<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575</id><updated>2024-10-24T00:23:30.837-07:00</updated><category term="PVP"/><category term="Update"/><category term="Off Topic"/><category term="BG"/><category term="WSG"/><category term="guild"/><category term="Recruitment"/><category term="Arena"/><category term="Cataclysm"/><category term="Leveling"/><category term="Video"/><category term="World PVP"/><category term="AH"/><category term="Gear"/><category term="Gold Making"/><category term="Holiday"/><category term="Horde"/><category term="PVE"/><category term="Raiding"/><title type='text'>Taking Back PVP</title><subtitle type='html'>A PVP leveling project. This blog is to document the leveling process through PVP in battlegrounds. We want to experience both sides, the Alliance and the Horde.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>46</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-2693207921287322050</id><published>2010-12-03T12:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-03T12:14:57.065-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cataclysm"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Leveling"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PVP"/><title type='text'>We&#39;re Back!!!</title><content type='html'>Ohhhh MY GAWDS.... I can&#39;t believe it!!! On 5/29/10 &lt;a href=&quot;http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/05/why-bg-brackets-should-be-shrunk.html&quot;&gt;I wrote a blog post&lt;/a&gt; about why BG brackets should be shrunk to 5 levels per bracket so that it becomes easier for every level to properly participate in combat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I was reading blog posts and what did I find but &lt;span style=&quot;font-style:italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/02/new-cataclysm-battleground-brackets-unveiled-arathi-eye-and-a/&quot;&gt;&quot;New Cataclysm battleground brackets unveiled; Arathi, Eye, and Alterac available at lower levels&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think we are back in a whole new way!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/2693207921287322050/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/12/were-back.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/2693207921287322050'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/2693207921287322050'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/12/were-back.html' title='We&#39;re Back!!!'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-1937684810119378856</id><published>2010-09-03T22:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-03T22:53:35.048-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Curious....</title><content type='html'>I&#39;m actually curious if there is anyone reading this... I am not sure how I expected to keep a blog roll going... while writing is fun to me, it&#39;s not quite something I do a lot of unless I know I have a real audience and even then it&#39;s sometimes difficult for me to continue to perform. There are only so many things to write about... maybe I will continue this blog just on a weekly basis or so and post my thoughts about the upcoming events. Hopefully Cataclysm will bring more in the way of PVP on low level characters. we will see... until then, I will continue writing occasionally.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/1937684810119378856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/09/curious.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/1937684810119378856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/1937684810119378856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/09/curious.html' title='Curious....'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-5572833927807663165</id><published>2010-08-15T20:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-15T20:15:28.902-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Update"/><title type='text'>Almost a month....</title><content type='html'>It has been almost a month since I last posted. I have gotten my life in order and have been working a great deal lately. Which means very little wow play... but I have been working more and more WoW time into my schedule. My raid team on my main is somewhat falling apart leaving more time for other projects (Like this one!) I would like to welcome two new members (from my mains guild) to the horde guild, we now have Maxarms and Sassiigirl as members, hopefully I may be able to get them to give us a guest post or two about what it is like PvP leveling as an Arms Warrior or a Priest (not sure if Sass is going shadow or a healing spec). So tonight, 8/15 we are back to PVPing on the horde side.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Expect more information to be forthcoming as the summer winds down to an end.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/5572833927807663165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/08/almost-month.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/5572833927807663165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/5572833927807663165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/08/almost-month.html' title='Almost a month....'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-8943130704035736893</id><published>2010-07-19T20:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-19T20:45:38.455-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Off Topic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Update"/><title type='text'>Back to the Grind Stone</title><content type='html'>Well for the next couple days I am back with my face in a book. BUT there is a light at the end of this tunnel... As of Wednesday I will no longer have a 4 pound book strapped to my hip and I will be in Clinicals meaning I will be back up and running again YAY!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wish me luck!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/8943130704035736893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/07/back-to-grind-stone.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/8943130704035736893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/8943130704035736893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/07/back-to-grind-stone.html' title='Back to the Grind Stone'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-8734035710524750969</id><published>2010-07-18T21:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-18T21:03:29.743-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="AH"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Gold Making"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Off Topic"/><title type='text'>Some Surprises are worth waiting for!!!</title><content type='html'>I promised a surprise a couple weeks ago. Then some life got in the way. BUT I was able to get everything worked out this weekend to finally get it worked out to properly deliver on my promise!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before we get into this I want to give a huge thanks to Markco of &lt;a href=&quot;http://d22de8viuk5ybw12lomlw6v05y.