Motivational Speech

As many of you know I am a fan of the speeches and all the quotes throughout this game. I really think they make this game even better, and for those that play without sound you really are missing out on a fantastic part of this game. As many of you should know I do For The Horde runs all the time on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I don't restrict these to anyone regardless of level or anything else stops people from getting into raids. Anyone who has ever been on a run with me knows that I make it fun and joke around quite a bit, most of the time at the expense of others. So what does this have to do with anything? Well, it is simple. Someone asked me why I don't give a motivational speech before hand to get people fired and going ready to go for the run. So I wrote one, added in some RP and some trademark Gauss. Tell me what you think.

Sons and Daughters of the Horde, I am here today High Warlord Gauss, of the Horde to lead you to slay the leaders of the Alliance, because for some reason they are alive again even if we killed them last week. We shall do this and be rewarded by our Warchief for our undeniable loyalty to the Horde. We will prevail! We will prevail despite the fact many of you will die in fires, we will prevail regardless of many of your inabilities to follow simple instructions, we will prevail even if many of you will require 10 summons to keep up, we will prevail even if many of you are here to be cannon fodder, we will prevail even if many of you will have trouble not falling off a boat, we will prevail regardless of the fact that you don't have a flight path, we will prevail regardless of your computers inability to stay connected, we will prevail without many of you understanding the concept of line of sight, and finally we will prevail even if many you have to leave because your mother is mad at you. So unsheathe your weapons and charge LOK'TAR OGAR FOR THE HORDE!!!!

Hmmm maybe I should macro that

Melvenor

So I haven't done a lot of machinima posts lately and people have been asking for them and the reason is pretty simple. Some of the best machinamators have been sending in their submissions to Blizzcon so they have been unable to release them to the public. With this in mind there is one machinamator I want to tell you all about today, and he is Melvenor. He does all of his machinama about Role playing and Lore calling himself "the conjurer or RP machinima". He just started a new series, which he calls "the Faces of Cataclysm" here is the most recent of the videos



Basically these are stories about what is happening in Cataclysm. Where everyone is going, what side everyone is on, and what the plan is. I recommend checking them out as they are very informative for those of us that know our lore and those of us that haven't got a clue. I greatly suggest you look at his video about Quel'Delar, which in my opinion is the best of all of his videos.

Now I know what you are thinking, he role plays as a blood elf. Yes, I know he does, but I was able to get past that. So check him out tell me what you think.

You Fail At Being A Pally If...

So for a long time people have requested me to do Fail Days on specific classes and I have said to them over and over again that this wasn't the time. Now with this being the end of the expansion though it is a great time to do it since people are deciding if they should reroll and, of course, they want to see what is up with their class. So now will be the time to sit back and laugh at all the other classes and say "omfg that is so me". When deciding which class to start with I thought I would go with the most fail class of the them all. So shall we?

You Fail At Being A Pally If...

• You think it requires skill
• You have a "J" stuck to your forehead
• You constantly breaking CC with your consecrate
• You don't play with a helmet
• You are a blood elf male
• Your ability to play the game is not hindered by your keyboard turned upside down
• You spam flash heal
• You don't have Pally Power
• You named your toon after your ability to bubble hearth
• You have trouble holding aggro
• You were unaware of the fact that you have forms of CC
• You don't write 20 page forum posts on a daily basis complaining how pallies need to be buffed
• You think mass dispel is the most overpowered thing because you can't bubble and hearth
• You think when you have to press more than 2 buttons that Blizzard had to have made a mistake
• You have ever died by falling

and finally

• You think it is time to change classes because Blizzard has stated they no longer want your class to be able to faceroll

That is it for this week hope you enjoyed it. Remember it will only be a matter before I do your class and let you have it. Reset is upon us enjoy!

