WoW Journal - 4-May-2005

I’m still on holiday, thus still playing WoW only about one hour per day, and that on the laptop and 56k modem. So I haven’t done much in game. But one thing I had to do *now*, because it is a special event of which I’m not sure when it ends: Children’s Week. This is a series of quests in which you travel to several places to show them to some orphan. Not really an escort quest, because the orphan doesn’t need to accompany you on the way, you get some whistle with which to summon him when you arrive, that makes the quest very easy to do. No items or monetary reward gained, but a bit of faction and about 4,000 xp. Not much for my level 53 warrior, but a good amount for my level 12 priest, just for running around.

I do like special events, like the Grandfather Winter event on the US servers at Christmas, but this one was a bit weak. Hard to find, as the event starter doesn’t even have an exclamation mark over his head, you need to find the orphan matron and ask her about the event before the quests start. I only remembered having the announcement of the event in half a sentence in the patch notes. And while showing a poor orphan around is heart-warming, it was a lot duller than the Christmas treats. Just another quest series, with a weak reward, unless, like in the Christmas event, there is some reward coming by mail later. The only reason I did it twice was that it was easy xp for my priest, who could use them.

In happier news, I successfully tested my laptop’s capabilities as mobile DVD-player. In a shop here I stumbled upon half-forgotten memories: The complete first season of an 80’s TV series, Sledge Hammer, in 22 episodes, on 4 DVDs. At the time, his motto of “trust me, I know what I’m doing” (when he was about to do something especially stupid), was one of our often quoted running gags. And the thing is still funny, if a bit dated. I watched the first DVD on my laptop without attaching the power supply, and found out that one battery is good for about 3 hours of DVD watching, at highest screen brightness and using the built-in speakers at normal loudness, no ear-phones. That is quite good, watching a DVD is one of the most power-consuming things you can do on a laptop, although playing online 3D games is probably pretty similar.
- posted by Tobold @ 4:57 PM Permanent Link