Blog: Chess Hounds
Heads up, Warcraft Players! Get a WOW Character for Sale at an Incredible Price!2009-09-25 00:00:00h2>WOW characters for Sale It may be spoken of in whispers in the land of Azeroth. "You wouldn't believe the incredible deal I got on this level 70 Gnome warlock." "I'm never going to be bored playing this game again!" "Ha ha! You're stuck grinding through that grunt work! Enjoy while I complete the Examine the Vessel quest!" Okay, that last one wasn't probably so much whispered as shouted.
But what are they talking about? A "deal" on a Warcraft character? Being excited every second you play with your wow account? Skipping the leveling up grunt work and heading straight for a high-level quest?
These players have found the place where you can get a WOW character for sale at an absolute steal. They get to skip over the most boring part of playing with a wow account-leveling up. They can log into the game and play with a wow account at a high level, with high amounts of honor points and skill points, and equipped with rare items and weapons-all because they decided to take the plunge and buy a WOW character for sale at an MMORPG Account Store!
One of the cheapest places to buy wow characters is also one of the safest. Make sure you check an ...
Yaaaar...2009-09-22 00:00:00"You realize that pirates were nothing like what you see on television, right?" I was asked this by a relative who made old people frowny faces as they spotted one of my tattoos.
Why do people always assume that I have no grasp on reality what-so-ever? Is it because I see the world with a humorist's eyes? Could it be cause I have a child-like wonder and innocence, or that I have no grasp on reality what-so-ever?
Whatever the reason, people seem to go out of their way to remind me that the things that I love aren't A) real or C) possible.
Non-believers who laugh at my almost manic preparations for zombie attacks. The Missus who laughs at things like the closet door being left open a crack, or my nervousness around the dishwasher, vacuum, or garbage disposal. People hate it when you're happy or deluded or lying to yourself, so they have to make sure that you KNOW that the thing that brings you that happiness or delusion isn't real. So yes. I know that pirates aren't the laughing and handsome buccaneers with the pearly white smiles and well cleaned clothing that you see on television. I know this because the truth is...
Pirates were stinky.
Its a fact.
They were surrounded by water and fresh air and the open sea, and y...
Find out why WoW conquered the world2009-09-18 00:00:00Gamasutra has published an article titled "Why World of Warcraft Made It Big." The article was written by Michael Zenke, a member of the family here at Massively! Zenke argues that there's no one reason WoW was the game to explode into the mainstream in Western markets, instead of EverQuest II or City of Heroes. Accessibility, low system specs, polish, storytelling, fun factor, and y...
Impressions on WOTLK2009-09-07 00:00:00This week we take a break from investigating the elements of gaming as I hazard something new and write my first game review: early impressions on Wrath of the Lich King. I must add before I begin that, since I have no characters L68 and above, I am in no position to discuss the new continent of Northrend. However that is only one facet of WOTLK and while it is the largest addition it is, in terms of advances in game design, perhaps one of the least significant.With the release of WOTLK, Blizzard proved once again that they understand business far better than the American automobile industry. Regardless of whatever storm of skill and circumstance thrust WoW to the top of the MMO heap, the newest expansion shows that Blizzard isn't content simply to rest on its laurels. Except for graphics, which are difficult to advance in an expansion, WOTLK brings the 4-year old WoW universe on par with the newest innovations of fantasy MMOs and, in several ways, pushes beyond them.As a minor example, take LOTRO which is now celebrating nineteen months and has just released its own expansion. While a fine game in its own right, LOTRO really didn't introduce anything "new" to MMOs. It differs from WoW in details rather than in kind. One of the details that LOTRO has offered is its post-creation character customization in the form of outfits and barbershops. While WoW hasn't allowed for outfit appearances it did introduce barbershops with its pre-WOTLK patch, bringing it on par. A more significant example occurs in a comparison with WAR. One of the few things that impressed me about WAR was its highly detailed Tome of Knowledge that catalogued player activities and accomplishments. Yet WoW has already matched this with its own Achievement system. Similarly, AoC's great selling points include PvP fortifications and the construction of siege equipment. In Northrend, such armament is possible as well as other new innovations like multi-player vehicles.Comparisons aside, what has impressed me most about WOTLK thus far is the Death Knight. Hearing rumors of the prestige class beforehand, I was skeptical. The concept of the DK character type wasn't particularly inspiring to me, though I do recall the Death Knight had the best complaint from Warcraft II: "This is why I ended it all!" Or perhaps that was Teron Gorefiend specifically, it's been a while. Nevertheless, I was pleasantly surprised despite my doubts. That is not to say that the introduction of WOTLK in general and the Death Knight in specific has been devoid of shortcomings. With its release, the game world and Hellfire Peninsula ...
Reviews Attest Runescape is the Most Popular With Kids2009-09-04 00:00:00RuneScape Account is a new game largely intended for children that is fast becoming popular with the kids and could be a potential competitor to the World of Warcraft, now supposedly the most popular in this category of Internet games. It is accessible with a browser running Java, and is thus available to computers of even lower capabilities. Persistent video games reviews attest to this fact.
RuneScape accounts are easy to access since it is supposed to be primarily for children. Kids are too smart these days that they can just create an account at the RineScape website, and they can already start their play. Everything is for free anyway, so kids can play the game anytime they wish. There are some files to be downloaded but once this is done, the computer can be already compatible with RunerScape. Kids are bound to sell runescape account to express their admiration for Runescape in their video games reviews, as kids are frank and have ...
BC: Tanking Gems2009-09-01 00:00:00This list is centered around raid tanking stats, thus why it's focused on avoidance and defensive effects. I left off the spell damage gems, assuming that folks are getting it from gear + chants. White gems are left off because, who the hell sockets white quality gems. Shame on you.
I just pulled these off of WoWWiki. I hate picking through the entire gem list in order to find just the tanking ones. So for the sake of reference, all of the tanking gems are broken down by color.
Red Gems
Effect
Source
Flashing Living Ruby+8 Parry
Crafted
World drop
Flashing Crimson Spinel+10 Parry
CraftedSSO Rep
Suble Living Ruby+8 Dodge
CraftedWorld dropSubtle Crimson Spinel+10 Dodge
CraftedSSO Rep
Yellow Gems Effect Source
Thick Golden Draenite
+6 DefCrafted, Vendor
Consortium Honored
Thick Dawnstone+8 DefCrafted
World Drop