Hear ye, Hear ye, We, the humble and grateful, bow down to the greater and much wiser Dwarf King, known to many by the name of Grumpy. He, who in our darkest hour, came down from his mountain and like Prometheus, gave us light!A big thank you to Someone for creating this great plugin, BRK for exposing us to the iframes and Okoloth for creating the code.
Just can’t seem to figure it out…Is it the theory of relatively? The laws of gravity applied within a vacuum? If two trains leave at …
Okay, this post is technically not WoW related, but I have exhausted my brain trying to find an answer. As many of you may have seen at other sites, like BRK’s and Grumpy’s, they have a neat little feature which when you “mouse over” a WoW item a small box appears and you see the item’s info, like you would in-game. I have tried to figure it out, via Google, Allakhazam ( the source for this code), sent emails, but I CAN’T seem to find the BEEP((**88**()ING answer!
Can you tell I am frustrated?
If anyone knows how to do this. I would be greatly appreciative and your name will be posted as the savior of my sanity.
I have been remiss on my blogging duties and I apologize. There are several posts to upload. This post was written last week on Thursday night.
Like several people that I know, WoW is my first MMORPG. Really, before this game, I never thought of myself as a 'gamer'. I entered this game blind and had no one to tell me where to turn on the light switch. I learned, like so many others, the hard way. However, there is something I really feel Blizzard should put in their manuals...actual information that will help the Noob player maneuver around. An example: telling hunters that they have to tame beasts in the wild to learn new skills.
The unfortunate aspect of the game, is that most of the information a person will need to become a better player, does not come from the game itself but outside of it. And if you don't know where to go, then you are left stranded without a life line.
There are several ways you can find information, such as blogs and websites. But I believe the best way to learn is to find yourself a mentor. Just like in RL, find someone who seems to understand your class, the tools. Someone who is willing to help you practice your chain trapping or help you create a shot rotation. If, for example, you are trying to learn how to master the Jump Shot, having a person in game who can see your attempts and help make immediate changes can radically speed up your learning curve. These people are the Manuals you never received in the game. And if, you are are a mentor, offer your services to those struggling, help them master a technique and create a new playstyle. It will help everyone involved and will make you a better player yourself. Teaching does that.
I have been playing this game for over 2 years now and I am still a student. And that is okay. The point is to become comfortable in your skin. To be able to talk and use your class to the best of your abilities.
And to do that, you need to ask questions. No one wants to questions and be called a ‘noob’. But if you don't ask, how are you supposed to find out?
Too scared to ask? Then at least watch.
Just the other day, I learned something pretty cool watching another hunter in PvP. Pookie went straight at him, jaws ready to rip out his aorta, when he Fainted Death and Pookie came trotting back to me.
I was amazed. It never occurred to me to do that during PvP. I had always tried to trap or if I had enough time, fear the pet away.
A few minutes later, another hunter targeted me, sent in the pet, but this time I FD and to my utter surprise the damn pet tramped back to the hunter!
Like my father always said, you learn something new everyday.
And to show that I am not all type and no action. Here is my noob question of the week. I seriously want an answer to this, because I haven't found one on my own.
A high-level hunter I knew and trusted once told me that you can interchange bullets and arrows using the same bag (ie ammo pouch) using the same weapon (ie a gun).
I, personally, don't believe it. Why would Blizzard have two different ammo bags if you could use both in the same one? I have never tried to put arrows in my ammo pouch because I always assumed it would not be allowed. What the hell, what do I know? But I would like to know if anyone else has experimented with this? It is true?
Krystofar, a guildie, a friend and more importantly, a fellow hunter, has decided to share some of his own witty musing to the DC universe. Yay!
When was the last time you looked at your /played? It’s been months since I last looked at mine. In truth, I’m a little afraid to. I play Warcraft a lot, but I have no problem squeezing in Real Life activities. When I’m with my RL friends I’m careful not to discuss WOW at great length, if at all. The main reason is that non-gamers simply are not interested in my virtual pastime. The secondary reason is that the question inevitably arises; “It sounds like you play all the time. How many hours would you play a week?” I would NEVER answer that truthfully again. The reason I say never “again” is that when I have told people how much I play, their reactions are oddly universal. Their mouths drop open for a moment and then they utter variations on “Oh my god… think of all the things you could have done with that time.” Then they are usually compelled to rhyme off these so-called “better” things. Some suggestions have been:
1. Reading (I do read everyday)
2. Volunteer (I do volunteer work for at least one charity every year)
3. Go dancing (I dance with my wife or step-daughter while we cook dinner all the time)
4. Learn a new language
Everything I’ve written so far has been a pre-amble to point #4. Why do so many people think I should be learning a new language? I have barely mastered English, my mother tongue, and now I’m to bore/annoy people in other languages? For the record, I have tried to learn French and can actually understand quite a bit. In Italian, I can give directions to or from any Roman train station. I once took a conversational Japanese course that left me with the expertise to confidently say, “thank you” and “I am a red car” (I have yet to find a use for the latter statement).
