BecaBlog

Penguins and hackers

2009-10-17T08:59:00.000-07:00

Hi!

I havent blogged for a while since times are a bit hard at the moment, workwise. But I might see light at the end of the tunnel now (lets hope its not a train!), and slowly I feel my inspiration sneaking back on me.

Yesterday I merged my wow account to Battlenet, something everyone has to do within November 12. As a "thank you" you even get a pet, and he is adorable!

Merging to Battlenet account can be done here. While Im on it I decided to order a Blizzard Authenticator, since a lot of people I know have had their account hacked. I dont want to not be able to log in to my account one day and spend tons of time to sort it just to find out that all your items and gold are gone. Ok, so its just pixels but hey, still pixels you have spent time getting and want to keep, right? Its even worse when it happens to someone who has access to all the goodies of a large guildbank, like someone in my guild got to experience when a hacker emptyed it.

Have you ever got your account hacked?

Monsterkids?

2009-10-08T07:03:00.000-07:00

Hello!

I havent posted anything lately since I have spent some days in Oslo. Not a big thing since I happen to be born and raised in Oslo, but as you know Im currently not living there, not even in Norway, so its nice to pay a visit there from time to time.

Anyway. I went to Frognerparken, Oslos version of Central Park. The weather was beautiful, crispy, fresh air, the way it only can be on a really nice autumnday. I enjoyed strolling around in colorful leaves and enjoyed the last sunshine I would get before the real Norwegian cold sets in.

I sat under a tree and watched people, its so interesting to just observe. Bicyclists, couples in love holding hands, children tumling around on the soft grass, falling and getting up again, young girls sitting on blankets with their heads close in deep conversation. Peaceful and quiet all over the place.

Until he came. Out of nowhere, and with no warning. Shouting, running, with messy hair and wild eyes. Im talking about a 4-5 year old kid running around in all directions trying to break the wall of sound with his screaming. I believe he managed. The other children ran away, the bicyclists speeded up and went out of sight, the young girls glared angrily at him, annoyed by getting interrupted in their gossip about last nights party, and the couple in love? Well never mind them, they were long gone snuggling behind a tree allready.

So different childen express themselves in different ways. I can buy that. And even though this kid chose to express himself in a, uhm, extremely noisy way doesnt make him bad. His parents certainly shared this opinion, because they were totally relaxed some benches away. The kid gave the trees some real kicks with his tiny sneakers. He dug up big roots with his small hands. He ran after pigeons til they flew straight over my and other peoples heads. And I was fine with it. But. Big but... then he did the thing that for me is a huge NO. He picked up rocks and threw them and the pigeons. You wouldnt think so, but the kid could throw well, the rocks landed dangerously close to the poor pigeons heads.

Ok, so maybe pigeons arent your favouriteanimal. They look dirty and might smell. They are probably carrying flees and other bugs. They are neither particullary smart or adorable. But you dont throw rocks at animals, simple as that. When monsterkid (I dont care how cute he is when he is asleep, Im calling him that) approached near me with the rock in his hand, ready to toss it into a soft feathery scalp, I have had it. "Hey! You!" I shouted at him. "Stop throwing rocks at the birds. Try to behave!". He lowered the rock and for some seconds our eyes froze. The one who looked down first had to loose, we both knew it.

His lower lip started shaking before he ran away, crying, heading towards his parents.

Obviously they didnt appreciate that, something his mother clearly stated by angry looks and gestures meant for me. But I dont think I speak only for myself when I say that the park became a much better place for everyone else. If nothing else I saved the life of a pigeon. Or even five.

Is it ok to "raise" other peoples children like that or is just no-no? I want to hear your opinion! :)

Names and Pink Ribbons

2009-10-01T10:27:00.000-07:00

I have given birth to many toons in World of Warcraft. What do those have in common with my plants? Most of them havent survived. I have three toons that have been sentral for me during the last years. I can spend spend incredible amounts of time customizing the character I create. Ponytail or curls? Green or blue hair? Is she going to have pale-blue, suntanned or purple skin? Big eyes or sad eyes? When these hard decitions finally are made, the hardest one is still left: the name. Others might do this in max 2 minutes. I cant. If Im not happy with the name, I will delete the toon sooner or later.

