The Big Number Approacheth
Our hit-counter is escalating to the point where we’re going to hit seven digits. That’s just nuts folks, y’all need to get back to work. Or at least use the BRK Test Number on your time card: B0911. Charge six hours to us and two hours to lunch. Go ahead, you have our permission.
So what are we going to do to celebrate your screenshot of the 1,000,000 visit? Let’s run through the possibilities:
BRK’s Top Ten Ideas for the 1,000,000th-Visit Prize
10. A hot date with the WoW-blogger or bloggerette of your choice. Draft notices will be sent, the BRK Goon Squad is being assembled to convince those less-inclinded to acquiesce and surrender peacefully.
9. A hot date with the significant other of the blogger or bloggerette of your choice. Most will jump at the chance to interact with a live human, those poor WoW-widows/widowers.
8. A personalized shrilly rant from Temerity-Jane for your cell phone ringtone, captured ten seconds after she learns chicken nuggets have been outlawed by the FDA. Yes, the plutonium used in the nuggitizing process may be a naturally-occuring element, but remember this little hunk of BRK Wisdom:
Just because it’s Natural does not mean it’s good for you.
7. A personalized squee! from The Squeekie Priestie for your cell phone ringtone, complete with Skittles-induced whirling-dirvishness. Fio knows where the candy is, we’ll give him the signal, he’ll dump those pellets within 50 feet of his wife, and that’s when the magic will happen.
6. Your chance to star in a BRK Movie! We’ll come to your server, roll a toon, and capture you in all your glory on digital film. We reserve the rights for post-production editing, sound track additions, and anything else we feel deeply about modifying.
5. A chance to go one-on-one with Doomilias in a Naruto-Trivia showdown, complete with goggles forehead protector.(Contestant must provide own goggles forehead protector as Doom doesn’t have a second pair and he won’t share.)
(Forehead protector? We are so not down with Naruto.)
4. A chance to go one-on-one with Mrs. BRK in a Bad 80s Movies Trivia showdown, complete with you begging for mercy from her unparalleled and maddening memory. Of course, she has no mercy; we used it all up years ago. Wear protective clothing and show no exposed skin.
3. We invent, “Pick Our Spec!” You decide how we should spend our talent points, we do it, and we suffer mighty humiliation in our guild’s next raid.
2. A “BRK-Approved Hunter License”. We’ll have someone breakout the caligraphy pens and construct a diploma worthy of hanging in your cubical.
1. Beer. No Schlitz, either. We’re talking Sam Adams at the least, we’d even spring for something from our favorite local brewery.
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name that spec ftw.
i’ll visit 50 times a day for that one.
However tempting #8 sounds at the moment, to get #2 is definitely something we can all show to ignorant raid leaders. “Talk to the license buddy, I’m not only the president and CEO of the BRK fans club on Cho’gall, I’m licensed hunter.” hehehe, that would be funny.
#9. I pick Mrs BRK
lol I’m so going for the liscence
I’d so make BRK reroll Horde.
And make him BE…no that would be too horrible.
Tauren Hunter for the win.
Then when he got the sonic spear it would be bigger than his dwarf.
#11 Three hours of personalized advice/training from BRK on gear, techniques, and other general coolness.
I would vote for #6, give us a chance to see one of the many other hunters that come to BRK for advice.
~Videl & Sassoon/Obsidian
forehead protector! not goggles…/cry
The movie or the license…those sound fun.
#2 would be funny, it might make people* look at the other thing on my “wall” – a printout of the “Elements of User Experience”.
* ignorant senior managers.
I totally vote for the respec. I’m thinking 7/51/3. Gotta go to 7 points in BM to get those points in Pathfinding.
How about an autographed copy of your soon to be relased #1 selling book that we still haven’t a clue as to what it’s about?
Hmmm, 80’s trivia debate with a red-headed WoW widow. Hmmm…
No, I’d go for number 6. I would like to ‘meet’ a BRK toon in ‘person’ on the Hydraxis realm. Horde he would be – perhaps we could even persuade him to join the Ten Ton Hammer guild…
Super dumb question.. How do we know if we’re the one millionth visitor? I don’t see a counter anywhere. Is it right under my nose? Is it firefox’s fault? What am I missing?
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#6 ftw. You could take a video of me backing off ledges during fights. doh.
