Pinnacle of Delight

Thought I should put up a pic of the Broodlord himself. Possibly the most humanoid of BWL bosses so far. He hits like a truck, too, apparently. I've been within range of his blast wave and that in itself is not nearly as nice as a simple slap to the face. Next stop, Firemaw.

What's wrong with the following picture:


Aside from the fact that it is obviously a Horde on a PvP server, in Silithus, with their cursor on the mage, and aside from the fact that the character in question is holding what looks like a sprig of lilac in their offhand; this is a mage with full Netherwind (as far as I can tell) - and they have [Maladath, Runed Blade of the Black Flight] - a warrior weapon for sure :/ Strangest thing I've seen all day.

I was praying this morning - as you do - and I was just talking to God about this girl at uni that has caught my eye - and more. She's absoultely gorgeous, actually. I basically asked for an opportunity to at least say hi to her (and maybe do something really bold and brash like ask for her number - despite the fact that I left my phone at home today, charging. I think the battery is finally giving out). Well, I saw her at my lecture (she came in a little late, methinks) but afterwards, she wandered over to some people that were obviously her friends, so I couldn't exactly walk up to her under the circumstances. Still, I went down to the toilet, and when I came out, who should be walking past? Bingo! She was chatting to a female friend at the time. No coincidences here; now was my opportunity! Alas, once again this braveheart fails to take that courageous step - and lets yet another opportunity pass him by. I let her walk right on past without even so much as catching her attention - or her glancing in my direction. Fool young man! But thanks God, anyway. You tried. Please be a little more patient with this inept student ^^

/sigh I'll miraculously fall into the right relationship one day. And there shall be feasting and rejoicing across the globe. I just hope it's her XD

-Timotheos
It'll happen

80's Cheesiness

With this pocket knife and paper clip I'm gonna save the world! Or at least disarm a bomb with a mere 1 sec left on the timer XD They call me: MacGuyver. Queue theme music.

Nick went and grabbed the first two seasons of MacGuyver yesterday. We watched the pilot this afternoon. Classic stuff! It's still just as awesome. Some of his mannerisms have carried through to Stargate, which is interesting. Especially since you see characters develop over the years that a programme is aired. The Jack O'Neill I am currently familiar with is Lieutenant General O'Neill, Base Commander of the SGC and no longer a part of SG-1. Compare that with Angus MacGuyver in his debut episode - and perhaps even the entire season - and there are just some quirks that seem oh-so-familiar - despite it being a contrasted character.

We defeated the third Blackwing Lair boss tonight: Broodlord Lashlayer. It'll be quite some time before my mage gets any of the loot from these raids but I'm biding my time and having fun - while supporting the guild as best I can.

I hope I'll have a chance to talk to that girl in my English class tomorrow (haha, 100+ people in a lecture - one can only hope). Argh, must stop thinking about such things all the time. Next I'll be dreaming about her... ^^

-Timotheos
AOE DPS FTW

Corruption Dies

After three weeks of attempts to down Vaelastrasz the Corrupt, Unknown once again defy the improbable and difficult and take this nasty fire-drenched beastie down.

Well done guys! We reached yet another milestone in our Blackwing Lair venture ^^

In other news, I spent the afternoon with three guys from my film class, setting up a couple of scenes and taking photos for our upcoming assignment. It seems to be coming along quite nicely. I don't exactly do much whilst at home - hopefully I will be able to motivate myself enough to do well in all tests, essays and other assessments as they arise - not leaving things to the last day (like I'd ever do that anyway...).

Oh, and there is this really nice girl in my ENGL114 tutorial, which is held on Friday afternoons. I'm not gonna say much more than that. Maybe I can get her number next week... XD

-Timotheos
Adventurous

Zzzt

Not feeling too well. Must take a break. No WoW tonight. Got home really late as it is and I just want to go to bed.

-Timotheos
Migraine

Jin'don't

We took down every ZG boss first try tonight. Bloodlord, Hakkar and Jin'do all went down without too much trouble. We rock!