My first "real" toon was a hunter night elf. The name I really wanted was "Solsikke", which means sunflower. I had droven by a sunflowerfarm the same day, and thought this was a great name. Unfortunately this name was taken. Later I would end up in the same guild as Solsikke, which turned out to be another nelfhunter with the exact same looks as my toon, and the person behind the name had lived and worked at same place as I had and liked the things I liked. Coincidence? Perhaps, but still a bit strange.

Instead of Solsikke I chose the name "Liloo". This comes from the movie "The 5th Element" where Milla Jovovich plays Leeloo from outer space. Those who have seen it will probably remember "Leeloo Multipass". Those who havent, what are you waiting for? Go see it! Go, go, go!

My second toon was a warlock whom I called "Lyn". This means lightning in Norwegian, a name I thought fit well for someone who likes to deal with shadowbolts and other sorts of black magic.

My third toon is my socalled "main" now, allthough this is the youngest one. She is a shaman, and I thought about tribes and totems when I made her. The word tribe combined with the name Rebecca made the final result- "Tribeca".

I took a round in Dalaran City and asked the question: how did you come up with YOUR name? These are some results. If you want to explain the name of your very own toon, leave a comment! :)

I would also like to remind you that today is the National Breastcancerday. If anyone wask you if you want to support this case by purchasing a magazine, a donught or maybe a pink ribbon it might bw worth the few bucks. Only in Norway 3000 women get breastcancer every year. We all know or know about someone who has been through some sort of cancer. Today, I have bought a pink ribbon myself, and as you can see on the first picture, my girls carry it with proudness.

Wiii(ctory)!

2009-09-29T16:30:00.000-07:00

Picture says more than words- finally Yogg-Saron is dead, well deserved!

Hot date with lady Onyxia

2009-09-25T11:52:00.000-07:00

Now that patch 3.2.2 is out, we decided it was time to pay visit to an old friend- Miss Bad Breath herself, Lady Onyxia. Yup, she is back, and this time more furious than ever.

She was not happy to see us at all, and acted rude by tossing us into the wall, flaming us and call for flying servants to take care of whatever was left of us. We could of course not accept this, so we didnt give up until the diva laid peacefully on the ground. Unfortunatelym she didnt drpå her new mount, so we say thanks you and say...more dots next week! More dots, more dots!

Before bedtime

2009-09-22T16:19:00.000-07:00

Server is down and Im not tired yet. What to do? I surf YouTube.

Its been said that I have terrible taste in music, but this one Im going to link anyway, I have always loved this song and think its a late night song. Enough said. Here it is.

Extreme makeover!

2009-09-22T10:39:00.000-07:00

Blizzard keeps surprising me, usually in a good way. This time is no different. I got excited when I first read that you can transfer your toon into the opposite faction (which now is available btw). But! Now there has been an official post conferming that you will even be able to change your race within your same faction! They said it would never happen, but...it will!

I have 3 main toons myself- a dranei, a night elf and a human (yup Im an alliance girl). None of these need to worry, they wont loose any hooves, pointy ears or height during their beautysleep. However, my night elf number 2, the oh so ever lovely Honeyfrost...what can I say, she is at high level risk for incoming transformation, because if it will be possible to make a worgen out of a night elf when Cataclysm comes out, she better prepare to wake up fur-covered with sharp teeth one day! Anyone else concidering changing race? If so, to what and why?

Bluepost from today's wow forum

Coming soon near you!

Guild stereotypes

2009-09-22T03:21:00.000-07:00

I joined a new guild in the beginning of this summer, and its with no doubt the best guild I have ever been in (not that I have been in that many).Ok, so we are a bit stuck at the moment, since we struggle with two different badguys: one of them is this cutiepie, also known as yogg-saron. The other one, well actually, the other ONES are a bunch of mean pvp's who just have to rub it in; damn girl, you suck at pvp. I doubt my pvp resyme would impress someone. Its pretty much limited to secretly hiding behind a bush in Arathi Basin, terrified of that maniac rabiestauren warrior who ganks everything in sight. What to do about that? Heal him to death..? I'd rather stay in the bush!

Why pvp when you can bbq?

Then theres AV, which is a chance for people like me to get some honorpoints, I just follow the others, ride as fast I can down the hills pretending I know what Im doing and just wait til the "FFS GO SOUTH lets go DREKK!!!!!!11 OmFg" has calmed and someone wins. I can live with that, but sadly I have no use in those experiences when the bastards in Trial of Champion 25man refuse to die!

