Running Of The Gnomes 2015

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#GnomeRun2k15, breast cancer, charity event, gnomes, running of gnomes, warcraft, world of warcraft, WOW

Tonight I participated in my first “Running Of The Gnomes.”  This charity event has been taking place every year since at least 2009 to raise money for breast cancer.  This year’s money goes to The Cleveland Clinic, creators of the Tuohy Vaccine, which is currently in the early stages of human clinical trials.

I started around 7pm Eastern time tonight on Scarlet Crusade server by making a pink-haired gnome named Chatters.  I was put into an official running guild and given a pink heart tabard, which took around 20 minutes.  There were a ton of gnomes everywhere!

Gnome Fest

The race started at 8pm Eastern.  I was a bit behind at first because there was so much phasing that I didn’t even see people leaving the starting area.  I also had bad luck in Ironforge by falling off the tram on the way to Stormwind City.

On The Tram

Apparently this might have happened to others as well because there was a regrouping outside the gates of Stormwind City.

Outside Stormwind City

From Stormwind City, we went to Duskwood then Stranglethorn Vale to Booty Bay.

Made by @Dravvie

As we gathered on the roof of the Booty Bay auction house, the world server crashed.  After this, my toon was sent back all the way to Duskwood, which was frustrating.  Plus I then got baby aggro, so I had to bow out.

Here are some screenshots from other participants of what I missed….

The heart photo op at Booty Bay:

Screenshot by @QueenofXmog

Attack on Orgrimmar:

Made by @ChiefVoljin

You can also watch the entire event on twitch!  There were several streamers… this one is from twitch user, ElvineMod.

Running Of The Gnomes 2015

Congratulations for another successful gnome event!  There were 2454 gnomes running, and over $3400 has been raised for The Cleveland Clinic so far!  Click here to donate!

Meridiane’s Halloween Costume 2013

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brightcloth, contest, costume, Halloween, pope, priest, tranmogrification, transmog, transmogging, tyrannical, warcraft, world of warcraft, WOW, yellow

In what has to be the strangest/most bizarre costume I have ever come up with, my priest, Meridiane, attended the Anti-Drama Commonwealth’s Halloween party last week as THE POPE.

Surrounded by in Stormwind

I didn’t just come up with this idea to be anti-religious (or an extremist)… it was actually WOW developers that inspired the idea with their strange, pope-like  headpiece:

the Tyrannical Gladiator’s Mooncloth Helm  !!!

side view with mace

front view of “The Pope”

I paired it with these items for the Pope look:

Bright Mantle
Imbued Infantry Cloak
Elegant Robes….
Vagaries of Time (mace)
Brightcloth Gloves
Tyrannical Gladiator’s Cord of Meditation
and Boots of the Blowing Wind

I will be submitting my idea to Dress Up! by Batinna for her Halloween category.  She posted this blog contest a while back, but I did not see it until this past week, and she is still taking posts here and on twitter in 15 different categories.  Then she will be posting different ones she picks in transmog videos.

Halloween Party On New Server

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costume, costume contest, gilneas, guild, guild party, Hallow's Eve, Halloween, pet raffle, proudmoore, trivia, warcraft, world of warcraft, WOW

The other night, my guild on Proudmoore-US, The Anti-Drama Society, held their first Halloween party.  The party was held at Greymane Manor in Gilneas, where we had warlocks ready to summon everyone.

20 Summoned and Counting

We started the party with handouts of green and white smoke flares, paper zeppelin kits, Tasty Cupcakes, and a game item (a Steam Tonk Controller).  There were also wine kegs, feasts, Apple Pies (from Dalaran), and pony kegs laid down.

Member Wolfsage did a pet raffle during the party where she had everyone roll between 1-3.  The roll would determine how many pets each person received.  I got three pets including Teldrassil Sproutling and Anodized Robo Cub.  Somewhere around 50-75 pets were given away during the party.

