Gitr

Remember the day you first installed WoW? It was a great day. Warcraft 3 was so graphically sublime and the gameplay rocked and the storyline was something a writer would be proud of. What more could Blizzard have in store for me now?

I read the entire manual while it installed, and was ready to pull the trigger on a hunter, no pun intended. I looked at all the race/sex options I had, and decided to go with a male dwarf. Wait! He is going to have whatever name I give him forever. It was not something to make a snap decision about, so I Googled for Celtic and Norse male names and came across Grimr. I liked it, a lot.

My first 2 hours were the most intuitive, creative, and rewarding gaming experience I had ever had. I made it to level 5 or 6, had killed nearly everything in the noob area, and was running through the countryside with no idea where I was going.

I played with the game as it was out of the box for about 2 weeks until one co-worker asked me what UI mods I had installed so far. Mods? What mods? [Read more…] about Back to the Stone Ages

I am migrating to a new host as I type and have been having issues all day. I was offline for about 5 hours as I stuggled with the SQL database. What ended up being the issue was the host-installed version of WordPress that I started with created an auto password, so when I tried to re-configure the config file when things didn’t migrate, they didn’t connect again.

I only have until the 9th, so I hope things get ironed out tomorrow. Thanks for being patient.

PS. The realms are still down. Check out the server status page above.

I got up early enough for the patch to get installed before work so I can begin playing when I get home. I started reading the Looking for Group information while it patched:

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/townhall/lookingforgroup.html

Then it failed at 54% with an error about not being able to patch a file. CRAP!! I tried again quickly, but it looks like I get to do a complete re-install tonight and re-patch everything.

The patch failed because I did not have 3.8GB free on that hard drive. I deleted some stuff and it worked on the first try after that. It did not take up all that space when it was done, so it must be a decompression thing.

I have more information to spread about the state of addiction in the MMORPG community. It is a topic close to me after seeing it in a former roommate. The impact of a seemingly uncontrollable need to play a game for any number of reasons is vastly interesting to me, as well ad incomprehensibly deep. Nick Yee has a project going on at Stanford University that involves dozens of surveys of MMORPG players of all types: The Daedalus Project.

His latest survey results have a lot of good information in there that kept me busy reading for quite a while. The Trouble with “Addiction”

I’ll have some of my insights into his results tomorrow, but it is time to clock out now. 🙂

Ed.: Due to migration issues, there was no time to put down my thoughts. Don’t worry, they are coming as soon as my hosting situation is settled.

The new guild is up and running now. I have already benefitted from having so many 60s at my disposal when they get bored. Yesterday Byrm took me around STV and we killed Bhag’thera and Tethis. Now I need to go back for King Bangledesh, because he was unlootable before getting the quest.

From there, we went and got the Aged Gorilla Sinew and went to pick up the Morgg’s Heart quest in Booty Bay. The sick goblin gave me almost 6,000xp when I returned to save his life.

If you are bored with your toons, or would really like to get out of a guild that is too strict with raid participation, give us a shot.

http://www.aeigelus.com/2006/11/a-new-beginning-core.html

If you have a level 55 horde toon on a PvP server and get it transferred to BL, we’d be glad to have you.

Core – Burning Legion

I’m really starting to get the hang of the PvP thing. This morning, I ran from Tarren Mill to Alterac Mountains. I was stopping to pick up ore along the way. Just past the Gallows Corner, I saw an Iron deposit, so I veered off the road.

There, before me was a pre-occupied Night Elf warrior, mining MY deposit! Dag-nabbit, I bubbled, hit her with 3 DoTs, including Vampiric Embrace, and started nailing her with a Mind Blast and my Shadow wand. At 20% health, she popped a health potion, taking her to 76%, and I went to work on her again. I re-bubbled, Mind Blast, Mind Flay (x2), and wanded the rest. It was over before it began.

It’s defeats like this that make me sad for poor Gitr. How would HE stack up agains Deadr? Right now, the only mobs I have problems with are rogues. I just can’t stand getting stunned! Having to keep them in front of you is also a pain when you’re trying to wand them. I’m not very quick on my feet with the spinning around yet. I always use the keyboard and they obviously are not.