Those kinds of situation can be frustrating. They can actually tear a good guild apart. Personally, I dont mind if we wipe over and over and over again. And then some more. As long as I can wipe along people who I care about, respect, people who make me laugh, cry, think and feel, well then I am proud to wipe among their side. I took the good times- now I'll take the bad times.

A raid totally out of control

Anyway! 25 people of different age, sex, culture and set of mind- not always easy. Yes its just a game, but that doesnt mean we turn our feelings off while playing it. I once found a post on wowforums, writer is unfortunately unknown, but I would like to post it here. Everyone who has ever been in a guild or a raid should somewhere or somehow recognize her-/himself in this. Enjoy!

You raid with these people. You work with these people. These people are closer than your family. You should worry.

The GM
- He's sacrificed his health, friends, and probably a couple of jobs to drag you through new content. When the guild isn?t performing, these decisions are in question. Prone to shooting sprees, forum flame wars, and the rapid advancement/gearing of whatever toon the guild needs. If you can keep your mouth shut, he'll go emo and quit before you get gkicked. Still, you do like the guy. Or did. Before he went crazy. See drunks, below.

The GM's Significant Other
- Okay, so he was going to have to quit but he tricked his SO into playing. She loves it. She's terrible. You'll effectively 24 man every boss. Count on 4 constructs in the raid, every attempt. She plays a Belf/Nelf.

The Raid Leader
- When you stand in the flames, he dies a little bit inside.

The Heir Apparent
- When the GM goes psycho, ninjas the bank, and gdisbands, you're the guy the guild is gonna look to to to fix the mess. You see it coming. You can't decide if ritual suicide or being the new gm would be more painful.

The Positive Officer
- "That was great. Just great. You know, only 5% of guilds have even made it to Supremus, and getting him down to 67% on the second attempt is hawt."

The Negative Officer
- "Jesus Christ why are there corpses under all these goddamn volcanoes? It's Supremus for %@*@s's sake. GET OUT OF THE GODDAMN FLAME!" See Drunks, below.

The Hunter Class Lead
- Will tell you that it does actually require skill and preparation to play a hunter well in the end game. Lies frequently.

Metermaid
- He's got meters running. Always. Asks for meter postage whenever he?s in the top 5, which is rare, as his focus on the meters is preventing him from seeing the volcano he's pathing towards. Pulls aggro. Has yet to realize that 0 health returns 0 dps. If he's healing, you might as well just put him on raid, he's gonna heal them anyway.

The Stay At Home Mom
- She's around children all day and craves adult conversation. Babbles incessantly in vent, forgetting that adult conversation doesn't usually begin with, "So I was talking to (insert name of four-year-old child) and he says..." Well liked, but frequently muted.

Mr. Mikeless
- Has a microphone. Hears the conversation and directions. Once wiped the raid because he started talking and most folks alt-tabbed to see who the hell was speaking. May be your best player.

The Kid
- So, you messed up on this guy's interview and nobody noticed that he was 12. But, he can play. And if he gets a little bit excited when boobies are getting talked about? Hey, he's young.

The Backbone
- Plays a tank. Doesn't have much to say. Made an error once in SSC, or so you heard. Will disconnect when Gorefiend is at 30% and keep aggro while offline for the rest of the fight. Has never said anything negative to the healers. Ever. GL with your progression without one of these.

The Other kid
- Remember that accountant you interviewed for the fury warrior position? And how you wondered how he'd make time to raid during tax season? He couldn't. His eleven year old daughter took over about that time. She's been raiding since. Mages, that's an eleven year-old girl owning you night after night.

The Hunter Who Doesn't Do His Homework
- Always good for insightful commentary and clever observation just after a wipe. "Holy Crap Man! I was just standing and shooting and this damn VOLCANO popped on me! When did they put in those volcanoes?"

The Drunks
- The core of your guild. As raid progresses, their voices in vent are getting just ever so slightly slurred. You don't notice because you're trying to sound sober yourself. DPS output seems to scale positively with blood alcohol content.

The Chick with the Accent
- Is the accent fake? Nobody knows or cares. Future visits to Australia/Britian/New Zealand/Alabama are now planned by all single raid members.

The Departed Legend
- You joined after he left. You suspect that he could not actually solo Doomwalker. But you're not totally sure.

