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09:17 pm
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Moments of Weakness… *Sigh*
I feel really guilty, but it must be admitted too. I have been playing World of Warcraft…
BUT!
I have not been playing more then 2 hours 15 min a day. I have asked my roommate to set parental controls if I ever play more then 3 hours, & if I play more then 5 days a week.
Why?
Simply, it was a moment of weakness. I made a temporary e-mail and made a 10 day free trial account. I wanted to see what would happen. Well… It was simply WONDERFUL!... *Sigh*
The warm grass of the plains of Mulgore never smelled so sweet, and the sky never so blue, and the warm breezes never so refreshing (Yes, my mind gives me smells, and feelings not necessarily in the actual game)…
We will see what happens; whether I can keep my game play to 3 hours or less 5 days a week, or whether I need to get therapy.
Art for my next campaign:
It’s a race called the Drugain, a hairless small dwarf like race.
Oh well, Enjoy *GriN*
Ryngs Rakune
"All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot."
~Henry Ward Beecher, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887
Current Mood:  Weak
Current Music: "Age of Loneliness" by Enigma
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08:44 pm
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The Good News, The Bad News…
About 2 months ago I went to the doctor because I was having weird throbbing sensations in my chest, back, and head. These sensations came on fast and were powerful, and I don’t remember having them before. The doc was worried about my heart rate, as it was very very high. He prescribed me a medicine that will “mellow me out”, reduce my heart rate and help my blood pressure.
I reluctantly took the medicine and soon felt GREAT! I was giddy, slept like I haven’t slept sense I was a kid, and in an all around better mood and felt like I did 10 years ago. Come to find out, that throbbing sensation is a symptom of an Anxiety Disorder, as is my chronic insomnia. The medicine as a side effect helps with these things *Grin*
Well, I went to the doctor again today for a check in on the effects.
The BAD News… My blood pressure is lower, but still high (even with exercise). So, he increased my medicine dosage, and asked me to also increase my exercises from 3 days a week to 4 days a week, and to start taking 81mg aspirin too. I talked to him about the anxiety and all the symptoms I have. He gave me a test, and then prescribed me what I thought was an anti-anxiety… Well, its not. It’s generic Clexia, a SSRI, an anti-depressant. This is the medicine I fear, this is the medicine that I have seen ruin people with apathy, and lose of interest in lifes pleasures, and creativity… I will NOT be taking it. I will have to make another appointment with him to discuss other treatment options. *Frown*
The GOOD News… My heart rate is normal, I got tested for diabetes and do not have said diabetes (which runs in my family), and the symptoms I thought were diabetes (Dry Mouth, Extreme Hunger, Fatigue, and more) are actually symptoms of my anxiety disorder! Yay! *Big Grin*
And the traditional art with my post. The Male version of a Skurrain from my last post, its obviously not finished, but I don’t feel like coloring it right now.
Enjoy
Ryngs Rakune
“Being cool is not how many times you succeed, but how you handle failure.”
-Ryngs Rakune
Current Mood:  grateful
Current Music: "Carry On" by Manowar
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05:07 pm
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Nothing to say… Except to say stuff about nothing…
So, I don’t really have anything to post about. The only thing that is on my mind would start drama, so I will avoid that topic.
It’s been HOT here lately. It’s not too bad today tho, kinda nice, but really warm.
The Body of the current suit commission is done (for the most part), I am now working on the feet. So, that is coming along.
Been trying to draw (see below), it seems there is no time for it tho. Design work is really hard too. I have been designing the races for my next campaign, pretty much from scratch. The rules part is for the is done, now I am trying to illustrate it, because it is soooo different then the tradition D&D setting (Stone Age, no traditional races, no wizards). Illustrations are good in games like that.
Below is a Skurrain. They are small monkey like humanoids, more or less inspired by the Monkey King. This is one of the Player Character races. The illo is specifically a Female Skurrain Sorcerer.
Nothing else much to say past that…
Enjoy
Ryngs Rakune
”Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.”