Costume Line-Up

We then lined up in a doorway to determine the costume contest winner.  Trinarra was dressed as a Scary Pumpkin and won a Blood-Elf Bandit Mask.

Trinarra on staircase

Farmer Bean

Beanski won a Brawler’s Pass for his farmer outfit.

There was then a circle formed for the Steam Tonk Controller battles.  We did four rounds of fighting with the last tonk standing as winner.  Prizes given were: Mist-Piercing Goggles, Orange Martial Shirt + Lavender Shirt, and the Mystery Potion Package (Potion of luck x1 and Pygmy Pots x12).

Wolfsage then did a Halloween trivia contest.  There were three short rounds of questions- the round one winner got 10g, the round two winner got 20g, and the last round was one question worth 250g plus a rare pet.

There were also Darkmoon “murloc” and Darkmoon “rocket” rides during the party compliments of Taysha.

Rocket Ride

Murloc Ride

Prizes were mailed to winners after the party.

The party was a huge success for this large guild alliance of over 1000 toons.  I would like to thank the GM, Isayuri, for letting me assist as activities committee chair.  Also thanking Wolfsage, Ruccos, Ouliana, Deilana, Nift, Moy, and Rainelyn for all their help.

Hosting a WOW Fireworks Event

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firework, fireworks, guild event, holiday, rocket, warcraft, world of warcraft, WOW

You mainly see fireworks in WOW for major holidays, but I thought I would write this post while I am thinking about it. (old age and all)

I have some screenshots of different times I have been to fireworks events in WOW that were put on by players.  One time it was a friend who was an engineer, another time we had a guild legendary party, etc.  Instead of trying to show it with a screenshot though, here is a video I found on youtube:

There are lots of fireworks you can gather for an event like this in WOW:

* MADE BY ENGINEERS – some of these are new for Pandaria.  The ones with (*) require a firework launcher, which engineers can make/use OR can be bought during festivals.
1) Red Firework
2) Blue Firework
3) Green Firework
4) Snake Burst Firework
5) Jade Blossom Firework
6) Autumn Flower Firework
7) Celestial Firework
8) Grand Celebration Firework
9) Serpent’s Heart Firework
   10) Large Red Rocket Cluster and Red Rocket Cluster *
11) Large Green Rocket Cluster and Green Rocket Cluster *
12) Large Blue Rocket Cluster and Blue Rocket Cluster *
13) Large Green Rocket and Small Green Rocket *
14) Large Red Rocket and Small Red Rocket *
15) Large Blue Rocket and Small Blue Rocket *
*) Firework Launcher

* CALENDAR OR EVENT SPECIFIC FIREWORKS
1) Darkmoon Firework – can only be used during Darkmoon Faire
2) Dalaran Firework – received when hitting 80
3) Sold By Midsummer Fire Festival Vendor (A) – Stormwind City, Ironforge
4) Sold By Midsummer Fire Festival Vendor (H) – Ogrimmar
5) Sold By Midsummer Fire Festival Vendor (N) – STV
6) Lunar Festival Fireworks Pack – from coins of ancestry vendor during festival,
includes some of each type

* FIREWORKS VENDORS
1) Red Fireworks Rocket
2) Red Streak Firework
3) Yellow Rose Firework
    4) Midsummer Ground Flower – once festival only, now are available now in Jade
Forest

* HARD TO GET FIREWORKS
1) Perpetual Purple Firework – trading card
2) Pandaren Firework Launcher – drop

After gathering all your fireworks, spread the word about your event in guild chat and/or trade.  You will want everyone to gather in an open area.

Fireworks usually only stack in 5s, which takes up a lot of bag space, plus you will want multiple fireworks going off at one time.  For this reason, you will need volunteers to help you lay down fireworks.  I usually give a few others stacks of fireworks that don’t require launchers.

Fireworks events are always a hit, hope this list helps some of you out.

