I lived!
From the beginning of the battle, to the end I lived.
Not Squidly with his “I got heals”, but Gnomeaggedon with this Suicide Mage tendencies, paper thin armor and critmter level health pool.
I guess I have Rip to thank for that, maybe I am less of a suicide Mage now than I have ever been.
Another Battleground, another kill.
The other thing that happened during that Wintergrasp was a little reward for returning to Battlegrounds.
Squidly did this with his eyes closed.. just follow the pack, heal people, soak up the HKs and if things got bad, he would just heal himself.
Gnomeaggedon just found death, death and more death, which was rarely the oppositions, most frequently his own.
Now admittedly I haven’t made it to Prelimar’s 100k kills… but slowly and surely I will get there.
Long time Blogger, 1st time Meeter.
I’ve had lots of whispers in the past, most along the lines of:
L2PNOOB!!!!
I’ve even had people drop by Aman’Thul and surprise my socks off, but they have been more like family, blogging family.
I’ve never been stopped in the streets of Dalaran, Ironforge or Wintergrasp for an autograph…
To be honest, I still haven’t, but I got my 1st reader whisper.
Right after I zoned in.
Just as I was about to be slaughtered by 2 Horde lurking in this tower as the battle began (At least I managed to blastwave one off the tower before I visited the spirit healer) (/cough exploit /cough)
Grand Advice
Kashinboner followed this up by getting me a VoA25 invite.
I’d love to say I didn’t embarrass myself too much.. actually I didn’t, but I came close.
Luckily one of the many Mages in the raid was discussing the exchange of buffs when I realised I was still in my PvP spec with my PvP gear… that could have been embarrassing.
I wasn’t the top of the charts, but I wasn’t the bottom either… there were some tanks and healers and a couple of DPS below me.
I have been feeling a little bit of that pressure that Krizzlybear went through for so long as I assume it is my spec that is in part reducing me to 1/2 every other Mage’s damage… ohhh well, I like things to go boom.
I lived through both bosses though, I did my bit and I was happy.
I was happiest, of course, because of the whisper that started it all.
/Cheers Kashinboner!
Until we meet again… For Gnomeregan!
Note: Any typos in this post brought to you by the kitten Wiley.
Gnomer and Out!
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“From the beginning of the battle, to the end I lived.”
Screenshot or it didn’t happen.
Damn you WG and your lack of scoreboard!
You will just have to trust me on this one!
Ohhh and I wasn’t AFK, or hiding at the corner of a map.
I might AFK in raids and instances (or maybe not), but I don’t AFK in BGs – they are too much fun!
I know I didn’t die though. The battle ended and I was left with an unsettling feeling, something wasn’t complete.
Quest complete – check
Battle ended – check
Visit to spirit healer – Mmmm that’s strange.
Grats! It’s SO nice to get that kind of whispers. Not that it happens often. Like once a year or so… I recently got a whisper – from another blogger, Seraphina at Guild Mum, who has a little hunter alt at my server that she’s playing with her daughter. Just a shame I was in a raid so I couldn’t give her quite the attention she deserved.
But the best visit I’ve ever had was a certain gnome on a trial account… sweet memories. You only came over once, I just wish it had happened more times.
Actually I came over about 3 times… But my timing was terrible. One time I think it was around lunch time on a Friday for you…
I may not have been *back*, but you haven’t even cone once!
Where’s that US trial account Larisa?
I’m wait for the day when I collect the set of Gnomes and I see…
Larisa of the Trial Account
Honestly I don’t dare to do such a thing as to create a parallel trial account for US. I’m afraid it would mess up things, making my normal game inplayable, so I won’t take the risk.
The trial account I got to come and see you was a funny one.
It didn’t do a normal WoW installation, it was almost as if it needed to download the required files each time I fired it up, so there wasn’t any long lasting change.
i still don’t know how i got so many kills. to be sure, i’m a big ol’ wintergrasp ho, but still.
congratulations on living through the entire battle! i have done that exactly ONCE, i believe, and that was really only just a few weeks ago. it’s so shocking to be a mage and survive unscathed, especially when you’re a fire mage with a death wish (is there any other kind of fire mage??).
i wish my experience honoring the elder in orgrimmar this past weekend was so successful, sigh…. this hunter and rogue combo camped my body over and over and over. in the end, i just simply out-waited them.
fwiw, if i could roll a character just so i could say “hi” on your server, i’d do it.
You’re on an EU account to?
You can still join me, if only temporarily with a trial account through the blizz website.
It creates a temporary US installation.
You should be able to whisper me, if not, tell me your toon name and I will friend you… From then on we can be friends
sadly, no european server for me. i’m actually on an east-coast server (US). you’re on an oceanic server, right? i’m admittedly fuzzy on how all the different servers work, and what’s possible and what’s not. : )
/Sssshhhhhh this is a secret, between you and I…
Next time you log on, press the change server tab on the character selection screen…
Down the bottom are 3 tabs… one of those is Oceanic.
Choose that, choose Aman’Thul
Type Prelimaraggedon in as the name of your alliance character and Voooommm.. there you are
Congrats, on not dying, on the 10k, on the whisper, on all of it!
WTF you fail as a mage. Your suppose to die in glorious combat. It is better to burn up, then to fade away!
/hangs head in shame
Rest assured I went looking for something to die to just so I felt more like the Fire Mage I profess to be…
Hey gnome, been readin you for a long time. this be my first comment. What kind of addons do you use ? I love the Hp/mana bars and where your buffs are located.
Hey Eic, damn good question… I have a pile installed, some of which I use. In some cases I have multiple serving the same function but haven’t gotten around to cleaning them up.
I’ll have a good look and get back to you on that.
ok, thanx
Sorry to hear about the Hordies hiding in the tower. Don’t be too hard on them, There’s just not much tastier than a lightly scorched gnome….yummy! On a disgusting note….I hear some gnomes have developed a taste for beef! Horrible! What’s next, dogs….cats…guinea pigs?????
Orc Omlets, Forsaken Freckles and Sugar-Coated Belfs have made it into my cookbook lately…
Tangy Trolls still holds true as an old favorite.
/GASP!!!!
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Wow! I’m famous now!
Thanks for the shout out, fella.
I’ve been reading you for a long time….and then one day there was a post where you made it obvious you were an Aussie…..and I remember thinking “wonder what server?”
So I looked you up on Armory and was amazed you were on the one I was….and now we’ve had a chat.
Love your work, bloke.
Kashinboner
lol yeah… But don’t rush off to Hollywood based on this little slice of efame
it was a pleasure catching up with you, actually an honor that a reader would take the time to say hello.
BTW forgot to ask, how did you notice me in the 1st place?
Did I spawn in front of you
Gnomeaggedon has joined the raid
or
on friends list just in case…
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