The Genius Among Us

For every 10 blogs like ours – infrequently updated, meandering around, not topic-specific – there is a single example of a “real” blog – one that is professional in presentation, has tons of good info, can dip into game mechanics without requiring an Engineering degree (Gnome, Goblin, or otherwise). These blogs are worth their weight in gold, metaphorically speaking, since they don’t actually weigh anything. BRK had a blog like that, until he went off to farm Wife Rep in that curious MMO known as Real World. And another blog like that is Big Bear Butt.

Now, why, you may ask, am I referring you all to a Druid-specifc blog written by an ALLIANCE player of all things? Well, there is plenty of good gameplay info there. Tons of stuff about balancing real life and WoW. Some amusing interplay between the author and his wife. BUT, the real reason I want you to go there is this…I was preparing to write up our official “Rats Policy” on Raiding. You know, how we, being a casual guild, are going to handle raid scheudling, raid activity, absences from scheduled runs, etc…and that beautiful bear went and did it for me. If you’re going to be raiding with the Rats, here is your introduction to how Lor and I feel about raids:

Raiding Rules as a Casual Guild

Some times it is better to be lucky than good Read it up, digest it, and feel free to let Lor or I know what you are thinking about the philospophy in general. And don’t forget to drop ol’ BBB a line thanking him for working hard so Hawk doesn’t have to

Lazily,

- Hawkwind

Your little secret…

Each of us holds, deep within, a secret shame. Maybe your mother voted for Richard Nixon. Maybe you were a member of the Glee Club in High School. Maybe you wrote that stuff on the bathroom wall about “that girl” back in high school. Heck, maybe you WERE that girl, back in high school.

Well, the truth is, until last year – I played Alliance.

I know, I know.  I played for the wrong team, etc. I would like to say I was young and foolish until Loralia showed me the path to true enlightenment – but I actually STILL like the Alliance quite a bit. I played nothing but Dwarves for the first 2 years the game was out.  I’ve had multiple toons to level 60 on the Ally side in the past, before ferocious temper tantrums on my part led me to delete them…and yes, that is a whole other story I may get into someday.

So….anyway…what I am trying to put off here is…I am still playing Alliance. Not often! Just during spare moments of free time, when the Horde doesn’t need me. And, to fully pull myself out of the closet, my Dwarf Paladin made level 60 today:

So, there he is – Khazgan, my Ally love child. Whew! What a relief to have that off my chest. Now I can get on with all you loyal Rats calling me names and throwing things at me. But, iiifff the mood should strike you some time….

Feel free to look me up on the Ally side

Ducking while waiting for Loralia and Nehemiah to throw things at me,

- Hawkwind