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eedom of blogging as a non professional you can just not give a crap about how it should be done and do it your way and there s no one that will hold anything against you for doing it your blog your kingdom your call but i won t keep you hanging any longer because it doesn t change anything i see that you ve all got a pint of our finest draught the one i saved for this very occasion so here we go it s time to pop the news this is the final post at the pink pigtail inn my days as a wow blogger have come to an end so i said it i didn t hesitate about the decision it came way easier to me than i imagined it would however i hesitated on how to put it somehow it didn t feel right to write i m closing the inn because how could you ever close an imaginary place regardless of what happens in the future to the blog it will always remain open in my mind as a spot and a hideout where i can recover when the world out there feels dark and lonely and threatening a fire to warm my feet an armchair where i can snuggle the mumble of friendly voices in the background stories are shared songs are sung food is enjoyed this doesn t change the inn remains open for me it s just that i m not blogging anymore the reasons you may wonder about the reasons for this change of mind why did i stop blogging now and not a year ago or a year into the future and i honestly can t come up with one particular i just woke up one morning and knew that this was it that the day had come it was over i had said what i had to say about wow i blogged for over three years this is quite long in comparison to most other wow centric blogs over the years there have been about 700 posts published at the ppi of which i ve written the vast majority so i guess it s no wonder that i eventually feel that i m done with it to be honest i would have expected it way earlier i could never ever imagine what ppi would become and how long it would last when i started to blog once upon a time i have no idea how many hours i ve put into this blog it must be thousands and i m not exaggerating but exactly as in the case of the game itself i don t regret a single one of them sure it took a lot of effort but there was also so much in it that i enjoyed i enjoyed stretching my writing muscles taking up the challenge to write in english seeing how it became easier over time after the initial struggles i enjoyed the perspectives blogging gave me on wow all those thoughts all those insights that were brought to me from my own writing process as well as from commenters and from the discussions with other members of the blogosphere have helped me to understand and experience the game in a way i wouldn t have otherwise if you re a blogger you notice things and it adds depth and meaning to everything you do you associate to blog posts you ve read or you get inspiration to new posts of your own with the mindset of a blogger even such a trivial thing as killing ten rats can be turned into something interesting the thanks and this is the point when i should give away the big thanks but to be honest i ve never been a big fan of acknowledgement chapters in books it s normally just endless lists of names that mean nothing to the reader where the only variation is if they have put the credits to the supporting wife first or last i won t make a list of names not only because it would become too long but also because i d be terrified to miss to include someone that was important to me but you know who you are readers commenters and other bloggers you cheered me up when i needed it desperately you gave me solid advice when i was clueless you believed in me when i just couldn t you gave me giggles resistance and food for thought without your support your love and your inspiration this place wouldn t exist you made this happen the future so what s next well as far as it comes to the blog i ll keep it up for now i pay a little fee for the rights to the domain name but it doesn t cost me much so there s no rush about anything once i see that there are absolutely none visitors whatsoever i ll silently close it but at that point it doesn t really matter to anyone and larísa what will happen to the pink pigtailed gnome when she has left the bar disk and walked out of that door for now being i m still playing and raiding as usual even though i m honestly playing very little outside of the raids these days like so many others i haven t left wow and i still don t know for sure when it will happen but i know one thing it will be a lot easier to do it now that i m not blogging about it anymore i can already give you a glimpse from how it will end it s all planned after giving away my gold i ll take larísa to a green meadow in elwynn forest her feet will be bare and she ll wear nothing but a simple cloth robe just like she did when she entered the world four years ago closing the circle and what will happen to me then the player that middle aged woman who stumbled upon wow more or less by accident and unexpectedly turned into a die hard raider will i keep playing games will i keep playing mmos will i start blogging again under a different name i m pretty sure i ll play other games it took me very long but eventually i realized that my visit in azeroth was more than a tourist trip like it or not i ve become a gamer myself however i doubt that i ll ever go this deep into an mmo again it becomes very time consuming ever so easily and while i as i ve said before don t regret the time i ve spent on wow life isn t unlimited and there are other things i want to do with it apart from exploring virtual worlds i would think twice before committing myself to a game again the way i have with wow been there done that when it comes to blogging i definitely want to keep writing for pleasure rather than for work but i m not so sure i ll do it in this form i might try to find a different outlet for my creativity the final toast i see that you re close to finishing your pints and the fire has turned into a faint glow it s time to let go normally i d probably find a suitable quote from lotr as so many times before but tamarind beat me to it as he let bilbo have the last word as righteous orbs closed down a while ago instead i m going to finish this final post at the ppi with the words of richard adams from the ending of watership down he expresses my thoughts and emotions way better than i could myself i m leaving now because it was time for me to do so but life goes on in the blogosphere and you ll be just fine i bid you all farewell this is the final toast at the pink pigtail inn cheers one chilly blustery morning in march i cannot tell exactly how many springs later hazel was dozing and waking in his burrow he had spent a good deal of time there lately for he felt the cold and could not seem to smell or run so well as in days gone by he had been dreaming in a confused way something about rain and elder bloom when he woke to realize that there was a rabbit lying quietly beside him no doubt some young buck who had come to ask his advice the sentry in the run outside should not really have let him in without asking first never mind thought hazel he raised his head and said do you want to talk to me yes that s what i ve come for replied the other you know me don t you yes of course said hazel hoping he would be able to remember his name in a moment then he saw that in the darkness of the burrow the stranger s ears were shining with a faint silver light