-Timotheos
Short

Mach VIII

Ripping round a smooth corner at 120km/h, accelerating out and tearing down the straight to cross the finish line at break-neck speed. Racing is a thrill - albeit a somewhat noisy and life-threatening pulse of adrenalinised action. I'll stick to Gran Turismo, thanks ^^

Life is like a racing track. Well, that's a bit of a cliched simile. Let's say that life _is_ a racing track, making it a metaphor and a whole lot more clicheically accurate :p Navigation, surprises, moving at different speeds, taking things as they come - all of these are traits that both life and a racing track share. Well - you get the point ^L^

Listening to trance now.

-Timotheos
Professional

ps. Never watch 'Bad Santa'. It is the worst movie, ever.

The Right Idea

If I leave my entry too late my brain shuts off and I can't come up with anything at all. Right now, I'm quite tired from the weekend. It's not too late but I'm still tired and hope to get to bed earlier than usual. I should have PvPed with my mage but instead I levelled my warrior to 49. Yay.

What happens to the writer who fails to write every day? Or cannot think of a single thing of interest? Or begins to write and comes up against a brick wall; impenetrable and too high to scale? Does he dip his hand into a hat of some magical description and pull out random idea #154? Perhaps flipping through a physical dictionary would work better than a random google search.

The best literature comes from an original idea that is expanded to form a plot and then an entire story, complete with characters, places, actions and events, and detail in everything. It's the initial idea that is oftentimes elusive. Not that I want to write an entire story a day - imagine that! I'd like, however, to grasp an idea that allows me to write something substantial; something encouraging, rather than falling back on this game that I spend so much of my free time in.

Creative reasoning :/

-Timotheos
Unbekannt

The Firelord

Taste the flames of Sulfuron!
By fire, be purged!

It's bedtime; and very much so.

-Timotheos
FR FTW

For Argument's Sake

Do you ever feel like arguing? When you do, argue with yourself. Perhaps then you will reach a better insight and be able to more readily face the world head-on ^^

-Timotheos
Is tired

Blackwing Cabal

We defeated Razorgore for the second week running. This time, we only wiped about five times before really getting into the swing of things and teaching him a fatal lesson. As it stands, the server has been playing up a lot this week, and so there are rolling restarts - however, I believe that there will be a half hour gap or so between when the servers went down and when we can log back in. My guild has decided that we will all take a half hour break before logging back on, reforming our raid and giving Vael a few attempts.

The biggest problem here is that you need quite high Fire Resist in order to stay alive as long as possible. There is constant Damage over Time of the fire persuasion. The more resist you have, the longer you will stay alive, and the more Damage Per Second you will be able to punch out. It's a very fun fight no matter whether you live or die (as some people cannot avoid dying. See: Burning Adrenaline*). As our regular raiders, my mage included, raid each week, we will get stronger and better geared, improving our effectiveness overall. It doesn't hurt to have a bit of practise at any boss, either; whether we are likely to succeed or not ^^

*Burning Adrenaline (BA) is a debuff that gets randomly put onto one caster at regular intervals (I don't know the frequency of this). You are given approx. 30 secs to do as much damage as possible, as you already have the universal debuff that prevents the requirement of mana usage, but it also causes all casting times to be zero - this basically gives you unlimited insta-cast spells for the duration of BA. But once the timer hits zero: you be dead.

I have to get up early for work tomorrow. This is going to be the case every Friday night. I'm going to just have to live with less than 8 hours' sleep for a 10-hour day. Getting back into the swing of things is only going to be good for me, anyway. Taking a break from playing all weekend is just what I need. An early night tomorrow won't hurt either, as I am playing the drums at church this Sunday morning.

-Timotheos
Improving

WTB Sleep

Hakkar is down. Why'd I wait another 30 mins while the guild mucked around, just so we could summon and defeat Ghaz'ranka? Ah well, we all do stupid things :/

Thought I was working today so I went all the way down to work, through the pouring rain and howling wind, to find that I wasn't. At least I got a ride home.

