4/16/2009 11:04:18 AM
topic: I cannot believe it! Milos Posts 21	Thanks so much for your support, the worst part is letting down the members we made promises to. We're glad that we at least got to give out one round of game cards before going down. Thanks again.
	4/16/2009 11:01:25 AM
topic: Awwww Milos Posts 21	Thanks Kebunny, we appreciated your support / ideas throughout the whole lifespan of ypowp.
	4/16/2009 1:04:57 AM
topic: I cannot believe it! saya_bt Posts 1	Wow! After such a long downtime with the patch I was curious to see how much comp I had earned but to my surprise I was informed they Blizz shut you down. I am so sorry that they had to squish one of the best WoW related website out there. You had an amazing concept and I told everyone I knew in the game about it. Thanks for the idea and the chance to make downtime a little less painful. I wish it had worked out better for you. Good luck with your next great idea.
	4/15/2009 10:35:48 PM
topic: Awwww Kebunny Posts 12	I loved te idea of this site. I am sorry it didn't work out for you guys. Best luck in your next venture!
	4/13/2009 2:28:54 AM
topic: How to spot a secret WoW player Nerdress Posts 5	First of all, I wanted to mention that this can be all found on my website, www.nerdress.com. Okay, done. SECONDLY... _______________________________ During a particularly excruciating period at work where I had to learn the in’s and out’s of why MICROSOFT OFFICE 2008 IS A PIECE OF S*** FOR MAC, I met up with my friend Scott at a bar to talk about macros for Excel. Yes…macros. God that makes me hot just thinking about that Visual Basic Editor, with all those functions and…um…anyway… As I was waiting for him to show up, I struck up a conversation with a good looking guy who had an army bag next to him, which made it very easy to strike up a conversation considering I had been to military school. After talking to him for about 10 minutes my friend showed up and the hot Army Dude and I went back to our own things. Scott and I talked about macros for a whole 5 seconds before screaming about the new crap going on in the new patch, when Hot Army Dude interrupted us. “Sorry but…you guys play World of Warcraft?” And thus began an amazing conversation that had nothing to do with macros for the rest of my lunch break. WoW players are all around us; I’d like to think that they are easier to spot because of the introduction of Twitter and other social networking sites, but in public during a normal exchange of ideas and words it is very difficult to figure out whether or not someone plays the MMO without blurting out the question and risking social extermination. So here I decided to develop some tips and questions to spot the WoW player without outcasting yourself forever: 1. “Hey, did you hear about that new video game ________?” Name a well advertised game. If yes, proceed to question number 2. If they say no, then say it got good/bad reviews and how you think it’s a waste of time, who wants to waste their time playing video games? 2. In this next question, use harder terminology. Words like, “first person shooter”, “MMO”, etc, usually work. Since there are more questions involved should you continue saying yes to all of them, I’m just going to go ahead and say, “If they say no, drop the subject entirely and compliment them on an article of clothing or refer to a previous topic”. 3. Notice use of significant amounts of jargon. Find out what kind of computer/system they use; PS3, XBox, Wii, or PC. It would help if you knew they used a Mac–because then chances are they’re secretly recording songs on the internet to become a youtube sensation, and not to be a PvP Master. 4. If they are into the gaming scene, mention D&D. If not, mention “Magic: The Gathering”, and how nerdy you used to be in high school. Under no circumstances should you mention Pokemon and how you could name all of the original 150, or how you paid 65 dollars for a second edition hologram Charizard card. (FYI Worst Decision Ever). 5. Ask what games they like to play if they own a system other than Wii (we all know Wii players just like bowling and tennis). Rockband/Guitar Hero don’t count; should they play First Person Shooters on PS3/Xbox (Halo, GTA, etc), ask if they have ever played one on their computer. 6. Ask about their computer. If they can name their operating system, processing speed, and joke about the command use of “sudo”, you’re good to go in continuing to the next question. 7. Mention Final Fantasy or Everquest and name a couple of random facts about them. Don’t look at me for these; be original. Also, I never played them…so you’re on your own. 8. During this process it is imperative that you are continually monitoring their body language, inflection and tone of voice, and the kind of vocabulary they use. Keeping on your toes about all three will make the transition into WoW conversation much smoother, even if they’ve never played it. The more nonchalant you act about the whole thing, should they have never played before, the more open they are to playing it in the future. Compare it’s similarities to other games they’ve played, and say you’ll be right by their side if they do end up playing it. And if they have already, then more power to you and your new friend. Whatever you do, do NOT get excited about anything. People, like sharks and their sense of smelling blood a mile away, can tell when you’re obsessive about something. If they have a level 80 main already decked out in tier 7.5 raid gear, then it’s safe to proceed. But no? Then it would be a good idea to know who scored a terrific goal in whatever sport you don’t give the **** least about from that weekend, you f***ing nerd.