#6 leads to my failure to get #2
Oddly enough my Hunter Lead and I have a running gag about my guild “hunter’s card”. I’m always getting points taken off of it. But occasionally I make a really witty comeback or a joke that’s actually funny and I reap a wind-fall of points back onto my card. (got points for making a rogue blow Diet Dr. Pepper out his nose!)
hmm, why am I the only hunter in our guild that even has a card? Is it something I said?
Baetylus & Magrathea of Hyjal
ps. Wowza! one meeeellion hits! GrandGrats!
Tough choice between #2 and #6 but they’re both very tempting.
I’m thinking it would be pretty darn nifty if you developed a BRK quest that hunters could complete on their own (submit screenshots / vid clips as proof) to obtain the coveted and highly-prized “BRK Hunting License.”
e.g.
1) Chain trap a raptor thru refuge point three times
2) Trap two mobs; repeat 3 times.
3) Kite a Devilsaur to Gadget.
4) Discuss the merits of using aspect of the monkey while in melee combat. (j/k!)
5) Tame pet X to learn skill Y. Train Pet Z with skill Y.
6) Explain why Combat Experience is a poor use of talent points.
7) Demonstrate understanding and use of a threat meter.
8 ) Achieve 400% more honorable kills than deaths in all battlegrounds for which you are eligible. Repeat 3 times.
9) Discuss when Feign Death is NOT an option.
Automatic disqualifiers:
1) missing scope
2) using ammo at lower level than eligible.
3) Pet on other than passive
etc etc….
Eustacius
I pick #7 just because it sounds the funniest, but I’m going to want audio.
*falls over giggling*
Oh man, this post is amazing.
Oh, and grats on the upcoming big one, BRK. You deserve it!
Maybe you already passed one million. Maybe you had just enough from before you installed the counter that the counter is just arbitrary. Maybe I’m the one miiiiillllionth visitor. Or one over, with my luck.
Congrats on all the hits, you certainly deserve it. I’d choose 6, personally.
In place of number 1, how ’bout a customized homebrew? I’m a’thinking an amber ale named…that’s right…Big Red Kitty.
Mmmm…nuthin’ like downing an ‘ole Big Red Kitty while chain-trappin’ through the Highlands.
@Eustacius
Well, if you are forced into melee, Aspect of the Monkey comes in VERY handy!
If we were meant to never ever whack on something with a melee weapon we wouldn’t have wing clip, raptor or mongoose strikes. I’m not suggesting anyone other than The Melee Hunter should use melee as a primary dps method… because, well, we all know why, but if you think it’s possible to go your entire life as a hunter without having to smack something in the face with a melee weapon, you’re sadly mistaken.
Plus, wing clipping is an effective tool for kiting multiple mobs… and kiting is still a hunter skill, right?
@ Doomilias … I read your ‘forehead protector’ comment and thought.. surely this guy doesn’t watch “Naruto”…
Sure enough, BRK made the addition and you went up a notch in my book.
- Rekurve and Kuro
(ps.. I did have a wolf named Akamaru)
Your wife has nothing on the sheer amount of useless 80’s movie knowledge saved in my dome…test me I dare you…
@Eustacius
My hunters are all Horde…on PVP servers.
If I pull off the first thing on your list I should get to skip the rest…
Maybe I could try pulling one through Hammerfall? Getting it to come up those stairs might be fun.
Oooh! A license! I’m not talking about an easy-to-knock-out certificate, it needs to be credit-card sized, plastic and for proud placement in wallet and stroke or purse!
It was my birthday recently and I got this:
http://www.jinx.com/Content/Product/857p_0c_ZoomB.jpg
…So the card would complete the set that I’ve just made up. Having said that, the BRK booze? Mmmm. I’m not sure a plain ale fits the bill though, not when a deep crimson spirit served in a shot glass that would make absinthe say “Hey woah steady on!” says so much more
Set Bonus:
(3) You’re totally drunk and everybody knows you’re handy with a bow. Enjoy your night.
I’m totally loving the name your spec. I’m thinking something like this:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cgckdogMZxVMZ0GqGkzro
Its every crappy talent I could think of, while maintaining absolutely no focus on anything. Lets see you top a WWS report after this, lol
Paul,
Too many BM talents, the really crappy ones reside in the MM tree. Gotta get careful aim.
Also, max Imp Pet Revive ftw.
proof positive
yes, that is doomilias…himself. however, the cartoon network version is full of loss. fansubs ftw.
