Enough with the morals and the serious and the angst. Firstly, D over at LFM: Need Healer Plz kindly tagged me with the Year in Review WoW Meme. I don’t actually I think I’ve been playing WoW for much over a year (or maybe I have … maybe one loses track … maybe that’s how it sucks you in … wah!) and I certainly haven’t been blogging that long but meme + my name = irresistable and here I go!
What did you do in the World of Warcraft in 2009 that you’d never done before?
I raided! Me! Yes, me! The wastrel in the sissy robe. I went on a raid once entirely by accident but I finally did it properly and with full knowledge, sound in mind and body. Well, tolerably sound, and some knowledge. It’s always weird reading back over your own blog, and I have to admit I tend not to do it, because you come across like kind of fickle emotional rollercoaster of crazy (“Today I am demoralized with WoW” “I feel so positive about WoW at the moment” “I had a terrible PUG and will never PUG again” “Today I had a seventy five really excellent PUG”) but it does stand as a kind of record of my raiding history, from the miserable Sarth run in which I was a slacker, to my first venture into Naxx, to my non-too-happy experiences with failbot, to the Ulduar run that blew my tiny mind, to a state of being almost semi-comfortable in TotC even though I still don’t like it very much.
It still confuses me that I am a person who raids. When I was a small cow, exploring Azeroth for the first time, I was playing in long, dark shadow of a friend (I say friend …) from university who was also a pretty hardcore raider, and one of the inner circle of the leading Horde-side progression guild on ED. And sometimes we’d talk about WoW, and he was chronic for the Mystification of Raiding – it was something someone like me could never expect to enjoy, understand or participate in, sensitive, frivolous flower of Azerothian manhood that I am. Much better for me to go my own way, untroubled by the serious preoccupations of real players. And, well, I kind of believed him … or perhaps it wasn’t so much that I believed him as such, but that I decided that I most assuredly didn’t want to do anything that would appeal to such an almighty arse.
But here I am… and what a long strange trip it’s been! Although the extremity of novelty has worn off now, I think my sentiments remain much as they did after I first poked my nose into Naxx:
How much of a riot is this raiding lark? Give me more.
What was your favorite new place that you visited?
Ulduar! Ulduar! Ulduar! It looks AMAZING in there, despite the golf caddy bunging up the hallway. Northrend doesn’t really float my boat, I have to admit, it’s all a bit cold and monochrome and there aren’t any decent sissy robes to be had. And, obviously Ulduar doesn’t have floating plant pots or anything quite that fabulous in there, but I love the way the titan architecture looks – the alien vastness of it, and the sense that it’s been hewn out of the very rock itself, coupled with all steampunky gleaming gold fittings, the astrolabes, and the swirly galaxy stuff (sorry, I lost coherence in enthusiasm there).
There’s a moment in HoS (an otherwise rather tedious event-based dungeon) when you join Brann next to the machine he’s tinkering with, and the floor itself is semi-transparent, with nothing but a star-speckled void underneath you – it actually made me catch my breath. It still does.
I really, really need to see more of Ulduar… (sorry, that’s the answer to a different question)
And let’s not forget there’s an elder God in the basement… Tentacles!
Steampunk, and stars and tentacles, oh my!
What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009?
A decent set of epic gems? More Ulduar in my life? More spellpower? An off-hand that is neither the crappy book I have currently, nor something that looks like a sex toy? Truthfully I don’t want anything enough that it’s worth stating, if that makes sense, and doesn’t make me sound like a horrible wet biscuit. The thing is, despite my whinging, my peaks and troughs, despite the drama and the woe and the angst, despite my rage and my bile and the dickheads you have to wade through (what a vile image) … I do love WoW, and I do love playing WoW. So what I’d like in 2010 is more of the same. Good times, good blogging. And the occasional hilarious failpug to make myself look good!
What was your biggest achievement of the year?