~African Proverb
Current Mood: tired
Current Music: NPR
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03:06 am
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Bad day at work…
I have been cranky sense yesterday (see why below). Woke up today in a fairly good mood however, that didn’t last to long. I got up to work on the current fursuit commission, with a goal to reach a certain point today, and everything went wrong. First had the wrong Bais Tape (Single fold, I needed double fold) for the trim. So, I ran to the store to buy the right Bais Tape, and the store was out of the right color and wouldn’t get any till next week. I compromised with black (it will do).
Got home, started to sew it down and got with in 1 inch of finishing and my sewing machine went on the fritz, tried for 30 minutes to fix it to no avail. Hand stitched the last inch, and then discovered the machine missed about 2 inch of fabric halfway along the trim started to fix it but was so frustrated I had to stop before I made things worse.
The oppressive heat here didn’t make my patients any better, so I went and got stake and shrimp and finished with a Chocolate Oreo Mousse… OMFG! I was in heaven, I had to clean the joy of eating that meal out my pants. I wanted to strip naked and roll in it! It was that good!
Much better mood now *Big Grin*
So, I drew a goblin shaman for my next campaign setting. Not really what I was going for, but it’s a doodle, that is all.
On WoW, People, and Withdraw:
( Read more )
Enjoy
Ryngs Rakune
“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.”
-Salvador Dali
Current Mood: horny
Current Music: "Oceans Way" by Leaves Eyes
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09:26 pm
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The life and times of the modern gamer geek.
I have been meaning to make a post sooner, but I have to many irons in the fire right now. Between working on the current suit commission, running a Rifts/Justifiers/d20 Future game every Friday, playing in a “sorta-game” on random Saturdays, and playing in a D&D game every other Sunday, and working on my next campaign, and trying to do art. I just run out of time.
And the above sums up my life this summer. I am enjoying this spring/summer rather much, though I feel the sands of time slipping away already, and soon it will be fall again.
On WoW addicition
I am still longing for WoW, and still want to play something horrible, but it is getting easier… Until this past weekend. Heathe came up to finalize his apartment and start moving back from Texas, and all he talked about was WoW… In a word, I became very “thirsty” again. I miss being one of the best healers on my server, and the best in my guild, I miss the plains of Mulgore the most, and think of there often… *Frown*
But I enjoy my freedom, and my productivity, and my fresh air. I have taken to mild gardening, tending to 2 English Ivy hanging in my living room. Kind of a substitute druid thing I guess. I NEED to play a druid in a D&D game bad. A friend is thinking about running a dice & paper WoW RPG I might play one there.
On Gaming
My current campaign is coming along nicely, my players have been wonderful in dealing with the plot, and even more wonderful about being executed and losing all their gear last game (yes they died, but were soon after resurrected. I am rough on my gamers), and thus they have been rewarded. They are 17th level and 19th level equivalents now. I don’t know if they will get to 20th level before the campaign closes, but we will see.
Next Campaign
I have been working on putting together my next campaign, I am not going to say much about it other then it’s a low magic, primitive setting (no wizards, no metal, & near no civilization), the PCs races are NOT the dominate races, and the players start out with VERY little (little more then a bone dagger, a sack, and the cloths on their backs. Like I said I am rough on my players).
I will be using the Pathfinder RPG rules for this campaign (3.5 D&D Revised), it is AWSOME! Especially if you’re not a fan of 4th ed D&D like me. I have the beta PDF which is free from paizo.com, and will be buying everything they put out for this. You can find out about it and get your free PDF here: http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG
On Art
I have been really getting into designing my next campaign (even though I don’t have a really good campaign plot yet); I have even done a few illustrations of some of the weapons for the weapon catalog:
Enjoy
Ryngs Rakune
"When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and not because they think it will match their drapes!"
- Christian Cardell Corbet
Current Mood: content
Current Music: "Seven Cities" by Solar Stone
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10:57 am
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I have a problem…
I think I am close minded, and definitely stubborn…
When others suggest and idea for art and I dislike it because of varying reason (Species, color, personal preference, etc.), and then they find another artist to do it for them, and it comes out good and looks great. I kick my self, and say, “Damn that looks nice, why didn’t I do that?”
I do this with subject matter I come a across too. Like lemurs, I have never liked lemurs very much. Not that I hated them but they were a species I just couldn’t (or wouldn’t) visualize in my mind. Then I find and like the Lurmen in the Clone Wars.