	4/5/2009 9:04:04 PM
topic: Bringing up WoW on dates? Nerdress Posts 5	First of all I’d like to apologize for my lack of updating. My job at the current moment is undergoing a huge project, and as the office ***** I’m subjected to doing all the work - which is fine because it means time flies but when I get home I either a) sleep or b) go out and devour pancakes with my roommate. I’m rethinking the second option only because last night I felt like someone punched me in the stomach repeatedly and then told me to go to work the next morning. I used to keep up a blog called datingisthenewawkward.blogspot.com. It was a particularly crappy blog, like all the others I start, about how I go on bad dates. Blame it on the guys even though really I’m the reason things got weird, etc etc I want a voice on the internet too dammit so there! Turns out I’m very good at blaming others for my mistakes - at least that’s what my dad tells me and we haven’t divulged into that deep dark part of my psyche in therapy yet so let’s just keep thinking it’s my fault. ANYWAY. Social awkwardness is a very good friend of mine. We’re like bffs; we take showers together and practice making out with our pillows during sleepovers. I’ve known her all my life and she’s been right there with every possible situation imaginable. Except recently…she’s been a bit distant. Both of us have jobs now, she’s got a baby and I can’t stand her boyfriend. Then not two months ago, the one opportunity that we’ve always waited for presented itself - we found someone who has his own Social Awkwardness bestie too! Ever since I started playing WoW there has exploded a plethora of new awkward situations to put me in because let’s face it, pwning face is ****ing FANTASTIC. When I received a midnight phone call from my old roommate, I thought she was meth’d up again and rushed to my phone hoping she wasn’t going to scream asking for directions from an unknown park in San Francisco again (I don’t miss that). Now, I’m not one for brevity but for the sake of your attention span I ended up being forced into a date with a guy I didn’t want to go on a date with. What ensued the following night was the most effing awkward situation ever. I had just been laid off, my ex and I had been broken up for 18 hours and all I wanted to do was play WoW. Naturally, I tried talking about it but instead he interrupted so he could tell me all about his problems with women. I’m…not kidding. This kid had PROBLEMS. 23 and never had a girlfriend, former fat kid weight issues, and tried way too hard to get into my pants. When I dropped the, “Can we just be friends first?” line, he shoveled the food into his mouth as Social Awkwardness and I watched in complete disbelief. Long story short, when I gave him a list of therapists he should see (which he asked for, thank you very much), he sent me this: “No offence I’m not interested in taking advice from someone who plays world of Warcraft allday I feel sorry for you I don’t want you to contact me again you are very strange and you kind of creep me out! Take care!” Not only could this kid not spell or use punctuation, but he shot ME down for playing WoW. Mind you, after my extensive therapy sessions I know he was just trying to find a way to make none of this his fault, which is okay - but man, he cut deep. Then last week I went on a couple dates with someone I happened to actually like, and when I was initially talking to him I asked my best friend not to mention I played WoW. “Oops.” Great. What is the stigma of not wanting people to find out? And furthermore, when they do and they judge you, why do they judge you? Jim Gaffigan, one of my favorite comedians, said during one act, “No one goes around bragging they ate a whole cake. You say, ‘I just ate a whole pizza!’, and people think you’re really hungry. You say, ‘I just ate a whole cake!’, and people go, ‘I think you got a problem, buddy.” What’s the difference between being fashionable and having a shopping addiction? Or the difference between playing video games and then having dreams that one day you and Link will run away together outside of Hyrule castle to a land untouched by Ganondorff’s evil? (Don’t ask.) It all comes down to perception. No one really knows that the reason why I initially played was because as a crazy person, I tend to fantasize