I don’t think I actually blogged about it but not long after I came to AD, I fell in with a fun group of casual raiders. And with them I ran Naxx and Malygos, and, finally, finally learned how to strut my funky Heigan stuff (which was an achievement in itself). There’s something quite liberating in being with a group of players you like but aren’t that long-term invested in – it means I worry less about sucking and letting everybody down and, consequently, play much better. Anyway, when we were all somewhere between Naxx-geared and Ulduar-geared, we did The Dedicated Few.
It took us two evenings and, well, it was genuinely demanding across the board, and I loved every single minute of it. It was challenging in just the right way. Not in the sense that you had to wait for everything to be absolutely perfect and Lady RNG to be in a benign humour, but challenging in the sense that if you pulled it together as a team you could just squeak through, and feel really damn proud about it.
There was a lot of pressure on the healers for that run (myself and Treefriend) because, obviously, the knock-on effect of less DPS means that the tanks take more damage over a longer period of time, mana becomes tight again, resources are strained, you can’t really afford to let a single DPS bite the dust and you’re really dependent on your team. The Four Horsement in particular – holy fuck, I have no idea how we pulled that off.
It was a piece of wonder from start to finish. The whole experience.
What was your biggest failure?
I’m still frustrated with myself over the Sarth 3D fail. Although M’Pocket Tank still mocks me over the time I disenchanted all my gear… And, of course, not precisely a WoW failure as such, but there was always this spectacular failure to pull. I can’t wait for Icecrown. Arthas: this time it’s personal. No. Really. It is.
What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Hmmm…I’m sure I got pretty excited about a lot of things. I suppose the stand out would be Wayne, the Wolvar Norphan though. Gods, I’m a smooshy fool sometimes.
What do you wish you’d done less of?
Whinged and bitched? I do a lot of that. And it’s not exactly constructive is it?
What was your favorite WoW blog or podcast?
I have to admit, I don’t really listen to podcasts – at least not very often, I don’t really have the time. But my WoWblog dedicated feedreader is actually insane – I tried to organize it this morning and after some considerable angst managed to get it down to a mere 98 blogs. Um. I’d direct you to the blog list on right but actually I need to update it. To be honest, you can’t take two steps in the blogsphere without stumbling across something witty, insightful, entertaining or just plain fantastic so I’m hard pressed to choose.
Tell us a valuable WoW lesson you learned in 2009.
Gosh that’s difficult.
How about: Sometimes in the middle of a pitched battle is the perfect time for a song?
Yikes, that whole meme was like an end season clipshow of my blog. My apologies. I hope it wasn’t too tedious.
Now, I’m meant to tag folks, aren’t I? Tagging people always makes me feel really guilty because I feel like I’m going “You! Yes you! Entertain me!” if I do tag, or else “You! Yes you! Don’t entertain me!” if I don’t. And since I’m about to impose my will on the blogsphere over something else (yes, more coming up, brace yourself, my dears) I think I’ll just leave this with: meme if you want to, it’s a meme free-for-all, I know I’ll enjoy reading regardless.
Right! Onto the next thing!
I notice that it’s a season for gift-giving, mulled wine, the warm fuzzies and what not … and, putting aside my bah humbug inclinations, I got to thinking, well, how can we can spread a little festive love around here? And, given how connective blogs are and how much we like tagging each other to write things, I came up with a Cunning Plan. The Cunning Plan had two possible incarnations, a selfish version and, well, a less selfish version.
And needless to say, after much soul searching, angst and internal wrangling, I’m going for the selfish version.
It’s basically a blog-content gift exchange (and it really needs a catchier title), and here’s how it works. If you’d like to play, leave me a comment and in return I’ll give you a subject, or ask you a question … and then you go away and blog about it. It doesn’t have to be a whole blog post, this is meant to be low pressure gift-exchange, but, you know, a comment or a paragraph, or a corner of a post (or a full post, if you want to really indulge me, or feel inspired). And if I suggest something crap or boring in which you have no interest, you can look at it as the equivalent of a pair of novelty socks, say “thank you very much, Tam” and throw it away entirely, and I’ll pretend not to notice and make a mental note not to get you novelty socks next year.