Ode To A Headset

So I know this will be a post that will be close to a lot of people, and just understanding what I am talking about will actually be rather amusing. So apparently the mic stopped working on my headset yesterday. The earphones work perfectly, which makes it even more frustrating. So now I have go through the whole rigmarole of going to pick up a new headset, but anyone who has gotten a new headset will have to realize the problems, which are going to occur.

I had that headset for almost a year meaning it was shaped nicely and comfortable to my head. A new headset is like a pair of pants you just took out of the dryer they just don't fit like you want them to. You fiddle with the headset try to stretch it mess around with it, but you realize you will just have to put up with it to make it work.

Secondly, you then have to go through the whole process of resetting your values of your inbound and outbound. That is also not just you but everyone else who listens to you on vent. So the whole "Can you hear me?", "OMFG way too loud", "I can't hear you, you're to quiet", "Is this good now?". Oh yes we all love these 10 minute plus conversations where nothing really gets done besides you wanting to smash your new headset and beg your old one to work again.

If you buy USB headsets like I do then you know they also have driver updates and all that crap to go through. I swear my headset drivers update more frequently than my graphics card. So you have to go through all that jazz. Of course many times you don't remember to update them until after you have adjusted all your volume settings, which means you get the joy of doing all that wonderful stuff again.

So I will miss you my dear Headset even if in frustration I chucked you against the wall it doesn't mean that I didn't love you.

Good Luck on your last day before reset.

Ask Gauss

Happy Sunday everyone, the first Sunday of the fall season. Makes me feel like I should take a Sunday drive and take a look at all the leaves outside. Although since it is pouring outside that is probably not the best idea. Anyways, with it being Sunday that means it is time for Ask Gauss. The time of the week where I go through and answer some questions that have come my way for the week. So here goes.

With Wrath coming to an end, when is it a good time to dump everything on the Auction House?

Well I completely agree with Macro over at Just My Two Copper who says now is not the time. There are many people dumping everything they have on the AH because they don't want to be stuck with it. You can make great profits by buying a lot of these things up and can also make a lot of gold because people have stop posting things on the auction house in general. So this is a great time to take advantage of this. One thing to note is that certain items have been past expiry for awhile. Depending on the server, but I would think on most, ICC BoE epics have dropped like a rock in price. Either people have them , don't need them, or the gold is better spent somewhere else at the moment.

Also note that some items will have a higher value when the expansion actually hits so purging supply of them wouldn't be the best option. Remember leveling mats used for professions have a large value the first month or so of an expansion. Why? Because people switch professions constantly or are leveling them like mad in order to have toons with all required professions. Not to mention the inscription craze that will happen when 4.0 hits. There will be an insane amount of gold to be made when all those glyphs become available. So resist the urge for the time being it will be worth it in the end.

Your thoughts on the Worgen "mount"?

Well I played original WoW beta. I know it is hard to believe I actually got into that one. At that time Tauren had Plainstriding. I thought it was rather amusing, but the talk was that it was going to be hard to balance, which is weird because of cast times. Logically it makes sense for Worgens to be able to run as a wolf, but to me that is not the real reason they have this as their "mount". If they had a race mount what would it be? Horse is taken they can't really replicate that would be unfair. You could argue a Mastief, but then it doesn't really fit well at all. So really this came down to a choice of their being no real choice. What sucks though is that the other Alliance races don't get a chance to gain this mount as the Horde will with Goblins. This also makes me think there will not be an increase on the 100 mount achievement, since it would be unfair comparing available mounts to the Horde and Alliance.

What do you think about the constant Ret Pally complaining going on about them being underpowered for 4.0 and the expansion?

Don't ret pallies always complaing they are underpowered? Honestly I would be more concerned if no pally was complaining.

That is it for this week. As always if you want your question answered, it cannot be done if I don't get it. Next week's Reader Post will be about the best stories you have for people complaining about loot. You will have till Thursday night to get those submissions in. I just have a feeling it will be quite an amusing post.

Enjoy your Sunday and your slaying of internet pixels.

