I’m back online. And I had a super fun time. I’m a member of a pirate guild. How awesome is that?!?
Aistra pirate!
Livi Pirate!
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I’m going to be on a Podcast!
I’m going to be on a WoW guys podcast! I get to talk about (amongst other things) my addiction to World of Warcraft and how I’m struggling to decide whether or not to try playing again. You can get info on their podcasts on their site so listen!! Or don’t, because I probably will sound like an idiot who has no idea what I’m talking about.
And the Verdict Is…
I GOT A B IN COMP ORG!!!!!
Apparently, I kicked major tail on the final and pulled my grade up at the last second. :) Yay!!! But, now I have reached a dilemma. I miss WoW. I really do, but I’m scared that if I start playing, I’ll get sucked back in to the addiction again. In my head, if I start playing again, it’ll be a fresh start and I can really enjoy playing again. At the same time – it’s not how it worked last time, and I’m afraid that it will all go to hell again. I really don’t need that kind of drama in my life.
I’ll be working again this summer (40+ hours a week) and taking 2 summer classes. So technically, I’ll be working full time and be a student full time. This past semester, I’ve seen how much happier and healthier I’ve been without the stress of WoW, but at the same time – it could also be attributed to the people who caused so much drama. Anyway. I still haven’t made any decisions….thoughts?
I Will Play…
If I get over a C in Computer Organization II this semester. For those of you not following me on Twitter (@misslivirose) I made this announcement last night. If I get over a C in Comp. Org. I will resubscribe to WoW. Now, this is not a choice that I am making lightly. There are things that need considering, so I need your help!
1. I primarily play Alliance. While playing Horde is not a deal-breaker, I am not willing to spend $50 to server AND faction change my level 85 main. Probably. BUT:
2. I WILL pay money to transfer my main to another server. I don’t want a repeat of what happened last time around, so I want to leave Twisting Nether. Therefore, I NEED HELP figuring out where to play. TBH I liked Sargeras, but most of the people I know who play there don’t anymore. I’ll have to talk to Sky to see if there are still people around. BUT I am willing to consider switching…if anyone wants me!
3. I quit playing when I hit 85, but my professions (Alchemy and Herbalism) are both at 525. I’m not sure what’s changed (it’s been 5 months, almost to the day) so I need a little ramp up time, and definitely some help with gearing up, but I’m willing to do my best to catch up.
So… help a girl out! :) Make me motivated to study and kick my final’s ass!
More WoW in Class!
No, sadly, still no playing – I really, really miss it, but at least until this summer, I am off WoW. I don’t know if I’ll even have time to start again, what with being a full-time student and working 40 hours a week. It’ll be interesting, if I decide to start again, but that’s a different story. Nope, this post was about another class presentation – in a previous post, I mentioned using WoW as a basis for a case presentation in my professionalism class.
Everyone who plays WoW knows that Blizzard isn’t…*ahem* a fan of private servers. But did you know that they actually have sued people who set them up for millions of dollars? Yeah, up until recently, I didn’t either.
I’m not going to lie, it’s something that I’ve considered in the past. I’m curious. An old friend, Shrax, said he used to play on a private server and that having admin privileges was cool, but that overall it’s just not as fun. Have you ever played on a private server? Did it suck as much as some (once-hardcore) players say? Or was running the world as awesome as it potentially sounds? Was it really “private” and local to your machine, or was it on a server with more people? Share your experiences in the comments!
Class Work = WoW
Today I had to give a presentation in my Professionalism in computing class. Basically, we had to find a computer related ethics case and present on it – so I immediately did a Bing search for WoW related court case. I ended up choosing the Kopp v. Vivendi case, and presented on that.
Basically, Brian Kopp sued Vivendi for repeatedly accusing him of violating Blizzard’s copyright when he published his leveling guide. Kopp won and to this day sells his leveling guide for $9.99.
As a past WoW player, I have to say this made me think about multiple things.
1. How well do those leveling guides work? I spent a year leveling my first character to 85 – I really don’t see how you can do that super fast without selling your soul to the screen.
2. Why would you want to rush through content? Maybe I’m just one of those people who enjoys playing through games, but I feel like if you level from 1-85 super quick, you’ll miss out on making friends and experiencing awesome game stuff.
