What Is Going On!?
Ok On to the most current issue plaguing WoW right now. The DDOS by Lizard Squad. This has to be the most ANNOYING thing that has ever happened to me while playing WoW. My latency goes through the roof IF it even allows me to stay on. Now I will be honest, I was blaming Blizz there for awhile too. I wanted them to credit us some free time or heck STOP the attacks. But as I was rolling through the forums today look at this issue I came to an actual explanation of what the heck DDOS IS and WHY it's doing this to WoW. Why as in why it's affecting it this way. As far as I know, Lizard Squad hasn't actually said why they are attacking Blizz.
Here's the website but I will take an except from it if you'd like to not read the whole article.
" Think of Battle.net as Mcdonalds. For some reason this Mcdonalds does not have double doors, it only has one (this is for the sake of the example). We, the consumers, are in a single file line going into mcdonalds, getting our delicious yet deadly Big Macs, and leave wondering what it's made of. THEN, you have the DDOSers. The DDOS attacks are the equivilant of 500 of fat people cutting in line, rushing the door all at once, and ceasing us from getting service for periods of time. "
So while I'm personally offended at the idea that people cutting the line have to be fat, this is a great example. It definitely put it in perspective for me. Or if you didn't get it, here's a short one that plays off the first. Same link applies.
" If 20 people call your phone at once, you're not going to be able to make a call out. This is not the phone company's fault. They can't stop those people from calling you without making your phone line borderline useless with restrictions. "What should you do? No idea. Be patient? Don't feed the trolls? And most importantly, stop blaming Blizzard who really just isn't at fault here.
Raiding in Warlords
Yep you read this right! I wish they would kick the bucket on Raid Finder period but alas that is not to happen this Xpac. Good news though, I heard heroic dungeon gear will be the same as Raid Finder. You watch me never do ONE gosh darn Raid Finder. I'll heroic those dungeons up for days.
Anyhoo, to continue, Yes again you're probably reading that right. Glaucoma aside. Every raid aside from Mythic has a flex option meaning you can have anywhere from 10 to 25 players in the raid at any one time. The article (linked below picture) made a good point, stipulation that we, as in the WoW raiding community, rely way too much on a couple dps or one healer. If they leave, verily, your raid might fall apart. Everyone is impatient these days, no one likes to wipe, everyone thinks they're cooler than next rogue, hunter, or pally. So will this fix that? Maybe. You invite 16 people and 3 leave after one boss fight. No need to stop raid and keep searching. Set up oque, and continue on.
This also brings up a fabulous new question. With flex raiding came a kind of flex raiding attitude that I previously mentioned. This is also mentioned in the article. Will this attitude consume every level of raiding? Filling it with jerks and MVPS? Or at that same time will this allow more people to be included and invited to social communities in WoW? I guess we'll just have to see.
What was WoW NOT flexible on? Heroic. I am super bummed about it going up to 20 players. I don't really mind that they have a hard set of numbers but I wish again, that they offered 10/25. Getting 10 people to do what you needed them to do was hard enough but double that? You might as well quit now.
Though, don't be too hasty. I guess we'll just have to see how it works out. How would I rate this entire change? Probably 7/10 as raid finder is still included.
How do you feel about the new raiding? How would you rank it? Comment! Let me know how you feel!
2 Months 15 Days
Oh Goodness! SO that's what 78 days looks like. 2 months and 15 days. It seemed like such a short time period until I actually looked it up. I'm more than kind of bummed now. Good thing Sims 4 comes out in only 6 days! I can get good and tired of it before WoD drops.
Ok. So, to keep us all in suspense until November 13th, I will be trying to give updates on all things WoW until then. Meaning you get all the knitty gritty details that someone else has released before me that I will recycle for your use. Sounds pretty chill for me huh? I thought so to.
Moving on. Remember that post about WoW memorializing Robin Williams? Well how many of you thought it was just talk. Not I, I knew Blizz had it under control.