my reality and live inside my head. WoW has curbed that, so now I live with all the normal, boring humans and be something completely different a few hours a week on the computer. There are some people who enjoy one thing passionately, and in truth, isn’t that something we all wish for? To like something so much we strive everyday to be better individuals at it? To those who can’t understand that, I seriously think they’re the ones who cheat on their significant others or go out every night trying to lay someone because they’re lacking something in their lives they truly love. So **** ‘em. Not literally of course. Come on, who wants to f*** a crazy WoW player? They’ll probably scream out, ‘FOR THE HORDE’ in bed or something. Very awkward.
	4/2/2009 7:06:17 AM
topic: Funny (PWNED) WoW Pictures! George Posts 25	I think it might be fun to start displaying some PWNED WoW pictures from our link affiliate IGotPWNED.com. So anyone who has any they want to post, feel free to post here or on their site. They have a lot more pictures/stories than just WoW stuff. edited by George on 4/2/2009 edited by George on 4/2/2009 edited by George on 4/2/2009
	3/31/2009 10:14:27 AM
topic: Time for Europeans Wooglie Posts 2	Shame that's 5am for me
	3/31/2009 6:32:32 AM
topic: Time for Europeans George Posts 25	That’s a good question and the answer is yes. The official time that compensation slots will open will be 12:00 am Central Time NA on 4/1/09. So those of you in Europe will have to see what time that will be for you guys.
	3/31/2009 2:40:41 AM
topic: Time for Europeans Wooglie Posts 2	For those of us playing on European times are the Compensation slots going live at the same time? (midnight central US time)
	3/30/2009 11:35:37 AM
topic: World of Warcraft Addicts Anonymous Nerdress Posts 5	Put down the mouse. Back away from the keyboard…that’s it…good job. The first step is always the hardest. Just one more quest… you say as the bar towards the next level gets smaller and smaller. That last quest was for 11k experience! I mean, I finish up all these, turn them in and just go to bed! The moment you actually DO finish, you realize that 75% of them are chain quests and you just want to get them out of the way. I understand because Un’Goro Crater doesn’t have an inn. This is a big pain in the ass. Well let me tell you something about addiction: I smoke. Gross, I know, but my dad smokes and alcoholism runs in my family. Not only that but so does; paranoia, hypochondria, obsessive compulsive disorder, manic depression, and the tendency to tell your children you tried aborting them with a wire coat hanger and failed, which is why they were alive and able to listen to that sweet story (thanks Grandma). The problem is that people have no idea how to control this and therefore end up getting stuck into something with no way out. The first day I played WoW? Started at 1am, played until 4am. Slept until 10, woke up NEXT TO MY BOYFRIEND and played until 1am again, getting out of bed (hooray for laptops) a total of 6 times. I went the entire day without a) seeing the sun or b) getting laid. In fact when he tried to kiss me, I told him to stop because I was getting aggro'd...which was a lie. I wasn't. This is what it was like talking to my friend/coworker the Monday morning: “So what did you do this weekend?” “I didn’t see the sun. *wink wink, nudge nudge*” “OoOoO…you go girl!” “Yeah! Leveled to 30!” “What?” “It’s a…new sex toy?” In the beginning you are so excited about playing something new that you forget about everything else. Usually when playing a game with a more finite ending (like Zelda: Ocarina of Time), you burn out for a little bit and go back to whatever normal hobby you used to have for a few months. It’s not like that in WoW - Blizzard is continually coming out with new stuff; nerfing, buffing, and even overpowering certain classes (ret pallys cough cough). New seasons for arena which means new tiered gear to earn, daily quests for achievements, instances, raids, and more - all even after you “beat” the game. Sure you can get to the end - but there’s other stuff to do so why stop there? You could be the most badass PvP character in the US! Or you could get that achievement for going to every single place imaginable in Azeroth! (Which explains why I saw so many level 80’s running around