(For the record, in the less-selfish version it worked the other way around: I invited questions / subjects from you, and then I went away and blogged about them. But I decided to go with the version that provided the most interest for me. I am a bad bad person)
And then, if you feel like it, you can throw it open on your own blog, inviting people to comment if they’re will to blog on a subject of your choosing (and I promise I’ll come and do the same, thus offering blogging gifts of my own, instead of just demanding blog gifts frome verybody else) … and thus the blog-content gift exchange programme will spread … like a disease … the nice sort of disease … kind of like syphilis in the 17th century, when it was viewed as evidence you had Done Sex Properly. I think I just failed singularly to sell this plan.
*prepares for deathly silence*
Syphilis, eh? I’m in! No, wait…
As another healer who completed The Dedicated Few in 2009, I have to say this describes my feelings about it as well:
“It was a piece of wonder from start to finish. The whole experience.”
Naxx (level 80 Naxx, that is) was my first real raiding experience. I still think of it as my favorite raid, even though I’m always excited to see new content and defeating Yogg-Saron with my 10-man was one of my best WoW experiences overall. I guess you always kind of feel nostalgic about your first though.
I really like your idea, especially as I begin to re-dip my toes (and then hopefully the rest of me) into the blogosphere after a prolonged silence. So lay it on me. What would you like me to write about? Anything and everything is open for discussion. Just please don’t give me a virtual VD. I’m cool with novelty socks, though. Especially if they have dancing Santas or elves or cheery rosy-cheeked Christmas revelers on them.
Hey, hey, all the cool courtiers have syphilis… and thanks for playing. Whenever you throw a frisbee there’s always the fear it’s just going to straight over the neighbour’s fence and get eaten by their dog (sorry, this is offiicallly crazy metaphor day!) And welcome back to blogging – you’ve been missed, and I was really glad when your latest post popped up on my feedreader (not that real life isn’t important too!)
Okay, so here are your STD-free socks…
Since you picked up on my comments about Naxx, and since you might already have hinted at it in your comment above, how about this:
What was your “piece of wonder” moment (or moments) – the experience that defines everything that keeps you logging into WoW, the one you remember when you ask yourself “why am I playing this again”?
Good lord, Tam! That request isn’t just novelty socks, it’s a full novelty SUIT, replete with ruffles studded with candy canes and a matching cap.
What is the very reason I play WoW? The defining moment of my WoW-existence to-date?
Watch my blog. I’ll work on it.
And thanks for the early Christmas present.
Yes, I was formulating that and I thought to myself … that’s a pretty harsh thing to ask someone and then I thought … what the hell
To be honest, I think it *sounds* more impossible than it is – most of us have a moment, or a couple of moments, that seem to bring it all together and then we had a campfire and some grandkids (seperately, obviously) so we could tell them the story when…
A novelty suit, eh? Sounds more like your average Outland gear set to me…
Your Christmas present is up on my site. Hope you enjoy.
Hmmm, not sure yet if I do the year-ending meme thing yet.
I’m still recovering from the last round (and figuring out how to do some ‘analysis’ of the results).
But I’ll definitely play the blog-topic game with ya! Careful, though, I might return the favor anyway (I’ll blog your post, but in return you may find I offer you a topic as well)
So I had two possible subjects for you (mwhahaha) one of which was an expansion on something you’d already partially written about it … and then I tried to string them both together until it resembled one of those terrible exam questions … so instead I’m going with this:
DPS, right – I don’t get it. I know you have a broad selection of alts but whenever you write about DK DPS you light up like some of pinball machine when you hit the high score so it’s pretty safe to assume that this your major WoW passion. I don’t get the appeal of making the big green bar go down as opposed to to all the little green bars go up – and certainly don’t get why you’d want to do so by hitting the boss in the backside with a sword, as opposed to safely, at a distance, with magic. What’s the appeal? Why does it draw you more than any other role? And why should a confirmed sissy-robe wearer give it a go?
Okay that’s like 80 millions questions but they’re all broadly connected to the same theme.
Right. Why dps – as an *ahem* – melee?
What’s so cool about boss arse?
Got it.
Have one other quick post I’m working on for today – will work on yours soon – and reply here when it’s up (will be this evening on the West Coast US).
Then you’ll get to see my return offer.