So WoW had decided to input Robin Williams in the game as a three character rotation between a blue genie (Aladdin), a human male (from movie Mork and Mindy), and a female human with grey hair (GO MRS. DOUBTFIRE!). I think it would be fantastic for the NPC to randomly change from one form to another throughout the day. Very insightful and creative.
Very cool.
To continue. China has its own digital entertainment event every year called China Joy. It is also known for it's exceptional Blizz cosplay. Check this chick's costume out! Like the comments, it was hard for me to tell if it was her costume or the mount straight out of the game! It is actually NOT photoshopped, hence why she won. For her prize she will be flown to Blizz con this coming year where she will debut her costume a second time.
Original article ^^^
Pics or it didn't happen ^^^
I found a very interesting music piece from WoD
If you're interested in the soundtracks of the upcoming expansion, feel free to click the link or listen to the video straight from here.
I personally love the sound and can't wait to quest while listening to this.
Ze World of Ze Varcraft!
As told to us by Ghostcrawler!
Just...kidding. I do not have the keys to the kingdom, nor do I have access to privileged and private speeches from Ghostcrawler. But I do have public ones! Now Ghostcrawler has always been an enigma to the Wow Community and a further source of deep dissatisfaction and a constant thorn in many WoW gamers side. We tend to blame him on all the changes made in the game because...honestly? He's one of the only GM's that made himself so available to the player base.
Now is it really him that made a BILLION and one changes to the game? Of course not, but we sure as heck blamed him. But to move on.
He has joined Riot and is now on the League of Legends team which is thrilling. From one of my favorite games to another. In this discussion with MMO-champions he talks about the main differences between his role in WoW and his role in League.
Personally, the guy interviewing him is an ass. Ghostcrawler said ONE thing that made perfect sense to me. He described the differences between the two games and how those not only affect his role on the team but also the challenges of his job. This caused the interviewer to really grill him for the rest of the conversation in an unnecessary way. The way Ghostcrawler kept repeating himself, I'm only stipulating here, I could imagine that he was beyond annoyed and kept repeating the same thing as if the reporter was a straight up idiot who couldn't seem to get a simple concept through his head. But I digress. I will not go through the interview. Here is the link if you want to read it. At the moment it is the third story down. But as I'm just linking MMO-champion that might change.
Why do I care about this? Because Ghostcrawler was a part of WoW for almost two decades and he deserves to be remembered in a good light. Here he gets to defend the nature of his previous role on the WoW team and while not dissing the game, he discusses the mass difference between a game like WoW and League of Legends.
More Visual Updates!
Whether you play Alliance or Horde, you have to admit that the visual updates for each race are amazing. All I hear lately is complaining but I for one, can barely stand how generic every character looks and generally "flat." I was excited when pandas got added to the game, not for actually playing them but because it ushered in a new era. If they were so visually updated that had to mean that WoW would follow suit with other races and I was not disappointed!
Here's a quick look at a few races that are visually updated. I received ALL images from MMO-champions that has been previously linked in above segment.
Ok. This ALMOST makes me want to play a female Tauren. I do still sadly have respect for myself so that will not be happening. But seriously? This stuff looks straight up chill! I'm so excited! I might even go female Orc! I added the cute new pet that you can get as well. Mostly because...well look at him! He's adorbs!
Does a visual update change the game? Or course not! But it does add a very appealing element of personality and characteristics that I don't think WoW had before. In every game, one of the most appealing "jobs" is to make your character and further more, to make it what you want it to be. Does this visual update add that? I think so. Tell me what you think in the comment section.
Girl Gamers
Turns out girl gamers are now outnumbering teenage boys. Yep! Huge shocker there, at least to me when I read it. I think there has been such a position of teenage boys ruling the gaming world that to find out adult female are actually in the lead, creates huge shock value. Ok so to be fair, men still lead the gaming numbers but no longer do little boys outnumber us! (Cue maniacal laughter).