Went to music practice of all things. It was fun ^^

-Timotheos
Dunno

Beneath A Steel Sky

The streets were slick with the rain as it came down more than lightly. Small rivulets threaded their way between various objects, running into gutters and covering the entire surface with a sheen that reflected the city's lights. The walk downhill didn't cause too much trouble as the pavement surface was pitted and uneven, giving more grip than the water could take.

The sun was up - somewhere. It must have been. Hiding behind a few grouped clouds, perhaps. What little good it was hiding its face, and its much needed warmth, from everything. The air was damp but also rather frigid, causing breath to come out in puffs of mist. And in this cool afternoon air, one was glad to be walking downhill towards a destination, hood up and waterproof overclothes barring the rain from making any impact and causing any discomfort.

Once true shelter was reached, it was just a matter of throwing back a hood, unzipping a jacket and striding resolutely towards the waiting train. The journey home would begin in 15 minutes. Time could be killed in exactly the same way as on the journey itself: by reading a book. A dry ride in a warm carriage with obligatory reading material; a fine end to another day in the world of lectures and notetaking.

10K honour. Not bad ^^

-Timotheos
Giving

No Denying It

An early entry because I felt like it. And also because I was browsing the guild forums and came across a link to this Blog - most notably, this entry. Since I play a mage I found it to be rather amusing. There's also a hunter one. I still have an affinity for hunters but my mage is my main character now that my hunter is on sabatical.

When I got home today, I actually had something in mind for putting in tonight's Blog entry. I should keep my eyes open more as I walk through Wellington. Who knows, I may find things to write about every day.

I saw a commercially painted car that said "Fire Denyer" on it. It also said some small message about preventing fires. But I thought to myself, what's a "denyer"? I was thinking DEN-ya (rhyming with tenure), and it puzzled me for about half a minute before I realised that it was intended to be "denier". Fire denier! Of course! I'm guessing the guy is either a complete n00b or the 'y' is intended for eye-catching purposes. Either way, I really do miss the most obvious things at times - and yet at others catch the most obscure almost straight away.

There's a girl in my ENGL112 tutorial that is from Germany but she looks Japanese. I'm guessing half 'n half. Very attractive, too. Found out she speaks German, Japanese and English. Very intriguing. Must pursue this further ^^ There's always next Tuesday!

-Timotheos
Speeking

Purple Lotus

I searched for purple. I found something purple. Fancy that ^^

I will study this week. Heck, I already did somewhat today during the big gap between my lecture and watching two movies for FILM101. That's right, we had two screenings today: Down With Love and Snake Eyes. Both decent movies - from a film critic PoV, of course XD

Rags must go down before I go to bed... :/

-Timotheos
Resistable

Like A Pro

The thing with formatting your entire system, especially when you've been running it for more than a year, is the sheer volume of what needs to be saved - and the amount of programmes and the like that have to be reinstalled. My intention is to format my entire system sometime before Wednesday - but from then on in it will be an arduous process of setting everything back up again, no matter how much has been backed up and kept intact, structure-wise. Gotta back it all up first, and that in itself will be a real mission, especially considering that I have to sort through everything.

Guess there'll be no PvP for me tomorrow night, unfortunately. Not only do I know that I have to force myself to study and stay on top of things, but it will be best to sort through all of my files, ready for the format. Then again, I could always leave it until another time and see if I can get myself a legitimate copy of Windows XP Professional. Not that what I'm running is pirated, but it is a corporate version that is no longer supported by Microsoft. I would just feel better having paid for a copy of Windows that I can call my own. The last one I bought was Win 95 :/

My warrior is doing well. I dropped Enchanting to take up Skinning. I already left a note on my Mage's guild signup page to say I couldn't make tonight's Ahn'Qiraj raid due to drumming at church - a good opportunity to come home and play my warrior. If only I'd decided to change professions a little earlier, I would have saved myself a lot of time and hassle. Ah well, it's the easiest profession to level. I never made much money with my Hunter skinner but I'll see how a Warrior skinner does ^^