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=TAKINGBACK&quot;&gt;20kLeveling.com&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justmytwocopper.org/&quot;&gt;JustMyTwoCopper.Org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have taken many of his tips and been able to maintain a decent gold amount with very little effort on Nordrassil. This has made my life much easier when it comes to buying gear for my BG excursions. I also have no worries about when it comes to leveling and being able to afford my talents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So without further ado, 5 questions to help any Strict PVP Leveler start making gold quickly and efficiently!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;Chrgr&gt;: I&#39;ve been a huge fan for several months now, I go back and read as much old posts as possible and I am an avid listener of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.castaclysm.com/&quot;&gt;Castaclysm &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href=&quot;http://calltoauction.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Call to Auction&lt;/a&gt;. So let&#39;s dive right into it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Chrgr]: I&#39;ve seen your posts about your mage on KT, I know you mentioned white quality shoulders as a good break in, but what else would you suggest to break into the AH for someone who doesn&#39;t travel the world doing quests or instances?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Markco]: Enchanting dusts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Chrgr]: You highlighted the Snatch feature in a recent blog post. How much gold should someone starting out have before starting to resonably use the snatch feature in Auctioneer?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Markco]: You can use snatch with only a few silver if you wanted to, but I would recommend resale scans before you get into snatch. Snatch is meant for profession manipulation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Chrgr]: Are there BG specific items that can be used to make gold in the AH?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Markco]: Free action potions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Chrgr]: How do you determine the duration (12, 24 or 48 hours) of your listing?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Markco]: Very complicated question, two quick examples: glyphs 12 hours, bags 48 hours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Chrgr]: And finally at what point do you transition from just Auctioneer to other addon&#39;s like QA3 etc.?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Markco]: Once you use professions to make gold instead of just flipping.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Chrgr]: Thanks again! It&#39;s always a pleasure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hmm... can&#39;t honestly say I&#39;ve been taking full advantage of some of his tips, until now that is! I will be getting my hands on the materials to make some Free Action Potions starting tomorrow morning! Also I think I have found that second profession for my bank alt of a Death Knight, Enchanting! I also have to say I was always curious how the &quot;professional&quot; auctioneers chose what type of durations to use. I always seem to post on 48 hours and just let it sit. I am going to be trying to post a few of the more critical things (like Glyphs) on a 12 hour scale and see how that does. I&#39;ll keep everyone posted on that! I am also going to be re-reading Markco&#39;s posts on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justmytwocopper.org/2010/06/17-steps-to-using-quick-auctions-3.html&quot;&gt;QA3&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justmytwocopper.org/2009/02/22-steps-to-using-auctioneer-correctly.html&quot;&gt;Auctioneer&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justmytwocopper.org/2010/06/how-to-use-snatch-tool.html&quot;&gt;Snatch Tool&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also recommend to anyone looking to make some good amount of gold before Cataclysm and going into Cataclysm to go and pick up Markco&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://d22de8viuk5ybw12lomlw6v05y.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=TAKINGBACK&quot;&gt;20k Leveling Gold Making Guide&lt;/a&gt;. No matter what level you are you should not be without the ability to purchase the items/spells you need. Make sure you can afford your mounts at 20, 40 and 70 (Both regular and Epic flight!). Don&#39;t prioritize your spells or gear based on the amount of gold, or god forbid silver that is in your characters pocket. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So thanks again Markco, and remember guys, Check him out on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.castaclysm.com/&quot;&gt;Castaclysm &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href=&quot;http://calltoauction.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Call to Auction&lt;/a&gt; as well as his blog at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.justmytwocopper.org/&quot;&gt;JustMyTwoCopper.Org&lt;/a&gt;.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/8734035710524750969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/07/some-surprises-are-worth-waiting-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/8734035710524750969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/8734035710524750969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/07/some-surprises-are-worth-waiting-for.html' title='Some Surprises are worth waiting for!!!'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-8084767261658851985</id><published>2010-07-17T19:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-17T19:41:46.905-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="BG"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Horde"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="WSG"/><title type='text'>1:7 = Bad Win Ratio</title><content type='html'>So WSG saw TLDNR and KTALGSTO today over several hours (about 4). It was nice finally getting to sit down and actually having some play time again. But, it also seems that the coordination available today was sub-par at best. We won our first round and lost 7 from there. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczB9bUfmLhIrV5mSvFoRfReeE0BSbVjS_P6Wo-JJ-Rw1NiBPYMekgbG3RkEH5oT8FBuOC5pGBcZadwABK9XoUqSUJhEXRvsgXF043c38wqthHKdW3_B-FO-Q8HZuqJD7XG4TWaUjtjeQ9/s1600/WoWScrnShot_071710_103648.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 125px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczB9bUfmLhIrV5mSvFoRfReeE0BSbVjS_P6Wo-JJ-Rw1NiBPYMekgbG3RkEH5oT8FBuOC5pGBcZadwABK9XoUqSUJhEXRvsgXF043c38wqthHKdW3_B-FO-Q8HZuqJD7XG4TWaUjtjeQ9/s200/WoWScrnShot_071710_103648.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495069187617724306&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The picture shown is of the winning team. And before you say &quot;you probably had more 16-19&#39;s than the other team&quot; I should point out that we had 4 people above level 16 and the other team had half of their crew above level 16. It was truly due to how much coordination was happening between those people that were of higher level and the fact that the high level characters knew their role in the game, to retrieve the flag and return it. Where as every round afterwards the high levels seemed to just sit in mid-field farming honor kills and allowing the level 10-13 to try and &quot;win it&quot;. And while we may have had a few good attempts, it was made very clear that we were not meant to carry the flag. And 5 out of 7 times we lost 0-3, when we probably could have at least given the Alliance a run for their money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, if you have a character on Nordrassil, either Alliance or Horde doesn&#39;t matter, and would like to try and make things happen in these BG&#39;s hit me up at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:takingbackpvp@gmail.com&quot;&gt;TakingBackPVP (at) Gmail.Com&lt;/a&gt; and we can setup an invite. At the moment it&#39;s still only me and KTALGSTO/Tinibubbles in either guild, so we would welcome the company. And once we have at least 5 people in either guild we will begin to schedule PVP premade events.