WRUP: WoW Insider's rockin' New Year's Eve eve
by Fox Van Allen 
Dec 30th 2011 at 8:00PM
Ah, New Year's Eve -- a magical evening when you get annoyed by Ryan Seacrest for a few hours, watch some bands (who will be entirely irrelevant by 2013) perform, and suffer through an unsettling attempt by a stroke victim to accurately rattle off a countdown. And it's all followed up with a sad, post-midnight attempt to recreate the magic by watching Chicago celebrate the Central Time Zone's version of the New Year. Silly Chicago -- your New Year's doesn't count. Only New York's does.
But, of course, New Year's Eve is about more than just traditional network programming. New Year's Eve also affords us all the chance to make New Year's resolutions. That's what today's WRUP is all about -- New Year's resolutions. What's your New Year's resolution? And ... of course ... what are you playing?
Anne Stickney (@Shadesogrey) I'll be cleaning up the Christmas decorations and lugging them all back up to the attic for another year. As for games, no raiding this weekend, so I'm hoping to get a little Skyrim in, in between other projects I've got kicking around the house. The main thing I'll be doing is staining the bookcase I designed so that it can take its proper place on the wall and be stuffed with as many books as possible! My WoW resolution? Get that stupid horse from Attumen already. My WoW Insider resolution? I don't have a particular resolution other than keepin' on with the keeping people entertained thing and hopefully getting a few more people interested in lore in the process!
Chase Hasbrouck (@alarondruid) I'll be heading to my parents' for a long New Year's week, so not much gaming for me. (Unless I finally decide to upgrade from my rooted Droid1. Love that thing, but it's aged.) For WoW 2012: Get fully kitted out in Raid Finder gear and go see how many level 80 raid bosses I can solo now. Already killed a few in Naxx.
Daniel Whitcomb (@DanielWhitcomb) Well, SWTOR's hit me harder than I thought (my Republic Trooper Commando is level 25 on Nar Shadda), so I'm hoping to spend this weekend catching up on WoW and getting some Raid Finder in if I can tear myself away from my big green alien female shepard. (Seriously, my Trooper is voiced by Jennifer Hale, how cool is that? All I am missing is Garrus)
My WoW Resolution is to get my mage and warrior to level 85 and kitted with full Raid Finder gear before the expansion is up.
Fox Van Allen (@foxvanallen) (gplus.to/foxvanallen) Spending the New Year's weekend in Philadelphia before heading back to Boston. I'll also be working on my two new books: a compilation of @horse_ebooks 2011 tweets, and an illustrated children's book based on @horse_ebooks. We'll worry about the details for the horse_ebooks ebook and the horse_ebooks ebook on tape later.
My WoW Insider resolution? To make it all the way through to 2013 without getting fired.
Joe Perez (@Lodurzj) Looking for raid on the hunter, need another shot at getting her that bow off Deathwing! Other than that my time will be spent in a galaxy far, far away. Still having a blast! My WoW resolution, to actively become a healing mercenary this year! Well, maybe.
Josh Myers (@elamqt) I'll be doing what I do every weekend -- working! Other than that, I've dusted off the ol' arms warrior, because apparently doing Raid Finder on my two 380+ characters a chore already, and I need to add a third. Gurthalak is just so cool, though!
Kelly Aarons (@Cadistra) OH MAN. I am playing ALL THE THINGS. I got a handful of XBLA points for Christmas, so I bought Trine 2, Rock of Ages, Bastion, and a few others, not to mention more Skyrim, SWTOR, and finally logging back into WoW after so long.
My WoW-based resolutions? Start leveling some damn alts!
Mathew McCurley (@gomatgo) I'll be playing some WoW and some SWTOR this weekend, still working on my shadow priest and trudging through the Jedi Knight storyline. I think I'm almost finished with Act I, and this game has been incredibly fun to just sit back and watch. Raid Finder also sounds like a fun idea when I can pull myself away from the Jedi story.
Oh, and my WoW resolution -- enjoy the game more than I've ever enjoyed it. WoW lets me be casual about the game by design now more than ever, and I really, really love it.
Matthew Rossi (@matthewrossi) Skyrim, SWTOR, WoW.
Josh, just to get back at you I got my enhancement shaman a No'kaled.
Matt Low (@Matticus) I went and bought myself an Xbox 360 on Boxing Day (Canadian version of Black Friday). Picked up Dance Central 2! So I'll be getting my groove on. No, I won't be streaming. In between that, probably start doing some Operations in SWTOR or something.