A little number game. For those of you who think that most of the gamer world is comprised of young adults you would be....WRONG! Over 39% of the gaming world is OVER the age of 36! While the gender of this is 52% men and 48% women. OO! Ladies we're catching up!
And the average number of years gamers have "wasted" (popular opinion) on video games is 14 years. OOO lordy! That's over half my life!
Now before everyone gets their armor in a dent, something needs to be known here. This includes games like Farmville or games on multiple platforms, i.e. tablets, smartphones, etc. So this doesn't necessarily mean the "hardcore" game but possible the more casual one.
This article stipulates that marketing and games themselves will change their previous demographic of teenage boys to a more obviously influential group of people...yep WOMAN.
OO pick me pick me! I'm definitely the top right one!!! :D The bottom right one ONLY describes me when I play League of Legends.
If you want to read this your self please click the link below. You may have to mouse over it, as it's in black. The above picture was also captured from said article.
World of Warcraft - Delays and Skills
Weekly Wow News!
Would you know what to do if a moose attacked you? Do you even know how big a moose is?
They
are HUGE! With huge antlers nd a lot of them are actually pretty
aggressive. Not a shy swat from a cranky cat but like, attack and charge
type of aggressive.
Dude seriously? That this is enormous! My pants would not be clean if a moose attacked me :(
So
this kid - this boy used his WoW skills to save his sister and himself
from an attacking moose! Legit is what I say. How? That's right - Taunt
and Feign Death!
You can read the whole story here -
(image captured from webpage)
(image captured from webpage)
That's not something you hear everyday.
"I got attacked by a moose! And I used my video game skills to save my family!"
I thought this was a particularly awesome story considered the negativity WoW players get from playing the game. The
only thing I disliked about this article was the attempt the author
made to make it seem as if it was strange for the boy to be outside. Not
all WoW players are completely addicted to this damn game. Get a grip
you fools!
Ok
on to more interesting news. I recently posted an article about the new
troll updates. Here's some sad news for the WoW community.
Blood elves new model delayed.
I
have to say I'm extremely disappointed because almost all my characters
are BE's and I've been so excited to see their new updated models. Will
the men still have a tendency to look metrosexual? Will the women still
have siren eyes? Who knows...no one at this point.
I
do have to give props to Blizz for not releasing a half-assed product. I
just did an article about EA and Sims 4 where people are seriously
worrying if the new Sims is even ready.
That's one thing I've never concerned myself about when it comes to Blizz. They always have their crap together. Thanks Blizz for making a great product...sigh even if you decided to post-pone my beautiful blood elves.
If you like listening to music like I do, while playing WoW, check out this neat new video and song by Bastille.
Gotta love those sexy sexy dudes!
Warloards of Draenor - A Titillating Tale of Half Truths and Supposed Facts
A
countdown was born as we all waited in an anticipation for the release
of the Warlords of Draenor cinematic. I was more than disappointed as
the expected time for release was right in the middle of my very busy
work day. So of course I'm waiting on pins and needles for the day to
end until I can watch this epic trailer. WoW always has good cinematic
and they are a very looked forward to event each expansion.
So
was I disappointed? NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT!!! The ending is enough to
cause you to say "Wtf mate?" And the graphics are sublime and on par
with past WoW videos. Do we know who all the characters are? If you
aren't into lore...maybe not but I still felt they were all pretty
obvious. So should I link it now? So you can all have the same viewing
pleasure as I did? SURE!!!
Now what was the big reveal besides the whole Garrosh changing the past? The release date fools!!!!
November 13, 2014
How awesome is that! Not the original December release that we were all expecting. You go Blizz, you go!
Now
what does this mean to everyone? A whole bunch of things! As with every
new expac there comes an incredible amount of changes, both good and
bad. Positive and negative. Useless and needed. Of course these opinions
vary by player rather than being the standard ;P.
Let's take a look at some of the visual changes and upcoming worlds and cities for WoD.
New enemies, new pets, strange new world views. Pvp additions, plus of course the much anticipated Character Visual Updates!
