No, The Damn Servers Aren’t Up Yet, Sheesh

Steaks on a Plain Ajido (Samuell) is claiming the title “freakin evil genius” for his Warcraft guild name. (Future generations: this is a spoof on the recently released movie, Snakes on a Plane, starring Samuel L. Jackson. I have to say that or else I’ll see this a year later and wonder why I ever thought this was hilarious.)

In another thread, Camule, of an unknown realm (because the forum logins are messed right now for maintenance), asked players to recount their World of Warcraft sins and transgressions in “What’s the worse thing you’ve ever done in game?”, amply proving that human beings are not of divine origin. Thank you for that, because I still had some hope.

Looking at the battlegroups for the cross-server battlegrounds, I see that my server will be grouped with my former SWG guild’s server. (Later, I’ll go trash talk on their boards to start building a little rivalry.) I expect that initially, my current guild will get our asses handed to us by the PVP-realm crowd, but I’m confident that with some minimal practice, superior gear will win the day. Of course, I will claim this is SKILL because I do have an ego.

Lastly, desperate for a Patch 1.12 mirror? Seek and ye shall find at WoWWiki. (WoW Raiders: Update your CT-RaidAssist also. Don’t annoy your guild, like my guildmates will, by waiting until five minutes before the scheduled raid start time to do this.)

Official Patch 1.12 notes after jump:

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PVP Diversity Arrives

PVP diversity arrives to a queue-weary World of Warcraft with Patch 1.12. Cross-server battlegrounds, baby!! The ambiguous announcement, by Blizzard’s Eyonix:

We will be extending tomorrow’s (Tuesday, August 22) normally scheduled realm maintenance by approximately two hours. The additional time will allow for the application of a patch. The maintenance time will run from 3:00 AM PDT to 11:00 AM PDT. In addition, the following realms will be coming down tonight at 11:00 PM PDT in order to begin the retrofitting upgrade process, which will provide substantial improvements to individual realm performance. These realms are scheduled to be brought back up tomorrow morning, once the normal maintenance concludes.

Here’s me: “A patch? Do they mean THE patch? Arggg, why can’t they just speak plainly??” So I checked for myself just now. Yes, it’s The Patch, 1.12. Find a mirror, some things never change, or improve.

List of extended maintenance realms after the jump.

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Two Minor Requests

Dear World of Warcraft: Please update the PVP rankings some time soon. It’s been over a week and I’m tired of seeing my server’s Field Marshal douchebag at the top of the ladder every day. F him and his honor kill-middle camping buddies. Also, please cancel the gamecard for the new paladin in my guild. Claim it’s a glitch in the billing software that can’t be fixed for a few weeks or some other nonsense. If this isn’t possible, I’ll be forced to work my (patent pending) behind-the-scenes, puppet master magic to get that raid channel/strat spammer booted for guild malfeasance. I could be more direct in my approach, but I don’t like to get my hands dirty. I’m sure you can see why an unfortunate billing accident would be more convenient. Thanks. Sincerely, Foton.