Day 5 – Favorite Item(s) in Game

This post is my continuation of the 20 – Day WoW Blog Challenge. Yes, I know I suck at it.

Ok, so the question for Day 5 is: What is your favorite item(s) in game?

Hm…. Let me think about it for a second.

I think that one of my favorite items in game is the Sonic Spear found in the Shadow Labyrinth. This was one of my very first Hunter Specific drops that I found in an Instance. You see, I never ran Instances in vanilla WoW. I started running them in BC. I was asked to fill in for a group at the very last boss, and this dropped! I was the only hunter in the group.

I also have a special place in my heart for the Bow of Searing Arrows.  This was the first Epic world drop that I ran across. I found it in the Wetlands, and I used it well beyond the level I should. I liked everything about it. I like the look of it. I like the special ability on it. I reminded me of that Energy Bow from the old D&D cartoon.

My favorite RP item is the Cat Figurine from upper Darkshore. You have to understand, I’m an old time fan of the Dark Elf Series. I fell in love with it via The Icewind Dale Trilogy. That Drizzt Do’Urden could summon an Astral Panthar: Guennhvynar, was the neatest thing out there. When I found out that the Ghost Saber was tameable, plus you could find these nifty figurines…well, you can imagine where my mind went. I’ve recently discovered the Glowing Cat Figurine, which only reinforces my childhood love of this idea of an Astral Pet.

Even though it isn’t an item per se, My Most Favorite Thing Of All is the Winterspring Frostsaber Mount. This was one of my very first WoW oriented goals. I did this back in vanilla WoW, when the grind was one of the hardest in the game. I think it was nerfed in Wrath, making it somewhat easier. It is a beautiful mount, and well worth the grind (then and now) in my opinion.

What is your favorite item(s) in game?

Z

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Day 04 – Your best WoW memory

This is my attempt at day 4 of 20 Days of WoW Blogging!

Day 04 – Your best WoW memory…

I’ve had so many good experiences, it is hard to narrow down to just one.

Was it when I hit level 60 in vanilla WoW? Was it when I got to be a part of my first serious raid that wasn’t a ROFLSTOMP? Was it the totally random heroic that netted me my very first hunter specific purple, or maybe when I randomly came upon my first Spirit Beast?

While each of these would suffice, I have to look back a little farther. I think I may have written about it before. I’ll have to search the archives to make sure.

You see, early on I was on my own personal quest. As a newb WoW player, I knew nothing about reputations and grinds.

But, I did know one thing.

There was a mount, a beautiful beast of claw and fang. A Night Elf Priestess road into Iron Forge upon this magnificent beast. I was stunned by the sheer awesomeness of it’s stature. When I asked, I was told that it was a Wintersaber Mount, found in a land of ice and snow called “Winterspring.”

As you can imagine, that day began the personal quest of obtaining the coveted mount. Needless to say, I didn’t know that it was one of the worse rep grinds known in the world (of warcraft).

The day I finished that grind was the best day of my limited WoW career. Riding into Iron Forge was a glorious moment, rivaling that of ancient Roman Emperors leading their captives in their victory parade.

The icing on the cake was when a low level character PMed me, asking where they could find such a beautiful mount.

By my pen,

Zwingli Whisperwind

P.s. I wrote this on the wordpress app for iPad. My advice is to not do it, but stick to your regular computer.

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Day 2 – Why I decided to Blog – 20 Days of WoW Blogging

Here is the second question for the 20(ish) Days of WoW Blogging.

Why did you decide to blog?

That is a good question.

I actually have a personal blog, where I write about personal and vocational things. So the idea of blogging wasn’t new to me.

For some reason though, I never thought that there would be WoW blogs.

Boy, was I wrong! I remember desiring to learn a bit more about huntardering, so I decided to google it. One of the very first blogs I ran into was “Big Red Kitty,” which has now been retired. It was a treasure trove of huntering knowledge! That was one of the very first blogs I ever had on a Reader/RSS feed. I followed one of his links to “Aspect of the Hare (also retired),” which I also immediately fell in love with. Eventually, he lead me to such gems as “Big Bear Butt Blogger,” and “Need More Rage.”

But really, BRK was just a true inspiration to me. I actually felt sad when he said he was going to stop posting. It really felt like a WoW void was opening up. A lot of people started going to AotH, but I’m not sure she ever felt comfortable taking BRK’s place in WoW Bloggerdom. Please be aware, she never wanted, nor tried to fill his shoes. She was just the next best hunter blog out there (imo).

I knew I would never reach the stature of BRK, but I also noticed that there was plenty of room out there for another WoW blog. I thought that the best way to honor such a great WoW blogger, would be to let his inspiration lead me into WoW blogging as well.

So, I decided to start my own WoW blog. It was to be more of a general blog, maybe leaning towards RP type stories. You see, I have a little bit of a desire to write fantasy; but not obsessively so.

I first started writing fantasy on a NeverWinterNights private server forums. I played on an RP/Krynn based server. Everything had to be in RP, and I mean everything. I dabbled in a little writing, based upon my server character, and got some really good feed back. This initial positive response has always been in the back of my mind. This has helped to define how I desire to write for this blog.

Sure, there are other influences. But, these are the most influential that I can think of.

Oh, my NeverWinterNights character was a Ranger.

Could you not have guessed that!?  /SQUEEEEEE!!!!!

Z

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