There have been fursuit designs like that too. Someone wants to commission me for some weird combo/color creature, and I snap my mind close and say Hell No! I miss opportunity, and creative potential because I can’t (or won’t) see past my opinion of the subject matter.
How do I get around or train myself out of this? Well to answer my own question; I do random art challenges. Like I have 3 people suggest a color, 3 people suggest an item, and 3 people suggest a creature. Then I use all three of those in a composition.
I am doing that right now, but have been to busy to finish it. Plus, one of the subjects is really hard for me personally as an artist…
Other wise, random doodles or my digital sketch book. I wish I had more focus and motivation, I would get soooo much more created, but most of the time I am in a state of perpetual BLAA…
Enjoy
Ryngs Rakune
”The less their ability, the more their conceit.”
- Ahad HaAm
”There is no escaping destiny.”
- David Carradine
Current Mood:  unfocused
Current Music: I have no idea what the hell I am listening to!
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05:06 am
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Lurmen… And random thoughts…
I am not a huge Star Wars Geek, a fan yes, but not an obsessive lightsaber wielding card carrying member (unlike ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) rikusho). I do watch all the movies, and cartoons. I especially like the art design of the Clone Wars series (Very Nice shape and texturing). That is where I was introduced to the Lurmen the 2 episodes fortunately played back to back that night it aired and for about 40 minute I smiled from ear to ear. I loved these guys! They were that thing missing from the Star Wars universe for me…
Thus, doodling in my digital sketch book = random sketch of a random Lurmen:
I other news, I am being fairly productive with out WoW in my life. The longings to play are not as bad as they were, I still have yet to remove the game from my computer; even though my account is closed. The urge now however, has manifested it self in other ways. Like I am dieing to play a druid in a Dice and Paper RPG. “MUST control trees! Heal nature! Run Wild, and kill transgressors of my wilderness!” but I digress…
@ 4:39am: I am fat… *Frown*
My Justifiers game I have been running (Book II of the old campaign I ran last summer), is going well. This past game session I gave the PCs an opportunity to gain access to Power Armor, and warned them this would most likely change the feel and direction of the game irrevocably. They went ahead and accepted the alternative path of Power Armor… I will say that the last game was more Epic then I have ever seen one of my Sci-Fi games get. It was like a Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Anima on crack! It was AWSOME! Missiles, Mechs, Piston Powered Warhammers, Chain Guns, Demons, and Daring/Courageous Players = DAMN… I am happy I allowed them to have power Armor.
@ 4:47am: I desire Dr. Pepper… *Frown*
Speaking of Star Wars, arlekin is trying out the Saga Edition Star Wars system, by running a random “Lets see what rules break under the pressure” game. The one quickly session we have had was most enjoyable, and the rules system very nice (It’s the basis for 4th ed D&D). If Wizards had kept that the way it was and not try to pile on all the extra CRAP, 4th ed would be a pleasant, simple, but flexible system. Oh well…
I am playing a Mon Calamari Jedi Padiwan, who is a bit snotty and views the universe in Civilized, and Uncivilized terms. In combat I avoid killing as much as possible, and fight defensively trying to intimidate or disarm, and then subdue my opponents. Plus, I made it look good *Big Grin*
@ 4:56am: I am bored…
I saw “Battle for Terra” today. It was really pretty, but the story was a bit choppy. It looks like the producer said, “Ok guys, we ran out of money, lets wrap it up.” Otherwise I enjoyed it, it is very much a Hippie movie. *Chuckle*
@ 5:00am: I just farted, and OMG is it rotten!...
Oh well, Enjoy *Grin*
Ryngs Rakune
“……”
- Best quote ever.