As for collecting Glowing Scorpid Blood for the awesome epic Darkmoon Faire amulet that my mage would look so good in, I really should hand in something else until my rep goes up. Collecting 600 of them would take forever :s

-Timotheos
Skinning

Soleil

Iiiiit's that time of the night again ^^

We just went through Molten Core (I know, WoW stuff. Again. But meh...), and we didn't even finish! Pathetic, really. Ah well, bit of a waste of five-odd hours, but at least my attendance is high. The more raids I attend the more chance of getting the epics I want when they drop, once I've been raiding for a while. One of the regulars eh XD


I like posting pictures. It really gives these Blog entries a little more life, especially when all I can think to write about is the game I spend most of my free time playing. I was going to vacuum today but settled for totally cleaning the bathroom and deciding that it will be ok to vacuum tomorrow afternoon, before I launch into my Sunday avo PvP. That pic above was found by typing in Soleil. Really fits with the whole talk of Molten Core though, hmmm ^^

Oh nuts, left my washing in the machine. I'd forget my head if it wasn't screwed on. Oh wait, it _isn't_ screwed on properly. Gimme a min while I go find that socket wrench ^L^

Ya, so I spend most of my day playing WoW when I have nothing better to do. I've decided to start watching another animé aside from Naruto, since I'm pretty much up-to-date with it - that, and the fact that it has been filler episodes for the last 30 or 40 weeks. Pretty pathetic, actually. I'm thinking I'll start watching Bleach. It's up to about episode 88, I think. Won't take too many months to get up-to-date with that ^^

Sunday morning. I'd better get to bed. One more stop to hand in some... hands and then I'll be a-loggin' out and writing my usualy diary entries. So much for an interesting Blog :/

-Timotheos
Fly high

Taming The Beast

Razorgore the Untamed. The first Blackwing Lair boss - whom you engage in the room up the corridor immediately upon entering the instance - has proved rather difficult over the three weeks that we have been attempting him as a guild. With many wipes, many stupid mistakes and hundreds of gold in repair bills across the 35-40 people who have been attending, he really is not the easiest fight ingame. But then, at this level, bosses are supposed to be a real challenge, even for the most MC-savvy guild.

After about six attempts we were really into the swing of things and managed to not only get him to Phase Two, but got his health down to 7%. But that's not all. Three attempts later and we were dancing around the corpse of this oversized Drakkisath.

Well done Unknown! We've beaten our first BWL boss.


Now, onto Vaelastrasz the Corrupt o_O

We gave this mother of a dragon two attempts before people had to leave. Our first one saw the entire raid wiped in a mere 5 secs. Our second attempt, however, was quite good. As he starts at 30% and there are a few elements involved in the fight, it makes for an interesting battle indeed. We took him down to 20% before Vael got the better of us. We will get this fight in due time, too ^^

-Timotheos
Taming Razor

Snakehead

We didn't do too well on Hakkar tonight but we did manage to clear a number of the other Zul'Gurub bosses, one of which dropped Flowing Ritual Robes for me - my mage's fourth epic ^^

I may not have ranked up this week but I can take it easy honour-wise and be confident that I will rank up to Knight-Captain next week. From here on in it gets pretty hard to get enough honour to make a difference, as you are competing against people who play frequently and get a decent amount of honour every week.

One lecture tomorrow (today) - it's from 1.10pm, hence why I am on so very late ^^

-Timotheos
Freedom

Alterations

Yeah, the Photek mod looks really nice and all, but it just wasn't working for me. It takes a lot of effort to play around with mods and get them right, especially when a new patch is released - like this morning. What sparked such a huge change was finding this cool-looking modification of the user interface - but after having a go with it, I realised that I've always appreciated the original UI - with a few tweaks, of course.

And so I've gone back to my old setup - with a few differences ^^ Customised play is always better than mundane default setups.