Why I Should Be Warchief

So a friend of mine is running for a political position and I have been helping him with his campaign. Yesterday, he had to answer a bunch of questions for the media when I got this idea for a post. So think of it as Garrosh having a news conference and he will answer these questions.

Why do you feel people should follow you as Warchief?

Because my father is a great war hero of the Horde. They should give me the respect he has earned.

What is your opinion of Night Elves?

Kill them.

What makes you different from others?

I am a brown orc.

How do you propose to deal with the current situation on Azeroth?

Start a war with everyone that I can't possibly win and then blame it on someone else when it fails.

Why did you waste all the materials on these structures when they are now less abundant?

What does abundant mean?

Why did you attack a neutral faction and make them an enemy?

I heard Varian told them I was dog

When Thrall returns what is your plan?

To blame everything that went wrong on Vol'jin.

That is it for today enjoy what is left of your weekend.

GM Stories

It is Friday which means it is time for the weekly Reader Post. This is the post where I take all of your submissions on the topic and pick a few of them to put up for everyone to see. This week I asked people to submit their stories about funny GM encounters. So let's have a look.

Basically I made a ticket when vanish failed and demanded I get reimbursed a flash powder or the cost of one. After he said he couldn't do it I just kinda screwed with him. Luckily he was pretty funny. This was his last comment before it ended. "Well, I thank you for your time sneaky rogue =) May your poisons act swift your blades always hit their mark, and your vanish never fail(and happy birthday!)"

I had one pretty funny experience with a GM. My bro and I were leveling up and we had that elite bird in Nagrand bugged. Anywho, my bro petitioned and the GM finally came but I couldn't see her. We had a full group sitting there just talking, we were guildies so it was no biggie. The GM unbugged the damn bird then turned all of us into Female Ninjas, even my bro's pet. Was pretty epic riding around as Female Ninjas. The GM followed us around for about 5 - 10 min because we had a Durid in our party and when he shifted it broke it, so the GM just continued to change him back. Was fun, nothing too funny.

I've seen a screenshot of someone elses GM chat...went something like this
GM: *Anything else I can for you routine*
Person: I just have one last question, what happens when the unstoppable force, and the immovable object collide?
GM: Chuck Norris dies.

Back when Molten Core was still new a bunch of us (alliance side) were sitting in MC recovering after a wipe. Our MT (Human Warrior) opened a ticket stating that "The existence of Night Elves in the game is a bug and it needs to be corrected." Unfortunately the GM didn't see the humor and offered the response of "Opening unsubstantiated tickets is a bannable offense."




That is it for this week. As always the topic for next week's Reader Post will be revealed on Sunday during the Ask Gauss post. If you want to be part of next week's post be sure to get them in on time and go from there.

Enjoy your weekend!

Heroics On The Beta

So heroics today were released on the Beta. I don't know this because I have a beta key, I know this because many have told me. This also includes Deadmines and Shadowfang Keep, which apparently have been pretty near impossible. Even have heard some stories of GMs having to come and help people kill bosses and trash so proper testing could be done. This to me means that heroics once again are not going to be a joke, which in my opinion is a good thing. You see in Wrath people hardly ever did instances on normal unless they were leveling. You hit 80 then you could do heroics without even thinking. Blizzard is bringing back what a heroic was supposed to be, that being a challenge and something significantly more difficult then normal. In Wrath they did this in raids, but not even close in 5 man instances.

So what does this mean? Well it will cut down on the amount of badge farming which will be turning into point farming. Obviously heroics will still get easier as the expansion moves on, but not so much to the point they are now, where you can just ignore all aspects of the encounter and just nuke everything. Plenty of crowd control is going to be needed so the days of group up and AoE seem to finally be behind us. Good job on Blizzard's part for making us use abilities that we actually might not be aware are in our spell books. I think this will also make the progression to raiding to be much smoother also. What I have found in Wrath has been people get through heroics even if they are biggest moron to ever log into World of Warcraft and then pass themselves off as a not so bad player when applying to a raiding guild. With heroics being more difficult this type of player isn't going to be around as much, which is a plus for everyone in raiding circles.

