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    World of Warcraft TR Meeting

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    by jmgarvin ·

    Ok meeting time: Tuesday at 6pm PST (9pm EST, 8pm Central, and 7pm MST).

    So, the server will be Duskwood (PvE)…which will mean the noobs will have an easier time…

    The possible players

    1) jmgarvin – Cervisia
    2) stargazer – ???
    3) shellbot – ???
    4) Bill Detwiler – Keres
    5) Mark W. Kaelin – Elkwinkarma
    6) Brother Kaelin – Dozark
    7) jdclyde – razzor
    8) WDMail – Slydah
    9) FirstPeter – Alterthorn
    10) mike_hutton – Catervarii
    11) phil.stratton@ – Helmbreckt
    12) hkdtech – ???
    13) Jellimonsta – ???
    14) ddemoya@ – Bonky
    15) Deezone13 – Deezone or mojoman

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    • #3105271

      need to know about NAMES

      by jdclyde ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      In effect, what you are creating would in other games be called a “clan”, but I don’t know if that idea transfers into WoW or not. Does it?

      If it does, is there a naming convention we should be thinking about BEFORE we all create accounts and characters?

      What line of thinking do you follow for your naming? In D2, I have been using this as part of my venting process to redirect negative feelings for my ex-wife, by creating characters names “BuryHerAlive”, “MaimNquarterHer”, “BetRoffAlone”, (you get the picture.) I don’t think I will carry this naming convention over to Wow (for some reason). A new convention will need to be constructed to takes it’s place, and it should be one that fits in with the people of the Clan.

      What say you?

      • #3264313

        Clans = Guilds

        by wdmail ·

        In reply to need to know about NAMES

        A character can start a guild that others join. I think they have a limited time to populate it with people. Not sure the number….10 maybe.

        Upon entering the guild, you will have another chat tab specifically for that group.

        Typically, the guild is a group of people with similar goals in the game or just friends that want to be in the same “family”.

    • #3105193
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      Horde or Alliance?

      by Bill Detwiler ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      If we haven’t decided on a side, I cast my vote for Horde. I have never played a Horde character and would like to try an undead rouge.

      Thoughts?

      • #3264635

        Someone make a decision on this

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to Horde or Alliance?

        because I have a lot of reading to do on races and characters, and I would hate to read the wrong one!

        Having never done either, I have no preference one way or the other on this.

        Is this kind of like the difference between lawful-good and chaotic-evil?

        Does this also affect the types of quests you get?

        Oh yeah, I have read several references here and on-line about “tanks”. I assume this is a specific style of fighter, but what defines a tank?

        Another question. The experienced here should state what they are going to be, and then in turn guide the noobs to fill positions that are lacking to make a more rounded group.

        I don’t see a first character being a caster of any kind though, but I did see for skills of fighters, potions, armory, hunting and two others. how big of a deal is this?

        Will get to the store tomorrow to pick up the game.

        • #3264632

          Clarification and vote for Horde

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to Someone make a decision on this

          Neither side is really “good” or “bad.”

          Break down:
          Alliance:
          Night Elf – In tune with nature and quick on their feet…good with magic
          Human – Jack of all trades, good with swords and maces.
          Dwarf – Stocky and strong. Good with guns and axes
          Gnome – Pointless race…they all should die

          Horde:
          Tauren – Think Native American. They can stomp and stun bad guys. Good with two handed weapons and magic
          Orc – Strong and good with axes
          Undead – Better at resisting shadow damage…jack of all trades
          Trolls – Good with bows and can regenerate health.

          Tanks are usually warriors…an “off” tank is a Paladin or a shaman. A tank is any PC that can run into melee range and not die a quick and horrible death 😉

          As for class:
          I think I’ll make a Tauren Druid. That is a healer than can change form. If we don’t get a priest vote, I’ll make one of them 😉

          My name will be Cervisia.

          As for picking up trade skills, we should worry about that later.

          Sounds good!

    • #3264634

      gender and race

      by jdclyde ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      a few quick words on gender and race?

      on a lot of xbox fighter games, I often take the female characters because they are quicker and land in the hits before many of the more powerful characters can land a hit. Is that true for WoW, especially in the case of a fighter?

      race, bonuses and minuses for race? Just a few words of wisdom on general things to watch for. On-line is pretty general about a lot of that, and won’t have a book to read until tomorrow night after the install is done.

      Oh yeah, is there a limit to how many characters you can currently have at a time?

      • #3264494

        dang..

        by shellbot ·

        In reply to gender and race

        if we Horde i not get to be a cute pretty NightElf 🙁
        Ah well..i can be some hideous hag then i guess..

        i won’t be operational for another week or so..have to get the gear and scheduale in some time!
        keep asking questions JD, saves me from doing it 🙂

        • #3264433

          I know just enough

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to dang..

          to be a royal pain in the arse! 😀

          Years of D&D, and then Diablo2, give me an idea of what goes into the creation of a character. It is a matter of making the translation. If I was playing alone I would just freely make lots of mistakes and learn from them. When playing with others that will be depending on you to hold up your end, there is more pressure to do it right.

          I will want to make a mage, but want to get the “lay of the land” on how game play goes first.

          How does the time frame fit for you WAY over there Shell? I can see planning a weekend day as well so people from all over can make some of the sessions!

          I still play D2 a lot, because it is fun to try to come up with new combinations, but it is not nearly as flexable as this is, so I see this as a good change. Not to mention, garvin had me hooked on the idea ever since he said he is running it under linux. First step, get it running. Second step, create a linux desktop to also run it on. Gives me a direction for my linux desktop.

        • #3264315

          Mage – DPS and CC

          by wdmail ·

          In reply to I know just enough

          The mage is good for burst damage and CC (Crowd Control). VERY helpful in a group outing to be able to incapacitate 1 or 2 creatures.

        • #3285498

          time

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to I know just enough

          well..i not saying it gonna be easy to hook up with you guys..but i’ll manage once in a while..the odd weekend would be nice 🙂
          only other one i was really into was Quake..so it gonna take me a while to get the lay of the land as well..

        • #3285406

          Don’t worry lassie!

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to time

          For I will probably be on all the time on weekends! 😀 (evenings that is)

        • #3264317

          You’ll want to roll….

          by wdmail ·

          In reply to dang..

          …a female troll. :~)

          They are the most attractive female race on the Horde side.

        • #3285496

          attractive

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to You’ll want to roll….

          how does one rate the attractiveness of a Troll ?

        • #3285408

          Probably by

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to attractive

          the size of the rack? :0

          It was funny, over the weekend I played a game called City of Villans, and when you are designing your character, one option for the women was the size of said rack. Some dork somewhere probably has gotten all excited over the CG girls on-line. How sad….. :p

        • #3286667

          Most humanlike

          by wdmail ·

          In reply to attractive

          Toren – cow like appearance…literally. Kinda cuddly though. 🙂
          Undead – sections of flesh are missing. I try not to look at these very closely.
          Orc – Ehh…partially humanoid looks. Not terrible.
          Troll – They have the least distortion from human appearance.

          When you get to the screen to create a character, you can see what they all look like. Some classes are race dependant though. For example, only Toren’s can be a druid.

          I would read about the class before choosing a “skin”. Ultimately, you have to determine what sort of role in a group setting you’d like to play.

          Maybe another thread should be started discussing what classes are needed.

      • #3264464

        Answers

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to gender and race

        It doesn’t matter what gender you all, they are both the same.

        Races are pretty general…you mostly only have differences in basic starting weapons and some passive traits. There are some active traits like stomp for Tauren (stun the enemy for 2 sec) or stone form for dwarves (cleanse your body of all poison effect)…etc…However, it doesn’t make THAT much of a difference what race you are.

        You can (as far as I know) as many characters as you’d like. However, I think the cap is 5 per server…

        • #3264374

          I am surprised in part

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Answers

          that you don’t have your standard brute strenght vs speed trade-off for gender.

          I need to get the game tonight, and make a few practice characters just to go through the process. I am sure I will have more questions after making a few practice characters. I assume they are easy to delete if you choose to get rid of old characters?

          Question, how do we initially find each other? I assume there is some kind of friend list?

          I would think we would need to know what Key Keepers account is and center around that to get started?

          (sorry to be such a royal pain!) ;\

        • #3285635

          Deletion is easy

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to I am surprised in part

          Sure…You can just type:
          /friend

          That’ll add the toon to the friends list.

          I think we also added one? WDmail you in?

      • #3264293
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        Choose the class that fits your style and a name that fits the character

        by Bill Detwiler ·

        In reply to gender and race

        As jmgarvin stated, gender really doesn’t impact gameplay–only apperance. Each race’s passive traits can make that race more apt at a specific class (warrior, mage, warlock, rogue, priest, paladin, shaman, hunter, etc.). For example, Undead (Horde) and Gnomes (Alliance) make particullarly good warlocks. Each have passive traits that benefit a warlock. This doesn’t mean that you can’t be successful as a human warlock–my main is a human warlock.

        Web sites like Gamespot, Thottbot, and Allakhazam all have links to good character/class guides. You can also google yourself plenty of information.

        More important than race is class. Pick a style that fits the experience you want to have. Do you want to do small amounts of ranged damage while a pet “tanks” (does melee damage)? If so, a hunter or warlock are probably you class of choice. If you prefer to wade into content swords and axes swinging, then goes with a warrior. If you want to do lots of ranged or area of effect (AOE) damage a mage could be you best bet. And if you want to play a critical support role choose a priest.

        Just remember that each class has positives and negatives. Mages can cause a lot of spell damage but are useless in melee combat. I really comes down to personal choice.

        As for number of characters, you can have a maximum of 10 characters at any one time. I’m not sure if there’s a limit on any one given server.

        As for names, I always like choosing a name that fits the character. For example, my warlock is named Maero–Latin for sorrow. My paladin is named Thaddeaus–Latin for courageous.

    • #3264410

      8 pm Central???

      by stargazerr ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Thats like 2 AM UK time … I think. The summer time correction has left me confused ~Scratches Head~

      ]:)

      • #3264378

        You? Confused?

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to 8 pm Central???

        That hasn’t happened sence the last time! :p

        http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

        This site will help you with your conversions my dear, and based on Englands time zone, your 2am looks correct.

