WRUP: The Michael Sacco smells like an ugly manbeast edition
Every weekend, the WoW.com asks you (and ourselves) a simple question: What are you playing? This week, our bloggers' answers are compiled by Michael Sacco, and formatted by Alex Ziebart because doing that when you're stuck working from an iPhone is sort of a pain in the butt. That also explains the title of today's WRUP, in case you hadn't figured it out.You could barely contain yourself, I know. You just couldn't sit still until you found out what the WoW.com staff was up to this weekend. Well, we've read your mind, kid! In fact, we do that very thing every Saturday--ask our writers and editors to answer that elusive question: "What aRe yoU Playing?"
That's right --you've got a fever for WoW.com contributor Twitter names and debatably entertaining personal information, and we've got the medicine* you need.
- Adam Holisky: I'm going to be honest. I need about 70k honor. I'm probably going to sit around in BGs and only half pay attention to them. I'm not going to AFK out, but why put in the effort when no one else is? Battleground are a game of mediocrity, and I am its champion.
- Alex Ziebart (@aziebart): More Turpen. More Ulduar. Hoping and praying Patch 3.2 is this Tuesday so I can stop waiting for it. Outside of WoW, I'm helping my parents move into their new place... in the apartment directly above mine. Then? Blogging on my personal blog and whipping this collaborative project I'm doing with my girlfriend into shape so we can get the party started. I finally started getting my various shipments in, so we can start writing!
- Allison Robert: Going to work on a bunch of achievements I've been ignoring. I have the Chef and Salty titles within my grasp if I just knuckle down.
- Amanda Dean: After two weeks admiring the floor in his chamber, I currently celebrating the death of Hodir on 10 man. Now I'm feverishly plotting Thorim's demise. Though our little guild is slightly behind the curve getting into Ulduar, we've really grown a great team. Raiding is fun and exciting again. Sure, we wipe on new content, but there's a real sense of achievement. Every once in a while I stop to ponder why we have to go through so much trouble to kill KT when we could just march right into the middle of Naxx and splatter him- for that matter, why doesn't he stay dead. Next week I'll wonder why Hodir was foolish enough to get captured again. Then I go back to leading my little army. It's a good thing I'm not a role player. For pony!
- Daniel Whitcomb (@danielwhitcomb): I will probably mostly lament that Patch 3.2 isn't here yet, since I really want to grab some Cold Weather Flying books to give to a couple of my alts so I can level them in style. Apart from that, I think I'll get in a few last days of enjoying instant cast exorcism on my Paladin, or maybe finish off some achievements on my Death Knight.
- Eddie Carrington (@brigwyn): Nothing special. I'm thinking after I finish up some quests in Outlands, I might get a haircut and trim my beard. Gotta get ready for BlizzCon after all.
- Lesley Smith: I'm playing Aion this weekend, not for pleasure you understand. It's all work. I'm also taking my new camera out to try and take some shots for a local competition.
- Lisa Poisso: Leveling some characters I haven't touched in a looong time – sweet!
- Matt Low (@mattycus): I managed to get the Alterac Valley zerg achievement. The one where you kill Drek in like 6 minutes or less? The key is that you have to bring in a least 2 tanks, and several healers (4 or 5) and pray that enough DPS listen to you. A preform of about 15 does this quite nicely. This weekend, it's Alterac Valley perfection (or whatever the one where you have to play tight defense and not lose towers or captains, and take their towers). I can never remember these achievement names.
- Michael Sacco (@mikesacco): Packing my bags to return to Austin for possibly the last time. Laying out and maybe even writing a little bit of my novel. Playing Star Ocean 2 on my PSP.
- Robin Torres (@cosmiclaurel): It will be another Itchee weekend. I'm loving this new look at Azeroth through a child's eyes. I'm not loving leveling Alliance characters for the first time since the early days of vanilla WoW. What's with all the running in Elwynn Forest? Does everything really have to be so far apart? And don't even get me started on the plethora of complicated collection quests for characters with beginner bags. I hope Patch 3.2 comes next week because a mount will make playing Itchee even more fun, and there will be less parental whining.
- Zach Yonzon (@trymykungfu): Finally rewarding myself with some stress-relieving PvP over the weekend, after finishing some penciled pages. I've been Honor-capped for months, so this'll be purely for fun. Then I'll hit the bike trail with my brother and his friends on Sunday.
*Results not typical. Ask your physician before taking WRUP. Responses may or may not include video games. Void where prohibited. Your mother and I are very disappointed in you.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
zenmastermets Aug 1st 2009 9:07AM
@ Adam Holisky. Ugh. It's people like you that ruin BGs for people that play them because we enjoy them. Why do you need the honor? What does it give you, PvP gear? The gear is second rate and apparently you have no use for it. Please don't queue for any BGs. Thanks.