-Timotheos
Customised

Recordings

Recording lectures is a brilliant way to go back and hear again what was said, especially when the lecture is somewhat fresh in your memory. No one can take full notes on the fly, disembling the most important points and correlating everything into a legible structure. However, listening to a recording of the original lecture is also time consuming, as is revising notes. All a part of study, but I really don't feel like going over things sometimes. When the time comes I will do my part in clarifying the most important things - hence why the USB voice recorder is my pick*, since transferring recorded messages directly to the computer is the best method of archiving lectures in order to play back at a later date.

*Loan stocking three different voice recorders: a USB one, a standard digital one and an analogue one with a zoom mic.

Whew.

It seems that a lot of people in my guild did a heap of PvP today. I should rank up this week but knowing how much honour some people get, there is a point I'll reach where my honour decay will equal the amount of honour I can get each week - either that, or there will always be people who can get more than me, and therefore my standing will reach a standstill.

I hope that this is at the point of Commander rank and no earlier ^^

For now I have to get myself sorted and focus on my classes.

-Timotheos
Winging

Day One

I wrote this today:

Day One - Victoria University, Wellington
Here I am on my first day of university. Turns out that I have a three-hour gap between lectures. My first one was this morning: ENGL114. I have a 3-hour one this afternoon: FILM101. No idea what can possibly take 3 hours to cover [except, maybe a film, which is actually what this slot is for - watching a film a week!].

Burdened with a list of required books - works that we will be studying this semester - I managed to occupy myself for at least a portion of this big break. The walk downtown from this campus is rather arduous, but at least it's something to do. No success in acquiring for myself a copy of any of the books I should get before next week. E-books? [Or maybe ordering online from a NZ bookshop ^^].

So I came back amidst hundreds of strangers pursuing knowledge in a myriad of ways, ate my sandwiches, and still have some time before this Film lecture starts [and the same will no doubt be true every week. Time for... study, perhaps].

This couch is purple. Actually, there are four of them, all occupied by people who are no doubt serious about pursuing their intellectual destinies. The amount of people in this place is somewhat overwhelming [and the whole atmosphere is impersonal]. LFG Lecture Theatre. Full on n00bs ^^

Thinking too much about what lies ahead is likely to only increase my stress levels. Right now I can do without worry. I want to go home. [I really didn't enjoy today. Like everything else in life it's just so lonely, despite how many people may be around].

-Timotheos
One down

Epic L00tz

No PvP.

MC FTW ^^

Arcanist Mantle for my Mage XD

Pretty tired. Uni tomorow. Wonder how that'll go...

-Timotheos
Trepidation

Whoah - Upgrades

My computer needs a serious format. I also want to get a new graphics card, as I think it would improve performance quite a bit. However, now is not the time to be spending money. It doesn't matter that I've managed to save a decent amount of money from working - now that I am a student, I have to conserve what I can for those trying times that may spring up over the next three years. Pretty confident that I can live off a student allowance, though ^^

I had to look after my niece today. I spent the whole day at my sister's house while she was at work. Fancy working on a Saturday. Oh wait, I'll be working Saturdays, starting in a couple of weeks' time :(

I spent most of today sleeping. Had a bit of a headache, too. Don't know why I was so tired. It's not like I'm staying up really late raiding with my guild - though I hope to do that a lot over the next few months XD

We attempted Blackwing Lair - it's my guild's second proper run and my first with my mage. We didn't even have a full raid (32-35/40 people), but it was good practice. We got close to bringing Razorgore to phase 2, the second part of this intense, first boss fight. Mage kiting FTW...?

I intend to PvP tomorrow since I missed out on playing today. I've got enough honour this week already to possibly rank up on Tuesday but I want to make sure I get as much honour as possible ^^

-Timotheos
Lagging

Don't Take This The Wrong Way

For the guy that's never had a girlfriend I'd consider myself to have at least a little discernment when it comes to women. This current generation has grown up in a world where they are told that everyone is equal and that women have as much right to anything that a man does. Not that it's such a big deal, really, but women are still - no matter what society has tried to manipulate for the sake of "equality" - they are still the weaker gender. Women get all uptight when you say this, but it's not meant in an undermining sense. They truly have been created to be of slighter build, leading by emotion more often than by the mind, and to inertly look to men for approval and strength.