        ——————————————
        At the specified time, local time in London is 6 hours ahead of Chicago
        Chicago (U.S.A. – Illinois) Monday, April 10, 2006 at 8:00:00 PM [b]UTC-5 hours CDT[/b]
        London (U.K. – England) Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 2:00:00 AM [b]UTC+1 hour BST[/b]

      • #3285632

        hmmmm…Our friends across the pond

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to 8 pm Central???

        Maybe we can schedule a weekend day that would work out as well?

        • #3103722

          I play horde and alliance

          by jason.hart ·

          In reply to hmmmm…Our friends across the pond

          lvl 60 druid on Silvermoon
          lvl 18 horde also on silvermoon

          and I have a lvl 1 on the Role Playing ADawn server

          I am in Germany (uing the US servers however as I am from the US)

      • #3285526

        jm and jd

        by stargazerr ·

        In reply to 8 pm Central???

        WAAAAAHHH !!!! :_|

        Thanks for the link jd. jm, Your idea to move it to a weekend is brilliant … 😀

        ]:)

    • #3264311

      Hahaha….love it!!

      by wdmail ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      I certainly didn’t expect to find a discussion regarding WoW here.

      WoW is my current diversion. Used to be SWG. Judging from the OPs avatar, he’s probably been there.

      What are the requisites for joining you guys on Duskwood?

      Have you considered a PvP server? You can avoid PvP through about level 25, by staying in “Horde Territory”. It adds a lot more excitement to the game, and wouldn’t be much of an issue when traveling in a group.

      • #3285631

        For the noobs, we’ll start with PvE

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to Hahaha….love it!!

        WoW can be a little intimidating your first character out (esp if you’ve never played a MMO).

        You are free to join us! We are just trying to get a TR group together 😉

        • #3285442

          Jm, you going to register the guild?

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to For the noobs, we’ll start with PvE

          I assume it will have a TR on it somewhere?

        • #3285369

          I sure will

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to Jm, you going to register the guild?

          I’ll register the guild name and try to get everything set. I’ll shoot for the guild name TR, but if not it will be TR Guild.

          I hope to have some time a little earlier to make a toon, but we’ll see.

    • #3285634

      My toon

      by jmgarvin ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      I think I’ll make a Tauren Druid. That is a healer than can change form.

      My name will be Cervisia.

      • #3285624
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        Undead rogue

        by Bill Detwiler ·

        In reply to My toon

        I’ve been wanting to try an undead character and a rogue. This is the perfect time to try both.

      • #3286559

        My toon

        by wdmail ·

        In reply to My toon

        Slydah – Orc Shaman

        Hopefully, we’ll get a priest and mage in here.

    • #3285607

      Meeting and names

      by Mark W. Kaelin ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      First, I think we can safely say any member on TechRepublic is welcome. And just about anyone beyond TechRepublic too.

      Second, once you know someone’s name you can add them to your friends list – that way you’ll know who is on. We’ll have to make it to a capitol city to form the guild. A guild gets its own chat channel – where we can talk amongst ourselves.

      It’s 10 characters per server – I encourage experimenting – I like the Warlock so that is what I’ll be. My brother is a Hunter – his best character choice.

      Look for:

      Elkwinkarma – Undead Warlock
      Dozark – Orc Hunter

      See you in game.

      • #3285429

        Got live last night

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to Meeting and names

        razzor, a big furry brute of a fighter! 😀

        I just ran around and bumped into a lot of walls.

        Friend list, that goes by ACCOUNT name, not character name, right?

        You guessed it, my account name is jdclyde.

        From reading up on exp distribution, are we all going to start with new characters for this so the high lvl characters don’t suck up most of the exp?

        Question. Found a shield and it said I couldn’t use this yet. I tried right-clicking on the shield to try to see what it is that is required to use, but didn’t see anything. How do I determine what the requirements are?

        I also have yet to find the dude to sell things too so I can get some gold, and get a second backpack or two. It is full of eggs, feathers and claws. If they are available to loot off bodies, I assume you can use or sell them?

        Also, will we be using the “round-robin” loot method?

        • #3285376
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          Friends list and looting

          by Bill Detwiler ·

          In reply to Got live last night

          Your friends list will key off each character’s name–as the same account could have multiple characters.

          It will take you a while to get even a single gold coin–unless someone sends you one. You’ll still be earning silver until your 40s and 50s for missions, however you can easily make more money be selling stuff in a capital city auction house (AH) or to vendors (NPCs who sell stuff). Vendors will always give you much less than you can get at the AH, but not all items, particullarly low-lvl ites, will sell in the AH.

          Looting is only an issue in groups. Most looting is set to uncommon–if I remember correctly. Anyone can loot common items on a round robin basis. If a blue item comes up the members of the party must roll for the item. The game randomly generates a number of each character and the item goes to the character with the highest roll (1-100). Once you get into a group the group leader will configure and alert the other group members to the looting rules for that group.

        • #3285375

          Some answers

          by Mark W. Kaelin ·

          In reply to Got live last night

          Friends is populated by character names – add Elkwinkarma to it and you’ll see me next time we are on at the same time.

          We are starting with new characters – my brother (Dozark) and I have started our characters a little early so we can show you guys around – you’ll level up in no time and then we can group.

          I assume since you are fury, you are a Tauren. Look for the general goods vendor – you can sell to her. She’s in the initial camp.

          More bags are diserable, but not easy to come by until later. Elkwinkarma is a tailor – I hope to be making bags for the guild soon.

        • #3285374
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          Item Attributes

          by Bill Detwiler ·

          In reply to Got live last night

          Left-clicking and item will usually display the item’s attributes–including the level requirement.

        • #3285363

          Looting Low down

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to Got live last night

          Ok, so you typically work round robin. Money is always shared equally (the game rounds up usually). If there is only 1 copper, then EVERYONE gets 1 copper.

          For items that are green, blue, purple, or orange, you have to roll.

          There is need: I need this item and I could use it.
          There is greed: I might need this item, but someone else might need it
          There is pass: I don’t need or want this item

          It is considered good form to pass on all bind on equip items. Then roll for the BoP item after everyone has passed. The reasoning behind this is that people can (and sometimes do) abuse the need/greed system…

          The friends list goes by character name…

          The shield, on mouse over, should have a list of stats on it, including level. Some character classes can’t use shields and some races have to train in shields. You’ll have to find a major city (Ogrimmar or the Undercity) and find a weapons trainer.

        • #3286575

          Reply To: World of Warcraft TR Meeting

          by bschmidt ·

          In reply to Got live last night

          I don’t know much about how the Horde world works but I assume it’s pretty much the same as Alliance in early-game terms.

          When you mouse over an item it’ll show the characteristics of taht item. Anything that will keep you from using that item will show up in red (i.e. Requires level 10).

          Loot everything possible if you’re alone. Items with names in gray are for selling at a vendor (eggs, claws, etc.) You probably won’t be able to use them. Keep only items you can use, sell everything else. Keep any item with its name in green — if you can’t use it, sell it on the auction house. I usually take items and search them on the auction house and undercut the price 5%-10% for buyout. By the time you come across blue items you’ll probably have a feel for what’s going on.

          You can only have 1 backpack, the rest of the slots are for bags. You’ll want to have an account at a bank too, you’ll be surprised how fast the bags fill up.

          Being a fighter, you’ll want probably spirit and stamina items. Attack power is always good. (again this probably won’t be a point until you’re level 10 or so.)

          QUEST QUEST QUEST. Do every quest you come across until you’re level 25 at least. No matter how stupid they are, they give XP. After level 10 you get Talent Points for each level. I’ve only played rogue so I don’t know fighter points but align them with however you want your character to be played in the long run. You can “respec” or change them around, but it costs a lot of money.

          I’d join up but I’m busy trying to get my character on Nath server higher lvl.

        • #3286541
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          My Undead Rouge – Keres

          by Bill Detwiler ·

          In reply to Got live last night

          Never played a rouge–lets see how I do.

        • #3105581

          New vs. Experienced

          by firstpeter ·

          In reply to Got live last night

          I’m on board – if someone wants to look out for “Alterthorn” that’s me – a 32 Tauren Shaman. Love to join – just have a horrible memory that precludes me remembering to check TR for a list of folks before I start playing. 🙂

          It would probably help to have a couple of high levels in the guild to help with some of the sticky spots; I know my Alliance guild (Suicidal Warriors) has that, so if you’re particularly stumped by a quest you can have a 60 jump in and help or guide you through ugly spots to get to new flight paths (without dying 14 times). Not crutches for everything, but useful from time to time.

        • #3105010

          i tried, but can’t find you

          by ddemoya-gmail ·

          In reply to New vs. Experienced

          I tried adding you, but it said ‘couldn’t be found’

        • #3104963
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          Strange–What’s your character name?

          by Bill Detwiler ·

          In reply to i tried, but can’t find you

          That’s odd. What’s your character name? I’ll try adding you to my friends list the next time I’m on. I’ll then whisper you and you can add me to your friends list by clicking by name in the chat window–I think you can do that.

        • #3104959

          Bonky

          by ddemoya-gmail ·

          In reply to Strange–What’s your character name?

          bonky would be me

    • #3286668

      One more noob for the team.

      by wingedmonkey ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      I’m a double noob actually, to both WoW and TR. I am not yet a consistently contributing member of TR, though over the last few months as I have been reading the boards, I often played one in my mind. Hargh!

      In Brief-
      39 year old U.S. Navy Retiree.
      4 kids ages 5 through 13 that call me Dad. Three much older stepsons from previous marriage that I will occasionally ramble on about.
      30 years D&D experience,-Oh no, not the three little books stories…,
      Played NeverWinter Nights, Diablo 2, COH/COV and yes JD, all my female characters are gravity defying, chest centric. To paraphrase the PVP online comic, if your going to stare at a toon for 3-6 hours a night, it might as well be pleasent to look at.
      I just upgraded my video card so my son could play D&D online. We both find the solo game play to be tedious and dissapointing, but if you have a headset and great group to play with then its one of the best gaming experiences we have had in years. Makes for a slow day if no one is teaming.
      Oh yeah, and Oblivion. For when I have the pager and need to break frequently to remote into work.
      I’m pretty pscyhed about WoW. The game has been given a lot of attention by PVP, Penny Arcade, ctr-alt-del and even the author of Nodwick.- ((More online comics.))

