Trying To Get Back Into The Groove
Thank you to everybody for their condolences and donations, your kindness is an inspiration. We’re leaving the donation button on the blog through the Running of Da Bulls.
/moo
Random Non-Wow Thought Of The Day: One knows one lives in Florida when one is driving to work and hears, “Watch out for smoke on the highway; the marsh is still on fire.”
The PTR: Everybody has read about how a hunter pet’s Growl is no longer going to scale with the pet’s attack power, yes? Perhaps you’ve also seen where Blizz is instead going to have Growl scale with the hunter’s attack power, but only when the hunter’s RAP is above a certain level? Well, yes, that sounds pretty nice, but as with all things on the PTR, we prefer to remain silent until the stuff goes live. We dislike freaking out or singing the praises of stuff that may not even be a factor in a week.
Is the Running of Da Bulls really just one week away? Holy cow, it is! Next Saturday, 7pm EDT (11PM GMT) on Cenarion Circle!
We’re going back to Kara tonight for the first time in months. Why? Because we don’t need the Shattered Sun dailies anymore, we have broken the 5000 gold mental-barrier again so we’ve lost the need to farm, BRKTestBed is level 40 and has a mount, and we haven’t got the energy to roll a female gnome warrior.
If we couldn’t be a hunter, we’d be a female, gnome, fury warrior. Red-head, not pink.
The only class we’ve never tried is a warlock. You may read into that what you may.
Aetherial Circle cleared ZA, unfortunately we weren’t there. Grats folks, glad that’s finally done. /wipes hands clean
OH!! After we took down Al’ar the other day, our graphics got totally messed up. Our camera was “fixed” in that we could rotate our toon but the camera didn’t follow. It was awesome; we’ve been trying to figure out how to do just that for years!
But then we couldn’t get it to return to the normal state, and we had to exit the game to restore the camera to nominal condition. How the heck did we do that? And don’t say, “It’s one of those camera-settings, noob!” because it’s NOT one of those camera-settings, we’ve tried them all, hundreds of times.
Would it be wrong to publish on our blog the IP addresses of the two people we banned? Their comments have been purged, their IPs smacked with the BRK Ban Hammer, that’s probably enough.
Listen to us now and believe us later. If you’re a leatherworker, start stock piling the mats for Riding Crops. If the PTR change about Riding Crops becoming more like an enchant and no longer a trinket goes live, people are going to be buying the new Riding Crops for their epic ground mount. Don’t make the Riding Crops now, just in case that change doesn’t get implemented, but have the mats for the Riding Crops ready to go. There will be a limited-time to make mondo-gold on this change, so don’t dilly-dally.
New iMacs next Tuesday, foshizzle. Let’s see if we get a better video card in the next revision. We needz a new rig, pronto!



GHOSTKID on 25 Apr 2008 at 7:13 pm #
It would be wrong to publish the IP addresses. The BRK community is above that.
Thank you for the Riding Crop tip.
I hold one mouse button down (forget which) to keep the camera still from time to time. This does not do what you are looking for. It is the closest I’ve come to what you are looking to do.
I got Berzerker’s Call from ZA last night. I’m still giddy!
jumb on 25 Apr 2008 at 7:17 pm #
BRK, that camera bug happened to me in ZA once on the bear boss. It felt like a bug with how steady shot makes you turn to face the mob while you’re casting. I’m pretty sure I fixed it by doing that UI reset command.
xanthelei on 25 Apr 2008 at 7:47 pm #
If that riding crop tip is true… Well, I guess that means I better finishing farming up the mats for my final Felsteel Longblade ( http://www.wowhead.com/?item=23540 ) and +20 Agi enchants times two and get to farming out that epic flyer. Cause damn, I only have one crop and it would be a waste to buy another to put on a slow mount!
BRK, tis not far that you haz 5k gold again. Tis also not fair that mining isn’t as lucrative as it should be, for I haz no speedy flyer. /pout
Oh well. I’m sure I can drum up some farming buddies to help me annihilate the Elemental Plateau.
kunukia on 25 Apr 2008 at 7:53 pm #
Heh, my alchemist has been stockpiling her daily transmute of Primal Might(s) for a while now. If the riding crop thing goes through, there will be a good use for a bunch of them.
Tyndil on 25 Apr 2008 at 9:43 pm #
iMac update please be true! I need to upgrade, been waiting a bit and think its time for a new rig.
Nick S. on 25 Apr 2008 at 10:03 pm #
no, it would not be wrong. if they can antagonize anonymously, what denies the antagonized the right to reciprocate?
plus, if you post them and no one does anything, isn’t that a stronger statement than not posting them?
i am an irrational idealist, what can i say.
Sieghild on 25 Apr 2008 at 11:22 pm #
Ive had that problem with the toon rotating and the camera staying still. I’ve had to right click on a mob or another player to get it back to following the the toon correctly. (It really sucks when it happens as I am a tank and end up running around hitting nothing.)
Sid on 26 Apr 2008 at 2:05 am #
I have had that problem with the camera getting stuck in one direction many times, and I just get on with it if I am not in a group . It returns back to normal eventually. The only quick fix I have been able to find is the logout thingy.
Rob on 26 Apr 2008 at 2:14 am #
Love the SNL reference! (Listen to me now and believe me later!). Anyone remember when the governator was on that skit?
Sade on 26 Apr 2008 at 4:29 am #
@ Nick S.
What denies the antagonized the right?
What about the desire to hold themselves to higher standards of conduct than the antagonizers?
It takes a bigger man to step down from a fight than to stand up to one; this I firmly believe.
