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[edgydadsong]

A Debate

In the heart of Orgrimmar, the capital city of the Horde, a great debate was brewing. Thrall, the former Warchief of the Horde and a powerful shaman, stood on one side of the stage, his green-skinned visage radiating wisdom and authority. On the other side stood an unexpected figure, a human in a crisp suit and tie – Ben Shapiro, renowned for his quick wit and debating prowess.

The subject of their debate was a matter of utmost importance to the Horde: the usage of necromancy in Durotar, the barren land Thrall had worked tirelessly to build into a thriving orcish homeland. The audience was a diverse mix of Horde members, curious bystanders, and even a few Alliance emissaries who had come to witness this historic clash of ideas.

Thrall, his voice echoing through the amphitheater, began, "Ladies and gentlemen of the Horde, we gather here today to discuss a pressing matter: the use of necromancy within our borders. We have seen the destructive power of this dark magic, and we must decide if it has a place in our land."

The crowd stirred, whispers and murmurs filling the air. Ben Shapiro, calm and composed, stepped forward. "Warchief Thrall," he began, "I understand your concerns, but we cannot ignore the fact that necromancy has its uses. It can be harnessed for the greater good, to protect our people and ensure their safety."

Thrall raised a hand to silence the audience, his eyes locked on Ben. "I do not deny its potential power, but the very essence of necromancy is entwined with death and decay. It is a dark path that corrupts the soul. We must not tread it lightly."

Ben Shapiro countered, "But, Warchief, if we dismiss it outright, are we not closing ourselves off to a valuable resource? We could use necromancy to raise our fallen warriors, to bolster our defenses in times of dire need."

The audience was divided, some nodding in agreement with Ben's pragmatic approach, while others clung to Thrall's cautionary words. The debate raged on, each argument met with a counterargument, each point countered with another.

As the sun dipped below the horizon, Thrall and Ben Shapiro continued their impassioned debate. Thrall spoke of honor, tradition, and the sanctity of life. Ben defended the practicality of necromancy and its potential benefits. It seemed like neither side would yield.

Finally, Thrall raised his hand one last time, calling for silence. "I have heard your arguments, Ben Shapiro, and I understand your perspective. But I cannot compromise the values that the Horde holds dear. Necromancy, while it may offer power, comes at too great a cost to our very souls."

Ben nodded in respect, recognizing the depth of Thrall's conviction. "Warchief, I may not agree with your decision, but I respect your dedication to your people and their well-being."

With that, the debate concluded, and the audience dispersed, each individual left to ponder the weighty matters discussed that day. The clash between Thrall and Ben Shapiro had been a thought-provoking exchange, a testament to the importance of open dialogue in the ever-evolving world of Azeroth.

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I'm not old.

The Burning Crusade Classic is two weeks in from launch. And I can't bring myself to give a shit about reaching leveling 70. I decided to leave my character sit at level 58 for the time being til the patch that increases the XP Gains in TBC. Why? I have no interest in raiding that old content. If I want to see it, I can simply log into Retail right now on a level 60, and go farm the living hell out of Black Temple or Kara, or Gruul or any thing really. It's all there on Retail right now! Not much was changed in TBC leveling content. The few things they did change was remove a few quests here and there, or shorten the amount of time it takes to do them in some fashion or another. But mostly, it's all there on Retail. Wanna farm rep for the Consortium? You can do that peacefully in Retail. Wanna farm Nethwing eggs so you can get the mount? You can do that with Zero competition for quests in Retail.

Now mind you, I'm not trying to shit on the players who want to relive TBC when it was relevant and difficult. I understand why players want that experience. I'm just saying for myself, I realized since the Classic launch that there was really zero reason for me to invest the time in.

To be honest I feel the same way about Wrath Classic. It will be a thing of course. We know it. But I've already experienced Wrath. Hell I can say I am one of the many who had the Immortal title.. I say had because it was on an old WoW Account I lost access to way back in 2009 when I accidently locked myself out of the account because I did a boo boo and formatted my iPod Touch which has that fucking stupid ass Battlenet Authenticator. I was never able to unlock it because the account originally did not belong to me. It was my brothers and he lost all the info and associated to it years ago.