      I want to Play! And my toon will be a girl, a hottie girl! With really big, erghmmm, weapons and shield. I would like to play an undead Mage after I learn the game some, develop hotkeys and have memorized my spell list such that not even a six pack of Guiness will hinder my rain of fire and destruction upon the enemy.
      Just kidding, I really drink Michelob Ultra or Coors Light, whichever is on sale. I’m to cheap for Guiness. Probaly not even spelling it right.

      • #3075430

        Winged Monkey

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to One more noob for the team.

        have you taken flight yet? 😀

        Down near the end of the discussion I am getting a list of all names so we will be able to find each other (maybe).

        Looking forward to your big…weapons….. :0

        • #3287307

          No weapons to be found

          by wingedmonkey ·

          In reply to Winged Monkey

          Hey JD,
          It took me a couple days to get through the bugs and finish the set up but i finally got some game time in today.
          I don’t think I will be playing a Hot babe toon unitl the Bloodelves are out. Of the four choices, I found myself strangely drawn to the female Taurans…., Hey beer does funny things eh?
          If you ever do go back to COV, I can hook you up on the Justice server with a good amount of Infamy. Enough to keep your Enhancements in the Green up through level 20.

          My game time is going to be sporadic this weekend. I should be more settled into a routine come next Wednesday. My son wants some equal game time, and he is playing Alliance…, I haven not disowned him, no yet..,

    • #3286520

      Missing in Action

      by Mark W. Kaelin ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      It’s just about midnight on Tuesday. Keres (Bill), Dozark (Tony), and Elkwinkarma (me) were on and leveling characters.

      I looked for Cervisia (jmgarvin) but didn’t see him.

      If you have a character on Duskwood – add the name to the list so we can find each other in game.

      Elkwinkarma made it to 10 and is all set to quest for his Voidwalker. 😉

      • #3286374

        Must have missed you

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to Missing in Action

        I was late getting on because I had a last minute call that someone wanted to view my house today (selling house for divorce…)

        Being at the FRONT of the time zone, I had hoped that people would still be on at 10:30 EST.

        I tried to /W cervista, dozark, and elkwinkarma, but got no response. 🙁

        might have already been off, or I didn’t do it right. poor me. got up to lvl 4 just putzing around for a bit, but never did find the guy in the hills…… (no, I don’t remember his name).

        I did see I am not proficienct to wear anything but cloth or leather, so that is what is stopping me from wearing mail. Have to find out where I get that from. Tried asking last night, but didn’t get much help from people on last night.

        Oh yeah, how common is it that you get put into a cue to join a world? It took me about 10 minutes in a cue before I could get into the game.

        • #3286354

          Sorry we missed you

          by Mark W. Kaelin ·

          In reply to Must have missed you

          Sorry we couldn’t hook up JD.

          Add those names to your friends list and you’ll be able to see if we are actually online. BTW what is your character’s name?

          The guy in the hills is directly south of the villiage you were born in. I believe there is a windmill or well next to him, and perhaps a tent.

          Waiting to get on is annoying, but it happens – success means crowds.

      • #3075530

        MIA due to PITA

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to Missing in Action

        The meatworld got in the way. I hate it when that happens. I’ll be leveling late tonight and looking for folks 😉 On that note:

      • #3075505

        On earlier, but…

        by wdmail ·

        In reply to Missing in Action

        …kept getting booted out.

        I thought it was just a random glitch. Turns out many servers were having trouble with the Kalimador side.

        I’ll try again tonight.

    • #3075574

      Hey is it too late.

      by mike_1939 ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Just saw these posting concerning WOW. Is it too late to get involved? I know it has been a few days.

      Thanks

      • #3075565

        My understanding is no

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to Hey is it too late.

        as this should turn into a running “thing”, and I am sure we have not hit the guild max yet.

      • #3075559
        Avatar photo

        Not too late at all

        by Bill Detwiler ·

        In reply to Hey is it too late.

        You’re welcome to join at any time. Let us know your character name once you’re up and running.

      • #3075545

        The more the merrier

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to Hey is it too late.

        You are more than welcome. Just let us know your character name so we can find you in game.

      • #3075453

        We are on Duskwood Correct?

        by mike_1939 ·

        In reply to Hey is it too late.

        I will start a new toon tonight on Duskwood. Did it ever get decided if we were going Horde or Allinance?

        Thanks

      • #3075354

        For the Horde!

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to Hey is it too late.

        It’ll take us all to take out Stormwind! Join us!!

        😉

        Ok, we won’t be attacking a major city any time soon, but it’s nice to know it’s an option 😉

        Join us on the Duskwood server…

    • #3075544

      When are you going to tell them about Leeroy Jenkins?

      by mickster269 ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Or all the fun(ny) movies out there?

      While I don’t play WoW, I do enjoy the takeoffs an Vids that spring from it.

    • #3075540

      Thread just for names

      by jdclyde ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      If we can get everyone to list their name in this one thread, it will be easier to find everyone.
      [b]
      razzor
      fighter
      level 4

      Experience level with WoW – noob, with two daze of playing.
      Supporting experience – D&D, Diablo2, other role playing / character developing games, both on the pc and on paper.

      • #3075529

        My name

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to Thread just for names

        Cervisia, Tauren, Druid, level 5???

      • #3075508

        Shaman

        by wdmail ·

        In reply to Thread just for names

        Slydah – Orc Shaman – Level 1

      • #3075501

        Names I can remember

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to Thread just for names

        Elkwinkarma – Warlock – 10
        Luminousflux – Priest – 6
        Newkirkmaal – Warrior – 4

        There are a few others, but the Warlock is my fav.

      • #3103630

        Started Toon (Name)

        by mike_1939 ·

        In reply to Thread just for names

        Started my toon last night and leveled up some:

        Catervarii – Undead – Warrior – Level 5

      • #3105745

        May I join?

        by hkdtech ·

        In reply to Thread just for names

        I know this has been asked already and answered for someone else…I just wanted to ask because I’m a noob to the TR forums.

        I have other toons on another server but would like to make a toon to join the TR guild.

        I understand the server is Duskwood and we are making Horde.

        If it’s alright to join, here will be my specs (making the toon tonight):

        Name: [b]Dyggen[/b]
        Race: Orc
        Class: Hunter
        Professions I plan on: Mining & Engineering
        Secondary skills: Cooking & Fishing

        PS: BTW, has a guild been setup yet? Name of guild?

        Also, I have and run a Ventrilo server, but only allows up to 8 connections at once.

        • #3105714

          You can join! Anyone can!

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to May I join?

          I haven’t set up the guild for two reasons:

          1) My level 11 toon just doesn’t have the cash 😉 If there is someone who could donate a couple of silver, that would be awesome! I only need 10s, but between training and getting up to speed on my professions, I’m a little short (still). If someone doesn’t mind making a small donation (2-3s) I’ll get the charter and get the guild started.

          2) I’d like to be on when I can get the sigs from everyone. Just add me to your friends list (cervisia) and I’ll stop by and have you sign.

          I should be questing near the XR pretty soon, so that seems like it will be a good centralized meeting place.

          It seems like most people are 10+ now, which will make life easy.

        • #3105516

          Glad to donate

          by hkdtech ·

          In reply to You can join! Anyone can!

          I would be glad to donate some silver to help create the guild. I’m doing skinning and mining to make some good money and to help supply others with materials they might need for their professions in-game.

          My toon name is Dyggen and I’m on usually from 8pm to whenever Pacific time (I’m in Arizona).

      • #3287323

        New Player

        by ddemoya-gmail ·

        In reply to Thread just for names

        Hello everyone. I’m a TR newbie, but I played WOW way too much last year (lvl 60 druid among others). Since I’ve not played for so long, I’m pretty much a newbie at WOW again. My new Tauren is named bonky, and is a lvl 2 Warrior ATM.

        • #3287278

          Welcome!

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to New Player

          Boy, this is really growing! I’m quite excited!

      • #3287309

        Virulentdiva

        by wingedmonkey ·

        In reply to Thread just for names

        Troll Warrior,
        Level 3- Would have been higher but my kids have expectations fo being fed tonight.

        • #3287275

          Gah, the meat world

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to Virulentdiva

          It needs to go away…I need to kill prowlers 😉

        • #3287208

          kids?

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to Virulentdiva

          haha..at least kids can fend for themselves a lot..now the man is another story..
          he’s already voiced concerns that once i get into the game he still better get fed!!

      • #3287185

        Hunter

        by phil.stratton ·

        In reply to Thread just for names

        I have an Orc Hunter – Helmbreckt

      • #3104295

        Argentfury the Hunter, 7th Gun

        by mmathat ·

        In reply to Thread just for names

        I have been playing fairly regularly. While I have never played a Tauren before and only an Undead Mage to 16th (hence my bias against the Undercity… that place needs roadmaps!), I feel confident in playing in the Horde Zones.

        It will be hard not being able to use the Deadmines for the easy acquisition of Linen, Wool & Silks. To say nothing of the amazing volume of green items that drop! But I have heard that the Wailing Caverns have similar levels of gear and quests.

        I am looking forward to the challenge.

        On a side note:
        PEOPLE, please DO NOT feed the gold farmers! I know the temptation and I have avoided it. I traded for 3gold on Duskwood for 8gold on Bloodhoof. I know how hard it is to get started but as a quild we will overcome this!

        I have started with Herbalism and Skinning. Both items are good sellers in the bazaar and when I acquire sufficient cash I will begin to develop my Alchemy.
        Also, thank you for the Linen Bags! As soon as I get to where I can make healing potions I will begin to distribute them.

        FINALLY: I would suggest that EVERYBODY look at some of the User Interfaces out there…
        Here is just one of the good URLS:
        (http://ui.worldofwar.net/)

        • #3104279

          A cosmos fan here

          by Mark W. Kaelin ·

          In reply to Argentfury the Hunter, 7th Gun

          I hestitated to mention the possible modifications you can do in WoW. I don’t want to confuse the unniniated.

          Personally, I use Cosmos but I have much of it turned off – too much trouble to get it fixed working again after a patch.

