tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76101794074044485612023-11-16T06:08:32.662+00:00Demeternoth DoesDemeternoth, Human DK, FemRoe Samurai, Goddess of the Harvest. Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-39670115436841854252022-03-23T15:17:00.008+00:002022-03-23T15:21:29.844+00:00Good People in Gaming<p><span face=""PT Sans", -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #303030;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">This article originally appeared on The Third Faction website</span></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">In June 2020 the gaming, streaming and content creator community there were allegations of sexual misconduct and worse which affected the WoW community. In light of that, we wanted to show case some of the GOOD people in the community and Deme compiled a list on Twitter which others then helped contribute too. Here’s the complete listing.<br /><br />We don’t follow everyone so feel free to pick and chose who you want to. Some are streamers for other games or just chatters, some wow content creators and others are just decent people in the online space.<br /><br />Feel free to add your own in the comments and we will update the list periodically.<br /><br />Updated 23rd July 2021 in light of the Acti/Blizz Lawsuit.</span></span><span><a name='more'></a></span><br /><figure class="wp-block-table" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; font-family: "PT Sans", -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(750px); min-width: 240px; overflow-x: auto; padding: 0px; width: 750px;"><google-sheets-html-origin><google-sheets-html-origin><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; table-layout: fixed; 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color: #303030;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">This article was first published on The Third Faction website. </span></span></p><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After the passing of Byron “Reckful” Bernstein, I wanted to collate some of the resources I have used to help manage my own mental health. I am not a professional therapist, counsellor or doctor, these are just the things I have found helpful. PLEASE talk to professionals too.<br /><br />You can call the Samaritans on 116 123 in the UK 24/7 – I can vouch for them helping just to calm a mind riddled with anxiety and/or depression.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In the UK you can self refer to Talking Therapies in the NHS via<a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"> this link</a> – talking about my issues with a therapist over the years has helped me a lot. I never say I’ve finished with therapy, I just say I’m done “for now”.<br /><br />Here are some other links to charities and phone lines <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">that can help</a>.<br /><br />Some practical things that I’ve found to help me are<br />1 x 10 minute walk outside a day. When I have been extremely low and unable to do bigger physical activity, taking a short walk for just 10 minutes outdoors has been a huge help. I leave my phone and smart watch behind and focus on the fields and the sky. And the dog.<br />The <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">HeadSpace app</a> – you can use the basic meditation programme for 10 days. I often go back to day 7 or 8 and repeat them. You can also subscribe to the service if you want to. There is also Calm and probably other meditation apps, I recommend having a go with a few until you find a voice that works for you.<br />The <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">5 Minute Journal App</a> – this one can be tough sometimes as it asks you to think of 3 things you’re grateful for. When I am particularly struggling I often write down “the sky, the air, my bed”, but it’s important to just do the practice even if it’s hard as it will start to get easier.<br />Crying in the shower, soaking in the bath, drinking a lot of water, being by or in the sea. Crying is good for us. Doing it in the shower allows me to wash it all away. Water, at least for me, has huge healing properties and I always feel better when I’ve spent time in it, on it, or near it. For you it might be having a fire, spending time in the woods or something else.<br />Doing something with my hands. Doing something that requires a monotonous and repetitive manual element can help take you out of your head and put your focus back into your body. All the old cliches of gardening, sewing, drawing, painting, baking, woodwork – anything that forces you to focus on something else, takes you out of your worries for a wee while. I prefer bread making, gardening and sewing.<br /><br />Medications can be helpful too, I haven’t taken them though I’ve never ruled it out and believe that they can be another tool in the box to help us.<br /><br />The biggest problem for me is talking about it in depth with people at the time that I am dealing with it. Although friends often say “I’m always here to alk” it’s rarely something we take them up on because we usually just don’t want to burden others with our problems, we don’t think we’re important and we are ashamed. Personally, I’m very good at talking about it online but if you asked me face-to-face I would clam up. It is much easier to type it out and send a tweet than it is to vocalise what I’m feeling. If you feel like this, you are not alone.<br /><br />All you need is one reason to hold on.<br /><br /><br /><br />This link <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">includes numbers for suicide prevention</a> around the world.<br /><br />Updated on 25th January 2021 following our interview with Celheals to cover support for bullying and sexual assault resources. Please know that nothing will replace the help and support that you can get from qualified professionals, these links are meant only to point in the direction of those professionals. We are not qualified and are not associated with any of these bodies or organisations.<br /><br />Bully at work support UK – <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://www.nationalbullyinghelpline.co.uk/law.html</a><br /><br />Bullying survivor support in the USA – <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://www.stompoutbullying.org/</a><br /><br />UK based sexual assault survivor support – <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/find-support</a><br /><br />USA Based sexual assault survivor support – <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://victimconnect.org/</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">therecoveryvillage.com/recovery-blog/bullying-substance-abuse/</a> – some may find this link helpful too.<br /><br /><br /><br />Updated again in April 2021 with these resources kindly sent to us via our twitch supporter wifeofavalon – thank you!<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Able Futures</a> is ran by the DWP and offers 9 months free Mental health support with a dedicated specialist for anyone who is worried that their mental health may affect your work. You must be 16 and over, be in work, about to start work or in furlough or an apprenticeship to qualify<br />Grounding techniques PDF which you might find helpful<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">grounding-techniques</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Download</a><br /><br />Positive steps PDF which may be of use too –<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">positive-steps-to-wellbeing</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Download</a><br /><br />This guide to stress by the charity Mind –<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">stress-2017</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Download</a><br /><br /><br /><br />And finally two more organisations that might be able to help<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://giveusashout.org/</a> It’s a text support for people who maybe don’t feel confident speaking on the phone and is a good alternative to the Samaritans.<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">https://turn2me.ie/</a> is Ireland based but open internationally – offering lots of different support including a crisis line.<br /><br />I’ll update this as I get more resources including international ones.</span><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(750px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Take care of yourselves, and each other.</span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #303030; margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(750px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Deme the DK ❤</span></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><span><!--more--></span><span><!--more--></span>Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-4778592132378456792020-01-01T10:00:00.000+00:002020-01-01T10:00:16.661+00:00Death Knights on the Dawn of Patch 8.3Bolvar is back! As of January 14th 2020 and assuming you have the Shadowlands expansion pre-ordered, any race can be a Death Knight and we get a new starting zone! Not to mention when we get into the expansion itself, there's a whole zone that supplies the power we draw on, <a href="https://www.wowhead.com/guides/shadowlands-zones-overview" target="_blank">Maldraxxus</a>, the home of the Necrolords. <div>
