I’m back in Orgrimmar. After we wrapped up things in Garadar, I took sort of a leisurely trip by land to Shattrath with Lakkara. From there we took one of the portals to Orgrimmar. You should have seen the look on my mother’s face the first time she came up with me from the Cleft of Shadow and saw the Valley of Strength.

Since then I’ve been showing her around Orgrimmar and a little of Durotar. At first I figured I was going to take her on this whirlwind tour around Kalimdor and show her everything, but I forget ALL of this is TOTALLY new to her, so it’s probably better to take our time and give her a chance to take it all in. Even little things, like the fact that she hadn’t ever really seen trolls before. Or Forsaken, for that matter…although she was a lot less freaked out over seeing them walking around town than I figured she would be. I guess she just feels for anybody who’s had a rough time of it. Anyway, for the time being I have her set up with her own quarters here in Grommash Hold, upstairs.

While she’s been getting settled and resting, I’ve had a chance to hop back online and get some Earth Online time. The guild had gotten off to a slow start, since I ended up having a lot of distractions keeping me from the game, but I think we’re starting to get things together. Spazzle also set me up with this thing that lets me log our in-game guild chat, so I’m going to try using it here and give you guys a peek at what we’ve been up to. He even had some add-on that let me tag players in the game with their real names (or whatever names I want to label them with) so both names show up in the game chat. Makes it easier for me to keep things straight sometimes, but I figure it’ll make these logs a hell of a lot easier for you all to make sense of.

Anyway, here goes:

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] So Spaz, how are things coming along on the guild web site?

[Guild][Bartleby | Mokvar] Don’t we already have a web site?

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Yes and no

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] We have a site that we use, but it’s not totally ours

[Guild][Bartleby | Mokvar] How’s that?

[Guild][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] you know, it’s one of those prefab ones you can get at a host site.

[Guild][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] they’re fine and all, they give you the basics of what you need, but they don’t give you a whole lot of room to customize

[Guild][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] or for that matter even really have direct control of the site

[Guild][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] which is fine if you’re just wanting something to get started with, or if you just don’t have someone who knows web design

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Which obviously we do

[Guild][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] this way I can custom build it, and have direct control over security, track IP addresses, etc.

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Yeah, and after all the trouble I’ve been having on the blog the last month or so, I want us to have more control of the guild site

[Guild][Bartleby | Mokvar] Ahh, got it.

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] So how’s it coming along?

[Guild][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] pretty well

[Guild][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] I think it should be up and running pretty soon

[Guild][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] sorry it’s been taking so long, but I ended up losing a bunch of time getting the blog secured again after all the hacking that was going on

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] So you finally have that locked down now?

[SteveKravitz | Utvoch] has logged on.

[Guild][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] yeah, I think so.  I set up a much tougher firewall

[Guild][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] it should be a LOT harder for anyone to get through it

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] a firewall wtf?

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] we’re got walls of fire here now?

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] No, not like that

[Guild][Bartleby | Mokvar] Hey Dontrag.

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] no, this is utvoch

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] hey though

[Officer][Bartleby | Mokvar] I always get them mixed up.

[Guild][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] it’s a firewall for Garrosh’s blog

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] If it makes you feel any better, I usually have to keep a little crib sheet on me

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] I still slip up every so often

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] we’re not going to have to start farming fire resist gear now, are we?

[GilbertRose | Dontrag] has logged on.

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] server back up?

[Guild][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] sup Dontrag

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] No, it’s not a firewall like that

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Not in the game

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] no, not dontrag, this is utvoch, i just said

[Guild][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] no, not you

[Guild][Bartleby | Mokvar] He wasn’t talking to you.

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] walls of fire? are we doing one of the burning building scenarios?

[Guild][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] Dontrag just logged on

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] oh i missed that

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] shouldnt we maybe recruit someone who plays a fire fighter before we try one of those

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] “oh i missed that” he says – I bet he gets tired of having to say that

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] lol

[Officer][Bartleby | Mokvar] haha

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] No, we’re not talking about BB scenarios. It’s a firewall Spazzle set up for my blog

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] you have a blog?

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] …

[Officer][Bartleby | Mokvar] hah

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] ah ok

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Um, yes, I do

[Officer][Bartleby | Mokvar] Didn’t he write in for one of your mailbags, too?

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] https://warchiefscommandboard.com

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Yeah, he did

[Officer][Bartleby | Mokvar] haha, that’s great.

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] lol

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Clearly you and I have very different notions of “great”

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] oh cool

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] i will make a point of reading it, sir

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] are you sure you want them reading it?

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] as will i, great gl/warchief sir

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] I mean, you kind of make fun of them a lot on it, call them stupid, etc.

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] I don’t say anything on the blog that I wouldn’t say to their faces

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Watch

[Officer][Bartleby | Mokvar] Also you’re assuming they would get half of the jabs he takes at them.

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Dontrag

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Utvoch

[LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] has logged on.

