STREAMS!!!

So me (Feris) and Gwapes like to stream our live videos once in a while, of arenas, bg's, or just whatever we are doing to have fun. We thought it would be a good idea to put links to our Xfire streams on here so that you guys can check out what we are doing when we are online! So here they are :D

Are WoW players spoiled?

I read forums all the time and see nothing but complaining, bashing blizzard,
and whining about how it should be. Yea, some of the complaints are justified,
but alot of them are just people being spoiled whiners.


Back in the beginning of WoW you did'nt have much to work with. You had to wait
til level 40 to get your first mount, which cost 90 gold with a 10 gold riding
skill. Up until 40 you were just running from place to place trying to find flight
paths so you wouldn't have to run anymore. Even after you manage to scrounge up money
for this level 40 mount, you still don't notice much of a difference. Still running
and running and running from place to place. Then you reach level 60 where you
never have to level again, you can buy a new mount (WOOO) and you can finally
start end game content.

So here you are. A level 60 turbo-nerd with all the hope in the world. You go
to your riding trainer and right click him. He tells you he wants 100 gold
for the training, and 900 gold for the mount. What the fuck? You have about
300g from leveling and looting silver off mobs. Have fun buying that!

Well you move on and join a raiding guild. The first few nights are slow because
you're new and they already have people who planned on going to the raids..but your chance
comes one night. They decide to take you to molten core! Exciting? Sure.
You join the raid group and see you are in group 5. Should be enough right?
Not at all...you still need another 15 or so people to go. Finally you get enough
and you start downing bosses. Nothing drops at all for you the first few kills.
Then you down Garr. Nightslayer cover drops! You want it so bad! The guild you're
in links it, and the DKP battle begins and you throw out a whopping 10.
Well you're easily outbid at 15. So you throw out your final 20 dkp...its all you had.
The other rogues bid 25, 30, 35, 40 etc... finally someone wins and you sit there all
sad because you didn't win. You don't win anything else for the rest of the run for the same
reason. There used to be about 5+ of each class in a raid so winning gear was never
easy. Now? 2-3 maybe. in 25 mans maybe 4.

PvP. I don't know how many of you realize it but PvP wasn't in the game so much
at the beginning. If you found an alliance (or horde for you alliance kids)
you could kill them. But beyond that there wasn't much pvp. Blizzard saw people
enjoying that little bit and decided to make Battlegrounds. They came out with
Warsong Gulch, Arathi Basin, and Alterac Valley. Each one had an entry point, and each
entry point was a long walk from each other. For warsong, you had to travel to the
Barrens, or Ashenvale just to find the portal and queue for that BG.
Actually getting the gear from pvp at 60 was much more challenging. Each week you did
as many bg's as you could for honor. Honor back then was different. It was almost like
reputation, but it level'd your ranking in PvP. The first week you would probably get
Grunt or Private and be able to buy a few things. But buying epics from pvp required
almost 24 hour playing of BG's with people who had the same goal in mind. Getting warlord
or Marshall only let you get into the group that would go for High Warlord or Grand
Marshall. This was a huge accomplishment back then.

What I'm trying to point out is the fact that now the game is so much easier
and user friendly. You can now fly in Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms. Traveling
is not hard. Getting loot just requires you to do an instance, not actually win anything.
PvP gives rewards for just winning 5 games in 2's. You don't even need to be
high rated now. So when you think this game is really out to get you or is too hard.
Just think about how it could be. You could be spending hours leveling, running 5-10 raids
so you could get 1 piece of gear only to have spent all your dkp and have to do it again, or
you could be pvp'ing day in and day out so you can buy pvp gear. I'd say blizz has done a good
job making the game more user friendly and allowing people easy access to content that, lets
face it, bad people would never see.

Hope you enjoyed reading!

Once again, this was Gwapes. cy@

Top 5 World of Warcraft Web Sites

So through the years of playing World of Warcraft i have came across quite a few sites that prevent you from recreating the wheel. Here is my Top 5 (In no particular order)

1.  http://www.arenajunkies.com/.- Arena Junkies offers many good tools for the beginner-expert PvP'r. The main page shows a tracker of the top rated teams in all the different brackets. On the main page they also offer Current News and also show some of the latest posts on their forums. The forums are where the gold is. You get testimonials and stories from all different types of players. Not only is it full of uber amounts of posts, but its also organized very well. If you wanna learn about your class its divided up into different sections based on what class is being discussed. I can't tell you how many hours I've spent digging through these  forums and always coming away with some sort of new passion to play. Oh yeah not to mention u get to talk to real GLADS!!! Check out this site if your struggling with your class or you just want to read some legit advice from the best of the best (*cough* Vileroze *cough*)

2. http://www.wowhead.com/- This site became the Bible of WoW for me when Burning Crusade came out. The site is set up so well. Everything and Anything in the game is on this site. I can't tell you how many times this site has saved me from hours of wandering around in Azeroth. You can look up quests, items, gear, zones etc.. It also has this ingenious system of linking whatever your searching to other stuff that is related to the item you searched. This saves you hours of digging through pages of items. Another cool thing is they have 3d models of most of the items in the game, which is great when servers are down and u can drool over the purplez your gonna get when the server is back up!! The comments I've found to be very helpful and generally the flaming is kept to a minimum. This is your bread and butter in the WoW world.