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Help. It's a loaded 4 letter word for me. "Please help me" is a phrase which fills me with frustration. It's like a little whine behind my back when someone isn't strong enough to manage on their own. It's that signal that you're too weak, needy and pathetic to do it yourself. The needy part is what makes me flare my nostrils and clench my jaw most. And as such, it is extremely hard for me to admit that I ever need help but I'm extremely good at offering, and giving without confirmation of a requirement, help when it's not even been asked for. Condescending cow that I am.<br />
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In life, I find it tremendously hard to say when I need help. It's something I've become more and more aware of over the years. When I was a teenager my dad commented that I 'always try to do too much' when I struggled up the stairs with arms full of crap to take back to my bedroom only to drop half of it and hurt myself in the process. I'm a very good starter of projects so I'll go in all enthusiastic and then when I struggle I go quiet and don't ask for help so the project fails. In a new situation, with new people who I want to like me, I'll take on every little shitty job no one else wants in an attempt to ingratiate myself. Of course this always bites me on the arse when I fail at doing anything properly because I'm spread so thin or I'm up till all hours doing little things and then I get sick because, again, as my dad said, I'm 'burning the candle at both ends'.<br />
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Now being a mum, I can't risk that. I have to be at least at 80% most of the time to look after Level One. I have to carve out a bit of time each week to recharge my batteries and do something for me or I'll crash and burn. And no one wants Real Life Burn Out. So I had to start asking for help. It's painful. I feel horribly guilty when I ask for it. I don't want to put anyone else out but I've realised I need to ask for it.<br />
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In Warcraft I've learnt to ask for it too, but I still struggle. In our <a href="http://janedoe.eu/mummyraiders" target="_blank">raid team, </a> I am committed only to setting up raids and getting the invitees into a group. After that, the team decides where to go, what tactics to employ, who runs what mobs and so on. I enjoy this. It gives the team a really great atmosphere and means I can raid without feeling any pressure and I can say to them "Guys, I don't know, what do you think?". I still struggle with dungeons, but running them in guild groups and with Darklive means I have on-hand help without having to confess my weakness to the rest of the Azerothian populace.<br />
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My condescending cow routine comes in when I'm running a dungeon I know and I can see lower levels running it with me. I remember one particular instance of Oculus normal, way back when. I was level 80, raiding and looking pretty swanky with my <a href="http://www.wowhead.com/item=41257/titansteel-destroyer" target="_blank">Titansteel Destroyer.</a> There were 3 people in the group yet to ding 80. I can't remember why I was running it, probably because I was too chicken shit to tank something more level-appropriate or other. Anyway I think I did ask if they knew the dungeon. I could be wrong, but (and this is my big shame) I proceeded to explain the whole dungeon as we went through. No one else spoke the entire run. No little 'lol', not a thing. I persevered trying to be helpful, trying to be witty. By the end of the dungeon I was feeling rather smug, "look at me! I led the group and no one died'. No one said thank you though either.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Suffer well. </span>Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-92120480467003062882013-01-15T13:24:00.000+00:002013-02-01T19:12:39.088+00:00Goals. Not resolutions. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I have a fleet of alts and heaps that if I had no end of time I’d do, like have them all at level cap, with maxed out professions and Deme raiding the current tier with acceptable levels of progress and gearing and running for achievements again, hell even looking at maxing reputations and chasing the Exalted title would be fun but that’s not feasible so I going to look at something a bit less time consuming.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Get Apollina the priest and Heranoth the warrior to level 90 and level all their professions to cap. Apollina isn’t too bad on the tailoring front, 409/600 but enchanting is woeful at 217/600 and as for Heranoth’s mining and blacksmithing, it’s laughable at 206/600 and 154/600 respectively. I’d like to have these professions around to help out Demeternoth really and I may well rethink mining for JC since Darklive has mining and blacksmithing and I can ‘borrow’ that when needed.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Level the monk – to what level, I don’t know but I think I should aim to get him to 25. Oh and he’s probably going horde because in my head I’ve already given him a back story. Considering that I have Demwise the warlock at 43, and 3 other alts in the 20s this seems fairly reasonable. You might not think this is a challenge, but given my time limits I think it is just fine for me.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">And this little bit spreading hte pixel love has happened almost entirely by accident .... Whilst staying with relatives recently I introduced my 9 year old cousin to Warcraft. *evil grin* I don’t think his mum will ever forgive me. I’ve also introduced my somewhat-older cousin who has been given a guest pass and I’m hoping to see him online very soon. </span></div>
Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-63197852615164248192013-01-05T16:01:00.004+00:002013-02-01T19:13:02.470+00:00Light and Shade - Part Four<i style="font-size: small;">This is the third part of a piece of fan fiction I began in the summer and since resubbing to Warcraft I've found my muse again! You can read the first two parts <a href="http://demethedk.blogspot.com/2011/06/light-and-shade.html">here</a> and <a href="http://demethedk.blogspot.com/2011/07/light-and-shade.html">here</a> and the third part <a href="http://demethedk.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/light-and-shade.html" target="_blank">here. </a></i><br />
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She looked around the inn. Ironforge was hewn from the very mountain and shaped into dwellings, taverns and traders supply shops. Each had low ceilings, thick carved stairs and deep cellars, stretching down into the bowels of the rock. The inn was no exception and she realised that she felt quite at home, hunkered down and enveloped by the earth. Her seat at the table afforded her a view of the door and she noticed a draenei duck as he entered the doorway. She smirked to herself. Ironforge truly was the Dwarven capital and the dwellings were barely tall enough for a human to walk at full height, let alone a night elf, never mind a draenei! The draenei was dressed in worn battle armour and carrying a large saddle bag. He spoke briefly with the inn keeper and then left again, no doubt running an errand or arranging supplies for his battalion.<br />
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Her attention returned to the conversation around the table. Garim was filling Raik in on the latest movements of the Alliance forces and both had sullen looks upon their faces. The Lich King's defeat felt like it had been a long time ago and now that Deathwing had resurfaced, and wreaked so much havoc in doing so, the armies of Azeroth, both Horde and Alliance, had to fight yet another tremendous threat to the planet. Deme missed her brothers and sisters in arms, but to retire had been the right decision. Arthas, his army, his destruction, had been stopped. She had found a new life with Raik and they were both determined to embrace it. If only the dreams would stop.<br />
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"No, I'm good thanks Garim," she gave him a small smile, "I think it's probably time for us to rest. We still have a long way to go." She turned to Raik and could see from the twinkle in his eye and the slight lop-sided grin that if they didn't head to their bunk now, it would become a very long night followed by at least one very sore head the next morning.<br />