Done and posted. Enjoy, Clothies!
A cunning plan that can somehow be turned back around to syphilis! Oh my! Of course I’ll play. How could any reasonable person resist?
I was semi-tempted to ask you about fishing =P
But, actually….
So Keredria, you know you have a certain ‘reputation’ as a healer, right? In a good way, I mean, for not taking any shit. “Heal like a tank”, is something I carry with me into every PUG I attempt
So what I would like from you are your top tips for controlling a wayward tank, and reminding them who *really* wears the platemail in the relationship – as frivolous or as serious as you like 
So wait .. you basically mean that you give me a topic to post about – and I won’t have to think about one myself? And not only that, you sort of vaguely hint that you’d be willing to read it – no matter what novelty sock/tie I post?
Ha! I’m in! Gief something to post about! I want your Syphilis!
And .. erm… while I am at giving and taking in the most interesting way: Why on earth did you do the four horsemen with only 8 players? It’s the only boss exempt from the achievement. You can just PUG one more mighty dps and a third healer and merrily run all the way to the entrance and summon them and explain to them that you are not going to require their service after one badge and that they should not be mad or angry and kick them right after the horsemen. And then run back past the training dummies and through the hallway with remaining swords and past the bonepiles and aaaaaaall the way around the outside of the military …
hmm…
I begin to see why you did it with 8. You _could_ have had two more for that fight, though.
We did it precisely because we didn’t have to, that’s how committed we were the sense of achievement (not to be confused with the actual achievement). We kind of felt if we could manage the 4 Horsemen we could do ANYTHING.
I’ve been really enjoying your Instance Reviews lately – so, apologies, if I just take an axe to your formula but what’s your favourite 5-man and what’s your most hated (and, why, naturally)?
Y’know, that sounds like some kind of terrible Azeroth-based blind date question. “Well, Cilla, my favourite 5man is Halls of Lightning because I’m looking for sparks tonight.” *cringe*
“Y’know, that sounds like some kind of terrible Azeroth-based blind date question. “Well, Cilla, my favourite 5man is Halls of Lightning because I’m looking for sparks tonight.” *cringe*”
Oh dear.. you have probably made his week
You can have him, but you will have to find me a replacement tank 
Ha-ha! I am done! And just before I rush off to christmas festivities with the familty (and without loot rolls and readychecks and anything).
And you did throw my whole rating-dungeons-by-level plan *nodnod*
*looks at last comment*
“So wait .. you basically mean that you give me a topic to post about – and I won’t have to think about one myself? And not only that, you sort of vaguely hint that you’d be willing to read it – no matter what novelty sock/tie I post?”
But uhm…shouldn’t it be pigsniffles in this day and age?
Count me in
Ahahaha, I’m sure people are looking at this the wrong way round – I mean, this way I get to sit around, asking people questions and reading blogs
Whenever I read your blog I’m always impressed by how well you seem to handle some of the more, err, challenging situations WoW can throw up sometimes. So, what’s the most difficult thing you’ve ever had to deal with in WoW, how did you handle it, and looking back on it would you have acted differently?
Like Koch said above, you’ll give me a topic and then read what I write about it? Done, sir. I’m in.
Sorry to be slow but me and Chas are putting our heads together, cackling in a sinister fashion and trying to come up with the perfect topic
Alas! You caught us in the grip of full on sillies I’m afraid! Poor Shay.
Anyway, very serious questions coming up – and we want you to give them proper consideration.
Now then, using diagrams where appropriate, who do you think would win in a fight between:
1) Kael’thas and Kel’thuzad
2) Chromie and Sarth
3) Blood-Queen Lana’thel and Jaina Proudmoore
Hehe…
Oh boy, you guys have outdone yourselves on this one. I shall get to work immediately.
What a lovely present! The gift of a topic to blog on would be wonderful. Of course, I’d be happy to reciprocate
I’m being slightly slow to respond on this because I’m afraid I’m not familiar with your blog (something I shall rectify immediately, welcome to my feed reader
) so I’m just taking a little time to read your posts and get to know you before I come up with a topic.