    • #3075528

      Weekend meeting

      by jmgarvin ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      I thought it would be nice to have a weekend meeting. I work Saturdays from 11:30am until 5pmish MST.

      I’m up for Saturday evening or Sunday afternoon…

      • #3075504

        Easter obligations

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to Weekend meeting

        I have family Easter obligations on Saturday, but Sunday afternoon is a possibility.

        • #3075470

          Sunday afternoon is good

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Easter obligations

          My boys go back to their female parental units love shack at 3pm instead of the normal 6pm due to day trades for their birthdays.

          I will probably be on at that time, unless it is nice and then I will be golfing instead and gaming after the round.

        • #3103694

          tonight is the night ;)

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to Sunday afternoon is good

          ok..on way home from work gonna go buy my gear and hopefully get it set up..so with any luck i’ll maybe get online tonight..but i’ll most likely be on sunday (late night ireland, so late afternoon, evening for you’s way over in the new world)
          in regards to eh..weapon size..i’ll be the one in a back brace 🙂

        • #3103594

          DISASTER

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to Sunday afternoon is good

          i can’t get it..in Dublin i cannot get it..its all sold out..everywhere..
          *sob*
          do i order from Amazon and wait a week..or do i make a special trip into Dublin monday to check the one place that says they “might” be getting a shipment monday morning?

          as i am on a 4 day weekend i was loking forward to having the time to set it all up and dive in..

          *i’m sad now*

        • #3287204

          crisis averted

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to DISASTER

          got it..installing as i type!

    • #3075404

      I’ve never played but…

      by m_a_r_k ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      …this might be fun. I’ve never had the patience to learn how to play computer games or video games. What’s the Warcraft learning curve like? I just now checked the WoW web site. Do you really need a 3D graphics card to play? I gotta check and see what kind of graphics card I have. I only remember that when I had my PC built, the guy gave me an upgraded card b/c the one I wanted wasn’t in stock. Seems like he mentioned something about gaming-something-or-other when he gave it to me. Me not being a gaming kind of guy, I just thought, “Yeah, whatever” and went on my merry way.

      • #3075355

        Ya you need a “modern” 3d card

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to I’ve never played but…

        Specs you probably should have
        128 MB Video card (Geforce 5*** or ATI 9***)
        512 MB Memory (256 works, but you’ll have LONG load times)
        1.2ghz proc

        That should do it!

    • #3075349

      DENIED!!!

      by wingedmonkey ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Well what are the chances of that kind of timing?
      I got the game up and loaded, but seems the account management, including making of new ones is temporarily nerfed while they fix things with the authentication server. Geuss I should have loaded yesterday..,

      Also interesting that they are trying to put the Goldfarmers out of buisness, closing thousands of accounts and such.
      But you can still purchase items, gold and characters through their official clearing house,, or not, was that Everquest?

      Did anyone notice the adds that pop up at the bottom of the forum here for buying gold, “All Servers open 24/7” and “Free Powerleveling?”

      Personaly, I want the challenge, second, I want an EPIC PET! Quick, where is my visa before it is to late? Hey look for 20 bucks we can buy a guide that promises we will never have to buy gold from a gold farmer again..,,

      Rant is nearly over,
      I have a character I have played since 1995 in one form or another, “GrugSeargent JokTet,” a goblinoid scrap fighter and hunter/devourer of Elves. I just read that he would be an illegal character because of the word, “Seargent,” in his name.
      I can adapt and expand my horizons,
      Once the authenticator is up again,
      GorMeister Bunny will live. Yes, she will.

      • #3075331

        Patch Day can be iffy

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to DENIED!!!

        Whenever they issue a patch it seems some glitch shows up that requires a server patch on their end.

        I know it must be a complicated process, but it sure is frustrating. I’m trying to log in now, but it doesn’t look promising.

        • #3075328

          Today was NOT a good day!

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to Patch Day can be iffy

          The server just went away…Thunder Bluff just disappeared and I was suddenly dead…Then I was kicked off.

          So, moral of the story: Patch days SUCKS! At least this fixes (I think) most of the bugs in 1.10!

        • #3075297

          Aghhh Patch Day..,

          by wingedmonkey ·

          In reply to Today was NOT a good day!

          Well,,,
          At least the cover Art on the Blizzard Catalog that came in the game box is enjoyable to look at.

        • #3103566

          patch download two daze in a row

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Patch Day can be iffy

          hope tonight isn’t a third!

          I also seem to take a long time to authenticate at times. hope that is just because of the server work they have been doing. At least they are working on improving things! I can live with downtime if it is because they are trying to make things better, instead of just being broke all the time.

        • #3105807

          Sun on the horizon

          by Mark W. Kaelin ·

          In reply to patch download two daze in a row

          The have announed a completely new authentication and login system is coming soon – the current one has been problematic for them since the beginning.

          Fingers crossed! 😉

        • #3105715

          The authentication things was due to patch issues

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to patch download two daze in a row

          I think that is resloved.

          If you keep having to patch, run the BNetupdater.exe manually. This should hook you up to the correct patch and make you current.

          I say this because sometimes the game doesn’t auto update via the updater…I don’t know why.

    • #3103720

      Teamspeak or Vent servers

      by jason.hart ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Know of a good TeamSpeak or Vent Server to use. I have my own but limited Bandwidth and even people that dont like talking can at least be heard heh … was just curio

      • #3103624
        Avatar photo

        A Vent server would be nice

        by Bill Detwiler ·

        In reply to Teamspeak or Vent servers

        Ventrilo is great for communicating during the heat of combat, particullarly during instance runs. We don’t have one yet–might be able to set one up on our test network. Unless someone else already has one.

        • #3105736

          I don’t have the upstream

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to A Vent server would be nice

          I love vent (although it is wonky on my install, but I think that is my own stupidity rather than actual Vent problems)

          If I had the upstream I’d do it…It would be awesome to have a good vent server going.

          I second the motion!

    • #3103561

      trouble in paradise

      by jdclyde ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      system is acting up. thought it was video card because it would only reboot on me while playing high end games. replaced video, but still crashing.

      will be replacing power supply tonight, and inspecting the MB to see if it is acting up. (was informed early AMD systems had this as a common problem, giving this symptom)

      When/If I finally catch up with everyone, if I just disapear, that is why….. 🙁

      • #3103556

        I think I know the answer….

        by jellimonsta ·

        In reply to trouble in paradise

        but I am going to ask the question anyway.

        You do not have your system to auto-reboot on stop errors do you? I know you have offered this answer in Tech Q&A, so I imagine you do not, but the only stupid question is the one not asked, so I did.

        Any chance you can take a look at RAM? Did you add the additional 512MB? If so, can you remove it and see if the problem is still evident, or maybe take out the original stick?

        Hey, wait a minute…..
        I am sorry, this question is more suited for Tech Q&A, please post in that section for a more timely resolution! :p :p

        • #3105785

          never made it as a tq&a

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to I think I know the answer….

          my big thing was to see what people are doing to troubleshoot hardware.

          It was more of an example of ONE of the problems I am tryint to resolve, and people jumped on it! 😀 (got to love TR!)

          I will be trying the ideas and will make an honest tq&a if it isn’t resolved.

          ——————————

          No, I never upgraded the memory yet. There is a single 512 right now. No, I don’t have any other pc2100 ram around to swap it out with.
          It has been doing this for a while.
          System does auto boot, but never looked if “on stop errors”. Will check.

          Got a bud going to lend me a 1900 cpu and a mother board so I can swap that stuff out one at a time. If he remembers to bring it tomorrow, I should have this resolved by the play on Sunday! B-)

        • #3105779

          B-)

          by jellimonsta ·

          In reply to never made it as a tq&a

          It’s cool. B-) I was just kidding about the TQ&A.

          Hope you figure it out, it would suck for you to get this thing rolling and then not be able to play! X-(

          I don’t play games any more, otherwise I would probably join in. Plus, I don’t have the spare corn for the subscription fee anyway. Stupid family and their need for food! :p

        • #3287687

          got new parts today! :D

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to B-)

          a bud set me up with three MB’s and CPU’s, so I can start swaping out parts to fix this system AND make a second system for my boys to play whatever while I am on Wow!

          My system should be stable by tomorrow!

        • #3287686

          got new parts today! :D

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to B-)

          a bud set me up with three MB’s and CPU’s, so I can start swaping out parts to fix this system AND make a second system for my boys to play whatever while I am on Wow!

          My system should be stable by tomorrow!

          Oh, I had to tell the boys they get dogfood stew twice a week so I can play this! ;\

        • #3287664

          Mmmm…..

          by jellimonsta ·

          In reply to got new parts today! :D

          Dog food, the MAIN reason a dog licks is a$$ after it eats! 😀

          Oh well, I imagine they will think it is worth it so they can still play games while you are online. They can even play LAN party @ home! :p

        • #3287198

          yummers

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to got new parts today! :D

          sounds tasty jd 🙂

        • #3105099

          Struck down again…..

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to got new parts today! :D

          Got the pile of parts and started swapping.

          Did the power supply, no deals.
          Had already done video.
          Did the CPU, no deals.

          Swap out MB, and find only one of the three is compatable (one is even INTEL, what was he thinking?). Asus board, but not labeled well. After much digging through the manual, I FINALLY got it connected to the case cables, so it would turn on. Of course it won’t boot, even in safe mode. Figure because of chipset.

          Put new drive in to load XP from scratch. It copies everything to hard drive for install, and then bombs out. (love winblows!)

          It comes back to the point of installing, and won’t get past that.

          I am so depressed. This is going to seriously affect my ability to join up for a bit. Getting ready to put old system back together, because it was better than nothing, until I can just buy a NEW MB/CPU/RAM. grrrr.

          (aw man, speaking of dog food, I have GOT to change what the dog is getting! she is letting BAD ones go, and it is time to move to a different room! bad dog! baaaad dog!)

        • #3105015

          OMG

          by ddemoya-gmail ·

          In reply to Struck down again…..

          Which is worse, dog farts, Windows?? I love dogs, but I only cuss at Windows these days.

      • #3271310

        What is left to replace?

        by wingedmonkey ·

        In reply to trouble in paradise

        Hi JD

        I have been reading your posts on your rebuild issues. Though not with such scutiny and retention that I would be able to answer my own question.

