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Deadr Goes Questing

April 16, 2007 By Gitr Leave a Comment

Deadr finally got his way up to Friendly with Lower City last night, after completing about 6 more quests in the Bone Wastes. I got half of the Torgos! quest done, and went to find that evil bird, only to find out that he is a 65 Elite. I’m definitely going to need some help with him. My quest log is slowly filling up with Elite quests that I either need to complete or dump. I feel like a chump asking guildies for help because they are all 70s in Karazan already, so I’ll probably us the LFG feature as I rep grind for Marks for Aldor rep.

I blew about 500g on Enchanting and Tailoring since last Monday. I’m actually improving my gear by doing so, making the expense a little more tolerable. My cloak has +120 armor now and my gloves, chest, and bracers all have nice damage or mana enchants.

Deadr is up to around 50% of the way through the level with nearly full rest still. I’ll continue questing in Terokkar and Zangarmarsh to finish out the level, although the only nice things about hitting 65 will be to put on a new piece of Netherweave and use another talent point.

Ding 25; Entered Thousand Needles Early

April 16, 2007 By Gitr Leave a Comment

Frostr hit 25 this morning and found that there was no Sweet Nectar in Freewind Post to buy. I was spending half of my fighting time drinking twice every mana re-fill because my conjured water was less than half of my mana pool.

I don’t really have much to say about Frostr today because I spent all weekend on Deadr. Post coming right up.

/played 29h 2m

What Do You Think About Power-Leveling?

April 14, 2007 By Gitr 12 Comments

We’ve all seen the ads on the blogs and WoW-related sites: “Power-level your toon for $XXX 1-70 guaranteed!” How many of us have done it? /pause… I have read that it is against the EULA, but I’m not so sure it should be. While I don’t condone it, I don’t really have a problem with it.

If sites such as The Unknown Gamer level you as a brand new account or a brand new toon, I don’t see any reason why someone should be penalized. It is a game, and games are meant to be played. Here is where I got to doing “Deep Thought” (5g to the first person on BL to name that reference) on the subject of power-leveling.

Bottom line: I think it is stupid.

Counterpoint: I can see why some people would want to use it. Really.

Roll Call for SOBCon 07

April 13, 2007 By Gitr 1 Comment

I just checked the official SOBCon 07 site to see if any more people were added to the roll call list that Liz has going in the sidebar. I saw my name and several others that I recognized. Today is the last day for reserving your hotel room before the group rate block gets released to the public. I hope to see you in person in 4 weeks.

Click anywhere in the link cloud for a good blog.

Sandra Renshaw Brad Shorr Timothy Johnson Tammy Lenski John Yedinak Joe Hauckes Tim Draayer Jeremy Geelan Carolyn Manning Sheila Scarborough [tag]Steve Farber[/tag] Dawud Miracle Doug Mitchell Jeff O’Hara Dave Schoof Jamy Shiels Adam Steen Hannah Steen Chris Thilk Barry Zweibel Eric Bingen Ellen Moore Cord Silverstein Jean-Patrick Smith James Walton Sharan Tash Vernon Lun Tony Lee Paul Mangalik Scott Desgrosseilliers Mark Murrell Muhammed Saleem Kammie Kobyleski Easton Ellsworth Mark Goodyear Ann Michael Kent Blumberg Ashley Cecil Robert Hruzek Sabu N G Mazur Krystyna Lisa Gates Franke James Chris Brown Troy Worman Karen Putz Chelsea Vincent [tag]Jesse Petersen[/tag] Terry Mapes Andy Brudtkuhl Premchand Kallan Lucia Mancuso Peter Flaschner Derrick Sorles Michael Snell Ella Wilson Mike Rohde Ayush Agarwal Thomas Clifford

Friday Funny: Grandma Driver

April 13, 2007 By Gitr 3 Comments

Today, because of my brilliant co-worker, I’m launching my new Friday series: Friday Funny. We can all use a good laugh on this, our last day of the business week. I hope you enjoy the first installment.

The other day I went up to a local Christian bookstore and saw a “Honk if you love Jesus” bumper sticker.

I was feeling particularly sassy that day, because I had just come from a thrilling choir practice followed by a powerful prayer meeting, so I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.

I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is, and I didn’t notice that the light had changed.

Sir, May I See Your Receipt?

April 12, 2007 By Gitr 12 Comments

I am a cranky old man at the ripe age ot 28 already. As a matter of fact, I began one of my cranky practices while I was still in high school. I love Radio Shack. What electronics geek doesn’t? Wires, cables, batteries, and 5 billion things that plug into the wall. It’s a man’s heaven on earth, along with the other staples of Best Buy, Sears, and Home Depot. RAWR!!

Radio Shack has, since I can remember, asked you for your zip code at check-out. Some ask for your phone number. I have always told them they can’t have it or that I don’t have one. I often wonder if they think I’m homeless or a bold-faced liar. Don’t care. I’m not giving them one shred more details about my personal information than I have to. They have my money, and I have their merchandise.