I like to share, which is good, right? Well, I was venturing around Youtube recently, looking for music to listen to...and I came across two really awesome artists.
The first one is a guy named Phil Schawel. Phil Schawel's older youtube channel has a bunch of covers he's done. It also has the link to his current youtube channel, but he doesn't have music up there yet. He's done some duets with Laura and I definitely recommend checking her out as well.
Here is one of Phil's covers:
He covers a lot of Paramore but he does it justice for sure. I can't get enough of him!
For any Jack Johnson fans out there...you should really, REALLY check out Matt!
Here's one of my favorite songs by Matt (and this is one of his originals)
I know, I know. It's such "softy" music. But talent is talent and I really, really dig these guys.
I figured it was good to take a break from the whole gaming thing and throw some attention at some artists out there who deserve it. Give them a listen, subscribe if you're so inclined, and if you come across something amazing, feel free to share it with me here!
Much love,
Des
Friday, April 22, 2011
Ding! Wait...Now What?
Right, my little priestypants hit level 85 last night and now it's back to the rep and gear grind...joy...
Honestly, if I wasn't such a slacker, I'd already have my tailoring maxed and just be grinding out orbs to make a few epic pieces to make heroic grinding much less painful. But I'm a slacker and a lot of the recipes in higher level tailoring require SO many volatiles...good god. 40 Volatile life for an herb bag? Pffft...
The dreamcloth, which you can only make once a week even require 30 volatiles a piece! Well, wait...before you new tailors cry... You can only make each dream cloth pattern once a week. There are currently six patterns. That's 6 pieces of dreamcloth you can make every week, assuming that you've been a good little bugger and maxed out your tailoring and can figure out how to get that many volatiles and orbs every week.
LUCKILY, the epic patterns are semi-reasonable as far as cloth requirements go. The only item that takes more than 6 dreamcloth is the Illusionary Bag and let's be honest here, a 26 slot bag would be NICE, but if you're anything like me and you just disenchant everything in your bags all the time...it's unnecessary. The only two epic (359) items that take six dreamcloth are the legs - Breeches of Mended Nightmares and Flame-Ascended Pantaloons.
LOL PANTALOONS!!! (Thanks, Blizz. I needed a giggle!)
Oh wait...you're not here to listen to me giggling about PANTALOONS...
Well, here are my thoughts on my priest thus far: Discipline healing is RAWR. Shadow Priesting is confusing, but I can definitely see how pwnage could happen there. My aim is to re-spec and try out Holy in all it's sparkly glory at some point in the very near future...maybe even tonight since there's playoff Hockey on and my plan is to stay home, glued to the TV and have a few beers with my brother. Yeah, I have relatives. Terrifying right? I know.
Anyway, I'll do a little more homework, try out a few more specs and try to see if I can't get a better review up here on priesthood. She's a brand new level 85 and I still have two more "item levels" before I can even get into a heroic. Bleh...
So, since I'm not sure I'll be around much this weekend: Happy Easter to all! Hope your weekend is safe and happy! (Oh...and watch out for Nippies!!! I hear he's on the loose!)
Honestly, if I wasn't such a slacker, I'd already have my tailoring maxed and just be grinding out orbs to make a few epic pieces to make heroic grinding much less painful. But I'm a slacker and a lot of the recipes in higher level tailoring require SO many volatiles...good god. 40 Volatile life for an herb bag? Pffft...
The dreamcloth, which you can only make once a week even require 30 volatiles a piece! Well, wait...before you new tailors cry... You can only make each dream cloth pattern once a week. There are currently six patterns. That's 6 pieces of dreamcloth you can make every week, assuming that you've been a good little bugger and maxed out your tailoring and can figure out how to get that many volatiles and orbs every week.
LUCKILY, the epic patterns are semi-reasonable as far as cloth requirements go. The only item that takes more than 6 dreamcloth is the Illusionary Bag and let's be honest here, a 26 slot bag would be NICE, but if you're anything like me and you just disenchant everything in your bags all the time...it's unnecessary. The only two epic (359) items that take six dreamcloth are the legs - Breeches of Mended Nightmares and Flame-Ascended Pantaloons.
