Oh… your GM is a Gun Loving Dwarf Chick… I think you will have plenty of fun… well assuming you ever stop laughing long enough to appreciate it.

Say “Hi” right back at her next time you speak! I think her’s is the only non-WoW blog I read right now….

@jrgette: Arioch covered it… RatingBuster is the one… which I found through a similar comment on someone elses blog some time back.

@Arioch: I think I gave up on EquipCompare, but live by LinkWrangler… was showing it off to my mates over the weekend. I love having all the boss drops up on my screen.. closing each one as I loose the roll.

Things slow down now… back to usual mate’s 6 man raids… which is 6+puggers…

@darksaturn7: Must have gryocopter!

@Syrana: Lots of Blasting… Pyroblast, Fireblast, Blastwave…

I wish I could pop Mirror Image and have them finish all my exploring…

@jrgette
The add on looks like RatingBuster, available at Curse. Absolutely indispensable for me.

I also recommend EquipCompare from WoWInterface to be able to pull up and compare your current gear with drops. (I think the standard UI only allows you to compare with equipped items when at the AH or a vendor.)

And LinkWrangler from Curse if you want to compare more than 2 items at a time.

Grats, btw.

ANDDDD my GM who is on the phone as I type says “HI” her name is Bre and knows you through TNB (Twisted Nether)

I feel like my whole WOW world is opening up:) WOOT WOOT

Our guild master has become one my best friends in the last year. We speak on the phone almost every day and I would love to meet her. We seem to have a good concentration of folks in the Miami area so I’m hoping to head that way next week. I’m so excited to sit with these folks in person. Then I can actually get up and hit these people over the head in person if they wipe us:) hehehe

So how many times per year would you say you do the LAN thing?

Justamom

Check it out folks… what’s Hot and Not in the Warcraft AH near you!

I am fortunate in that I play with a core group of friends.. some I have known for 30 years.. the reason we get together at a LAN is to catchup while enjoying one of our passions… or lots of them, in the form of computer games.

When we have a LAN, we are in for the long haul, so it’ play till you drop, and as soon as you wake back into it, so a public space doesn’t really fit the bill.

One of us will offer up our hours every 2-3 months, usually some special occasion (birthdays, long weekends etc). Free beds get filled, couches become beds… hell we will throw the sleeping bag under the table if that’s the best we get (Sometimes it’s worth wimping out early to get the best sleeping place).

You don’t need the whole crew.. just enough to make it a bit more social… make sure you mute Vent for those in the same room.. you don’t need the echo, but that way you can still be in touch with everyone in your raid on the day.

If you aren’t in the position to host the LAN at your place (You just need a couple of tables, and even your home network routers will do, as long as you have enough ports), then make it an all-day event at a public place… or a weekend event if you can organize enough local beds.

One thing I know is that the WoW blogsphere is packed to the rafters with Canadians… Krizzlybear, Matticus to name a couple off the top of my head…

Let me ask a question about the LAN parties. Where is the best place to host something like that? Do you guys have many of those Cyber cafes or something? Just curious.

Thanks

Justamom

I’m glad you like my diary style… THD said the same thing recently, and I thought he was pulling my very stumpy leg….

I hate reading other people’s “WoW Diaries” (Well, maybe hate is too strong a word)…

So I am happy it provides some pleasure… I am sort of doing it as a memory box… Not that I will remember that I wrote it in a week’s time…