Thursday, November 3. 2005More Help with Professions
The zip file that can be downloaded from here contains a series of .pdf files detailing the many wonderful items availabe to each World of Warcraft profession.
Wednesday, November 2. 2005Change of Venue
In light of R. A. Salvatore being across the street from the office at 7 p.m. tomorrow, I'm voting to hold D&D here. Daboo and I are in charge of the food, so we'll figure out how to handle that.
UPDATE Daboo has extracted a vow from me that I will make sure each and everyone of you know that we will be eating (EATING) at the office (inter-net-solutions office downtown) at six o'clock (6:00 P.M.) tonight. Please leave a comment if you have read this. Monday, October 31. 2005Too Much Information
For those who just can't seem to get enough, Blizzard has posted a summary of all their lore for World of Warcraft. You can find it here.
I've posted some samples below: Calling themselves dwarves, the last of the earthen left the halls of Uldaman and ventured out into the waking world. Still lulled by the safety and wonders of the deep places, they founded a vast kingdom under the highest mountain in the land. They named their land Khaz Modan, or "Mountain of Khaz", in honor of the Titan shaper, Khaz'goroth. Constructing an altar for their Titan father, the dwarves crafted a mighty forge within the heart of the mountain. Thus, the city that grew around the forge would be called Ironforge ever after. . . . Though he had defeated all of the people he now saw as his enemies, Arthas was still haunted by the ghost of Kel'Thuzad. The ghost told Arthas that he needed to be revived for the next phase of the Lich King's plan. To revive him, Arthas needed to bring Kel'Thuzad's remains to the mystical Sunwell, hidden within the high elves' eternal kingdom of Quel'Thalas. Arthas and his Scourge invaded Quel'Thalas and laid siege to the elves' crumbling defenses. Sylvanas Windrunner, the Ranger-General of Silvermoon, put up a valiant fight, but Arthas eventually eradicated the high elf army and battled through to the Sunwell. In a cruel gesture of his dominance, he even raised Sylvanas' defeated body as a banshee, cursed to endless undeath in the service of Quel'Thalas' conqueror. . . . At this time, the undead Scourge had essentially transformed Lordaeron and Quel'Thalas into the toxic Plaguelands. There were only a few pockets of Alliance resistance forces left. One such group, consisting primarily of high elves, was led by the last of the Sunstrider dynasty: Prince Kael'thas. Kael, an accomplished wizard himself, grew wary of the failing Alliance. The high elves grieved for the loss of their homeland and decided to call themselves blood elves in honor of their fallen people. Yet as they worked to keep the Scourge at bay, they suffered greatly at being cut off from the Sunwell that had empowered them. Desperate to find a cure for his people's racial addiction to magic, Kael did the unthinkable: he embraced his people's Highborne ancestry and joined with Illidan and his naga in hopes of finding a new magical power source upon which to feed. The remaining Alliance commanders condemned the blood elves as traitors and cast them out for good. Wednesday, October 26. 2005
Question for y'all Posted by The Mad Giggler
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Radar and I were chatting this afternoon, and it occured to us that some of you might be interested in a group temple trip each month. I know that Daboo and I have been slacking off, so going with a group is something that I think would help us remember to do this at least once a month. Let's talk about it during D&D tonight.
Wednesday, October 26. 2005Comics!
Ok, so Sideshow and I made a trip to the Comic Book shop (Night Flight) during our lunch hour today. Guess what! They now have a Dragonlance Chronicles comic book coming out on a regular basis, and they have a trade paperback comic version of the Drizzt Do'Urden origin trilogy. Maybe I suffer from a little nostalgia when I think of those titles, but they're really what got me interested in the role-playing universe.