That is it for today. If you are on the Beta and want to send me movies and screens of the heroic modes feel free to I would love to take a look at them. Remember tonight is your last chance to get in your GM stories for tomorrow's reader post.

The Gauss Whisperer

So I probably get whispered more than most people. I actually have a mod that sorts whispers based upon if they are in guild, on my friends list, Real ID, or their respective level. I also have this thing with not ignoring people. I always give people the chance to say what they have to say. If I don't agree with it then that is life. This includes even those farmers talking to me like they are my bud then try to sell me gold. You would be surprised how fun these people are to talk to. So without awaiting any longer I have decided to define some types of the people that whisper me.

The Clueless: This is the type of person that whispers me right when I log on no matter what time or day of the week and ask me if I am doing invites for For The Horde. These are also the people who whisper me what "that" is when I put Pi up in trade chat. The cake is when these people ask you to tank the weekly when you are in ICC. These are the people that cause you to fear for the future existence of the world.

The Follower: These are the people that whisper you in the city and follow you around while they are talking to you. It is as if these people have the need to be right beside you while the whisper is going on. This is not only pointless, but is rather creepy and makes me want to distance myself from you in the quickest way possible.

The Oops: These are the people that "accidentally" invite you instead of inspect you. They then whisper you sorry and then begin talking to you and explaining their life story. The proceed to have a story about every piece of gear they have or need and relate it to every piece of yours. These are the people that I wouldn't be surprised to hear they shot up a shopping mall because someone reminded them of that Boomkin that took his cloth boots.

The Fanboy: These are the people that whisper me and ask "are you really Gauss?" I always try to think of interesting ways to answer this question. I don't know what gave it away besides the fact that you had to type /w Gauss. They proceed to tell me about all the things they think I do which they think is awesome, which is great, but I really can't get passed the fact they asked if I was really Gauss.

The Long Lost: These conversations always start with "Do you remember me?" Now I have come into a lot of contact with people over the years and I can't be expected to remember everyone. Now I obviously don't want to make people feel like crap if I don't remember them. Well that is not always true. If I had a bad day just hope you are not one of these people. So I try in most cases to get them to carry the conversation to see if I can actually jog something. Now when it gets to something like "I did the daily with you once", "Or this one time you did FTH", "I came to an old school run with you", "You laughed at me for being a noob". These are the times I honestly think how am I supposed to be expected to remember you. These are the people are mislead by the world revolving around something that is not them.

The WTFer: These are the people that whisper me instantly after I say something which they cannot believe I have said. They go on to say "I can't say that" and go on and on about how they are going to report me and make sure I get banned. These people are the people that complain they are offended by calling a Christmas tree a Christmas tree.

The Cheerleader: These are the people that applaud or cheer me on to keep going when I am on a roll. These are the people that are most likely members of the Nation and want to see the gold keep flowing and wouldn't be hear without them.

That is it for today and summer is just about officially over so maybe that will bring you some luck in your raids tonight.

You Fail At Brewfest If...

How could this not be the Fail Day post for the day? Brewfest is the awesome of the awesome so failing at it must be against some sort of religion. So without waiting any longer the cult of Brewfesters can set a flame to all the failures

You Fail At Brewfest If...

• You have died more than 5 times trying to get the falling drunk achievement
• You don't have a mutant rabbit reindeer pet
• You cannot catch some pink elephants
• You don't enjoy the music outside the cities
• You click the mole machine and complain you ended up in BRD
• Your ram keeps getting exhausted during the barrel runs
• You ever say "What do the apples do for the rams?"
• Your screen is ever in focus
• You cannot defend from the dark iron dwarves
• You wipe on Direbrew
• You are not a member of the Brew of the Month club
• You don't have full getup and flaunt it
• You have never participated in a mug duel
• You think Brewfest should be banned because it promotes public drunkeness

and finally

• You don't participate in all that is awesome

That is it for this week's edition on fail. Enjoy all that Brewfest has to offer and celebrate it like a champ. Enjoy your Free Loot Tuesday

Brewfest Is Here!!!!!!!!!!