The New Guy
- Begins most sentences with, "That's not how we did it in my old guild on Korgath." Likely to remain guilded for approximately one week. You wonder if he'll be telliing his next guild, "In my old guild, we ran TOWARDS the volcanoes".

And dont say I used to be the hunter who doesnt do her homework! Ok fine, who am I kidding, I totally was!

To summon up a long post I would like to add a video, dedicated to all my wonderful guildmembers and to all the wonderful players I have yet not met. Old, but good. A classic!

My creative friends

2009-09-19T10:47:00.000-07:00

My good friend Samuel, aka Kurei, was inspired by my hunter Liloo and her pet, and draw us a painting. This was the result:

Above, the original Liloo and Zelma. Sam has also other drawings inspired by the genre of fantasy, and he has collected several of them on DeviantArt.

Another friend of mine, Dennis (Denmon), has made his own version of "MythBusters", which you might have happened to watch at Discovery Channel.

He collected some of the myths regarding World of Warcraft, and made a fun video of it. He will also make a part 2, so if you know about other WoW myths, please tell :) Wish you all a great Saturday night!

Stuff!

2009-09-15T07:27:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I ask myself for how long I will play WoW, at least on the same basis as Im doing now. One thing is for sure though, the answer is not forever. Im not planning to quit now, Im having too much fun for that, but when that times comes I was planning on ordering an ego-copy of myself. For memories. Means something I can look at and think "why on earth did I bother spending such amount of time on that game", but hopefully it will also remind me all the fun I had, and that I actually got several friends out of it. And no, not the pixelated friends who take your alt through Deadmines, but actual, real homo-sapien friends you have dinner and do actual rl-stuff with.

You have maybe heard of, maybe even visited, FigurePrints. Personally I have earlier found it a bit too expensive to actually place an order, but the prices are now reduced (from 170 to 130 Euro). If you are the proud owner of a toon that you want to see shaped into stone you will also probably want some better gear than those green-of-the-boar leggings which makes your ass look big. This is also FigurePrints conclusion, because lately they have added an option where you either can choose your own gear, updated from Armory, or pick another armorset. Were you vanillaraiding, had full t3 set and would like to remember your toon from the glorious days when you had the time of your life before Blizz messed it all up? You got it!

Im obviosuly not the only one who is concidering purchasing some WoW effects to cheer up my home, there are tons of stuff out there!

How about a short for Fido? Jewelery for your sweetheart? Soap for the bathroom? Or, mana / health energydrinks to get you through those long wip.. uhm I mean raidnights /nod. If nothing else, would be a fun present for a friend who is also trapped into this hobby we call World of Warcraft.

I also found a selection of plush animals, and have to admit I am very attracted to the voidwalker one. And how cute isnt the baby murlock??

Banana Bug (a totally irrellevant post)

2009-09-10T06:47:00.000-07:00

Im doing housework (I really am!) and have plans about making cupcakes. I havent been able to focus because I have sensed a particular smell for days now, the smell of bananas, growing stronger and stronger.

I do love bananas, but cant remember having bought any latlely, and when I do I tend do eat themright away, because I like my bananas in a certain way. I choose the ones who are greenest, the greener, the better. The person who says a banana should be yellow is wrong! The green ones are the best. I also have to put them in the fridge before I eat them, because when they taste so much better when they are hard as rock and supercold. Freezer chilled bananas are even better, but the thing is I usually forget them if I put them in there, and whens they are too frozen its impossible to eat them.

Anyway, I just discovered why the house smells of bananas even though there are none in the fridge- I found a bunch of them in my bag! I got some at work and they were green enough for taking them home to put in the fridge, only I completely forgot about them.

So now they have gone from green to black and! Ewww, some of them have even started opening up and there is bananagoo all over the bag! My Prada wallet smells of banana, so does my camera. How discusting is this! Thank god its September and too late for banana flies to come running, otherwise the whole bag would be in trashcan as we speak. See you later!

I like to move it, move it!

2009-09-09T16:26:00.000-07:00

Evening!

I have signed up for a class in swingdance. Believe it or not. Every time I attend weddings and formal parties I feel like a complete fool and get very busy studying the tiles of the floor or rushing to the bathroom everytime I sense anyone approaching to ask for a dance. I've had it with stepping on peoples toes, bumping into pillars, tables and other dancing couples every time I participate in events that require more dancingskills than macarena.

