Daddy Raider

/Real Life On

Like a good number of players in the WoW world, I have children. I am the proud father of a 3 year old girl and a 1 year old boy. I may be a level 70 Resto-Shaman, but I am a father first. I try to spend as much time with my kids as possible between the time from when I get home from work to the when they go to bed. Balancing the life of a dad and a WoW player can be difficult some times, especially with a young child like my boy.

Raid time is at 9pm server time. Bed time is usually around 8pm. Around 8:30 pm my son decides that he isn’t going to sleep for my wife so it is now my daddy duty to get the man down. So me and the little guy head downstairs and jump onto WoW.

With son in hand we start the raid. Normally my son will last until Maiden, at that point I feel his head on my arm and the quiet snoring begins. Now depending on the night, I will either put him down or I will keep him in my lap. Even though he is asleep, it is really fun to have him with me. Occasionally he will wake up and watch again for a little bit, but then it is back to sleep. I can proudly say that I have healed each Karazhan boss with a sleeping child in my lap (God bless the clique mod).

Now, I have played WoW since before my daughter was born. It has been a fun game and I have had some good times, but nothing beats playing WoW with my son.

From the moment he sees the login screen till he passes out in my lap he is laughing, smiling and looking at me with a wonder that can only be seen in the eyes of a child. I am not sure how much he gets, but I know he knows that the big black cow is daddy. He points at Jagerbombz and then points at me and laughs knowing that this “thing” on the monitor is some how connected to daddy.

These are the little things that make being a dad so much fun.

/Real Life Off

Guild Communication

Vent has given guilds a leg up during raids. The ability to explain andcommunicate without having to type everything out allows for faster response time and faster raid runs. One of the side affects though of using vent is thehilarity of random things that people say during the length of the raid. I have compiled a small list of the more memorable vent moments from our raids.

Enjoy

• "Stop sucking so much!" During our 100th wipe on Nightbane.


• "Sorry, my fault, forgot to heal, (name) was talking dirty to me." - Another Nightbane wipe.


• "He talks all quiet like because he is masturbating." - On why our main tank starts whispering after 11pm."


• He tanks a lot better when high." - After our main tank took a couple of sleeping pills.


• "Damn...why is my ancestral recall button so close to rez...I'm gonna need a summon." - Me...my first kara run.


• "I wonder if I can chain lighting the whole audience." - During a conversation on how to get to the back door faster.

Twisted Nether - Episode 4

Episode #4 of the Twisted Neather Blogcast is up for your enjoyment.

Twisted Nether Blogcast #4

"This week we have an epic interview with the Big Bear himself, another great tip from Toomanyannas, kids in raids and a contest!"

Good job again guys!

Who You Gonna Call?!

We came, we saw, we kicked its ass! - Dr. Peter Venkman

Last night was a good night for the Pen is Mightier. We cleared Kara for the first time in awhile; well, except for the beast bosses, but who even counts them. Per standard form we got the worst infernal drops ever on Prince, but did up getting some what lucky on run #4. We also went and one shoted Netherspite with some sweet beam blocking coordination and some nice dual tanking between our main and off tank.

This was also the first run with couple of our new recruits. They did very well and I am glad they are with us. One is a resto druid that rounds out our healing crew and the other is an elemental shaman that gives us a complete set of shaman talent builds. Hopefully in the next few runs we will be able to get a couple of more of the new people in with us and maybe, just maybe get a second Kara group going.

Karazhan Guide – Part Five: Taking in a Show

This is part five of my short Resto -Shaman guides to Karazhan. Today we focus on the Opera Events.

Now that you have killed Attunmen, Moroes and Maiden, it’s time to take a breather and have some fun. To me, the Opera seems to be one of the two “breaks” from the boss fighting. None of the events are overly difficult and are more amusing than anything, with my personal favorite being the Big Bad Wolf.

Big Bad Wolf:

• Execute all normal healing and buffing functions.


• Drop Tremor Totem to break the Bad Wolf’s Fear.


• Earth Bind Totem may slow Big Bad down during the chase…haven’t tried it yet.


• Earth shield anyone with the little red riding hood de-buff, if possible


• Heal the crap out of little red riding hood.


• If you are little red riding hood, get to the perimeter of the stage and run around the stage like a mother f***er.


• Blood Lust at 25-20% as normal.

Big Bad Wolf is pretty much your normal tank and spank boss. Nice and easy if you ask me.

Wizard of Oz:

• Fire elemental is perfect for Straw Man, if you can get him to go after it.


• Searing Totem is also good for Straw Man.


• Don’t use Magma Totem, only the first pulse affects Straw Man.


• Your Frost Resist Totem works to minimize Dorthy’s water bolt damage.


• Tremor Totem breaks the Fear.


• Blood Lust at 25-20% as normal when Fighting the Croan.

This is one of the more envolved events since you have to deal with multiple targets at once, incuding the Tito. See all that time on Moroes helps doesn't it.

Romulo and Julianne:

• Earth Shock interrupts all of Julianne’s casting (Eternal Affection – heal, powerful attraction- stun, blinding passion - holy damage 6k).


• Purge Julianne’s Devotion.


• Remove Poison, Poison Cleansing Totem removes Romulo’s Poison thrust.


• Purge Romulo’s Daring.


• Blood Lust at 25-20% as normal.

Resto Shaman Loot:

• Ribbon of Sacrifice


• Earthsoul Leggings – (Meh)

Now it is off to some backdoor action as we roll to say hi to the mother of all hospitality robots…the Curator.

Why Gnomes are Creepy

'nuff said!

Picture courtesy of VG Cats: http://www.vgcats.com/

The Pen is Mightier than Nightbane!

After a few weeks of wipes, repair bills and Pink Bunny tabards the Pen has finally taken down the boney menace, Nightbane. Watching the fight unfold was a think of beauty. Everyone moving when required, fears controlled, heals criting at just the right time, perfect agro management and ZERO deaths made for one of the finest nights in the Pen's short history. A job well done guys and congrats too on the phat lewtz.

Robe of the Elder Scribes

Ferocious Swift-Kickers

W00t!