The other part of the night was spent watching/reading strats for this man:

I have to admit something here: There is no boss in Wow that I would rather fight than Algalon. There is no other title in Wow that I would like to have than Starcaller (including the Celestial Walker. ) From a very young age, I’ve been pretty obsessed with stars and space- while it seems very, very unlikely, my dream job is in fact to be an Astronaut. (I know, I’m like five. >.<) So, I’m kind of obsessed with Algalon. Everything about him, from the exploding stars to black holes to the graphics of the fight are everything I wish for in a game…and now that I have the key to his ten-man room, he’s an even more tantalizing target.

And to be honest, I’m not sure why we’ve not made attempts on him yet. With Annah’s (Disc Priest/Enh Shaman, totally awesome) legendary mace, and our epicly good holy Paladin, as well as better gear on our bear and warrior tank’s, I don’t see his single target damage as being that hard for us to deal with anymore. The rest of the fight doesn’t seem that crazy- don’t get hit by cosmic smash. Don’t step in dark holes during anything but big bang (which could be a problem). Don’t die. With our slightly elevated gear level, I can see us(by us, I mean the guild as a whole-if I’m not in on the kill, I’m not in on the kill) getting in it one or two weeks on ten man. I’m just not sure why we aren’t. :/

I do apologize for the break from the normal enhancement babble- doing a kind of angsty rawr progression thing is not really my style (I’m pretty perpetually happy) and not something you’ll see from me often , but something about this one has me more bummed than normal. So, I apologize!

(As a reminder, please check out my recruitment post!)

((As a double reminder, <Best Shaman on Server>, Alliance, Broxrigar-PVE-PTR is now formed, so anyone who wants to come buy and talk shop is more than welcome. Having premade alts that you can learn how to play in time for some10- ICC testing would be cool, too, if we end up being able to go that route.))

(((I probably won’t be updating over the weekend. I have a paper on Shakespeare due Monday, have to memorize Coleridge’s “Frost at Midnight” for Wednesday, and have a paper on a poem of my choosing due Wednesday as well, so I’m probably going to start some of that tomorrow/sunday. Hopefully I’ll do some schoolwork during the afternoon, and be on wow for any ten-man shenanigans we might get into tomorrow night before losing myself to schoolwork again.)))

Again, I’m sorry for being emo. I promise it won’t happen that much- I do rather enjoy focusing on the numbers, the math, and how to play more than how I feel. xD

Why is that? Because I want ALL the information before I post about it, so I think I’m going to wait until the end of Blizzcon to update. I just want to be able to go through, nitpick on every single thing and go “omgz thats kewl and hears y!” Suffice to say, however, I don’t think I have -ever- been excited for a video game in my life as I am for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. It seems amazing, and I give props to everyone at Blizzard for making it look so appealing. That said, here are the things I currently dislike!: (Btw spoilers for you bads who are blocked from WorldofWarcraft.com at work, so don’t go below this shiny linkbar if you’re afraid of finding out that Sirius Black is dead, Snape Killed Dumbledore, Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker’s Father, and Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen will make you ask for your money back.)

A) No Worgen Shaman: Hai guys, I’m a qt Enhance shaman who has badass claw-like fist weapons and occassionally turns into a wolf spirit/summons some wolf puppies because I’m that in touch with my canine brethren. What’s that? You’re a qt wolf-man who is constantly struggling with his wolfesque nature, who has badass claws, and a propensity to eat raw meat? We can like, totally be friends and windfury things together, and maybe later go to a Jonas Brothers concert, right?

…right?

B) Dear Blizzard:

I love you guys. I love the majority of your preview movies. That one in Dalaran where Jaina/Thrall eyed each other and Varian emo’d out like a 13 year old and Kologarn forgot to say OBLIVION? Classic. The WOTLK one where Icehowl lays the smackdown on a Jaina-wannabe, the s2 geared paladin goes to the dark side (because they have cookies!), and there’s a 2-minute build-up before you figure out it’s actually Arthas talking to you? Very, very well done. And Zul’aman? That trailer was fucking beast. Spot-on voice acting by a more-emo-than-Varian arm-chopping troll leader with an incredibly well-written dialogue,  and the way the four animal-god bosses are introduced is simply incredible. So why, oh why, did the Cataclysm preview video simply have a boringly written, overly-dramatic-at-the-wrong-times, voice speaking? The graphics looked amazing, but the monologue just bored me. I am being a tad nitpicky about this, but it’s because I look forward to every movie you guys release, and I was a tad bit dissappointed this time. Still, great work overall!

<3, Elam.

3) Cairne Bloodhoof, leader of the qtest race in the game and voted most-likely-to-not-get-falsely-implicated-in-a-horde-plot-and-executed-by-Garrosh-Hellscream in his high school yearbook gets falsely implicated in a horde plot, gets executed by Garrosh Hellscream, AND then Thrall goes off to be all like “I’m in ur Tirisfal, guarding your…stuff that needs guarding” and Emoscream takes over the Horde. Fuck that shit. If anything happens to Cairne, I’m rerolling Worgen. Happy Cows will no longer come from Mulgore.

4) Worgen are alliance. It makes sense. I hate it, but it makes sense.

5) And, lastly:

My least favorite part of Cataclysm is that I want it already and it’s not out yet.