Current Mood:  Random
Current Music: "Sleeping Sun" by Nightwish
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10:25 pm
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The Fruits of my Efforts, and a heartfelt end…
After almost a month of work (1 week for the character sheet, 2.5 for the character portrait); it is done. I can now place Bearra on the shelf of Champions (God I am such a Geek). I did this to help me bring closure to my main character in the World of Warcraft (as mentioned in this post http://stickypawz.livejournal.com/71591.html
For your viewing pleasures all of the work I have done:
The Character Sheet (edited, the original is 29 pages long):
http://werevarmint.timduru.org/Art/Bearra/Bearra-20th-lvl.pdf
Bearra’s Closing Story:
After the fall of Naxxaramas and the death of Kel’Thuzad, ( Read more )
Before you roll your eyes at me over this much effort and the amount of cheese, my time in WoW was more then a mere video game. I read depth into everything I do, I immerse myself into the reality as much as possible (a side effect of decades of RPG gaming and my Shamanic background), this is why it’s so hard for me to quit. It’s like giving up on a life (or lives as the case maybe). My point is, for all of you who gave me sooo much shit about playing, and think this is all cheese and crap; it was important to me…
Anywho, Enjoy this minor fruit of my efforts.
Ryngs Rakune
“FOR OUR ANCESTORS!”
-Tuaren Cheer
Current Mood: At Peace
Current Music: "Legends of Azeroth" Main title of the World of Warcraft
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03:42 pm
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Craving…
Having a bit of a rough day with my WoW cravings. It’s raining, I am either at a difficult point or hung up in the few projects I am doing. So, I am both bored and frustrated. I have been wanting to play WoW all day. Ironically, it’s not my main character (Bearra) I want to play, I want to play my secondary Feral Druid (Borun).
I am finished with my conversation of my main character (Bearra) to dice & paper. It makes me sad tho, but it has helped a bit; it has made me focus on the short comings and limits of WoW. Bearra’s character sheet is huge; 25 pages long, and I could add more. I am happy with my self on the gear transfer, some pieces are overpowered (I am sure), but other pieces are under powered, so it balances. Been trying to draw the portrait to go with the character sheet, but had been having trouble with it. After half a dozen incomplete sketches I finally got a pose I like, but it still a thumbnail sketch /sigh…
However, I may paint this, and do it BIG. 22”x 28” or maybe 36”x 24”; then again, I may just color it in Photoshop. That is a ways off, I haven’t even started drawing the picture yet.
Random Photoshop/tablet doodle (Ignore the stupid crest thingy; "friends don't let artist smoke crack and draw"):
/sigh
Ryngs Rakune
”People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within.
-Ramona L. Anderson
Current Mood: gloomy
Current Music: "Digital Deceit" by After Forever
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04:24 am
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Closure…
It’s all about closure… Or the lack there of…
So, I have been analyzing my addiction to WoW. I have come to the conclusion that you strive in the game to attain something, finish a quest, or prove your self as the best, but when you get that soon after there is some thing else to attain. It never ends. There is no closure. I have a complete set of T-7.5 level gear, well now you can go for the T-8 level gear, then after you have that you can go for the T-8.5 gear. I have PvP 5000 kills, then 10,000, then 25,000, then 100,000. I have the “Elder” Title, now I can go for the “Conqueror” title, the “Bloodsail Admiral” title, the Chef title, and so on and so on…
Everything in the game is this way. There is no REAL end, no REAL closure, no REAL stopping. Its an endless (all be it enjoyable) time consuming tread mill of death, reward, and war!
Well, I came up with away to find closure and honor my achievement. When, I play in a D&D game (or any type of dice and paper) and the game ends or falls apart I write a brief story as to what happens to the character and then put them on “The Shelf of Champions” with all the other past characters that have seen action. This started with Lynn of the Black-Robes, a 13th level Dragonlance wizard of the order of the Black Robes. Once the GM (Game Master) could no longer run the game but was unwilling to actually sit down and run one last session to finish the story arch, I sat down with him over a beer and we came up with a fitting end for that characters career. In story alone…
After Lynn of the Black-Robes, I started doing that with all my characters. I still have that characters notebook some 13 years later…
Well, why not do that with my 2 main characters in WoW? I am going to write them up on Dice & Paper character sheets ( I have ALL the World of Warcraft RPG books), do some character art, write a closing story, and place them on “The Shelf of Champions”. This will give me closure, and will make my urges to keep playing weaker. I will have reached “The End”.
Thanks delphinios for letting me brainstorm in your ear while drunk.
