*blows dust off blog*
*coughs and waves hand around to help clear the air*
*looking at the ancient entries and shakes his head*
I think it's high time for a change.
When I opened this blog, this was meant to be a sort of practice arena and showcase. In those years, I wanted to be a published author, and my ear was constantly turned to the suggestions of a particular family member of mine. Since then, it's bounced from day-to-day events, to little bits of personal fiction, to sad and depressing rants questioning my life, existence, and future despite intending this blog being a happy place where I can help give other people a smile.
Truth be told, though, I knew something was missing when I was writing articles for this blog, though I adamantly didn't want to acknowledge it -- it was missing a purpose, a passion, a focus.
Blogs, I've learned, tend to be about one subject most of the time. Granted, the authors do drift to other subjects every now and then, but they always come back to the heart of their blog. In that light, I will confess that I never really enjoyed focusing on one subject exclusively, and I will also confess to being rather adamant about not having favorites (as I say I don't have room for such.) ... Well, that mindset will come to an end.
I will still have little fictlet articles with Mout, AJ, and Ryan, but what I want to do is turn my attention to something I've put my time and attention to for nearly 2 and a half years --
-- World of Warcraft.
I hear cheers. I hear boos. I hear groans, and the occasional "GET A LIFE, NERD!" from the audience.
Look, I have a pretty good idea how you feel about me turning my attentions to a time-wasting game-world like WoW. I also know why people hate it, and why others think it's a dead horse that Blizzard keeps beating. I would be lying if I said that I didn't feel the same way about other franchises of this magnatude; ie "Transformers" or "LOTR" or even "DC" or "Marvel".
However, unless you want me to write about my life in general (with all the drama and the financial difficulties, me flunking every class every college offers, and sounding like almost every other half-bored, "please-feel-sorry-for-me" blog that's eating up internet space),you will find that my adventures and misadventures in the world of Azeroth have been some of the memorable moments of my life. True, the world is digital, but the people I share them with are real... and for me, that makes the memories real as well.
Now that you know what I'm wanting to write about, you might be wondering what I like to do on Azeroth. All right, all right... I know. Not all of you are, but for those who want to know, -yes-, I raid. I run instances. I make gold. I quest. All that jazz. All 'normal' Warcraft players do all the stuff... and since I'm on a PvE server, that's pretty much almost all I do, and I enjoy it. But truth be told, my heart isn't really all there. It's nice to run around, killing stuff almost mindlessly, talking over kill strategies, and blowing through Heroic dungeons and raids -- but had I my druthers, I'd move at a slower pace, take in the scenery, and get into character.
More groans and boos? Good. There's the door. There are other blogs that cater to you.
Yes, reader. I am a Role-player. And a proud one. The guild I run with as of the time of this article's penning was founded 3 or 4 years ago on Earthen Ring (US), one of the first and oldest RP servers running World of Warcraft to date. While most of the guild ran dungeons and quested in a mad bid to hit level cap, I enjoyed playing my characters, getting into their heads and seeing how they reacted to the world around them. I was never a hardcore, full time RPer. I didn't even care if I was the hero, or if I was just another voice in the background -- I just enjoyed telling stories, and helping other RPers make sense of their own tales.
I have since moved with my guild to Garrosh(US), a PvE server and one a little less hospitable to RP-like activity perhaps. I don't rightly know, but I'm inclined to believe that there are other players who enjoyed RP as much as I do and would love to enjoy RP again. ... And part of me hopes that I find them. It's sad when you don't have others outside of your own circle of friends to share a particular playstyle with.
So here I am. I will write RP tales based on my own personal toons, perhaps post some artwork every now and then, as well report on the many silly, out-of-character hyjinks I share with my guild and our raiding alliance. Also, as I said earlier, I will still be writing "WhIgmi?" ficlets, starring Ryan and his muses, and I will also be making some of my older, less relevant, more depressing posts disappear. In time, I hope that this blog will bring smiles to people's faces as I hoped it would when I first started.
Thank you, and let us all enjoy this new journey together!