Eversong Woods while I was level 10) Let’s say for a second that you are one of those people who miraculously quit playing after they finish - if that is the case, you still want to get to level 80 first. Power-leveling is not for the n00b; it is for experienced individuals who just want to level quickly so they can have more characters for different raids on different servers, therefore would be pointless for you to play for 16 straight hours. You miss out on the entire storyline and in the end hardly pay attention to the reason why you’re being asked to pick up 100 termites from the Western Plaguelands. It’s a ****ing mystery and you ran right passed it. So when other people complain about doing a particularly annoying quest, you won’t have anything to add to the conversation besides, “Yeah, that sucked.” And we all know how much you fu*kers like to talk a big game in trade chat. If you don’t, well you’re missing out on some serious intern3tz fighting. If you are anything like me, chances are it’s going to take you a while to level. Hey, we’re all learning here and there isn’t anything wrong with not being the best from the get-go. So completing “that last quest”, is sort of like trying out cocaine for the first time. It’s something you really want to do just this once, but you know deep down you’re just going to end up paranoid, schizophrenic, and killing yourself in a few hours. Or you could be like Vince from ShamWOW and punch a hooker. edited by George on 4/1/2009
	3/27/2009 12:11:54 PM
topic: New Rule: Age Requirements Nerdress Posts 5	First of all, I want to start something: it’s called, “Ask a Female Gamer”. Each week I’m sure, as time passes and I (crosses fingers) hope to get a bigger followership, I’ll probably get a ton of questions like, “Why are you so ghey?” (from the *******s), “Why are you so awesome?” (from guys who haven’t been laid in forever - it’s called standards, people, have them), or “What’s it like having been in the closet for so long as a nerd, and do you have fancy lingerie in your closet too?” (from guys that start out awesome and then turn into pervs). So how about this - I will dedicate one post a week answering everyone’s questions from the previous 7 days from the comments page. Ask anything - especially if it’s embarrassing. I hand out that information like candy from an inconspicuously unmarked windowless van next to a middle school. Speaking of small children, onto the real post: How to not feel like a pedophile when grouping with a 13 year old The other day I was questing outside of Grom'gol, obviously at a higher level than I ought to be in that area, and I came upon a particularly frustrating set of quests that not only required you to gather a lot of items, but the drop rate was ****ing horrible. As I was making my rounds trying to finish them before dying of natural causes, some random Rogue decided to invite me into a group. >>hey, can you help me? I’m the worst with random group etiquette. When I quest with my best friend, we’re sitting next to each other and neither person really cares about who gets what. But this is…strange. Someone wants to loot things you have earned, since clearly I was the one doing most of the grinding. Well that night I was feeling gracious and accepted, then went back to my business racking up experience points for him and delaying my chance to finish early. Eventually he struck up a conversation. >>are you a girl? Why does this matter? >> [to ___ ] How old are you? >> 13 O.M.G.W.T.F.B.B.Q The first thing that ran through my head was, “That’s it. I’m going to jail.” Then I remembered that we were just questing, and nothing illegal was going on. I started to feel this odd sense of guilt…what am I doing playing a game with a bunch of 13 year olds? The language I’ve personally used on trade chat is enough to validate his mother slapping me across the face. Then he asked how old I was. >> [to ____ ] Old enough to drink, and probably be your mother. >> Where are you from? >> [to ___ ] ….Texas I was not about to give this kid any information. IT’S A TRAP. Do you think it’s odd how playing with kids makes you feel like you’ve done something wrong? Unless it’s Candyland or Monopoly, letting your kids play an online MMO is like handing them a loaded pellet gun and telling them not to shoot it. Bad idea. So here are some pointers on how to not feel bad when someone significantly younger than you wants to quest and be friends (like my little buddy wanted to be. :|) 1. Remember it’s just a game. Think of them as your younger siblings that you want to help out when they aren’t being little *******s and taking your swimsuits (don’t ask). 