Yes it is that time of year. Brewfest is by far my favourite WoW holiday. From watching people fail at ram racing to throwing mugs at dark iron dwarves in a drunken rage there really is nothing to not love about Brewfest. I spend all my time on WoW besides raiding in my Brewfest gear. I still have all the mugs even with my dwindeling bank space. There is just so much to do and so little time to enjoy it. Here is a screenshot someone took of me last year.

So I tell you all get out there ride those rams, drink those drinks, dress like a fool, and port random people to BRD, slay pink elephants, and listen to the crazy drunken music outiside the cities for the greatest of the WoW holidays is upon us.

/cheer
/drink
/cannotseebecauseIamtoodrunk

Ask Gauss

Happy Sunday everyone on this the last weekend of summer, at least in this hemisphere. Sunday as every other Sunday means it is time for Ask Gauss. The time where I go through all the questions sent in for the week and pick a couple to answer. So let's see what we have this week?

On the PTR my DPS is more than it is with full raid buffs on the target dummies. Do you think this will make raiding a joke after 4.0?

Well Blizzard states before every one of these pre expansion patches that classes are now balanced for the next level cap. In addition not much raiding will actually probably happen after 4.0. Yes there will be some, but not nearly as much. People will be getting used to the new talents, to the new style of their class and, of course, getting psyched and pumped up for the new expansion. So all of the people worried about those getting gear or achievements that they didn't get prior it doesn't really mean anything. The gear will be replaced soon enough come the expansion, and the achievements have a date. Meaning everyone will know that it would have been done after 4.0 went live and not before.

Will you still be doing FTH during Cataclysm?

Of course. Sure the raids will be different with flying mounts, but they will still be going on. There is supposed to be a different way about doing it come Cataclysm. As you get the achievement for assualting the city and not just killing the leaders. Or maybe it is both. After the leveling process is done for the most part is when I will start them up again. The last thing people want to be while leveling is get taken away from it and set them back from that next ding. So to all of you that were scared they were going to stop don't be, they will be going for a long time.

Why Cashews and Dr Pepper?

Why not? They both are awesome.

That is it for this week, as always if you would like a question answered on here just send them along to have a shot at it being here. The topic for next Friday's Reader post is those GM ticket stories that you just can't stop telling other people about.

Enjoy what is left of your weekend.

Good For Some Laughs

I figured I would share these with everyone because they made me laugh, and who doesn't need a good laugh on a Saturday? Thank you to all the people that sent me these I enjoy them no matter how many times they are sent my way.

Enjoy your weekend and I hope the weather by you is better than what it is around here.

Guild Invite and Quiting Stories

Friday it is and time for this week's Reader's Post. This week I asked people to send in some stories of interesting guild invite/quit stories. Let's take a look at a few of them.

We invited this new priest to the guild and went into naxx. Our raiding schedule is till 23.30-00.00 ish. We cleared the 4 wings, and thought we'd take a poke at sapphiron, and call it after that (this was at 00:13) Unfortunately, this priest had to go at 00.00 sharp, and when we proceeded on Sapph, he left the guild saying "I cannot be in a guild that clears stuff after raid is scheduled to be over".