Would we have to be 70 to get the license? Cause the license sounds pretty keen! Oh, and if I picked TJ for #10, wouldn’t I automatically get #8 when whe finds out?
@ BRK
Sounds like a bunch of great prizes to me, I’d have to settle for a diploma though
@ Eustacius
That sounds more like a Hunter’s Learning Permit. Better idea for a Hunter License Application… (Screenshots where necessary)
1) Chain trap a raptor through Refuge Point… as Horde.
(or Hammerfall, if Alliance).
2) Trap two Outland mobs, take a shot of Halaani Whiskey or a few Dwarven Stouts, and keep them both trapped whilesh totally, completely intoxicated. *hic*.
3) Kite a Fel Reaver to Shattrath.
Naked.
4) Discuss the merits of Improved Aspect of the Monkey for Huntar tanking, while tanking, say, Ramparts.
5) Pick a rarely-used pet and figure out how to make it viable.
6) Explain why Improved Arcane Shot can be a good use of talent points.
7) Demonstrate how to compensate for people who can’t manage their own threat.
8 ) Achieve 400% more actual kills, not honor kills, than deaths in BG’s. Repeat.
9) Discuss how to manage a classic BRK LoS Feign Death pull, and how you can improve it to transfer even MORE aggro.
Automatic Disqualifiers:
1) Possession of Shammy mail, or any item that gives Strength without equal or greater amounts of Agility, as well as any kind of Caster gear.
2) Lack of level-appropriate First Aid training.
3) Outside of raiding, playing with a pet with sub-Green Happiness.
@ pelides:
I debated on suggesting aspect of the viper while melee but thought that would draw cries of Huntard. Oh well… I agree completely with your thoughts.
@cgeorgemo
deal
@track
I largely agree that this sounds like a learners permit but I still think they are approximately the skills and skill levels that really matter. I think the difference between your tasks and the ones I posted is driven by the question “what is the main reason behind having a BRK hunting license?” I suggest it is being a non-huntard with a suitable sets of skills. What you suggest is great and for all of you that can do that I salute you and acknowledge your greatness. Does my inability to kite a fel reaver naked make me a huntard? I don’t think it does.
Perhaps I should have suggested a second, more significant licensing protocol — “BRK Certified Hunter Trainer” — that uses the tasks you suggest.
It would be interesting for BRK to weigh in here.
Best regards to all,
– E
@Doomilias
My wife had the same headband in her hands last Christmas, and put it down at the last second, saying “No… I’m not going to let him [me] go that far….”
She does, however, play warlock next to my hunter.
Oh and I’m going to be the next Hokage.
BELIEVE IT
(has Shippuden #43 come out yet???)
Yay!
Gief ‘Name my spec’! Or give me that spiffy licence! I’m thinking laminated with at least two Blizzard devs as vitnesses. Three GM can work too.
Felandra- Hunter extraordinaire, licenced to kill (by BRK)
But I have to admit forcing BRK to roll Horde hunter on an EU server would be a sight to behold. Damn I would record it myself.
yes, the raw for shippuden 43 is out now
but you cant watch it
because you said “believe it”
…
@Track
4) Discuss the merits of Improved Aspect of the Monkey for Huntar tanking, while tanking, say, Ramparts.
As a hunter who has tanked Ramparts, Blood Furnace, Mana Tombs, Setthek Halls, Slave Pens, Underbog and Steam Vaults at level 70 in normal mode, I can tell you with some authority, that aspect of monkey came in very handy for me… even as a BM with no points in improved, I’m sure imp AotM would have made it even easier!
Next up, normal Shadow Labs and Shattered Halls!
I OBJECT.
I MOST STRONGLY AND VIOLENTLY OBJECT!!
I am NOT shrill.
Hey! I have a Pally named Schlitz!!!
Yes, I know, it is a bad beer like substance. I was just drawing a blank when the name decision came up.
Heh, looking at the armory it seems it is a pretty popular name.
Pshaw! I started watching the series in English.
“DEFINITELY” in subtitles ftl…
BELIEVE D33Z
….Sigh… ok I will give you that the normal dialogue is better in subs…
but NOT the catchphrase
Hit counter?… There’s a hit counter?
Seriously though, I don’t see it. I use the NoScript Firefox plugin and it has blocked 6 of the 12 sites that run scripts on the home page. Good scripts have a “noscript” option that lets you know what your missing.