It's kind of funny to think how much of a ripple they've created in the small pond of my life. I probably wouldn't have ever played Baldur's Gate if I hadn't read the Icewind Dale trilogy (as previously covered here). If I hadn't ever played Baldur's Gate, I definitely wouldn't have read through its rulebook and probably wouldn't have ever been interested enough in D&D to ever play it (or at least request Joey to DM for us here at the office). If I hadn't ever started taking an interest in D&D, I probably would have been turned off by Daboo's profile. So, maybe I'm stretching things a bit, but at least you can understand why I'd get excited over these old books. Monday, October 24. 2005For all you wanna-be tour guides
This was posted on the front page of worldofwarcraft.com, but I had to make sure EVERYBODY saw. Sometimes I can't remember where places are, but my trusty gnome friend has taken pictures and added commentary to make sure I don't get lost anymore. Check it out:
Travel-WoW-City Friday, October 21. 2005PA vs. Jack
Wow, this whole Jack Thompson episode is really escalating. Jack sent a letter to the Florida Bar Association (basically a threat that he would sue them if they tried to disbar him) in which he refers to gamers by the term "pixelantes." Well, it didn't take long to get a shirt out that is sure to be a hot item on my Christmas list.
It seems that Jack finally realized he is in over his head. He's called for backup. I, for one, look forward to the Legion of Doom's response. I know this stuff is all posted on the Penny Arcade site, but seriously, I don't think it can get enough attention. Gabe says he'd rather have Jack as the voice of the "anti-violence in games" crowd than some smooth talker with half a brain, but I respectfully disagree. Jack's public persona is that of a raving lunatic, and in my opinion, that draws attention away from the valid parts of his argument. Games like Grand Theft Auto should not be in the hands of thirteen-year-olds. If an adult wants to play it, that's fine. I personally didn't think it was the game for me, but I'm often accused of standing too deep in the Lawful Good area of the alignment chart. My point is getting lost here. A smooth talking spokesman with half a brain could probably get people to come to a reasonable compromise. Parents need to understand that buying the hottest new release for their kid without any kind of research is a bad idea. While most games don't have any content kids couldn't see in a rated R movie, most parents probably don't want their kids in the theater for those kind of shows. I don't know that regulating video games is such a good idea, (after all, it's not illegal for movie theaters to sell kids tickets to rated R movies) but some education so parents can make a smart decision would be really helpful. Wednesday, October 19. 2005New WoW Category
I wish there were a way to exclude certain categories from the front page, because I'm certain Johnny Elbows doesn't want to read anything in this new one. Rather than create a whole new forum for our guild, I figured we might as well just have a special category here.
With that being said, I'd like to invite all of you to post your crafting needs here -- either in the comments or as a new post. I know Morlei needs something, but she's going to have to post what it is. Murin received a helpful donation of Heavy Leather from Johndowses, so now all he needs is 12 silk pieces to create a 10 slot bag. So, to be clear, Murin needs 2 Heavy Leather, 12 Silk pieces, and 3 fine thread to make these bags. I am more than happy to outfit the entire guild, but I need at least some of the materials to be donated. Ok, I am done begging for stuff. So, that is all from me for now. Thanks and good night. Tuesday, October 18. 2005
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It seems that Radar is too good for us and will no longer be joining us in our ritual of sustenance.
In light of this development, and to remind everyone how the schedule has been going (again, if anyone else wants to change how this works, please let us know), I'm re-posting the order. Sideshow AoD/Az Wren MG/Daboo Tomorrow will be Wren's unless she posts some reason to the contrary in the comments. By the way, the original entry can be found here. Wednesday, October 12. 2005Icewind Dale
I'm not sure how many of you have read the Drizzt Do'Urden or Cadderly books, but R. A. Salvatore is doing a book signing/author reading at Sam Weller's on November 2. It's a Wednesday, and it will be at 7:00 pm. He's reading from Promise of the Witch King. I'd really like to go, so I vote to move D&D to a different night that week.
