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Double meme

20-Mar-09

It seems that Sellia likes tagging me (he did it twice now!) so now I will kindly oblige his requests by presenting you with…drumroll please…a double meme!

What’s your /played?

Now he did it for two of his characters and I was prepared to do it for at least a couple of my hunters. Since Niqora is my main, I started off with her. Then I saw this…

Niqora's /played

Your eyes do not deceive you. I have spent almost two whole months just playing Niqora, nevermind all my other hunters. After that, I didn’t even want to look and see what the /played was for everyone else. Kind of puts things in perspective doesn’t it? Mind you, I know that I have spent a lot of time RPing on Niqora and she’s about the only character that I bother to get rep and achievements on so that’s a good chunk of time right there. She also farms up all the gold that I end up spending on my other characters. And of course getting 5 pets all to level 80 wasn’t done in a single night either.

The SEVEN answers!

I had a hard time choosing which characters I wanted to answer these questions sooooo…I pick 5 of them. Frequent readers should know Niqora and Anuniaq, my 2 tauren hunters. The other 3 are *gasp* my non-hunters. Githinji is my male troll DK, Zulrea is my female troll shammy, and Saraku is a male belf pally (who RP-wise is the humanoid form of Niqora’s netherdrake mount).

1- What is your name, and where did it come from?

Niqora: *smiles somewhat shyly* My name is Niqora Wildstride and that is the name my parents gave me at my birth. [OOC: Comes from WoW’s random name generator, with a bit of tweaking]

Anuniaq: *nods in agreement with her sister Niqora, head held up proudly* And I am Anuniaq Wildstride. [OOC: Means “One who hunts for food or knowledge” in Inuit and she had the name BEFORE that walrus NPC *grumbles*]

Githinji: I be Githinji dees days, dat all joo be needin’ to know. [OOC: Means “butcher” in an African language, there are conflicting resources as to which language]

Zulrea: *raises a curious eyebrow at Githinji* Mah name be Zulrea Totemspeak, and I be called dat ’cause ever since I was a leetle troll, I be hearin’ dah spirits of dah elements. [OOC: Comes from the PANDA name generator]

Saraku: *glances up from staring at the two trolls* Oh…yes, I suppose it is my turn. I am Saraku. *mumbles to himself* Why do those two talk so strangely? [OOC: Thought it up using some example Netherdrake names as a guide]

2 – How old are you, and what is your birthday?

Niqora: I will be 64 years old this winter.

Anuniaq: 53 years come the spring.

Githinji: *removes his helm to rub his forehead in thought* Mah memories be a leetle fuzzy from before. I tink I was close ta 30 when I was still breathin’.

Zulrea: *grins and puffs out her chest* I only be 21 but dah voodoo priests be tellin’ me dat I be very smart for mah age. I was born when dah day be dah longest in dah year.

Saraku: *cocks his head to the side like a curious bird* What’s a birthday?

3 – Are you in love, and with whom?

Niqora: *blushes lightly under her dark fur* I love my husband Mysthowl. Our wedding was not so long ago.

Anuniaq: *seems to become slightly irritated at the question* There is no one.

Githinji: *falls into a deep silence as he stares off into the distance, his fingers softly rubbing the worn scarf around his neck*

Zulrea: *frowns sadly at the male troll before she says quietly* Dere be no troll man in mah life yet.

Saraku: Love? That has something do with mating and fornication, correct?

4 – What is your favorite mount, and why?

Niqora: *reaches over to squeeze Saraku’s shoulder with an affectionate smile* No soul could ever replace my Saraku.

Anuniaq: I value my kodo but I can’t really say that I’m attached to him.

Githinji: *glares viciously at his charger*

Zulrea: *sighs* I not be old enough to be havin’ one of dos yet.

Saraku: *is too busy grinning at Niqora to notice that he was asked a question*

5 – Do you prefer a certain type of Azerothonian meal, and where do you get it from? Take out, or dine in?

Niqora: *chuckles softly* I can make many different kinds of food so it’s hard to choose which one I like best.

Anuniaq: Soothing Turtle Bisque, hands down.

Githinji: *actually has a shadow of a smile on his lips* I be missing Dragonbreath Chili.

Zulrea: Everyting dat be put in front of me be tastin’ good.

Saraku: *licks his lips at the thought of a Fish Feast*

6 – You know those giant mushrooms in Zangarmarsh ? What is your theory on how they came to be, and why they are so huge?