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/8084767261658851985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/07/17-bad-win-ratio.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/8084767261658851985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/8084767261658851985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/07/17-bad-win-ratio.html' title='1:7 = Bad Win Ratio'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczB9bUfmLhIrV5mSvFoRfReeE0BSbVjS_P6Wo-JJ-Rw1NiBPYMekgbG3RkEH5oT8FBuOC5pGBcZadwABK9XoUqSUJhEXRvsgXF043c38wqthHKdW3_B-FO-Q8HZuqJD7XG4TWaUjtjeQ9/s72-c/WoWScrnShot_071710_103648.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-9217431170581334056</id><published>2010-07-16T22:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-16T22:46:05.144-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Off Topic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Update"/><title type='text'>Real Life Taking the Wheel...</title><content type='html'>Ok so I have been letting Real Life do the driving lately. Some might know I have been somewhat unemployed for the last 4-6 months. Why I say somewhat is because there are jobs out there that I could do, but my transportation situation went head over heals, also I have been considering a change of fields from Construction, and as of the last two weeks that opportunity has come about. I am currently entering into the Health Care field, I have been taking a very intense C.N.A. class as my first step towards a new career path. This is why I haven&#39;t been posting, I haven&#39;t had the opportunity to even come online really. BUT, I do have a new video program that I am hoping will work for recording since the last one kind of sucked. So after Wednesday I am doing Clinicals, meaning no more book work, no more class rooms, just eight hour work (Volunteer) days until the end of the month, but what this also means is a very set schedule. So I can start back onto the things that I enjoy, the blog and PVP. YAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lets just hope no more hot weather hits, or else my love for water will flare up and I will probably find myself at the lake or a river for the week ends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways, that&#39;s my update and I hope to get more content out very soon.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/9217431170581334056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/07/real-life-taking-wheel.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/9217431170581334056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/9217431170581334056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/07/real-life-taking-wheel.html' title='Real Life Taking the Wheel...'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-4262043892252762063</id><published>2010-06-27T22:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-27T22:12:00.399-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Holiday"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="World PVP"/><title type='text'>Lure of the Fire Festival</title><content type='html'>Why is it, whenever a Holiday comes around with PVP centered events, PVP centric people become in high demand despite 90% of the locations not requiring any real PVP?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have found that I am often requested to assist in PVP centric events due to my aggressive take charge nature that keeps me coming back and trying to kill the opposing faction. I didn&#39;t require doing any of the Fire Festival stuff this year on my main, yet I have participated in about 2/3 of the actual events, including assaulting each of the opposing factions major cities. Which only Undercity required any real PVP, the rest were just guards, this included Orgrimmar which did have people guarding the flame, but they focused on me and not my companions, making it very easy to deal with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I&#39;m not complaining I love PVP, especially world PVP, I only plan on PVE realms for the ease of leveling through quests (which I despise), and the fact that there are less people camping certain locations that I enjoy gathering (when I enjoy gathering). So, when the next holiday with PVP centric events comes around I recommend all of you take charge murder&#39;s offer your services to the less fortunate (for a nominal fee of course).</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/4262043892252762063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/lure-of-fire-festival.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/4262043892252762063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/4262043892252762063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/lure-of-fire-festival.html' title='Lure of the Fire Festival'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-4397699381529718434</id><published>2010-06-27T10:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-27T10:23:47.185-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Update"/><title type='text'>I&#39;m sorry....</title><content type='html'>With real life getting in the way this week and my schedule being completely blown I have not had the time to finish the &quot;special surprise&quot; I had promised earlier in the week. I am still hoping to get it done but in a little be longer time frame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for your patiences guys.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/4397699381529718434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/im-sorry.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/4397699381529718434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/4397699381529718434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/im-sorry.html' title='I&#39;m sorry....'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-2707021740017875076</id><published>2010-06-25T22:48:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-25T22:49:21.873-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Update"/><title type='text'>Much RL...</title><content type='html'>There has been a lot of RL happening lately. Being Unemployed in RL is annoying and I am also trying to change industries. So hopefully through the weekend I can get another post our two up, and maybe some more PVP time with video&#39;s!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/2707021740017875076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/much-rl.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/2707021740017875076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/2707021740017875076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/much-rl.html' title='Much RL...'