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cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1295 Location: shippensburg

ok!

as per chel's request i'm starting a sort of "urbandictionary" style thread for WoW terms....

in WoW we like abbreviations. one of the most popular one is "bg"...this stands for Battlegrounds...there are several battlegrounds on can join in the game....they work by lvls:

lvl 10-19
lvl 20-29
lvl 30-39
lvl 40-49
lvl 50-59
lvl 60-69
and lvl 70

and side note: lvl is another popular abbreviation for level. haha.

ok.

so here's the bg breakdown...there is:

WSG....aka Warsong Gulch....basically capture the flag

AB....aka Arathi Basin...this is a defense based game where you have to control nodes and resources to win

AV...aka Alterac Valley...this one you can enter at 51....51 and under no can do. it's hard to explain. Torgo and i can make a tread on that alone....his from the ally POV, mine from the horde pov...resources are involved as well and towers/bunkers/graveyards must be controlled or you lose resources. as well there are pve objectives in them and "bosses" to kill...

EotS...aka Eye of the Storm...a combo conceptually between AB/WSG...node controlling and capture the flag. lvl requirements for this is 61-69 and 70....so if you're lower than that...sorry! you'll have to wait!

as well there are arenas. the bgs and arenas are PVP oriented (player versus player...ie, horde kill ally and vice versa)...PVE (player versus environment) is quest oriented.

WoW has PVP servers, PVE servers and RPPVP (Role Playing Player Versus Player)....upon starting your WoW adventure, your first step would be to decide which you think you'd like best.

if you're like the rest of us addicts, you'll have alts everywhere to sample them all.

if you think you'd like to quest the most, go w/PVE...if the idea of attacking another player while you're questing sounds fun, go w/PVP.

Next topic will be: race and classes.....but i'm tired and need to go to bed. torgo, laughing, everyone...feel free to pipe in hehe....

.45chel · Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 2005 Location: Chambersburg

Taken from WoW thread

Question

larp'ers

spirit res

hearth

accept res

Question

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cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1295 Location: shippensburg

larp'ers --- um dunno this one...i'll ask around....

spirit res ----spirit resing is another term for resurrection of your dead body....itis what happens if you die and you either a) don't feel like running back to your body or b) you've been bad (like i usually am) and made so many pvp'rs mad at you they're camping your body so you have no choice but to res at the GY spirit guide (hence the spirit res)...if you res at the spirit guide you will take a 10 minute penalty that consists of a 25% decrease in your stats/gear. basically if you try to kill something you're dead meat. so, if i take spirit res, it's usually cuz of b, but if i'm questing and i spirit res, i do it when i've died far away from the turn in and i'm actually closer at the gy to my quest turn in than my body. (lazy)

hearth ---- each player is given a hearthstone (it's in your bag on startup)...the hearth stone has to be 'set' with an innkeeper of your choice (and you can change this as much as you want) and you can "hearth" home...so if i'm out in the Crossroads and my hearth is set to Orgimmar, when i click on it, i'll return to orgimmar. it's a handy dandy that one!

accept res ---- similar to spirit res, but this one's resurrecting at your corpse. in the game, when you die, you start your 'death walk' back to your corpse from the graveyard (aka GY)...in the game there's a minimap at the top right and it points and arrow in the direction of your corpse (you can also flip to your map using the 'm' key if you haven't changed your key bindings)....so you start at gy dead and run run run run run to your corpse. when you get near to your corpse you'll have a button pop up that says: accept resurrection? yes if you're in the clear....or if there's a baddie by you...try to reposition yourself before you res so you don't die again. not fun..

this is a fun video about classes:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=riHdSlYiy-E

Torgo · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject:

I believe LARP stands for "Live Action Role Playing."

Need more be said?

LOL
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cookieclaygirl · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1295 Location: shippensburg

um.

well.

no.

hahahahaha!

.45chel · Joined: 26 Oct 2007 Posts: 2005 Location: Chambersburg

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Torture isn't the same as punishment.
~~~ Justice Scalia

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