Jumping Ship Into Chaos

Sadly, WoW seems to have been losing it's appeal. Most of our Alliance guild has either stopping playing or xferred their characters off server. So the few of us that remain decided to look for a more active guild to join up with. We wanted one that was at about our level of raiding (even though we're not planning on raiding just yet) and wasn't so big that they wouldn't be able to et to know us. So in the end we transferred to <Lunar Chaos> on Alleria. So far seems to be working out well for us.

Mists of Change

Several things have happened since my last post.

The Bad News
I left my guild. I miss <Censored>, but the old Censored. Back during Wrath. when we had active players and a GM who didn't hold a guild hostage and run it into the ground. There is a bit of goodness to come form this. We did start a new guild, <Redacted>, and got several long-time Censored members to come with us. We're still small, but out aim is quality over quantity currently.

The Good News
The Mists of Panderia beta is out! I signed up for the one-year WoW subscription, so it's only a matter of time before I get my beta-key and can try out the new expansion. I've never gone to a PTR server before, and I'm kinda of hesitant to. I don't want to get bored of the new content before it goes live.

Additionally, Blizz released the character models for female Panderans (pictured above.) Storm and I think they'er super adorable. I can't wait to fill my 11th character slot and play my monk.

Recap
All in all, it's been a bittersweet month. Mostly, I just want to move on and enjoy my $15 a month again. and from the looks of what Blizz is bringing out, that shouldn't be too hard to do.

The Men Behind the Screen

In video games we rarely see what the person on the other side of the screen looks like. Even thought they may be your childhood friend you just reconnected with on Facebook and shared Xbox Live handles, you still don't physically see them when you are playing games together. In MMO games its even worse where you tend to become close with guild members that you otherwise would never know. When talking to these people on Ventrillo, Team Speak, Mumble, etc, it's a lot like listening to the radio and wondering what the DJ actually looks like. Face it, we all get curious as to what our guild members and fellow player look like in real life.

To quell this curiosity my guild established a forum page to link a picture of yourself to. That way any guild member could see who was who without giving away personal information and in a setting where only registered members of the site could log in. after all, it never hurts to be safe on the internet. Last night we finally got one of the longest standing hold outs per say to post his picture up there. Our MT has always been closely guarded with his information which I always found funny as I can find his blog on there where he gives out of rather personal information. (i.e. "Hi my name is _____. I live in _____. I'm a member of this church and I have my Eagle Scout.") The funny thing about this guy is that the gays in our guild were discussing what he actually looked like just 2 nights ago. They determined that he was a skinny, nerdy white guy in glasses. Well, they got the white part but he is anything but nerdy looking and is built like the Scotsman he is. I would say he's downright good looking, escpecially those eyes.

This brings me to my point. Does knowing a person in a video game allow you to truly get a feel of their personality free of an visual judgement? The gay boys in guild have been straight up about this and told me it was a good thing I was a pretty girl or they couldn't continue to be friends with me. As for the MT who finally posted his picture, I think his personality does match his appearance but I liked his personality before I knew what he looked like. The same was said previously when I fell head over heels for the Ele Shaman in guild. I would have dated that man no matter what he looked like. Then I met him in Vegas and what do you know, he's exactly my type and is incredibly cute. So is it really wise of us to want to see what our fellow game players look like? I know I get hit on more by the guys in guild once they see my picture on the forum. Then again, knowing what the men in my guild look like doesn't help any crushes I may form on them in-game. It just tricks the mind into thinking the men on the other side of the screen are not far away an thus unobtainable. Yet, I think I would be curious no matter what. Afterall, we humans are curious, visually stimulated creatures. Why else do we play video games?