        What parts do you still need to swap through to make your PC WOW compatible? Memory? Video Card? NetCard?
        I could probally trade off a couple of my older, been sitting in storage for at least two years, PCs for a new motherboard or some other component with the guys from work.

        Don’t make me go Amazon.com on you.

    • #3103550

      Played a bit last night

      by wdmail ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Played until I agroed the wife. About 1/2 way through level 9.

      Tried dropping an Earthbind totem and escaping, but had to rez.

      Kinda figures though. She’s ?? Elite. 🙂

      • #3105806

        Beware of wife agro

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to Played a bit last night

        I’ve gotten wife agro from someone else’s wife before – it’s not pretty. ]:)

      • #3105805
        Avatar photo

        Daughter as tank doesn’t work either

        by Bill Detwiler ·

        In reply to Played a bit last night

        I’ve tried on a few occassions to send my daughter in and let her tank my wife for agro, but it never works. 😉

        • #3105783

          argo?

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Daughter as tank doesn’t work either

          WHAT is argo?

          And EVERYONE knows [b]chicks[/b] don’t play video games! :0 ;\ :p

          B-)

        • #3105769

          Ewwwww thems trouble words

          by wingedmonkey ·

          In reply to argo?

          Gotta laugh, and then duck.
          My good lady was a Baldur’s gate Fiend, would literally take the keyboard from me if she didn’t like my tactics. Then she played through Dungeon Siege until she exhausted all possiblilites for further experience. We had to buy a second Game Cube just so the kids would get a chance to play once in awhile and when she isn’t DMing for her current D&D tabletop group, shes planning my demise as the laptop I bought her won’t run her Syms2 fast enough, yet she suspects mine will.
          The down side is that our gaming Egos are to huge to allow us to both play any video game togeather at the same time.

        • #3105711

          Argo?

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to argo?

          I think it’s like agro, but slightly less on the gro and a little more on the rgo.

          * agro => agressive

        • #3105676

          Agro

          by jellimonsta ·

          In reply to Argo?

          Agro is short for aggravation (at least in the Jolly Old UK).

    • #3105782

      Couldn’t find “add” command?

      by jdclyde ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      How do I add a user? It was so easy in D2, /f a

      Been looking but can’t find how to do this. GRRRR.

      Guess I need to read the book better anyways…. ;\

      might have replacement parts tomorrow, so should be rolling good for Sunday! Tomorrow (friday) someone has to pick a time.

      I can be on any time after 3pm EST.

      (see my link in the message to gazer I believe for time conversions if you need them).

      • #3105709

        /friends

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to Couldn’t find “add” command?

        So to add me

        /friends cervisia

        Good luck!

        • #3287684

          Not how I found

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to /friends

          I went back and RTFM and found it under “social”, then click on “add” and type in the name.

          Got a list of the people that have mentioned names so far, and have my list going, but no one is ever on in an area I can get to you. 🙁

          With system problems, I think i am only about lvl 7, because I can only get about 20 to 30 minutes in at a time. got the parts and will get on it tonight!

      • #3105500

        Also

        by wdmail ·

        In reply to Couldn’t find “add” command?

        You can open the “community” window. Click the friend tab. There is a button to add more.

    • #3105712

      Guild name poll

      by jmgarvin ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Ok, so I have a couple ideas for a guild name:
      1) TR
      2) Techrepublic

      If anyone has any better suggestions (other than my generic ones), please post!

      • #3105522

        Guild Name

        by phil.stratton ·

        In reply to Guild name poll

        How about “Republic of Tech”

        Phil

      • #3105517

        Guild name suggestions…

        by hkdtech ·

        In reply to Guild name poll

        How about:

        Techrep
        Tekrep
        The Net
        Technologia (greek word for technology)
        Technologik

        Technologia is probably my fav. on the list.

        • #3287276

          Guild Name = Technologia

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to Guild name suggestions…

          If there are no problems with that, I’ll get the charter and start looking around for signatures.

          Add Cervisia to your friends list and drop me a line. We’ll hook up and I’ll have you sign.

          We should have a guild soon!

          Now, the tabard is a different story. It costs 10g! So, that will be a ways down the road…but I’m looking forward to it!

        • #3287228

          My Vote

          by mike_1939 ·

          In reply to Guild Name = Technologia

          I kind of like the Republic of Tech idea. I have been palying some other toons on WOW but have never been in a Guild not sure how we get invited or what exactly we need to do. Catervarii

        • #3287226

          Guild invites

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to My Vote

          I think Republic of Tech is too long, but don’t quote me on that. They stop you after a certain number of characters.

          Basically it works like this:
          1) I will get the guild charter and get 10 (or is it 8?) sigs.

          2) I turn in the guild charter and the guild is formed.

          3) Then the invites to the guild flow. I just need character names and such…and we should be all set!

        • #3104995

          Slight change of plans

          by Mark W. Kaelin ·

          In reply to Guild invites

          jmgarvin was a little busy with Easter visitors yesterday, so he asked me to get the charter, which I have done.

          Only need 4 more signatures to make it come true. Look for Elkwinkarma.

          The name is Technologia.

        • #3104948

          Technologia & guild tabard

          by hkdtech ·

          In reply to Guild Name = Technologia

          Sweet!

          Sorry I haven’t been on last week much at all.
          I will be on tonight for a bit from about 7pm Pacific time to whenever so…

          My character name is [b]Dyggen[/b].

          I’ve got Cervisia and a few others on my friends list already, just haven’t been on when they’ve been on I guess. Hopefully I’ll see some of you tonight.

          Also, am more than willing to contribute to the funds for a guild tabard.

    • #3105589

      Now making bags

      by Mark W. Kaelin ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Elkwinkarma can now make linen bags (6 slots). Send me your linen and I’ll send you back bags.

      I’m up to level 12 – going to finish up a few quests near the Undead City and then head to Crossroads.

      I just trained so I’m low on silver right now, but I’ll send some money to help with the guild charter as soon as I can loot it off the dead Scarlet Crusaders I plan to leave in my wake. 😉

      • #3105499

        linen

        by jdclyde ·

        In reply to Now making bags

        how much is required per bag?
        this can be sent via mail?

        don’t think I have seen linen yet….

        I am debating starting over with a different character so I will be on a part of the world where ANYONE is! (sign)

        Good news, a bud handed me three MB’s and CPU’s, so between them i should be able to determine the problem I am having with my system so I can be on for more than twenty minutes at a time! 😀

        • #3105497

          Good point

          by wdmail ·

          In reply to linen

          There are ships that will carry you between Undercity and Orgrimar.

          Undercity – between Brill and UC.
          Orgrimar – TO the right of the front gate.(If standing outside looking at the gate.)

          I think both sides will send you to a major city somewhere in the level 10 range.

          What side are most on? I’m most familiar with Kalimador through previous play.

        • #3287682

          Bags and more

          by Mark W. Kaelin ·

          In reply to linen

          It takes 6 linen to make a bag – if I remember right.

          I thought there were several Tauren in the soon to be guild – I’m 12 and I’ll be over in your neck of the woods before long. Don’t fret my fury cow friend.

        • #3287668

          All I can say is

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Bags and more

          moo! 😀

          I just plan to be at least 10 for the reunion on Sunday. just hope someone picks a place that I can GET to by then for the meeting! Also hope they say by tomorrow so I can go through the book to find out where it is! [i] ~~sign~~ This wasn’t suppose to turn into HOMEWORK!

        • #3287305

          OMG Thats to funny!

          by wingedmonkey ·

          In reply to All I can say is

          Well, The manual is an intimidating text..,

        • #3105007

          Don’t worry

          by ddemoya-gmail ·

          In reply to OMG Thats to funny!

          After you get 1000 hours of game time in, everything will come more naturally, then you won’t have to do quite as much homework.

        • #3287300

          thottbot.com

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to All I can say is

          If you ever get stuck on a quest or need to find something:

          http://www.thottbot.com

          Also, if you press ‘m’ and then right click, you will get a world map, not just the local map.

          Hope that helps!

        • #3287193

          yay thotbot!

          by ddemoya-gmail ·

          In reply to thottbot.com

          Helps to play in Windows mode with dual monitors (at least) if you use thotbot. If now, make sure you are safe for the moment.

        • #3105006

          finding linen

          by ddemoya-gmail ·

          In reply to linen

          cloth is usually found on humaoid MOBs

      • #3105498

        RAWKIN!!

        by wdmail ·

        In reply to Now making bags

        I’m on it. Rather have bags than bandages atm.

    • #3105534

      Room for 1 more?

      by phil.stratton ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Hey folks.

      I’ve been WoW’ing now since about December. Have ~ 30 experience with D&D 😉 Retired military. I have an Allance guild on Rexxar, but willing to expand into new territory. I don’t think I have anyone on Duskwood yet, but I may start a Orc tomorrow morning (Saturday).

      Let me know if I can join you

      Phil

      • #3105521

        Yes, Please join us – ALL are welcome

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to Room for 1 more?

        We have no limit to the number of participants – please join us.

    • #3105530

      I would LOVE to join you all

      by cray ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Hey everyone! I am glad I found this thread. I am an avid WoW player. I would love to meet up with you all. I am on almost every weekday. (9pm-mid EST) and a bit every weekend. I have most of my characters on Rexxar but will be happy to create something new for you all. Do you have a need for any character? If I am with a group I am usually the priest. I will be creating tonight when I get home and let you know the name.

      See you in WoW!

      • #3105523

        Joining

        by phil.stratton ·

        In reply to I would LOVE to join you all

        Hey, Cray,

        Next time you’re on Rexxar, if you have a “little person” (Dwarf or Gnome) and want to join a fun guild, look me up. I’m the GM for the Lolli Pop Guild 🙂

        Garden the Gnome

        (Phil)

        • #3105520

          We represent …..

          by Mark W. Kaelin ·

          In reply to Joining

          Is there a Lullabye League?

        • #3105511

          Lullabye League

          by phil.stratton ·

          In reply to We represent …..

          Not that I know of, but you could start one. 🙂

          And congratz on recognizing the refernece. It goes over lots of folks.