Saraku: *raises an eyebrow* I thought it would be obvious that the cause is all the unbound energy floating around the Nether. It has a tendency to do…strange things to organic life. *realizes that his left leg has become partially transparent again* This is getting particularly annoying. *runs off without another word*

*The other stare after Saraku in confusion, with the exception of Niqora who just laughs merrily.*

7 – If you saw the Lich King walking towards you, what would you do?

Niqora: *for once doesn’t have a smile. Instead her expression is stone cold. She responds in a low tone that’s alsmost a growl* I’d tear him slowly limb from limb…and I’d make sure he’d be aware of every ounce of that pain.

Githinji: *slams his sword into the ground and roars with a feral anger*

*Anuniaq and Zulrea nearly jump out of their skin and stare wide-eyed at Niqora and Githinji.*

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And there you have it. 🙂 Now I’d like to tag Myst, Ticalos, Tzia, Vlcan, Gebeorgan, and Batgrl with this double meme. Ha, now all the responsibility is on you! *dashes away before someone can tag her again*

Heroics Sunday Sunday Sunday!

17-Mar-09

My guild has a good number of events planned for each week. Tuesday is Lowbie Day, where the higher levels help out lower characters (or someone’s alts) with quests or dungeons or anything else they made need. Sunday is Heroics Day. This past Sunday our heroics party consisted of the guild’s officers, not because we exclude members but because we were the only ones actually at level 80. 🙂

Our awesome tank was Ticalos, our healer was the wonderful Mysthowl and for DPS we had myself as Niqora, Myst’s wifey mage Linserai, and a mage that we found in LFG because unfortunately Tzia wasn’t online. Off to Oculus we went, basically because it was the daily but we were all cool with that.

Myst, Lin, and I had all been to Oculus before and had completed the heroic. Tic and the mage had never been (I don’t even think they had been to regular Occulus either). No problem, we’re a group that likes to take our time. It also seems that we’re a group that wipes…a lot. Drakos didn’t give us any problems (minus poor Lin dying) but Varos took us several tries. We kept getting caught in the damn lasers. But eventually we figured out the strategy behind it (zoom your camera all the way out, the lasers move counter-clockwise 2 orbs at a time) and once we had that down, we wiped the floor with him. We ended up getting stuck on Urom and his dang minions where after several wipes there, we called it a night because Tic and I needed to get up in 5 or 6 hours. 😛

So we didn’t finish the heroic. We only got 2 out of 4 bosses down. But we laughed when Lin swore one vicious oath at Varos, I joked about fattening up mages with my Fish Feast (which the other mage constantly thanked me for throughout the instance), and Tic spammed his joke emote until Myst slapped him upside the head. Sure I had a 25g repair bill in the end and no shiny new gear to show for it, but that was the most fun I’ve had in an instance in a while. Heck, I had been through there several times now, regular and heroic, and that’s the first time I’ve ever actually LEARNED how Varos works.

For some people, it’s all about the gear and the bragging rights. For us, it’s about exploring content and having a blast with a bunch of great friends. Gear is just the shiny icing on the top. Other players may think that we go too slowly or that we’re just plain crazy but it’s how we do things. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Have I said lately how much I <3 my guild?

When I was young and foolish…

7-Mar-09

There’s been a meme going all around the WoW blogging community and I’m certain that I’m the last person to jump on this bandwagon. It’s a little crowded but thankfully no one has elbowed me in the eye yet. It involves digging through your screenshot folder (and I’ll be the first to admit that mine is an awful mess) and finding the sixth screenshot you took. I’m fairly certain that I have older ones that probably got deleted somehow but either way, this is what I found when I went a-searching…

Nicora and the old Blacky

Funny enough, this screenshot was taken for the header image for the blog “It’s a pet-eat-mob world“, which was Petoholics’ predecessor. And yes, that is Niqora (then known as Nicora and on her original server, Hydraxis) with her black worg called Blacky, because she was only level 36 and not even a high enough level to tame Blacky’s current incarnation. Ah, brings back memories, doesn’t it? Things like Steady Shot, kiting, and epic mounts were just vague phrases that all those spiffy level 70 hunter bloggers used. Heck, at that time Niqora didn’t even have A mount and was still trotted around with Aspect of the Cheetah. And I am shamed to admit that her first aid skill was still at 1 (I smartened up eventually though).

Thanks for the trip down memory lane and if there’s anyone who hasn’t been tagged to do this (I’m looking at you Myst and Ticalos aka Latigo), get on it! I promise it will be fun.

*dodges an elbow*