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The three friends settled up with the inn keeper and made their way back toward the military quarter and the lodgings Garim had arranged for them. Just like the inn, the lodgings had a low roof and a great big fire burning in the grate. Garim explained that when they were ready to leave in the morning they should head to the gryphon keeper in the great forge who would arrange passage for them to Menethil and then he bade them farewell. He, himself, would be off very early the next morning to rejoin his battalion with fresh supplies in Twilight Highlands where they had been tasked with claiming land and resources for the Alliance to facilitate an attack against Cho'gall in his lofty eerie perched in the south western corner of the region. From a personal note, Garim, an Ironforge dwarf born and bred, was thrilled to be working along side the Wildhammers, the great dwarves of the north and learning many tricks with gryphon and mace from them. Deme and Raik hugged their old friend and promised to visit again on their return journey, if only to hear the tales of the wildhammers.<br />
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<br />Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-47730807274001046012012-11-11T19:56:00.001+00:002013-02-01T19:13:19.243+00:00MMOs, The Internet and The Perception of GamersA post on <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/11/10/are-mmorpgs-addictive-east-carolina-university-wants-to-find-ou/#comments" target="_blank">Wow Insider recently</a> promoted a link a survey asking about addiction to MMORPGs. As I'm not a USA resident I can't answer it, but the comments on the post at WI, were quite revealing.<br />
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<br />Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-91211963844451351742012-10-08T13:38:00.001+01:002013-02-01T19:13:30.410+00:00Lunch Topic - Why are DKs so hated?Based on today's<a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/10/08/breakfast-topic-if-you-could-remove-one-class-from-the-game-wh/#comments" target="_blank"> Breakfast Topic</a> on Wow Insider, the class most people would like to see removed from Warcraft is the Death Knight.<br />
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I didn't do many quests. Darklive and I had planned to level together but he needs to move quicker than my "read all the text, talk to everyone" approach will allow. Hence he carried on questing and I just decided to wander around and see what I could in the time I had available last night.<br />
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On Tuesday 21st February I gave birth. The following is the tale of my progress through the world of feeding this amazing Level 1 Human. I'm sharing it because I recently read <a href="http://theleakyboob.com/2012/04/breastfeeding-the-icu-support-and-facebook-support-that-keeps-on-giving/" target="_blank">this.</a><br />
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I gave birth via C-section and thus wasn't able to have the precious skin-to-skin moment with our little boy until I got into the recovery room. However, he had a clear sucking reflex (he almost took my little finger off!) and I tried to latch him onto the breast to feed. I didn't succeed.<br />
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We got up onto the ward and the mid-wife who had been with me through the c-section handed over to the ward midwife. Unfortunately I didn't see the ward midwife over the next two days unless she was on the "drugs round". A high birth rate meant that the ward was stretched to the limit and the midwives just didn't have time to care for the new mothers. The support workers were doing their best too but weren't really able to assist me very well. I continued to attempt to breast feed over the next 48 hours. Each member of the hospital staff seemed to have their own piece of advice to give out, one telling me that if he was sucking on my finger and not complaining then he obviously wasn't hungry and another telling me that "oh he'll come up to the boob when he's hungry". He was only a few days old, he didn't have the neck control to do that!<br />
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Looking back now, I realise I was very naive. I thought that since my mum and sister had breast fed, it would come naturally to me and I'd be romping away, happily feeding my little boy whilst talking to people, drinking coffee in a cafe and totally blase about it all. I had read virtually nothing on the pitfalls, the possible problems and I didn't realise just how much hard work it could be. I wish now I had.<br />
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Two days after he arrived in the world, Level 1 was looking rather yellow and had quite a bad case of jaundice. The ward had calmed down a little and the midwife who came on duty that morning came to see me and spent time trying to help us crack the latching on. When it was clear that we weren't getting anywhere she said she'd get the lactation specialist to come and help us. At about this time we also encountered the first of the support workers who actually helped me with latching on and getting more than 2 sucks on the boob from Level 1. My lovely man, Cray Dutch Man pushed for us to get a pump so that I could start expressing and getting some milk into the little one via a bottle. The midwifes ummed and arhed about us using a bottle, stating that they preferred us to use a cup but not stating that this was because bottle feeding whilst still establishing the boob feeding could lead to nipple confusion and thus prevent Level 1 from being able to feed direct from me in the future. In the meantime we waited for the lactation specialist to come and see us. And waited. And waited. We carried on with the expressing and feeding, taking him onto the boob at each feed and then using the bottle with expressed milk to ensure he'd fed well, pushing the jaundice through his little body and trying to get home! But the latch on was still difficult to maintain, Level 1 latched on initially but came off and it was difficult to get the same contact.<br />
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So we called in the cavalry, my sister. My sister had breast fed both her children. She came in and sat with me through a full feed, repeatedly helping me latch Level 1 on and adjust my position till we found something comfy and working for both of us. The thing I found most surprising was how firm she was with him and with me. I'd been so afraid of hurting my baby that I'd just not been confident enough to shape my boob properly or to hold Level 1 onto the boob long enough that he would latch on correctly (some babies "faff" at the boob to start with). At that moment, I felt the support that had been sorely lacking in the hospital.<br />
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That was 7 weeks ago and I'm still breast feeding. I am using nipple shields because I've suffered with very very badly cracked nipples, a result of the poor latch on I was experiencing before my sister straightened us out. I'm now weaning him and I off them. Throughout the time I've been using the shields I've kept putting Level 1 back to the breast for a few sucks so that he didn't loose the knack and I'm happy to say that we're getting back on track. My sister helped with a total of 3 feeds and that helped us crack the latch on problems and get the positioning right so that I don't get my nipples torn to shreds again. Thanks to her support, the constant "You're a great mum" from Crazy Dutch Man, we have been able to continue with breast feeding.<br />
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We also use the bottle. After the c-section I was extremely tired and once we got home I was struggling to recover so Crazy Dutch Man took the late-night feed and we used formula. We're still doing that and the rest and recuperation time it's given me has been invaluable. There are many reasons women choose to use formula and there are plenty of judgements passed around about it. Which there shouldn't be. Feeding your baby is your choice. Breast feeding is incredibly hard work. After you've been through labour and birth (not to mention the pregnancy itself) your body is full of drugs, hormones, possibly anti-biotics and you can be a complete emotional wreck. If feeding on the boob is painful, your adrenaline kicks in and you work yourself up into a state. That means you're stressed out and your baby feels that, making the feeding you're already dreading much harder. A happy mummy equals a happy baby, if that means going the formula route then so be it.<br />
