If you love non-combat pets as much as I do, you should hurry to the closest Battleground. In order to celebrate the Beijing 2008 Olympics there is a new PvP event in-game that rewards you with a Competitor`s Tabard and a Gold Medallion. You get the tabard no matter if you win or lose, just stay in the Battleground until the end. The Gold Medallion has a 50% drop apparently. You get both items instantly by mail when you end the Battleground.

I was lucky to win the first BG I went to, which is indeed a miracle because usually on my server Alliance PUGs get pwned hard in Warsong Gluch.

The pet is so cute, I really like the level of detail, I can count his shiny scales! But I still love my Yeti… I won`t cheat on the Yeti.

From Thunderbluff I went straight to Orgrimmar. I should have brought my sungoggles because all that red makes me berserk. I made a quick stop at a store to get me some fruits. It`s rare to find fruits in Orgrimmar, orcs really dig meat.

It seems the new fashion in Orgrimmar is not the bearskin on the floor but the… ogreskin! Nice, soft leather.

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Magdedeiu was in the scryers bank when… SURPRISE! THE DRUID BEARS FROM ALL OVER ALONSUS!

They love to dance all day. There is no space on that podium for all the bears.

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I was feeling bored and the midsummer heat was annoying enough to drag me out from my smelly alchemy lab to the exotic beaches of Stranglethorn. It just didn’t feel right anymore, alchemy was going poor and my mage studies were advancing slowly. Despite the extended rest, mana regen was slow as black lotus growth. I wanted to do something bold, like an adventure, and Trias Cheese deliveries didn’t fall into that category. So I left my dull lab from the old town and went to see the Midsummer bonfire, like I wasn’t enduring enough heat already. Frost armor magic really helps in the summer! Reaching the festival place, it seemed odd to me seeing so many people dancing and tossing flames joyfully, while 20 paces to the right there was this never-ending riot in the Stockade. The fire was burning hot, reminding me of the pillar of fire I accidentally casted into my room a year ago. Torch catching isn’t really my thing, I’m not that skilled in melee anyway, but this idea of flame stealing started to amuse me. What if I would steal the flame of Thunderbluff right from those silly bullmen? That’s much much further than I’ve ever wandered to gather peacebloom!

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Ah crap I sure know you have to walk a lot from Crossroads to Thunderbluff, Mulgore. I am so tired, can I have a Redbull please? Mr. Bull…um…I didn`t mean to offend you, no, I am not a pervert wanting bull juices…ah crap, please don`t do it!!!!”.

He kicked my ass from that up high, but I`m a smart mage and carry feathers with me all the time so I fell slowly on the ground.

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I’m leveling another mage now, on Emeriss. I started it 1 week ago and I spent my first days in the sunny Barrens, with its unforgettable chat.

And as I walked in, the first lines of chat I saw were something like:

Player X: Ding!

Player A: Fuck off!!

Player B: omg /ignore…

Player C: ffs…

Player D: /care

Player E: just shut up and play!

Player F: @@#!!

Player G: lmao, owned by maturity filter

Player H: Swe anyone?

….. and intrigued by these vivid reactions I defended verbally the poor dinger asking whats so wrong about announcing proudly that you’re a level 13 or so.

The only coherent response I got is that “he keeps dinging!”

Which is quite understandable, considering that you can get a character from 1 to 20 in only few hours if you put a bit of brain into it as well.

By the time I logged out, the dinging thing had dinged again 3 times already, thanks to some WC boost. Now I have no conclusion or personal opinion about the fact, as I still respond /1 Grats! every time someone says Ding, however the mass hysteria he created was priceless.

Jen giving me real life instructions last evening: “Dinner is in the oven and I won’t be here. When you hear the oven going ‘DING’ you go and take the food out, not just yell ‘GRATZ!!’, OK?”

The attention to detail is a thing that Blizzard puts a lot of focus in. Silvermoon is a perfect example. Located in the North of the Eastern Kingdoms, the Blood Elves` capital is a beautiful city. I started my visit at the Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain rock band. They are on a balcony, sadly you can`t reach them, but they are superstars after all, us peons are not worthy. They do respond if you /wave, /dance, /kiss and /rude.

The city looks great and colorful but it hides dark secrets.

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One of my characters is a hunter. A pretty fun one too.

I was browsing the class forum and as usually I stumbled upon yet another “Why am I being called Huntard?” thread.

So anyways I’d like to say that I know what a huntard is. a Huntard is a title, achieved during long times of battle and hard work, and continous community feedback. I wrote you a test, to determine how far you are from becoming a true flawless Huntard.

1. Roll need on caster staff / caster robe / healing shammie gear / anything else except something useful for you - 10 points
1.1 - if you rolled need on it because it looked good you get another 5 points bonus
1.2 - if you rolled to hit with it melee or because it would “help you mend your pet” - same, 5 points bonus

2. Forget to purchase ammo and food for your pet in more than 75% of your dungeons - 10 points
2.1 - if you continuously pester your groupmates for ammo and pet food you get another 5 points bonus
2.2 - if you also call them noobs for not having any ammo and pet food to give you - 5 points bonus

3. Aggro everything in a room with multishot at least 75% of your dungeons - 10 points
3.1 If you did that even before the tank got to pull one mob - 5 points bonus
3.2 If you also feign death near the healer - super cool, 5 points more

4. Always keep pet on aggressive in dungeons - 10 points
4.1 If you also make it run after you with the whole mob army after him - 5 points bonus
4.2 If you try to save the situation saying “my pet is tank!” = 5 points as well

5. Always shoot the CC’d targets - 10 points

6. If you’re at level 70 and your pet still is named Cat or Boar because you havent figured out you can actually rename it - 10 points (this does not apply to the bots)

7. Using immolation or explosive trap 100% when you’re asked to use a freezing one - 10 points

8. Constantly using during fights the Aspect of the WTF Dazed - 10 points

9. Treating your party members as complicated NPC’s - 10 points

10. Reducing your vocabulary to “need” “lol” “wut?” and “summon plzzzz” - 10 points.

So. …do YOU have what it takes to be a HUNTARD? *drum rolls*

One guildie announced he’s going for RL camping, so I drafted these rules for him (so he comes back safe and sound):

“Rules for RL camping for avid WoW players”

• do not aggro the wildlife
• do not try to tame beasts
• feathers will not slow your fall, so don’t jump off cliffs
• you cannot feign death
• you cannot sleep beasts
• you cannot heal yourself while fighting bears
• wolves don’t despawn, nor do they give up chasing you
• you cannot shield nor bubble
• you cannot use the hearthstone
• beasts don’t drop loot
• you don’t have night vision
• you cannot shadowmeld

As long as you remember those, you should be fine! Happy camping!