I Do Therefore I Yell!

There are things in WoW that we say or do that are something special to us or those we have come to play with. They are the things that make us who we really are as a player. My Trademark of the yelling of Pi with the slaying of Alliance in BGs started way back in Vanilla WoW during my quest to become High Warlord. Most Alliance had no idea what it was because of the translation, but everyone I played with knew it and began to expect it of me. Today this has translated into a tradechat phenom, but many still remember its roots. I spoke during the last Ask Gauss that I yell "TOO INFINITY AND BEYOND" whenever I heroic leap, and this, of course, is just one of the few things I have listed as yelling macros. So when thinking of a Reader Post topic this came directly to mind. I wanted to know the things that the Nation yells so let's see what you all came up with.

"Where do these stairs go?" This gets said mostly in BC raids. I have noticed that there aren't a lot of Wrath raids or Cata instances with stairs. If you have to go between levels, there are ramps or elevators. The Black Temple climbs are no more. "Go get 'im, Ray!" That lets whomever is going to pull know the group is ready. "Don't do it! Don't do it! If you shoot him, you'll only make him mad." This comes up usually before a tricky pull or after repeated wipes on a boss.

When I cast Bloodlust I tried to type out the actual noise that was made. I came up with "MouuGHERRaahHGerraHHGRAHROWWLL"

Well when I am rezzing someone I yell "STAY AWAY FROM THE LIGHT (their name)", I also have "Give me 2CCs of Epinephrine this one isn't dying on me now!"

Bloodlust is the coolest spell in the game. When I cast it I yell "Let's make biscuits! LET'S MAKE BIS--KUTS!"

Whenever I kill anything I yell "Ashes ashes they all fall down.... " I have been even caught on vent singing it at times.

I have thought of everything to get people to click on the lightwell. My newest thing is this yell macro."Ok I drop the stupid lightwell you can make it worth while by clicking the damn thing like a good dps"

"GET TO THE CHOPPA!" is my wipe macro always makes the new people laugh.

I have my wolves coupled with /y NOM NOM NOM NOM

Pull yelling macros rule "FOR NARNIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!" or "LEEEEERRRRRRROOOOOOOYYYYYY!!!!!!"

And there we have it. So keep on yelling those things that either drive people mad or make everything that much better, and who knows maybe even both at the same time. Enjoy your weekend!

Ask Gauss

Sunday is upon us once again, which means once again it is time for Ask Gauss. The post of the week where I go through all the questions from the week and pick a few to answer here. If you don't know how to ask your question it really is pretty simple. There is a link on the top right corner of the page that you can click on or if you have problems clicking on links you can just email your question to gaussafication@gmail.com. So without waiting any longer lets answer some questions.

So I am trying to think of a good pull macro for raids. I know you have had a bunch so any ideas on how to make a good one that isn't stupid?

Well it is true I have had a bunch of pull macros over the years. Some of which have never really made any sense to anyone besides the people I raid with. I can remember countless pug raids where people were clueless what the were actually supposed to do. That is the fun of it though. If you want to make your raids something that is fun and truly is the kind of raid that is made for your group of people those are the things people are going to remember. No one is going to care when you pull such and such a boss for the 100th time, but they still will chuckle or laugh or go on and on about a pull macro that is tailored to all of you. One thing I suggest is add lots of "<<, >>" around the targets name this tends to show that you actually mean it.

Problem that always happens during raids that you hate?

I have been asked this question many times, but never really had a straight answer to it. As most if not all of you know I am Canadian and because of this all keyboards here tend to have the option to activate the French settings. Till this previous week whenever this happened in WoW I would have to exit WoW in order to turn the function off to take effect in WoW. Yes this was very bothersome since the buttons that get assigned to the French letters are all the brackets, colons, dashes, slashes etc. I have these bound to important things like interrupts, trinkets, or potions. So when I normally find out that my French setting was turned on it was always too late to fix the damn thing.

That was until Wednesday when turning it off outside worked on the outside, but then I found out I could press a combination of buttons in game afterwards to turn the blasted thing off without logging in and out of game for it to take effect. This doesn't completely help if I don't notice it before I miss something, but it is better than logging in and out all the time.

Is it true you have a Heroic Leap Macro that you quote Buzz Lightyear?

Of course, when I use heroic leap I yell "TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!"

So that is it for this week hope you all got what you needed out of the post. Remember questions must be asked in order to be answered. Next week's Reader Post is going to have the topic of yelling macros that you have seen throughout your time playing this game. As always you have until Thursday night to get them in. Enjoy what is left of your weekend.