Random PhotoShop Art (Inspired by the works of the most wonderful Roger Dean)
Ryngs Rakune
"Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending."
-Lazurus Long
Current Mood: relaxed
Current Music: "Touch the Light" by Scanner
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06:02 am
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Hello, I am Ryngs, and I have an addiction…
Hello, I am Ryngs, and I have an addiction… I am addicted to WoW. This is a serious condition and not a joke.
The definition of "addiction" is the state of being enslaved by something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (such as narcotics or gambling), to such an extent that to discontinue the habit or practice can lead to severe trauma. In other words, you love something so much that you have developed a habit of using it or playing it to such an extent that not doing so leaves you feeling cranky or nervous, and you are becoming disinterested in other areas of life.
Some experts believe World of Warcraft can be "addictive", and I have come to believe this as well. I made a post about 2 years ago about playing WoW and what I thought would happen here: http://stickypawz.livejournal.com/58643.html
Well, in spite of that knowledge of the self, I started playing in November 2007 as an escape from depression and disappointment. Ever sense I have been addicted. I have several times wanted to stop playing, but found it hard to stay away for long. Now, I really just want to stop playing…
It is really hard to do, I usually play 8-16 hours a day! I think about the game and what’s going on there all the time. What am I missing? How much Gold did I make in the Auction House today? OMG, my guild NEEDS me, I am there best healer and I can’t let them die!
So, I have started a 10 step WoW Addiction Program. It’s self administered (at least for now).
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I am up to Step 7. So, that is where I am at. WoW has affected my creativity, and my hobbies. Even my social life (This admittance will make Silver & Delphi happy). So, I have decided I want my life back.
After I post this I will be giving away all my gold and non-binding gear, and deactivating my account…
Random Photoshop Doodle:
Ryngs Rakune
“Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town.”
- George Carlin
Current Mood: blank
Current Music: "Starchild" by Wintersun
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10:43 pm
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What is your Fondest Dream?... Uh Oh.
Last week I went to a local favorite Chinese restaurant. At the end of the meal I received the customary fortune cookie, and preformed my ritual eating of one side of the cookie, reading the fortune and then eating the other side. The fortune I received kinda left me in a state of… Uh oh, and sad realization.
“With in the year you shall receive your fondest dream.” It simply read.
That is a wonderful fortune, or is it?... I realized at the moment, I don’t have a fondest dream (at least not one that can ever be attained in reality), in fact I have no dream, or goal, or ambition. I somewhere in the past 2-3 years have suffered so many disappointments, upheavals, and betrayals I have with drawn into my self, and kinda given up on people and life in general.
So, now that I am at the bottom of this dark hole in which I have placed my self, with no hope, and no dreams. That fortune cookie has caused me to look upward, and never have the stars in the night sky looked so bright or promising, because from my place up is all I can see. I am still left with a problem though… Of all those stars which are my fondest dream, which one do I reach for?
I have been moody and depressed this past week. As that one simple stupid fortune cookie has made me look at my self, and realize I have lost my direction and the ambition to chase after my dreams which I have discarded. In the emptiness I have convinced my self that I am happy, and fulfilled. Content maybe, but not truly happy or fulfilled.
So, the question lingers. If I could have any fondest dream what would it be?
Ryngs Rakune
".........."
- Silence
Current Location: Bottom of a hole.
Current Mood: Lost
Current Music: "Heaven Denies" by Demons & Wizards
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12:45 pm
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Some days are good some days not so much. So, we TRIED Eye of Eternity (EoE), and it was hard. We failed, but we learned from our failure. Before the run we were all told to go and watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYqJ-8FiXCI
We all were ordered to get Stamina Gear (Health in favor of Spell Power), we needed a minimum of 18,000 health. Before joining this guild I PUGed Vault of Archidon (VoA) both 10 man and 25 man as much as I could. In that time I got 3 sets of pants, a Teir 7 pair of Feral Drood pants [Valorous Dreamwalker Legguards], a Pair of Feral Drood Epic Pants, and a Pair of Arena Drood Pants… So, I thought…
I was going to don the [Valorous Dreamwalker Legguards], the Teir 7 pants. Dreading the loss of 105 pts of Spell Power, Spirit, and Intelligence. I looked in my bank for them, and in the process discovered that one of those sets of pants that I got from VoA weeks ago were [Hateful Gladiator's Kodohide Legguards], Restoration Pants! After getting so much feral gear, I must have been tired when these dropped and assumed they too were feral. These are better then what I was wearing (Once Gems were socketed). None-the-less I was pleasantly surprised. I am now wearing them all the time.