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] You guys know you’re fucking idiots, right?

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] lol

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] yes, sir

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] yes sir

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] sorry sir

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Ah, I see our esteemed Warchief is once again demonstrating his inimitable leadership skills.

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] great apologies, sir

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] i’m doing my best to remedy my failings with my extension courses, sir

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] morning, dark lady

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Hey, we don’t all have the benefit of having all our underlings auto-brainwashed and under our thrall, Sylvanas

[Guild][Bartleby | Mokvar] By the way, what’s up with your names, you two? They seem kind of…generic.

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Good day, Utvoch.

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] You wound me yet again, Warchief.

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] yeah we both just used one of the randomly generated names

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] no this is dontrag

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] wait, under thrall?

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] is thrall coming back?

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] you kind of walked right into that one, boss

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] No. Thrall isn’t coming back

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Yeah, I know

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Who told them about this guild again?

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] thrall said he was coming back?

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] when was this? i missed it

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] No

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] lol

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Thrall

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Is not

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Coming back

[Officer][Bartleby | Mokvar] You could not pay me to be Warchief, honestly.

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] ah okay, if you say so, sir

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] truly it is a blessing that the horde has such an embarrassment of riches in our leadership

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] We have an embarrassment, all right

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] So hey, while you guys are here and Sylvanas is on

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] I was thinking it might be good to make her an officer

[Officer][Bartleby | Mokvar] For real?

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] she was the one who was hacking into the blog, wasn’t she?

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle]  ell one of them

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Yeah, yeah, I know. But hear me out

[Nightengayle | Garona] has logged on.

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Good morning, Garona.

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] morning garona

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] First off, even though she did hack into the blog, I have to give her props for the way she shut Varian down

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] hi BQ.

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] hi dontrag.

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] yeah, that was pretty funny

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] No, that’s Utvoch.

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] She’s been playing this game for a while and knows a bunch of the classes really well, plus she DID server transfer just to join this guild

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] no its not

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] is it? damn I thought I got it right this time.

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] no, you got it right

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] that is true, she did

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] i’m dontrag

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] he’s utvoch

[Officer][Bartleby | Mokvar] Yeah.

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Are you sure?

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Plus, you know, I’ve been thinking lately, maybe I’ve been a little too hard on her. I mean, to be fair, being tortured to death has to do a number on you

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] i think we know who we are

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] I would think you would know you are, as well.

[Officer][Bartleby | Mokvar] If you think so. It probably wouldn’t be a bad gesture, since she’s the de facto leader over in Eastern Kingdoms.

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Apparently, however, there is some uncertainty in the matter.

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] now you’re just messing with them lol.

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] ^_^

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Yeah that too. And also as far as the hacking goes, I think maybe if we put her on the inside, she might be less likely to want to try messing with things

[Officer][Bartleby | Mokvar] Yeah, maybe.

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] hmm yeah

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] so what are you guys up to?

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] well, if you think so, boss, it’s your call

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] I need to jet in a little while, though. I have to go meet up with my cousin Khizzara

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] it’s new comic book day down at the shop!

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Just sorting out some day trading.

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] d and i are just sparring outside washington

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] we should probably get back to leveling though

[Officer][Bartleby | Mokvar] kk Spazzle

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] yeah, me too.

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] what level are you guys?

[LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] has been promoted to the rank Officer.

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] 34

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] grats!

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] 33 here

[Officer][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] ^_^

[Officer][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Thank you, dear Guild Leader.

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] grats BQ.

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] welcome aboard, sylvanas

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Thank you!

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] No problem, Sylvanas. I figure you know the game well, plus, you know, it’s always nice to actually have someone with a few IQ points in a leadership position

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] you know in my other guild over on palin I’m an officer too, as a matter of fact.

[Officer][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Indeed.

[Officer][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] anyway, hate to greet and run, but I have get going

[Officer][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Take care, Spazzle.

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] anyway boo, you guys are too high level for me.

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] was going to say we should group up.

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] unless you want to run a lvl 19 nurse through a couple lowbie instances… <3

[Officer][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] I appreciate your trust, good GL, and will of course do my best to serve the guild well.

[Guild][MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] gotta run for a little while, guys. back later!

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] i guess we could, sure

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] cya spazzle

[Guild][Bartleby | Mokvar] Later, Spazzle.

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] <3

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Going quiet for a few, everyone, need to get this quest done for my class trinket

[MrBadcrumble | Spazzle] has logged off.

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] bye spazzle

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] damn, missed him

[Officer][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Before you get too far into your quest, Garrosh, would it be all right if I invited a friend to the guild?

[Officer][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] He’s fairly new to the game, but I’m sure he’ll learn quickly. Plus he doesn’t really get out a lot, so it might be nice for him to have some new people to interact with.

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Yeah, that should be fine

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] where should we meet you garona

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Anyway, busy for a few

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] I’m over in moscow now.