Don't get me wrong, women are no more or less likely to be able to think a situation through than a man - everyone has their own way of doing things, regardless of whether they are male or female. However, in saying that, I think a lot of people misunderstand when we say women are "weaker". It doesn't mean they are all prone to breaking down and crying or that they can't out-armwrestle their boyfriend / husband. What this means is that they do rely a lot more on affirmation and touch than men overall, and that it is inherent in every woman to seek a man to be the strong arm of support - and often the thick-headed, macho voice of reason.

Defiance has twisted the way that men and women were made to relate to each other. Stubborn-ness has crept in where there should always have been understanding, acceptance and wholeness. Without women we cannot exist - but without men, society would not function as it (somewhat haltingly) does. There is always a balance in life. A man leading alone often doesn't feel through a situation enough, allowing for more grief than is necessary - whereas a woman leading alone often doesn't see things from as many possible angles, also allowing for more grief than is necessary.

Women are not smarter than men. Men are not more emotionally barriered than women. _That's_ wherein lies the equality - everyone has their place and everyone displays different attributes, facing everything life throws at them in their own way. I see individuals, not a collective of male vs female of any given race, culture or people group.

When we understand that - despite the fact that you just can't stereotype men or women - we can actually put aside grievances and smile at all the females of this world, recognising them as counterparts to our own masculinity. Eum-yang (yin-yang) is a good symbol; not just of good and evil, but of the human race: men and women who don't spout these postmodern societal grievances but instead accept the fact that we complement each other. Rather than trying to outdo the opposite gender in anything, we correlate and support each other, allowing anyone's true skills to shine forth, regardless of their genetic apportion.

I truly hope that feminists, politically correct sheep and immasculate sycophants take offense at this. Men, stand where you truly should and don't be intimidated by the ones we are here to valourously protect. Kia kaha.

-Timotheos
Makin' sense

Preparation

Highlight of the day: We did the perfect Arathi Basin where we 5-capped (captured and controlled all 5 nodes), and the Horde didn't get any resources at all: 0-2,000. It was amazing ^^ I got a wee bit of honour today, which was good. It all helps XD

Feeling kinda sick, but for good reason. I've had to eat improperly these last two days in preparation for an X-ray tomorrow, to see if they can determine if there is actually something wrong with my digestive system or if it's just something that I have to discomfortingly live with :/ Suffice to say, I'm pretty hungry and I can't wait for lunchtime tomorrow ^^

My intention was to go into work today to return something and get a couple of things, as well as try and get a handful of groceries on my way home. Two things dissuaded me from leaving the house, though. The first was that it has been raining pretty heavily all day - really not nice outside. The second reason is that my stomach isn't exactly the best at the moment so I wanted to stay in close proximity to the loo :o TMI!

My warrior is an Artisan Blacksmith. I'm training him up in Armoursmithing. Should be fun - and potentially make a little bit of ingame gold, at least... ^^

I'd better get some sleep. Have this appointment tomorrow morning.

-Timotheos
Personally... /shrug

The Dancing Dwarf

My mage can smelt Dark Iron, w00t!

Went into university today. It was horrendous outside. Not only was it pouring down, but it was cold. I got drenched, despite my best efforts to thwart the rain raging against me. And the wind didn't exactly help.

I've now familiarised myself with where I need to be for all of my lectures for this upcoming semester. Just gotta psych myself up for diving headfirt into next week :o

If you haven't tried Burger Fuel - you should. My brother-in-law runs the Wellington store and we have burgers there maybe three Sundays a month. All the food there is great ^^

-Timotheos
Hungry

An Entry Like No Other

Tomorrow is my first day at university. Well, for orientation, at least. Still, it's going to be interesting with all these n00bs much like myself around. It's a good chance to see if there are any nice girls, too XD

But really, I'm looking forward to studying. It'll help me get my mind off WoW, to an extent. All this time off has encouraged me to both go to bed and get up late. And, I guess, to waste time playing. I'm so not getting as much PvP done as I thought I would, either. So much of this game seems to be a complete waste of time, especially when you don't make any progress at all...