Party for a Guildie Getting Legendary Staff

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dragonwrath, guild, guild party, legendary, tarecgosa, warcraft, world of warcraft, WOW

Getting a legendary weapon from any version of WOW has and still does take a lot of work!  So our guild decided to throw a party for the first guildie we have had to get the Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa’s Rest staff.  Her name is Moodie.

My details are sketchy, but first we gathered in the cathedral area for the legendary quest turn-in.  Moodie was put on a disc, and she floated upwards into the sky to a giant dragon.  Then beams shot out everywhere:

Unveiling of a legendary

Many of our guildies were in the air with Moodie on our flying mounts to cheer her on.  These are the guild achievements we got:

We are now Legendary!

After all of this, we landed in the cathedral area and had a fireworks show.  We shot basic WOW fireworks, snake burst fireworks, festival fireworks, Dalaran fireworks, and cluster fireworks.  We also laid feasts and kegs as well as my ogre pinata.

Fireworks show

We then flew as a group to dwarven and trade areas to cheer on Moodie.

Thanks to everyone in my guild who has helped with Firelands since it came out.  We still have more working on the staff, but this was a moment to remember.  Plus we get the companion pet now!

Celebration over Stormwind for Moodie

12 In 12 Challenge?

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12 in 12, challenge, level, leveling, levels, warcraft, world of warcraft, WOW

Yesterday I found out that several of the WOW blogger community are participating in what has been called “12 in 12.”

The idea, created by the Amateur Azerothian, is to get 2012 levels in 2012!  Sounds crazy right?  Scary thing is, you can see at the bottom of his blog post that several participants are ALREADY at 70% of their goal or higher.

I am highly considering taking the challenge except for one problem.  My 85s are on three accounts, and the rules state that they must all be from ONE account.

So today I added up all my toons including all the lowbie noobs on Chatmay’s account.  And trust me, I have a ton of lowbie noobs.

Here is what I came up with:

49 toons
20 servers
1174 levels

The class breakdown is: 7 warlocks, 5 mages, 4 rogues, 5 hunters, 3 warriors, 5 paladins, three DKs (which only count as half their level), 4 druids, 3 shamans

Woot for warlocks!

The race breakdown is: 9 humans, 6 nightelves, 9 draneis, 4 gnomes, 0 goblins, 12 bloodelves, 4 tauren, 1 dwarf, 0 orcs, 2 undead, 2 trolls, 0 worgen

This is amusing because I have yet to get a bloodelf over level 20.  I tried, I really did.

So let me know if you are doing 12 for 12 and whether I should try.  I mean after all, it is 12 months of playing WOW….

Horde Guild Leveling Contest on Eonar

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contest, eonar, guild, horde, leveling, warcraft, world of warcraft, WOW

Casual/social horde guild <Radical Dreamers> on Eonar started a contest yesterday that is still open to anyone who wants to partcipate… the first person to level a toon to 85 wins!  The prize is 2000g PLUS fast flight!

Leveling Goblins

The GM toon is Ushiko, a Tauren Druid, “Dreamweaver” rank.  The guild’s name is after a song from the 80’s from an old game called “Chrono Trigger.” The ranks are named after other songs with the word Dream in it.  New members are “Little Dreamers” and the next step up, member 2 is “Day Dreamer,” while member 3 is “Dreamer;” all songs from different eras.  As for raiders…they are “Dream Raiders,” which is a song from an anime.

Minoah

The contest is being held to increase membership but also for a fun way to get new alts leveled.  The guild consists of 97 alts and around 20-25 actual members.   Many are female.  Guild level is very close to 10.  It has gotten that high very quickly, and they are hoping it will move on up just as quickly once we get more people in the guild.  According to officer Roseshadow, once you make 85 you are under no obligation to stay in the guild.  You can transfer to your favorite server, but they hope you will stay around.

Roseshadow

The rules are simple- your toon must be 25 or lower and you can use dungeon runs, PVP, or whatever gets you to 85 the quickest.  However, absolutely no BOAs nor recruit a friend can be used.  Enchants and gem are allowed.