I still need to find some Stamina Gear with spell power. I have a few pieces, but when worn only have 17,900 Health (Unbuffed), I will probably have a leatherworker make a Set of [Polar Boots] and Socket them with +19 sp Red Gem, and a +9 sp/+8 Intelligence Orange Gem, and Get a +22 Stamina Enchant. That would about do it.
Ryngs Rakune
“…”
- No one improtant
Current Mood: calm
Current Music: NPR
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12:08 pm
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Lucrative Return to Naxxaramas *Sqeee!*
WARNING: WoW content.
So, went back to Naxx (10 man) last night with my new guild, and cleared it. It was not the smoothest run, we wiped on Heigan the Unclean (aka Mr. Ass-Hat) 4 times before we got him, and I died in the hall right after him in a bad place (I have 32%+ threat reduction, why then does everything target me even if I don’t Heal?!). The rest was hard but not so bad, Kel’Thuzad tested my endurance (he has 5 million health, and that is no joke). Mana only became an issue in the last 1 minute of the fight, when I ran out, I blew a mana potion and the Bag of Dicks (aka Kel’Thuzad) hit me with a mana drain and almost completely negated the potion… None the less 6 of the 10 raiders went down (including my self), when Kel was at .5% health, and the last four finished him off (just barely). The fight lasted between 10-15 minutes.
In the end I walked away with [Heroes' Dreamwalker Headpiece] and [Heroes'
Dreamwalker Handguards] *Sqeee!*
I also walked away with [Staff of the Plague Beast], which is for a Feral Druid, and Not a resto like me. No one wanted it, and they insisted I take it for an off set.
I now have 4 of the 5 pieces of the set, and now get the full set buff. It’s hard to believe I got this much gear from my first clearing of Naxx. I am the only Druid Healer in the guild, so I don't have much to compete with on gear, except on staffs, maces and jewerly (with the other Healer/spellcasters).
Hear is what I look like *Grin*
I really like my new guild, they are generous, and patient when I screw up, and I think other then my inexperience they like me, they gasp at my bonus heals which is the highest in the guild, at 2280 (self buffed).
So, now 3 other members of my old guild are now jumping ship and joining this guild; I call them Whores! *Chuckles*. Their recruitment will now signal enough to do 25 man raids. My old guild while small is apparently amazingly well geared in comparison to the members of the new guild. Which is surprising to me. I guess floundering in repeated Heroic instances and reaping all the gear drops for months has paid off.
Anywho, enjoy *Grin*
Ryngs Rakune
“Lets KEEL and HEAL!”
- Bearra’s war cry.
Current Mood: jubilant
Current Music: "Nostradomus" by Judas Priest
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11:32 am
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A Promising Start.
WARNING: WoW content.
Well, I joined the new Guild, got Ventrilo, and was pulled into a 10 man Naxx raid with in a few hours. We did the Military Quarter and most of the Construct Quarter. Everyone was really nice, and a little surprised (and possibly disappointed) that I was a guy (I play a Female Tauren). They kept calling me “My Lady” until I got my mic working on vent *Chuckle*, then they just called me Bear.
Other then the fact that I was a little clumsy and unfamiliar with the boss fights, I think everyone was pleased with my heals (I was consistently #1 on the Heal Meter, and never went below 60% mana). I definitely got favor points when a Healers mace drop that was a little better then mine, and I passed on it to let a guy who has been trying to get it for some time have it.