The ironic point I’m trying to make (finally) is that I HAVE learned a new language, albeit, a completely useless one. The language of Warcraft. Don’t believe me? Try reading the following. If you understand it, you’re an experienced WOW player. Try reading it to someone who doesn’t and ask him or her if they understand.
“Yesterday, I’m in Skettis doing my dailies and farming netherweave and this Tauren shammy tries to gank me when I’m at half health. He didn’t realize I had guildies nearby. I call out for help on vent. Breana drops a frost trap and hit’s him with a viper sting; Fem intercepts and sunder, bash, mortal strike, then /fart (she can’t help herself); I pop my trinket and then aimed shot FTW! We camp and pwn that n00b for the next 15 minutes; just repeat it with every rez until he logs. Fear our 1337ness! Roffle!
That night we raided Kara and made it to Shade without a single wipe. I survived the AOE this time and was hoping for phat lootz. The only things that dropped were clothie gear. Nobody needed or greeded it, so Saak, he’s our holy pally, de’d it. We just rolled on the shards before hearthing to Shatt.”
Hmmm… I just re-read what I’ve written. What a geek. Maybe I should get out more? Ha! Who am I kidding? We’re raiding Kara again tonight!
I am a red car,
Krystofar
I receive a whisper on Friday afternoon, on my day off, that went something like this: /Hey you want to do Mech on either one of your toons?
I thought for a moment.
/Sure, I will take Bel. She is closest to the key.
Thus I went on Bel to Mech and end up in something as rare as a decent
We massacred and slashed all in sight, without a single death and without vent. It was amazing. Then we get to Pathaleon the Calculator, all went well and then the following dropped:
Beast Lord Helm
Tunic of Assassination
Both De’ed.
/Cry
<3
Bre
P.s. Sleep deprivation has a tenacity of making me sentimental. I apologize now for the excessive corniness.
Pop quiz
What do you do if two people you admired, people who in your mind reach close to cult celebrity status, actually look your way. BRK and TJ fall into that category.
So lets say for agreement's sake you make a little blog and some how (I swear I DID not sacrifice any goats) one of your 'idols' not only finds said blog but links to it. Okay, cue the crying, hysterical, fainting. All those things happened yesterday.
Now, picture that you find buried in your comments the two small letters TJ. I look again! OMG! Athena has come down from
/facepalm
Someone get me a chair. I need to sit down.
1friend:
1 a : one attached to another by affection or esteem
2 a : one that is of the same nation, party, or group
3 : a favored companion
-From Merriam-Webster
I may be preaching to the choir here, but often I find myself reading about the validity of online-relationships and how they are not seen as “real” relationships. For many, any relationships not fixed in the face-to-face realm does not count as a deeply emotional friendship.
How many of you can agree with this assessment?
I don''t.
Allow me to place it in this context. Think of your job or school. Each is an isolated world with its own rules and relationships. Each is different but in the end they have essentially one thing in common: people. You have people you can’t stand, others you just have ‘lunch’ with but don’t see outside of that environment, and then there are the select few you classify as friends.
A friend transcends the isolated world you meet them in and are welcomed to join your other ‘worlds.’
This applies to WoW as well. It may be a game, but underneath the pixels, WoW is a complex and intensely interactive chat room. Humanity is abundant there and so are our personalities. Just because your avatar is made up of ones and zeros, doesn’t mean your emotions are and you WILL respond to others in varying degrees.
Allow us to examine the definition of “Friend” and think about your own pals on WoW; I will think of mine:
Now think about that ‘friend’. Do they transcend your sphere (aka WoW) and are welcomed into your other ‘worlds?’
I know mine are.
But Bre, what do you mean by transcendence?
Okay ask yourself these questions.
Do they know very personal details about you, know your first name, have contact information such as email and phone numbers? Have you meet some of them outside of the game?
If you answered yes, then this is transcendence.
It also is a real friendship. There is a real commitment and responsibility to these people, just as there would be if they lived next door to you.
I have been asked why I spend so much time on something where I never seem to accomplish anything. They say, “It isn’t like you can take those pixels with you?” Then precede to chuckle.
I just wait until the laughter dies down and I say, “No, can’t take the pixels with me, but I can take my friends when I leave.”
And that is what all of this is about.
Friends.
My fleshy epics.
Ps: Regina Lynn, from Wired, has a great commentary about this subject. Which she had done much more eloquently than I have. Go and read it!
