September « 2009 « Rawrcast

Today was a gorgeous day here in North Texas. One of the many tasks I had set before me was to have my car’s oil changed. Rather than hanging around inside the stuffy waiting room filled with outdated magazines and blatantly obvious infomercials, I decided to park myself on a bench outside of the service station. Soaking up the afternoon air I made small talk with a gentleman also enjoying the breeze. When all of the sudden, down the road a stretch about 200 yards from the station a little blue Subaru came to a hazardous stop in the middle of traffic. With lights flashing, I could make out the frantic flipping and flopping of hair in the driver side seat of the car. I gently motioned to the gentleman waiting beside me and said, “Looks like she is having car issues.” He agreed and went back inside.

As a guild master myself, and having seen Stomp and Haf recently setup their own guild, ‘Bound’, I decided it would be a good idea to jot up some thoughts on how to go about setting up your own guild. I’m sure many of you are budding GMs with a passion for the game and a want to run things in a particular way. Setting up a guild is the best way of getting from the game exactly what you want, provided you find enough like-minded people to support your goals. So if you are on the verge of setting up a guild, or if the idea has tugged at the back of your mind but you’ve been concerned with just how to pull together the details to make a decent go at guild management then I hope this article proves some use.

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Episode38

This week Haf and Stomp welcome the man, the myth, the legend… Kenny D, Editor in Chief of the new Rawrcast website, and all-around great guy. Together we chatted about the changes being made as rawrcast.com grows into a site with the same rawr-opinion and insight as the weekly podcast. Read more…

On this week’s Blue Plz!, TotalBiscuit pontificated on the worgen and goblin racials for Cataclysm, and proceeded to inform everyone how great it was they were overpowered. He reminded us how in most RPGs, there is a cost associated with your decisions, but WoW has, interestingly enough, really removed penalties for any major decision you make in the game.

A Lost Philosophy

I have a confession to make: WoW is my first MMO. It is one I thoroughly enjoy, but it is unlike any RPG I have ever played before. My first RPG ever was Final Fantasy, the 8 bit masterpiece released on the original Nintendo. It was a game my dad had gotten for me from one of his friends at work who didn’t enjoy it, and he even gave me the official strategy guide. Even today, it has playability and will always have a special place in my heart. Read more…

HHV

As if there isn’t enough going on… I started toying around with some ideas for a holiday season charity event shortly after Blizzcon. And, the first name that popped into my head was Brigwyn of The Hunting Lodge, and now wow.com. He had remarkable success pulling off the Children’s Week for Child’s Play event back in May, so I thought he would be a likely com padre in putting something together for the festive holiday season baring upon us all. Just so happened, that very same week Fimlys and Nibuca of Twisted Nether Blogcast approached Brig with a similar proposition. Since we all had the same goal, and vision for a World of Warcraft community charity event, we decided to team up! Read more…

This week Stomp and Haf visit all things Pirate-y and Staghelm as the show was broadcast live from their home server of Staghelm, and are joined in-game and out by Foofy of Reawaken of Staghelm. In addition to being a hardcore raider in one of Staghelm’s premier guest, Foofy is also a theorycrafter over at The Moonkin Repository where she and a few other guys share their insight and opinion on all things Moonkin. And, when she isn’t trolling the Repository, Foofy is creating videos from her druid brethren over at the Cupcake Factory. On the show Foofy shares why she started the Moonkin 101 Video Series, and plans for the videos in the future.

Stomp also had an opprotunity this week to sit down and chat with Ayanami of Vanquish of Staghelm to chat about their World First – Earth, Wind, and Fire (10-man) achievement. Together they chat about how they completed the encounter, and what learnings they might apply to 25-man version of the achievement. Read more…

Welcome to another installment of Dead or Alive. I will be your host and today I would like to talk about the ins and outs of Arenas for the new player:

The first question is… What are arenas?

Arenas are areas set up by the Steemwheedle Cartel where players can create a team of 2, 3, or 5 and face off against another team of the same size to the DEATH for gear, titles, mounts and glory. You can find everything you need to make a team and play one in Dalaran sewers or at any one of the 5 arenas located around Azeroth. We have The Ring of Trials in Nagrand, The Circle of Blood in Blades Edge Mountains, The Ruins of Lordaeron in Tristfal Glades, and The Ring of Valor in Orgrimmar. Each offer a variety of different obstacles to use at your disposal.

There are three different scores a player can obtain and this is where it gets confusing for most people. You have a team rating, personal rating, and match making rating (MMR). The easiest to understand is the Team Rating so lets start there.

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Haf and Stompalina’s home server of Staghelm is being featured in full effect this week as Foofy joins the Crew LIVE from Booty Bay! Foofy comes packed with experience and knowledge about all things Moonkin – she is part of the admin team over at The Moonkin Repository, and creator of the Moonkin 101 Video Series which has become hugely popular among up and coming druids.

Additionally, members from Vanquish will be joining the show to discuss their World First Earth, Wind, and Fire (10-man) achievement, how they managed to manage the encounter, and how they plan to apply learnings to the 25-man encounter.

Join us LIVE this Saturday at 4pm, CST – Right here at www.rawrcast.com, and click on [LIVE]!

Ah, that new website smell is still fresh! We here at Rawrcast want to officially welcome you to our all-new site! A lot of people have been spending a lot of time trying to make this site a reality, and I think you can tell from the design to the simple details of the site, that this is a total step-up from what we were rolling with before. I’m going to give you a quick run-down of the new site and what you can expect to see from us in the coming months as we continue to roll out new and entertaining content all about World of Warcraft. Read more…