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Having been through this experience in the passed few weeks I honestly believe that if the NHS was able to spare the resources to give new mothers 1-on-1 care for breast feeding and more follow-up visits at home, then fewer women would give up on it after a few weeks. Reading the article I linked at the beginning of this post just re-iterated for me the importance of that support. If you're planning to breast feed your children, read up about it and find someone you know well and trust who is willing to help you. Your partner MUST be on board because it's going to be tough, but having another woman there who knows what to do is invaluable. Hand-on-heart I've been close to giving up plenty of times. Two things have kept me going, knowing I'd be seriously pissed at myself for giving up too soon (fyi, "too soon" for me could be different to some one else's too soon) and the fact that formula costs a lot of money. We don't have money to spare at the moment and daft as it may sound, when there's needles stabbing you in the nipple and you're thinking "Oh ffs just get the bottle", you will take any motivation you can get.<br />
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The times for the next tram flickered up on the narrow boards above their heads in colours of red and blue and they moved to the middle platform. A shiver went down Deme's spine as she remembered why they were embarking on this journey. Her hands clenched and unclenched as she remembered the feeling of clinging onto the edge of that platform in Icecrown. The coldness crept into her bones and her jaw trembled slightly, on the brink of her teeth chattering. It was only a dream, she quietly told herself and then the rumble of the tram came through her thoughts and she realised Raiklev was calling her. She ran at full speed towards the middle carriage and lept off the metallic, solid platform, so different from the one in her dream. Landing cat-like next to Raik a split second before the automatic tram set off again, she looked up into his face and saw his jaw had dropped. She grinned wickedly at his reaction, it was good to keep him on his toes.<br />
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He relaxed as they entered the military quarter and Deme felt his grip loosen. Then she noticed a hurried, well-dressed dwarf chuntering and muttering to himself as he strode along. His heavy boots clinking on the stone floor and mimicking the sounds of the forge drifting out from Ironforge's eponymous great heart. She recognised his stout stature at once and rushed over, the dwarf only looking up at the last minute to cry "Deme! You made it!". Raiklev was only a pace behind and they were all soon in a big meaty dwarven hug as their old friend and brigade leader, Garim Morfik embraced them.<br />
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He smelt of stale ale and pipe smoke but his worn battle armour showed that he was not the sort of dwarf to be played with. On his back was slung a mighty mace, imbued with the power of the Light which seemed to flow through Garim and pour out of his finger tips when he was in battle. Deme withdrew from the hug, looking uneasy.<br />
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"I hope you're right Garim" replied Deme, a little disturbed by how easy she had betrayed her feelings to him. It was a point of pride for Deme never to show weakness in front of Garim, to be strong and always to let him know that when the brigade needed her she would be ready. Clearly she'd spent too long on the farm with Raiklev tending chickens and vegetables and was going soft.<br />
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Garim poked her in the ribs and chortled. "You're wearing cloth! Well I never, a battle-hardened ex-servant of the Lich King wearing cloth!"<br />
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Deme did a little twirl and Raiklev and Garim bust into laughter. "Don't you think it suits me?" she asked happy to have forgotten her weakness for a second and glad to be laughing with them both.<br />
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"Well you're no dwarven lass but Raik's a lucky man I'm sure. Now, I could do with a drink and you two look like you could too. Come on!" Garim waved them to follow him and he strode off in the direction of The Stonefire Tavern.Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-17582143617672584422011-11-01T12:58:00.001+00:002013-02-01T19:16:31.650+00:00On the importance of experience.This post concerns a principle that I have long stood by and believe to be central to my enjoyment of Azeroth. That principle, or rule, if you like, is that in the current guild I'm in we do not accept anyone who is under 18 years of age. However it has recently been brought to my attention that we have someone considerably younger than that in the guild, and I took the decision that I could no longer remain an officer if that was the case. Before there is a cry of people exclaiming that I'm over-reacting, let me explain a little about the reasoning behind this decision.<br />
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I am a fully-developed and some may say "worldly" woman. At 33 I have been around long enough to know the difference between flirting, harassment and stalking. I am an adult with all that entails, the good and the bad. I am able to joke about the more serious topics of life without hurling derogatory terms or words which are so unsavoury they cause offence. I can say fuck, cunt, bugger, arsehole and use them in general terms and without resorting to 'raping the opposing faction' or 'fisty-up-to-the-wristy'. I will talk about sexual practices and beating up the opposition, but to an adult ear, I don't think I'm particularly offensive, if you want to find out you can just follow me on twitter where I get most of my ranting/dirty thoughts out - <a href="http://twitter.com/demeternoth">twitter.com/demeternoth</a> and please do tell me if I'm offensive!<br />
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I am also fully aware that terms like the above shouldn't be used in front of young teenagers who, frankly, are probably so busy wanking and watching porn they have had no time to develop respect for each other, never mind themselves. You see there is a way to have fun, to be rude/dirty/swear, without crossing a line, whilst still showing that you respect yourself and those around you. The kind of experience that you need to know where the line is only comes with <i>life experience</i>.<br />
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In a community like Azeroth there is room for everyone, but there must be some responsibility taken for those younger members of that community. If they happen to be within your guild, then as an officer, you must take that responsibility. I'm afraid this is not something I am willing to commit to. I have in the past been in a 'family friendly' guild where we had a 9pm watershed for the more profane talk. It worked, up to a point. When I found myself leading a raid team with two 15/16 year olds in it I was mortified. I am an incorrigible flirt. I can't help it. It does not mean I am interested in you. It's far more self-centred than that as it is chiefly about me boosting my own ego and getting some attention. So when I found out that these 'men' were 15/16 I felt disgusted with myself. Would I walk up to a group of teenagers in the street and say those things? No I would not. I'd be far too embarrassed and concerned of any untoward repercussions. I am still horrified at the thought and it has curbed my behaviour somewhat in Azeroth towards people I don't know yet and haven't placed on the 'Deme's Dirty Talk Scale'. <br />
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Imagine though if the above scenario happened and a parent had read what I'd said or overheard me on mumble, and what I thought was a silly, throw away comment, they view in a less savoury light. I'm a 33 year old woman, their likely reaction may be to think that I'm just a 'sad lonely old cow', because unfortunately predatory older women aren't taken that seriously, although they do exist. Let's reverse it then, what if I was a 33 year old man talking to your son or daughter in a way you thought was alarming? Puts a different perspective on it somewhat doesn't it. How would you feel if you were an officer in a guild where this happened?<br />