In the first year of SD's existence, we had a kid who was always bouncing off the walls, so to speak. He loved PvP but was a really lousy hunter. Even though he was often a nuisance, I took him under my wing and taught him to be better, referred him to web sites for gear info and hunter goodness. But he was still a nuisance. He thought any chat was his personal soap box and constantly talked. He would log onto Vent and we'd have to tell him to "Shut up" when giving boss strategies because he was always talking. Finally, I had a near mutiny on my hands when we were learning Molten Core. He was pulling stuff and talking over the raid leader. He couldn't just stop and listen. Of course, he would die, a lot, and then blame the healers. I had a talk with him and he said we were just too slow for him. He agreed. He then gave a 25 minute 'goodbye'. He went down the roster, which, mercifully, wasn't as big as it is now, and said something nice about every single toon in the guild. He talked about how much SD meant to him. He talked about his ADD and how it affected his life. He talked about WOW. He talked and he talked and he talked. Suggestions to just leave already were either ignored or missed. When he finally quit, people actually typed :::Cheer::: in chat.

Me: ??
Him: u wanna join my guild?
Me: I'm a bank alt...
Him: yeah i know, you could be our guild bank alt
Me: Sorry, I'm already someone else's bank alt
Him: oh ok

In one of my first guilds we had a couple both playing wow. They are very hardcore compared to the rest of us. The wife was really not friendly and left the guild. the man stayed in it, to help the guild become better. His wife kept complaining and at the end he left the guild saying: I am sorry guys, but not being in my wifes guild makes her annoyed all the time, and im sick of eating burned food when i have to cook for myself.

When I first started this character I was in Stormwind and I was /w asking if I wanted to join a guild with all the players my lever to do instances.Chatted with the guy for a bit and he seemed mature so I thought what the hell and joined.
This is a brief extract from the guild chat:
Drutoo joined the guild
Random member 1: I lk boobies to
Random member 2: yea boobies lol
guild leader: lets go and moon people in storm
Drutoo leaves the guild
I lasted about 10 seconds :)

This actually happened
XXX: Sorry guys, I've got cancer.
XXX has left the guild.
XXX removed from friends list because character no longer exists.

A: Hey Guys, whats the command for leaving guild? I forgot.
B has left the guild
C has left the guild
D: ./gquit
Rest of Guild: ... , LOL!
This all happened in a matter of about 1-2 seconds.

-A has joined the guild-
B: Hey
C: welcome
etc.
A: can i get guild bank access please
GM: why?
A: i need something
A: please
GM: what?
B: :/
A: please
A: something
-A has been removed from the guild-
C: But he needed something :(

Me: >comes online< Hi XXX.
XXX: hi.
Me: What're you up to then? :)
-no response for about 6 minutes, and I notice he's in a hc and figure he must be concentrating on that-
XXX: wtf
Me: What happened?
XXX: you know what happened.
Me: ... I do?
XXX: yeah where are your manners you didnt even say hi wtf?
Me: I did say hi, scroll up. You even replied so you must have seen it! :P
XXX: w/e that doesnt prove anything no wonder there are no other members online you are such a jerk (well, he said something else but means a similar thing).
Me: Um, it's really early. You can't expect other people to be online at this time. Especially if they're an hour behind or something.
XXX: w/e
-more silence-
XXX: omg! take a hint!! i ask you to say hi and even after i complain you do NOTHING wtf is your prob!
Me: Hi XXX!!!
XXX: wtf dont make fun of me! this guild sucks there are no members and you are all very very RUDE!
-XXX has left the guild-

That is it for this week hope you enjoyed them. As always nexts week's Reader Post topic will be given on Sunday during the Ask Gauss post. This is of course if I remember to post it.

Enjoy your weekend!

Server Fail

I don't know about the non-Llaners among the Nation, and what happened on your servers, but Llane last night took a dump in the middle of our raid. So much so that I had to go ahead and cancel the raid. I also didn't actually hear when the servers themselves came back online, but I do know that it was all of the Chicago data centre servers which were all that were effected or blown up, whichever you prefer.

Raid was canceled without issues, which is probably due to it being the end of an expansion. Many are nearing that point where I don't want to do anything besides raid, and maybe not even into that much anyway at the current moment. This got me thinking and asking the question, isn't this a great time to have a data centre failure? People will be less inclined to complain, demand refunds, or go crazy and threaten to murder their neighbours if the servers don't come back online within the next 10 minutes.

