Monthly Archives: November 2004

Day One

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Day One of World of Warcraft … what a day, what a race, what a queue it’s been.

You might wonder, why isn’t Foton playing WoW right now instead of typing up a few notes? Let me tell ya, Foton would still be in WoW right now except Foton was STUPID and logged off for a quick dinner and is now sitting in the queue at 10 pm pacific time. Wait time so far, 30 minutes. Estimated remaining, 30 minutes.

This can’t go on. I’ll have to hire a small neighborhood child to begin the login process when I leave work each night. Gonna be hell on guilds with planned events in the evening.

Earlier, a guildmate reported that he waited two hours in the queue. Admittedly, that guy is frequently tanked when he logs on, so for all I know the wait was four hours and he just thinks it was only two. The guildmember that logged in about 30 minutes after that reported his queue time was one hour.

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Pithy WoW Headline Here

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Lucky me, I have the day off. A clever coincidence on my part … WoW opens, I have a day off prearranged. I still have to wait for the FedEx guy to spawn with a box, but that leaves time for a shower, a tall cup of coffee to return my hungover ass to life and maybe a quick call to the office to check on the TPS reports. (Ya, I got the memo.)

Last night, I was talking to the guild and catching up on our Grand Scheme to Ownzorz Everything and Everyone in Our Wake. Several of the guildmates had boxes in hand already (wtf!) and were camping the WoW servers … scheduled to open FIVE HOURS in the future.

For crissakes, we’re all adults in our 20s, plus a handful in their 30s and a few in their 40s, and they’re all acting like middle schoolers before the big game against the middle school a mile down the road. Gee, ya really think we can beat them, Coach?

One of the guys suggested that I run down to this store having a Warcraft midnight event to pick up a box. Umm no. Foton has the day off tomorrow; Foton’s gonna toss back a few and stumble home later. And then, Foton might drag his ass out of bed and make fun of you all on his blog. And if you’re lucky, Foton won’t tell the story he just heard about the guildmate that has been … hmm, how to say? … fucking over another guildmate. Then, and only then, will Foton consider logging in.

Where the hell is that FedEx guy anyways? And if he shows up looking like he’s been playing WoW all night with my CD Key, I’ll beat him senseless with my slightly-used collector’s edition.

Justifiable aggravated assault with a game box. No jury in the land would convict me!

May You Live in Interesting Times

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Found over on Beta-watcher.com:

Limitless Horizons Entertainment LLC today announced that its eagerly awaited massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Mourning® will be launching in the United States on February 25, 2005 with subsequent launches occurring in Europe and Canada at a later date.

Well, I haven’t been eagerly awaiting it, but apparently some people are.

But here’s what’s new: characters produce offspring, implying that rampant, shameless cybering finally pays off ingame officially! It’s actually ENCOURAGED!

We live in interesting times, people.

Previously, cybering only paid off unofficially (other than the obvious, more immediate gratification): increased looting rights, better guild invitations, and for those (lucky?) few, real life physical contact … with a female, maybe.

Goddamn, now that I’ve thought this out, I am eagerly anticipating this.

But ladies, I must warn you: I’m more of the absent father type, the kind that spends the weekly gold at the virtual tavern. Your weekly gold, that is.