I know, the question on many readers lips.
No this has nothing to do with questionable Australian tourism ads, the model that starred in them, or the controversy surrounding her, it’s more of a Where in the world is Gnomeaggedon.
It’s not a simple question to answer, apart from single fatherhood, new-not-quite-waterproof-home-owning and I-have-to-do-what?-by-when?-how? worklife, I have kind of been everywhere… in Azeroth at least.
My newly rediscovered passion for PvP, combined with my determination to complete Loremaster (no matter how many chain quests and dailies I have to complete to open up those last few quests) is leaving me with little time for the greatest pleasure in my life… Blogging.
Anyway, here’s a short pictorial explanation of what I have been up too.
(Note, you know the only thing about this Gnome that is short is the Gnome… lot’s of screenshots incoming!)
Disclaimer: Yes, there might be a certain level of shirt tearing going on in this post…
Where the Bloody Hell are you?
I’ve been cooking
I’ve been honoring
Squidly is less patient, more Elderly
I’ve been meeting readers in game
Exploring Feralas
Taking a few hits for the cause
Killing in the name of Honor
Meeting more people (readers and writtens) in game…
Exploding with Honor
Crossing the field of strife
(over and over again.. just like the Horde on the other side /wave)
Storming the beaches
Taking back the Strand
I’m either and Ancient Protector, or just and old man
I’ve been hitting the Horde where it hurts
Wondering why we don’t win some Battlegrounds
Sending gold-spam (WTF! How did this happen?)
Holidaying on the Isle
Dealing with fan mail
/sigh those Elders are such fans…
Getting better at PvP – as many kills as deaths???
Dealing with AFK
Perfecting my skills in a Flurry
Hunting for a toilet in the wilderness
Using the toilet in the wilderness
Starting my engine.
Recalling – If you play Alterac Valley and you are Exalted with the Stormpike Guard and you don’t have one of these.. Shame on you!
Getting better and better at PvP – More kills than deaths?
Enjoying the wildlife
Getting down in the Gulch
Blitzing in Alterac Valley
Capturing the Flag.. YEAH ME, A FIRE MAGE!
Sure I have already shown this.. but hey… let be bask in the glory of a Fire Mage running the flag in WSG!
Scavenging
Performing miraculous feats of gravity
Teleporting to Theramore (you really don’t want to know how often I have done this recently)
Getting better and better and better at PvP
Glutting Out!
Dealing with the elite
Answering the call
No! Not the call of nature shown previously… the Call to Arms!
Getting it done
Getting better and better and better and better at PvP
Ummm.. see that? NO DEATHS IN Arathi Basin!!!
More flag capping
One battle I held the flag for 10 minutes… what is wrong with the Horde?
Yes, yes, the Horde tried.. they failed…
Yay for me!
Building a hard earned thirst
“A hard earned thirst deserves and ice-cold beer”
Yep.. plenty of that…
Taking time to enjoy the view
Slowing people down
Getting caught out…
This is a Single Abstract Noun moment…
Here I am quietly loving bunnies by myself, when I get recognized!
The thing is that when Gnomeaggedon used that Goblin inter-dimensional-trans-relocating device he lost everything… titles, good, powers and his complete wardrobe…
But not my reputation!
You no take Panties!
Come on over and join in the fun with SAN… bring Megan and Jong with you!
Getting Kicked in the Wintergrasp
Some douchebag gets raid lead in WG and starts kicking people from the raid… (several WGs now… /sigh)
What douchebag? Douchebag = Kithin!
I is winning the bread (I’d prefer the gold (or Aussie dollars), but bread will do)
Getting better and better and better and better and better at PvP
Apparently I have a Mate!
Thanks for reading and dropping me a line mid-BG.. we were both a little busy at the time.
I suspect that Mate is a member of what I am affectionately calling my “new PvP guild”… it isn’t, but I will explain in a later post.
I am assembling an Army!
Of TWO?
Err make that one…
Exploring Silithus
Spoiling the Loot (It is so worth looting in AV.. or it was…)
Exploring the Barrens… felt like home… I wanted to end my epic Kalimdor adventures there… didn’t quite happen.