Monday, October 10. 2005Savory Deviate Delight
So, I had an interesting conversation with AoD today:
(16:45:44) AoD: BTW, have you ever eaten a "Savory Deviate Delight"? (16:45:49) MG: no (16:46:01) AoD: Did I already tell you about my experience with them? (16:46:06) MG: no (16:46:25) AoD: Some guy comes up to me and gives it to me, says "Eat it, it makes you tougher" (16:46:28) AoD: So I eat it (16:46:31) AoD: Silly me (16:46:36) MG: LOL (16:46:43) AoD: Suddenly, where my guy was standing, there's this human ninja (16:47:18) AoD: The guy starts laughing and tells me I've just lost all my tauren and warrior abilities, and have become a level 1 human rogue (16:48:34) AoD: As I'm sitting there freaking out, someone else whispers me and says he's just pulling my chain, and that it just changed my model, and it'll wear off in an hour (16:49:50) AoD: At one point, I grabbed the edges of the monitor, shrieking with rage "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO ME!??!" (16:50:03) MG: you freak out too easily (16:50:07) AoD: heh (16:52:30) AoD: I think it was a justified freak out. I spent a lot of time trying to catch up to you guys so I can come party with you (16:52:54) MG: you should know that Blizzard wouldn't let somebody do that to you (16:53:33) AoD: You see blizzard as a more benevolent god than I do (16:53:41) MG: apparently so (16:53:50) AoD: I find that PA scene with the GM and the shoes entirely plausible. Thursday, October 6. 2005The Inevitable Betrayal Continues
We now have a guild webpage for the Inevitable Betrayal. Check it out and post suggestions below. I'll try to work on it as I find free time.
Thursday, October 6. 2005Creation
I know there are a lot of versions of this, but I thought this one was worth posting:
Server Message: [Server registered to lobby. IP: 777.777.777] Server Message: [Log on: EARTH] Server Message: [Admin status granted to: god] god: omg god: this is ****ing gay Server Message: [God makes light] god: omg its good Server Message: [god makes more ****] god: omg its good god: brb Status Change: god (Away) god: kback Status Change: god god: k im lonely ;_; [adam joins server: EARTH] adam: omg animalz god: omg who da **** r u adam:dood im man in ur image god: k Server Message: [god takes rib from adam] adam: omg wtf [eve joins server: EARTH] eve: asl adam: 26/m/e eve: kewl cyber? adam: k eve: holdon ima get sum fruit [satan joins server: EARTH] satan: sup eve: omfg who r u satan: eet frute k? eve: k god: omg wtf god: ****ing noobs satan:ur a noob god: stfu Server Message: eve has been kicked from: EARTH Admin Message: [lololpwn] Server Message: adam has been kicked from: EARTH Admin Message: [omfg lolol pwnt] Server Message: satan has been kicked from: EARTH Admin message: [LOL!!!11] Tuesday, October 4. 2005Wanna Go For a Ride?
This is pretty clinicial, but probably not appropriate for all audiences. The New York Times has an article about the dangers of riding bikes for extended periods of time. Among the choice parts of the article, I picked out these gems for your reading pleasure:
Dr. Goldstein added, "Numbness is your body telling you something is wrong." Just as many smokers do not get lung cancer, many cyclists will never develop impotence from bicycle seats, the scientists said. "We make kids wear helmets and knee pads," Dr. Goldstein said. "But no one thinks about protecting the crotch." Cyclists became angry and defensive, he said, adding: "They said cycling is healthy and could not possibly hurt you. Sure you can get numb. But impotent? No way." "Most people are not riding long enough to damage themselves permanently," said the spokesman, Marc Sani, publisher of Bicycle Retailer and Industry News. "But a consumer's first line of defense, for their enthusiasm as well as sexual prowess, is to go to a bicycle retailer and get fitted properly on the bike." This has been a Public Health & Safety Announcement courtesy of the Homestarmy and sponsored by Kelloggs. Tuesday, October 4. 2005
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Saw this on an ad on PVPOnline. And boy! could I ever use about 100 gold right now. But seriously, how many lame TV infomercials has this guy watched? "Tired of buying gold on ebay? Weeeeellllll, here's the chance of a lifetime to stop spending real-life money buying play money! Spend real-life money on my guide to earn play money!!!! You could make 30, 40, or EVEN 50 GOLD AN HOUR! OMG!"
Judging from the context clues, he's playing the stock market game on the auction block. Buy up other people's stuff when it's selling below the price you want people to buy at, then turn around and sell it for the higher price. So, Johndowses, that's how you beat those people selling herbs and leather at below market price. On an side note, Murin learned how to make bolts of silk cloth last night. My oh my, are they worth a pretty penny! I think I'm going to spend some time "harvesting" silk and wool from the human settlements around Tarren Mill for the next few days. |
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