Anyways.. you think you do... but you don't. He wasn't wrong. And and for many people like me, he was right.

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The Foo Fighters maybe need to call it a day

Perhaps it’s time for Dave to move on from the guys. Let them do their own thing, while he does the same. The 10th album in their catalog “Medicine at Midnight”, doesn’t transcribe a sense of “New”. It’s more of Dave’s attempt at trying to sound fresh & new, when he’s just borrowing heavily from Queen and Bowie, and kind of flopping at the imitation. Rock is not dead. It’s just not exactly breaking any new grounds, where it once stomped on Pop music in it’s day. It’s become exactly that. An imitation of an imitation. Like a fat Marilyn Manson forgetting he’s living in 2021 and Millennials are just finding out that yeah, “he’s kind of a fucking asshole who abuses people”. The guy wrote a book about it in the late 90s, remember? Or did the black nail polish poison your ability to critically think because you kept chewing on your nails?

I’m approaching my mid 40s. Everything I once loved is boring or mundane. Even seeing my peers gripping to their old Alt-90s, Goth brewed, ways, is falling hard on the cringe factor these days. I get what Gen Z scoffs at. Because I find myself doing the same. It’s kind of lame really. 

Oh yeah. The Foo Fighters. The new album sucks. I mean it’s just kind of “There”, as the last three albums have been. I will go out on a limb and say that “Wasting Light” was the Foos last good album. At the heart it still had what made the Foo Fighters a good band. They even went as far as recording the whole thing with Analog equipment, and no Pro-Tools. The work shows.

“Medicine at Midnight”, is too much sound. Too much wailing for wailings sake. Too much of Dave trying to be this Super Hero Rock Guy, who ditched his aggressive, Punk roots, in favor of “Inspirational” Dad Arena Rock. That’s what the Foo Fighters are now. Uplifting Dad Rock. I’m not a Dad. Maybe that’s why I don’t click with it. I’m not digging the Garage Rock Anthem shit he’s going for.

 Ah well. It could be worse. It could be Dave just churning out Arcade Fire covers.

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It’s time to address that Tumblr still has an ageism problem

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I thought I deleted this account?

Hello from 2021! The last update I ever made on this account was waaaay back in March of 2018. Almost three years ago! I thought I had deleted this account funny enough. It’s what I usually do when I tire of things online. I just delete it. But, I have not apparently.

 It’s fun to go back and read what my mindset was at the time. I hated Legion? Wow! And here I thought I enjoyed it. No apparently I hated Legion a lot for out of all things: The plentiful Loot drops! Boooy how the tables have turned since then. Because in Shadowlands, there ain’t shit all when it comes to loot. Or more specifically, the loot drop rates suck! Oh no no, there’s still World Quests, and such. The problem now is nothing worth your time drops from it. The biggest waste of time in my opinion is Torghast. A never-ending tower of time waste in which your objective is to beat the boss, and get Soul Ash, a resource used in creating Legendaries! Blizzard keeps pushing that it was inspired by Roguelike games. The problem there is that they forgot a core thing when it comes to those games: Loot progression.. or at the very least any progression at all. Torghast is unfortunately a great idea, but with zero meat on the bones. It’s essentially what Expedition Islands were in BFA. Great idea, no fucking reward or means to do it other than Resource farming... ugh! They never learn.

I stand by my March 2018 post. I was right about a lot of things even then. Shadowlands only saving grace is that it’s not Battle For Azeroth. I wish I had written about BFA on here. Because it was a god awful expansion I did very little in beyond unlocking Allied Races, and leveling them. That is all I did in BFA! There was zero fucking reason to do anything else in that expansion. They killed LFR in my opinion, which funny enough was the only thing keeping me logging on each week back in Legion. Oh it ain’t like that anymore. Not even in Shadowlands.