LOL PANTALOONS!!! (Thanks, Blizz. I needed a giggle!)
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| This is what pantaloons look like... |
Oh wait...you're not here to listen to me giggling about PANTALOONS...
Well, here are my thoughts on my priest thus far: Discipline healing is RAWR. Shadow Priesting is confusing, but I can definitely see how pwnage could happen there. My aim is to re-spec and try out Holy in all it's sparkly glory at some point in the very near future...maybe even tonight since there's playoff Hockey on and my plan is to stay home, glued to the TV and have a few beers with my brother. Yeah, I have relatives. Terrifying right? I know.
Anyway, I'll do a little more homework, try out a few more specs and try to see if I can't get a better review up here on priesthood. She's a brand new level 85 and I still have two more "item levels" before I can even get into a heroic. Bleh...
So, since I'm not sure I'll be around much this weekend: Happy Easter to all! Hope your weekend is safe and happy! (Oh...and watch out for Nippies!!! I hear he's on the loose!)
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Little Miss Priesty Pants
In my spare time lately, I've been working on leveling a priest. She's now level 84 which makes me happy, for the most part. She's beastly, which makes me even happier.
Here, I define "beastly" as being able to heal and bubble her way through really, really rough pulls. Discipline priests are godly.
You all know the room in Stonecore, after you're done with Slabhide and heading toward Ozruk? The room where an extra group of adds inevitably gets pulled every time I run this instance? That room has done nothing but stroke my priestly epeen. Two groups of mobs plus one of those big, one-eyed freak mobs? No problem. I got this.
Now, see...I'm sure it would be a different story on heroic. But for now I feel like a goddess. Let's not destroy my happy just yet. K? k.
So Discipline healing and I are pretty good friends by now. I think I've got a decent understanding and generally, the only time the tank dies is when it's this Worgen Death Knight I run with usually...and when I'm in the mood for what I've come to call "Spontaneous Tank Sacrifice".
Shadow, however, is an entirely different monster. I...don't...get it... I suppose that means I need to do a little research on proper stats and rotation (because for right now I just use my healing gear, which I'm sure isn't helping matters). I've talked to a few friends to get friendly advice on how to drive the Shadow car down the path to awesomeness...but I'm just not getting there.
And we all know that since she CAN heal...that's probably what I'll need to do with her. I'll probably go Holy/Discipline on her eventually. I mean, holy is fun right? Lots of sparkly, glowy fun to be had there. Maybe I'll dust that off tonight and see how it feels.
I'm HOPING to finish up the grind to 85 tonight so that I can start getting her geared up.
I'm also starting to realize I have a serious problem here. I'm...an altoholic! EEEEEGADS! Quickly! We need an intervention!
Here, I define "beastly" as being able to heal and bubble her way through really, really rough pulls. Discipline priests are godly.
You all know the room in Stonecore, after you're done with Slabhide and heading toward Ozruk? The room where an extra group of adds inevitably gets pulled every time I run this instance? That room has done nothing but stroke my priestly epeen. Two groups of mobs plus one of those big, one-eyed freak mobs? No problem. I got this.
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| /grin |
So Discipline healing and I are pretty good friends by now. I think I've got a decent understanding and generally, the only time the tank dies is when it's this Worgen Death Knight I run with usually...and when I'm in the mood for what I've come to call "Spontaneous Tank Sacrifice".
Shadow, however, is an entirely different monster. I...don't...get it... I suppose that means I need to do a little research on proper stats and rotation (because for right now I just use my healing gear, which I'm sure isn't helping matters). I've talked to a few friends to get friendly advice on how to drive the Shadow car down the path to awesomeness...but I'm just not getting there.