2. They probably had a horrible mouth on them before you met. Just don’t encourage it or else they’ll start hitting on you. 3. Remind them constantly that you could be their mother. If this in any way causes them to verbally advance you in a sexual nature, scold them and report it. Because nothing says “I started it” to the cops like trying to harrass them back. 4. Lie about every part of your being. Do you live in Florida? Say you’re from New Mexico. What do you do for a living? You uphold the law righteously andread books by obscure philosophers when you aren’t volunteering at the hospital for the handicapped. And if you happen to do this IRL, then **** you, penguin. 5. Talk about something really boring, like the recession. 6. Use 5 dollar words like “recidivism” (shout out to Matt for that phrase), and then launch into some speech about something only grownups with boring corporate desk jobs know. It’ll make him feel like he’s back in school and eventually will shut the **** up. 7. Tell him about the “good ol’ days” and how good kids have it today. Because if he wasn’t already turned off by you talking like his mother, then he’ll DEFINITELY be turned off by being reminded of his grandma. 8. He’s probably 45 years old, naked in his living room thinking about his grandma now, pretending to be a 13 year old boy on World of Warcraft. That’s it. I’m soloing FOREVER.
	3/26/2009 12:29:54 AM
topic: Going solo = t3h win Nerdress Posts 5	Oh, the first post–honestly, I’ve never been good at starting anything. Introduction? Forget it, you can just give me an “F” on that assignment, 11th grade English Teacher (I’m not 16 anymore, FYI). When I would bring up the idea for this blog, I a) didn’t think it would actually go anywhere, as in…with a url, and b) people would ask me what it was about. Que? It’s about WoW, what else do you need to know? Well that was enough to get the ball rolling on the jokes made at my expense, until of course I’d make some off hand remark about playing in my underwear. Then the conversation turns to what kind of underwear I wear, and I’m off the hook for a while. Well my dears, this blog is more specifically aimed at the women gamer aspect of it all, but it’s ultimately for everyone’s enjoyment. You don’t need to even play WoW to appreciate the fact that some girls just like to rape face on a PvP server somewhere. In fact, if some guy wanted to get to know a girl gamer better, then chances are looking at this blog will help him grasp the true meaning of what she believes love is–creating and filling the lives of lower-level ally/horde players with absolute holy terror. Besides, any man who doesn’t think that a girl who can grind out mobs by herself is sexy shouldn’t be allowed to breed. That being said, yes, I’ve had quite a few number of guys who have openly shown disgust in my playing this game. Apparently it’s downright sex if you can name some Star Wars trivia, but the moment you say anything about an MMO, you’ve lost that lovin’ feeling and you’re back to the coin operated version of where a boyfriend should be. But let’s get one thing straight–questing solo is NOT like being a crazy cat lady, in terms of the girl just thinking, “you know what? I just want to focus on my herbalism and eat some cat food“. It’s more empowering than anything because it’s a sense of accomplishment. What do you accomplish when a level 80 Death Knight runs you and three others through Blackrock Spire five times? I’ll tell you what I learned - the in’s and out’s of getting back and forth from the graveyard, because all I ever did was aggro a bunch of ****. It takes the fun out of playing because you don’t learn anything. The entire reason why I started playing World of Warcrack is because my ex did. One day I said, “Don’t tell anyone this, but I’ve never played WoW before”. This caused him to crack a smile and respond, “Oh, you are both adorable and confused.” Because all my friend’s were gamers, I assumed that WoW was in the same realm as