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-4324134056489118705</id><published>2010-06-22T16:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-22T16:43:20.036-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PVP"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Video"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="WSG"/><title type='text'>WSG at level 11</title><content type='html'>&lt;object style=&quot;background-image:url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/LCbNaDqZVO8/hqdefault.jpg)&quot; width=&quot;384&quot; height=&quot;231&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/LCbNaDqZVO8&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/LCbNaDqZVO8&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&quot; width=&quot;384&quot; height=&quot;231&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;never&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; wmode=&quot;transparent&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Video of last nights fun and games&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/4324134056489118705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/wsg-at-level-11.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/4324134056489118705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/4324134056489118705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/wsg-at-level-11.html' title='WSG at level 11'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-1111150192204266002</id><published>2010-06-22T15:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-22T15:32:46.728-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Off Topic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Update"/><title type='text'>OMG... I&#39;m Dying</title><content type='html'>No not in PVP (that&#39;s pretty typical actually, me and the Spirit Healer even have a secret hand shake at this point). I just got back from getting my new mountain bike and I ended up riding 7+ miles home. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here&#39;s a little secret... I haven&#39;t ridden a bike in over 6 years, and when I did at that time it was just down to the &quot;corner store&quot; about 4 blocks away, and no they weren&#39;t long blocks. So in all reality I haven&#39;t rode a bike with any serious intent in over 12 years. And today I decided &quot;I&#39;m super-duper I can ride 7 miles! No problem!&quot;  ok, just letting everyone know. PROBLEM!!! And what&#39;s sick is I&#39;ve lined myself up to go for the rest of the week to and from appointments in our town on this bike! that&#39;s at a minimum of 7 miles each way! Totaling 14+ miles a day!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I officially request an application to be committed. But anyways, I&#39;m home and I am prepping to get the video from last night in order to be able to post it on Youtube, so hopefully I will have another post coming out later this evening. Though I&#39;m going to pre-apologize I only have Microsoft Movie Editor at the moment, I am cheap and I haven&#39;t found a really good Open Source option to utilize, so if anyone has any advice hit me up at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:takingbackpvp@gmail.com?subject=Video Editing Software&quot;&gt;TakingBackPVP@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/1111150192204266002/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/omg-im-dying.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/1111150192204266002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/1111150192204266002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/omg-im-dying.html' title='OMG... I&#39;m Dying'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-4704169579889772701</id><published>2010-06-21T23:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-22T00:27:30.528-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="BG"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PVP"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="WSG"/><title type='text'>Moar PVP</title><content type='html'>We made our way into WSG on Chrgr and Tinibubbles again this evening. Had one miserable failure and then a pretty decent, we were up against evenly leveled opponents and I had some fun chasing down level 14 hunters and teaching them what the backside of a warriors hand feels like as I pimp slapped them.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Having a pocket healer is so awesome!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I also got some video of the 2nd encounter. As well as a screen shot of the winning team. Those will be in a post tomorrow!&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/4704169579889772701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/moar-pvp.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/4704169579889772701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/4704169579889772701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/moar-pvp.html' title='Moar PVP'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-8445466225295551784</id><published>2010-06-20T21:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T21:50:00.442-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Update"/><title type='text'>Special Treat</title><content type='html'>For those that have stumbled across this blog so far, I apologize that I have had to take about a week off, things have gotten real hectic in reality, but hopefully I will be smoothing them out in short order. Also I am hoping to have a special treat so keep and eye out for that in the very near future, Also expect a revival of the Level 29 Arena teams concepts. So stay tuned, I&#39;ll definitely be back.&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-tab-span&quot; style=&quot;white-space:pre&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/8445466225295551784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/special-treat.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/8445466225295551784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/8445466225295551784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/special-treat.html' title='Special Treat'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-3861522563664597487</id><published>2010-06-12T16:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-12T16:21:00.324-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="BG"/><title type='text'>Cross Battlegroup BG&#39;s?!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Wow is all I have to say.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;While sifting through many Wow.com articles I actually stumbled across &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wow.com/2010/06/11/cataclysm-to-bring-region-wide-battlegrounds/&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; after reading about the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wow.com/2010/06/12/war-games-mode-coming-to-cataclysm-battlegrounds/&quot;&gt;War Games article&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yet another post by Mr. Tom Chilton that sends chills down my spine. I am now waiting for him to say that BG&#39;s will be in brackets of 5 levels (which with the level cap being 85 still makes sense to me).