-- The KittyLizard
*looking at the ancient entries and shakes his head*
I think it's high time for a change.
When I opened this blog, this was meant to be a sort of practice arena and showcase. In those years, I wanted to be a published author, and my ear was constantly turned to the suggestions of a particular family member of mine. Since then, it's bounced from day-to-day events, to little bits of personal fiction, to sad and depressing rants questioning my life, existence, and future despite intending this blog being a happy place where I can help give other people a smile.
Truth be told, though, I knew something was missing when I was writing articles for this blog, though I adamantly didn't want to acknowledge it -- it was missing a purpose, a passion, a focus.
Blogs, I've learned, tend to be about one subject most of the time. Granted, the authors do drift to other subjects every now and then, but they always come back to the heart of their blog. In that light, I will confess that I never really enjoyed focusing on one subject exclusively, and I will also confess to being rather adamant about not having favorites (as I say I don't have room for such.) ... Well, that mindset will come to an end.
I will still have little fictlet articles with Mout, AJ, and Ryan, but what I want to do is turn my attention to something I've put my time and attention to for nearly 2 and a half years --
-- World of Warcraft.
I hear cheers. I hear boos. I hear groans, and the occasional "GET A LIFE, NERD!" from the audience.
Look, I have a pretty good idea how you feel about me turning my attentions to a time-wasting game-world like WoW. I also know why people hate it, and why others think it's a dead horse that Blizzard keeps beating. I would be lying if I said that I didn't feel the same way about other franchises of this magnatude; ie "Transformers" or "LOTR" or even "DC" or "Marvel".
However, unless you want me to write about my life in general (with all the drama and the financial difficulties, me flunking every class every college offers, and sounding like almost every other half-bored, "please-feel-sorry-for-me" blog that's eating up internet space),you will find that my adventures and misadventures in the world of Azeroth have been some of the memorable moments of my life. True, the world is digital, but the people I share them with are real... and for me, that makes the memories real as well.
Now that you know what I'm wanting to write about, you might be wondering what I like to do on Azeroth. All right, all right... I know. Not all of you are, but for those who want to know, -yes-, I raid. I run instances. I make gold. I quest. All that jazz. All 'normal' Warcraft players do all the stuff... and since I'm on a PvE server, that's pretty much almost all I do, and I enjoy it. But truth be told, my heart isn't really all there. It's nice to run around, killing stuff almost mindlessly, talking over kill strategies, and blowing through Heroic dungeons and raids -- but had I my druthers, I'd move at a slower pace, take in the scenery, and get into character.
More groans and boos? Good. There's the door. There are other blogs that cater to you.
Yes, reader. I am a Role-player. And a proud one. The guild I run with as of the time of this article's penning was founded 3 or 4 years ago on Earthen Ring (US), one of the first and oldest RP servers running World of Warcraft to date. While most of the guild ran dungeons and quested in a mad bid to hit level cap, I enjoyed playing my characters, getting into their heads and seeing how they reacted to the world around them. I was never a hardcore, full time RPer. I didn't even care if I was the hero, or if I was just another voice in the background -- I just enjoyed telling stories, and helping other RPers make sense of their own tales.
I have since moved with my guild to Garrosh(US), a PvE server and one a little less hospitable to RP-like activity perhaps. I don't rightly know, but I'm inclined to believe that there are other players who enjoyed RP as much as I do and would love to enjoy RP again. ... And part of me hopes that I find them. It's sad when you don't have others outside of your own circle of friends to share a particular playstyle with.
So here I am. I will write RP tales based on my own personal toons, perhaps post some artwork every now and then, as well report on the many silly, out-of-character hyjinks I share with my guild and our raiding alliance. Also, as I said earlier, I will still be writing "WhIgmi?" ficlets, starring Ryan and his muses, and I will also be making some of my older, less relevant, more depressing posts disappear. In time, I hope that this blog will bring smiles to people's faces as I hoped it would when I first started.
Thank you, and let us all enjoy this new journey together!
-- The KittyLizard
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