LOTR in WoW Speak

I actually lol a couple times and I didn't even like the movie (blasphemy I know, I've been lectured).

No sound, just a picture slideshow of "Lord of the Rings in WoW Speak":

Click here to see the post with the Slideshow.

Screenshot Caption Contest

Check out the caption contest here. In summary:

"From Friday, February 27 to March 15, players can submit clever captions for any of the past RPSA winners pictured below -- we'll pick the best one for each picture! The winners of this contest will each receive a prize package consisting of a Sony PSP handheld gaming system and a SanDisk's Memory Stick PRO Duo™. Take out your rubber chickens and clown shoes -- it's time to make us laugh!"

More Information:

• Official Rules


• The contest is not open to Minors under the age of thirteen (13). UPDATE: (thanks to this post at WoWInsider for highlighting these excluded states) It is also not open to residents of Rhode Island or Florida.


• Prizes: A. Grand Prize Winner. Five (5) qualified entrants will be chosen by Sponsor to receive a prize package consisting of a Sony PSP handheld gaming system with an approximate retail value of $249.99; a SanDisk's Memory Stick PRO Duo™ with an approximate value of $79.00.

Just in time - The Accountant Mod!

Accountant Mod - Just in time for Tax Season.

I love to play to conquer making money (buy low, sell high). Recently I found the accountant Mod and now I love checking it every day I play.

I can track how much money comes in and out

• on a daily, weekly or all-time basis
• by character
• and by purpose.

The Accountant mod is not perfect, but it feeds my need to see how I'm doing; kind of like a status bar for money. Here are some notes from my own experience:

• Auction Sales: Incoming Auction Money is listed under "Mail" rather than "Auction House." Disappointing.
• Same Name/Multi Servers: It gets a little confused if you have the same named character on more than server. It'll be fine if you want to view each one individually but only one of them will show up on the "All Chars" tab.
• Forward Basis: The mod tracks your activity from when you download it forward. It won't show your prior cash flows.

Click here to read more and download the mod from Curse-Gaming. I highly recommmend it.

p.s. You can tell this screen shot is from one of my "hub characters" because there's no money for training, loot, rewards, repairs, etc... lol, poor thing has apparently been stuck in the cities since I downloaded the mod. In fact, if you look at the background, you can probably tell what building she is in and then decipher what one of my money making schemes is. :P And I have no worries anyone will steal my idea because its too nickel-and-dime (or should I say copper-and-silver?) for anyone else but me to be dumb enough to think it's a smart way to earn a living.

WoW Post Round Up - End of February

Here are some interesting World of Warcraft posts from the past week (or so):

• Favorite Addon


• Debuffs and debuff priority


• Blizzard Warns of Password Scams


• Hero Classes?


• There is no Cow level


• Uber Chat Guide


• Warlock end-game pets


• Visuals of the Ahn'Qirag sets


• Terms of Service - Public Service Announcement

Public Service Message for US Gamers - Tax Forms

Doing Your Taxes - Step 1
Do you have your W2s?

Go to your mailbox.

No, I mean your real life mailbox.

You don't have to do your taxes today.

You only have to go through your mail and
make sure you have received all your W2 forms. Now put them under your
keyboard.

That's all you have to do. It's Sunday. Today is the day to do it. Not later. Now.

Yes, even stop surfing the internet right now to do it. If you're anything like me, you'll say "I'll do it right after this" and never get around to it. Watch, I'll go do mine now.

Okay, that was tough to stop in the middle of this and go do it but it feels good that it's done.

Why now? Because if your employer or whatever didn't send it then you can ask them for a copy now. Then when you actually DO do your taxes you'll have all the W2's you need.

And don't worry, if you open the mail it won't mean it automatically poofs 3 days later. That's just a WoW thing.

Holy Lightwell Batman!

Patch 10 Priest Notes

• Talent Calculator
• Forum Post. (If that's not "ready yet" as it is right now as I am posting, check out this post)which has the content

These are the 3 top level skills Briar (my priest) will have to choose from:

Discipline	Holy	Shadow
Power Infusion	Lightwell	Shadowform
Infuses the target with power, increasing their spell damage and healing by 20%.	Creates a holy Lightwell near the priest. Friendly targets can click the Lightwell to restore 800 health over 10 sec. Being attacked cancels the effect.	Assume a Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 15% and reducing Physical damage done to you by 15%. However, you may not cast Holy spells while in this form.
182 Mana 30 yd range Instant cast 3 min cooldown Lasts 15 sec	225 Mana 3 second cast 10 min cooldown Lasts for 2 min or 5 charges.	550 Mana Instant cast 1.5 sec cooldown

I have to review these & read the post a little more before I can offer any opinions. My first reaction is that the lightwell looks pretty darn cool. And depending on how it looks, could be kind of like the wells we used to see in Diablo. mmmm, Diablo .....

I am hopeful I'll like these better than I did the Paladin changes.

Noblegarden date change?

From Blizzard's World of Warcraft News page:

Events Calendar
Check out our new Events Calendar for World of Warcraft!
This calendar provides you with the exact dates for the many different events that take place throughout the year in World of Warcraft. Now you can see when each event begins and ends, so you'll never miss out on the fun! Also, whenever a new event is introduced to World of Warcraft, the calendar and our In-Game Events page will be updated with the latest information about the new addition to the game, so make sure to check back often!

Interestingly, this page says Noblegarden will run from April 16 - May 20.

But previously I posted on the fact that the In Game Events page says (and still does as I write this) March 22 - April 25.

My guess is that the one on the new calendar page is the better to estimate with since the nearby calendar specifically says 2006. The date on the In Game Events page may just be a leftover from last year.

PVP Ranking

So I was playing around on the official site and found the PVP rankings page on the official Blizzard World of Warcraft site. Just input your server and your faction and you get a list of PVP rankings.

Well guess who I found and about fell off my chair:

Standing	Rank	Name
47th	Lieutenant Commander	Braku

Look at you, you old dog. Congrats, Brak!

If you want to see more re: PVP here's Blizzard's flash page (I guess to market how wonderful their PVP system is): PVP.

And here's the raid calendar where they show the reset times.



(p.s. if you were posting in here Brak you could yell at me for using such an old picture, but since you aren't, you can't! :P)

Blizzard Chat Guide Published

/congratulate.

/chatinfo /announce.

/inspect.

Snowfall of Death?

You remember SWG right? And of course good ol' Talus?

And do you remember the....

LAG LEAVES OF DEATH?

Every time they would do one of those beautiful scenes with leaves falling we would get lagged to death. And in our "youth" that was a literal deal.

Well, with WoW's upcoming patch 1.10 apparently we're getting snowfall and rain. And all I can think is how bad Talus used to be when that happened.

Now Blizzard seems to handle things a lot better than Sony, but lag also seems to be the great equalizer. Let's keep our fingers crossed.