yes my lord he said yes i know you you ve been feeling tired said the stranger but i can do something about that i ve come to ask whether you d care to join my owsla we shall be glad to have you and you ll enjoy it if you re ready we might go along now they went out past the young sentry who paid the visitor no attention the sun was shining and in spite of the cold there were a few bucks and does at silflay keeping out of the wind as they nibbled the shoots of spring grass it seemed to hazel that he would not be needing his body any more so he left it lying on the edge of the ditch but stopped for a moment to watch his rabbits and to try to get used to the extraordinary feeling that strength and speed were flowing inexhaustibly out of him into their sleek young bodies and healthy senses you needn t worry about them said his companion they ll be all right and thousands like them if you ll come along i ll show you what i mean he reached the top of the bank in a single powerful leap hazel followed and together they slipped away running easily down through the wood where the first primroses were beginning to bloom 164 comments labels blogging larísa life friday march 25 2011 tier pieces or just a candle how much does it matter what the boss drops for our willingness to wipe on him posted by larísa is it worth wiping on al akir considering that he only drops some randomly enchanted stuff and no tier pieces whatsoever how many wipes does it take before you say screw this let s go and grab some more epics from the bosses we already have on farm recent discussions in my guild showed that there are many different views on this some players argue that it s a waste of time while others including me think that the lack of interesting loot is highly irrelevant and that we ve never shied away from any challenge previously so why would we now so far i think it s the loot is irrelevant side that is winning last sunday we had a wipe night in good old fashioned style 22 in a row without ever making it into phase 3 in my world it s just a starter when we re up above 100 wipes we could start talking and maybe playing the benny hill signature on vent during the corpse runs but until then no reason to despair gear cap at level 359 it s a funny thing though how much we differ in the value we put to loot how important it is to us as motivator one of the commenters on ghostcrawler s post on raid difficulties questioned the idea of constant gear progression through the tiers stop handing out better and better epic loot was his suggestion put a cap at item level 359 so the players don t become more powerful the point of raiding isn t to get loot anyway it s the feeling of accomplishment of downing the boss according to him they could award vanity items for fluff fun and bragging the gear levelling curve should be capped though as i read it i asked myself how many raiders would keep raiding if there wasn t any more gear to win if your character didn t get more powerful thanks to it how many would be willing to wipe o al akir if it only cost you time and consumables with no reward apart from the entertainment during the raid my answer is probably very few just look at what happens to the final tier instances during the months before a new expansion is about to be launched i m pretty certain that more players would have bothered about ruby sanctum if it for instance had awarded loot that you couldn t equip right away but would be useful later on at level 85 like it or not to most players but mind you not all wow is still very much all about improving your character from a gear point of view until you hit the ceiling and can t realistically improve it anymore raiding like dancing but does it really have to be that way let s make a parallel to my other current hobby namely historical dances every second week i m raiding with my dance guild well we don t call it a raid but actually it feels pretty much like it especially those nights when we get a new boss to conquer a new dance to learn upon the ones we already have on farm just like in any raid there are all those moves and actions that the group of 10 20 people have to learn to master i initially we wipe a lot since there s always one or two who miss out something completely and our learning curves differ a bit so we have to wait for each other but eventually after many wipes and many nights of training it clicks and we nail the dance and afterwards we put our hands in the air and cheer of relief happiness and pride of what we ve accomplished do we get any loot not at all not as much as an achievement all we get is the sense of having learned to master something as a group the joy of making it well of beating the challenge and that s all we ask for to me raiding in wow is pretty much the same thing as learning how to dance a pavane a branle or a country dance with the difference that the raid group is dominated by men rather than by women that we re in physical and not just digital contact and that there doesn t come any fire balls from my hands even though they do get sweaty sometimes different motivations i feel a confession is incoming and i know my guild officers won t be pleased to hear this but to be honest most of the time when i raid i have no idea of what loot will drop from a certain boss i know i should i know i m expected to plan my gear in advance and keep close track on such things but it s so largely irrelevant for my motivation and generally it s easy enough for me to see weather a drop is an upgrade or not i d rather spend time studying the dance moves than the loot lists which just bore me out of my mind for me wow isn t about the loot it never was al akir could drop candles for what i was concerned i would still have a burning desire to keep wiping on him until we ve learned the dance this said i don t look down on loot driven players i just note the fact that we re not triggered by the same things in the game i enjoy dancing and reaching the top of the mountain and the more suffering we ve been through on the way the happier i ll be once i get there others get their kicks from a new piece of gear or from topping the damage chart different players have different motivations and i guess that s all fine as long as we re working towards the same goal and do it as a team friday night enough talk about loot let s get to the essentials a drink and a fireplace is all i ask for right now i have no worries to share no tears to shred no doom or gloom or sad tidings from the world actually i have one thing i d like to mention in case you haven t already seen it head over the the daily blink and see what buffs the mages will get in 4 1 at least it gave me a refreshing laugh now i remember why i chose to play a mage in the first place under the cover of cute pink pigtails i m made out of evil and with those words i ll bring out the toast for the week it goes to all guilds that are currently wiping on a boss may your dancing be enjoyable and eventually successful may the rng force be with you in the loot bag cheers 24 comments labels motivation raiding thursday march 24 2011 speaking of trash posted by larísa razzmatazz at planet of hats is sick of trash in raid instances if he could decide he d rather trash the trash altogether since it s boring he doesn t buy the idea of it as a pacing mechanism calling it old school he argues that we should be past this by now and he finishes asking anyone who thinks trash is fun to speak up since he d like to have a word...