I really like being able to do presentations on WoW or video games – when you’re passionate about something, it makes giving a 15 minute speech on the topic way more tolerable. Plus, my class is full of CS majors, and a lot of the guys were genuinely interested it in. Nothing like a girl talking about video games to make new friends!
What are your thoughts? Anyone familiar with the case?
I Miss WoW :(
It’s been very stressful to me not being able to play WoW, even though the game caused more stress than it was worth. I miss the world, my characters, the content…every day I read about new stuff going on and I just want to reactivate – but since I’ve quit, my grades have begun steadily improving, my social life is back, and I’m not miserable all of the time.
I wonder if finding a new place to play would solve my problems, but I just can’t see myself as that casual of a player. I am certainly not the most hardcore of them all, but I liked my 5-man runs with people I knew, raiding ICC, and battlegrounds with my tankadin.
My computing ethics class project is about WoW. It made me really starting wanting to play again, but I’m scared that I’ll just fall back into the cycle of drama and obsession that I was in before…
Anyone have any advice / tips on what to do? I’d seriously appreciate it!
TheGirlWhoPlaysStarCraft just doesn’t sound as nice
I have managed to stay away from Blizzard games for… maybe 4 weeks.
Except that’s a small lie, I went online last night to clear out my Real ID list, because…
I’m going to get SC2! And I don’t want the people who I played WoW with (a lot of my “friends” ended up being…well…not so friendly) to be able to harass me on a new game.
Well, I suppose that first I will download that nifty trial that came with my Cataclysm disc and see how that goes, and whether or not my computer can handle it. Candor is going to take a look at the inside of my computer, and help me update my graphics card, and then hopefully I will be learning how to play a whole new game.
I’ve heard as a whole, the SC2 community is more mature than the WoW community, anyone have advice who has played both? I’ve never played an RTS before, so I’m not sure how this will turn out.
Ooh, and Poll Time!
I would LOVE to hear from people who can help me learn to play!
Farewell, Deathwing
It pains me (a little) to write this post. You might have noticed that I haven’t posted lately – and that is because, as of January 24, my World of Warcraft account has officially been deactivated.
There were several reasons behind this, so I’ll share this heartbreaking decision with you, in no particular order:
1. Candor moved back to where I live. There is no longer a distance issue between us, so we don’t rely on the game to stay in touch / have something to do together. We’ve been having lots of fun going on dates and making dinner together.
2. 3 guild members left without telling anyone and 1 rerolled on a different server. In a guild that only had 8 members, this is a little traumatic and pretty much a death sentence for a guild. Their reasoning was that “it wasn’t going anywhere”, but Candor had been busy, and none of them gave him a chance to get settled in after moving.
3. The school semester started again. While yes, it is true that I did play last semester, it was extremely detrimental to my grades (my GPA dropped from a 3.39 to a 3.27) and my health (no lie).
I (so far) don’t regret it. I am sad when I read posts about WoW, and wonder where I would be if I hadn’t stopped playing (even though I just recently deactivated, I haven’t played in almost a month). I never got to do Tol Barad. I never did a Cataclysm dungeon. But I got to help my boyfriend buy furniture, and I’ve spent more time with my friends in the past two weeks than I did all last semester. And you know what? I am totally okay with it.
At least for now.
So what of thegirlwhoplayswow? Well, I have this domain registered for a year, so I might as well use it, just expanded to other games. Candor is dead set on getting me to play other games, so I guess I’ll have to resign myself to consoles. XBOX, here I come!
4.0.6
I never really followed patch notes before. But while I’m still waiting for Candor to hit Cataclysm content, I’ve gotten kind of bored with playing. So, I decided to read up on the patch notes from 4.0.6, which is on the PTR.
Here are my favorite parts:
- Level 85 players will be able to queue for any dungeon. This is awesome in my opinion, because it will help with guild achievements that have to do with dungeons / raids.
- Priests are getting massively increased abilities in the patch. This is awesome because there may be no better time to level my little Kyrinda.
- New alchemy stones for Agi, Str, and Int. Yay!
- Reduction on the number of herbs needed to make flasks. Yay again!
All in all, the patch looks like it will be pretty good. Hopefully *someone* will be 85 by then so I’ll actually be playing.
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