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] I have a couple quests to do in the kremlin if we could do that.

[Lorthemar] has joined the guild.

[Lorthemar] has been promoted to the rank Recruit.

[Lorthemar] has been promoted to the rank Member.

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] ok

[Guild][Bartleby | Mokvar] Welcome, Lorthemar.

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Welcome!

[Guild][Lorthemar] Thank you!

[Guild][Lorthemar] Greetings, guildmates!

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] sup

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] who’s the new guy?

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] o.O

[Guild][Lorthemar] Lor’themar Theron, at your service!

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] oh so I guess you just didn’t have enough characters to put the last name on your toon?

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] I think there’s a mod you can use to get around that.

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] oh hey is that supposed to be like whats her face from the quest chain?

[Guild][Bartleby | Mokvar] Who?

[Guild][Lorthemar] Well…no. That’s just my name.

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] that npc, another theron i think

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] charlize?

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Charlize, yeah.

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] No, but wait, no, that’s not what he’s going for.

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] oh wow so you’re into like that total immersion thing, huh?

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] yeah thats her

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] she’s in a few in-game cinematics too.

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Not many of those are really worth watching, though.

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] is your toon supposed to be related to her or something?

[Guild][Bartleby | Mokvar] Ugh, too much RP.

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] they are as long as you turn off your speakers

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] …

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] just sayin

[Guild][Lorthemar] I’m a little confused.

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] I must admit, I’m a little baffled as well.

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] it’s okay, the game throws a lot at you at once, it gets easier to keep track of once you play a little.

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] why, BQ? you’ve been playing this game longer than me.

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] No…not like that.

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Lorthemar is literally THE Lor’themar Theron.

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] ok…

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] right, he said that

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] and…?

[Officer][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] …

[Officer][Bartleby | Mokvar] What?

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Lor’themar Theron.

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Regent Lord of Quel’thalas.

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] not ringing any bells

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] The leader of the blood elves.

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] oh.

[Guild][Bartleby | Mokvar] If you say so.

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] wait, didn’t we kill him a couple years ago?

[Officer][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Never mind.

[Guild][Lorthemar] I really am confused now.

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] No, that was…you know what, forget it. Welcome to the guild, Lor’themar.

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] yeah i’m starting to get a little lost too

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Okay, back

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] And check this out

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] wb.

[Guild][Bartleby | Mokvar] Checking.

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] welcome back sir

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] So I was doing my teacher class quest to upgrade my gradebook trinket

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] And I finish the quest, and since I was in an instanced inner city school zone, when I zone out I’m PVP flagged, right?

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] So this random guy sees me and decides he’s going to try and gank me.

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Only now I’ve got my shiny new trinket, and I blow all my upgraded lesson buffs at once, and BAM, drop the scrub like a freshman-year undeclared pre-med major

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] haha awesome

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Welcome back, Garrosh.

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] woot

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] And I’m all doing a /detention emote on him like “WHAM!  You got SCHOOLED, bitch!” haha

[Guild][Bartleby | Mokvar] haha

[Guild][Lorthemar] I’m not sure I really follow all that, but I’m sure it was a glorious victory, Warchief.

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] They don’t call me Omgipwnedurface for nothing

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] indeed sir

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] they call you that because you entered it on the character creation screen

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Speaking of triumphant returns, by the way, I heard a rumor that Thrall was coming back. Is it true?

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Um okay

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] OMG not that again

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] yeah i heard someone talking about that earlier too

[Guild][Lorthemar] Really? Thrall’s returning? Do you know anything about when?

[Guild][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Seems he’s being very cagey about the details.

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Sylvanas, why do you insist on confusing the stupid?

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] huh interesting

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] yeah sounds like he’s trying to keep it hush hush

[Officer][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] Sorry, dear Warchief. It’s just so easy!

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] didn’t garrosh already say that wasn’t happening?

[Officer][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] And it’s so fun to drop heavy things on the fools’ heads. They make such an entertaining splat.

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] yeah he did but people are still talking about it so i dont know

[Officer][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Hang on brb

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] that could just be thralls cover story too

[Guild][Lorthemar] I must admit, history isn’t terribly promising when it comes to leaders who allegedly are gone for good.

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Okay peeps

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] yeah thats true, like everyone said we killed you a couple years ago and here you are back again

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] I need to log off for a little while

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] My mom wants me to get off the computer

[Guild][Nightengayle | Garona] bye garrosh

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Plus she’s only been in Orgrimmar a day so I should make sure she’s not going to get lost or something

[Guild][GilbertRose | Dontrag] cya sir

[Guild][SteveKravitz | Utvoch] l8r

[Guild][Lorthemar] Be well, Warchief. Give my best to Mother Hellscream!

[Guild][Omgipwnedurface | Garrosh] Later guys

[Officer][LivinDeadGrl | Sylvanas] So…is it always like this?

[Officer][Bartleby | Mokvar] You really don’t read the blog, do you?

You have logged off.