Deprivation of Z's
World of Warcraft is killing me. I haven't slept more than five hours all week and I've been neglecting my IRC buddies (not that neglecting IRC buddies causes death...AFAIK). This is exactly why I didn't want to buy this game, but it's too late now…I'm hooked. I even put it on my work PC, so don't be surprised when I blog about needing to find a new job. I have managed to keep working out though, but the lack of sleep is hindering progress, that and drinking too much coffee during the day.
Trin gives a pretty good run down of what we did last night, if you're interested. Like her my dreams have taken on a surreal WoW format, where everything moves and feels just like the game. I've been a gamer a long time, so this phenomenon isn't new to me. I do appreciate that the game is set in a 3D world so that the dreams at least somewhat mimic reality. It was very disturbing, after playing the original Civilization for five days straight, when my dreams were a bunch of little tiles moving around in a grid fashion.
My only-child nature has been bubbling to the surface while grouping up with Trin and her friends. I like the social aspect, I really hate sharing the loot. Even at 30 years of age, I don't like sharing.
I'm level 11 and I have a pet wolf named Howlie…because he howls. I'll be level 12 soon, hopefully tonight.
Comments
You guys are so addicted! I love that D and I aren't the only ones. =D
Sorry I didn't stay grouped with you guys last night - I figured at some point Adam was going to show up, and I'm 2boxing a priest so I kinda need to be grouped with her so she gets the xp as well. (Think you can only have 5 to a group still)
I haven't dreamt about WoW in so long though... Not that I um... miss it or anything... ;)
Posted by: e | February 11, 2005 09:48 AM
Oh that's ok, but we should definetly group together at some point.
You'll have to explain this 2boxing concept...how are you running two instances of the client?
Posted by: Nephilim | February 11, 2005 10:27 AM
You should download Cosmos (http://www.cosmosui.com) which is a 3rd party program and so awesome. Honestly don't know how I played without it. Blizzard is very much against 3rd party programs, except this one. They encourage it's use, so don't worry about it.
Secondly, to run 2 (or more) instances, you'll need 2 (or more) accounts. D and I have 3 between us - he has 2, I have 1.
Thirdly, open up your first instance of WoW in windows mode, log in. You then run the second instance, and log in with your second account.
This is the very basic concept of 2boxing. I did this for years while playing Everquest, except Sony doesn't allow ANY 3rd party software at all (even though they're out there) so I was running both accounts on 2 separate pc systems.
Windows mode makes it much much easier. =)
Posted by: e | February 11, 2005 03:43 PM