Haters Gonna Hate

I've been working on Loremaster for the past week. Well, For the time my priest wasn't stuck in the Twisting Nether. As I sit here looking around at the Burning Stepps I realize this is one more thing to add to my "Hate List". I'm like an old grouchy lady. I hate everything and the older I get the worse it gets. So today my fellow gamers I give you my hate list. The list is made up of stuff in games in general and in real life. 

• MMO's with insane UI's. Aka Lord of the Rings. I mean really what is all that shit on the UI? I get it you went Free to Play, I don't need to see the shop add pop up everytime I level. 
• The people bitching about the Female Worgen Model on MMO Champ. GET OVER IT. 
• Wrath of the Lich King Heroics.
• Deathknights. Its not because everyone and their mother has one. I just hate the way they play. I've tried countless times to level one and I always give up around 65-67. The play style is too close to being like a ret pally with dots for my taste. 
• People who drink can soda with a straw. I mean really? 
• People who assume all gamers are neckbeards or fat women. Not all of us are mouth breathing window lickers.
• People who use "Gay" when referring to somthing that is  dumb, stupid,lame, retarded and so on. 
• "Relax man it's just a game" Yes, its just a game that you are terrible at.
• People who spam trade chat with song lyrics. Just a small town girl..
• Ads on you tube videos. I understand you're trying to make money. Go away with the ads before videos. Stick to banners and sidebar ads. 
• Talking ads. "CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE KNOWS YOU ARE AWAKE NOW HAHA!" 
• People who stare. I mean don't get me wrong I like to people watch just as much as the next person but there is a limit to how long you stare!
• HERP DERP HURR DURR. This stopped being funny a long time ago.
• People who type "alot" it's A LOT not alot.
• People who sit too close to you in waiting rooms or stand too close to you in line. 
• Close Talkers. You know the ones. HEY LETS GET IN EACH OTHERS FACE AND CHAT. I do not want to smell the garlic you had for lunch kthx.
• That one person in your guild that EVERYONE hates and is pretty awful but no one bothers to ever say anything about them.
• Facebook spammers. I DON'T CARE IF YOU JUST GOT OUT OF THE SHOWER!
• E Skanks. I mean really? You feel the need to whore yourself in a video game? 
• Badlands Quests. The amount of craftable items you need from the quests here is ridiculous. 

• 

  Angry cat agrees with my rage.

Now for part 2 of my hate list.

• Socks. I hate these things. They might make your feet warm in the winter but my fuzzy slippers do the job just fine.
• People who post screenshots of battle ground stat menu. Grats you did damage in a BG. You were probably that asshole camping the bot in the Alliance GY while the rest of us were actually running the flag in WSG. 
• People who ask trade "Whats the best spec for x class" Guys, Its called Google. Use it. It takes 5-10 mins of reading to figure out the most played spec of your class. All with detailed info on how to play it.
• People who don't understand how gemming in WoW works. Just because that socket is blue doesn't mean a BLUE gem has to go in it. They make hybrid gems for a reason.
• PvE nerfs to balance PVP. Honestly blizzard make pvp trees and specs for PVP. Leave the PVE players alone and Vice Versa
• Ke$ha Please crawl back into your trailer and just die already. 
• People who constantly ask you "What ya doing?" When clearly they can see what you're doing.
• Sports fans. I don't like sports and you don't like video games. So why do you think I care about the Flyers game? Do I tell you about me killing The Lich King? Nope Didn't think so. 
• Gold Spammer whispers. Ex: "Hey Whats up?" *Shift Right click* [Stolenaccout Level 1 Shaman, Durotar] It always makes me feel like someone actually wants to talk to me. HUGH LET DOWN 
• Warhammer Online's PVE. Yes I know its a PVP game but seriously Mythic you could of tried a bit harder with the quests.
• The shitty amount of XP you gain in low level battlegrounds in WoW. Give us XP for killing players blizzard. Make it have the old honor diminishing returns.
• The way people think its raging when you disagree with their statements about their gear.
• People who correct you in the middle of a sentence. I realize I dunno how to pronounce that word. Do I care? No and you shouldn't either. (Side note these people are fun to piss off.
• Twilight. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Twilight is only for gay men, little girls and lonely old fat women/housewives.
• Guild Rules against "bad words" I'm sorry but if your child plays online video games he/she has already seen the word fuck and if not from video games then from school. Turn on the profanity filter if you are offended by "bad" words.
• The fact that Guild Wars has no jump button. What a stupid thing to leave out of a game.
• People who stand on top of NPC's with their mounts. 

• People who hover in Dalaran on their flying mounts. Grats you have a Green Proto Drake. So does the rest of WoW. 
• People who afk during heroics, raids, BG's and group quests to "Smoke a Bowl" Then complain about dying, wiping, losing and not getting quest credit.

Me every time someone afks to smoke pot.

As you can see I can keep going on forever.but I won't. I think this is enough for now. Stay tuned for more posts this week. I'm working on a "Preparing your Priest for Cata" and I plan on posting detailed info on all the new 5 mans and their boss strats.  (Edit: I have no clue what that white box is down there. It won't go away no matter what I do. So I now hate it too.)

Loading Screen of Doom.