I mined the Isle of Conquest
I finished with a turtle…
Not a Battleground Turtle (Bloody Turtling Horde!)
You know how much I love my Polymorph: Turtle… well I gave a little back
(Yeah this was intentional.. I looked for a quest to finish the journey on)
I reconnected lost lovers, and
Was rewarded for doing so…
Only Outland and Northrend to go… still 300+ quests… /sigh
I am the TERROR of TERROKAR! MmmmuuuhaaahhaaahhhaBaah
But I am so, so loyal!
Some would say perfect…
I say…
Getting better and better and better and better and better and better at PvP
You see that?
You see that?
NO DEATHS AGAIN!
I have been charging around so much that I needed the appropriate mount (I thought I got this years ago, long before achievements… apparently not).
I was slamming in Nagrand.
Then I cooked a dragon…
Just the way I like my Tauren steaks…
OK, this has taken longer than a normal post…
I have so much to share, but time is limited and I am wordy…
Never Fear!
Gnomeaggedon is (still) HERE!
Ohh and thanks for the emails of concern, or questions that I will answer.. Everything is good and I will answer your questions either directly, in a post or a combination of both.
Gnomer and Out!
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busy gnome is busy! : O
Yay! Hooray for more PvP!
My, how busy you’ve been. I wish I was half as productive as you. =D
We just need to get you a date with someone from the Australian Womens cricket team and new Aussie Ambassador is born!
Do I get to have an affair with an Aussie model?
No not footballer!
I recently finished Loremaster on my 2nd character (yes, I am certfiably crazy). I chose “Wanted: Hogger” as my final quest.
Good luck finishing Outland and Northernd!
Pure madness!
I get frustrated at how many lead in quests I skipped… They would have made life so much easier…
You have been a busy little gnome! I hope I manage to have such elaborate and fun blog posts as this some day 🙂
~Kai (Meja from SAN)~
Do what’s fun in game… Write about your fun, writing will be fun, the readers will have fun and be inspired by your joy.
Good heavens. You know what: I can’t understand how you get time to do all of this image handling and formatting. If I did a screenshot post like this it would take me weeks or even months to put together a single one. You know the cutting, reformatting, renaming, loading it to the blog tool…. That takes so much more time than writing walls of texts. Have you got some secret little helper that does this for you? A magic wand? I’m curious.
Ahhh yes, walls of text can be so much quicker and easier, especially if I font include links… But you know me, I can never stop at just one link…
Actually WordPress’ media management is very simple, occasionally a bit basic, but generally upload and insert – that’s it. You know, for all the screenshots I use, I’ve used 1/8 of my free WP image limit… Need to include more
As for the editing I use a freeware (or shareware, can’t remember right now) tool called infranview.
A simple drag of the mouse, crop and save is usually as far as I go. WP handles the rest… Occasionally I special effect some text away… Same thing, select the block, randomly choose effect – text gone.
The text in this post took 10-15 minutes… The loading of the pics… A hour… but the text would have been meaningless!
Good to know the Gnome is still alive and kicking. Scrolling down through your screen shots I am definitely living vicariously through you.
For a minute there bloke I thought you were a Carlton supporter!
My favourite hobby in game is title collector, but it is getting too hard now….most of the ones left are either for uber-young people with quick reflexes (my late 30something bones are not as good any more)….or are just insanely tedious (i would love to get justicar….but AB & WSG rep is just far too slow)
What’s your secret on enjoying PvP that isn’t AV or Isle?
Am I that transparent? I am a Carlton supporter… My 3yo has been screaming Carn the Blues at the TV since he was 18 month… No matter who was playing… Even tho his mother is a Magpies supporter…
My secret for the other BGs… Play to the objectives – get the flag, the gate, the resource, or protect it.
Even if you lose you know you were playing to win. When you win you can be proud that you were a part of it.
Lol…so did you get the Lara photos the first time around? I imagine they got trafficked fairly hard in the Bluesosphere.
I’m guessing my team affiliation is fairly obvious given my name of Kashinboner.
I laugh when non-Melbournites think it is a rude name – just flying the flag.
Thanks for the tip…might try a WSG now.