Verily I doth admire the players of roles

I’m not a role-player. I think I might be RP-curious though1. The first time I thought about roleplaying in a Warcraft context was probably when I came across Righteous Orbs, reading Tam’s early stories of the prettiest elf et al and the character of his … er … characters. I know this isn’t roleplaying per… Continue reading Verily I doth admire the players of roles

Nice group, shame about the pally

As you might have spotted from my smug “ostensibly WoW-related but really just bragging ‘cos I’m drinking beer in Munich” post, I was away last week. Rrecently, we’ve had some problems getting our raids off the ground — people unavailable because of work, people on holiday, people with social engagements which don’t involve internet dragons… Continue reading Nice group, shame about the pally

Deja vu and stuff

Writing this is giving me a strange sense of deja vu. Not quite a year ago, I was writing about how I really wanted do some raiding. About how I’d geared my main about as well as as possible from heroics. I’d built a healing set out of spare triumph badges which I was terrified… Continue reading Deja vu and stuff

If this makes it onto your blog I will die of shame

Arresting title, what? It’s a quote from Vent. What follows is from guildchat, with apologies1 [Me]: Heh, [Many-alts-person], we’re just (sort of) talking about you, in a way  (guild in-joke) [Many-alts-person]: Uh-oh. [Many-alts-person]: It wasn`t me, it was [Expert Warrior, currently offline] [Me]: [Bosslady] was comparing Warcraft to sex [Trap-detecting-mage, spouse of bosslady]: eek, what… Continue reading If this makes it onto your blog I will die of shame

For Alas: Why, how and who

It was Alastriona’s birthday blogaversary the other week and in celebration she offered post topics to any who wanted one. As one of her dedicated internet stalkers sidlers, I gleefully requested and received one. Here’s what she said: Alrighty then. Hearkening back to when I first introduced myself, you hadn’t really raided anything at all.… Continue reading For Alas: Why, how and who