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| It's only funny cuz it's true. |
And we all know that since she CAN heal...that's probably what I'll need to do with her. I'll probably go Holy/Discipline on her eventually. I mean, holy is fun right? Lots of sparkly, glowy fun to be had there. Maybe I'll dust that off tonight and see how it feels.
I'm HOPING to finish up the grind to 85 tonight so that I can start getting her geared up.
I'm also starting to realize I have a serious problem here. I'm...an altoholic! EEEEEGADS! Quickly! We need an intervention!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Curse you, Resto!
Let me be clear. This post isn't really a rant as much as just an observation about the situation. I finally get the balls to go back to raid tanking...and I end up finding a nice cozy spot in a raid guild as one of two resto druids there. Life's good for my druid right now. That's for sure.
Last night, the guild I raid with decided that, since our 25 man raiding team was having attendance problems...we'd switch to 2 ten man teams. Such changes are common in larger raid guilds. People either don't like the inevitable lag that comes with 25man raiding or there are attendance issues that either hold the entire group up or prevent it from running at all.
When I originally joined this guild, I was recruited by a friend to tank for the guild's 3rd 10 man team. I was pretty excited and spent a week grinding out gear from heroics and badges and even picked up a couple entry level crafted pieces. I tanked for them one night only and we did pretty well, considering this was my first time tanking any Cata raids and it was really the second time the group had ever run together. The following week we were informed that our individual 10 man teams were going to be dissolved into one 25 man team.
I was asked to dust off my resto gear and heal. Not a big deal. I've done the resto thing for two expansions now and I guess I don't MIND it. Even when I'm healing I get to see bosses go down and check out sparkly new purples, right?
And as it turns out, I'm doing alright for healing on most fights.
Except you, Atramedes. Screw you. Srsly.
Anyway, with our ten people grouped up, zoned in, and ready to go...one of our tanks disconnected. He lost power at his house and couldn't get back on or something. While we were sitting there twiddling our thumbs waiting, the friend that recruited me suggested that I tank.
Our group leader simply replied with, "No."
No one asked again and we ended up grabbing one of the guild's other tanks as he logged in and off we went. We took down Trons and Magmaw and then t was on to Maloriak.
The druid tank that was on the boss got frustrated with his lag issues and offered to step down, suggesting again that I tank the boss and he could go boomkin.
Again, his suggestion was met with, "no."
Being the curious little druid, I asked why. I have some nice tanking gear now, that I got on off-spec rolls while healing. 10 man raid buffed I'm around 165k health, a decent amount of damage mitigation and I'm fluffy...so I was curious.
The answer was this: We need healers and you were the top healer on that last fight.
Oh.
DAMN IT!
So the role I think I'm the worst at, I end up actually being decent at and it's keeping me from raid tanking, huh? Bah...
I really don't mind, in truth. It's hard to be insulted when someone says, "You're a good healer and I'd rather have you do that than tank for now." Healing is also a bit more challenging in Cata than in Wrath. And...I love the fact that I can occasionally sneak in and top the healing meters. Makes me feel very RAWR!
But...let's face facts. There's just nothing more delicious than charging in and smacking the smug grin off of some raid boss. Something a bit more rawr about it.
Despite being denied a run at tanking last night, I DID manage to get some new healing shoulders. You know...the OBNOXIOUSLY HUGE ones with the blue feathers? Yeah, those. They aren't the tier shoulders, but they're better than what I had. Now I at least LOOK like a raiding druid.
Even if my shoulders are ridiculously huge.
PS: If Atramedes insists on chasing me around all night with tracking beam nonsense, the least he could do is drop the resto helm for me...but nooooooooooooo....the jerk...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Dear Drama Queens
I'm not going to lie to you. The last two weeks have been miserable in-game. I'm sure you saw the post from a few days ago that I was urged to take down.
Part of me really, really wants to resurrect that post but my better judgement knows what kind of fallout I'd have to face. It's honestly just not worth it. (Sorry, D!)