3.http://www.curse.com/- Add Ons Add Ons Add Ons!!! This sight is the spot for add ons. The sight is very clean and well maintained!! They rank Add Ons by number of downloads and they have a 5 star ranking system as well. It's great because i hate not knowing what I'm downloading. They also offer an automated installer and downloader from there site which makes maintaining and updating addon's with one click of a button with there stand alone software. It checks your add on's and then check's the website and updates accordingly simple as that and i like simple. They even have add on packs that fit a certain category you might be looking for. For example if your a hardcore raider they have a pack of add ons that would have ready to kill dragons in no time. This site is a must. Nowadays its very rare to find anyone playing without add on's and if your not playing with add on's your missing out so check this site out!!

4.http://www.mmo-champion.com/- Oh how i love MMO-CHAMPION!! This sight is full of so much information about World of Warcraft. You have wonderful tools. First off when u hit the page your slammed with all the latest World of Warcraft news. My favorite thing about this is they have it all!! Blue posts, patch notes, ptr builds, links to funny wow sites, contests and much more!! The forums are really nice too!! People really elaborate and try to help you (most of everybody you know who you are trolls). This as of late has been my drug. Wake up check up on the latest WoW news. They also recently posted some really guides on a wide variety of topics. If you have a question about anything in WoW go here and you will find your answer with a slight amount of digging!!

5.http://www.skill-capped.com/- this a wonderful Arena teaching site!! the resources on this site are so valuable. The video tutorials are so well explained!! Not to mention they have over 500 instructional videos and most are in HD!!! Yes there is a membership fee but you can start for only 4$ a month and thats nothing when you see the amount time people put into these videos. They a ton of In-Depth articles about the arenas and a very friendly helpful community to help you with your Arena adventures. So go check out the site and give em the 4 bucks cause its worth it for you in long run!!

What it's like being the Girlfriend of a WoW Player

So i was sitting here chatting with my girlfriend and she told me she wanted to speak her opinion about dating someone who plays WoW. The only thing i could think was Uh Oh.....but to be honest i think its a neat idea im sure there are lots of Girlfriends, Wives, Husbands, or Partners that would like to hear her story....so here we go....

When i first met Phillyblunt (didn't want me using his real name lol) i had no clue he was into playing video games. Until one day i had called him and asked him what he was doing. He said that he was playing W.O.W. And i was like what is that? he said you probably heard of it; it's called World Of Warcraft.
as soon as i heard that name of the game i was like holy crap i'm dating a computer gaming nerd! Lol. so when we moved down here to Florida and i saw how much he was playing this game i was like this guy is really addicted! he kept yelling out this weird stuff to his friends that he plays with on there and would yell whenever he lost or died! and whenever i came home from work he was still in the same spot i left him, playing that game and i would literally have to yell at him to get off the computer to come to bed or to just sit and relax with me! sometimes i would just sit there and wonder why does he love this game so much. and then i met some of his Arena Buddies (Feris mostly because Gwapes was overseas at this point). and i asked him why do u guys like this game so much? and he said it's just a fun way to unwind after a long day and plus you get to meet tons of cool people on here! and then i realized i know why Philly (lol because i know his real name!!) loves this game so much. it's just something that he loves to do in his spare time and he likes meeting new people. so now whenever he plays i just let him. i don't yell at him for it anymore. instead i'm right there next to him being his cheerleader or letting him know when his stamna is low. (yes i know a few stuff from the game now. Lol) and i've also become friends with his friends on there. so girls out there who have boyfriends or husbands that play W.O.W, be there cheerleader instead of yelling at them for playing to much video games. Or better yet join them! i'm even thinking of joining myself. :)

Some Dueling Advice

Dueling is one of the best things to do World of Warcraft. I know some people think they are a joke and who cares that you can beat someone 1v1....but i beleive that dueling is one the best ways to learn your opponent. And here are some of the reasons dueling is a great tool to become an Arena God.

