With new patches come new problems. Disappearing items have caused Blizzard to hotfix and restart every realm, with the side effect of lots of realms being offline and some (including my home realm, Magtheridon) having disappeared entirely. I just got back from a weeklong vacation, and with it being patch day, I've been dying to get in-game. But other than staring at the realm list, what can you do when your realm is down?
- Play with the character generator. Make the most attractive character you can for each race and gender. Then make the ugliest. (Does anyone ever use the human female with the wrinkled face?) Try to make a facsimile of your own appearance!
- Try out some new realm types. Are PVP server chats really meaner than on RPPVP? How far can a level 1 get into enemy territory if you stick to the roads on a PVP server?
- Create a reputation for yourself. Roll an Alliance and Horde character on a PVE server. Go into major cities and proceed to talk about how much of a jerk your alt on the other faction is. Feel free to make up outlandish stories of ninjaing, sexual harassment, etc. Then do the same on the other alt. See how many people you can get to whisper you and condemn your "actions."
- Try to catch people cybering on RP servers. Or, if you're into that sort of thing, create a night elf/blood elf and do a little mailbox dancing, see how much money you get, and then donate it all to some lucky noob.
- Hang with your guildies on Vent. It's amazing how much you can actually get done when the server's down. It's a good time for an officer meeting, or an all-guild DOTA competition, or finally creating that Screaming Raid Leader Drinking Game you've been working on.
Have you been annoyed by the recent outages? What do you do when WoW is up, but your realm isn't?
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5-22-2007 @ 8:39PM
Alexander said...
i usually go find some heroin, or some other equally addicting substance as WoW, and get hooked on that until i can get my real love back.
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5-22-2007 @ 8:40PM
xtian said...
Bah, I stare and I wait.
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5-22-2007 @ 8:40PM
Fabbyfubz said...
I can't even log in =(
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5-22-2007 @ 8:46PM
Paulallen said...
head hits keyboard, sleep time.
haha jk :P
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5-22-2007 @ 8:47PM
Twitchy said...
ummmm lets see authentication down = no WoW at all
= /
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5-22-2007 @ 8:49PM
Aiggan said...
Of course Tuesdays are generally way better than they were in the past but it doens't make a lot of sense that after weeks of running the patch update on the test realm that there would be so many issues.
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5-22-2007 @ 8:49PM
Shystey said...
Ain't nothin left to do but drink... drink and QQ
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5-22-2007 @ 8:51PM
Mikayla said...
I go to youtube and watch some videos about WoW!!
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5-22-2007 @ 9:09PM
Addie said...
Maybe I'll sift and crop and post my screenies. *bleh*
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5-22-2007 @ 9:14PM
Andy said...
On Scilla (US) my friends and I all made Taurens and found about 30-40 other people in the starting zone. We made a dance line then ran to Thunder Bluff and performed mass suicide. Then we rezzed, got ported to Orgrimmar from a mage, hopped on the zeppelin to STV and raided Westfall.
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5-22-2007 @ 9:19PM
Andy said...
My bad, it wasn't Scilla (US).. it was Auchindoun (US).
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5-22-2007 @ 9:39PM
toots said...
Everybody who's realm is down should get a day subscription back. It isn't a lot for 1 person, even at 4million players not getting to play that = $1,360,000 lost by Blizzard at a mere $10 per month. Or $680,000 lost for only 12 hours.
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5-22-2007 @ 10:12PM
Kyle said...
I sleep until Wow is back, then play...rinse and repeat.
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5-22-2007 @ 10:42PM
sethosayher said...
We (my WoW cohorts)played CS for the first time in months
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5-22-2007 @ 10:44PM
Unregistered said...
i play db2 lod SP
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5-23-2007 @ 1:54AM
ZOMFGPALADIN said...
I beat off the dog. and thats my story im sticking to it
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5-23-2007 @ 1:56AM
harry.j.macdonald said...
On reflection actually stay up all night re-reading the patch notes drinking coffee worryng about my paladin nurfs nd then i usually am pleased about rogue buffs and then i get the patch downloade going and check out WoWinsider.com Wtfthissitehasallthenewsibrokemyspacebarwtftalkingboutitkekekek
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5-23-2007 @ 4:02AM
Libri said...
I just boot up Command and Conquer 3 and kick a bit of Nod ass while i wait, nothing like sending about 30 Mammoth tanks into Nod and looking at the havoc and lovely destruction :P
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5-23-2007 @ 5:30AM
Thijz said...
Time to see if my CoD2 skills are still what they used to be...
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5-23-2007 @ 8:14AM
Cross said...
I tried out LOTR online
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