Michael Gray (@writegray) I'm finishing up a mage before getting him geared to go fight Deathwing in the Raid Finder. I continue to love the Raid Finder functionality and it gets me excited about alts in a way nothing else has before.
My WoW resolution for 2012 is ... well, to keep on trucking. I'm pretty happy with the game and where I am playing it right now.
Olivia Grace (@oliviadgrace) I'm going to be freaking out about essay writing and doing a little bit of WoW alt levelling on the first with my hangover. My New Year's resolution is to think up lots of interesting ways to say "yep, still WoW" for WRUP. It's like 99% of my game time!
Robin Torres (@cosmiclaurel) Friday night is Caroling Carnage, which you all will be joining me at, right? I'll probably level my blood elf mage a bit, level my Tiny Tower a bit and play SWTOR a bit. But Sunday, if not too hung over, I'll be playing the Disneyland game with The Spousal Unit and of course, The Spawn.
Resolution: Get two more characters to 85 before Pandatime.
The weekend is the perfect time to kick back, relax and enjoy some game time. Are you an achievement junkie? Can't get enough raiding? Rolling a new alt? Considering taking the leap into roleplaying? Whatever your favorite way to play World of Warcraft, let us know in the comments what you're playing this weekend!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Caylynn Dec 30th 2011 8:56PM
Tomorrow my husband and I are doing a 5K New Year's Eve race. Should be lots of fun!
Happy New Year everyone!
Sun Dec 30th 2011 8:57PM
I'll be celebrating! My birthday is on Saturday (New Year's Eve)
It's not quite as good as it sounds, one day of celebration for the price of two.
Still, I've graduated from teenager-dom, and will never be able to enjoy Wheatus' Teenage Dirtbag, not that I ever did before.
Ding 20! Better go and get my Apprentice Riding.
VioletArrows Dec 30th 2011 9:01PM
Tomorrow's my last day in WoW (break time again) so I'll probably hang with my guildies a little, do the new year thing, and then spend the rest of the weekend with all the games I got off Steam, and getting some actual work/research done.
Sun Dec 30th 2011 9:11PM
On topic... Lots of WoW, Skyrim, another playthrough of Torchlight, and I've finally picked up Bastion in the Steam sale so I'm sure that'll be making an appearance in the next week or so.
For New Years resolutions, get out of the country a little more. In game though, get my Warrior and Warlock to 85, then start a Rogue, which will hopefully be maxed before Pandaren's arrive at our shores in Spring/early-Summer.
Happy New Year!
Rhüarc Dec 30th 2011 9:15PM
I'll be working New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, so not much gaming for me, sadly.
As for New Year's Resolutions.... quitting smoking. The wife said that if I quit smoking, she'll allow me to get TOR. Yay giving up one addiction to fuel another?
Task Dec 30th 2011 9:34PM
Seeing as how I'll be working New Years Eve until 4pm ish, (my job is delivering drugs [prescription] ), it'll be spent doing one very important thing:
Playing Arkham City and buying the dlc packs with my new XBL time/MS points.
Happy new year everyone! Party and drink well with your friends & family and get home safe.
Task
Philster043 Dec 30th 2011 10:03PM
2011 was a good year for me. I successfully went thru with my New Year's resolution last year and lost around 60 pounds and got to my ideal weight.
I'm actually at a loss for 2012 on what to make my resolution. Stay alive and healthy, I guess. I'll probably be watching a lot of football this weekend and hoping that somehow, someway, my Titans make it into the playoffs (not the upcoming MMO, the NFL team, thanks).
John Schmidt Dec 30th 2011 10:46PM
I am reinstalling windows because my brand new motherboard decided to brick on me. Once I do that, I am watching my nephew so my sister and brother in law can go out for New Years Eve and SWTOR. Got to get to 50 on my Sniper. I dont have a new years resolution because it is next to impossible to keep them. :)
Matthew Dec 31st 2011 1:19AM
how fun is sniper? (if you comment your own post, I'll read it) is it like a hunter in wow?
I'm reallllly digging the melee classes in swtor, which is ironic cuz i was a caster exclusively in WoW
Matthew Dec 31st 2011 1:27AM
Pretty cool so many people are on SWTOR. Really enjoying it.
I'm on call, alas. No one go nuts tomorrow, or you'll see me. Literally.
krisiteenie56 Dec 31st 2011 7:41AM
Biggest new years resolution I have is to get a job. Not that I haven't been trying for the last 7 months but its a very important goal for the year.
As far as WoW I'm going to start either a druid tanking guide or something that most people haven't thought of, a trash guide for dungeons and raids. I really enjoy helping people so I think it would be fun for me.