Competition- I recently saw a T.V. show that did a study of competive eating. The study showed two groups of people eating hot wings. The one group was in a kitchen and they were told they had so many minutes to eat as many hot wings as they could. In the other room was the same amount of hot wings same amount of people but in this room they had a group of people cheering them on clapping and cheering for them to EAT!!! When the study was all said and done the group with the "cheering squad" ate 30% more wings. I know your thinking how does this relate to dueling in World of Warcraft. Well for one thing i love hot wings (and love eating them while playing)! Think about dueling someone on your own server that potentially u could run into everyday. Whether they just like to rub stuff in your face or you see them talking trash to people they just destroyed in a duel. The pressure is pretty intense. I find myself dueling people all the time that outgear me and out ranked me on the PvP teams. The funny thing is i lose against someone i underestimate because im not as competitive when its someone i know is skilled. Sometimes i've even pulled off duels where im never touched by a skilled 2200+ player. Another factor in my duels is the trash talk factor!! You can't tell me that when some one drops the "N" bomb (Noob :-P), you dont get determined to teach them a lesson.

Developing Knowledge of the Enemy- One of the most overlooked aspects of PvP is learning the enemy. Yeah you've mastered your class and can hit those buttons faster than anyone, but its all wasted if you dont know when to use your moves. If your blowing your cooldowns right from the start usually the opponent will have someway to avoid it. You have to be patient. This game is 35% knowing your moves and 65% mental games. If you duel the same way with every opponent, they are going to learn your style. That will never work. Now as i've stated i play Frost Mage (yeah i know blah blah blah your OP) but i can tell you i struggled so bad with dk's 1v1. Just to make this more personal this DK from our server named Aurazz had great gear but thats not what kept me dueling him. It was his ability to counter everything i did and beat my ass into the dirt. So i started complaining i dont stand a chance blah blah and he realized that i wasn't a bad player so he decided to take me under his wing and teach me what to do to beat him (NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE THIS NICE). I must of lost to him 300 times before i finally learned how to play against him. Waiting for Death Grip to Blink, Deep Freezing When Ice Bound Fortitude was down, And Silencing him after Deep Freeze so he couldn't Anti-Magic Shell. And that is just one instance of how learning the enemies abilities will increase your domination in the World of Warcraft. The knowledge ive learned from dueling is reflected in arenas. Think of isolating every opponent 1v1 and learning their moves. If you take a little time to duel some skilled players the benefits will be reflected when you show up in the Arena.

Soon i will figure out how not to rample on about these topics lol hope you enjoyed. Lots more on the way!!!
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Gwapes Guide to Leveling

So another post from another great friend. The last of the 3 stooges, Gwapes. As you'll come to find out he's a priest and he changes his race more than Michael Jackson (RIP MJ). He's an old vet like me and has a lot of valuable knowledge. Enjoy his post. Thanks Gwapes!!

First off I'd just like to introduce myself. I'm Gwapesyo of Archimonde - US. I play a Priest currently shadow, though I've played disc in the past and plan on playing it again in the near future. Moving on, this article will be about my opinions on leveling a new class, how to do it and why.

First things first. You might play a class now that you've played for a long time and are getting bored of. So you think to yourself, I want to play another class! Well I think that you should do that then. You obviously enjoy playing this game, so if the class your playing is keeping you from enjoying it, reroll.

So now that you've picked the class you want to play, you need to start thinking about what spec you want to play at level 85. Lets say you're leveling a priest. You want to be a healer in arenas at 85. So now you look at all 3 specs, there's Discipline, Holy, and Shadow. Discipline and Holy being your two healing specs. After doing some research you find that you want to play Discipline. Spec discipline while leveling, do dungeons and even queue bg's throughout your time leveling. This will help you learn that spec long before you hit 85 so when you do finally get 85, you wont have to respec just to find out that you have no idea how that spec works. Yes leveling as a healing spec might suck, but with dungeons it is doable. Also now you can have dual spec, so you can grind quests between queues as shadow and still be able to heal dungeons or bg's.

Next I'd like to talk about fast ways to level. Leveling fast is going to depend on what class and spec you pick. First I'll discuss pure DPS classes. For this we have Rogue, Hunter, Mage, and Warlocks. These classes have no option of healing or tanking. Therefore the queues for dungeons will be much longer and makes dungeon grinding less viable. My recommendation is to queue for dungeons while grinding every quest an area has to offer. Since you won’t get queue's to pop for around 20+ minutes, this will give you plenty of time to do and turn in many quests between queue's.

Now lets talk about Tanking classes. Here we have Warrior, Paladin, Druid, and Death Knights. These classes can tank dungeons which makes leveling through dungeon grinding more possible. I'm currently leveling a warrior and tanking dungeons with instant queue pops. In about 1.6 days played time I am level 40. I did quests to get to level 15, and went straight to queuing as a tank for random dungeons. This method is very effective.