Picture it: You log in to WoW just a few minutes before raid time to gather flasks and whatnot. You've been working on achievements so the nearest city is Thunderbluff. You hop on a flight path and head to the city only to crash while flying over the rolling pains of Mulgore. You pick up your authenticator and attempt to log back in. As you sit there waiting at the loading screen you realize its taking a lot longer than it normally does. You hang your head knowing you have to Alt F4 and try again. After trying four or five times you decide to disable addons to see if this works. The loading screen some how seems to take even longer now. You hang your head down even further now. You realize that your toon is stuck in the twisting nether and you're going to have to get help from a game master. You sigh in frustration because you know what the outcome will be.

Just your everyday GM party.

So, You log into an alt explain to your guild why you can't raid and open your ticket. "We are currently experiencing a high volume of petitions" This doesn't phase you. You already knew that would be the outcome. You goof around on your alt while listening to your guild attempt hardmode Halion.  You check the clock and realize it's been a few hours and still "We're currently Herp Derping". You log off in frustration. You spend the rest of your night watching "The Venture Bros" and relaxing.You decide to check your toon one last time before bed. Damnit, Still can't log in. You check your alt to see that status of your ticket. "Lol, Do you really think we care?" Sigh, You decide its time for bed after all there is always tomorrow. 

Makes Perfect Sense.

Day Two: You get off work and head home for a snack and some raiding. You sit down at your computer and suddenly it hits you. Damn Damn DAMN... You'd forgotten about your toon being stuck. As you type in your authenticator code you hold your breath. Loading... Loading... LOADING.. FUCK!! Looks like another night of not raiding. You sigh and log into your alt to see about your ticket. "You really thought We'd answer by now? LULZ" Sigh, You decide to just log off for the night. You realize it's not worth waiting. You lurk around facebook and 4chan all night and you check your e-mail a few hundred times in hopes of getting a beta invite. Maybe you are just hoping for some glimmer of hope in the darkness. After you've had enough FBF pics and trap threads on 4chan you head to bed. Perhaps tomorrow will be a better day?

It haunts your dreams...

Day Three: You had the day off so you slept in til 3. You grab a bowl of fruit loops and plop down in front of your computer. You check your email, facebook, MMO-Champion, and all your other daily sites. You load up WoW and decide to check your bank alt first. Awesome, all your auctions sold! Even those way too overpriced glyphs. Looks like today will be a good day! You select your main and attempt to log in. The loading screen flashes for a second and bam booted back to the select screen. What the fuck? You rub the sleepiness from your eyes and try again. Same thing, The loading screen is trolling you. It's mocking you. You could of swore you saw that nightelf pointing and laughing at you. You've had enough. It's time you called tech support,  because the in game support just isn't responding. You take a deep breath and dial the number. After a series of menus you are stuck on hold. The music blasting through your phone is Star Craft 2. Ahhh, you set your phone to speaker and lay is down on your desk. You mutter to yourself "Why must the music be so loud" You browse around on the web for a bit. You check the time. Has it been 10 minutes already? Sigh.. You continue to surf around passing the time. Finally 29 minutes later  "
Thank you for Calling Blizzard Tech Support this is "The guy that will be ruining your day" : How can I help you?

You: I've been having issues with my toon. I crashed a few days ago on a flightpath. I was having issues with be stuck at the loading screen. Now the loading screen flashes for 2 or 3 seconds and I'm booted back to the select screen.

"Ruining your day guy" Did you delete your WTF folder? or run the repair tool?

You: Yes, I've tried all the basic stuff. I've had an open ticket in game for 3 days with no response. 


"Ruining your Day Guy": Do you mind if I place you hold for a 2 minutes?


You: No that's fine I just want the issue fixed.
*Hold Music*
"Ruining your Day Guy": Hi sorry for the wait. I've looked into your issue and it's possible its your service provider. 


You: Well, I can log into every toon on my account but this one. Are you sure its my service provider.


"Ruining your Day Guy":  Really, Do you mind holding for a few more minutes while I look further into this issue.


You: Sigh, Not at all. (At this point you realize this guy has no idea how to help you)


*Hold Music*


"Ruining your Day Guy": Sorry to keep you waiting. This issue requires you to speak to a Games Master in game. They will have to move your character for you to allow you log in properly.

You: Right, I've had an open ticket for 3 days. Is there any way you solve this faster? I haven't  been able to raid all week or do anything on my main.


"Ruining your Day Guy": I'm sorry but there isn't anything I can do for you. This is an in game issue. Is there anything else I can do for you?

You: Well seeing as you did nothing for me now I guess not. 

"Ruining your Day Guy": Thanks for calling Blizzard Tech Support. You will receive a survey on the service I provided for you via email. Please fill it out. Have a good day.

*Hangs up*

You sigh in frustration.  You realize that compelete morons work for blizzard tech support. You log in your alt and update your ticket to add the issues you chatted about with the Tech support guy and log off. Your day off is mostly gone now. You play some Dragon Age and watch TV. You check your ticket status before bed. "We are currently pointing and laughing at you" Grrr.. You are starting rage fairly hardcore now. 

It doesn't

 Day Four: It's 10:30 am EST. You just finished talking to a GM. The GM tells you that he is sorry for taking so long to answer your ticket. You chat with the GM for a bit and he offers to  give you 3 days of playtime for the inconvenience. 




Sorry for this long and drawn out post. This is the longest I've ever had to wait for an in game issue to be fixed. I've been playing WoW since it was in beta. I know I know I should just relax blah blah blah. I think 3 days is more than enough time for in game service that you PAY for to assist you.

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".