Category World of Warcraft

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IT DOES A BODY GOOD

The holidays are here, and Goblin Warrens all over Azeroth are abuzz with what has long been a Winter Veil tradition providing would-be questers with a nice glass of Ice Cold Milk.

Naughty or nice?

But why? In short, people are lazy and/or ignorant. There’s a quest Treats for Great-father Winter that is needed for the Winter Veil meta achievement, and so people grab the milk not realizing that they could buy it from a vendor only a few steps from Great-father Winter himself. Again, it’s either blatant ignorance or laziness, either way it’s more gold for me.

Of course, this is chump change (the key word being chump) but it’s become a holiday tradition and it serves as a reminder, people are stu...

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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

Yes folks, I did it: I hit the 1 Million Gold cap. You might be wondering what took me so long, especially considering how much gold I’ve made since Cata’s release. The simple fact is I’ve spent a LOT this expansion, and I’m not just talking day to day expenses. For starters, I’ve dropped hundreds of thousands of gold into my guild, Devastation. When Cata was released I made sure we had a solid chunk of gold banked to start out. We had a bank filled with necessary materials to enchant, gem, and craft gear. I even went so far as to buy epics for fresh 85s the first week so we could make an exploratory run on the new instances.

I crafted thousands of flasks for the achievement/cauldron recipe...

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The real Black Friday deals.

DEALS! DEALS! DEALS!

Recently when shopping at a local Wal Mart, I found something interesting – Star Craft II: Collector’s Edition. Now, these aren’t exactly rare on eBay, but they typically go for something like $150. But Wall Mart decided to dump these on the shelves at a $20 under the retail price. It was the kind of deal I just couldn’t pass up, I wanted to try the game out for a while and since I was building a new computer it seemed like the right time to shelve a copy for the new machine.

Of course, I wouldn’t be much of a Goblin if I didn’t make money off of buying a new game...

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WAITING FOR SUPERMAN

My more observant readers may have noticed a real lack of me lately, of course guild members already knew I’ve been busy with the really real world. There’s the holidays and work to consider, and of course my young puppy Leo. But that’s not the whole story…

IS IT GETTING HEAVY?

So what have I been doing in the past month of seeming inactivity? Well, I’ve been writing a lot. Currently, I have about 5 articles I’m cleaning up for Cracked.com. Yep, I’m trying my hand at being a hired geek, of course it’s freelance work so there’s no guarantee they’ll buy all or even anything I write. But, it’s more likely than becoming a rock star at this point.

And of course there’s the ever present holiday rus...

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ON STANDBY

As I wrote last week, my interest in WOW has flagged. I continue to make gold on auto pilot, it’s interesting that my margins aren’t horribly affected by this. I’ve been spending about fifteen minutes on the AH per day, that’s about it.

THE BLOODSCALP REPORT

Not much to say at this point, it really is business as usual until 4.3.

THE MONEY SHOT

■ 14,718g – Enchanting
■ 33,282g – Flipping
■ 4,469g – Gems
■ 17,698g – Glyphs
■ 677g – Tailoring
■ 2,327g – Truegold

73,173g – TOTAL

That’s all for this week, thanks for reading…

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OR LACK THEREOF

This is going to be a short one, I haven’t really had much motivation to log in to WOW lately. I actually skipped the game entirely over the weekend. I’ve got a lot of things going on the side right now, so updates are likely to be sparse for a week or two. I’ll have more to say on the subject soon I’m sure.

THE BLOODSCALP REPORT

As I said above, I actually skipped about half the week of online sales time. However, I still managed a respectable set of numbers. In fact, I would’ve been quite satisfied with the showing had I been going at it hot and heavy all week. I’m continuing to work on my alts, so I expect to spend a little time and gold on leveling/professions for a couple of the little guys soon...

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WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT DIAMONDS?

Last week I mentioned the PTR and some of the imminent changes in the 4.3 patch, since then information has begun to trickle in. One of the most interesting pieces of info is that Epic gems are available from Transmutes. Unless you’re new here, you know that’s kind of a big deal for me: the Alchemist Army is awakened.

Unfortunately, we’re still lacking some information so a full on joygasm may be a bit premature. For starters, we don’t know how to get access the Transmutes in the first place. Theoretically, the transmutes could be from Discoveries...

Welcome to the Weekend Update, here I will let you know what’s going on with me, my character(s) and anything else I find interesting. Enjoy!

THE REAL WORLD

I hate to sound like a broken record, but the really real world has been kicking my ass lately. I’ve been clocking a lot of hours at the school, which is a good thing. In my estimation, if one works two days per week as a substitute – you’re doing well. I’ve been doing 4-5 days per week generally. And I got my first pay check today, it’s a helluva lot better than flipping burgers I’ll tell you that much.

Even so, getting up early is not something my body is really accustomed to. And frankly, I’m not sure I ever will be good first thing in the morning, but I’m going to keep at it...