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;We&#39;re currently expecting both normal and rated battlegrounds to be  cross-battlegroup (within a region) for the launch of &lt;em&gt;Cataclysm&lt;/em&gt;.  So, players queueing from anywhere in North America (for example) could  play vs players on any North American battlegroup, etc. This applies to  all regions, not just North America.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25170782836&amp;amp;pageNo=9#166&quot;&gt;Here is the source.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/3861522563664597487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/cross-battlegroup-bgs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/3861522563664597487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/3861522563664597487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/cross-battlegroup-bgs.html' title='Cross Battlegroup BG&#39;s?!'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-8727670031458395448</id><published>2010-06-12T14:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-12T14:13:00.289-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="BG"/><title type='text'>War Games</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;Hello,&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I&#39;m back, kind of.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There will probably be a bit of a delay on any more PVP related posts due to a compatibility issue with windows 7 and my wireless card, at the moment I am posting from my laptop which, while great for browsing and posting to my blog, isn&#39;t that great for WoW. Can we say 13 FPS in the middle of the night when no-one is on?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well, aside from that I am happy to make mention of something I stumbled across on the WoW.com blog, pertaining to a&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wow.com/2010/06/12/war-games-mode-coming-to-cataclysm-battlegrounds/&quot;&gt; War Games style PvP&lt;/a&gt; option that may come sometime in Cataclysm. Now remember, they haven&#39;t said it&#39;s for sure, but rather &quot;something they are working on&quot;. Remember dance studios?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here&#39;s the quote from Tom Chilton:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blue&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;hr color=&quot;#9e9e9e&quot; noshade=&quot;noshade&quot; size=&quot;1&quot;&gt; &lt;small class=&quot;white&quot;&gt;Q u o t e:&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Too bad. Cross-server BGs were one of the things that, while convenient,  overall have hurt the game and it&#39;s sense of community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At least an option to only queue on-server would be nice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color=&quot;#9e9e9e&quot; noshade=&quot;noshade&quot; size=&quot;1&quot;&gt; &lt;/small&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We&#39;re simultaneously working on a &quot;war games&quot; mode for battlegrounds  that allows groups to challenge other groups to a battle in a specific  battleground (including horde vs horde and alliance vs alliance).  Granted, the rewards aren&#39;t significant, but it&#39;s more for players to be  able to have fun battling their guildmates and friends or for players  on a server to throw down for the sake of pride and bragging rights. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blue&quot;&gt;... You&#39;ll still only be grouped with players of your  language, although your opponents can be from whatever part of the  region, regardless of language. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blue&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?sid=1&amp;amp;topicId=25170782836&amp;amp;pageNo=16#311&quot;&gt;Here&#39;s the source.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;blue&quot;&gt;This is very exciting news for anyone that likes organized PvP and has been wanting some more organization in BG&#39;s, especially with rated BG&#39;s coming into play in Cataclysm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/8727670031458395448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/war-games.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/8727670031458395448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/8727670031458395448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/war-games.html' title='War Games'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-8416575954101738909</id><published>2010-06-08T23:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T23:48:08.818-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Off Topic"/><title type='text'>2 days of no PVP</title><content type='html'>I don&#39;t believe we will be able to get into any BG&#39;s and I think we will be lucky to even get online tomorrow, but maybe Thursday. I am finally giving in and installing Windows 7 on our computers. So wish me luck.&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-tab-span&quot; style=&quot;white-space:pre&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/8416575954101738909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/2-days-of-no-pvp.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/8416575954101738909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/8416575954101738909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/2-days-of-no-pvp.html' title='2 days of no PVP'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-6929245976192191353</id><published>2010-06-08T14:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T14:36:00.672-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Off Topic"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Video"/><title type='text'>Boo to Playitall Media Player</title><content type='html'>Well, there was going to be a video... I say was because when I went to go preview it I realized it was FREAKIN HUGE (4gb which is max for AVI). So I went on a search for a good program to chop it up and make pretty macaroni art out of it. But anyways, during my search I stumbled across a video player boasting to be able to play larger AVI files. So I downloaded it, ran virus scan etc. It was clean... &lt;b&gt;CLEAN&lt;/b&gt;. But, it still didn&#39;t work. I&#39;m not one to keep a program around if it&#39;s not going to do the job I&#39;ve tasked it for, so I went and uninstalled it. Well without any warning of &quot;you should close everything before uninstalling&quot; or anything like that, it proceeded to punch holes in my registry pertaining to ALL of my file associations. I was unable to run any .exe files, .com files or any other software files, I was able to open pictures, but that was about it. I couldn&#39;t even run regedit or get to the command prompt from Start&gt;Run. Luckily for me I still had firefox open and was able to locate a help file that had some registry files to reallocate file associations. This worked, for the most part.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This morning I went back to searching. And I came across yet another realization. It also corrupted&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;my avi file association and all of my Windows Media Player codec&#39;s.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So I say Boo to you Mr. PlayItAll coder. And I recommend anyone who has this get rid of it, but be very careful about it.