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For me, this is not about age. The numbers I've banded around help to demonstrate the point. At age 18, you are legally considered an adult in the United Kingdom. The guild I am in is on an English speaking server and the GM has always been a UK resident. Therefore we follow UK law on the 'coming of age'. This does not mean that there are not 14,15 or hell, even 13 year olds who act with more maturity than older members of the guild. But those minors do not have the same level of <i>life experience</i>. It's impossible for them to have it. They do not understand the jokes and can very easily a) misinterpret things and b) find themselves in a situation they are not comfortable in, or c) make an uncomfortable situation for others. At 18, if they have that life experience or not (one would hope that have had a little bit more by then!), the law recognises them as an adult and they have to accept responsibility for their own actions, so if they wind up in a situation they are not happy with, they should have the confidence to get out of it. By my age, you learn how to tailor what you say to the be age-appropriate. With our friends we talk about our daily lives with colloquial language and curse-terms. With our parents and grand-parents we show respect by substituting those curse words and language for something more formal and with those younger than us we don't talk about pussy and cock or violent images because we're attempting to protect their innocence for as long as possible. It's not the age that teaches you that, you don't magically wake up at 30 and know what to do with your life. Your experience of the world and the mistakes you make teach you where the line is, as a young teenager you can not possibly know all of that, no matter what childhood you've had.<br />
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I have had experience in Azeroth of so-called adults behaving in ways which were creepy, upsetting and in one instance down-right scary. As adults, those people have to take responsibility for their actions and as an adult victim of them, we should be aware of the channels we can use to stop their behaviour. Would a 13/14/15 year old know to do that? Would they be able to report another player who was making them feel uncomfortable? Would they even have the confidence to do it or the knowledge to know <i>that the behaviour was unacceptable</i>? I know I didn't at 13 and at 13 you're still protected by your parents at home, by teachers at school. Who protects you in Azeroth if your guild won't?<br />
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If your guild has a full, open and appropriate application process, that you can point to, that clearly states there is a lower age limit, if everyone who joins the guild has to fill out an application, then you have nothing to worry about. If the minor (for in the eyes of the law that is what someone under 18 is), lies on the application, you have no method of knowing that but you have at least covered your arse.<br />
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If your guild allows minors, then as an officer you have a duty of care towards those minors. You also have to ensure that the rest of the guild are aware of how the guild operates and also acts in a suitable fashion. You have to instigate some rules to protect those minors.<br />
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<li>Enjoyment - knowing everyone is <i>safe</i> to enjoy the game as themselves. That means safe from repercussions because everyone knows where the line is and safe from less-than-pleasant people. </li>
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As you can see I'm quite passionate about this so I may well be rambling and not making myself clear. I've tried to distil it down to these points and to use my experiences to show why I believe having an 18+ rule and sticking to it is important. This is hopefully to show that I'm not just belly-aching and whining, "just because". But you know what? Maybe it is "Just because". Warcraft is a game to be enjoyed and I shouldn't have to feel that I can't be myself when I play it. I had 6 years of being a shadow of myself. Warcraft and the lovely people who I met there showed me I could be myself again and I'm damned if I'll let anyone stop me now. So, because I won't take that responsibility in guild to protect a minor, because I want to be able to be myself and not censor what I'm saying in /g, I don't feel I can represent the guild and do what I was doing in the guild before, so I've resigned as an officer. I'm sure some feel that this is walking away from a situation that really I should have stood my ground on and been willing to protect this minor. That by resigning I'm doing nothing but open the flood gates and leave this person without protection. My answer is as above, I'm in Azeroth to have fun. I was an officer with just enough responsibility to keep me interested in the role but not so much that I felt it was a tough job, which was the perfect balance. However, when that role means that I can not enjoy the game as I want to, one thing has to go and of course, an officers place is easier to relinquish than the friends, fun and experiences I've yet to make, to have and to enjoy.Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-30096424603948211472011-10-29T14:41:00.000+01:002011-10-29T14:41:34.598+01:00Saturday Coffee ReadingThere's been some damn good blogs around this week so here's a few pointers to keep you entertained over the weekend.<br />
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Disco Priest over on Disciplinary Action explains why the <a href="http://disciplinaryaction.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/how-baby-boomers-built-warcraft/">Baby Boomers</a> are to blame for your professional frustrations and why that makes Warcraft such a good outlet.<br />
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Pewter over on 'mental Shaman explains why<a href="http://mentalshaman.com/2011/10/27/blizzcon-this-is-about-homophobia-not-horde-v-alliance/"> homophobic slurs</a> will never be acceptable, even if intended in jest. Thankfully there has been a <a href="http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3424798330">sincere apology</a> from Blizzard on this now, but it's still worth noting this little hot potato.<br />
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Cynwise in his Field Notes talks about the influences that are apparent on Samwise Didier's designs for Mists of Pandaria. If, like me, your initial thoughts about this up coming ex-pac were 'Kung-Fu Pandas, WTF?' then I urge you to read <a href="http://cynwise.posterous.com/on-lone-wolf-and-cub-oriental-adventures-and">this post</a>. I have renewed hope for a land covered in ronin and feudal lords fighting with each other.<br />
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Someone clearly looking forward to the release of MoP is me ole' mucker Grokknar. For excited and positive thoughts on MoP with much less of the cynicism and side-long glances I've been giving it, head over to <a href="http://realmenweardress.es/2011/10/new-expansion-cue-the-nay-sayers/">Real Men Wear Dresses</a>. Look, he's a paladin, in cloth, with flashy light spells. Of course he thinks real men wear dresses.<br />
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Have you read something this week you want to recommend? Please let me know! I'm always looking for more blogs to pour over.<br />
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<br />Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-62538066989401850312011-10-26T13:20:00.000+01:002011-10-26T14:48:46.591+01:00Over my 'dead' body - Or How Blizzard got my interest in Mists of PandariaUntil lunch time yesterday I was pretty much "meh" about the whole Mists of Pandaria expansion. Pandas are fun but it was a bit of a stretch for me to see them in Azeroth.<br />
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Then I read about Theramore. I play mainly Alliance, of my 17 characters, 3 are horde. My over-riding feeling of Deme's past has been that she fought and fell against Arthas when he rampaged through Lordaeron. The details have always been hazy, she certainly isn't old enough to have been at Stratholme in the early days of the zombie plague. It's more likely that she was a militia woman or town guard at a small village, a place smaller than Andorhal so it's not even on the map any more. Anyway, with that in mind it's pretty feasible that she has a sentimental attachment to Theramore, one of the last out-posts of Lordaeron's escaped refugees. So this feels rather more personal to her than anything the horde have done before. Lordaeron was her nation and it fell. She moved on. In 'undeath' as a Death Knight she heard of Gilneas's fall to the Forsaken and the butchering of alliance home-steaders at Southshore. She continued to fight but didn't let these losses dampen her spirit or break her faith in the Alliance.<br />
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It's not often that I am lost for words, in fact I don't recall the last time it happened. But the abject fury and rage I feel today, and thus so does my main character, Deme, has kind of shocked me. It's not even that great of a questing area!<br />
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I can forget about the pandas and the pokemon. I can get over what will be the umpteenth talent reset for Deme. I can even ignore the fact that as yet, there isn't even a 'little-bad' announced for the expansion, but I can not forgive the horde for obliterating Theramore.<br />
