WoW, Gadgets, and a Plug

Posted by Stropp on April 15, 2008

Wow. What a weekend.

I finally hit level 63 with my Orc Hunter. I got a little bored with the quests in Zangarmarsh about three quarters of the way through the level and decided to see what Terokkar Forest held in store for me. I’d already done a little bit of exploring and had got the flight point in Shattrath City — needed to get a portal back to Org at level 62 in any case — but I decided to ride in.

I picked up the first quests near the Cenarian Thicket and worked on those. It was then into the Bone Wastes where I found a bunch of refugees who needed my help and while doing those quests found myself in Stonebreaker Hold. So many quest markers, not enough space in the journal.

So I deleted a bunch of quests left over from Hellfire Peninsula and the group quests from Zangarmarsh. I then loaded up on the Stonebreaker Quests, picked up the flight point, and got stuck into it.

While I was hunting Warp Stalkers I popped the level. Woo Hoo!

A little after dinging my ADD kicked in and I decided to have a little vacation in Nagrand. So I rode around there for a while and uncovered quite bit of the map. I also got to see the biggest diamond in the universe. Selaeya, my Belfadin, wants it. After all diamonds are a girls best friend. All she has to do to get it is to level high enough and wrest it from the cold dead hands of the demons guarding it.

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was going to be taking a trip to Sydney in May. Well that’s still on, and partly what I spent the other bit of my weekend on.

I headed into town on Saturday morning to buy myself a new camera. I had already decided on a Nikon D40X DSLR, and just needed to find a store that sold them and had one in stock. They’re a pretty popular camera from what I’ve been told. I ended up buying from a place called Ted’s Camera Store at Rundle Street in Adelaide.

Why the plug for Ted’s?

I was also looking at buying a GPS system for the trip, and the brand I had selected was around 600 to 850 Aussie dollars. The unit I wanted, a Tom Tom, was recommended as the best in Choice Magazine (an Australian consumer mag, they review heaps of products and rate each one, I also used them for the camera) and Ted’s only had the display unit left. The camera was A$1100, and Ted’s did a deal for the camera, a free case, extended warranty, lens protectors, and the GPS for about A$1500. I walked out of the store very happy.

Needless to say, the rest of the weekend — aside from WoW and a birthday dinner — was spent playing with the gadgets. In retrospect, it’s amazing I spent any time in the game at all!

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