February 2006 Archives

Today was one of the best shows I have had of late, and not only cause I got my new Plantronics Audio 100, but because two friends from Argent Dawn joined me to talk about several events of the past week on Argent Dawn. Ciarda, known in MMO IRC as KatanaAngel, and Silvarius, of the Shadow Walkers, joined me on the air to talk about the wedding of my character Medros and Ciarda, and to talk about the opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj. Here's screens from Ciarda's perspective. Isn't that a pretty kitty she's riding? It was a great discussion, which included input from the listeners on the topic of in game marriage, and the dangers of RP relationships when they go too far from one perspective or another.

Some of the news I mentioned is the new Murloc lore we have, and the rather extensive Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth over on GameSpy. On the front page of the WoW site, they have a link to their 'Über Chat Guide'. though I am not sure if it is new, or just something they thought was overly required for the citizens of Azeroth.

One last link, as I am not sure I talked about it last week or not, but Blizz brought out a new Character Creation Management System, which disables new character creation on any realm with an active queue unless you have a character made there already. This, I hope, will begin to discourage people from flooding AD with new characters for the hell of it. If you want to RP, I welcome you to Argent Dawn. Otherwise, feel free to join myself and a few others on our other servers.

Be sure to tune back next week for more Know Your Role on MMO Radio, Where Gamers ROCK!

Medros and Ciarda walk into the Pig and Whistle, her arm in his, and they walk to the front of the table. As they walk the length of the table, the conversation of those in attendance begins to dwindle down, until it is quiet when they arrive at the front of the room. Two chairs are there waiting for them. Medros helps Ciarda onto one of them, her Black Dress looking lovely in the light of the inn, and then he steps up onto the other.

She reaches her hand out, and takes Medros' hand in hers. He looks to her, and smiles, then turns to the crowd.

"We have an announcement to make." Medros says loudly to the crowd.

"Medros and I have told you all previously about our engagement. We would like to now invite you all to the wedding." Ciarda says, as loud as her voice can get.

"This coming Saturday, in a ceremony officiated by Mirrienna and held in the Cathedral of the Light here in Stormwind, Ciarda and I will be wed." Medros declares, which is followed by applause.

"The ceremony will be a celebration of the alliance, and the Light by which my love follows so devoutly," Ciarda says when the applause dies down. "Medros' Best Man will be Master Vandrahga Darksong, master of the Shadow Walkers. My Maiden of honor will be Lady Tiea Windtalker, also of the Shadow Walkers."

"Following the ceremony, there will be a celebration with another form of light, the light of fireworks and rockets, on the steps of the Cathedral. The procession will continue to the Blue Recluse in the Mage Quarter of Stormwind for the formal reception, followed by drinks here at the Pig and Whistle in Old Town, also in Stormwind." Medros announces.

"We hope you will all join us in this wondrous and amazing day." Ciarda says as loud as she can.

Medros steps down, then helps Ciarda down off her chair, as they begin to walk through the crowd to loud cheers and congratulations.

We do hope many, if not all of you can join us for our wedding This coming Saturday, February 18th. We do ask druids to arrive and maintain their natural elven or tauren forms. Also, we ask all hunters to keep their pets stabled. Thank you for your time, and thank you in advance for your attendance.

Today was a better show than I had expected based on the hardware I was working with. A good deal of news, and an RP announcement to make made for a great show all around. I read the post Playing WoW is like playing the Lottery, recommended the simple Azzor.com MC guide, and encouraged everyone to go play a little WoW trivia, though I do wish they would tell you what the right answer was if you get it wrong.

I talked a little about the many Azerothian festivals and events we had going on over on Argent Dawn this past week, with the Love is in the Air, Darkmoon Faire, and Lunar Festival all going on simultaneously, as well as the Ahn'Qiraj War Effort still in full force. This made for lag filled and virtually unplayable cities, but it was still a lot of fun. For those in the RP realms, the myriad and multitude of events this week lent themselves amazingly to the desire to expand ones RP. You could go from one to the other, and never leave your RP 'zone'. It was a blast, even if the lag was occasionally hard to deal with.

Some of the posts I couldn't get into the show this week, but which deserve mentioning are Xarantaur's Lore Q&A and also Chapter II of the same thread, and a long and plentiful list of awesome mods for RPers. I plan to take a deeper look at both over the next few days, add some mods to what I use, and make use of the lore in that thread. Definitely some must read threads on the WoW forums.

As for the war effort, this coming weekend we expect to see the gates opened on Argent Dawn, so I will be sure to report on that next week on Know Your Role.