Now I am in no way saying some of this didn't go on, because it probably did, but I can only assume it was much less than normal. So let's think for a moment, I know for some of you this will be hard, but stay with me. If you were going to do some last minute maintenance or something of that nature without saying anything wouldn't now be the perfect time to do such a thing? Now I am not accusing anyone of anything, but it does seem quite possible doesn't it?

Let the conspiracy begin...

Countdown Is On

So as many of you know 4.0 is on the PTR. Now all that is active on this is the talent trees, new glyphs, stat changes, and a few other minor tweaks. The graphical changes are not there, the new changed zones are not there, the new zones are not there, Goblins and Worgens are not there, and a bunch of other things to do with Cataclysm are not there. Now what does this mean? Well it means 4.0 is coming and Cataclysm is closer than a lot of people expected. There is a rumor going around that it could be out as soon as November 2nd to me this does seem a little soon since Blizzcon begins on the 22nd and I would think they would probably officially announce the release date there.

Now regardless with 4.0 on the PTR this should be a big wake up call to people to really finish anything that they are wanting to do that will be leaving the game. This includes things such as ZG, quests in forever changed zones, troll and gnome events, Loremaster, exploration, and so much more that I cannot think of at the moment. This also means, raiding wise, this will be your last chance to kill bosses and such before 4.0 hits when everyone will be wanting to do something other than raiding. For the PvPers this will probably also be the end of the last arena season before Cataclysm. I guess this would be the time that everyone will start to practice their rated BG strategies.

So pretty much the final warning is upon us and everyone can get psyched up for Cataclysm, which means I will be without a beta invite for yet another expansion, thanks blizz.

You Fail At Trying To Be Like Gauss If...

Happy Fail Day everyone. Today I have decided to do this topic to not only show some quirks and such that I do, but then some obvious points everyone is used to from the typical Fail Day. So without making you wait any longer here it goes

You Fail At Trying To Be Like Gauss If...

• You take your time on distributing loot so that trash is done by the time you are done
• Dr. Pepper and Cashews are things you can't raid without
• You try to turn any comment into something which is an insult to Ret Pallies
• You use STDs as an explanation of a reason not to stand next to people in raids
• Your push to talk sticks and everyone can hear you smashing it so that it won't
• You say something at least once a raid that no one will ever let you forget
• You constantly complain about a lack of beta invite
• You spam Pi in trade chat
• You are a warrior with a Holy Set
• You try to successfully convince Hordies they can learn to speak common
• You are seen next to a mailbox so often it is known as your mailbox
• You have a pull macro that makes reference to a funny youtube video
• You have a way of bringing out the "good" in any player no matter how idiotic they may be
• When you do your random heroic it is your goal to make at least 2 of the people in the group quit

and finally

• You forget to switch it to heroic at least once a week

That is it for this week's edition of fail. Hope you all enjoyed it. Good luck on this Free Loot Tuesday as there will not be many left in Wrath.

One Special Pally

Ok so I lot of people randomly whisper me and want to talk about pretty much anything wow related or not. Now sometimes I am able to respond and sometimes I am busy with other things. Now if I am busy sometimes I am able to say something and sometimes I don't get the chance, and people just try again later. Now this seems like the normal reaction, as you would expect as do I or any other normal person would. Now, of course, some people go berserk on you when you don't respond, but you cannot help that. This one ret pally though is very special. As I will explain.

So he talks to me randomly and, of course, I cannot always respond so what does this guy do? Well he goes on the conversation as if I am talking to him. He will answer his own questions, comment on the fact that he understands why it takes time for me to respond. Sometimes I am even in the midst of typing something to him when he has already responded to himself and asked a new question, to which 30seconds later he responds to. I can basically say nothing for 30 minutes and he will go about his merry way and still be talking about anything and everything. The question is does he realize that he is doing it or not? Now I have never tried to mention that I haven't said a word to him and yet if I did would he just ignore it and go on about what he was talking about anyway? It is like being in the middle of a play when a soliloquy is going on. He just keeps going and everyone else is doing their own thing and he seems to have no clue what is going on. Except what is going on in his little bubble. How fititng that he is a pally...