Deep down Im actually fond of dancing. I mean, I dont like to bother my friends with Piccolo of the Flaming Fire for nothing! Speaking of which, have you ever thought about where the different dancestyles in WoW come from? Unfortunately we cannot give Blizzard credit for having invented them, most of them are actually a reference to something. Check out this video! :)

Male human/dwarf dance: From the movie "Saturday Night Fever" with John Travolta
Male orc dance: From the 90s classic "Cant touch this" with MC Hammer
Druid i treeform dance: Chubby Checker, "The Twist" from 1962
Night elf female dance: From French artist Alizées Jacoteys musikkvideo "J'en ai marre"
Male bloodelf dance: From the movie "Napoleon Dynamite"
Male draenei dance: From Dahler Mehndis musikkvideo "Tunak Tunak Tun" (Means "all loot is hunter loot")
Ogre dance: Parody of Chippendales, performed by Chris Farley
Blood elf female dance: Diverse dancemoves from a mix of Britney Spears videoer.
Baby murlock dance: From cartoon movie "One Froggy Evening"
Female dwarf dance: From Riverdance (aka stepdance)
Male night elf dance: From Michael Jacksons legendary performance of "Billie Jean"

So watch out for me, soon I will rock every dancefloor in my blue sweat shoes, make everyone oooh lets twist again like we did last summer and dance, dance, dance the night away. In the meantime I can also practice my WoW moves on this site!

New paths

2009-09-08T14:10:00.000-07:00

Was hanging out in Stormwind again, until i remembered why I dont do it more often. I got whispers non-stop. Gah!

From a level 12 hunter:

- Hi!!!! Can u plz make glow in wpn!!

-No sorry. Im not an enchanter.

- Plz glow!!! On wpn!!!!

- ...

- Plxz I pay!!!

- Listen...as I told you, I am not an enchanter.

- Ok.

- So can u give the glow??

From a level 34 mage:

- Can you please boost me in SM?

- No, sorry

- But why? I really need help :( Please

- I dont give boosts. Besides it would take forever. Im resto.

- You are rested?

- Hm? No resto. As in restoration. My spec.

- Oh. Sorry then. I thought you were a shaman.

And dont even get me started on trade and general channels! Imbàpally is spamming "Dirge dirge dirge!". Someone answers with "your mum" jokes and Lolpwnrogué tops it with writing "anal". Over and over.

Sure, the time is 16.00 and its primetime for semi-aggressive kids who just got home from school and get nervously over-excited by reading the word "boob". The average WoW player is 27 years old. Where are all of those people hiding then?? Are they on the hordeside? Statistics say no, the age is nicely balanced between the two factions.

Maybe the problem is my server? Bronzebeard is perhaps an attractive home for 12 year olds who think its cool to act tough behind the screen without getting consequences. And could it be any different on the roleplay servers? I decided to find out, and after some research I chose to pay a visit to the RP server Argent Dawn, a highly populated, respective server that are supposed to be one of the best RP EU servers. The same evening, under the twinkling stars of Elwynn Forest, the warlock Lynn was born.

My first stop is Goldshire in Elwynn Forest. The first Im noticing is that no one are running, they are walking. A level 49 warrior comfortably worn in cloth is sitting in the corner of a window while emoting: "Trimack finds his favourite position up on the window sill, trying to look his best. Maybe this day she will pass by and notice him. He will never grow tired of waiting for her." Who mister Trimack is waiting for I dont know, and I dont feel brave enough in the mastery of roleplaying to ask him either. Around the corner are Trealor and Tralinda standing close to each other. The young Traelor has recently been accepted to the priest profession, but is frustrated with her master. Tralinda is trying to explain to her that the becoming a priest is a long education who leaves deep scars in the soul, but on the long road one will realize that being is a priest is to master a piece of art.

In the grove of the forest near the blacksmith an old man, Elfea is walking restlessly around. He asks if anyone has seen a big Elwynn bear, this creature has eaten his grandfather's moncole. If anyone were to find it, he would be endlessly grateful, since this was the only thing he had left from a large and honourful kin.

Wow, I think to myself, this really IS different! No spam, no blahblahblah, no...wait a minute...from nowhere he pops up- the gnome rogue Ikìllyou runs up in front of me and yells so loud that if the monocleeating bear was anywhere near, he in halfway to Westfall now. "WHERE ARE HORDE???!!!" the little green-haired halfling also known as Ikìllyou shouts, and the magic is gone for now.