When it was all over I walked away with the [Heroes' Dreamwalker Robe] and the [Heroes' Dreamwalker Spaulders], I also was GIVEN 2 Abyss Crystals to help me get my chest piece enchanted with +10 Stats (which go for 200gp-400gp on the Auction House), and a guild mate did the Enchant for free, he wouldn’t take the 75gp tip I tried to give him. First raid and I already got 2 pieces of a raid set! The gear up grade gave me 7 more Healing Power, 10 more Haste, 10 more Mana regeneration, 226 more armor, 6 more Stamina and 49 more Spirit. In addition my Lifebloom spells cost 5% less mana now. I did lose .3% crit though and 7 Intelligence.
Being the only Tree in the guild has its advantages.
I am not sure how my old guildies feel about my move to this new raiding guild. They keep calling me a “Whore” though *Big Stoopid Grin*. I am sure they are cool with it, they are just going to rib me over it for a time.
Thanks for all the comments yesterday, they helped *Grin*
Ryngs Rakune
“I love playing a Tuaren all day long, and then go out and eat a big juicy Hamburger.”
- Bear
Current Mood: pleased
Current Music: www.gothicradio.net
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10:07 am
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WoW Deliemas…
Warning: WoW content.
So, I have a dilemma. I used to be a Balance Drood (A spell casting damage specialized type druid… I <3 Boomkin) and I was good at it. I respect to Restoration Drood (/cry I am a Tree!), because of a lack of healers. While I don’t enjoy it as much, I am apparently a Legendary Healer. I have 2263 bonus healing, and can sustain healing for as long as 7 minutes (possibly longer, never actually got to my limit, 7 minutes was the longest boss fight I have ever been in) without mana potions. Plus, I am willing to PUG (pick up group) almost any Heroic Dungeon, Raid or Heroic Raid. This has gotten me rather well known among many 80th lvls on my server. I am often sought out for healing, and sense I have respect I have gotten more gear then I ever did as a DPS (damage per second, balance drood).
The dilemma:
I have a small raiding guild paining for my membership. I am very flattered, and I have PUGed with some of the more active members before. The problem is they are very small, and only do 10 man raids and are working towards 25 man raids (aka Heroic Raids). They have a website, but it’s not up dated and hasn’t been in a very long time (so I can’t look at the raid schedule).
The good points are they seem to like me, they apparently NEED me, I know a few of them and they know me, and I would be the only Druid in their guild (so no gear loot competition). I would also be more or less starting at the beginning of this guilds raiding career (eventual seniority), they only cleared Naxxaramas this month for the first time.
I am currently geared for 25 man raids, and desperately desire to get in these. I have PUGed a 25 man Naxx raid and we cleared one quarter, and most of the plague quarter (wiped on last boss), I walked away with 2 of the 3 healer drops (the Lost Jewel (ring), and Swarm Bindings (bracers)), man that was awsome.
So what do I do?
Do I join the guild I know, or do I join a more organized larger (and unfamiliar) raiding guild that do weekly 25 man raids?
Input is sought *Grin*
Ryngs Rakune
“You Lied! You said you had a Body!”
- Boozie Gummi
Current Mood: mellow
Current Music: "Swords in the Wind" by Manowar
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07:50 am
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My WoW First…
I know it weird, as I have done or tried most of all the things you can do in WoW. Except Raids. Formerly, my main alt was a DPS (Damage Per Second) Druid, a Boomkin as they are called. I loved it, and was good at it; criting upwards 9000 pts of damage, and doing 4000 pts a sec! However, I could never get into raids, or heroic lvl instances (dungeon crawls) because DPS are a dime a dozen, even good ones are common.
So, after our main healer in our NARFA guild respecced from healer to tank, so knowing good healers are hard to come by, knew we weren’t going to get to do much, after much consideration and whining, I respecced Restoration Druid, immediately I started getting offers to do instances. Well, a few hours ago an offer came across the trade chat, “Need 2 Healers for 10 man Vault”. Well, I took a chance (not sure if I had the right stuff to heal for a raid).
IT WAS AWSOME! I am hooked!
It was easier then I thought, no one died, and there weren’t even any close calls. It was hard, but not as hard as some heroics I have done (never actually finished a heroic, they have all failed, ironically not because of me).Yes, I know it’s a short raid, with only one boss, but it’s still a raid!