Retropally Aug 1st 2009 1:13PM
Thing is, you dont really mean it do you.
You'd do anything to be in a better position than anyone else, in game and in real life. Some reason you choose to be bitter instead of going for the success yourself.
zurge Aug 1st 2009 9:19AM
@ Adam Holisky. I think you just got pwnd.
DT Aug 1st 2009 9:18AM
Yea, seriously Holisky.. Thats lame as hell. *Other people are asses.. That means I can be an ass too!* You and your kind are destroying BGs.
Retropally Aug 1st 2009 9:24AM
Dont blame the player, blame the system.
I'll be slowly but surely planning my own podcast...and celebrating my birthday
Rigour Aug 1st 2009 9:57AM
Lesley, I have heard you on WOW Insider and read your posts. You seem very nice, but there are millions of players PLAYING WOW and I hope Wow insider will let them post and podcast until you return.
Booyaka Aug 1st 2009 10:41AM
Wow, there's a wee bit of anger in here directed at Adam. Hopefully, next time he'll lie and say he's gonna farm chilled meat or something non-rage inducing.
Jalaris.Ghostlands Aug 1st 2009 10:52AM
Once Arena points were required to buy PvP gear, the BGs were crushed. Before that BGs were a riot to play and tons of players participated. Adam's comment is, unfortunately, an accurate depiction of BGs at this time.
One of the blue comments mentioned a renewed interest in BGs by the development team. IMO, it can't happen fast enough. If WG is any indicator, there is still tons of interested in large team PvP.
JKWood Aug 1st 2009 5:34PM
No joke. Alterac Valley in particular is one bg I've enjoyed immensely, except everyone in my battlegroup pushes for the quick roflstomp victory, be it Alliance in the 50s or Horde in the 60s. I'd love to play as was intended... Farm turn-ins, get the Forest Lord in on the action, mounted troops, and no "C'mon guys, it's two minutes into the game and we've already got a tank and 4 dps sitting at Drek, waiting for healers so we can finish this."
The Funia! Aug 1st 2009 11:07AM
Finally leveled my alt rogue to 75 so he can open Froststeel Boxes. Now back off to clean up the house I just moved into and spend the rest of my money on getting Married next week! (I wonder if Fiance will let me do some dailies at the reception...)
impurezero Aug 1st 2009 11:18AM
Hmm...I've never actually read one of these entries because I had no idea what WRUP stood for. I thought it had something to do with a radio show. :D
Dreyden Aug 2nd 2009 12:17AM
I thought it meant WHO R U PEOPLE!? :s
Darkblue Aug 1st 2009 11:20AM
Taking my main out to do some Argent Tourney stuff (have been ignoring her for too long) and take my DK for a walk in Zul'Drak, she has a hot date with Drakuru tonight. Also, make blueberry pancakes. Grats to The Funia, getting married is awesome : )
impurezero Aug 1st 2009 11:20AM
What you guys don't know is that half an Adam Holisky is still equal to a full player.
Jed Aug 1st 2009 11:28AM
lol at least this adam guy is honest.. They should just make it so your effort in a BG can be tracked so that when people like him go in they hardly get anything when they come out!
Jed Aug 1st 2009 11:32AM
lol Robin.. how about running all over the bloody barrens!
Robin Torres Aug 1st 2009 12:42PM
I obviously have leveled too many Blood Elves, where everything is close and EZmode.
volicio Aug 1st 2009 9:24PM
yeah, I'm with robin, I just leveled 4 bloodelves to 25 or so using RAF system, and when it came time for me to do a druid/shaman combo, I gave up and moved my cows to silvermoon.
Gordal Aug 2nd 2009 6:30AM
Robin: Yeah, and I've levelled so many Tauren that I already have a few large bags waiting for them in the Bloodhoof Village mailbox so they can tote all those animal parts around for quests. Perhaps the one thing I've noticed is that bags *rarely* drop in Mulgore. At all. Compared to the other starter zones where I usually get one or two six-slotters dropped before level 5.
And Tauren probably have the most amount of "collect fifteen dog spleens and ten cat livers" quests in their starter zones. Buff Tauren, sez I.
Anyway, this weekend I'll be finishing off the Armorsmithing questline on my DK. Because I'm all for useless profession specialisations.
Jed Aug 2nd 2009 11:20AM
lol not to mention they feel so damn slow! i mean i know there not... but they do feel like it =D