I’d imagine that your actual visits are higher than your hit counter indicates as I’m not the only person who turns on scripts by exception rather than running everything all the time.
BRK Ultimate FTW Raiding Spec: 17/15/29
BM:
3/5 Improved Aspect of the Hawk
5/5 Endurance Training
3/3 Improved Aspect of the Monkey
3/3 Thick Hide
2/2 Pathfinding
1/1 Bestial Swiftness
MM:
5/5 Improved Concussive Shot
2/5 Improved Hunter’s Mark
5/5 Efficiency
1/2 Go for the Throat
2/5 Improved Arcane Shot
SV:
3/3 Monster Slaying
3/3 Humanoid Slaying
3/3 Hawk Eye
2/2 Savage Strikes
1/3 Entrapment
5/5 Deflection
3/3 Improved Wing Clip
5/5 Survivalist
1/1 Deterrence
3/3 Surefooted
I see that I’ve been pimped out. Again.
Yippee!
I vote #3. I’ll pick a great worthless spec for ya.
Here ya go.
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cLZxxV0xuoZIGAhzf0zh
This about the most worthless spec i could make for raiding. Enjoy!
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cVfhdZxxV0xhZ0Gq0tbbz\\
For #3 on a Grull Run without a pet would be intresting.
@ pelides
Steam Vaults? Nice. I’d imagine if you’ve got somewhere around 20-22% dodge before AoTM, you could tank quite a bit
But if you could handle that 8-pull in Shattered Halls with AoTM, that’d be accomplishment in itself. (I’d imagine Deterrence would help quite a bit).
@ Eustacius
Totally right; if we were to compare it in terms of driving skill, it’s like taking the exam for a street license vs. doing a qualifier lap for F1 Racing. You’d need to have better command of your skills and understanding of how things work in order to pull my test off.
Yours is an excellent place to start off, though. If Blizz had any sense, it’d be a quest chain not unlike the first one to tame pets…
For the talent specs I’m thinking something along the lines of this:
http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cVchdZxEV0xhMcZ0GVho
Or perhaps this: http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=cZxZ0G
@Track
I need to gear up a lot more than I am now to tank Shattered Halls. Even in normal mode that place is fairly brutal. A boy needs goals! Even if those goals are to go and do insanely stupid things like tank as a hunter.
Ooh, the BRK drink… my brain is abuzz with the possibilities.
I suppose the most appropriate thing to do would be to establish a proper DPS rotation. (Drunkenness Per Second, of course.)
How about Serpent Sting (Absinthe), Arcane Shot (Blue Curacao w/a layer of flaming 151), then Auto Shot (A White Russian… get it? White DPS?), and Steady Shot (Bourbon Whiskey… Four Roses 101 will do. Nothing steadies the hand like Kentucky bourbon.)
Repeat until your target (sobriety) is down… and don’t forget to tailor the rotation to your weapon speed.
I know…
Let Mrs. BRK pick a spec, then we can have BRK’s reaction turned into a ring tone.
The alcohol sounds good to me. I’ll take it!
Oh, wait, I have to win first… gah.
If it was actually possible for BRK to come to the EU Azjol-Nerub Server and make a movie with me, I’d take that.
The hunter license has me wanting to clicky-clicky, though
#9 and #4, 2 chances to go head to head with the pimped out Mrs BRK. Woot!
I’d go for 2 and 6… though Halabar’s idea of a few hours of personal training would be nice too.
That “BRK-Approved Hunter License” would be on the wall right next to my Bachelor’s diploma. Do you think you can get the guys at Blizzard crazy enough to maken an ingame version too? ;p
I like Halabar’s personal training idea too! But a laminated official-type hunter licence would be awesome!
Hmmm….I wonder if i could count the training as work time, “sorry boss, got an online conference today.” I could add it to my resume…Fully BRK-licensed hunter. I wonder if i could get a raise for that…
maybe i need another cup of coffee.
Aerlian and Petunia
@Rekurve
I revoke your privilege to watch Naruto, or even speak the name for saying that lame American adaption to Naruto’s dialog. I dare not say it for I will throw up.
I want the TJ rant ringtone! Have her say “Up yours!”
BRK, as one of the folks that sent you a screen shot, if I win I would be willing to assist in the making of a movie. I am all ready on Dresden, and you could probably use much of what I do in a ‘how not to play a real hunter’ movie! Level 41 BM hunter (of course) learning as fast as I am leveling; at the moment….slowly.
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