Archives for June, 2008

Jun 16

BA Shared Topic: Preparing for Wrath of the Lich King

Posted on June 16, 2008 under Thoughts | 1 Comment
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This is in response to the Shared Topic from Blog Azeroth entitled Preparing for Wrath of the Lich King.

I became a player in the Level 70 game a bit late. My only level-capped character is Tasmyn, my (currently) feral druid. I have a warlock at 66 who I may decide to pick back up one day, and I have a hunter that just dinged 64, who is likely to hit 70 before too long.

I’ve put a lot of work into finding gear for Tasmyn. I found BBB’s guide to starter feral tanking gear, and I’ve got most of it. So, after a few weeks of being 70, I had about 20,000 armor, 12,500 health, and an average crit, dodge, etc. I stayed away from heroics, not knowing if I was ready or not, until I tanked heroic Underbog recently. No problems, so maybe I should get into the heroic deal. That would help a lot.

But my problem is raiding. I really would like to see some raid content before WotLK comes out. I already missed all the old-school MC type stuff, as I was still under 60 when BC came out. I don’t want for the same to happen again. Problem is, other than guilds who do super-speed Kara runs, folks are pretty apathetic about gearing up. Why bother, right? WotLK is “just around the corner” (read: soon). So I’m having a bit of a problem finding a guild that will let my n00b butt in Kara.

So should I just not worry about it, do what I can and wait for the gear reset that is LK? Or should I redouble my efforts to get into Kara? Or maybe I should focus on getting my two 60’s characters to 70? Or maybe I should keep leveling my lowbie pally tank that I’ve always wanted? I feel like there’s so little time. Am I just imagining things? Just not trying hard enough to find a guild? Or am I trying too hard, when I should just calm down, level some alts, do some PvP and chill until LK? I don’t know.

Related posts:

  1. BA Shared Topic: 10 Best Memories in World of Warcraft
  2. Preparing for WotLK
  3. 2 More Reasons Feral Druids should be Excited about Wrath
  4. Moving Forward
  5. WotLK Beta: Wrath Gate and the Quality of Quests

Jun 13

Got WoW on the Mind!

Posted on June 13, 2008 under News | No Comments
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…As well as a new domain name, http://wowonthemind.com! Working presently on a new theme to match the new name. All your old links to wow.binarymuse.net will still work, but be sure to update your bookmarks!

Related posts:

  1. A New Domain Name. Yes, Again.
  2. News and Such
  3. New Theme. Again.
  4. We Has a New Theme
  5. My Fun Day at Work

Jun 11

Feeling Lonely – Stay or Go?

Posted on June 11, 2008 under Thoughts | 2 Comments
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Short story: I’ve been considering transferring. I know this is a post not everyone will be interested in, so I thought I’d summarize it there and put all the details behind a “more” link if you’re interested in giving me advice.

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Related posts:

  1. Decisions
  2. Even a Single Kara Pugger
  3. The Slightly Deeper End of the Big Kids’ Pool
  4. Foray into Multiboxing: Dual-Boxing with Recruit-A-Friend
  5. Not Joining the Bandwagon

Jun 11

New Blog Azeroth Rule

Posted on June 11, 2008 under Fun | 4 Comments
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I’ve been hanging out with the Blog Azeroth crew a bit lately, and learned a new rule:

Blog_Azeroth_Post_Fodder

So, in the spirit of our new rule, here’s some BA chat regarding this very blog post (I’m TheCodemaster007):

[07:43] toomanyannas: Uh oh – don’t let Matticus see that Code
[07:43] Fimlys: lol
[07:43] maerdred: haha
[07:43] TheCodemaster007: See what Anna
[07:44] toomanyannas: your little widget.
[07:44] Fimlys: my image :)
[07:44] toomanyannas: the first rule of BA chat is what happens in BA chat *stays* in BA chat
[07:44] toomanyannas: at least, that’s what Matt has always professed

So yeah, don’t tell Matt.

Related posts:

  1. My Blog-o-Versary
  2. Weekly WoW Bash: No One Listens to That Rule
  3. Other Great WoW Blogs – Hunter
  4. My Favorite WotLK Change So Far
  5. Follow the Crowd: Feral Price of Dire Bear

Jun 10

Model Viewer + Free Time = New Signature

Posted on June 10, 2008 under Fun | 1 Comment
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I’ve been playing around with the WoW Model Viewer and Map Viewer, and decided to see if I could make a decent signature. I ended up making one for my new paladin (who is shown in T6 but is, obviously, not really a T6 paladin). So, here ya go! Lemme know whatcha think!

(Edit: Notice the fancy PNG transparencies–that is, if you’re not running a retarded browser *COUGHIE6COUGH*)

Related posts:

  1. New WoW Model Viewer Works with 3.x
  2. What to Do with the Banner?
  3. 100%!
  4. We Has a New Theme
  5. Foray into Multiboxing: Part 2

Jun 4

Most Incredible Machinima Ever

Posted on June 4, 2008 under Fun | No Comments
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Tales_of_the_Past_5I am a big machinima fan. I’ve always enjoyed seeing the movies that people can make out of game engines. Of course, I’ve always been particularly fond of WoW machinima. There are many great artists and series out there. Oxhorn is one. Another is Illegal Danish. But one machinima has struck me in a way I cannot describe in any other way than Epic.

Tales of the Past “started out as a guild promotion movie for [the] guild Eden Aurorae.” It didn’t take long for the movie to become popular, and the author decided to continue the storyline. The story comes in four parts:

  1. Eden Aurorae Guild Movie (prequel)
  2. Tales of the Past I
  3. Tales of the Past II
  4. Tales of the Past III

Tales_of_the_Past_3The third movie is where it’s at–I strongly urge you to read on, or at least go watch the series yourself, but be warned the prequel and first move are a bit underwhelming. Follow me after the break for details.

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Related posts:

  1. The Craft of War: BLIND
  2. Machinima Feature: Wrought by Legs, Cranius, and Peratus
  3. Blizzcon 2009: Day 0
  4. Loremaster of Northrend
  5. WotLK Beta: Wrath Gate and the Quality of Quests

Jun 2

Murlocs: The Dissertation

Posted on June 2, 2008 under Thoughts | 1 Comment
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In a guild application I saw recently, the following question was written: “From an ethical and environmental point of view,
what is your position on murlocs?” Now, I’ve posted briefly on murlocs before, but I didn’t exactly go into a lot of detail. So, to answer the question in the guild application and to provide you all with my rather profound (pfft) opinions, may I present Murlocs: The Dissertation.

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Related posts:

  1. Why Murlocs Suck
  2. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
  3. Best Debuff Ever
  4. The Death of the Epic Mount Quests
  5. PUGs

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