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/6929245976192191353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/boo-to-playitall-media-player.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/6929245976192191353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/6929245976192191353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/boo-to-playitall-media-player.html' title='Boo to Playitall Media Player'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-4565133369787571429</id><published>2010-06-07T18:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-07T18:42:00.516-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PVP"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="WSG"/><title type='text'>PVPing evening of 6/6</title><content type='html'>So we were able to attempt 3 BG&#39;s in out 90 minute time frame on Chrgr and Tinibubbles. This was very interesting as the first one was against a 5 man Horde premade (didn&#39;t realize they still existed). The 2nd had a warrior on our side that decided the level 10 was a better flag carrier than him (a level 19 warrior with Ress BoA gear). Both were miserable losses. Tini didn&#39;t want to continue, but I smoothed it over and suggested we do just 1 more cause I was certain I would hit level 11 if we did.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So we ventured into the third and final battleground of the night. All but two people were level 15 or below, this did my heart good to see so many low levels trying to attain some experience through PvP, what else did my heart good was that there were only 3 people from the same server on the Horde side. Well the two level 19&#39;s went straight for the flag, one branched off and started picking off low level horde while myself and Tini followed the level 19 priest to the flag, he picked it up and we covered his attempt to go cap. Well during this time the Horde had gotten our flag. But by the time we had gotten back to base someone had reclaimed it and we capped. 2nd Horde flag snatch happened within seconds and as I was approaching the base of the Horde GY I suddenly saw a hunter in a pink dress careening past us. At first I was like &quot;GO GO!!&quot; and all excited, then suddenly I realized this person was blinking and wasn&#39;t stopping with the speed. Not to mention they didn&#39;t have the speed buff from the main tunnel. My suspicions were confirmed when someone else asked what the deal was with the speed hack. Upon further watching this person as they ran back out of our base to drop the flag right infront of the Horde base it was confirmed that they indeed were using a speed hack, and indeed was wearing all white gear and one of those pieces was nothing more than a pink dress.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hopefully I will have the video up on Youtube by the time this goes out, or within a day from it. We did win, but I feel a little dirty about our second cap, but the other two captures were 100% legit! AND we did in fact ding to level 11 tonight. So after Memorial Day weekend and a bit of a tough week on our mains we are back in the swing of things.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/4565133369787571429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/pvping-evening-of-66.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/4565133369787571429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/4565133369787571429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/pvping-evening-of-66.html' title='PVPing evening of 6/6'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-5776498477792546337</id><published>2010-06-06T22:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-07T01:26:16.406-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Off Topic"/><title type='text'>Real Quick</title><content type='html'>I want to give a shout out to Gelvin over at &lt;a href=&quot;http://greedygoblin.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Greedy Goblin&lt;/a&gt;. He has done something many would consider impossible. He has assembled a group of people of such substantial quality that they are officially clearing ICC 10 in all blue gear. They have done Naxx, Ulduar, ToC, Ony, and now are working on progression through ICC10, they have downed all 4 bosses from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=4531&quot;&gt;Storming the Citadel&lt;/a&gt; and then moved on to down Rotface and Festergut, and then last night they downed the Blood Council. To many this is an amazing feat, where others are probably still non-believers. I truly wish I was on a EU account each time I get these posts. BUT, I would like to mention that there is a US version still trying to get under way. You can find them by following &lt;a href=&quot;http://undergeared.omgforum.net/undergeared-in-us-f6/&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;. I am personally a part of it but truly I think we need more supporters on the US side, so if you have any interest in making WoW history in the US, take Gelvin&#39;s Undergeared guild as a motivation, come get your blue gear and help us start working on content on US-Forgotten Coast-[A]</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/5776498477792546337/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/real-quick.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/5776498477792546337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/5776498477792546337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/real-quick.html' title='Real Quick'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-1777554277406479703</id><published>2010-06-04T21:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T10:53:21.394-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="BG"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Cataclysm"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PVP"/><title type='text'>Twilight Highlands: Twin Peaks</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;I am very excited that they just released the information for this amazing looking battleground! Check it out for yourself here:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Located within the Twilight Highlands, the Twin Peaks remains a crucial point of high ground for staging effective and debilitating attacks against the black dragonflight and the Twilight&#39;s Hammer, who dominate this foreboding environment. And now, two previous occupants of the nearby city of Grim Batol vie once again for control of the peaks&#39; defenses. The Wildhammer clan, architects and original owners of the once-great fortress city, maintains some operations in forested outposts of the highlands. The Wildhammers now call upon heroes of the Alliance to help claim the peaks and fend off the Dragonmaw orcs. The Dragonmaw clan, having spent years working to enslave red dragons, once again provides strategic importance to the Horde. As the Dragonmaw and Wildhammers fight for territory they once called home, the Alliance and Horde carry out the struggle to control the Twin Peaks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Capture the Flag&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Twin Peaks is a new 10 vs. 10, capture-the-flag-style battleground. Much like in Warsong Gulch, players must work to dominate variable terrain, infiltrate the enemy base, and steal the enemy flag, returning it to their fortress while remaining in control of their own flag. The first faction to capture three enemy flags before time expires will win the battle.