Yes, I am now excited about Wrath of the Lich King. I wasn’t terribly excited before, but now I’m totally happy with it.

I have four level 70s now on the live servers (Warrior, Paladin, Hunter, Shaman), and it appears that all of these classes are getting pretty significant buffs. I mean, every class IS, to some degree, but the changes to those really hit home for me.

I’ve been screwing around on Murmur (beta server) with the premade characters, and I’m totally impressed. The client is super stable, and they just keep making the game better and better.

What really put it all into perspective for me was playing Warhammer Online. I’m still playing it. Am I enjoying it? Yeah, I am. I enjoy my Rune Priest (dwarf girls, HOLLER) and I enjoy the scenarios, but there’s so much that ISN’T right.

The hard part is deciding which character to level first - I’ll probably end up just leveling my Warrior first, but I’ll be damned if they aren’t making Hunters super, super appealing.

I present a song, called Punch ‘Em In The Dick.

Yeah.

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Yeah, I got my Blizzcon key for it a week or two ago. I’ve just been so damn busy, I haven’t actually had time to play it except on the weekends. I’m like, halfway through level 71 on my warrior at this point. I’m leveling as Fury spec with two big ass maces - it’s fairly hilarious.

Looks pretty good so far, I dunno what else to say, heh. Maybe my enthusiasm is diminished? It seems to have wore off rather fast. Maybe I’ll get back into it after they fix the retarded Warrior talents.

I haven’t updated in a while, so I figured it was about time I did so.

Been fairly busy, just getting real life crap together. I haven’t been playing WoW, so I’m not hip to all the new Season 4 stuff. I think when we hit 1980 rating and didn’t quite make it to 2k for the shoulders, everyone got kind of sad.

I’ve been playing a heckuva lot of DotA, though. I also had a brief stint in Diablo 2 and other games of the type (Titan Quest, Mythos, Hellgate London). I get together with a few friends at the most hole in the wall LAN center and play until wee hours of the night on weekends.

Speaking of Hellgate and Mythos though, my greatest condolences to those fellows. They at least tried to be innovative with Hellgate, and they had a great art style. Hopefully HanbitSoft (the guys who took over the IP rights for Mythos and Hellgate) will not KMMO it up too much.

He is both of the above. Also, he smashes things.

I just need to get him into Wrath of the Lich King so I can change his lesbian hair. Natch.

So, BlizzCon 2007. What a trip!

I went to BlizzCon with my guild’s 5v5 team, The Huks AKA Team EG, as well as a few other guildmates. Even though I live only a half-hour drive away from Anaheim, I stayed with Nuvas, Team EG’s Shaman. It worked out pretty well, as Blizzard flew them all out (as well as covered all the food and room service - I didn’t spend a nickel on food).

So, the con itself. As was expected, they announced their second expansion pack for World of Warcraft, Wrath of the Lich King. Level cap 80, first hero class Death Knight, the Inscription tradeskill and the usual gamut of new expansion pack stuff. Then they had Starcraft 2 on the floor, which was available to play. It was all well and interesting, with plenty of fun panels and information which you can find. However, as mentioned above I spent the majority of my time with the Huks.

The 5v5 fights I watched there were absolutely insane - these guys are absolutely at the top of their game. The Huks placed third, due to the European team Sashwan, but ‘We lose cuz Daorok sucks’ managed to eke out being first place, as well as being the only 5v5 team running a hunter. The Huks had beat that team at the US regionals, but due to Sashwan running the cookie cutter setup, they were not able to push past them to fight them again. However, they still managed to place third, and I still love them.

I was getting the crowd pumped during the finals, though. I was holding up ‘GO HUKS’ signs, and the Huks were definitely the crowd favorite.

If anything, it has revitalized my interest in the PvP game, so I’ve started playing WoW again on my Warrior, who just got his Thunder last night, and is happily smashing faces.

Tomorrow is day one of BlizzCon 2007. I picked up my tickets a while back, and it’s just a hop and a skip from where I live in the valley, down the 5 South a bit to Anaheim. I attended the first BlizzCon in 2005, and it was kind of cool. It felt somewhat awkward, as if they were still figuring out what they were trying to do, and I have no doubt that they will have a better way to herd us all like cattle.
It should be much more interesting this year, with the inevitable World of Warcraft expansion pack, and Starcraft 2. I’m also interested in the nerdy stuff, like the Blizzard-themed products that Fantasy Flight Games will be turning out, as I sometimes endure myself to the 5 hour cycle of pain that is the WoW Board Game.

Also, other nerdy things, such as 1UP.com’s Legendary Thread podcast will be there, and I want to say hi to Jeff Green, the Editor-in-chief of Games for Windows Magazine.

I’ll report back with fun things! YAY FUN

I haven’t been playing all that many games recently. I’ve been plodding on and off on the EQ2 PvP server, which is absolutely brutal and cut-throat. I’m on a WoW breather, too.

Honestly? There just aren’t that many interesting games out right now. E3 is going on right now, and thankfully, they seem to just be focusing on games that are coming out this year (holy Jesus, November and December are going to face-fuck my wallet).

I’ve been poking around with some nerd board games, like Carcassonne and Runebound. Carcassonne came to Xbox Live recently, which is a pretty snazzy rendition. Supposedly Talisman is coming to Xbox Live? I’ve never played it, but I heard similar nerd comparisons.

Basically, it’s just a holding pattern for now. I have plenty to look forward to, though. I’m prepared to spend hundreds of dollars on Rock Band, along with a spattering of other games - Super Smash Brothers Brawl, BioShock, Mass Effect, Halo 3, etc.

SPREAD THE GOD DAMN GAMES OUT, YOU MARKETING FUCKHEADS. Christ. I’m just asking for money for Christmas from everyone. Maybe I can get away with asking for nothing, so I don’t have to spend money on them, leaving more for myself. For games. YES, I AM SELFISH OK

So, apparently, Sigil is no more.

With all the hullabaloo that has been going on in regards to Sigil recently, I’m honestly not surprised in the slightest.

I liked Vanguard in the beta, similar to my bizarre way of enjoying terrible MMOs. It had some nice ideas, but it was fully encased in a load of human feces.

There is plenty of commentary from the peanut gallery, if you feel so inclined.

EDIT: So, it’s official. SOE has bought out Vanguard and all assets associated with it, and is going to continue supporting the product, similar to EQ2. To be honest? I think this can only be a good thing for Vanguard. I will always have a soft spot for EQ2, and if they can pull off an EQ2-style revival, I think they will be able to remove some of the feces surrounding the ideas.

EDIT 2: Man, it just keeps getting better.