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I've heard that in the lead up to MoP it will probably 'just happen'. No in-game action, no chance to defend the city. I realise we will lose. I realise the outcome is already planned. Please though, I ask you oh Great God of Pixels, allow us the opportunity to defend Theramore. Allow us to see the battle, to take part and to be be beaten back. Wow Insider asked sometime ago, <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/07/12/what-if-we-lost-an-argument-for-losing-a-major-lore-based-battl/">what would happen if we lost for once?</a> Allow us (even if it is just the alliance faction) to see and to feel what that would be like.<br />
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Allow us to see a Jaina furious and embittered and taking action. Since one lowly Death Knight can be left broken and battered by the loss of Theramore, what would it do to the woman who created it? Who built the city and who remains a key linch-pin in Kalimdor's Alliance presence?<br />
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Suddenly I am all-a-flutter with excitement to know what will happen! How will we retaliate? Where will we strike? What will Variann do? Hell! What will Anduin do when Aunt Jaina portals into Stormwind with battered and broken citizens of Theramore? What will Baine think? The money says Garrosh begins the war, what prompts him to lead an attack on Jaina's city? Is he that keen to distant himself from Thrall's reign?<br />
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Whilst I am sad and yes, a little pissed off, the effect this news has had on me and <a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/10/24/zarhym-weighs-in-on-theramore-rumors-in-mists-of-pandaria/">on other Alliance players</a>, definitely shows that Blizzard know what they are up to. Bravo, Blizzard, Bravo.<br />
<br />Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-41019475194592248302011-10-12T16:46:00.000+01:002011-10-12T16:46:37.366+01:00In which the F2P Project dies, at the hands of a Blue.Well we tried folks. You were creative and ingenious and I did my best not to fish in XP rich waters and grind out even a lowly 1g, but thanks to a recent hotfix, Deminii will never be able to be the all empowered level 10 F2P rogue with 9000 achievement points. Whilst I wasn't paying attention, <a href="http://greentintedgoggles.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/f2p-unable-to-lock-xp/#comment-187">Cynwise</a> tipped us all off to the fact that F2P accounts are no longer able to turn off their XP. Boo I say Blizz! Big Boo!Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-70857192925677635502011-09-11T17:15:00.000+01:002011-09-11T17:15:53.416+01:00F2P Project - In which I hit my head on a wallOn Friday I was able to do some testing of these F2P limits.<br />
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Grouping with someone higher works if they initiate the group, however I can't get them to summon me to Dalaran because the F2P accounts don't have Wrath.<br />
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I can use a 2 character mount, the lovely Candlewaxx flew me down to STV to do some fishing. I can swim from Yojamba Isle to Booty Bay without getting any XP and only dying once I get to Booty Bay due to the vengeful fish. However, fishing training costs 1g for the next training level, or 90s if I get it in SW.<br />
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I currently have around 50s. And I need all I can get to get me to 10g for god's sake.<br />
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I did the fishing daily in SW and got myself the weatherbeaten journal and then the 'Fish don't leave footprints' achievement. SO another 10 points for that but still no closer to the 10g and 50% into level 10. I'm starting to doubt that I can do this.Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-23606511185864834292011-09-07T13:34:00.000+01:002011-09-07T13:34:45.441+01:00The Free To Play Project - DeminiiLast night I had my first bash at earning Deminii the 10g needed to turn her XP off. I managed to go from 22s to 40s in an hour of fishing and mob slaying. This revealed a few problems though.<br />
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<li>Fishing will only level to 75 in Darnassus/Rutheran </li>
<li>The Fishing daily grants me a huge chunk of XP</li>
<li>There isn't a lot to skin in Teldrassil</li>
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Twitter and my Google Wave buddies came up with a few creative suggestions on how to get the gold -<br />
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<ol><li>Ditch LW for herbalism or mining and go gathering</li>
<li>Group up with a warlock and get them to summon you somewhere higher level to fish</li>
<li>Swim to STV and fish</li>
<li>Fish up rare fish in Outlands that vendor for 6g. </li>
</ol><div>Number 1 has a couple of problems, I can't use the AH so anything I gather is only worth vendor value. To go mining I would need to go to Elwynn Forest for the best lowbie place and that means getting XP through exploration. BUT I should ditch LW and go for herbing anyway at this point because Teldrassil does have more flowers to pick. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Number 2 - Warlocks only learn the summoning spell at level 42 and I can only group with people up to level 20. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Number 3 - This is possible! Although I would imagine rather mind-numbing, but not quite so mind numbing as only ever fishing up crap in Darnassus. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Number 4 - Also possible with a body-guard to kill all the mobs in the area that I will no doubt aggro the shit out of. </div><div><br />
</div><div>So a couple of options. THEN ... the mighty Warcraft Experimenter <a href="http://cynwise.wordpress.com/">Cynwise</a> let me in on a little secret and mentioned that I shouldn't take all of the FTP rules as written in stone but test them out. Next time I can get on to play Deminii I will poke one of my very good friends and we'll test a few of the limits. I'll keep you posted! Thanks to all who made suggestions :) </div><div><br />
</div><div>On the route to the big achievement target we rose from 10 points to 30 last night with a nice couple of 'WHOOOSHES' from 25 and 50 fish. I noted I panicked slightly thinking that the achievements would give me XP, which of course they didn't. Needless to say, I still love the 'WHOOSH'. </div>Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-83194332221356223102011-08-25T13:51:00.002+01:002011-08-25T17:20:17.250+01:00A New ProjectApart from the obvious changes in my life lately, I've taken on another new project.<br />
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Meet <a href="http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/terokkar/Deminii/simple">Deminii. </a><br />
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Currently a level 10 Night Elf Rogue. As my play time for Warcraft is limited now, I decided that rolling one of the FTP accounts would allow me to play on a super casual level and still visit the virtual world I've grown rather fond of. The limitations of the FTP accounts are well known, but just to recap in case you've not been paying attention -<br />
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<ul><li>Level limit of 20</li>
<li>Max level on profession of 100</li>
<li>No ability to use the AH</li>
<li>No mail box access</li>
<li>No Heirlooms</li>
<li>Can not join a guild</li>
<li>Can not create a party (but can join one)</li>
<li>Can not join trade chat </li>
<li>Can not /yell</li>
<li>Can not whisper anyone unless they have already added you to their friend list</li>
<li>RealID is disabled (there's a quirk in this which I'll come onto later). </li>
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</div></div><div>My original plan with Deminii was to level to 10, turn off XP and go into PvP. However, given the above, without the option to get any gear except from questing, I'd be annihilated within seconds. This doesn't mean I won't be PvP-ing though, but the overall aim is now going to be somewhat different.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Deminii will stay locked at level 10. And I shall take her across Azeroth to see how many achievements I can get on her. There's the obvious ones that would be fun such as Exploration, and 50 Quests seems easily achievable, possibly even 100. The Daily quests, thanks to the fishing and cooking dailies should be quick to gain too. Then you get into the ones which might be a bit trickier -</div><div><br />
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<li><a href="http://www.wowwiki.com/Pest_Control">Pest Control</a></li>
</ul><div>Then there's things like getting the rep for the home cities and becoming an Ambassador, hey <a href="http://greentintedgoggles.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/the-level-19-ambassador-project/">Cyn</a> did at level 19 ... MAYBE there's a way to do it at level 10. I suspect a long PvP grind would be involved. Cyn's posts up on <a href="http://greentintedgoggles.wordpress.com/">Green Tinted Goggles</a> about twinks for trial accounts and rogue twinks may well come in handy. I've yet to figure out if I can do anything with honour/points/rep but I think there must be a way. Any tips welcome!</div></div><div><br />