Aaaanyway... That's about all I want to say tonight. I'm writing this a lot later than it is stamped - simply because the time stamp is when you load the input page, not when you actually click Publish Post. I just kept playing...

No two entries are the same, no matter how boring and pointless they are.

-Timotheos
Going nowhere

Tip The Balance

God felt that it was time to take a break, so he went to talk to St. Peter. "Well Pete," said God, "where do you suggest I go to take a rest?"
"How about the moon, God?" suggested Peter.
"No," replied God, "the atmosphere there is too lacking."
"Then how about earth?" St. Peter suggested.
"No, I don't think that's such a good idea either," said God. "I went there two thousand years ago and met a young Jewish girl. They're still talking about it."

We must talk about it. If we don't say anything, how will they know? Ask God to use you because he made each of us differently and to be used in different ways, just as he speaks to each of us in a different way, and just as different things appeal to us on different scales.

Time off is good. Too bad I had a headache today. Must be this stuffed up nose :/

-Timotheos
Not much

In Brief

I'm feeling kinda sick.

I didn't get quite as much honour today (yesterday...) as I'd have liked.

The server got reset when I'd almost finished running my warrior through Uldaman so I didn't complete that.

This pic is pretty awesome:


Guess I should just go to bed and hope things are a little better tomorrow (today) :/

-Timotheos Grunt

Rook Takes Pawn

Arathi Basin is Domination: capture and hold as many of five possible nodes as you can - the more you hold, the more resources your side gathers. The first to reach 2,000 resources wins. All the while, each side throws its attackers against the other as both sides struggle to take a node and then maintain their hold over it.

Warsong Gulch is Capture the Flag: take your opponents' flag and capture it in your base. The flag cannot be captured unless your own flag is in its place. With a field inbetween the opposing bases it allows for some great conflict as both sides struggle to wear down their enemy, take their flag and hold it until their own flag can be returned.

That just leaves Alterac Valley, the third Battleground in the World of Warcraft and perhaps the most technical. Alterac Valley is like a living game of chess, where players have strengths against some classes and weaknesses against others. Each side tries to push through enemy lines, controlling each point until facing off against the enemies' Commander - much like an advancement in Chess where you obliterate enemy pieces until such a point as the King is held in Check.

(I've never really been one for chess. My uncle was, at one point, something like the sixth highest ranked player in New Zealand. A bit of a chess whiz, you could say. Can't say the same for myself though...).

When I was in Canada, I spent most of my time in Toronto. However, there was one point where I went up to Ottawa - about four and a half hours from Toronto. The city itself is split in two, as the border between Ontario and Quebec runs through the middle. Thus, there is a French-speaking side to the city: the Hull, where the whole atmosphere is different. As Ottawa is the capital city of Canada it stands to reason that Parliament is situated there. The Parliament buildings boast very impressive architecture. It's a pity that Toronto is such a nicer city all-in-all.

Whilst staying in a hostel in Ottawa - of which I was there for four or five days - I met a few interesting people. There were individuals of all different nationalities, most of whom were in their early twenties. As I mentioned in a previous Blog, Swedish chicks are pretty fine. The one staying there was no exception XD

Well, there was this French guy that I met - can't remember his name - and he was an interesting person to talk to. Despite the fact that strategy games don't hold much interest for me, I was willing to try my hand at a few games of chess against someone from a different continent - from a country and a background so different to my own. Suffice to say - boasting aside - of the two full games we played, I beat him both times ^^

It's a pity we don't beat the Horde in Battlegrounds as often as that :/

-Timotheos
Fully expectant

Kindof got sick of bolding and colouring so many words. I thought it would make my posts a little more interesting but it's more annoying and time consuming than anything. Oh, and I realise that I only just started to weave that little story and then cut it off short. I guess I didn't have much more to say about that. It's a pity that the young Swedish lady was so close to the French guy :s