A visit to Stormwind is also on its right place. How will trade and general channel look like here? Someone is looking for an enchanter. So far it looks pretty much the same. Maybe a bit more quiet, but its getting late and its passed bedtime for the youngest ones. All of a sudden there are warnings about Stormwind being under attack. But, instead of "OMG horde pwning the king come help ffs", someone is shouting "Rescue us, killing the dogs o' Stormwind! Neaten the lines!". "Lutz of dead ppl in castle lololol" has been replaced with "O' screams in the chapels, corpses on the floor". The paladin Detroix is sitting at the fountain of Stormwind, he is wearing fully level 60 epic gear. Even though he is level 80 now, he has no intentions about changing this. He would like to help out on the attack, he says, but its this damn leg you see, keeps dragging him down.

I would like to stay to find out which story lies begind Detroix's leg, but I get interrupted by Vanessaa who is frustrated about her career. Apprantly, being a prostityte doesnt pay well in these times. Some years ago she could claim any kind of amounts, but she will still do her job for a decent price. An offer Callypto cant resist, because not long after we are witnessing a very private and intime affair.

The whole thing finishes with an outdoor party to celebrate that the horde were defeated. Detroix states that he does not want to join in on this, perhaps this reminds the fallen hero of memories, memories that still hurt. Callypto and Vannessaa dont share this problem and are cheering and dancing naked in the middle of trade district, filled with happiness. I dont want to seem dull, so guess what? Im joining. And, for what its worth; Im having fun!

To start a new character and level it to 80 on a RP server is not an option to me. But the great thing about those servers is that you dont have to reach 80 to get maximum out of the game, and many people seem to have no rush to become 80 either. Of course there are annoying and inmature players here too (WHERE ARE HORDE!!!), but lets face it, they are not so bad after all, and are a part of the game. I had a great time while I was playing on Argent Dawn, and who knows, maybe Lynn will face more adventures in the future. If nothing else, just for a refreshing experience that can be recommended :)

May the Elune be with you (yeah yeah I suck, I know)!

Dr00d Love

2009-09-07T15:10:00.000-07:00

Good evening!

I've started a new project- Im leveling a druid! The thought that hit me first was- why on earth havent I done this before?? I mean, how fun isnt it to stroll around in the forest, hit large stuff as a huge bear or simply just shoot out lazerbeams in a form that cant be nothing else than an enormous hybrid of chicken and moose?

I can tank, I can heal, I can pew pew. Whats not to love about a dr00d? Well, about the tanking part, I think I'll lay low there for a while, so dont count me in on anything. I was prowling around in Stormwind the other day, when a got a whisper from some randon person; "you TANK? Wnna comm STOCKS??" As a matter of fact I happened to have 5 quests in Stockades (the instance under Stormwind City, in case some horde players should feel confused), so I thought "what the heck, why not", threw myself over to bearform and bought a bunch of elixirs, food and other stash in attempt to improve my not-so-impa health pool.

Our party: A warlock who insisted on getting a summon even though he was located in the middle of SW Trade District (and if anyone should summon, shouldnt it be him btw?). A shammy who couldnt say for sure if he was caster, melee or healer. We decided he was last option. A silent hunter, a rogue who spammed macros in /partychat, and then me: a deadly nervous, sweaty bear who panicly searched for the tauntspell (it had a claw on! Where the hell is the damn claw icon??).

So. Pugs are pugs. Sometimes it works, sometimes they dont. I think its safe to place our group into the last cathegory. The rogue was so thrilled to zap, so he went nuts and zapped everything and everyone. Great job, only shame that the ones he zapped were in a differetn room than the rest of us so that when they were not so zapped anymore, they came running in to our room. Yikes! The silent hunter (are there any other kind?) didnt have a pet, and also; he was a melee hunter. The really rare kind. In other words, he didnt have a gun or a bow, not even as much as a little throw thingie, no, he had two swords who should have been replaced somewhere between westfall and redridge mountains.

The warlock liked to fear, and the ones he feared got so scared that they ran faaar away, and guess what? They came back with friends, and those friends were pissed! The shammy found out that he wasnt a healer after all, something that resulted in "Your skill in wipe has increased to 450". Grats!