Ask Gauss

Sunday it is, which means it is time for Ask Gauss. This has been quite a week or shall I say weekend WoW wise. I guess many of you can tell that based upon yesterday's posting. I will try not to let all of this effect me too much, but it does make for some great blog topics and posts. So now as is custom with Ask Gauss I will look through my list here and make a choice on which to answer.

Do you consider yourself a top player?

I found this question rather interesting. Why? Mostly because people are not going to say they are a bad player. Or if they do, that is beyond a little weird, and most likely play a warlock and hate life. Anyways, I believe I play and know my class very well. This doesn't just include standing in place and mindlessly mashing my rotation, because anyone can really do that. I also know I could get higher numbers on boss fights based on the fact that all of the things I do at the moment. I raid lead so I have to watch exactly what is going on. I have to give queues to dps, healers, tanks etc. This of course hurts my own personal numbers. I also tend to do jobs that people are not fond of because they hurt what seems to be the performance that everyone looks at. This includes interrupts, add management, kiting, and anything else you can think of. I think this makes me a team player and someone that uses every possible mechanic their class can for the success of the encounter. So if I am being modest then yes I believe I am a top player.

With 4.0 hitting the PTR servers what is your plan?

Well truth be told I expect there to be a lot of testing with it, but let's go over it anyway. This first of all is only the talent trees, new glyphs, and the reworking of stats and abilities. This will still be the non dragonfied Azeroth. This may or may not include Archaelogy as JC wasn't included in 2.0, but Inscription was included in 3.0. When this all goes down and that is not a joke with the servers crashing when it goes live. I Will try to use with what we have to go on with raiding and such. Of course there will be plenty of Pre-Cataclysm events that will be going on, which of course will serve as a distraction to everyone. So really as I suspect some raiding will start when 4.0 hits, but it will fade into the distance where people, including myself, will want to enjoy what is going on. On another note I refuse to log into the PTR as a small payback for not getting into beta. Still looking for that invite, maybe it will happen...

What are you not looking forward to face boss wise?

I can tell you my face isn't looking forward to facing a watermelon.

That is it for this week. Thank you to everyone who submitted something. As always if you would like your question featured just send it along to have a chance. Also next week's Reader Post will be about your best/worst guild invite/departure stories.

Enjoy what is left of your weekend!

Ways We Part

As many of you know Three Score has now been around for over 5 years. Over this time I have seen many a players come and go. Some of them were great players, some of them were utterly awful, some were reliable, and some never showed up when you wanted them to. Of all the players that have ever been in this guild many of them became friends and enjoyed I their company. You see when you are a raider you get to know people and their personalities pretty well. You get to know what makes them tick and how to urk them. This is all part of a raiding guild and dealing with all of this is what being a Guild Master is all about. This is also why it is not for everyone.

I was not prepared though for what has happened to me recently. You see out of all those people who have ever been or came in contact with I have been friends with many of them, but never truly I guess. Having what some would call true friends in a guild makes it more complicated. You defend them without realization, you understand situations more than you would others, and sometimes you don't realize may be setting you or them for a big fall. Losing a friend over a game seems silly and pointless, and truly is when you think about it. Regardless of what happens in and outside I will always feel that this was indeed a betrayal. I don't know if I will ever come to realize it in a different light. I may think I could have done things differently trying to find a better solution, or maybe not. Did my treatment set myself up for a fall? Did I have unrealistic expectations? Do I make excuses for myself and purposely try to make them feel worse for leaving deserving or not? These are the questions I ask myself, and I will continue to until I find the answers I am seeking.

For one of the first or in fact the first I am unsure of myself and my decision in regards to this game. I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later.

Enjoy your weekend, most likely no For The Horde today will try and set it up for Sunday.