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I’ve talked about World of Warcraft a lot lately, time for something a little different …

Ok. Not so different.

One of the early games I played and one of the few real time strategy games I’ve enjoyed was Warcraft : Orcs and Humans. (Humans and Orcs doesn’t quite sound right does it). This was one of the early RTS games, so it was nice and simple. I like simple ! It was also one of those games that gently leads you into the variation of units available through an interesting storyline.

It had the cartoony graphics that fit the world it was set in, plus it had plenty of character in there as well. There’s the hidden touches like what happens when you repeatedly click on a unit. Do that with an orc and you go through a sequence like “Zubzub”, “What?”, “Whaaaat?”, “Whatcha wanna kill?”, “Stop Poking Me!” and so on. It made me smile :-).

It allowed for decent tactics, although it was of the early days of RTS’s, so no 3d. Basic tactics of the ranged firing squad being the good ones. Although you could rock-paper-scissors that. Still, top game and I’ve wished that I’d taken up the chance to play Warcraft II and Warcraft III. Still could play Warcraft III, it’s still available in the shops on budget.

Blizzard (the developers) came up with a rich, interesting world, with plenty of character. Lots of history too, built up within the various Warcraft games. It’s now at the stage where you can play a single character within the world, with World of Warcraft. But it all started way back with Warcraft : Orcs and Humans.

Lol Mrs A 🙂

Add Mini Eggs to that list of things that they put by the counter to torture people.

Blimey … what a day in WoW that was …

The earthquakes started around lunchtime when one guild decided they were leaving. Fair enough, they had a lot of dangerous people in there and a raid leader who basically wasn’t doing the job properly. They threw their teddies out the pram bigtime when our Revered Leader and Overqueen defended one of the Mercenaries (my guys) over what he said on Wednesday’s failed Onyxia run. He swore over the voice comms because someone was being insanely dangerous. Ah well – the dangerous person is not in Guildlink any more. He was part of the triangle that led to Valhalla leaving.

Then a little while later, the Withering guild announce they’re going as well. So we were left in a big hole, with a big raid due later and plans in absolute chaos … Heh. So they thought ! Several hours later, we were back organised again (that’s why we revere the Overqueen) and had a full balanced raid group going into Molten Core. Which was the first time for many of the people going in.

How did we do ? It helped that we got epic loot (da good stuff) really early and that the loot went to new people. That helped settle people down, reminding them why we were there. We died a few more times than we’re used to but that’s fine … Lot of new people. We still got 3 bosses down, which is fantastic for a run with so many new people.

So, Guildlink’s lost a few people. We’ll miss them sure, but I personally won’t miss the cluster of extremely dangerous players that have gone as well. That’s dangerous in terms of being stupid and indisciplined and causing problems for the raid. We’ll bounce back, we’ll grow stronger. We’ll definitely keep enjoying our relaxed attitude to raiding. As we did tonight. Lots of good stuff tonight and we’ll be back for more tomorrow.

Time to move on, wave goodbye to the elitist people who will now try and rub in what fantastic players they are. We’re better off without them. As long as we have the Overqueen, we’ll do just fine. (We better look after her !)

I am still successfully not buying choccy – not that you guys are helping much!

And it ought to be illegal to put creme eggs on the counter where you pay!

Maltesers are good. And Tesco’s have a 2 bags for £2.20 offer going … Highly dangerous. Muahahaha !

No hobnobs, I’m afraid, dearheart..

but I have Malteasers left from when I fell asleep during AeonFlux! 🙂

my TT is up 🙂

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Thirteen Things about Sleepypete 1… I’m hopelessly addicted to computer games. 2… I’m hopelessly addicted to all kinds of games but mostly those that test skill. 3… I have injured every single part of my body. I have had more than 10 broken or cracked bones, not including damage to all of my fingers and both thumbs. 4… But I enjoyed every minute of the circumstances ! 5… I think modern stuff tends to be a pale imitation of what’s gone before. 6… But I love my modern toys. Email forever ! 7… I would love to meet Karen and Shellie of Alisha’s Attic. 8… I have had 2 long term relationships that both came to nought. Third time lucky ? 9… I’m seriously into sci-fi, current favourites are Battlestar Galactica and David Weber. 10… I sleep, therefore I am. 11… I have called my computers after Digimon characters, with the next phase being named after Godzilla. 12… I’d follow anyone for the promise of Chocolate Hobnobs. 13… Mini Eggs make me hyperactive. Which is why I eat them before cricket matches. Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. Mrs A’s 2. Craziequeen’s

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PS Aeon Flux is recommended as a stylish, hmm … interesting film. Having Charlize Theron in there helps :-).

Another World of Warcraft post …

We’ve got an issue with Guildlink where we have people complaining that they aren’t getting picked to go to the big Molten Core instance. However, when you give them the opportunity to go, they’re not signing up ! Crazy. If they don’t take the opportunity when it’s presented, pretty soon the opportunities won’t be offered.

I’ve done my bit, I’ve signed up as a person who’d like to go to the first (i.e. learner) run and have declared that I won’t be going on the second (i.e. experienced) run. Conveniently enough, I have an indoor cricket match on the first day of that second run, which keeps me out of it. Otherwise, I’d have had to choose whether or not to sign up to both. Despite a lock-in thing, I can do that, because I have the two separate characters. And I’d be happy to, because my experience would be helping out that first run, which will have a bunch of new people in it.

However … It seems like a heap of people who could sign up aren’t … I don’t know. It strikes me as selfish freeloading. They think that by going on the experienced run, they’ll have an easier ride through to getting the good loot that drops from the boss targets. I think that’s it. Another thing that it could be is that there is a second run being set up as well, which could be getting in the way. The second run is a 20 person run into that Zul’Gurub jungle place.

I hope the learner run gets off the ground, however at the moment there are only about 10 sign ups for a 40 person raid. Need more people ! I’ve done my bit by signing up and I think I’ve got at least 2 more experienced people to sign up through making them feel guilty. Ha !

This time it’s the Scottish Kerr pair, in the ice dance. They both did a terrific job and looked like they had fun. They deserved to have fun, it was a flawless performance.

Will they get medals ? Nah. They’re not Russian. In ice dance and figure skating it’s not about what you do on the ice, it’s about who you are. Ah well. They’re both winners as far as I’m concerned. They did Scotland and GB proud.

PS Curling gets even strategic sports fanatic me falling asleep as bored.

Trying to figure out which one I am at the moment.

I feel tired, even though I got a decent amount of sleep over the weekend. It’s not physical exertion, because I’ve not been running around that much. I don’t think it’s mental exhaustion either, because I’d managed to limit my online time over the weekend as well. I was online a bit but only because I was bored. (And one of the raids was short, so I helped out)

Maybe I need to find myself another hobby … Kinda like, get myself tired out properly instead of only half tired through pooter games. Must get the golf clubs out of the airing cupboard.

So that’s what I need to do, find a direction to go in and devote my energies towards that. It’s always easier to summon up energy when you have something (or someone!) to direct it towards. Outdoor cricket season will start in a couple of months :-).

Currently watching part 1 of the new version of The Poseidon Adventure. This one looks like it has a similar collection of stars to the first one. Already seen have been Adam Baldwin (Jayne from Firefly), Rutger Hauer, Peter Weller, Steve Guttenburg and Bryan Brown. Ok, maybe not so high profile stars as the first one.