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dominating the Terrain&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Although the Wildhammer and Dragonmaw bases are virtually identical, the terrain surrounding each base is not. Players will need to work to control an asymmetrical field where the mountain peaks are divided by a valley river. A single bridge over the river serves as a choke point in the center of the map; although deep, the river can be crossed. On either side of the river sits an outpost where temporary character enhancements can be claimed. In addition, tree stumps and rocks throughout the valley create strategic points for you to use line of sight to your advantage. To prevent absolute domination by one faction through its control of the enemy graveyard, the Horde and Alliance players resurrected in Twin Peaks will spawn from one of two graveyards per faction.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wildhammer Longhouse&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Serving as the Alliance stronghold in the north, the Wildhammer Longhouse hovers above the valley, atop a series of plateaus. With three entrances to the complex, players have two primary means of reaching the longhouse: scaling the plateaus to the northwest, or using the stairwell up the middle in order to access any of the three openings. Be careful, though! Falling or being knocked off the cliff can not only cause damage, but it can also hinder a successful offensive against or defense of the base.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Dragonmaw Clan Compound&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Acting as the Horde base in the south, the Dragonmaw Clan Compound sits over a body of water into which the valley&#39;s river feeds. With three entrances to the compound, players have a few means of getting inside. One entrance on the southeast side requires riding up an incline and crossing a knee-deep river. A second entrance is through a water pipeline leading from the surrounding lake, while the main entrance can be accessed via a bridge over the waterfront. You&#39;ll want to be aware of your surroundings when you use the main entrance, though, because players can be knocked down into the water, slowing their advance or crippling their defense.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Those who seek to control Twin Peaks will face an intense battle. The lands surrounding this ever-troubled location are key strategic strongholds of Deathwing and all of his followers. The Twilight Highlands are as rich with history as they are fraught with disaster and tragedy. Will the Dragonmaw clan, reinforced by Garrosh&#39;s Horde, take control? Or will it be the Wildhammer dwarves, reunited with their Ironforge brethren and accepted into the Alliance, who seize the peaks?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/features/twinpeaks.html&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/1777554277406479703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/twilight-highlands-twin-peaks.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/1777554277406479703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/1777554277406479703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/twilight-highlands-twin-peaks.html' title='Twilight Highlands: Twin Peaks'/><author><name>Wikid</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03725277949634026496</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3suYkS-1Lakz7yHJnDhK1A6ZdwYy8xiqh0HIFlR9FMq6aGnSmcXpJqw-izw5IUqHoYQ27dhFYwieEdWyXumYl__q6O0Sc3anj__jl3DALlGOtqdSNWSPdSIVQVakHYo/s220/TBPVP.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-6495558197498492254</id><published>2010-06-03T23:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-03T23:28:36.879-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Off Topic"/><title type='text'>Goal for Tomorrow...</title><content type='html'>I have set up a goal for myself for tomorrow. It will be to get fraps going and ready to start doing some video&#39;s. I will also be setting up a YouTube channel, so be prepared for that!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/6495558197498492254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/goal-for-tomorrow.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/6495558197498492254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/6495558197498492254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/goal-for-tomorrow.html' title='Goal for Tomorrow...'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-2141715413703174816</id><published>2010-06-02T22:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-03T01:34:54.558-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="guild"/><title type='text'>Guild Rules</title><content type='html'>Here are the rules for both guilds, we like to think that most people that would join a social environment would be able to follow the basics of common sense, so these are going to just be basic outlines and can/will be elaborated on as needed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;General:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you cannot resolve an issue as civilized adults both parties will likely be dismissed from the guild. We are all here to enjoy our time on the game, not put up with drama.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;While PvP is encouraged it is not mandatory.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you sign up for a premade you are expected to show up, even if  you are on standby.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Constructive criticism is welcomed, flaming is not.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Offenses will result in one of two disciplinary actions, 1st - you will be spoken to by one of the officers.  2nd - you will be removed from the guild. Some offenses may be deemed worthy of going straight to a gkick, but we would rather resolve the issues as adults.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;If you have accepted a premade invitation and do not show you will be put on standby for 2 weeks afterward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Guild Bank / Item Enhancements:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The guild bank will not be used to store your personal items, or items that are not pertinent to PvP. All items that go into the guild bank will be purchasable through an officer. Many of us have professions that have item enhancements as craftables. These item enhancements will be purchasable based on 6x vendor value.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Established events:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All guild events should have invites started at least 20 minutes prior to the events start time. This should allow the event to start on time. The good thing about the fact that we primarily perform battlegroup premades is that it can be started without you, making you have to wait until the next round to start with everyone else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;VoiP Etiquette:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lets try to keep it as clean as possible. Some people have kids in the same room as they are in and would rather not hear your crude comments/jokes. Breech of VoiP etiquette will result in the same disciplinary actions as in game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, these should seem like basics to most people. Which means I shouldn&#39;t have to go to far into detail. I like to keep it simple. I hope this works for anyone interested in joining the guild.