Step 1: Steal good idea from another blogger
Step 2: Call it your contribution to Valentine’s Day
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit!
So here we go, some haiku to demonstrate my love. My love for the Shaman class, that is.
We die together
Farewell my friend, I say and
Reincarnate
No more arguing
Grace of Air or Windfury
I give you Windwall
Standing on the lake
My eyes fixed on the bobber
Where’s Mister Pinchy?
Daily heroic
Oh no! Please, not Black Morass!
I prepare my ankhs
New patch notes announced
What? Still no PvP fix?
Much QQ ensues
There’s not going to be much news in this post. After all, the 2.4 novelties have already found their way to the various WoW news sites. Instead, here is a report on the absurdity that inevitably happens every time the PTR opens its doors…
Few people have succeeded in copying their characters to the PTR. All the other poor slobs, such as myself, had no choice but to roll a new character. Which we did, en masse.
There was a lot of confusion over the new Sunwell island, Quel’Danas. More specifically: how to reach it. No ferry, no zeppelin, no portal…
…so we swam. Like lemmings.
Surprisingly, with some creative usage of corpse running and healing through the swimming fatigue, the island can indeed be reached this way. Absurd? You bet.
What do you get when you combine an island full of level ?? mobs with a crapload of level 1 blood elves? A total massacre, that’s what.
The portal to the new 25-man raid.
And the portal to the new 5-man instance. Both of these were obviously completely off-limits for my poor level one self.
New Shaman gear! Three pieces (gloves, kilt and helmet) are restoration, two (shoulders, chest) are elemental.
So yeah, lots of amusing sights, but not so much news. I think I’ll just wait until the patch goes live.
This is the result of me being really bored at work. Now, if this doesn’t scream “I am a big nerd” right in your face then I don’t know what will… but Mr. Witch Doctor insists that I post it up, so here you go.
(sung to the tune of “Thou shalt always kill” by Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip)
Thou shalt not be a corpse camper.
Thou shalt not slap or spit on other players.
Thou shalt not beg for money, boosts, armour, weapons, bags, guild membership or attention.
Thou shalt not think that any player that gives you free items or gold is a stalker. Some people are just nice.
Thou shalt not be a ganker.
Thou shalt not use any weird letters in your character name.
Thou shalt not jump off elevators.
Thou shalt not judge a player by their arena team rating.
Thou shalt not judge a guild by their progression status.
Thou shalt not buy gold online. Thou shalt not buy levelling services.
Thou shalt not tell low-level players to leave Warsong Gulch, Arathi Basin or Alterac Valley.
Thou shalt not be such an elitist.
Thou shalt bring your own potions, food and elixirs to instances and raids. Thou shalt not run out of arrows.
Thou shalt not be a forum troll.
Thou shalt not start a monopoly on the auction house, drive up the prices and ruin the server economy.
Thou shalt not return to the same lowbie town week in, week out, just cause you’re scared to play in your arena team that you’re never gonna fucking win with.
Thou shalt not put guilds, items or NPCs on ridiculous pedestals no matter how great they are or were.
Thrall – Is just an orc
Jaina – Just a girl
Cairne – Just a cow
Bronzebeard – Just a dwarf
Sylvanas – Just an elf
Anduin – Just a kid
Zul’jin – Just a troll
Arthas – Just a man
Nihilum – Just a guild
Death and Taxes – Just a guild
Ashbringer – Just a sword
Netherdrake – Just a mount
Outland – Just a zone
Northrend – Just a zone
Death Knight – Just a class
World of Warcraft – Just a game
Thou shalt give equal worth in end-game to players with offspec classes as to those that use cookie-cutter builds.
Thou shalt remember that engineering, blacksmithing and leatherworking were never profitable and never will be.
Thou shalt not spam “Krol Blade” on the trade channel, thou shalt not spam “Krol Blade” on the trade channel, thou shalt not spam “Krol Blade” on the trade channel.
Thou shalt not play on private servers.
Thou shalt not be a cave defender.
Thou shalt not scream “heal” to the healer.
Thou shalt not dance on mailboxes.
When I say “kek” thou shalt not say “bur”.
When I say “ding” thou shalt not say “dong”.
When I say, he say, she say, we say, mooooooo – kill me.
Thou shalt not tank without a shield.
Thou shalt not pull with a pyroblast.
Thou shalt not wish your girlfiend was hot like a male bloodelf.
Thou shalt spell the word “Please” P-L-E-A-S-E, not P-L-Z, P-L-X or P-L-O-X, regardless of what your native language might be.
Thou shalt not express your disappointment at the fact that your group wiped for the fifth time by saying “noobcakes”.
Thou shalt play for yourselves.
And thou shalt always kill.
Thanks to Phaelia linking to my humble little blog I realised it’s about time I shake off my altitis, (I’ve got one of every class now…) play my shammy a bit more, and write some updates again!
So please consider this a filler post until I’ve got something more content worthy to write about 
| Orc Hunter |
 
Orcs are among the scarier of races in Warcraft. They’re badass and violent, and you can spot ‘em from a mile off from their greenish skin. As an orc, you probably get into lots of trouble - but sort it out with lots of pummeling.
As a hunter, you prefer to be on the sidelines. You would rather see all angles of a situation - probably to find the best position to shoot from. You like animals, but mostly because they (might) do your bidding.
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I must admit to being mildly disappointed.
Wait. Wait wait wait.
I get to have a real, actual, proper ram mount? And I get to ride it while wearing lederhosen?
To demonstrate just how cool this is, I present you my completely objective and unbiased racial mount mojo comparision chart:
wolves > rams > kitties > kodos > skeletal horses > horses > raptors* > mechanostriders > chocobos > elekks
As you can see, having a ram would fill me with almost the same amount of pure and undiluted joy as my first wolf mount did, way back when I hit exalted with Orgrimmar. So you bet I’m going to grind the tickets for this event! Even if it involves wiping Thrall’s forehead for two weeks straight, I’ll do it.
* Yes, I know that many people choose to play trolls just so they get to have a raptor. But for me, the raptor mount is the most obvious downside of being a troll. Its animation is choppy at best, and worse, it won’t let me ride into the Undercity elevators!
