In case anyone thought I was the overly helpful type, especially to those that might want to intrude on my camp, let me disavow you of that.

What do you think, junior? You think these hands have been soakin’ in Ivory liquid?

I feel badly that I didn’t compile quite enough screenshots on Sunday to satisfy the public’s thirst for insider Warcraft knowledge. I spent today, a rare non-family holiday off from work, snapping screenshots of a typical WoW player’s “day in the life” … so to speak.

In Ironforge, the lag is so bad, we’ve resorted to yelling at people that graze the firepots, thereby lagging our video display by .000005 seconds. MY GOD, that time could have made the difference in the bidding war at the Auction House.

Matrix zen, Jedi mind tricks, Blizzard apologies. Is there really any difference?

I display a rare moment of compassion for my fellow adventurer seeking advice on where to train artisan First Aid.
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Another weekend of skull-crushing lag, and what better player to vent in the general chat channel than this guy? Couple dozen servers had login difficulties, crashing and random rollbacks — which is always fun. While my server dodged those bullets, what little playtime I had was mostly spent on bended knee, trying to loot [Piece of Crap] quest pieces.

WTF! I really hate cheating mobs. I can report that as a dual wielder with crazy-fast weapons, I healed the HELL out of the next 6 or so mobs.