I’m enjoying reading your blog by the way, I like the way way such a strong sense of your characters come through – although I’m afraid you’ve caught me in a rather whimsical humour. So my topic is: if your characters (or you can just do Shawndra if you prefer, since she seems to be occupying your time and attention at the moment) were going to retire from the adventuring life, where would they settle down, and what would they be doing instead?
Thank you for such a wonderful gift! I’m unwrapping it now, and should have it assembled by Monday
It came a bit faster than expected
http://wishfullthought.blogspot.com/2009/12/rest-and-relaxation.html
Free material is free *cheer* But if I have to discuss why taking a screenshot of a perfectly content milking cow is a form of slavery I may have to just make a montage of cows as my response.
It was crying inside, dammit! Couldn’t you see that?! Also cow montage would be awesome…
But no!
I shall not let you escape me with a mere cow montage. So, given how much I enjoy the random adventures of your alts (even if they do involve condoning cow-slavery) – what’s your favourite zone to quest in, and why, and which zone(s) would you rather produce a cow montage than visit, and why?
Done!
http://jadedalt.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/where-tam-infects-me-with-blogging-syphilis-and-im-forced-answer-his-question/
I would like to play too please. Getting buffed with inspiration is always good!
Bwhaha, everyone is going to regret this so much. I don’t know why but I’m afraid I’ve been overcome with whimsicality…run away now.
But I’m a goblin real estate investor (no, really I am) and I’m looking at the current raid dungeons, possibly with a view to turning one of them into the ultimate holiday destination or, perhraps, even a theme park. Which do you think would be my best bet, I’m willing to renovate as necessary…
Probably the strangest post I’ve ever made… was fun to write though!
I’m sorry, I feel *almost* guilty but as the blogger who gave us Save the Island Shoveltusks I thought you would be by far the best term to afflict with whimsy. Also the post is spot on… comment inc.
Count me in!
Though social diseases can be a mark of honor, you gotta wonder how you catch golf clap.
*re-reads and realizes it makes no sense*
ah well.
You catch a golf clap with both hands obviously =P
Okay, here’s my topic for you, taking advantage of your unique perspective at the end of the levelling game, beginning of end game: what do players immersed in endgame forget. I’m going to leave that deliberately broad to allow you to interpret in whatever direction you like – to remind of us lost pleasures or condemn us for disconnection.
Ooh, a free topic? I am so totally in.
I know you’ve been experimenting with alts a lot recently but I have to confess I always think of you as a hunter so this is going to be a hunter-themed question.
So your topic is tales from your levelling days that epitomise playing a hunter for you.
I’m all about this syphilis train. Count me in! ^_^
Sorry for the slight delay, this takes more thought than I had anticipated when I was gleefully offering blogger-transmitted-diseases to the Internet
So remembering your tribulations with Loken and addressing myself to your inner fire mage … which, hmmm, let’s say three, which are the three bosses you’ve encountered in your 5-manning that you never get sick of killing. Who cannot suffer too much fiery death, and why?
Hmm… three things to burninate the most…
… I got it!
I’m off to write! ^_^
Tam, after your big deep and meaningful last post I don’t know whether or not I should be shocked that you are now freely admitting to passing on BTDs (Blogger Transmitted Diseases) to anyone who comments!
Only for you am I will to risk picking something up
Hehe, it’s like I said in the meme, it’s dangerous to look back over your own blogging because you come across as the most fickle person in the world – so, yes, yesterday I was deeply serious and full of angst, and today I am making jokes about BTDs…ho hum. Also I’d like to point out that we’re all mature adults here, capable of giving informed consent to any sort of blogging that *could* lead to the transference of any BTDs =P Not that I’m saying I have any.
Actually I have srs topic for you – especially since you semi-recently became an officer. So, what’s been the trickest guild situation you’ve had to navigate, would you have done anything differently and has hindsight changed the way you interpret it?
I’m sorry to laugh at your failures, but I absolutely enjoyed when you disenchanted all of your gear… and when you got caught with WoWcock at work…and goodness failpug bingo!
