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Kellian Cove (60 Wood Elf Rogue) Parra Doxx (55 Barbarian Shaman) Kellian Blindwell (25 Human Paladin) Marvin Miyagi (24 Gnome Necromancer) Evia (12 High Elf Wizard) | |||
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The Ancient Ranger
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Wife went on a few-day trip with her sister the day Velious released, so I was on my own for food etc. I went and bought 3 gigantic t bone steaks (b/c treat yo'self), got home and prepared for a marathon session.
Turned out, about 35 hours after Velious release, I had never put the steaks in the refrigerator... so there sat about $85 worth of room temp/hot rotting steak. | ||
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Played live from just about launch 1999 until 2004 when WoW entered the scene. I did the usual stuff, long camps, raids, druid epic, but the craziest thing I did was the jboot camp back in November.
I set aside an entire night, knowing full well what I was getting into. Told the missus I'd be gaming until the wee hours of the morn, but that I would be good to go helping her sister move early afternoon the next day. At 9 pm I join the list at #8. The evening goes fairly well, we see three boots drop so the list is moving, and I managed to squeeze in a prison workout in my office to help stave off the drowsiness. At about 3 am, for whatever reason, my modem decided to takes a dump on me so I switch to my phone's mobile hotspot. The modem reset fast enough but I thought, "Why risk it?" and decided to stay on cell network for the duration. No more drops that evening, but 3 people couldn't hack it and left the list. The time is now 9 am and I am #2 on the list. I've been at my current position for 3 hours. I'm getting pretty nervous because if we don't see some drops soon I am going to have to bail to attend to the day's obligations. Noon rolls around and my wife is ready to head out to her sister's place, but I manage to convince her that I can just meet her there. Just a quick shower, and if the boots don't drop by the time I am ready to go, that will be the end of it. She reluctantly agrees and hope is kept alive. I get freshened up and just as I was ready to go, a pair dropped...and I am now #1 on the list. I...I can't leave at the top, but I also can't stay, which brings us to phase 2 of this adventure. Already being on my mobile hotspot, I decide the best thing to do is take my operation mobile. Due to the nature of my work, I game from a laptop, so as long as my connection is solid this should work. My rig is a bit of a power hog, as I bought it to run some of my VR titles, so it has two bricks. I have one of those heavy duty battery packs in my truck used to jumpstart cars but also has AC outlets, so I thought I would be good to get to my next destination that was about 20 miles away. Once underway I realized, to my horror, that the power supply was insufficient and that I was running purely on battery. The good news was that according to GPS, I had just enough time to make it to my destination...that is until my wife texted that they were going to the new place and to meet them there. I was stranded out in the field, too far to turn back, but not close enough to the objective. I managed to get off the freeway and make it to a local eatery. It was a cold and rainy day, but fortunately it had let up a bit and I managed to jack-in to an exterior outlet they had near a table on their front patio. Once I got the situation stabilized, I was able to shift some power management options and recharge enough juice to make it to my sister-in-law's. After arriving I helped them unload their truck for the next few hours as I assisted my group kill PH's, and thanked them for understanding my semi-afk status. Enter phase 3. I had yet another obligation that day, a family get together about 30 miles from my current location. The boots refused to drop, and yet again I was forced to hit the road. Thus far I had been able to avoid PH spawns while in transit, but this time it would be unavoidable. To make matters worse I was going to have to pass through a tunnel, and the timing lined up perfectly with a Drelzna spawn. I decided to play it safe, stopped for fuel, and waited...PH, of course. Surprisingly I passed through the tunnel while maintaining connection, and only had to pull over one additional time for another PH. My second destination was safely reached, and I had to explain to my brother (a D&D player from the early 80's so he kinda understood) what it was I was doing setting up shop in his office. After about 2 hours at his place, in between mingling with family and helping my group kill PH's, my boots finally drop at 10 pm. My epic camp tale ends at 25 hours, and after 36 years of gaming I've never felt so satisfied by a virtual accomplishment. | ||
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