I am shocked. Humbled. Flabbergasted (insert appropriate adjective here).
Why may you ask?
Because I left my house this evening firm in the belief that my little blog was still only known to my poor guidlies . I sent them an email which went something like this (I paraphrase for brevity):
Please read my silly little blog so it doesn't wither and die.
Most of them, because they are great people and don't want to hear me cry on vent, promptly came to the site commented on it when I came on vent after work.
I thought that was it.
I left my abode completely secure in the knowledge that 0 comments still be waiting for me when I returned.
Fast forward.
I come home and pop on the site because I wanted to work on the layout. I scroll down to see if Krys or someone else in the guild had left a silly message. Behold, there are three comments waiting!
"Great!" I think, Shiatra (our MT, a great guy, but has misguided opinions about DCs) must have left some sort of derogatory comment meant to undermine my dwarven confidence. Anyway, I click on the comments and I find that I know NONE of these people and then I catch a phase that had me gripping the side of my chair “Sent here via BRK's blog”
WHAT!
I could not believe I was reading the words. What did they mean BRK? THE BRK? You guys have to understand, BRK is my indirect sensei. My Hunter De Vinci. Buddha. Do you see the trend here? So God, my hunter god, has just linked to MY site.
Can’t breath. Husband looks at my strangely, “Do you need a glass of water dear?” I try to explain what is going on, but all I do is make murloc sounds.
He pats me on the head and walks away with a faint, “BR what?”
Regardless of that, I want say a very humble and sincere thank you to BRK for the link and all of you who have wandered into here, welcome and enjoy the beer.
I think I need one now.
So one day at work, I sauntered down to BRK’s site and notice a great post about trapping. The last line of the post caught my interest and started my wheels to spin:
Are you running around Nagrand killing the Talbuks? Try chain-trapping one tonight. See how many traps you can use in a row. Two? Three? Can you chain-trap a Talbuk to Halaa? To Aldor Rise?
This caught my attention for two reasons.
This of course prompted an email to Krys in the middle of the day:
I was reading this, and I thought it would be a fun way of getting the hunters together to practice our chain-trapping. What do you think? Should we make it into a competition of who can get a talbuk from Telaar to Haala :P (maybe as a prize we can give out a few stacks of bullets or several stacks of meat or fruit for pets??)
Let me know what you think, oh wise one
To which he responded:
Oh that is awesome! I have to go try that!!!! hehehe
Several hours passed, then I received this gem:
You'll love this. I went to the southern entrance to Halaa and put down a trap and allowed it to cool for a bit. I shot the Talbuk that was closest to Halaa and waited.
Of course he came at me and was trapped as per usual. I hit Aspect of the Cheetah and ran as fast as my little legs would take me to just outside shooting range and put down another.
Talbuk thawed, charged, popped the new trap. So far, so good. I did the "rinse, repeat" thing a few times. Twice I shot him with a Concussive shot to slow him down but I brought him all the way to Telaar.
I popped a trap close to the bridge into town and Timmy the Talbuk ran right into it yet again.
So, now I'm standing in the middle of the bridge feeling pretty smug with my mad chain-trapping skillz. I know that as soon as the trap breaks, he'll come again and the dutiful guards will end his poor, miserable, chilled life.
The trap breaks... but the guards don't give him a second look. Timmy Talbuk CHARGES at me, hits me for all he's worth and sends me flying through the air, OVER the rail of the bridge.
At this point, I utter a Wile E. Coyote-like "Muther!" and down I plummet. I quickly glance below, praying to see churning water. Nope...just rocks.
In the last few micro-seconds before I died, I'm sure I heard.... fading into the distance... what might have been Talbuk laughter.
Welcome all! You may have arrived here via several avenues. Let’s list a few:Regardless of your mode of transportation, I am happy to see you here.
What is this blog about? Well, it is about a small (in stature), innocent, and fun loving, WoW-addicted chick who's beloved avatar is in the form of one of the game's most hated female models.
Many of you may have guessed it, but for those of you that haven't, allowed me to narrow it down. I am Alliance. Do you know now?
No?
Well, let’s just say, I DON'T have a beard. >_< . On that note, allow me to say that I am not an expert, not will I ever profess to be one. That, my friends, is left to those much wiser than my cute dwarven self. I will, however, provide links to these wise souls and allow you to partake in their infinite WoW wisdom on your own.
So what do I bring to the WoW Blogverse? Can’t say. I am just a humble girl playing in a WoW world. What I will bring are those fun stories, those frustrating, “why-the-hell-do-I-play-this-damn-game-again?” moments, and a few more serious questions sprinkled in between.
If that sounds like your cup of tea, then sit back and enjoy.
