Where have you been?

Hi hi again,
like the title says , sleepy priest i've been on hiatus from blogging and have been working a new career prep.. erm and leveling alts.

I am now leveling a mage hordeside 62 and leaving it for a bit cuz omg leveling is hard and a bit lonely now that friends are a bit busy or burnt out from wow.

On my 3rd server aka the reroll one my old guild's GM made a special effort to set aside 1 weeknight a week called alt night to help a few very late comers level u They even made alts at the same level as myself and a few others. It is not a run through and it gives me an opportunity to get those instance quests out of the way without having to pug or beg a run through. Personally I hate asking a higher level to run anything and no one learns anything in that run. When it comes to groups unlike some people who will spend hours going anyone need Xyz I can put my own groups together in 5 mins ..but it's more fun to run with old friends than a random pug.

I'm impressed .. they actually made time for little me! I'm not that important in the guild these days .. i log in say hi .. chat some maybe some leveling and log out. meh i've mellowed in wow terms i'm content with a little of everything ( instance a bit, pvp some, alt some and maybe once every 2 months raid some) I use to be a former hardcore raider .. raided 5 nights a week!! 2-3 progression raids, 1 farm instance and maybe another random raid. hmm that probably contributed to some of my poor work performance at times. youknow nod off atwork with screw ups that either I did or someone else made .. but i cant' be sure because i'm that tired.

Anyways I need to prep for a gnomer run next week .. heh luckily I have a good knack for AH so even w/o making an effort I have 130g at level 28 enough to pay for 2 level 30 mounts for me and my alt. I'll see if i can double my gold by week's end. oh did i mention i hate farming and refuse to do it?

heh well no doubt i'll be ok goldwise .. as I've always had alot of gold on both the original main server, 2nd server so server #3 shouldn't be an issue.

what kinda gamer are you?

So we gotz gamers and we gotz gamers! what kind are you? Take this test & compare it against your RL personality:
Bartle basically says there are 4 types of players - social players, explorers, achievers, and killers. http://www.gamerdna.com/quizzes/bartle-test-of-gamer-psychology/take

Real Life Personality Test:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JungType.htm
http://www.keirsey.com/

RL personality: ISFJ Introverted with a mix of dreamer/achiever
Gamer Type: Solo 80% Group 10% and background noise social 10%. Goal oriented

I would much rather solo than listen to someone else's chatter... where i'd probably go ballistic and go STFU i didnt' join group to listen to you talk or I'd go group kick then replace, too noisy, next pull plz. kk thx for group bye now. I do instances to complete a quest for the nice exp .. so far it's not fun at all to listen to people talk and if someone says do you have voice chat .. i am likely to say no I dont think it's needed just follow the kill order: skull>X>Circle etc.

As proof of my achievement oriented self! I own a few rare items that will survive future expansions: Full T2, Reins of the Winter Frost Saber and Fiery Warhourse Reins. I also have most Pre-BC and BC raid Enchants, a member then class lead level of a prestigious guild so there! accomplishments! A personal fortune that rivals our 300 member guild bank's 5 tabbed contents and gold combined. Erm yah we're talking big numbers.
Reins of the Winterspring FrostsaberRiding (75)
Fiery Warhorse's ReinsRiding (150)

Addons & Mods?

Today I'm going to talk about mods and wow. I'm a mod minimalist because less mods = less breakage come hotfix and patch time. There are 3 types of mod users: Anti modder (zero used), Minimalist, Medium, and Heavy. I personally know of 1 player who uses over 120 different mods and another that uses zero.

I'm going to list em alphabetically and raid mods are absolutely required if you want to raid at all. I keep these mods updated as while I dont raid I like to be prepared so on the off chance I am in the mood and there's a raid slot it's not like what? eh? mod where what how or worst oh mod's acting up brb in 20mins.

Where to get these? http://wow.curse.com is it safe? yes but still have your anti virus ready.. this site's been a staple of wow users since like forever.

Raid Mods:
Omen Threat Meter - your threat vs. raid
Deadly Boss Mods - raid boss annoucements
Group Calendar - schedule stuff with your guild
Ventrilo - aka vent your voice speak system that is like a conference call so you know what's going on in raid.

Personal Mods:
Auctioneer - shopping hello! yes profit and lost etc need.
Carbonite - quest mod that marks on map, tracks your gankers
CTmail - bulk mail opener
FuBar-UI mini bar on top showing stuff like gold for all toons, profit, durability, loc
Gatherer - tracks all your gathered nodes and marks it on your map (herbing/mining)
Hotkeynet - passes commands from wow window 1 to wow window 2, no alt tabbing. for duelboxing use. You need to get use to the super fast "blink" that's the computer alt tabbing for you.
Map Coords - shows X,Y coordinates on your map so you can use thottbot for help
Outfitter - 1 button gear switch for pvp, raid, healing etc
Proximo - targetable list of your arena opponents name, class and level
WIM - wow's own aim like chat window and spam blocker
Quest Annoucer - annouces to party your quest status and when you've completed a quest

Okies that's the list of my mods: 15 mods but I only use 7-8 of them. if need be I can work with just 1 mod: map coords lol that one sadly is required as I dont have a good sense of direction so need it to find my quest spots.

Olympics: Beijing 2008

Yay Olympics!! there's a WOW version of course as there are with every major occasion. You can follow the olympics live here:

http://en.beijing2008.cn/
http://www.nbcolympics.com (videos / photos)
http://youtube.com/beijing2008 -- non US sites only

WOW pays tribute to the Olympic Games with the Spirit of Competition August 8 - August 24. Rewards are:

• [Competitor's Tabard] - Obtained from losing or winning a battleground. You MUST stay for the full duration of the battleground.
• 'Spirit of Competition' Small Pet - Obtained from winning a battleground. Every time you win a battleground, you have a 50% chance this pet is mailed to you. It is summoned by a [Gold Medallion]. There is only one color available at the moment. The battleground you play doesn't matter, but winning does.

Here's a screenshot of the cool pet: doesn't he look like mushu from the disney movie: Mulan? Oh i got this pet oh my first and only BG in ages. So i'm not going to grind it on any other toon.
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