Anywho, I’ll participate in the Santa Blogger Exchange ;P… although I’m almost afraid of what topic you’ll give me! But boy, wouldn’t it be fun to give out topics to others as well… *steeples fingers* Yes. Yes! This will help with my plan to take over the world, indeed.
Maybe that should have been my ‘valauable’ WoW lesson – one should never take one’s Wowcock out at work :/ Anyway, I wouldn’t post them if I didn’t want people to laugh, as, in fact, I laughed at them myself.
Good grief, I’m going to go mad with power at this rate … Mwahaha. Actually, given how much I love the perspective on the game I get from your sunday screenshots – I’m going to ask you something faintly romantic: what’s the most beautiful thing you’ve seen in WoW.
Ooh, I shall enjoy this topic! Although choosing just 1 might be difficult… but that’s ok! Expect to see it next week. (I imagine the pingback will pop up here for anyone else that is interested)
Well, I’m sure you could pick your top three or something….I’m not sure I could choose a single experience myself.
Am I to late or can I play too? :p
Seems you have had a pretty interesting wow year and I’m happy for you that you have found a nicer realm to belong to that the one you were on before.
Of course not, you’re very welcome
And I hereby address myself to your inner material girl, remembering how happy you were to nab Malfurion’s Leggings of Triumph – I’m sure it goes without saying that we’re putting aside anything silly like, y’know, *the numbers* but what’s been your favourite piece of in-game loot thus far, either because of the looks, the lore, the name, the story behind acquiring it, whatever.
Hello!
I’d love sometihng to blog about if you’re still offering topics!
I’ve also replied with my version of the meme too, see the below link!
Thanks
Elsen
http://view-through-branches.com/?p=493
Thank you kindly for the link to your blog, I don’t know how I’ve missed you previously. I sometimes hit major blogging blindspots, actually – but consider at least one of them rectified
Actually, my topic for you is about guilds, since I notice you had some travails before returning to Flames. You’ve mentioned it briefly in posts and in the yearly round-up meme but what did you learn in your time away from Flames, and what advice would give people searching for a guild and situating themself in a guild.
Wow! what a gift! Are you inspired by Matticus’ recent give-aways perhaps?
Anyway: I would love to have something tossed at me and see what I can make of it. Which post would you like to see at the PPI? The innkeeper is ready to take up your orders!
A mixture of that and the various healing/tanking/dps memes floating around – I’m pretty sure people are interpreting it the wrong way though. I’m pretty convinced the writers are the gift givers in this economy. Anyway, I will give this some thought and be in touch directly…
Ah hah! I have it.
I’m remembering your post from a while back about how good it made you feel when somebody singled out your DPS and requested you for another raid so…
What are the things/experiences that have made you happiest in Wow this year?
Oh, I didn’t see your reply until today. And I think I actually answered this in the Annual report of 2009 post I did today. Sarth 3d kill, New Pc, the introduction of my bartender, Twisted Nether Podcast show and being a member of a rare spawn – a stable guild. That’s a few things that made me really happy.
But I’ve rambled about it already. Anyway, thanks for the suggestion. Cheers!
Yes, I just saw =P Alas, I failed to infect you.
‘TIS THE SEASON (TIS ALSO CAPS LOCK FRIDAY WOOO).
HAND ME SOMETHING TO BLAWG ABOUT CAUSE I DON’T BLAWG OTHERWISE.
WHY VORLA DOESN’T BLOG MORE IS YOUR TOPIC!
Okay, maybe not. That’s a bit meta.
Raiding leading, I think – feel free to run with that in any direction you like. But if you need specifics: using diagrams where appropriate, what’s the appeal, what’s your approach and philosophy, how do you handle difficult situations, your top tips.
oh lawd u put me in a spot.
But fine, I’ll take it and run with it. Maybe not now, I’m actually somewhat successful in my attempts at going to bed before the sun rises.
Awww, it wasn’t intentional. I just thought you needed something to get your teeth into…
I can ask which faction leader you’d prefer to eat warm chocolate off if you’d prefer.. (although that’s probably an unfair question since it would make Cairn all sticky and Varian Wrynn would just complain throuhgout so it would have to be Thrall really…)
Consider the gauntlet thrown, sirrah! Do your worst, I challenge thee!