</div><div>The quirk in RealID I mentioned by the way, once your FTP account is linked to your main account via Battle.Net, your buddies on RealID will be able to see you log in and they will try to send you messages on RealID but you won't get them. So just make sure they all add that little FTP char to their friends list! </div><div><br />
</div><div>Now, I ask you dear reader, what achievements would you like to see a level 10 rogue in white/grey gear (and 1 green! woo!) attempt? At this point I will consider everything and investigate it. This isn't going to be a quick project, my play time is seriously curbed (which isn't a bad thing) and I thought this would be a great way of keeping me interested when there are so many limitations on this type of account. I've already had offers of help from my old guild buddies, let's just see how much we can do! The aim is to play within the limitations of the account and see just how many achievements we can get and just to make it more fun, we'll do it at level 10 rather than level 20.<br />
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Edit - The first task on the list is to grind out 10g to pay for turning off the XP. That is going to be a LOT of leather for the little skinner. I will continue to quest in Teldrassil and keep an eye on the bar, too close to level 11 and I'll have to stop and re-think how to get the 10g! </div>Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-84500287056123253052011-07-30T11:39:00.000+01:002011-07-30T11:39:46.616+01:00A New AdditionI recently announced that myself and The Man are expecting our first bubba. The following is a totally gratuitous post.<br />
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My long time King of Mischief, Longstrider, took it upon himself to decide that upon Bean's arrival we'll have a gnome, possibly a rogue, or a druid of some unspecified race. Considering both Man and I played humans, I think it's safe to assume Bean will be human. And since we both played plate-wearing-head-butting-crotch-watching tanking machines, I suspect Bean will also end up that way. Of course, if he or she turns out to be a cloth-wearing-stand-at-the-back-squishy, we will love them just the same. If they turn out to be a Stabby-McStab-Stab-Stab or [OMG HORROR!] a Pink-plate-wearing-friend-of-the-light, we might have to disown them. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_okzxca4wMG79galSjFiu0-4kfTuif_RPudEuhoZMYNiIL17lfknuUdVED5E7ddzqB_BDzhTe20Dqvy4Gygq_SoOu7PLzIEvmY01m9oRhoUKETa-r2LHlzQfEB57yYKuz_wtq2LWZvBZ/s1600/Bean+Cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_okzxca4wMG79galSjFiu0-4kfTuif_RPudEuhoZMYNiIL17lfknuUdVED5E7ddzqB_BDzhTe20Dqvy4Gygq_SoOu7PLzIEvmY01m9oRhoUKETa-r2LHlzQfEB57yYKuz_wtq2LWZvBZ/s320/Bean+Cropped.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-57496993886209338142011-07-17T20:26:00.000+01:002011-07-17T20:26:33.645+01:00Light and ShadeIt had been a week since Demeternoth had agreed to take the trip to Hearthglen. Raiklev had sent messages ahead to various old contacts in the hope that they would be able to help along the journey north, it would be long and rather costly and any room or meal that came cheaply or, even better for free, would be welcome.<br />
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Since they had left the forces, he had tried to forge them a new life based on the outskirts of Stormwind, offering them both much needed peace and calm. It had been that way for a time, and the small holding they'd set up had given good yields and they were able to sell the farm produce in the streets of Stormwind. Without warning though, the dreams had started after they'd moved into the log cabin on the lake. Deme had shrugged them off at first but as they became more frequent and more disturbing, Raiklev's concern had grown and he'd urged her to consider confronting the cause of them. Consistently she'd refused, stubborn as ever. They argued more and more about it as Deme's wellbeing suffered and Raiklev continued to work on the farm, trying to build them a future. When she finally relented last week he was struck by how vulnerable she looked, usually so tough, so strong and so defiant to any trauma or fear she suddenly seemed weak. Raiklev sighed to himself, it was that striking and rare vulnerability that he saw in her, that no one else did, that had swelled his heart when they'd first faced battle together.<br />
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When the world had been broken and Stormwind shaken to the core by Deathwing himself, he feared her dreams would grow worse, the noise from the forces amassing by the portals and the increased activity around the lake destroyed the little peace and quiet they had carved out for themselves. Whilst they hadn't become more frequent, the dreams hadn't stopped. In some ways the noise and sounds of battle preparations at the portals had offered a small comfort, a distraction almost, but the intensity of the dreams had continued to grow and that's what concerned him more than anything. <br />
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He shook his head clear of the musings and gathered up the last of the supply crates. Walking out to the horse and cart he loaded on the last crate and lashed it down. A few gold passed to the driver of the cart and he reconfirmed the instructions to meet up at Menethil in 4 days time. Now to track down his wife.<br />
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Deme was in the dwarven quarter purchasing the last of a few light supplies to take with them on the first leg of the journey. She marvelled at how quickly Raiklev had made the arrangements and smirked to herself, she should have known, he was never one to wait for things to happen so she should have been prepared to move quickly. She wrapped the bread she'd bought in a cloth napsack and thanked the vendor, just some water and light ale to pick up and she could head off to meet Raik at the entrance to the tram and then, they would begin the trek to Hearthglen.Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-21710580167159081022011-06-09T20:29:00.001+01:002011-06-09T20:30:11.643+01:00Light and Shade<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>This is my third bash at fan fiction. This one might go a bit further than the previous two though.</i></span><br />
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Beneath the scaled plate gauntlets Deme's finger tips were white. In places the nails were jagged and torn with drying blood crusting up the plate joints. She scrabbled to get purchase with her feet but there was nothing. Nothing. Below her, if she dared to glance, was ice, snow and the gallumpfing rotting abominations of Icecrown. There were no footholds at the seat of the Lich King, just a rigid ice block and a fatal drop should you fall victim to his machinations.<br />
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Her left hand was slipping. Over head, she could hear the battle raging. The taunts of the Lich King playing out, the grim note of death ringing in his thick voice. And then she heard Tirion, a glossy rich baritone next to the Lich King's unearthly tone.<br />
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She heard Tirion begin his speech and then saw her lost comrades imbued with the holy light rising above the her and the platform. Fighting to retain her hold on the platform she felt the plate scales skidding on the ice.<br />
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"Where is my light Paladin?!" She cried.<br />
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<blockquote><i>"There is no light in you Death Knight. You burned your soul clear of that the moment you killed your old friend in the chapel. There is no light for one as black as you. You are the shadow to the light, and as shadow you must stay."</i></blockquote><br />
Deme was raised into the air, high above the platform. For a second she hung in mid-air, a feeling of intense scrutiny filled her, followed by a freezing cold that bit into her bones and stayed there gnawing at her. It felt familiar. <br />
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<blockquote><i>"You are of the shadow!" boomed Tirion, "And back to the shadow you will go!"</i></blockquote><br />
The wind was forced from her lungs, her limbs fell in front of her and she was flying through the air of Northrend, ripped from the platform and hurtling back towards Acherus.<br />