      • #3105518

        Come one come all

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to I would LOVE to join you all

        Sure, we would love to have you.

    • #3105514

      Clarification on the TR Guild

      by Mark W. Kaelin ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      I just wanted to add a note about players (new and old; experienced and inexperienced) who want to join the TR Guild in World of Warcraft.

      I know [b]jmgarvin[/b] has been taking the lead in much of this activity, but I am sure he will agree with me when I say: [i]Everyone is welcome![/i]

      We have no limits in terms of numbers or experience. We are not making a serious raid-only guild. We are just going to have some fun – no obligations, no one will be forced to play a certain character or play a certain way or anything like that.

      This is just for fun. For me, this guild will give me the chance to get to know members in a more social setting and to make some friends. So the more that want to participate the better.

      Look for Elkwinkarma – I’ll be there almost every evening 9-12. See you there.

      • #3287308

        Amen!

        by hkdtech ·

        In reply to Clarification on the TR Guild

        Exactly the kind of guild I want to be in. Thanks to all who set this up.

        See you in-game, Elkwinkarma! 🙂

      • #3287295

        Exactly!

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to Clarification on the TR Guild

        This is for FUN! I don’t care about end game and getting all the purple items. What I do care about is having fun and socializing and playing a great game.

        Look for Cervisia in game. I’m hanging out in Mulgore now, but I’ll be heading to the XR soon.

        I’ll usually be on noonish-3ish MST weekdays (sometimes late night 11pm-2ish MST) and weekends usually afternoon (save for working 11:30-5 on Sat) and evenings.

    • #3287270

      Sunday Meeting

      by jmgarvin ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Ok, so a Sunday Meeting at 2pm PST should do us all good. Is that early enough (9pmish) for those across the pond?

    • #3287268

      Player Names

      by jmgarvin ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      The folks I know of so far:

      1) jmgarvin – Cervisia
      2) stargazer – ???
      3) shellbot – ???
      4) Bill Detwiler – Keres
      5) Mark W. Kaelin – Elkwinkarma
      6) Brother Kaelin – Dozark
      7) jdclyde – razzor
      8) WDMail – Slydah
      9) FirstPeter – Alterthorn
      10) mike_hutton – Catervarii
      11) phil.stratton@ – Helmbreckt
      12) hkdtech – ???
      13) Jellimonsta – ???
      14) ddemoya@ – Bonky
      15) Deezone13 – Deezone or mojoman

      So for those that are missing names or in the count, please post! 😉

      • #3287230

        Player Name

        by mike_1939 ·

        In reply to Player Names

        mike_hutton – Catervarii

      • #3287192

        please add me!

        by ddemoya-gmail ·

        In reply to Player Names

        Bonky, currently lvl 9 Tauran Warrior, mining and plan to blacksmith

    • #3287194

      Is it too Late?

      by deezone13 ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Is it too late to join your guild, I quit playing when I left the states, but if it’s a tech republic thing I’m interested.

      character Deezone13 – Deezone or mojoman

      • #3287190

        PS

        by deezone13 ·

        In reply to Is it too Late?

        I forgot to tell you I am in the philippines (12 hours difference, but I own the comapany and am usually available from 9pm your time until whenever, but usually sleep from 11:00 am until 6 pm and then go to the shop for a couple hours in the morning (evening EST) and then again for a little while in the afternoon early evening

      • #3287175

        Never too late

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to Is it too Late?

        It’s never too late to join. Welcome.

      • #3287137

        Not too late

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to Is it too Late?

        Join us!

    • #3287142

      not good guys

      by shellbot ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      please tell me i’m wrong…
      us across the pond people can’t join in the fun?
      if yer in eurpoe, have to use a european server..

      Well, if there is anyone out there in the Eu wanting to hook up.. i am in the
      Eonar Realm
      Character name is Svyndra

      sucks 🙁

      • #3287135

        Ah man…

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to not good guys

        You couldn’t pick a US server! 🙁 BUMMER!

        Ok, so here’s the plan:
        Pack up everything you need. Leave the kids and hubby behind (they just get in the way of playing WoW anyway). Move to the US (I hear St. Louis is quite nice this time of year). Get a job. Hop on to Duskwood.

        Simple, right? 😉

      • #3287094

        US/Euro Server

        by wingedmonkey ·

        In reply to not good guys

        Did it not give you a choice?
        I know I had an initial choice between US or Euro.
        If the game does not give our European Brethren a choice, maybe those of us stateside could choose the Euroserver..
        I’m willing to suck up some latency for the good of the group.
        Just a thought..,

        • #3287072

          hmmmmmm….

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to US/Euro Server

          Good point. I’m not sure what server choices I have, I’ll have to check….

        • #3287021

          no choice offered

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to US/Euro Server

          hmm..i’ll try and dig deeper today, but i was not given a choice..

        • #3150975

          try changing realms

          by ddemoya-gmail ·

          In reply to no choice offered

          When i click on the change realms button, I get a choice of US servers, or overseas servers. Do you have this option?

        • #3162498

          no option

          by shellbot ·

          In reply to try changing realms

          all i have is option for English, French, German or Other and Other is empty
          🙁

          it seems you guys can choose, while us over here just get stuck into eurpoean servers

      • #3103962

        anyone in UK then????

        by shellbot ·

        In reply to not good guys

        i’m all on my own over here..there must be someone in the UK playing..or who wants to play??

        so I’m a lvl 5 Undead Rouge..and just realised i could canabalize corpses..pretty awesome !

        if anyones out there..i’m on
        Eonar Realm
        Character name is Svyndra

        echo..echo.echo..echo

    • #3287089

      Tales From The Troll Side

      by wingedmonkey ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Just a random post or two from the Troll Realm until I am high enough level to travel.

      So I have a full pack of ruined hides, boar teeth, misc armor pieces and some gooey things. I figure its time to try to find a merchent.
      I explore a bit and find the, “Hidden Market Bay,” or some such. Nice find, just have to jump in the water and go for a swim. Jump was good, except for that 65 hitpoint loss from the fall, but its all good I can heal once I make shore right? Denied! I’m suddenly dead. WTF? So I play ghost, make the journey back to my body, and strange enough, there are a lot of floating corpses bobbing up and down next to mine. Really, WTF? Could they all have died trying the same jump off the cliff shortcut that I did? I decide to figure it once I rez. I rez, and within a split hair later, I am dead again. Suprise! There is a freeking little crab with the power to deal out one hit death damage hanging out by our bodies!!!! No wonder why there are so many corpse bobbers.

      Any fellow Trolls out there got a hint for where I can sell this pack full of junk?

      • #3287069

        Starting area

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to Tales From The Troll Side

        There is a merchant:

        Face the cave opening
        Turn to the right and head for that little group of orcs. One of them will buy things (the icon looks like a little bag)

    • #3287073

      Sunday Meeting

      by jmgarvin ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Why don’t we try to meet up Sunday at 3pm server time? I’ll be on this weekend looking for guild signatures too…Once we get the guild formed, it’ll be easier to find everyone 😉

      • #3287060

        server time

        by ddemoya-gmail ·

        In reply to Sunday Meeting

        Server Time for me is EST. So you should probably say 3pm PST or whatever, so I don’t get confused, which usually happens pretty easily.

      • #3105134

        Do you still need Silver?

        by wingedmonkey ·

        In reply to Sunday Meeting

        I have one to send if you still need them to start the guild up.

        • #3105112

          A couple silver never hurt ;-)

          by jmgarvin ·

          In reply to Do you still need Silver?

          I think I have enough, but a silver or two won’t hurt 😉

        • #3104014

          Silver

          by mike_1939 ·

          In reply to A couple silver never hurt ;-)

          Let me know if you need some for the guild:

          Catervarii

        • #3103970

          Silver, its whats for Breakfast

          by wingedmonkey ·

          In reply to A couple silver never hurt ;-)

          Yeah I am so Noob,
          I think I played my first try character through for five hours before I had my first Silver Piece. It was a celebratious event. Now I know that I can grind out at least 1 Silver an hour..

          I think I have about fifty Linen though,
          And a fishing Pole WITH training. Not sure if I am using it right, I do better damage barehand to them crabs then whacking them with the pole does.

      • #3105045

        Room for one more?

        by nick linenberger ·

        In reply to Sunday Meeting

        I read your posts (some of them) and I play WoW for fun and relaxation. I started a Troll Mage on Duskwood – name is Voldormort, and would like to join guild if possible.

        • #3104966
          Avatar photo

          Glad to have you join

          by Bill Detwiler ·

          In reply to Room for one more?

          We’d love to have you join. I’ll add you to my friends list. Once we get the guild started, it will be much easier to communicate with the TR crowd and easier for people to see who’s online when they are.

        • #3104965

          Look for Elkwinkarma

          by Mark W. Kaelin ·

          In reply to Room for one more?

          Just look me up and I’ll join you up – that is once I get enough signatures.

      • #3104993

        Need signatures

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to Sunday Meeting

        I have the charter for the guild – just need 4 more signatures to make it a reality.

        I should be on as Elkwinkarma tonight around 9 EST. Send me a whisper and will set a meeting point. I’m in the Barrens at the moment, but I can get to Undercity with a Hearthstone.

    • #3104945

      hkdtech = Dyggen

      by hkdtech ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      My character name is Dyggen. Hope to see you online tonight!

      • #3104943

        Eek! Sorry…

        by hkdtech ·

        In reply to hkdtech = Dyggen

        Didn’t mean to post the reply about my name to the main thread…meant to put it in a more appropriate sub-thread within.

    • #3104896

      PLAY EQ2

      by daveun ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      And join the Tri-Lams on Befallen!

      Seriously, if you play EQ2, or want to play EQ2 we are on the Befallen server and always looking for some more folks to hang out and have fun.

      My toons name is Arraza, Lambda Lambda Lambda guild!

      • #3104868

        Not for me

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to PLAY EQ2

        I palyed EQ2 in beta and for the first month of release. While I thought (and still think) it had potential – it just didn’t do it for me. It had no soul; and I just never had any fun.

        Maybe you’d like to give World of Warcraft a try?

