Slowly but surely, my WoW Classic characters are making progress! Lyotta hit level 60, the highest level you can achieve in the game. She is currently spending time making gold so that she can buy the fastest horse in the game. How? By scanning the auction house for what's selling (currently Firebloom, Plaguebloom and Firefin Snappers), obtaining those items and selling them. It's a bit boring at the moment, but a faster horse will let me make more money on her to buy more gear to get her ...
World of Warcraft: Lyotta is 40!
And she bought a sweet, skeletal ride! I'm enjoying my second tour through Classic WoW. It's almost like living the "if you could go back in time knowing what you know now...what would you do differently?" trope. My first time around I was shocked by how much money I needed to train and to have a riding mount at level 40. I ended up not training skills from level 34 onward, which affected my game play. This time, my goal from level 1 was to make as much money as possible for training ...
Warcraft Escapism
Since it's the only "travel" I'll be doing in the near future, I may as well enjoy the scenery. As of this morning Leota Lyotta is 26, Kevashandia is 21, and I have a level 6 shaman named Vanderhoof. Lyotta's a solo creature like her creator. Keva has successfully healed Wailing Caverns twice so far. And Vanderhoof? Eh. He's pretty squishy and not fun to play. When I fly from town to town, I am reminded of better days. Hopefully there will be better days ahead. ...
Off the Wagon
Many of you know that I played World of Warcraft (WoW) for MANY years. I left the game for good* about 4 years ago because houses are WORK and keeping a WoW character current is also WORK. World of Warcraft Classic Edition came out a year ago August 26th. It's the very first version of WoW, before expansions. Back when it was even HARDER than it is currently. I resisted it. I resisted it for 50 weeks. But I started playing Diablo again during that time and Diablo is also a Blizzard ...
End of an era
I finally did it. I cancelled my World of Warcraft account. It's been months since I logged in and when I totaled the money I spent on entertainment that I didn't experience, I decided to pull the plug. For now. Or maybe forever. And while I'll miss this bad-ass demon slayer and Healer of Noobs... ... I had amazing times in that game and took away from it more real-life benefits than you could ever imagine. Al diel shala. I'm looking for a more casual game I can play on my ...
Wordless Wednesday: Warcraft Selfie
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So I'm playing World of Warcraft again
Oh my goodness I hate hate hate that I'm writing this but OMG I'M PLAYING WORLD OF WARCRAFT AGAIN!!! I haven't played in MONTHS. In fact, I stopped playing after this post And sure, I could have scrubbed that post, but this blog is the best tool for showing how a human bean can change her mind ALL OF THE TIME. The new expansion, Warlord of Draenor, came out in November. And I resisted. In December, I would stare at the battle.net login screen and then close it out. In January, I logged into ...
The story of OllieBear
This is my dog, Ollie. He is the younger of my two dogs. He's one of the best dogs you could ever ask for, but he's not very bright. That's okay. He's perfect the way he is. When Ollie gets really hairy, he reminds me of a teddy bear. That's when I know it's time to get OllieBear groomed. Back in 2008, Blizzard gave everyone who was playing World of Warcraft a baby polar bear in-game pet to commemorate WoW's 4th anniversary. The bear is completely adorable, but will occasionally just sit ...
See ya later, Azeroth
As of today, I am no longer a World of Warcraft player. (pauses for the appropriate gasp) This'll mark the first day since 2/14/2001 that I don't subscribe to one (or more) Massive multiplayer online role-playing game. I suppose part of it is due to The Cheapening ... (thought process jarred as we come across a program on "Gay Bingo" on PBS. I want to play Gay Bingo! There are drag queens and no smoking and they call the numbers relatively quickly!) ...but most of it came from ...
Shameless attention whoring (what's new?)
So I was browsing my usual list of blogs and found this internet meme on my buddy Brian's site. (Well, it's really a LiveJournal but I won't judge, since I have a MySpace I barely look at.) It looked interesting and since one rule said you had to respond with the statement "I am a shameless attention whore!" I knew it was one I had to do. If you want to play along, rules are as such: 1. Leave me a comment saying, "I am shameless attention whore." 2. I'll then respond by asking you up to five ...
Weekend roundup
It was quite a lovely weekend! (waits a few for the shock to die down) Friday I ended up going to happy hour with a group from work. I hadn't gone in the longest time, and I had a ball. Not only was I asked for ID (am I the only one who can get an AARP card and "carded" in the same week?) but I won my first game of pool (as an adult) ever! It was strictly luck, as I have no pool talent that deviates from hitting the cue ball straight on. I tried my first shot of Jaegermeister, too. Yeah, I'm ...
Six months, one day
I've been living on my own for six months and one day. I have an apartment, now fully furnished. I have a freezer full of food and meals prepared for the next few days. I have a nice little tax refund coming to me. I have a sweet savings account that gives me a great interest rate. I have HDTV, high-speed internet, and a comfy bed. I (again) have a job I love doing. I have a level 61 priest in World of Warcraft. (Honorra, Shadowsong, looking for an East Coast non-raid guild that likes to run the ...