Anyone
else so freaking excited for Nagrand?! Always loved that place and I
have to say, I think it looks even cooler. The new dungeons look legit
but I don't know how I'm going to like to do them over and over as they
look fairly involved. Garrisons anyone? To have your own little village
essentially that are halfway customizable. This is legit even if we only
look at in the perspective of everyone clamoring for something like
this since Vanilla.
Here's
some additional news that came out recently that was a bit different
than everyone had originally stipulated - Warlords of Draenor:
Adventuring from 90 to 100. Yep you read that right. Well hopefully you
did, who really knows how good of a reader you are. If you didn't
understand that or the point - people had originally assumed that the
level cap would be going to 95 but with this extra tidbit of information
we can formally conclude that HOURS OF TIME WILL BE SPENT GETTING TO
100!!!
Ugh, I just felt my entire life getting more grindy. *sad face*
What else is in store for WoD? Why don't you check this out!
Or
if you just want a simplified version of what I wanted you to read,
kindly scroll down. This information is straight from the website I
previously linked. My comments will be **
Raids
- Raids will open roughly two and a half weeks after the expansion releases. This will give players time to level and enjoy some dungeons and other content before they move on to raiding. **Honestly this is pretty legit. This gives a very unrushed feeling for leveling that I will really enjoy. I really don't want to get on and rush rush to level to 100 and then raid right away**
- Normal and Heroic will open first, with Mythic and LFR starting to open the following week.
- **This literally makes NO sense to me. How will people be able to raid normals without LFR gear? Is LFR not that big of deal anymore?**
- Blackrock Foundry will open some number of weeks later. (4 weeks for MSV before HoF opened was too short - WatcherDev)
- Grommash is really the final boss! When players get to the Grommash fight, they will see that it is a completely different fight from the Garrosh fight in Siege of Orgrimmar.
- There will be more than just Orcs in the raids. For example, there will be a heavy Legion influence in the raid that has Grommash Hellscream.**Cool story bro, tell it again**
- The legendary items (other than the ring) will most likely come from defeating really difficult content. **More the one legendary item?? Say what?**
- Warlords will have more activated trinkets compared to Mists of Pandaria. **Good idea, trinkets practically useless in terms of on-use in MoP, making them forlorn and forgotten.**
- Challenge modes will reward players with transmog weapons for Gold, a mount for Silver, and a title for Bronze. (WatcherDev) **This and the item below makes Challenge modes actually applicable. :D**
- Challenge modes will have a daily quest that can reward Raid Finder quality loot. This will give players a reason to do Challenge modes while they wait for raids to open. (WatcherDev)
- Depending on what buildings your Garrison has, there will be different relevant content out in the world. **Wish I knew what they were...**
- If you build the Inn, you will have a dungeon daily quest in the Inn, similar to the Wrath of the Lich King dungeon daily quests.
- There are four tiers of Garrison missions for your followers, giving followers increased item levels and access to better missions each tier. Eventually you will have access to a mission that rewards raid quality loot every couple of weeks.**Schweett!**
- Armistice Day is on the Tuesday of the release week, which is why they went with Thursday instead of Tuesday for release this time. **Better idea, weekendish release. Blizz, I am pleased.**
- The team has talked about doing an updated version of Karazhan, but it was created as a 10 player raid. There isn't space for 30 players. **I would squeal with delight!**
This has been all your amazing WoD updates and news. For continuation come back! Comments are always helpful!
The Integrity and Diminishing Returns of World of Warcraft
There has been a lot of things going on in the world that we're all paying attention to. Airplanes being downed, war in Isreal, riots in Missiouri, boycotting of food goods from Russia.
But we all pause for a moment and put that in the back of our minds so that we can play World of Warcraft. Why? Because that's how we all survive. If all we did every day was to think about these terrible problems...we'd all go insane. We need an outlet, something to release our the pressure of the world. So when people make fun of me for playing WoW? I tell them to get lost!
So there! My decision making abilities are beyond comprehension!
