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murakoziWhen I got home last night, my Collectors Edition of the WoW expansion was waiting for me. I put in the install DVD, did the acct upgrade and off I went to Outland!
Surprisingly, things held up pretty well. There was a lot of competition for the quest stuff in Hellfire Peninsula, but not too bad. I logged off after a bit and had some dinner and such, the logged on again in the evening.
Yow. What a difference 90 minutes or so make! Tons and tons of people and some nasty lag. Still, the server kept goin til somewhere after 9 when it crashed for the first time. Ugh.
I kinda gave up on that and logged onto another server to create a Blood Elf hunter. Y'know, I realize Blizzard wanted a 'pretty' race for the Horde in order to attract more players - though I think Tauren are pretty hawt and that Trolls have the best looking non-Tauren females - but..c'mon... Blizz went overboard on the 'pretty' thing.
I hit randomize a few zillion times on the character creation screen before finally trying to select the character features myself, but there's really no getting around it: Male Blood Elves just look incredibly effeminate. Most of the faces are fey or pouty. Half the hairstyles look like they're from either a 60's womens' fashion magazine, Dragonball Z, or some other anime. It doesn't help that the males stand in a sort of shoulders-back, hips-pushed-forward stance. Hmm..maybe a beard or something would help him look more...well...male. Nope! No Grizzly Adams look for you! Blood elf facial hair consists of a variety of soul patches, pretty much.
So finally, I settled on an appearance. Time for a name! Well I dunno diddly about BE lore, so I'll just hit the 'randomize' button for the name. And what's the name suggestion that pops up?
Teesticus
Yeeahhhhhh. Now there's a butch name if ever I heard one. After a giggling fit, I went with it. So now the mighty Blood Elf hunter Teesticus is prancing his way around Steamweedle Cartel in his Peter Pan leotard and tight knee-high leather boots. Did I mention that BE's do a little pirouette when they jump? And I thougth the Night Elf flip thing was doofy!
So Alliance beware! Teesticus is gonna be gunning for ya, and he looks FAAAAAABULOUS!
Surprisingly, things held up pretty well. There was a lot of competition for the quest stuff in Hellfire Peninsula, but not too bad. I logged off after a bit and had some dinner and such, the logged on again in the evening.
Yow. What a difference 90 minutes or so make! Tons and tons of people and some nasty lag. Still, the server kept goin til somewhere after 9 when it crashed for the first time. Ugh.
I kinda gave up on that and logged onto another server to create a Blood Elf hunter. Y'know, I realize Blizzard wanted a 'pretty' race for the Horde in order to attract more players - though I think Tauren are pretty hawt and that Trolls have the best looking non-Tauren females - but..c'mon... Blizz went overboard on the 'pretty' thing.
I hit randomize a few zillion times on the character creation screen before finally trying to select the character features myself, but there's really no getting around it: Male Blood Elves just look incredibly effeminate. Most of the faces are fey or pouty. Half the hairstyles look like they're from either a 60's womens' fashion magazine, Dragonball Z, or some other anime. It doesn't help that the males stand in a sort of shoulders-back, hips-pushed-forward stance. Hmm..maybe a beard or something would help him look more...well...male. Nope! No Grizzly Adams look for you! Blood elf facial hair consists of a variety of soul patches, pretty much.
So finally, I settled on an appearance. Time for a name! Well I dunno diddly about BE lore, so I'll just hit the 'randomize' button for the name. And what's the name suggestion that pops up?
Teesticus
Yeeahhhhhh. Now there's a butch name if ever I heard one. After a giggling fit, I went with it. So now the mighty Blood Elf hunter Teesticus is prancing his way around Steamweedle Cartel in his Peter Pan leotard and tight knee-high leather boots. Did I mention that BE's do a little pirouette when they jump? And I thougth the Night Elf flip thing was doofy!
So Alliance beware! Teesticus is gonna be gunning for ya, and he looks FAAAAAABULOUS!