I think I'm getting old. (RL, RP, WoW -- in that order)

[thistlechaser]

Long, long ago, back when I first graduated college and the Internet was becoming something everyone could access, I survived on literally no sleep. The net was so new and amazing: Online RP! (All my RP had been by snail mail until that point!) Tons of fic to read (not just a few fanzines a couple times a year by mail!)! So many cool (text only) websites to (sloooowwwwly) travel through with my new Lynx browser -- Imagine! A program created just to let you look at websites! I would stay up all night RPing, then drink coffee endlessly through the day to somehow make it through work. Once a week or so I'd crash and sleep for 24 hours and then start the cycle again.

Now, on my second night just a couple hours short of my usual amount of sleep, I think I may fall over dead. zzzzz

But eeee! Such a good reason! Night before last: Rocking RP! Haken has... um... I have no idea what to call it. 'Friend with benefits' minus the friend part? (Not that they're not friends, but in Haken World friends are not important things and love makes you weak, blah blah blah.) Not that they've done more than kiss, but still! Eeee! So cool and yay and fun! IC relationships are great things, I love to see how they develop!

Then last night another good scene, though I feel a touch OOC guilty about it. There's this player who I always feels stalked by (she always follows my character and tries to join into scenes I'm in). I love RPing, I can't ever get enough RP, but sometimes a scene is nice with one person and extras would take away the specialness of it. She just never got the hint. So it was kind of surprising that forced interacting with her (she wouldn't leave my character alone, even under the literal threat of death) turned out to be such a powerful thing. I have no idea what's going to happen with Haken-head now, other than this is probably bigger than his temporary exile to that horrible floating city that he couldn't escape from D: D: D: Dal.

Add onto all this that the day before these two scenes I had good MUX RP and I'm worried! Three days in a row of heavy emotional RP is a wonderful thing... but when it ends it's all the worse for it having been this good (if that makes sense!). If I get no RP tonight, or sucky/light RPing, I'm going to be all sad and down and depressed.

An interesting RP-related thing: Some RP guild asked me to attend their next meeting to talk about becoming a better RPer. (First he asked me to join his guild, but I'm happy to not have one on Haken -- I enjoy the quiet.) I was touched and embarrassed by that. :)

(Edit: Oops, and I totally forgot to write about the whole darned point of this post. Again last night RP had a depressing element: After some OOC chat midscene I had a random person /whisper to me "Wow, you're not really an asshole! o.O ". This happens way, way, way too often. Haken the character is an ass. Why in the world, in a RP scene on a RP server, do people keep thinking it's me the player who is an ass/mean/bastard/whatever? D: )

WoW question! I'm halfway to 77, eee! I have almost 6K gold now, which will cover cold weather flying (1K) and that faster flying (5K). But that will mean I need a faster mount as well. I saw that I can buy a fast one (armored wind rider) for just under 2K gold, but you can earn them as well? What's the best (fastest and easiest) way to get one? To get to exalted with that dragon group and buy eggs to turn in?

<3 everyone! I love you all--zzzzzzzz *headdesk*

Comments

[naikitty.livejournal.com]

You can buy swift windriders in Shadowmoon Valley in Outland for only 200g. The one in Dalaran is more a vanity mount.

*dangles awesome RP over your head* ;D

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

D: *leaps and jumps and makes grabbyhands* Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

And oooooooooooh, yay! Only 200 gold! I can handle that!

[doxxxicle.livejournal.com]

There are also various fast flying mounts that can be obtained through reputation with factions like the Netherwing drake, the Red drake from Wyrmrest Accord and the Cenarion War Hippogryph from Cenarion Expedition in Zangarmarsh.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ah! I had seen the Cenarion War Hippogryph, but it's ugly enough that I don't want it. (I'm not seeking the coolest, prettiest, most wonderful looking things in the game... but I don't want to 'ugh!' every time I see something I own either.)

[achika-soladia.livejournal.com]

If you don't mind waiting a bit due to the need to do many, many dailies (And some people have difficulty with some of them. D=), there's also the Argent War Hippogryph for 250 Champion's Seals from the Argent Tournament.

Or are we talking about on Haken? He should have access to a flying mount that speed scales to your training (Flying bone horsey!).

Aside from that, you can try your luck with the Oracles rep egg. The egg takes 7 days from purchase to hatch, and has like a 1% chance to get the green proto-drake (http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a227/Kilea/WoW%20Pics/drake.jpg).

Still getting mildly interested in doing some RP stuff, but I suck so much, only ever RPed with a single other person before. D=

[citizenbleys.livejournal.com]

You're a DK, right? You can buy a skeletal gryphon mount in Acherus for 900-some-odd gold that scales to riding skill. It's sold by a blood elf on one of said skeletal mounts within sight of the spot where you port in.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Or are we talking about on Haken? He should have access to a flying mount that speed scales to your training (Flying bone horsey!).

Nah, he's a big slacker. He'll stay 58 forever. ;)

1%? Wow, that's rough. And it cost quite a bit, right? 17 gold or so?

And the way to learn to RP is to try it! Just jump in! :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

DK is the RP alt. He slacks off, never XPs, and won't ever get higher than 58. :P

My main is a fuzzy Hunter! He bought his speedy flight training and swift windrider today, so all he needs is the cold weather training once he hits 77! :D :D My guildmates straightened my head out.

[achika-soladia.livejournal.com]

I still stand by what I said yesterday, I should make a DK and we can call it "Arthas's Little Mistake." XD I totally should.

And the egg is less than 2 gold each, I want to say it's exactly 1G at Exalted.

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[mag.livejournal.com]

My friends and I once tried D&D by email. That barely worked didn't work. I can't imagine how one keeps things going via regular, old mail.

And, yay, I'm not the only one who remembers Unix-based text browsing who isn't a total tech nerd! Wait.

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[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

And, yay, I'm not the only one who remembers Unix-based text browsing who isn't a total tech nerd! Wait.

Ha ha! :D I remember how excited I got when I finally got it to work to see color on the Internet! Colored text! Woo! It's so humbling to see how far the net has come in such a short period of time.

My friends and I once tried D&D by email. That barely worked didn't work. I can't imagine how one keeps things going via regular, old mail.

I guess it came down to it was our only choice, so it was better than nothing... RP live and in person or by snailmail. Sheesh!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ah! 1-2 gold per is a totally reasonable amount. Hopefully my luck won't be too bad!