Xbox and Playstation–clearly, I was mistaken. So in an effort to be an awesome boyfriend, the ex convinced a friend to give me his account with Burning Crusades already on it (a savings of about $50), and I rolled a Draenai Shaman on his server, Echo Isles. Being in a relationship and playing WoW together is fine, unless the guy/girl has been playing it for over a year and has many alts, as well as a level 80 main. They become pompous and run you through quests without you even being able to read them because they’re going too quickly. This sparked, and I’m not joking, fights between us. Over a GAME (but let me tell you he could be a real jackass when it came to escort quests. Just ghost wolf and run, he said. You’ll be fine, he said. Moral of the story: if you’re doing a long escort quest, don’t get out of a 30 yard range or you fail it, and chances are you’ll hear, "I’m not doing it again"). Onto the point–look, the moment he and I broke up I started doing things on my own. And with the exception of instances and that really ****ing crappy ass mother****ing assblow cock**** quest called Scarlet Diversions in Western Plaguelands, I’ve been pretty much on my own. You have to read your own log, pay attention to your surroundings, pull and wipe out the mobs preventing you from finishing your quest. Because questing with a douchebag is like being on a bad date; it starts off well, until you realize this guy thinks way too highly of his sub-par skills, and then you create a character of the opposite faction just so you can gank and camp him for several hours as a big “**** you” for not believing you had any skill to do it yourself.
	3/25/2009 9:08:00 AM
topic: re: twitters Kebunny Posts 12	okok, this needs to be asked. it really does... looking at the twitters (which I love btw) ...If you think night elves would make better GFs ...gf left because you play wow too much? ...So be honest, who is still up from playing WoW all night? Did you stay up one night dancing with a hot nelf and your GF caught you? Its ok. My sweetie yells at me for staying up all night fishing, course he is gonna yell more when 3.1 comes out and I can fish up a mount, but, its ok, I will just swim away from him on my new underwater turtle mount! ahahah <3
	3/24/2009 4:38:18 PM
topic: Please do not spam other sites! Milos Posts 21	We realize some of you like to get the word out about our site and we appreciate that, but please do not spam other WoW / MMORPG related websites about our service. This method of solicitation does not give us the reputation that we would like or deserve. We have received complaints from sites unmentioned about such behavior in comments and blogs, and this behavior is looked down on. We appreciate the dedication but please think of other less annoying / intrusive ways to get the word out. Thanks
	3/23/2009 9:29:34 PM
topic: Forum Requires Separate Registration Milos Posts 21	Currently our forums require a separate registration from our website due to the fact that people may not want their account Usernames visible on the forum. We will notify of any further changes to this policy.
	3/23/2009 1:08:33 PM
topic: 200 Compensation spots Kebunny Posts 12	Yep it did. Just didn't know if I was still looking at the midnight CST time, or if I needed to be on guard for a different one, I want my spot! <3
	3/23/2009 1:01:37 PM
topic: So how much have you made so far? Gundrok Posts 3	.73 on warsong, i cant wait for the people on borean tundra to chime in
	3/23/2009 12:33:45 PM
topic: 200 Compensation spots Milos Posts 21	The 200 spots will be for both EU and NA players combined. While this may frustrate some NA players, it opens up traffic to a bigger audience which will hopefully lead to even more compensation spots next month. In a way it will potentially balance itself out. As far as time zone, we operate in the Central Time Zone of US and Canada so that is the time that everything goes by. We list the server time in the Edit Characters Screen to limit confusion of when people can reserve a compensation spot. Hope this helps!
	3/23/2009 12:15:14 PM
topic: So how much have you made so far? wowhead99 Posts 4	How much compensation has everyone made so far? I got 0.32 on Blackhand! WOOT!! It hasnt had much downtime this month though...
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