Killing Those Who Admire You

Markco, you beautiful bastard you.

Faeghleis, a member of the Call To Auction Podcast crew (consider it required listening), is stepping away from the game until Cataclysm. However, since Fae is such a gentleman, he proposed a contest in which competitors would create a level one character, track him down in a cave located in the Dwarven starting area, and open a trade window with him. The first person to do this would receive TWENTY THOUSAND GOLD!

Simple, yes? Of course, there was one catch - Markco!



Now what happens when the shocking arrogance of a guild of Level One Alliance folk take on a humble yet throat-ripping PVP Monster, all in the name of TWENTY THOUSAND GOLD? Peep out the video and watch the fun.

World of Wifecraft

It's only a matter of time, gentlemen.

Boom De Yada

Don't ask silly questions. Just watch the video.

The Guild - Halloween Style!

<br/><a href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&amp;vid=ddf6390f-44b9-4eb7-a872-cf22a5bcd3bd" target="_new" title="Season 3 - Bonus Episode: Halloween!">Video: Season 3 - Bonus Episode: Halloween!</a>

Don't Make Me Get My Main

Winner of the Blizzcon 2009 Movie Contest.

Blizzcon

Blizzcon weekend is upon us, and I'm already training for Blizzcon '10. That's right, training. I'm going to stand longer, binge harder, and probably out-funk any gamer nearby, baby.

Also, I've got to be in peak condition when I come face-to-face with this guy:



Ghostcrawler is dangerous. Yes, dangerous. He comes from a fighting people.

C'mon, don't tell me he doesn't look like Fedor Emelianenko:



Ghostcrawler lays a beating on people on the forums, Fedor does it in the ring. They're both capable of KO power, one of them with his wits, one with his mitts.

The Video

... and yes, yes I do. Or at least Maurissa Tancharoen.

50 DKP Minus!

In honour of the return of Onyxia, the one and only Skeleton Jack posted this youtube video. It's an oldie but a goodie, the birth of many catch-phrases such as... ah screw it, you'll know 'em when you see 'em.

Watch The Guild

For all you XBox 360 folks, go to XBox Live and download The Guild's new music video - "Do You Wanna Date My Avatar". It rocks, and I'm sure there's a few of you nerds out there who probably touched yourself while scoping out the Nelf Mailbox Dancers.

I'm not judging, I'm just sayin'

http://www.watchtheguild.com

Achievements Suck

After going over the Achievement system in WoW, my conclusion is that they're not really all that useful. However, I feel that Foamy the Squirrel says it much better than I ever could.

Wrought

I don't know if this has been posted anywhere yet, but if it hasn't WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!



There's plenty of good messages here, people -

1) Cross Faction transfer can be a good thing, especially if you're held prisoner by your own faction.

2) Cute chicks are nothing but trouble.

Whose Side Are You On?

A Blue post came down the tubes a few days ago from Nethaera, and in it he/she discussed their upcoming money-grab service.

http://blue.mmo-champion.com/1/18031079410-factionchange-service-in-the-works.html

We wanted to give everyone a very early heads-up that, in response to player requests, we’re developing a new service for World of Warcraft that will allow players to change their faction from Alliance to Horde or Horde to Alliance. There’s still much work to do and many details to iron out, but the basic idea is that players will be able to use the service to transform an existing character into a roughly equivalent character of the opposing faction on the same realm. Players who ended up creating and leveling up characters on the opposite factions from their friends have been asking for this type of functionality for some time, and we’re pleased to be getting closer to being able to deliver it.

As with all of the features and services we offer, we intend to incorporate the faction-change service in a way that won’t disrupt the gameplay experience on the realms, and there will be some rules involved with when and how the service can be used. The number of variables involved increases the complexity of implementing this service, but we plan to take the time needed to ensure that it lives up to expectations before officially rolling it out. We’ll go into much more detail on all of this here at http://www.WorldofWarcraft.com as development progresses. In the meantime, we wanted to let you know that because this type of functionality requires extensive internal testing well in advance of release, you may be seeing bits and pieces of the service in the test builds we use for the public test realms moving forward.

Updated* 7/1- Due to the many questions that have come up with the announcement of this new service, we wanted to take the time to answer the ones we can at this point in time.

Q. Will we be able to switch between the races on our own faction?
A.. No. Players will only be able to switch to a race of the opposite faction.

Q. Will I be able to choose the race on the opposite faction that I want to change to?
A.. Yes, but you will only be able to switch to a race that has your class type available to it. So if you play a human paladin, you’d only be able to change to a blood elf paladin.

Q.How much will it cost?
A.. We do not have further information on this at this point in time.

Q.Will I be able to switch back to my original faction but a different race?
A.. No. You will only be able to switch back to your originally chosen race.

Q.. How will the switch between reputation, gear, mounts, etc be handled?
A.. We’ll have more details for you at a later point in time, though we plan to keep these as close to a reflection of the other faction as much as possible.

Q.How often can you change your faction?
A..We do not have any information to share on this at this point in time, however we will have restrictions on the frequency by which players can change their faction.

Q. How will this affect the balance of Horde and Alliance on the realms?
A.. We are taking great care in how we implement this new service in order to maintain balance between the factions on the realms but do not have any further details to share.

Didn't Blizzard say this would never happen? Oh wait, it doesn't matter. After all, people went to their cesspool-like forum and cried (or QQ as the kids say these days). What else could they do? Game too hard? Cry and Blizz will nerf it. Think a class is more powerful than your own? It isn't that you're a terrible player. Heavens no! You're a precious little snowflake! Just bitch and complain and Blizz will take care of it.

*urgle*

Sorry, had to choke back a rant there.

Actually, maybe there is a benefit to being a switcher. After all, it's a great way to lose weight!

Super Freak

This video is probably fake. The reaction captured on it, however, most likely exists in many of the mouth-breathers that make up the WoW Player Base.

Star Wars is Looking Good

E3 had some info on the potential WoW-Banger. This guy had some more.



Seriously, WoW will be fine. But this might be something to look at, assuming it isn't all flash and no meat. But I suspect that just might be the case.

Blizzard? Meet Your Competition.

Every time a new MMO with any kind of name value comes down the tubes, people predict it will be the big WoW Killer (Warhammer I'm looking at you here) . Generally I don't even look at these other games, because I just don't care. Fluff and such won't draw me to a game. If it was all about the fluff, I probably wouldn't be playing World of Warcraft.

There's a new game on the horizon - Star Wars, the Old Republic. I'm not saying it's a WoW Killer, but if they put as much effort into the game as they do their trailer, it could very well be a WoW... uh... Injurer.

My Base in the Basin

After running the dailies for, well, a few days, Ruk is finally Revered with the Oracles. He picked up a swanky helmet, as well as the Mysterious Egg. Really not a bad rep grind, as far as grinds go. Quick quests, decent cash (12-16gp each), and it kept me in the basin to grind leather for my Leatherworking. Between the quests and grinds, I'm almost at the point where I can make myself some purple gear.

However, now that my Oracles rep is as high as I need it to be, I can't see much reason to stay in the Basin. I may do some grinding on one set of fast-spawn mobs (as long as they don't get fixed in the patch today), but all in all I think it's time to move on. To be real here, the chance of getting the Spirit Beast is slim to nil. I'm not about to spend five hours flying in a circle, spamming a macro and hoping it'll go off. It was all about the Spirit Strike, and at the end of the day I have to balance the Want for that ability with the Want for Ruk's other things (gear, abilities, pets). Spirit Strike falls short. Goodbye Loque'nahak.

Besides, Gondria is coming out in 3.1 and I'm guessing the spawn rate will be much better for him.