There are also prizes for 2nd and 3rd place as well as all participants:
2nd place – A full set of 8 Raptor mini-pets
3rd place – A full set of Winter Veil pets
Participant – to be determined

Here are some names of contacts for the guild:
GM- Ushiko, Steerah, Minoah
Officer Roseshadow, also Angel
Officer Maev and many other toons including Ripcar
Officer Cookie- Evilcookie, Mootherudder, Oreo and Cookies
Officer Moo

Good luck Dreamers!

WOW Christmas Late Shopping Recommendations

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alliance, Christmas, horde, shopping, warcraft, wishlist, world of warcraft, WOW

If only you could have all the WOW gifts you ever wanted, what would you ask for this Christmas?  I looked around online, and these are some things I found that might be of interest!

Note: None of these vendors paid me for their mentions, this is strictly my opinion/recommendation for current cool WOW gifts.

1.) Faction Print from Skahfee Studios on etsy.com.  There are lots of warcraft items to choose from on etsy, but this is a new COOL item…you can get an alliance or horde print.  The unframed print is $25, but you can get it framed for $40 (plus shipping).  This seller requires you to order by Dec. 16th for Christmas arrival.

Alliance FTW (lol)

2.) Cute murloc T-shirt.  I found the men’s shirt at Hot Topic’s website on sale.  The women’s shirt I found listed for $21.99 by Jinx.com.  Here is the pic of the men’s shirt:

Murloc Goodness

3.) WOW Reading- War of the Ancients Archive.  I am posting the link from Amazon.com because I order all my books from them so I know they have fast shipping…you can get this at any bookstore that carries it though most likely.  This is the first WOW book I have ever read, and it was EXCELLENT.  It contains three books in one set in the time of Queen Azshara.

4.) Soul Crusher Supreme Horde Necklace.  OK I am alliance, but I thought this necklace pendant was really pretty for the cost.  It’s $29.99 at Theme’s Jewelry.  They have nine available with worldwide shipping.

For the hordies

5.) Custom Made Toon Figurine by FigurePrints.  OK if I could afford it (ha ha).  These are not for the cheap, but they are awesome creations of your WOW character in a pose you select.  You can get head and neck focused or the more expensive full-sized figuring under glass.  Not sure that you can get this in time for Christmas at this late date, but if you were buying it for yourself it wouldn’t matter!  Here is an example of one:

Workin It Worgen

6.) WOW Loot Cards!  I had never even see a WOW loot card until recently when we discovered you can buy them on ebay and amazon for fairly cheap.  Here is a link to a whole slew of them at WowLootCards.com.  The mounts are the most expensive, but there are some that list as low as $5.50.  My personal request would be the Disco ball!

7.) Better quality computer headphones!  Between my previous pets and my current kids, I can’t count how many headsets I have gone through since I started playing WOW!  If I had the money, I would go for these headphones, which are padded, ergonomic, and noise-reducing.  They are by Sennheiser from Best Buy.

Sennheiser Sensation

8.) WOW 2012 Wall Calendar from Amazon.com.  This is supposed to be one of the most beautiful calendars produced by WOW so far…maybe even worthy of framing. Each month features a different WOW leader.

Cata Calendar

9.) and 10.)  Printwarcraft.com is another destination for custom-made WOW items.  You can design a mousepad for your toon or custom poster.  You can add all kinds of things like your faction symbol or the Warcraft logo as well as choose from lots of cool backgrounds.
Note: You have to sign in on this website, so not sure what the shipping policy is for Christmas.

Custom made WOW

Guild Fashion Show Event

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game event, gamer, gear, guild, guild event, guild fashion show, rp gear, transmogrification, warcraft, world of warcraft, WOW

It only made sense that with guildies that love collecting outfits and transmogrification coming up- we should have a guild fashion show! We started promoting the fashion show early.