Corwin on 26 Apr 2008 at 5:34 am #
ZA is actually quite fun, we killed Zul’jin on 3rd try, very fun fight, got lucky with Hexes setup and could CC all adds and focus on killing Hex fast (adds despawn after he dies), dragonhawk is manageable even without pally tank or fire res gear, just let one side fully hatch and all dps focuses on bringing them down FAST (healers need to be on check here), I think we killed him around 1,5min into enrage, t4/5 tank handled him easy
marks hunter was a bit angry at me (feral kitty) for rolling on Zul’jins dps trinket, but I felt no remorse since the guy was oom on the phase where he was needed the most - hurricanes, it’s the most difficult phase to dps through and stay alive, and you want that phase to end ASAP
p.s. don’t forget to step into plateu, everybody that is, the gates lock down…
Wiltfang on 26 Apr 2008 at 5:35 am #
Post those IPs
Doo Eeeeet.
They deserve every virus, trojan and keylogger they get for that kinda stunt. I would personally send them good ole’ HarddriveKiller2.0 if I still had it and the knowledge necessary to do so.
I say again. Doo Eeeeet.
A king does not bury a rabid cur in a golden tomb because he is king, he gives him the burial due his station.
Grewar on 26 Apr 2008 at 8:21 am #
Wanting to post their IPs is strong emotional response to what was said.
Actually posting them would be an aggressive hurtful act.
If you ignore a troll does he go away?
No, but that’s why you block him.
The high road leads to greater inner peace.
cybergeex on 26 Apr 2008 at 8:43 am #
I think BRK playing a Warlock would be very interesting.
Toque on 26 Apr 2008 at 9:59 am #
I thought about that riding crop gold making opportunity too. Was hoping to keep it a secret though lol
Every level 70 will want to buy at least 2 if the change goes through. The price could go through the roof
Pike on 26 Apr 2008 at 10:40 am #
I made a female gnome warrior the other day.
Gnomes are seriously the best race in the game. If only they could be hunters… *dreams*
Veresitha on 26 Apr 2008 at 11:19 am #
It’ll be interesting to see how the new riding crop “enchant” would apply to Warlocks and Paladins since our mounts are spells and not something we carry in our inventory.
Nice tip on the Riding Crop. Looks like it’s time to dust off my Druid and get to work.
Kall on 26 Apr 2008 at 1:01 pm #
BRK, is it possible to donate more than $1 without doing a bajillion PayPal transactions?
Also, I’m not following the PTR thing about Riding Crops. Are they going to be applied directly to your mount now? How’s that going to work if you got Skyshatter’s Whip from the Netherwing racing line?
Forgive me, I’m a soloist at heart, and tend to turn off chat channels and such while I’m in game… even the PTR. ><
Oh, I will do my best to be there for RoDB, I am being dragged to a first communion that day.
Xashen on 26 Apr 2008 at 3:28 pm #
/target new iMacs
/drool
Now I just need to stop playing WoW and get to work earning real money so I can go buy one.
Rotting Rogue on 26 Apr 2008 at 5:10 pm #
I’m pretty sure there is a way to lock the camera in place, but I’m not sure how its done. I’ll have to look into that and get back to you.
cybergeex on 26 Apr 2008 at 8:40 pm #
Would love to know how to lock camera myself as well.
cybergeex on 26 Apr 2008 at 8:50 pm #
Irwin, good name. Reminds this old man of Throw Mama From The Train. Irwin is Danny Devito if I recall correctly.
Jeff'y on 27 Apr 2008 at 1:57 am #
The camera-getting-stuck thing is very annoying. I’ve been playing since 1.0 and the bug’s been around that long. Only recent did I learn that a “/console reloadui” will clear it up–it takes some time, but it’s definitely a lot easier than logging out and in again.
I can’t reproduce the bug at will, but it’s strongly correlated to moving around due to right-click-melee attacking targets. I’d run into it often when meleeing as my Warrior and Shammy, but it’s almost never an issue as my Hunter.
I’m also on a Mac; that might be related as well.
The Betwixt on 27 Apr 2008 at 7:29 am #
I gotta say, I LOVE the way WoW looks on my iMac. The only thing that makes me super sad, is that I can’t use my G15 keyboard, because I lose screen functions, and can’t use the macro keys. So husband has commandeered the beauty for EVE. Travesty!
I told my leatherworking friend about the Riding Crop, and I think he got giddy. Especially since he’s still trying to grind out the rest of the gold for his swift. WHOOT for LWs!
HolyWarrior on 28 Apr 2008 at 9:44 am #
Irwin - Danny Devito???
I thought it was a reference to Steve Irwin - Crocodile Hunter. What with the crocodile named Steve and all!!
As for the camera angle thingy, never happened on my pally but now that I’ve been playing my … wait for it … warlock a lot more it happens on him a lot. I just logout to fix it.
What always happens to me is that the camera source goes out to one side and I bring the camera angle back round by holding mouse button etc but the view flips back to this strange position.
I have yet to definitively prove it but I am sure it happens after an action that automatically changes you PoV like a drain soul etc.
Brandon Tilley on 28 Apr 2008 at 11:21 am #
Hey BRK,
You can hold down your left mouse button while moving with WASD (or, God forbid, the arrow keys) to make the camera hold still while you move.
Akubal on 28 Apr 2008 at 2:36 pm #
And it looks like you get the 8800 GS in your shiny new iMac (according to the apple store website)
Tyndil on 10 May 2008 at 8:35 pm #
BRK! Just ordered a new iMac, can’t wait for the awesome to arrive!