The big gripe going on with Shadowlands is as I said lack of loot drops. Even the hardcore M+ guys aren’t happy with it. So what’s Blizzard’s response: VALOR!!! Yes Valor is back on the menu come 9.0.5. And no one is happy about it. Now me, having suggested this in the past, I’m not very excited for it either. But that’s only because I don’t do Mythic Plus dungeons. The Valor incentive doesn’t entice me enough to bother. It’s an idea I suggested back in BFA, because I was drawing inspiration from the Wrath days when you’d farm Heroics for Valor points and bought your upgrades from Venders with it. It was great for me. Old Vets like Totalbiscuit hated it.

There’s more to the Valor in Mythic+ than I would wish to talk about because again, I don’t do the content to begin with. I would like to see a stronger incentive behind it though. If you want players like me to go bother with those Mythics, you need to offer a little more to get us to endure the rejection process of doing the content in the first place. Because they fail to see that the heart of Mythic+ is the barrier to Entry provided by the community itself. You’re only ivl 190? Get fucked kid. Go waste someone elses time! Yeah, no thank you sir.

Perhaps Blizzard recognizes this issue though. 

So what else has happened since 2018? Oh yeah there’s a world wide Pandemic. My mother passed away back in 2019. I’m jobless and living off an elderly relative.  I’m 44 years old now. I hate everything. Music sucks. Rock is dead. Zoomers are killing us Boomers by licking doorknobs. Donald Trump tried to do a coup with his legion of brainrotted followers. They attacked the Capitol on the 6th of January. 

Your God is dead. And no one cares. If there is a hell. I’ll see you there ~ Ronald Reagan

[edgydadsong]

World of Warcraft Sucks

WoW DED GAEM :LUL

Except, this idiotic meme couldn’t be further from the truth.

If there’s any indication that it’s time to walk away from this game, it’s now.

Underneath Legion’s shiney and inviting exterior lies an insidious, and deceptive tactic that Blizzard-Activision has been injecting into their games since Mists of Pandaria.

Mists was a proof of concept for the company. An experiment that rivals the hardest drug dealer on the block. They inserted free loots, into the heads of everyone with the last patch, that introduced players to the Loot Island.. AKA The Timeless Isles. Just fly on over, and grab your free loots. It was that bloody simple. And it was addictive. So addictive, that it kept people there for a year and a half. 

This trend continued into Legion, with the invention of Warforged/Titanforged gear drops. You could literally get a 930 piece of loot from an Elite mob... something you could probably solo for.

You know the shit is broken, when you see people running around in 950+ gear, and look at their armory to see they haven’t even stepped foot into a Mythic+ dungeon.  I have that much on my main, and all I did was World Quests, Invasion Points, and Elites on Argus. 

Oh no I’m very honest about my gameplay habits these days. I’m no hardcore Raider here. I dropped Progression Raiding back in WoD, due to time restraints, and the lack of commitment I had for raiding in general. 

Nah, there’s no reason to do Normal Raids. And even with the promise of neutering Titanforged gear in Battle for Azeroth, I hold little faith left in this game, that use to reward players for the hard work they put into it.

Warcraft is no longer an MMORPG. The RPG portion of it was removed a long time ago, back in Cataclysm.

Instead what you see now is a thematic, cinematic, linear, story telling, Disney adventure. Fermenting in a brine of RNG Lootcrate/Lootbox addictive tactics, disguised as regular ol, Loot Drops. What do you think Mythic+ dungeons are for? It ain’t for the god damn challenge, that’s for sure. Nah man, you boys & girls grinding that shit out weekly for your Loot Chests, are falling for the same bullshit you’ll find in games like Overwatch and Destiny. You’re just keeping that hamster wheel rolling.

It’s a game that’s lost it’s RPG roots in favor of Call of Duty bullshit leveling. And this! This is what it really is. It’s Call of fucking Duty. It’s fucking Destiny. It’s Diablo 3!!!

This is why I think people like Ghostcrawler and Metzen left the company. They saw the writing on the wall. It’s not Blizzard. It’s Activision.  Want more examples?: What do you think the Services and Blizzard Store is for? $25 - $30 mounts. $60 Level Boosts. All fucking Micro-transactions, my friends. Although I’d call them Macro-transactions. Because fuck $60 bucks for a 110.

