My workplace network has gotten so slow at loading internet sites and it's driving me crazy. Something screwed up with the proxy settings or something. I'm not about to call my employee-support counterparts to whine that Twitter won't load fast enough.
I've realized that my wardrobe of clothes that actually fit me at this point has grown worrisomely thin, and while I don't care about going to Kroger looking like a bag lady I don't want to be at BotCon like that, so next week I'm totally buying some new clothes. I need some trouser-cut jeans in size Bigger Than I Care To Admit and a couple new clever t-shirts, stat!
I'm torn on whether to take Project Laptop (AKA Auntie) with me out to CA or just the netbook. I brought it up to Sam, who suggested I take neither, which I explained was sacrelige comparable to tell me not to take my DS. Project Laptop is huge, weighs a ton, and has unreasonable power and cooling needs, but on the other hand it has a full 1024x768 screen that would be very helpful if I decide to actually modify and upload photos while I'm there. It also has a DVD player that will play any region now that I'm running Ubuntu on it, which would be useful if the thing didn't overheat after like 10 minutes. I may have to dismantle it for a good cleaning and see if that improves before I make a final decision there. It's always a pain trying to get videos up and running at BotCon, and the Eee has some codec issues with a lot of .avi files. Also no DVD drive.
In WoW news, I got Dariahn set up for dual specs after fiddling around enough with my second DK to decide that Unholy was a lot of fun. It's really nice to be able to go out and just give things the beatdown and not be in constant fear of death like I am with Meri. Also I immediately ran a Heroic in my PVP epics and ungemmed blues from runs where nobody else wanted them and rolled my face around on the keyboard and got more than acceptable DPS. I'm starting to wonder if I really have the proper temperment for casual raiding, because I find myself more and more having less fun the more casual everyone else is. And it's sad because I really, really like all these people, and then they go AFK forever and all my buffs I worked hard to farm wear off and we're not moving as fast as I'd like through trash or regrouping fast enough after boss wipes and kills and people from the group I was trying to organize but gave up on start being upset that I'm running without them and I kind of want to just park myself in Brill and do nothing but RP. I like having a casual raiding schedule, especially with my RP schedule, but when I raid I want to be serious about it. For that evening I am a raider. I'm already serious enough about it that there are very few things I need from Naxx-10 because I have comparable badge/crafted/Heroic gear in most of my slots. I outgear most of the people there. I'm just doing it for the experience of doing it. Maybe I need to force more RP while we sit around waiting. Maybe I need to keep my DS nearby while I raid. Maybe I need to start drinking.
I still want a fennic fox.
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autobottrixter- May 18th, 16:13
2009-05-19 09:27 am (UTC)
It's another reason why I posted that thread in the Scourgebane forum (which I think at least half of the group has not read since they do not have forum accounts), but again... There are not many ways to enforce these unspoken courtesies without becoming more "hardcore", in my opinion. While I do -think- we can attempt to whip the group into shape, we all have to be mindful of badgering people which would suck the fun out of a lot of it.
Though we are feeling this out, albeit slowly, and I think starting up a standby list like we did will hopefully help alleviate some of our swapping woes when someone bows out. If you want to help improve the speed of our runs, then I feel the usual leaders and assists need to have a chat. I think we can definitely do more than two wings (if that) a night and our downtime/late start times/slow regrouping does effect that tremendously.
Overall, I'm sorry that you are feeling disenchanted with the raiding group, but please keep in mind that we are not a hardcore raiders. While I do feel that we should -act- like them, at least for a few hours on one day, enforcing such a mentality might be another story. Feel free to drop me a line in-game if you wanna talk about this further and perhaps brainstorm on it a bit. :)
(Also, Fennecs are super cute. I love 'em!)
2009-05-19 01:57 pm (UTC)
It may be worth trying to plug the forums a little more, for communication's sake. I like the idea that's come up there about maybe spreading it over two nights, because then I know I for one would feel a little less rushed, but we'd have to get everyone on board with that.
In the end it may just be a matter of coming to terms with my need to go go go and just pulling out my DS and running through a couple turns of Final Fantasy Tactics between boss attempts.
2009-05-19 07:01 pm (UTC)
Asking people to bring their A-Game isn't bad, especially since they'd have nothing to lose and everything to gain. We'd clear more content faster, get more loot/money/badges, and be one step closer to facing off ol' KT himself. If we can get to the point of where we clear the four wings in one night and polish off Saph, KT, and maybe Sarth (if we have some extra time) on another would be fabulous, IMO. We have five hours, if not more, on Sunday to beat the snot out of Naxx. We can do some serious damage if we just pick up the slack, even if only a bit.
Though yeah, I do recommend having some "downtime material" with you because there will be times when we have to wait, whether we like it or not. I usually tab out to forums while keeping my chat log in view. *chuckle* Maybe download the WoW addon for Bejeweled or Peggle?
2009-05-19 09:00 pm (UTC)