Ahhhhh, Mr Pewpew!
Well, I address myself to your inner fruitelf for this one: putting aside tedious things like numbers and concentrating entirely on the truly important things like look, coolness factor and is it dry clean only – what would be the ultimate outfit for an adventuring gent of taste and style (and don’t forget the accessories, naturally!).
I definitely look forward to reading others’ posts on the topics you’ve given them.
Excellent work, and while writers always say ideas are a dime a dozen, dang, you’ve got some dollars here, Tam.
Indeed. Hopefully I will be able to retire from this life of crime…
I am so behind
They blocked your blog at work (sexual content…wtf) so I can read easily enough…but it makes it hard to comment!
That being said, I`m in! Hit me up and I shall answer!
Sexual content with all the WoWcocks he’s got on here
Yay Beru! Also I apologise for the sexual content of my blog … whu?
I’m tempted to ask you something silly about murlocs but, given your post on difficult decisions – I guess, hmmm, what’s the most difficult decision you’ve had to make in WoW, and how do you feel about it in retrospect.
Am I too late? Would like to give this a go
Not at all, the syphilis party will go until the early hours of the morning. Thanks for the link to your blog by the way – unexpectedly this has been totally brilliant way to discover new reads
Okay … your topic … from your blog, it has to be: vanity pets. Truthfully, I’ve never quite ‘got’ them – what’s the appeal? If you could only keep three, which three would it be, and why? And, finally, which were the most exciting to acquire?
Oops, sorry for getting to this one late. Feel free to throw me a topic if you feel inspired!
My heavens, this is indeed a faintly intimidating prospect! However, this is something that crossed my mind the other day when playing DA: I was busy trying to come to grips with the system and suddenly I realised it was cooldown and, then, ah, it was a completely eureka moment. It’s like WoW, thought I triumphantly.
So … yes … my topic would be: how do you think playing WoW influences our attitude to and engagement in other games. (feel entirely free to throw this out the window, by the way)
Okay, I know I’m incredibly late as well, but I’m always last to the syphilis parties.
Syph me, baby.
Believe me, the syphilis party will be going til dawn!
Like Beru I’m tempted to ask why your blog doesn’t have a damn archive link
Ahem. But seriously.
Given your Circle of Healers fame, here is a mini-not-meme about healing all for you:
1. I know you do mess around with other healers, but what is it about priest healing that fires your enthusiasm above the others?
2. What made you get intereted in healing in the first place
3. If you weren’t a healer (I know, unthinkable!) what do you think you’d be?
4. What infuriates you the most when you’re healing
5. Has there ever been a moment when you’ve wanted to abandon healing entirely, and, if so, what brought you back.
Deathly silence? I think you vastly underestimate yourself Tam.
So anyway, here is my comment. Bring on the suggestion!
Ooooh, I notice you’ve been PUGing a lot recently. Bwahahaha.
In which case: What are your 7 Deadly Sins of PUGs, and how should those who trangress them be punished by the WoW gods?
http://dotsandhots.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/the-syphilis-meme/
There you go m’dear!
I even put a post topic up for you as well.
OOOH OOOH PICK ME
Gosh, Pike.
Okay, well, here we go.
What are the moments that have made you think “yes, this right here is why I play a hunter” and what are the moment that have shaken your faith.
I want to play!
Yay!
I notice you’ve been lamenting your alt-itis recently so: what makes a character “the one” for you, and why do you think you haven’t found it, what makes you stall in levelling and what makes you keep going?
I’m late, but if there’s time, I’m also in
Wooteth (as we say on RP server).
Given you not so long ago bagged yourself a violet protodrake my topic for you is holiday achievements. I’m profoundly lazy about them: but what’s the big appeal? I mean a big purple dragon is okay-ish but there must be more to it. Why should we embrace them (holiday achis, I mean, not big purples dragon – that would be very dangerous), and is it worth it?
I hope it's not to late to play! I guess I should be used to being last…I was always picked last for dodgeball….
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