Now the healers. Paladins, Druids, Shamans, and Priests. These classes are almost the same as tanks, with fast queues. However, its not AS fast. I recommend level'ing the same as you would any DPS class. Or even find a tank and queue as tank and heals for instant queues.

I hope you liked what you read and that this wasnt a big wall of boring text for you.

I will absolutely try to make this more interesting while still being informative. Please give me feedback on this.

-Gwapesyo

Body and Mind

Like i promised i got my favorite hunter to give a little insight on how to play at your best. Like i said before by no means are we the best players on the planet (or in Azeroth) but we have some pretty good basic ideas...And here is the first of many suggestions to come...take it away Feris....

Alight guys, my name is Feris. I play a hunter and I’m here to talk to you about YOU. Yeah YOU! You might not think about it a lot, but your body and your mind are the biggest factor in being a success at this game. Your reaction time, decisions and mood are all going to play a part. Most of this may be common sense to some, but then some people like my good friend Gwapes need to be reminded, and just don’t think about it too often.

I'll start off by saying that your health is of course a factor that plays into your game play.  Obviously nobody wants to kill shot someone for the win, and then die of a raging boner because your heart can’t take it. I find that I play much better if I eat an adequate healthy meal before starting arenas. In my opinion I love simply being warm, comfortable, and full of food during arenas.

Next thing I want to talk about is just being comfortable. The few times I have tried doing arenas in shitty settings (work clothes, sitting in a restaurant with wifi on my laptop and freezing my balls off), I have done pretty shitty, not to mention it was kind of awkward because of the McDonalds creeper at the register staring at me. I find I play my best when we do our arenas in the evening after a shower, in comfortable clothes, at my desk and with my space heater turned on (I have a cold ass room).

Aaaand lastly the most important thing which I’m sure most of you will agree with me about is your mental status. Starting a day of arenas with a bad attitude with not only end up with you pissed at some “OP AS FUK” class, but most likely your partners won’t enjoy the play as much either (unless your partners enjoy hearing you rage). This is why I chose the arena partners that I chose, not only because they are pretty decent at the game, but because they are just some cool as shit people. Gwapes is actually my best friend, and Philly I’m sure would be one as well if he lived near me. We keep sane in our arenas together, laugh through the good times, and laugh at the bad times. LOLOL GLOBALD BY DA SHADOWMOURNE OLOLOL! We just overall have a good time no matter what we do in the game. I definitely suggest trying to get partners like this, as you will be more comfortable and less likely to mess up some slick ass cc chain via lapse in concentration.

                I like being comfortable while playing arenas, while some of you may disagree and would prefer playing your arena games as uncomfortable as shit, these are just my opinions and things that I have found to be true in my life. Either way, have fun with your arenas no matter what your opinion of fun may be.

CY@ -Feris

My Ode to WoW

Well being the first blog of the site, I decided it would be fitting to let my readers and followers know what this site is going to be about. I know everyone is prolly thinking "great another wow blog" but I'm not trying to pretend like I'm the best WoW player that has ever written a blog. This site is for all WoW players. So here are 3 things that will be discussed in the near future.

Arenas-This is my greatest passion in the game. I know the people that armory me will be like well this guy isn't even glad. I'm fully aware that the highest rating I've ever been in 3's is 2279 (it haunts me in my dreams) but I'm not here to say something that I'm not. I think i have a good grasp on my class and the classes i play against. I want to share the knowledge and experiences i have to help my fellow aspiring PvPer's. I will have my buddies that i play with chime in and give their tips and tricks as well. And as always i want input from my readers. There is nothing more important than the input from my followers and ragers!!

Gear in Game and Out of Game- Yes the gear you have inside the game is important but i think many WoW players ignore the importance of the gear u use outside the game everyday. Besides playing WoW for years, another passion of mine computers (go figure). I'm going to be writing guides for the broke player and even for the kid who's parents are extremely rich. And of course i will go into explaining the upsides and downsides of the gear you wear in game. There is no set standard. I believe a lot of people make the mistake of using the WoW Armory to find the 7 season glad and trying to get their gear. There are so many options and they all work!! You decide your play style not the 5 pieces of heroic PVE gear you've been trying to get because u can't stand seeing the low Gear Score!!

Video Editing- This is a big part of the wow community. I can't think of one person who plays that wouldn't like to have instant replay when they kill 4 people and survive with 3 health!! So for those people that would like to start making videos, i will have a section recommending Recording Software, Editing Software, Fonts, Titles, and Music for the best WoW videos.

Excuse the giant wall of text that just crit you!!! But i appreciate all the support and followers!! Your input is welcome and appreciated. Hope to hear from all of you soon!