        • #3104824

          lol… nope!

          by daveun ·

          In reply to Not for me

          I love eq2, in fact most of my buds that came from WoW say that eq2 has come so far since beta, and they said the same thing you did. they say the difference is incredible. Personally I love the game, its just about near perfect. Anyway, I’ve invested too much time into my toon to really move on to another game even if I wanted to, and have a guild with a bunch of friends in it, so I am happy here.

          But we are always looking for more!

      • #3103827

        I know the TRI-Lams!

        by mmathat ·

        In reply to PLAY EQ2

        When SOE, in their infinte wisdom (/em choke /em puke), merged the Veeshan server on Everquest 1, we of the Guardians of Veeshan (www.eqgov.com) moved to Everquest II and WoW. While there is still some old die hards in EQ1 90% of us migrated.
        GOV was the oldest guild on the Veeshan Server and arguably the 3rd most powerful on that server in 2003. (We had Fires of Heaven and Sovereign ahead of us. Google the FoH and you’ll see that they’re one of the most powerful guilds ever!)

        Anyways, the GOV is now in Everquest2 on Befallen and we have many crafters as well as explorers. Myself, I am a crafter.
        Every time I start getting good in one of SOE’s games they come along and do a “Combat Upgrade” which ruins it. I logged into EQ2 the other night and didn’t recognize the controls and I also had a complete respec!
        What really tears it is that they took away the known quantity of the Noobie Isle.
        I have a character on the island who, before the combat upgrade, was a Slayer of Orcs. (For those of you who don’t know about that, it requires 500 kills before you get that title. There was only ONE orc on the island!)
        I know people will say that I was nuts to goto that effort, but it looked COOL being Lvl.7 with 220%XP and fully tricked out gear.
        I look forward to seeing you on Befallen when I log in!

        Argentfury
        Barbarian Berzerker of 27 winters,
        Guardians of Veeshan, Befallen

        • #3103824

          Excellent!

          by daveun ·

          In reply to I know the TRI-Lams!

          I think what they did to the n00b island is good, even though it messed you up, the overall change was for the better. The island is pretty cool now, IMO. Now the n00b island has no cap, so there are level 22s running around on the island, and there is a running challenge as to who can level their toon the highest without leaving the island…. lol.

          Definately look me up, its too bad you are guilded already. Tri-Lams are looking for more people!

      • #3149874

        I’m an EQ2 player

        by dr_zinj ·

        In reply to PLAY EQ2

        WoW is okay, but just isn’t quite there for me.
        Used to play EQ (Maybe you’ve heard of the monk Zinj?) until EQ2 came out; and yes, EQ2 in beta left much to be desired. Well, to be fair, WoW has drastically improved since it came out too.

        Played on the EQ2 Kithicor server up until the PvP servers came on-line and then switched to the Vox server. The PvP environment is much harder than simply PvE; and Vox is downright nasty in that people who have the $$$ can BUY the best there is. Which, while annoying at times, is a definate challenge to those of us who deliberately choose to play less than optimal race/class combinations.

        (To be honest, I also created an assassin so I could at least kill someone once in a while.)

    • #3104842

      In the Interest of Simplicity! ;)

      by Mark W. Kaelin ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      I have created a Wiki page on the TechRepublic Wiki server where we can conduct some of the Technologia’s guild business.

      I created a table that lists the players and their character names. If your name is not on there you can edit that page and add it. Just follow the pattern that I have already started.

      I look forward to seeing more of you tonight. Once the guild is established, it will much easier for us to converse and group.

      http://wiki.techrepublic.com/twiki/bin/view/TRWOWGuild/WebHome

      • #3104094

        BRILLIANT!

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to In the Interest of Simplicity! ;)

        Wow, that makes life so much easier! Great idea Mark!

        • #3104086

          proposed addition

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to BRILLIANT!

          next to the TR account name, how about the option to put in something more personal? People that don’t want to use a “real” name could always use a nick name. Something to make it easier to have discussions with each other.

        • #3104053

          Whatever we want to do

          by Mark W. Kaelin ·

          In reply to proposed addition

          I’m in the server queue so I’m checking the disccussion.

          We can do whatever we want – it doesn’t have to be a TR Name.

        • #3103927

          I would prefer both actually

          by jdclyde ·

          In reply to Whatever we want to do

          helps to keep people straight, ya know?

          It is just that some of the TR ID’s are pretty obscure and I would hate to have to refer to people like that while in WoW.

          Can a third field be added? (voluntary of course!)

          It is really a grand idea you had there. Even better than my feable attempt to gather all the character names in one place.

      • #3103903

        Wiki

        by phil.stratton ·

        In reply to In the Interest of Simplicity! ;)

        Mark,

        How does one log in to edit the wiki, or can we? I wanted to update my info on my Orc hunter who is a skinner / leather worker, but now that you know, you could put that up for me 🙂

        Hope to get on soon, but it’s the dreaded Tuesday 🙁

        Phil

        • #3103875

          Registration required

          by Mark W. Kaelin ·

          In reply to Wiki

          The Wiki is on a different system so it requires a separate registration and login. It should just ask for a name, e-mail address, and password.

          Once you are registered with the system, you can edit the page.

          I made the additions for you.

        • #3271314

          Unable to register

          by wingedmonkey ·

          In reply to Registration required

          I might have to try on a day I haven’t been slamming cold frosties.

          Let it be known that:

          Virulentrage, the Warrior Babe, lvl 11 is leaving a path of carnage in her path.

          Acon, the lvl 15 Orc Warrior is creating a legend.,

          Acon is my 13 year old son, he’d like to join to if that is allowed.

    • #3104034

      Some Help

      by johnm ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Hi guys,

      I have been playing WoW for some time now, however i am on a different server so wont see you on.

      This site will help you with general questions and your quests- http://www.thotbott.com/ (i used this to help with quests)

      This site has all the items you could possible get in WoW and a summary on how much you can sell them for on the Auction House – http://wow.allakhazam.com/db/itemadvsearch.html?x

      Good luck with your guild and quests 🙂

    • #3103870

      To Sum it all up…

      by mmathat ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      As I have been reading, this is the gist of what I believe:

      Server: Duskwood
      Faction: Horde
      Guild: Technologia

      Assuming I have that correct, then the next questions to be answered are:

      What Classes so far? (I plan of playing a Tauren Hunter as they have the best starting area in relation to the other Horde races. The undead city SUCKS to navigate out of and so does Orgimarr.)

      What Tradeskillers do we have, and where are we weak? (I will be doing Alchemy and Herbalism)

      Is there going to be a Guild webpage or are we using the TR? If we have our own, what is the URL and who is webmaster? (I have some ideas… think we can find an IT savy person to host it? LOL)

      If the name is availible I will be:

      Argentfury
      Tauren Hunter

      I am already Argentfury, Dwarven Hunter 60th Gun
      Bloodhoof Server
      Guardians of Veeshan

      Feel free to Email me the responses to:
      Elodarian@aol.com
      (Please use this email as I don’t like gaming related email at work… the SysAdmin might rat me out to my boss…
      ~~~~~~> Systems Administrator ;^)

      • #3103815

        Correct!

        by jmgarvin ·

        In reply to To Sum it all up…

        That is spot on…We’ll catch you on the server!

      • #3103805

        Tradeskills

        by hkdtech ·

        In reply to To Sum it all up…

        I’m doing skinning and mining. Mostly for money-making but to supply other tradeskillers in the guild if wanted.

        Heh, on the flip side of that starting city coin; I actually find The Undercity to be much easier to navigate (yes, even navigating out of) than Thunder Bluff. It was confusing at first, but knew the place like the back of my hand after a couple of days.

        I do agree that Orgrimmar is quite tedious and confusing though.

        At any rate, glad you joined us and hope to see you online! 😕

      • #3103781

        It’s always something :D

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to To Sum it all up…

        A Web site would be nice – we can use the TR Wiki, which should provide the basics.

        Whatever can be done on the Wiki we can do – it is open to all. If you have skills in Wikidom, be my guest. Nothing illegal of course – we can’t sell Wow gold or that kind of stuff. 😉

    • #3103783

      I know it’s early…

      by bschmidt ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      …but should you guys want to venture into the PvP world start a guild up on Nathrezim server. I can hook you guys up with cash and items. I’d start a new character but I’m trying to get my Night Elf Rogue to lvl 60 ASAP…

      a friend of mine and I are racing to get to Grand Marshal (and he’s winning considerably).

      • #3104314

        PVP Servers suck but Battle Grounds ROCK!!!!!!

        by mmathat ·

        In reply to I know it’s early…

        While I am not one of the Carebear Folk, I really hated to play on a PVP Server. Everytime I turned around a 60th Undead Rogue would come running through Goldshire ganking all the level 6-12 people.
        It got to the point where we would only slow him down by having him climb over our piles of corpses! (For those of you who are new, objects can block LOS but not movement for the most part).
        Of course on the Bloodhoof Server my character, Argentfury the Hunter, has achieved Sgt. I was higher but slipped back. I am 100% in support of anyone who wants to hit the battlegrounds.
        And since the Duskwood Server is realitively new there won’t be the nutcases running around having spent 500g on twinkage.

        On the Bloodhoof Server there is a Gnome Rogue who is level 19. He has over 34,000 kills!!!!!!!!
        He is fully equipped with the Defias Set and a pair of Cruel Barbs (http://www.thottbot.com/?i=5664) that are each enchanted with Lifetap.
        His other gear has over 400gold worth of Enchantments and he says he NEVER plans to level over 19. In any War Song Gulch Battleground (WSG BG) he is in turns into a bitch fest about twinks. He has also NEVER played as a team member. He will often camp in the Horde graveyard, stealthed. He then ganks the respawned enemies. While this racks up your kills it is seen as VERY POOR sportsmanship.

        Luckily the Duskwood doesn’t seem to have this issue yet.
        Also, people, the rewards for completing the BG quests are very nice! Its difficult to match the quality of the BG items until you’re hunting the Molten Core!

        Just my 2cp worth!

        Argentfury, Tauren Hunter of Duskwood

    • #3286822

      It’s official – We are guilded

      by Mark W. Kaelin ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      As of about midnight (EST) last night, Technologia is officially a guild on the Duskwood server in World of Warcraft.

      Voldormort was the 8th signature. The 9th and final signature of the charter came from a random troll running by. I didn’t want to do a drive by sign request, but I wanted to get the guild up and running.

