I have been playing Dragon Age: Origins pretty much all day <3

Everyone is saying that 3.3 will go live next week. I'm kind of dreading the whole thing. Just the thought of new 5 mans/rep grinds/raid invite stress is really, really meh. A lot of this is brought on by my guild taking on 2 new manges meaning that when we all show up, there will be 4 mages and 14 casters for 7 raid slots :( I fully understand that people needed to be recruited to make up for the recent deficit, but it's still a little upsetting as I personally have made myself available very night. And 4 mages would never get to raid at the same time unless there was some insane gimmick requiring an army of mages. I'm also stuck working all day Wednesday to Friday, quite possibly the worst time for this to happen. And then there's the work Christmas meal to survive on Friday >.<

Apart from that I've been working on my paladin this last week. I got her dps gear up to the stage where I'm not totally being carried through raids and have managed to acquire some nice tank items. I pretty much just need tank rings/neck now. I am currently afk levelling swords :P The good thing about 3.3 will be bind on account rep enchants. I haven't been bothered to unlock an rep vendors on the paladin, but it is my 4th level 80 and there's only so much tedious grinding I can take. I still need to sort out keybindings and regular enchants though

I went to Canterbury last Saturday. It was very strange to walk around there; I'd forgotten so much and every time I saw something I'd get a flash back to what my life was like back then. God I hate WoW, it's 100% standing between me and getting back some of that old life.

This post is getting to whiny so I'll leave it here!

Do I buy a PS3 or an Xbox 306? I can not decide.

This is complicated by Final Fantasy XIII being on both consoles. I kind of want the Xbox over the PS3, but there are other games in the FFXIII series or something that will be on the PS3? I am so out of the loop I can't even begin to research this rubbish, and everything I google is just fanboy nonsense.

I want to get one in the next week or so, but I really can't decide.

So WotlK hs been out for just over a year now. I thought I was pretty obsessed with WoW during TBC but really that was nothing compared to what Wrath has been like. I don't think I've ever experienced anything so good for totally blocking out real life. Even the dumber and more destructive things I've done over the year don't hold a candle to what I get out of WoW. Three entire months of this year have been spent just at level 80 on my main. That's over 2000 hours. And doesn't even factor the time spent from 70-80 and my army of alts.

This is what I have to show for a year's work:

My main, complete with some fail gemming

My main alt. I am enjoying healing a lot more than I thought I would

And what a year it's been! I'd write about it but it seems a little pointless. It has been a complete roller coaster. Before I started playing, I didn't understand how a game could have such a powerful effect on people where the good times are great but the bad times are genuinely horrible.

And lol. I killed Algalon again tonight and I was so awful. I was supposed to be killing the stars and I must have made a million mistakes. On the kill I even managed to phase myself during p3 and die. The dumb things I do continues to amaze me. And it probably didn't help that I haven't really slept for about two days now. I've been off work this week and have completely broken my sleeping pattern. When I try and sleep my heart and mind start racing. >.<

I can't wait for 3.3 now. Too bad the badge caster trinket is awful yet again. But OMG I can't wait for Arthas. There's no way that fight can be anything other than epic.

Also, it's a true sign of addiction that I am already worried that Cataclysm will be released next September on the week I have to go to Greece for my sister's wedding. It would be unbearably awful to not be able to start the race to level 85 as soon as possible!

On the off chance that anyone has tried to contact me over the past couple of weeks on my mobile, I haven't been able to respond as my charger is broken. I haven't been able to get a new charger so I got a new phone instead. My number is 07837795732.

I had the strangest PUG ever today on my priest. It basically ended with a warlock whispering me calling me stuff like fucking prick and hoe bag because I didn't bother to rez him after he died over and over due to his own stupidity. The funniest bit is where he tells me to grow up. He did 500-800 dps, told other people how to play their classes and spent the rest of the time being a mana sponge.

We managed to kill Twins tonight on TOC 25 heroic which is pretty nice. I was 15th on recount with only 4.7% damage done. :( Admittedly I had to switch to fire and was scorching both targets, as well as have to stay Ice Blocked during dark vortex, but still that is really poor. Meh. I just get really frustrated when I do so badly.

Printwarcraft.com opened up today. I've been wanting to see what it was like ever since Blizzcon and it's pretty fun to play around with.

I ordered this poster:



I thought it was kind of funny that I could make one of her using her wand, so I did. And witness my lack of artistic skills as she is not even on the floor.

I'm looking forward to seeing what the finished product is like. The price isn't too bad so if it's good I'd happily order another. A lot cheaper than a Figure Print.

RACE CHANGE IN WOW YAY!!!!!!!

I have been waiting for this for so long xD Slightly worrying that it is almost instant and only a 3 day cooldown, I'm stupid enough to spend my money on this junk. My human priest is now a night elf priest. I have wanted that change for the longest time. Shadowmeld <3 <3 <3 Kind of funny, she looks exactly the same as my druid :D

And I know that liking the elves is stupid and girly but I really don't care.

I got the 100 mount achievement this afternoon. Humans look a little silly on it, and somewhat annoyingly, there is no saddle so your character is just kind of wedged inside it. Seems kind of lazy. It does look very pretty when flying though. Anyway, it took about 8 months of grinding various junk and an awful lot of gold. I'd say it was worth it but I would never do it again on a different character



And the letter:



There seems to be a lack of people signing up for raids at the moment. Apart from Wednesdays for ToC 25 easymode. :(

I'm really looking forward to Hallow's End starting. It is the one WoW holiday that I find genuinely fun to play. It's one of the only holiday events I've been able to make myself complete but I'll definitely be doing it all over again this year. And The Headless Horseman's mount would be an amazing mount #100 for me.

I should be getting #100 next week anyway. I have 49 Champion's Seals so Ironforge Ram will get me the dragonhawk. :)

I had a go at running this latency fix earlier and it seems too good to be true. My latency always used to be under 100, but a couple of months ago it jumped to rarely being below 250, and considering I love to raid a lot, it has been kind of frustrating. It's now nearly 7pm UK time and I have 40-60 latency!

Also, I don't think mage T10 is ugly. But then again, I thought T8 was nice :P I can't wait for Icecrown Citadel.

Starcaller Ezri. I am happy :) But kind of scary because I had to shoot the stars down. It took a couple of tries to figure out non stupid times to let one die. :D

Not much of a kill shot, more just a picture to show I was there. Or at least it would if I didn't always zoom my camera out so far.