They don’t have to sell gear or skins to you guys. They got you covered by dropping mounts and battle pets on the store. And lord knows, one of you guys hates your realm you play on. And you’re easy to get to drop $25 for a server transfer. Add another $25 if you hate playing Alliance and want to go horde.

I’m willing to bet WoW Players are a huge cashcow for them, compared to the guys who buy Lootboxes and Hearthstone card packs.

Shit! People broke the servers the day they released the Pre-order for BFA.... A FUCKING PRE-ORDER! And for what? The *Promise* of a 110 Boost, and the access to Allied-Races... which by the way, have fun unlocking them if you haven’t played Legion in the last 6 month or so LUL. You wanna talk insidious shit? That shit was damn near criminal! And what made me laugh out loud hard, were all of the shit-stain, apologists for the company who probably haven’t seen the light of day since 2008. Whales would be an understatement.

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Morrowind

I have changed my perspective over the years when it comes to Morrowind. Before, I said that Morrowind wasn't a very good game, because of the old Dice-roll based combat mechanics. I use to believe this was the thing that made Morrowind unplayable. And the truth is, I was a bit wrong on that part.

For a new comer the mechanics can be a bit jarring. Especially if your first games were Skyrim or Oblivion (like Oblivion was for me). It's like playing Hexen II, right? Same real-time combat and free-roaming movement, but you're not damaging or hitting the enemy in front of you even though they are RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU! For a lot of players, this can be a bit of a WTF IS GOING kind of thing.

What the game does is very similar to old RPGs, where these kind of stats and invisible dice rolls, make complete sense. But they aren't executed in real time with physics and shit. It's all turn-based combat.

If you stick with Morrowind long enough and start learning the games quirks, it's actually a really good game that rewards you in the same way those old RPGs do. It’s all about character progession.

The Lore and story being told is one of the best examples of what I’ve seen. I’ll even argue that is makes Warcraft’s lore seem like Disney in comparison. Because there is some deep fucked up shit going on.

The Bosmer for example. They are the weird, cute, sometimes, loveable, often times hate-able,  playable races in the game, right? But did you know they were also known for being cannibals? And they eat their own. Yeaaah. It’s on that level of What The Fuck?

In Morrowind you are hit in the face with the concept of Slavery, where the Dunmer enslave Argonians and Kajiit freely.

And the Empire does little to nothing about this because of a pact that was made between a living God, Vivec, and Tiber Septim/Talos. Even though Morrowind became part of the Empire, the Empire still says, “Yeah you guys can still be all Tribunal and enslave races if you like. We’ll look the other way because we respect your culture.”. I would argue it’s a bit of a social commentary on modern day culture, where Morrowind is like the middle-east, and the Empire of the West. It can’t be a coincidence in just story writing.

Oh and Talos... oh man there’s a whoooole nother level of WTF involving this God. Because Talos is more than just one person/deity. I won’t go into the full details because the whole story behind him is a bit of a mindfuck to go through or understand. I still don’t know understand it fully.

Getting back to the point of this. Morrowind is what I would call the last great bastion of RPGs. It harkens back to a time when RPGs were all about stats, and not open world, sandboxes, with the story told through cut-scenes.

And it does a really good job of this concept. The thing is you have to really stick with it, before it all starts to make sense. And once it does, you’ll find yourself going back for more.

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Great Web Design!

HOLY SHIT THIS SITE SUCKS!

I love how money hungry it’s become, with it’s $59 Blog themes. They’ve eliminated all of the Free Themes, they use to host. And just give you this shit, looking, theme, that’s a dick to even work with. The UI just loses it’s shit, and hides all of the options underneath a layer you can’t escape out of it. Great job!

If you want my advice... go back to Diary-X. That shit was simple to work with. Even a moron like me could use it. And there was no buggy UI telling you what you can, and can’t do. It was all Code. You literally had to learn how to HTML and shit.

And then the Dashboard is constantly bugging you on here. “OH MAKE A POST!”... oh hey! suck my dick!