      The Trolls name was Lakuu and told her that she is welcome in the guild, but released her from further obligation if she has other plans or opportunities.

      I promoted the charter signees to officer status so you can add members as they arrive on the scene. See you in game.

      Elkwinkarma

      P.S. I can now make 8 slot wool bags – send me wool when you can. 9 wool per bag

    • #3285126

      Are we limited to just one character?

      by wingedmonkey ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      I know the answer would be yes if the goal was to reach high level as quick as possible.

      But I have been having a lot of fun trying out new class and race combinations.
      I really enjoyed being a straight warrior, wade in and kill everything type.
      I am as just amused by playing a warlock and training up my Imp.
      Its a joy to run my undead cleric around the undercity just to explore it and find new places I have not been to yet.
      My son suggested I maintain a character with mining and blacksmithing skills for the purpose of providing needed goods to other members in the guild.

      If we are trying to stick with one Main Character for guild play, then I’ll concentrate on raising my undead cleric. I know clerics are usually important to the party, and the sad thing is, for a zombie, she is prettier then my troll and orc femails.

      • #3285098
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        Multiple characters welcome

        by Bill Detwiler ·

        In reply to Are we limited to just one character?

        You can have as many characters as Blizzard will allow. I am concentrating on an undead rogue, but others have two or more. Mark Kaelin for example has both an undead warlock and undead priest.

        It’s nice to have multiple characters particullary when the situation calls for a diverse group–healers, tanks, casters, etc.

        Just alert one of the guild officers when you’re on with your alts and we can add them to the guild.

        • #3285085

          Ha! – You have only scratched the surface of my addiction

          by Mark W. Kaelin ·

          In reply to Multiple characters welcome

          Actually I also have:
          Warrior – Tauren
          Druid – Tauren
          Mage – Undead
          Hunter – Orc

          I just haven’t taken the time to play them much.

          Make as many alt characters as you want – as I said before, Technologia is all about having fun – the guild really has no other agenda.

        • #3285074

          on that note

          by ddemoya-gmail ·

          In reply to Ha! – You have only scratched the surface of my addiction

          “Make as many alt characters as you want – as I said before, Technologia is all about having fun – the guild really has no other agenda.”

          I promise to stop asking technical questions about my computer while in WOW (at least until something else breaks!)

        • #3285028

          I don’t mind

          by Mark W. Kaelin ·

          In reply to on that note

          I just wish you would ask something I actually know.

          🙂

        • #3271491

          LheVirulent

          by wingedmonkey ·

          In reply to I don’t mind

          Woot! Woot!
          Lhevirulent just hit lvl 10.
          Tauren, Female,Warrior, Skinning, Mining,

          Can make a bandage quicker then you can say Bobs your uncle and cooks up a wonderfull Herb baked Egg and Spicy Wolf Patty.

          Did you know you get temporary bonuses in game for actually eating them?

    • #3150583

      Added two new guildies

      by mmathat ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      As of last night I added two friends from my Bloodhoof Guild to the Technologia of Duskwood.
      If you have any questions about regarding me adding them please feel free to send an email to:

      marcusmathat@aol.com

      Thanks and we hope to see you ingame!

    • #3149300

      WOW logon time

      by nick linenberger ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      is getting worse. Tried to get on our realm last night, 4/30/06, about 10pm EDT and was over 600 in queue. Waited 40 min then quit. Is everyone having this problem? It is only real bad in the evening after 7pm EDT for me. Sorry I missed you last night. I will try again tonight.

      • #3149225

        Waiting is no fun

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to WOW logon time

        Yeah – almost an hour for me last night. – Sunday nights are probably the worst night. The Alliance side has a standing PVP event on Sunday evenings (apparently). XR was popping last night.

        I’m hoping we will see improvements in the infrastructure soon, because it is past ridiculous now and has crossed into ludicrous.

    • #3162523

      Guild Webpage

      by mmathat ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      I loaded the Wiki page and I don’t think I have the rights to modify the character information.

      Or if I do, I don’t know how.

      • #3163072

        Open wiki

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to Guild Webpage

        The Wiki page is open to all, but it does require that you register, which is really just a matter of setting up a user name and password.

    • #3153905

      Orphan Quest- 5 Gold Reward , 1 Hour Work

      by wingedmonkey ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Hey Guildies,
      I Had no idea what was up with the orphans the other night so passed on the quest as not being worth the time. I just found out last night you can either get one of 3 pets or 5 gold. It only takes about an hour of travelling to different places and no combat is required for completion. The hardest thing was figuring out who to buy ice cream from for the kid,- Goblin in front of Bank at Orgrimmar.
      There is some debate at Thottbot on wether this is a once per Toon quest or once per User Account or only one gold reward per User Account, I’ll find out this weekend. I do know the 5G was a welcome site for my Alt Stable.

      • #3153899
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        That’s a nice payoff for 1hr of work

        by Bill Detwiler ·

        In reply to Orphan Quest- 5 Gold Reward , 1 Hour Work

        Wow, 5g for one hour of work is a really nice payoff. I’ll have to jump on the orphan quest tonight.

        With only ~8g in the bank, another 5g would really help. Rouge training is expensive. 😉

      • #3151883

        Quest Update

        by wingedmonkey ·

        In reply to Orphan Quest- 5 Gold Reward , 1 Hour Work

        I ran it again tonight with a different character, same User Account, got 5 more Gold.

        Maybe the debate at Thottbot is that the same character can not run the quest again when childrens week rolls a round again, I don’t know.

        Still a 1 hour effort, land running, no flight paths. It will go even quicker if you have them. If not, good time to get them.

        Second note, I started at a fresh level 11, between quest reward exp and discovery exp from all the places you go to/run through, I made 5,500 exp, which is 13 full bars for my lvl 11 Toon.

    • #3153811

      A guild blog

      by Mark W. Kaelin ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      I created a guild blog where we can post our adventures and make requests for help, etc.

      http://techrepublic.com.com/5254-6257-0.html?forumID=99&threadID=194645&messageID=2009342&id=4499971

      If you want to post there send me a private message and I’ll pass the login to you.

    • #3161047

      Any Alchemists In The House?

      by wingedmonkey ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Do we have any Alchemists who can make potions of Agility? My Hunter, Fey, needs them to make Gloves of Nimbleness in Leatherworking.

      • #3160829

        Not enough level

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to Any Alchemists In The House?

        Luminousflux, my undead priest is following the alchemist/herbalism path, but his skill is too low for the agility and swiftness potions.

        That component should be available in the Auciton House.

    • #3112099

      Anyone still playing?

      by mmathat ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      I logged in last night and alot of people haven’t been posting here. So I don’t know about them playing but I still want to get logged in and kick some Alliance ass!

      • #3112077

        Most Definately!!!!!!

        by wingedmonkey ·

        In reply to Anyone still playing?

        Lot of action almost everynight and weekend.

        Post the name are you using and we can keep an eye out for you until you get into the guild.

        Metalvonmosh
        Feyvirulent

      • #3111016
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        Getting added to the Technologia guild

        by Bill Detwiler ·

        In reply to Anyone still playing?

        Just whisper one of the other guild officers or myself in game, and we will add your toon to the guild.

        As WingedMonkey pointed out, we have several TechRepublic staff and members who play on a regular basis–mostly nights and weekends.

        Check out the Technologia Guild wiki:
        http://wiki.techrepublic.com/twiki/bin/view/TRWOWGuild/WebHome

        • #3110929

          Already a guildie

          by mmathat ·

          In reply to Getting added to the Technologia guild

          I am already a guild member…

          Character Name = Argentfury, The Tuaren Hunter…
          I am not bullheaded! I am just stubborn!!!!!!!!

    • #3205549

      Back in the game

      by mmathat ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Hello all;

      I was out of gaming for most of June and all of July because of home issues (I married her and she wants me to pay attention to her?!?!?!?)…

      Anyways, I am back and have a new game box as well.
      I had to start cheap because I took the family to Puerto Vallarta.

      3.2Ghz Optron Dual Core (939 Socket)
      1Gb DDR2 RAM
      NVidia 6800 GTX twins… nice graphics!
      2x 250Gb SATA2 DiamondMax 10’s… no raid…just lotsa storage.
      DVD-RW
      20″ Sony LCD

      All told it set me back almost $700.
      BUT, OMG what it does for WoW…
      And last night I managed to survive in the Wailing Caverns obtaining a Wind Serpent. So I should own in PVP now.

      Since I’ve been back I have killed 58-59 HK and that was before my new pet.
      Going to see how I do this evening.

      Hope to see you folks online!

      • #3282482

        Welcome back

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to Back in the game

        It’s nice to have you back.

        I can make bags for you of up to 14 slots, it you need some storage in game.

      • #3284740
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        Glad to have you back

        by Bill Detwiler ·

        In reply to Back in the game

        Many of us are getting very close to 60 and we’re definitely glad to have more players for the higher-level end-game stuff. It will be a while before we have enough players to run MC as a Guild, but every member helps.

    • #3282496

      Hmmm

      by jck ·

      In reply to World of Warcraft TR Meeting

      Is this still going on?

      I have friends that play WoW, but I never got into it because I was in Shadowbane…which I quit last year.

      Maybe after I get moved, I can join in.

      If it’s still going on, can you send me a message jmgarvin?

      Thanks

      • #3282480

        Still going strong

        by Mark W. Kaelin ·

        In reply to Hmmm

        Sure you are more than welcome. Once you get into the game send Elkwinkarma a whisper and I’ll get you into the guild: Technologia.

        • #3282473

          cool

          by jck ·

          In reply to Still going strong

          Might be a month or two, since I am pretty much packed up and use only the laptop at the house, which doesn’t have the graphics to play MMORPGs.

          I’ll let you all know and I’ll get signed up when I get the apartment and stuff.

          Thanks 🙂

      • #3282277

        Once you return….

        by mmathat ·

        In reply to Hmmm

        JCK…

        Once you return I should be high enough to help level you and I can spare 50gp for outfitting… If you choose a leather class I will be able to make you some pretty fair armors.

        Also, by the time you get back the Burning Crusade will be up so perhaps you can create a Blood Knight (A paladin wanabe)…

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