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Screaming out, Deme shot up in the bed. Sweat trickled down her back and beaded on her top lip. The room around her was dark, the fire having long gone out. From the window she could hear the faint lapping of the lake on the shore and could see a hint of light from the open portals on the island. Beside her, her mate stirred in the bed. She drew the tatty blankets back up round his shoulders and he settled back into slumber.<br />
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Deme rose from the bed and took up a robe. Since they'd left the mercenary ways behind them she'd grown used to the feel of cloth on her skin, it had certain advantages that plate armour didn't. The cloth was cool on her skin and she shuddered as it slipped over her body. Walking through the bedroom door her bare feet padded on the floorboards and into the larger, main room of the humble cabin. She paused and picked up a cloak from the chair by the fire and looped it over her shoulders.<br />
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The cool night air tickled her hair against her neck and the wet dew on the grass drenched her bare toes. She walked on to the shore of the lake until she felt the water lapping at her ankles. She could see the portals clearer now, their different glows casting an eery light over the island and fighting with the light from the braziers to show the faces of the guards and battle mages who maintained the portals. Faintly she could catch the odd snippet of conversation as they chatted through the night. Every now and then a fresh hero or a battle worn veteran would swoop in from the walls of Stormwind and head off to one of the war fronts.<br />
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She knew if she turned around she'd see the tall cold walls of Stormwind behind her. Walls that protected and shielded but they weren't quite tall enough. The spires still climbed higher. The wretched golden spires of the cathedral taunted her and twisted her guts.<br />
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"My love?", a soft call, "What are you doing out here?"<br />
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"More dreams", she replied, turning to face him. Even in this pale light his strong face showed his concern. This was becoming more and more frequent.<br />
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"Tirion?"<br />
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"Uh-huh"<br />
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"Perhaps we should do something about this before they get any worse"<br />
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Deme frowned. "I know what you are suggesting, but I don't see how going to Hearthglen will help."<br />
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He had moved to her now and slipped his arms round her waist. This close with the glow from the portals, it was possible to see the crinkles and faded scars which portrayed his own battle experience. She ran her hand along his forearm and marvelled for the thousandth time how the skinny arms had ever held a shield. But held it they had, and held it well, for they had both survived that fight in Icecrown to stand here together in the night. Standing this close also meant that she couldn't avoid his gaze. The blue of his eyes was warm, alive and real.<br />
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She thought over the months since the nightmares began, Raiklev was right, it couldn't carry on. With trepidation, she relented. "Ok, we'll go to Hearthglen."Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610179407404448561.post-59008225876445513712011-03-28T23:00:00.005+01:002011-03-29T13:20:34.867+01:00And now the end is near …<div><b><span class="Apple-style-span">And so I face the final curtain.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Which was ICC HC last night. Demeternoth and her Number One Tank Buddy, aka Darklive, aka My Crazy Dutch Man, have retired from raiding and to round off a great year, we headed back to where it all fell into place, Ice Crown. Of course umpteen (nay thousands, maybe millions?!) have already bopped Ole Lich King on the head in HC mode but we, in the Uber Noob raid team of Deadbeat Desperados, the Old Double Ds, ended Wrath on 6/12 on heroic. And last night we got through the whole place with 15 minutes left to bop LK. Not really long enough as it turned out but this isn't a bad thing. There will always be 'One more boss' for us now :D</div><div><br /></div><div>Today I am reminiscing about all the raid bosses we have killed, the wipes we’ve had and the unforgettable nights of fun and laughter. At the beginning of ICC, having not been able to find a suitable tank to partner Darklive and having two DPS DKs, Demeternoth stuck her plucky little hand up and said ‘I’ll tank’. Deme and Dark have been the tanking pair in Double Ds ever since and Deme was proud to wear the Nipple as her mark. Yes there is a theme here, BOOBIES!</div><div><br /></div><div>I will never forget dancing in front of Marrowgar, shouting at all three healers who were trying to tell me, individually, where to place Sindy, sucking with all my might on Proff P and doing the Hokey Cokey on ole LK himself. In between all that we cleared most of Ulduar on 10 man too, some of us did the whole thing including Algalon on 25 man and we even ventured into the old favourites of Naxx, EoE and Obsidian Sanctum to clean off a few titles, achievements and have a bit of fun. That big purple dragon in the Ruby Sanctum dropped the very same week we killed LK. I guess the Game Gods were on our side that week.</div><div><br /></div><div>As anyone who has read this blog will know, my time in WoW has been coming to an end and the blog hasn’t been getting regular updates for a good few months now. With the end of raiding on Demeternoth, I anticipate another dip in activity here. I will post if I have something interesting to say of course, but for the most part, there’s plenty of other blogs and resources for people to get the information on Death Knights so this is likely to become a much more general wow place. Especially since that little warlock is quite addictive and the druid is howling for attention. In time though, even our casual play will dwindle as we move on in life and begin to tank our very own set of raid bosses, a house renovation/redecoration plan and begin our own little dps team :D. We don’t need any more tanks in our household afterall. Maybe a healer for a 5 man dungeon team.</div><div><br /></div><div>I will greatly miss talking to V<b>ecio, Gorani, Hugregotwo, Andycoopsdk, Jarobh, Candlewaxx, Serkul/Sertel, Grokknar </b>and <b>Zetronex</b> two nights a week. Candle and Hug have become two great friends to myself and Darklive and as for the hunter who’d never used Misdirect until we got to Halfus, I salute you Serkul, you miserable old fucker. Andycoopsdk, my in game brother, our little warriors grew up together followed by our DKs. You couldn’t get a more stereotypical pair of noobs. I’ll never forget asking for help in Redridge and running Deadmines with you tanking :D. Good times! Vecio – you don’t say much but when you do you make it count. Thanks for healing my arse! Gorani you giant spacegoat. Keep those balls up. Jarobh, thank you for the portals and healthstones. Warlockery is awesome, who needs a mage?! Pink Pally #2, aka Zetronex, get those tanking boots polished and those weapons sharp. Take care of the team and they’ll take care of you. The biggest thing to remember is to talk to the rest of the guys and especially your co-tank, your life depends on it!</div><div><br /></div><div>And finally <b>Grokknar</b>, the original Pink Pally in a Skirt, well I can’t say how grateful I am to you for raid leading this bunch of noobs. Your patience and approach to raid leading is refreshing and sets the tone for the rest of us to enjoy our evenings together.</div><div><br /></div><div>Demeternoth and Darklive’s final week of raiding has been marked by two events. The ICC HC run and a wedding. At Light’s Hope Chapel at 2000 realm time on Saturday 26th March, Darklive and Demeternoth exchanged vows. After all, if a Death Knight can essentially repent and feel guilt for the killing they did in the Lich King’s name, they can feel love again right?!</div><p dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><span lang="en-gb"><span><br /></span></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"><span><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3Dr_psD_EU4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; ">Demeternoth and Darklive will now be found on a little farm, just north of the lake in Stormwind. Deme doesn't want to move back to Northshire since most of its burnt and Darklive wants to be near a lake for fishing. They plan to raise a few DPS and a healer whilst running a totally self-sufficient farm. Look out for 'DD Farm Produce' at the Stormwind Farmers Market soon. </span></span></span></p><p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"><span><br /></span></span></p>Demeternothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09976659928964026529noreply@blogger.com1