Here is a video I made to promote it on our guild site and explain the rules and categories.  We also talked it up in guild chat. We had seven categories for guildies to be fashionably creative with and one category for newbies to fashion:

1. Elemental Showdown: Put together one outfit describing an element: fire, air, water, life or earth.
2. Profession: Dress up as any in-game profession or RL profession.
3. The Shirt: An outfit that uses a WOW shirt crafted or quest.
4. Seasonal: Outfit that describes a season (summer, spring, winter, fall). Only one holiday item can be used.
5. Accessory This!: Best use of a weapon, offhand, wand, companion pet, mount, or hunter pet with an outfit.
6. I’m really horde: Dress up as a villian.
7. Your Class Through the years: One piece of armor from each expansion that shows you are a “insert class name here” (level 60, 70, 80, 85).
8. Fashion, Huh? : For those that are new to dressing up.

We had around seven guildies participating in the show and about that many or more in the audience.  Audience members were given Origami Beetles and fireworks to use when they really liked an outfit.

Start of the Show

Waiting Our Turn

I asked three judges from outside the guild to attend, and they judged each category taking into consideration creativing and who the audience cheered for the most.  Prizes worth around 100g were given for each category.

Taraloria won 2 categories

Guild Fisherwoman

   

A Fashion, Huh Winner

We then had a Best Overall, which was voted on by everyone present.  Mirhana was voted Best Overall, and she received the money for 310 riding.

Here are pictures of the categories Mirahna won:

Elemental Fire

Best Accessory

Huntress of Spring

Summer Guild Party

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gaga, game, gamer, guild, guild contest, guild party, MMO, RP, warcraft, whale shark, world of warcraft, WOW

Someone asked me last night- so why a guild party?  I explained that we have them every 3-4 months for fun and left it at that.  But again, a guild party is a good way to take a break from grinding as well as meet guildies you might not know so well.

So last night,  I hosted the “Guild Beach Par-tay” at a beach location just South of Caverns of Time in Tanaris.  I picked this location because of the events we did during the party as well as the scenic quality.  We mass summoned around 15 guildies to the beach.

I had asked people to come wearing a summer costume for a chance at a prize.  There were fire festival dresses, shorts, and bathing suits.  Many had on sunglasses, goggles, and spectracles.  I ended up not being able to pick a costume winner, so I gave away the Authentic Jr. Engineer Goggles to the winner of a roll.  Probably would have been a better idea to have an actual out-of-guild judge there for that part of the party.

I had announced also a “mystery prize” that had to be figured out.  For example- whoever does “X” at the party first wins the prize.  Since the activity was skinny-dipping first, I did give a hint when someone stripped that they were warmer.  He ended up winning that prize, which was 50g.

We also had held a sunset-themed screenshot contest on our facebook page, so that winner was picked by an inactive guildie and announced at the party.  The guildie received 300g as the prize.

Cat in the Sun

There was the usual guild performance by Lady Gaga.  Although her outfit was stunning (cindercloth set plus sandals and spectracles)  if I do say so myself, I think she might need to come up with some new material.  She did unveil the official pony keg though.

Gaga performance

I also handed out crafted heavy leather balls to each guildie, but during the party I forgot to have this contest.  It was supposed to be a throwing frenzy for 30secs.  I was going to give the companion pet prize of Lil’ Smoky to the guildie who received the most balls in bag, but this contest could be done in many different ways.

The major draw to the beach portion of the party was the Lemmings 310 contest.  We had all guildies fly up to a cliff, jump off and die.  The winner was the guildie who landed the farthest away.  He actually passed the prize, which was 310 riding money, to the second place person though.  This was a lot of fun, but thank goodness for mass ressurection!

Party Body Pile

We then traveled to another water area- Vashj’ir zone- to kill the whale shark!  This skull NPC must be kited while everyone kills him.  Best to run if you get aggro, and we did have some deaths.  Everyone got the achievement for it though, which is shown in the screenshot here:

After Achievement

Everyone who attended the party was sent savory deviate delights by mail as a parting gift.  Overall lots of fun!

EDIT: Mtdewme made a guild movie- the 2nd part covers this party.  If you want to see it go here.