 KSL-TV |
Have You Seen This? The Best of the Best
KSL-TV Getting the tattoo wasn't necessarily the headliner, but the fact that the tat is of his World of Warcraft character riding horseback on a dragon. That's devotion. 1. Free BYU turnovers. A mark left from a game all BYU fans would like to forget. … |
|
Is 2011 going to be seen as a turning point
Gamersyndrome Each one is competing in a market that's still dominated by an aging rival (Nintendo DS, World of Warcraft) but whose future is commonly seen as being cheaper, more nimble products with new business models, rather than another monolithic, … |
|
NetEase Q3 Sales Seen Rising 33%, Buoyed by WoW
Investor’s Business Daily By KEVIN SHALVEY, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 05:14 PM ET The Chinese online game developer, which licenses Activision Blizzard's (ATVI) "World of Warcraft" game in China, reports its earnings after the close Wednesday. Analysts polled by Thomson … |
Let’s face it — most roleplayers are heroes, villians, peerless veterans, or other Mary Sues. We want to feel awesome from time to time, and games let us do that. But after awhile, it gets old. Every guild leader you meet seems to be the head of a secret organization, the leader of one of Thrall’s elite group of warriors, or a famous mercenary group that, for some reason, only works for the Alliance.
But they’re not all like that. I’m not on an RP realm, but I’ve had a guildie who has been lightly roleplaying a simple Undead priest hell-bent on making babies with a Dwarf warrior. They both keep things within the game’s context — they don’t speak each other’s language but (not so) secretly try to meet up and communicate. It ends rather badly when the guilds shows up to kill the enemy lover, but the two still press on, shouting in Common and Orcish and emoting strange gestures in order to better try to express their love.
I’ve had people from RP servers try to get me to rally to their cause in the random Dungeon Finder, but they get shot down fast most of the time, and … well, the game already calls me a hero every other quest, so it’s lost its shine. However, when my guildie cries about seeing her potential Dwarven lover with another woman, then later finding out it was his evil twin, I can’t help but chuckle a bit and even do some very light roleplaying myself.
Have you ever met someone who RPed something unique? A seer who was always wrong? A farmer’s guild? A hard-working peon?
Filed under: Breakfast Topics, RP, Guest Posts
Breakfast Topic: Have you ever seen anyone RP a peon? originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
|
Cloud Society: cloud gaming – you ain't seen nothing yet
Cloud Pro While the opportunity is huge, few games have achieved the starry heights of World of Warcraft – holding steady at over 11 million subscribers, nearly three times more than its closest rival, Aion. According to tracking site MMOData.net, … |
Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an email at machinima@wow.com.Filed under: Machinima, WoW Moviewatch
WoW Moviewatch: As seen on G-TV originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
For those who have played through Silverpine while leveling, however … well, those NPCs should look familiar. They’re the ones you beat up while you were out there looking for Dalaran Pendants at the behest of Shadow Priest Allister. Or maybe you weren’t questing; you were just looking for that elusive Black Tabby Cat and these guys got in your way. Regardless, all three of them are thankfully far too out of it to recognize you. I wonder what would happen if they ever woke up and said anything to the authorities?
What weird little reference makes you smile, every time you see it? Have you seen any other NPCs that reference places you’ve been and things you’ve accomplished? What’s the most obscure reference you’ve found in WoW?
Filed under: Breakfast Topics
Breakfast Topic: Haven’t you seen that someplace before? originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Every Tuesday, Shifting Perspectives explores issues affecting feral/restoration druids and those who group with them. This week, we equivocate on the best means of filling a bottomless pit.
Beta build 12759 dropped early Saturday morning, and with it the introduction of mastery and quite a few changes to the feral and restoration specs. I think Blizzard may even have fixed some of the issues with feral damage, but the newest bug on the block is making that a little difficult to tell. The default scrolling combat text is now broken — you can’t see how much damage or healing you’re doing to hostile mobs or friendly players, respectively — so at best, you’re confined to guesses based on how much health the mob’s losing when you hit it. For me, this requires squinting at a very small portion of a laptop screen with my nose two inches from the monitor, and I’ll be damned if I’ll wind up financing the purchase of another Maserati for my ophthalmologist.
Continue reading Shifting Perspectives: A limited number of people know the troubles I’ve seen
Filed under: Druid, (Druid) Shifting Perspectives
Shifting Perspectives: A limited number of people know the troubles I’ve seen originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.