There was some fallout from me leaving my shaman's guild, unfortunately, and that's managed to drive me to the brink of insanity. I know...I know..."it's just a game". I get that. It is clear that other people, however, do NOT get that.
Quick background - Let's call the guild my Shaman just left Angry, for the sake of protecting identities (though at this point I'm not even sure why I'm bothering to protect anyone...but I digress). Two guilds merged into Angry. One we'll call Uncomplicated and the other we'll call....Pie. No, they're not real names. Just...focus...
At any rate, when I left Angry I did so as quietly as I could. When people asked why I was withdrawing, I simply stated that it had become clear that I was no longer welcome and it was better that I just moved on. About two days after I left, the guild leader of Pie found that I was no longer in guild and asked why. Because I'm friends with this GL, I told her what happened in much more detail. She decided she was going to go back to Pie and bring her people back with her. I was offered a raid coordinator position there and accepted.
So, long story short: Angry lost the vast majority of its members over the course of a weekend and still more are trickling out and coming back to Pie. One of the only officers from Uncomplicated that was still left in Angry took it upon himself to go absolutely apesh*t ballistic on the Guild Leader of Angry and then leave the guild. He asked me for an invitation to Pie and then...the torrential downpour of drama washed over me like a tidal wave.
He asked me to log into vent to listen to his thoughts and feelings on the whole guild drama, then proceeded to tell me, basically what he expected of me. I'm glad that he asked me to dedicate myself to Pie, but that was already my intention. I have friends there that I adore and I'm willing to help them as much as I can.
The main source of tension for this Uncomplicated officer is that my main is currently in a raid guild. He feels that it's unfair for me to expect everyone in Pie to put forth 100% effort and loyalty if I cannot do the same.
Well, here's the thing: The officers and guild members of Pie are both aware and fine with my main not being with them. I would have thought that my dedication to Angry would have been sufficient enough proof that I'm willing to give it my all in my alts guild, but apparently it isn't for this one person. One, miserable person...
I think the most frustrating part of the entire ordeal is that he informed me he'd be taking his main to a raid guild unless I pledged my dedication to Pie. When I did so, that wasn't good enough. He was still bitching at me about the whole thing. I told him to go ahead and go to one of the "elite" raid guilds he claimed were just drooling over him. That was also not the correct answer. Then I realized he was just a drama queen and was bitching to hear himself bitch, nothing more and I told him I needed to go.
He continued to try to send me tells throughout the evening which were met with silence.
Listen, I try really hard to be a nice person both in and outside of the game. I try to hear people's concerns and I try to help. But if all you're just going to sit there and cause drama with me for the sake of causing drama, then you really just need to grow up. The past two weeks have made me really bitter toward people. That's not the kind of person I am and I refuse to let it continue.
I hate using the /ignore feature, but I'll be damned if I'm going to let childish drama ruin my fun. I, like so many other people that play, have my own stress and drama IRL. I log in to blow shit up and get my mind off of what's going on for a little while, have some fun with friends and all that. I don't log in to listen to children whine at me.
I seriously wanted to punch a kitten last night! Or maybe just start wielding a cactus...
Wait...I just found out that I can /gkick people from Pie!!! Game on, drama. Game on.
The main source of tension for this Uncomplicated officer is that my main is currently in a raid guild. He feels that it's unfair for me to expect everyone in Pie to put forth 100% effort and loyalty if I cannot do the same.
Well, here's the thing: The officers and guild members of Pie are both aware and fine with my main not being with them. I would have thought that my dedication to Angry would have been sufficient enough proof that I'm willing to give it my all in my alts guild, but apparently it isn't for this one person. One, miserable person...
I think the most frustrating part of the entire ordeal is that he informed me he'd be taking his main to a raid guild unless I pledged my dedication to Pie. When I did so, that wasn't good enough. He was still bitching at me about the whole thing. I told him to go ahead and go to one of the "elite" raid guilds he claimed were just drooling over him. That was also not the correct answer. Then I realized he was just a drama queen and was bitching to hear himself bitch, nothing more and I told him I needed to go.
