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It’s Not Me, It’s You.

  October 21, 2010 - 9:29 am | Bored!, Cataclysm, Minecraft, Musings, Raiding, Rants, World of Warcraft
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“Honey, we need to have a talk.

“You know how it seems like I’ve been avoiding you? Well, I sort of have. This is the part where I’m supposed to say that it’s not your fault, that it’s me, but that would be a lie. You see, you’ve changed. Not in a bad way, just in such a drastic way that I don’t feel comfortable with us anymore. I get home, sit down, and stare at you, unsure what to do. I don’t know you well enough anymore for it to be satisfying. I just sit there, hopelessly lost.

“Of course some nights it’s just not possible to communicate with you at all, or you’ll cut me off halfway through doing something and just leave me stranded. So I might have strayed. I might have fooled around with others. But it’s just because I didn’t feel like I was getting the affection I deserved from you.

“Don’t get me wrong, I’m not calling it off. I just think we shouldn’t be exclusive anymore. I’ll still spend a night here and there with you, but I can’t dedicate my life to you anymore. Maybe once we spend some casual time together and get to know each other afresh we can reconsider our relationship.

“World of Warcraft, I’m sorry honey.

(Basically I’m just fed up with 4.0. It’s given me nothing but grief and until it improves, and I WILL give it a second chance, I just don’t feel like putting the effort into it anymore. I’ll still do some raids and dungeons, but I’ll probably spend more time alting and relearning the game, though it’s more likely that I’ll be busy finishing my AWESOME castle in Minecraft.)

So… 4.0? Cataclysm?

  October 6, 2010 - 1:07 pm | Bored!, Cataclysm, Guildmastering, MMO, World of Warcraft
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Umm, turns out I’m not as excited as I thought I’d be. Yeah I’ll play with the new mechanics of 4.0, yeah I’ll go stand in a queue at midnight on Dec 7 to pick up my copy and then play all night, but I’m not as excited as I was for TBC and Wrath. What I am excited about is the new stuff thats emerging for Diablo 3. Yeah the tier sets are being leaked for Cataclysm, but I’m more interested at these shinies:

Anyway, I’m busy with a seriousface guild post, which will be up as soon as I have motivation again. Till then, enjoy the new mechanics of 4.0 (when it finally goes live) and send me some warrior tanking links!

Images courtesy of Blizzard and shamelessly grabbed off DiabloSpot.com.

A bit late…

  September 23, 2010 - 9:08 am | Guildmastering, Raiding, Rants, World of Warcraft
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… but it’s finally happened.

In what was probably a terrible raid for the other guys but an awesome one for newbie me, this was finally achieved on Sunday (Or was it Monday? Tuesday? Gah I can’t remember anymore. Old age setting in):

Pretty much the only realistic goal I’d set for myself is now completed. I’m a happy man, and it’s all because of this cute night-elf druid that ninja’d me.

Sadly work is keeping me extremely busy, both during work and home time, leaving my time for heroic modes nearly nil. On the upside, today is technically Friday for me, as our government has deemed it appropriate to make tomorrow some obscure public holiday. We get them at random, no-one understands it but no-one really cares. I just hope I can get enough time in to get myself promoted from trialist to full member in my new guild.

Point two – Last night I listened to a rant by one of the other guildies on Teamspeak. He then asked me what I thought so far about my guild. My response was that I was merely happy not to be in charge for a change. Being up there is hard work. The guys below only see raid schedules posted, only hear people screaming in TS, and not the entire picture. So much organisation goes into running a successful raiding guild, and the problem is that you’re trying to micromanage 24 other people that have no real commitment to you other than that they applied to your guild based on the promises you have made or the previous honours you have attained. These guys are not on your payroll (unless you’re a pro team of course), they’re free spirits with their own schedules, habits and ability to not stand in the %#@$ing bad. So not being on top for a change is awesome.

Point 3 – Totally unWoW related. Microcars. They suck. Those tiny little Daihatsus and Daewoos and miscellaneous other pieces of mass-produced crap are invariably driven by either girls that have just gotten their license after the 11th attempt or grannies on their way to the pharmacy. They putter along at 35km/h – apparently the fastest those massive 600cc motors can go – and cause long queues in already peak traffic.

K, rant over. Back to work.

/cry

What a month it’s been.

  September 9, 2010 - 3:21 pm | Alt-erior Motives, Cataclysm, Life, Raiding, World of Warcraft
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… or End of August roundup – in which I stray so far off the topic I forget what the topic was.

Wow, what a hectic month. So I haven’t blogged much, but it’s been for valid reasons. Firstly, it’s been a hectic working month and energy’s pretty low when I do have free time. Secondly.. and this is a big one…. DUKE NUKEM FOREVER IS ACTUALLY COMING *gasp*. Third, I’ve transfered my priest (yup, he’s Bloodbane no more) to a new server, thanks to a wonderful woman in my life convincing me to join her.

Oh, that’s another thing…. I’ve met the most amazing girl and fallen in love, madly so.

Ok, back to topic – So my priest is now in a 25man hardcore raiding guild, and needs to gear up asap to match their standards. It’s been a lot of slogging, but he’s starting to look good. I’ve also rolled another DK and will be leveling him (hopefully firther than my previous one. The only limiter at the moment is my ISP, which has been giving me a lot of uphill.

There’s also the small matter of my site being hacked and subsequently being blocked by Google. After quite a bit of work (and a lot of editing .js files) I’ve got a clean bill of health again and can continue blogging. Some pages still have a warning up, but I’ve been assured it’s just cache and will clear up soon.

And then of course there’s the whole Operation Gnomeregan/Battle of Zalazane event that launched today. I was fortunate enough to be able to take part in both events, and without spoiling it for those of you that haven’t done it, Horde’s one is better. We got frogs, trolls, zombies and tiki’s, as well as a god and an awesome catsuit. Alliance has… gnomes.

Many allies in need of irradiation.

New Troll Here!

And in case I haven’t mentioned it before, there’s this little something bout moving 15000 miles to be with my dream girl. More news on that as soon as my passport and stuff get sorted out.