As for me, I wont say that I was the big bear hero who saved us. The tauntbutton disappeared somewhere between third wipe and the dots on the zapped target, and I managed (several times) to go out of bearform into casterform, which lasted like 3 seconds before I had my nose burried into the cold stonefloor.

Did it go well? No. Did I have fun? Hell, YES!

As for the future I still havent decided what spec I will choose, might be balance/feral. No matter what, druid is a superfun class to play, and I hope mine will see the level 80-achivement sooner or later (with my speed, Id say probably later).

And just to add one last great thing about droods: how cool arent Previewtheir dances? Im testing out fraps so I have put together a little video to summon them up.

Wish you all a great night/day! :D

Mew

2009-09-05T00:27:00.000-07:00

Hola!

Im going to Norway this weekend to pick up...a kitten! A tiny one with furry paws, 12 weeks old. So have fun in the meantime, and have a great weekend.

Hey boy, hey...girl??

2009-09-04T04:47:00.000-07:00

Hello!

Blizzard claims that World of Warcraft now has passed 10 000 000 players, which is such a huge number that I had to make sure all the zeros got in. Its also a record among the MMO's. But who are all those players? Assuming a large part of them are goldsellers or inactive players, what about the rest of them? Are they old, young, female, male...?

According to a survey there are currently (more or less) 84 % men and 16 % women that play WoW. So perhaps there is a reason why certain players hormons go bananas when they get in (virtuel) contact with a female player? Check this out (Nb! Mature language! Dont read any further if this is too hot to handle!):

Source: X-Nihilum guild

When I started playing WoW (back in the days where I was an innocent hunter who worn a spirit off-hand), I naively thought that the male characters were men, and the female ones women. Of course this isnt right, since there are approximately 65 % male characters and 35 % female ones. Which means a bunch of men play a female toon.

Some interesting numbers:

We have 1000 players-

* 840 are male players

* 160 are female players

Among the 840 male ones:

* 193 play a female toon

* 647 play a male toon

Among the 160 female players:

* 5 play a male toon

* 155 play a female toon

In other words:

* About 1 of every second female toon are played by a man

* About 1 of every 100 male toon is played by a woman

It is also more likable that men above 18 years old choose to play a female toon (25 %), than men under the age of 18 (10 %).

It may seem that men find it easier to identify themselves with a female toon than it is for a woman to identify herself with male toons.

Or, for summon it up, I might as well quote one of my guildies:

"If Im going to spend 5 hours a day watching a butt, I might as well make it a nicelooking one."

How do you choose your toon? Ever played one of your opposite sex?
Wish you all a great day! xxx

Multitasking- not so successful

2009-09-03T04:43:00.000-07:00

Hello again!

I am currently working on translating all my posts from http://manabreak.blogg.no into here, but when you have the ability to stay focused on same level as a goldfish, its not that easy to get anything done! For the moment I am doing dishes, cleaning the kitchen, doing my make-up, blogging, and surfing on youtube at the same time. I can't stop listening to one particular song, a Norwegian one with a band called DeLillos. I know many seem to think they sound terrible, but this song makes me happy. Its about love, and what can make you feel happier than that?

I will let you hear it and then you can judge; is it any good or do I simply have an awful taste of music?

The blog is now live!

2009-09-02T09:35:00.000-07:00

Hello, and welcome to my blog!

I started this blog on http://manabreak.blogg.no, written in Norwegian. However, I believe I should have chosen English to reach out to more readers, which is why I made this new blog. Which of course means that just when I had finally understood most of the HTML on the earlier blogsite, I have to start from scratch here, and it is and understatement to say that I am struggling allready. For example I cannot see how I can export my earlier blog to here, after many brave attempts in blood, sweat and tears and even some keyboard slamming.

After going through several different blogs out there for tips, ideas and insperation, I have to say I am mostly impressed how many creative people there are out there. And they all seem to manage html-codes and image editing to their fingertips. Respect!

Not only bloggers score high on the creativitymeters. I really like spending time searching for funny and interesting videos on sites like youtube etc, and of course there are plenty of WoW videos. It is truly amazing what gamers can create, maybe not so fun for people who dont play WoW, but for us who have, or still do, they can be really hillarious.

Since this blog from time to time will be about World of Warcraft, I will introduce it with one of my personal favourites. Everyone who has been in a raid or played a shadow priest will probably recognize him/herself in this one. Enjoy!

Muppet Show version WoW
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