He continued to try to send me tells throughout the evening which were met with silence.
Listen, I try really hard to be a nice person both in and outside of the game. I try to hear people's concerns and I try to help. But if all you're just going to sit there and cause drama with me for the sake of causing drama, then you really just need to grow up. The past two weeks have made me really bitter toward people. That's not the kind of person I am and I refuse to let it continue.
I hate using the /ignore feature, but I'll be damned if I'm going to let childish drama ruin my fun. I, like so many other people that play, have my own stress and drama IRL. I log in to blow shit up and get my mind off of what's going on for a little while, have some fun with friends and all that. I don't log in to listen to children whine at me.
I seriously wanted to punch a kitten last night! Or maybe just start wielding a cactus...
Wait...I just found out that I can /gkick people from Pie!!! Game on, drama. Game on.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Drama...**Post Removed by Author???**
DRAMA SUCKS
**This post has been removed**
Sorry guys...I'm sooooooooooooooo tired of drama...and for whatever reason, this batch is like the plague. It just won't go away.
Quick summary
Wait what? Seriously?
Yeah...seriously...
The original contained more...specific...reasons as to why I left. I was pretty pissed about the whole ordeal. I felt like I could at least vent in my own blog. I was wrong.
So, in an effort to appease the almighty gods above and save what's left of my sanity from continuing drama...I deleted the post.
FYI, If you don't like what's being said here, move on because chances are...I don't want you here anyway.
Seriously...butthurt much?
Monday, April 11, 2011
Long Absences
Hey everyone!
I hate these posts because it is literally just me apologizing for being gone. (Yes, I've gotten your emails. I'm sorry I haven't posted.)
I only really have time for a quick explanation before I go back on this random hiatus and here it is:
My beloved druid is currently in a pretty good raiding guild. They're keeping me really busy and I'm constantly having to research fights. All of the work I put into becoming a tank again seems to have been for naught. I'm back to healing for now, but that's cool with me. I'm enjoying it. Boss kills are boss kills - tanking or not.
My shaman has managed to fall into the dreaded "Guild Officer" position in an up and coming guild. All of the free time I have away from learning fights for my druid's guild, I'm currently spending working on administrative duties for Furious. I led my first raid for them last night and...well suffice to say my performance was sub par at best. I haven't been an active raid lead in about two years, so it's going to take a little bit to get back into the swing of things.
Between the new guilds, the responsibilities I'm taking on for both, and everything going on IRL...I just haven't had the extra time to devote to blogging.
I think I might go to weekly posts on weekends, just so I can wriggle the time into the schedule to get back on here and keep doing what I love, which is writing here.
Until I can get back here and talk to you again...keep on keepin' on!
Much love!
D
I hate these posts because it is literally just me apologizing for being gone. (Yes, I've gotten your emails. I'm sorry I haven't posted.)
I only really have time for a quick explanation before I go back on this random hiatus and here it is:
My beloved druid is currently in a pretty good raiding guild. They're keeping me really busy and I'm constantly having to research fights. All of the work I put into becoming a tank again seems to have been for naught. I'm back to healing for now, but that's cool with me. I'm enjoying it. Boss kills are boss kills - tanking or not.
My shaman has managed to fall into the dreaded "Guild Officer" position in an up and coming guild. All of the free time I have away from learning fights for my druid's guild, I'm currently spending working on administrative duties for Furious. I led my first raid for them last night and...well suffice to say my performance was sub par at best. I haven't been an active raid lead in about two years, so it's going to take a little bit to get back into the swing of things.
Between the new guilds, the responsibilities I'm taking on for both, and everything going on IRL...I just haven't had the extra time to devote to blogging.
I think I might go to weekly posts on weekends, just so I can wriggle the time into the schedule to get back on here and keep doing what I love, which is writing here.
Until I can get back here and talk to you again...keep on keepin' on!
Much love!
D
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