I didn’t get anything from the drops; ironically everything that dropped was for Shamans and Priest, of which we had none in the raid group. The experience alone was well worth it, and for a pug group (group of strangers) everyone was nice and helpful.
I am getting much more confident as a Healer too. I was terrified the first instances we ran, then the first heroic, and was near hysteric when we did the raid. Why? Because, everyone is depending on you to keep them alive in the face of insurmountable odds, and when it all goes bad, everyone blames the healer(s) even if it wasn’t their fault.
It was a good day in WoW, got 2 good drops in the Daily Instance, a belt, and a trinket. Another bonus for being a healer is you usually get first pick when healer gear drops. As a DPS you have to roll for drops most of the time.
Anyhow, just needed to blab!
Ryngs Rakune
"I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white man would be coming into my neighborhood after dark."
-Dick Gregory
Current Mood: content
Current Music: "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi
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11:47 am
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SQUEEEE! Tauren Hunter! Christmas Present!
They say the best Christmas presents are the ones you give to others… Bah!
I only wanted one thing this Christmas and I had to get it for my self. Due to demand, and busy postal season, it was near impossible to get. Well, it showed up not 30 minutes ago, and that was “Korg Highmountian” Tauren Hunter. *SQUEEEE!*
The picture does it no justice, it is far more beautiful then this.
True, I play mainly druids (have one of each Spec; Balance (80th lvl), Feral (70th lvl), and Resto (40th lvl). I LOVES DROODS!), but I also mainly play Tauren (I have 3 druids, 2 Warrior, 1 Shaman, 1 Hunter). So, when I saw Series 3 had released a Tauren (and he is HUGE!), I had to have him. Now I do! *BIG STOOPID GRIN*
Ok I spazzed, all done now.
Ryngs Rakune
“What?! I was only going to set him on fire. I wasn’t going to hurt him…”
- Boozie Gummi (aka Ian)
Current Mood: giddy
Current Music: "Heros To Us" by Kalmah
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06:46 am
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It does not look good…
Well, things had been going to good for to long. Now it all falls apart… Well, my current roommate is moving out, and back to his home state.
So, I am once again looking for a new roommate by December 1st. This is not all that is going on, but this is the most urgent.
We had a beating this past weekend, and I got a cold the day before, so I couldn’t drink as much because of cold medicine, but I apparently over did it and spent the rest of the weekend in bed sick with fever, sore throat, and congestion. I even had to miss Nick’s D&D game on Sunday (not happy about that).
Fever broke yesterday, and I am feeling much better. A little depressed though, mainly because I am under a great deal of stress from many different sources, and I see no solution to them.
As a result of my roommate’s action, unless some miracle happens, I will not be able to go to MFF. *Blaa*
Oh well…
Ryngs Rakune
"The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities; we will then be a happy and a virtuous people."
- Mark Twain
Current Mood: anxious
Current Music: NPR
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08:19 pm
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Swift Flight Form…
Yes, I have been playing WoW lately. Not like used to, just a few hours a day, and some days not at all.
I have to spaz tho!
I have a 70th level Tauren Druid:
and 4 months ago I set out on the Quest chain to get my much sought after “Epic Flight Form”. I completed the chain, but the final part was to summon and kill Anzu the Raven God. This had to be done on Heroic setting (in other words Extremely Hard).
Actually the hardest part about this was just getting the group together. That is part of the reason I stopped playing, I got really disgusted with trying to get a group together. However we (Riku, April, and I) managed to find a Tank and secondary Tank/Healer (another Druid). I had to hire them for 125gp, and I gave each a Flask of Fortification (not a cheap potion, 40-50gp in value). We wiped more in that dungeon then I think I have ever wiped anywhere but the Battlegrounds. The Tank was awesome; I wish I could remember his name.
Long story short, finished the quest chain, killed the Anzu, and got my Swift Flight Form.
I am soooooo happy! *Sqeeeee!*
I know this isn’t a big deal for most of you, but I worked long and hard for this, and it is important to me *Grin*
FOR THE HORDE!
Ryngs Rakune
"Experience is a dear teacher, and only fools will learn from no other."
- Benjamin Franklin
Current Mood: giddy
Current Music: "Symphony of Life" by SPI-RITUAL
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