Ok, on to the point. We'll get there eventually!
So how does Wow affect your life? What's going on in the game to lighten your day.
Well first of all, Wow cares. We all know that Robin Williams passed away early this week. Way to go WOW for memorializing him! Check this out!
Robin Williams to Memorialized in Wow
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/08/12/robin-williams-to-be-memorialized-in-wow
We all know how shiesty Wow players can get and how trolly all the trolls can roll but it's always nice to see the Wow community buck up and be decent people.
Area 52 Server Holds Memorial for Robin Williams
http://youtu.be/bm6c8964Yo0
Not to be out shown by the terrible death of the late comedian, World of Warcraft also released this new update for trolls, portraying both males and females together. We can definitely see the update between the old and new model. Trolls are still ugly, but at least your updated and ugly.
Troll Update in Warlords Expac.
"I'll be trollin, you be hatin mon"
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/15172830
And if all of this isn't enough to renew your faith in WoW, or excite you for the upcoming release of our favorite new drug WoD, then this will help take your panties out of that bunch.
Credit to all the meme's and photos goes to random people on Girls who play Wow Facebook Page.
Yep I'm a member. Laugh already.
Useless Wow Achievements
Useless World of Warcraft achievements you say? Winner of these you ask? Why that would be me! Do I get an award? NO? A title? NO? A battle pet? NO? Then what the hell do I get?????
Achievement points that are useless you mentioned? DONE!
So as you see, I have a soft spot for useless wow achievements. Now to be fair this all started with the desire to have the "Salty" title. Which would mean that I started out on a mission to get a non-useless wow achievement.
Here is said achievement.
http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/629673-Accomplished-Angler-Master-Angler-of-Stranglethorn/page2
Sorry but I had to make it that big to see it. Now...Some of these were easy and to be honest I had most of them. Master Angler, one that didn't get away, 1000 fish, etc.
Some...I did not have. So I started with Outland and Northrend Angler. Did it stop there? Of course not.
Now I'm going to cut into the story a bit, because as I was going a bit nuts I did do some of these achievements first. I spent about an hour fishing up Mr. Pinchy's Magical freaking box which I wanted to punch in the face when it waited for THREE whole WISHES before it gave me Mr. Pinchy. Secondly, I also did the Coin Master in the interim. Which wasn't that bad...until the end. The Coin Master can kiss my...anyway.
I fished up all the coppers fairly quickly. I fished up all but one silver and two gold coins within the first half hour. Guess what happened then? IT TOOK ANOTHER HOUR TO FISH UP THREE STUPID COINS!!! Yep...that's what happened. See what I mean about useless endeavors?! Or really sadistic WoW gods?
Anyway, now comes the fun part. Along the way in doing the Outland and Northrend Anglers I decide to do the Oceanographer and the Limnologist. I know...I'm an idiot.
OK so even at extra large for the Oceanographer you can't see what kinds of fish that need to be caught but you CAN see all the green lines right....yea..
For the limnologist you just get a number 42. Forty-two different kinds of fish need to be caught. Now...neither of these lists overlap as one is freshwater fish and the other is saltwater. Do I even need to remind you at this point that I'm completely and hopelessly nuts?
Well guess who did both. Yep. That's me. No I don't have the pics to confirm as I'm not on my home computer. The one that has the virus called Wow. But I guess I can link later if people question my crazy actions to get useless wow achievements.
To finish... have I actually done the Accomplished Angler...no not yet. I still need Old Man Barllowed and the Lurker one. SO to Serpentshrine Cavern here I come. Then I will have it done. My goal is to do all the fishing achievements. Will I? probably not as I lose interest in things very quickly.
However, the Accomplished Angler achievement is not useless as I will gain the Salty title. If only my name was funny in conjunction with that like Water or Fries. But alas it's not. Eh whatevs. Feel free to share you're useless achievements or link any you want me to get and I'll blog about it.
The more crazy I feel doing it, the better the suggestion :D!
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