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/2141715413703174816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/guild-rules.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/2141715413703174816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/2141715413703174816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/06/guild-rules.html' title='Guild Rules'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-3144098754902546857</id><published>2010-05-30T11:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-01T01:53:14.781-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PVE"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PVP"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Raiding"/><title type='text'>Does PvP Teach You PvE Techniques?</title><content type='html'>I&#39;m sorry for this rant, yes it stems from my mains&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From my experience in all 4 aspects of group composition the answer to &quot;Does PvP Teach You PvE Techniques?&quot; the answer is &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;YES&lt;/span&gt;. As a healer this teaches you triage and how to gauge your heals in a pinch situation. As a tank it teaches you positioning and awareness. As a melee it teaches you how to angle yourself for the best damage output as well as additional raid awareness. But where it really comes into play is when you are a ranged DPSer. This is because as you can see with the other 3 aspects it teaches you awareness, but for a ranged DPSer there is one additional point that PvP teaches you that seems to be very lacking in many of the current players.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I say to you &quot;Hardcore&quot; PvE fanatics. Try a battleground or two, and see how much harder it is to just face roll through. PvP takes skill that cannot be honed in PvE content, yet every bit of experience you would receive from PvP will help you in a PvE environment.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/3144098754902546857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/05/does-pvp-teach-you-pve-techniques.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/3144098754902546857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/3144098754902546857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/05/does-pvp-teach-you-pve-techniques.html' title='Does PvP Teach You PvE Techniques?'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725121092336639575.post-6025212241211179780</id><published>2010-05-29T22:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-29T16:33:59.056-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Leveling"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="PVP"/><title type='text'>Why BG Brackets should be shrunk.</title><content type='html'>I&#39;ve enjoyed BG&#39;s since the first time I stepped into WSG on my paladin. The fast paced, unpredictable action was a big lure for me. But what always got me was that while I was leveling I would pop a bracket and suddenly I was completely out matched, so I had to do more leveling to get up to a competitive level again, this magic range was the #5 - #9 range. I always asked myself why only the top 5 levels in a bracket were &quot;supposed&quot; to be there. Then Blizzard released patch 3.2 and allowed leveling via PvP. I was in love, there was a sudden rush of people that were below this magical range coming in and getting slaughtered right along side of me. Not to mention that there were all of those &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;twinks&lt;/span&gt; that didn&#39;t read patch notes suddenly leveling out of the bracket that they so loved. Two of my favorite things were suddenly occurring, crying and mass murder on a pixel level. But, this didn&#39;t last long, most of the twinks, on my battlegroup, that had read the patch notes, became mothballed. And soon the mindset of &quot;Level until you&#39;re #5 - #9&quot; returned because as we all know the prior levels were not very useful and easily one shot. This is the purpose behind this blog though, to change that concept.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, back to the concept. If BG brackets were shrunk down to a 5 level bracket, you would have 100% competition in all levels, it would equal the playing field. The fact that this concept didn&#39;t come with leveling in BG&#39;s still baffles me. I mean you don&#39;t go into an instance that has mobs or bosses that are 8-9 levels higher than you and expect to do any damage, and that idea was the foundation of placement through the Random Dungeon Finder. So why wouldn&#39;t a BG allow you to be more competitive?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most of my characters have been able to take on mobs that are up to 5 levels higher than them and succeed. This has held true through World and Organized PVP also. So if I had a level 10 fresh into the bracket, I can compete with most people up to level 15, but obviously once they hit 16-19 it is nearly impossible to hit them and they can usually do enough damage to kill me in two to three hits if I don&#39;t have a healer behind me. So, for a pure leveling experience that allows for a balanced competition between the two factions it is logical that offering a 5 level bracket would bring more interest to the PVP aspect of the game. I am sure many people are put off by the fact that they can&#39;t be competitive at all levels, where as in instances you have a set choice of instances that you can be competitive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would honestly like to see this change in Cataclysm with the rest of the perspective changes. I imagine many changes are going to occur in the battlegrounds with the rated battleground concept. Since they are looking to organize battlegrounds more I can see a reduction in the amount of people required for AV as one of the major changes, and hopefully this change will come along with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As always, we are still recruiting in both guilds, hit me up with an &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:takingbackpvp@gmail.com&quot;&gt;email &lt;/a&gt;or catch TLDNR [H] / CHRGR [A] or KTALGSTO [H] / Tinibubbles [A] online. You can also find me on &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/TakingBackPVP&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/feeds/6025212241211179780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/05/why-bg-brackets-should-be-shrunk.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/6025212241211179780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3725121092336639575/posts/default/6025212241211179780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://takingbackpvp.blogspot.com/2010/05/why-bg-brackets-should-be-shrunk.html' title='Why BG Brackets should be shrunk.'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>