder. What should you do when you encounter people through the RDF? 

The WoW community as a whole has long since gone downhill. People are rude, crude and plain old mean. I know,I know its the internet blah blah blah. I always try to be the friendly open nice person when doing randoms. I mean you wouldn't walk up to a stranger on the street and look down your nose upon them because they don't have the same clothes as you do etc. Here is an easy way to deal with people through the RDF.

DO: Be nice. Remember the old saying? "If you don't have anything nice to say. Don't say anything.

Don't: Don't be that guy. You know that guy. They guy who tries to ninja pull an entire instance and then ditch the group. This is just childish and 90% of the time it doesn't work.

Don't: Don't get upset when you wipe once or twice. Pay attention to whats going on and find the reason why you are wiping. Is the healer afk? Did the hunters pet aggro 3 extra trash pulls? Pin point the issue and work to fix it.  

DO: Buff. If your class can buff do it. If your a mage drop a table. If your a Warlock Soulstone the healer and drop a Soulwell. These things can save a wipe. If you are a Paladin buff!

DO: If you are a pet class turn your pet off of agressive. Growl off if you are a hunter. Pets can sometimes the cause of wipes. 

Don't: Don't judge a book by its cover. Who cares if the tank is in blues? You were once undergeared and had to do heroics to gear up. 

Don't: Don't rush the tank. One of my pet peeves as a tank or healer is a DPS class spamming "GO GO JUST GO ALREADY GO GO GO" in chat. Relax. If you want to carry the pace of the instance roll a tank. 

DO: Watch your aggro. If you notice the tank is undergeared or the healer pay attention. 

Don't: Don't take long afks. Things come up at the worse time its understandable but try to take your afks before you join the group/raid.

DO: Chat with people and be openminded. You'd be surprised at the amount of nice people you can meet in the RDF.

Don't: Don't roll need on everything you can use just to vendor it. Yes its probably worthless to most people but you never know if someone in the group actually needs it.

Don't: If you are a tank don't just charge into every pull without paying attention to the healers mana. Some undergeared healers still have mana issues in heroics.  

DO: If you are a rogue/hunter misdirect the tank or tricks him. 

Don't: Healers Please don't afk without saying a word. Type out "Afk" or  "Just a sec"

Don't: Don't always click accept on the Vote to Kick. Ask why we are kicking the person if it isn't clear. Ask questions. 90% of the time the person doesn't deserve to be kicked.

DO: Vote to kick people who are afk for longer than 5 mins.More than 5mins is an unreasonable time to afk in an instance/raid.

DO: Be helpful. Is the tank not holding aggro? Did he forget frost presence? Righteous Fury? Is the hunters pet on agressive? speak up but be nice about it.

Don't: Don't be rude to people who don't know what they are doing. Remember there are people who are new to WoW. 

DO: Have fun. Remember its a game and its meant for enjoyment. 

I'm sure I've forgotten some things but these are just basics. Cataclysm will soon be out and things will change. Raids and Dungeons won't be as easy as they are in WOTLK. Don't give up when you wipe. Always remember this song when you judge people for being a "noob".