It is in Outland

Husband was checking out the below article the other day....

We try to avoid comments because if there is anything we have learned from WoW is that people freely given the anonymity to say want they want on the web will. 

But THIS...

Ashley you rock

Shammie's Cheat

I pulled out my always there PvP soapbox the other day on Twisted Nether Podcast. Individuals have to put as much effort into PvP to be good at it as those who PvE… maybe even more.

And sometimes … I am smacked in the forehead on why this is true.

(Yes, Faid I was not in game at the time I am spying on you from the Rogue’s computer.)

Meet Me In Azeroth

Meet Me In Azeroth - Diamond Town
My favorite part is where they get ganked dueling. I lol’ed.

Truthfully… it took me a second viewing to register why the one gentleman was wearing a robe. Yea. Yea. Yea. He plays a mage. Why would I ever think anyone would willingly play a mage? I figured it out all by myself … thanks.

To Ratter and my Mooj

… except… Mooj you know if I could get an HK off you I will. *grin* Luckily we see each other in Dalaran more then in Wintergrasp.

/kiss to you both

One Liners

Don’t ask me to spec tank. If I do I will be able to make a water slide from the Warrior tears. ~ The DK Tank

Glyph of Mirror Image
Now there are FIVE more mages then necessary. Please make it stop. ~Hydra

The landscape is beautiful. Next time you are taking a long flight path take it all in. Hide your game UI with Alt+Z and scroll in so your camera is first person. Enjoy the fabulous views that is Warcraft.

Grobbulus Instructions
Poop near the wall. Pooping on or next to your friends will make them no longer your friends. ~Hydra

Show your helm once and a while. Particularly when you don’t like it. Granted in Northrend they will think you are into S&M. After a while you will appreciate your ability to turn off your helm that much more.

How I have scared those raiders on vent.
*loud gasp*
Oh my gosh I LOOOooooove your hair.

If we could figure out how to make a boss mechanic require tea bagging our guild would one shot the boss in record time.

All the Ninja Raiders

*hums to herself*
QQ QQ QQ QQ QQ QQ

Have a great New Year. May this one be better for you then the last.

RL Quest Nerf

I had wrote this great epic post in my head. It was going to be about how my Mom-in-law sent me on this collection quest. 

I went all over looking. Every vendor I went to was out. I poked around seven HUGE instances looking for the item. The quest item respawn timer was beyond worse then the Time-Lost Proto Drake. The RL quest tracking map was completely borked. 

Then the quest designer realized the quest was impossible to do at this time and nerfed the item. So instead of the epic item we ended up with the nerfed version.

Now, Husband just got home early. Yeah!! I am done here and you get the abridged story.

Downloader for 3.3.0 Active

Be aware that it will start when you exit the game. It is a 448MB patch.

Race Changes Live

The link to the Blizzard FAQ is found here.

The service to change your race is $25 and is now live.

Personally if I had any inclination to do this I would also see the race and class combination that are coming out in Cataclysm. Your one true wish may just be to have a gnome priest.

Grunty Attacks!

Grunty vs Zerling Rocks!

It looks to be random when the Zergling kills Grunty or when Grunty kills Zergling. Warcraft Pets links to some video showing this in action. Here are some shots I took.

Empty War Room

With all the battlemasters gone, the War Rooms feel very empty.

Don't Smell It

Why is there no bag cleaner? Since level 1 we have had heads, hearts, intestine, etc inside our bags for one quest or another. After 80 levels we need a backpack disinfectant.

Mount Glitchs

My headless horseman mount in/on the sidecar of a motorcycle.
If the driver uses their Iron Boot Flask, it folds up the side car. The rider is still inside.
Talk about eating dirt.

Mt. Dew Battle Bot

Oath, a good friend of mine over at Dressed to Cuddle talked about his experience with obtaining a Mt. Dew battle bot and game fuel. He also embeds the video for the target advertisement spot. Read it now. I said now!!1111!!!!111

Mountain Dew: Go Eff Your Face

The campaign ends August 20, 2009. Nib has a post on how to get the robot. No RL gold needed.

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/faq/mountain-dew.html

http://www.mountaindewgamefuel.com

A Decade

Husband, there is a lot I can say. But nothing means as much as the Three Little Words (one of my favorite movies of all time).

I love you.

Drain Soul Note

Drain Soul will get soul shards off training dummies.
…
OK.
…
[Insert dead wood joke here]
Whatever.

To those that say wood has a life on its own apparently Warcraft agrees with you.

On a more practical note, shard farming can now be combined with testing time.

Matching Titles with Gear

Wrong.
Correct.

"I fought a lock and the lock won"

To Bobby Fullers “I Fought the Law and law won” Here is my I-had-to-much-time-on-my-hands-at-work rendition.

Stalkin’ pray in the hot sun
I fought a lock and the lock won
I fought a lock and the lock won
I thought she’d die faster then some
I fought a lock and the lock won

I attacked the lock and the idea was bad
Death coiled now I’m done
My health cursed off like I never had
I fought a lock and the lock won
I fought a lock and the lock won

Gankin squishies before they run
I fought a lock and the lock won
I fought a lock and the lock won
Fear me around and it’s not fun

Screenshots the WoW Way

Screenshots in-game are easy. You press one key and your shot is saved inside a folder automatically. I didn't even look on how to figure this out until I dinged level 70, since then I have taken thousands of shots.

On your keyboard, typically on the upper right, is a “Print Screen” key. Some keyboards you only need to hit this key. Other keyboards you will have to turn on and off the function key to make it work.

While running the World of Warcraft game hit the print screen key to take an in-game screenshot. When you do yellow type with the words “Screen Captured” should flash on your screen.

If you would like to take a shot without your user interface (UI) that is easy too. Type the keys Alt+Z will hide your UI. When you want it back you type Alt+Z again.

That is it. A shot is now saved.

But where is the image?

In your World of Warcraft program file there will be folder called Screenshots. If everything is at the default places it is at “C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Screenshots”.

Within the screenshot folder are jpg files of what was on your screen when the print screen key was pressed.

Now you can modify the image to your delight!

I take screenshots to remind myself of potential blog posts. Sometimes they actually make it into a post, other times it is a pure reminder. I also keep the original unchanged and edit a copy just in case I, you know, mess it up.

Let’s Ride

Sometimes it is nice to just hang out in a city.A Traveler’s Tundra Mammoth, two times Mekgineer’s Chopper, and a Baron’s Deathcharger … is not a bad showing.