WotLK introduced achievements in a blatant rip-off the Warhammer idea but without the integrated and involved Book of Grudges. Nevertheless, they have proven to be of interest to people and, unsurprisingly, it becomes a goal in a zone to finish all the quests there. The advantage of trying all the quests is that you get a good idea of the story-line which is stronger than that in the Burning Crusade.
I finished Dragonblight yesterday while helping Dougal out. I had missed a quest chain in the Walrus village on the coast and you can't miss much if you want the achievement.
Eirebull is working her way through the troll city atm, she got to ride on the back of a Stormgiant the other day in a novel quest, the fact that the same storm giant king was running round the place several times was a bit surreal.
So Eirebull is half way to level 78 and has 47 out of 70 quests complete in Zul'whatever.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Applied for a new job today
Well, today is the first day of my new life, I have just emailed my first job application to Blizzard. The idea of working for the company that has made World of Warcraft is exciting and more than a little adrenaline is flowing.
It also gives me a great excuse to get a bit serious about my playing for the next few weeks as:
1. I'll need to bring myself up to date with the new instances in WotLK;
2. Playing the game might become a bit of a busman's holiday if I am working on it during the day;
They say that if you have got no response within 4 weeks then consider your application unsucessful. I only hope that my skillset will translate and not be a barrier to getting a position. Blizzard are quite a large outfit and if the first job becomes stale then their should be opportunities to branch out.
Fingers crossed :)
It also gives me a great excuse to get a bit serious about my playing for the next few weeks as:
1. I'll need to bring myself up to date with the new instances in WotLK;
2. Playing the game might become a bit of a busman's holiday if I am working on it during the day;
They say that if you have got no response within 4 weeks then consider your application unsucessful. I only hope that my skillset will translate and not be a barrier to getting a position. Blizzard are quite a large outfit and if the first job becomes stale then their should be opportunities to branch out.
Fingers crossed :)
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Goodbye Celtic Tiger, hello joblessness
Well, my job was made non-existant yesterday. Johan called me into his office on the morning of the first day back and told myself and the other architect that RKD no longer had any work for me, that I had 30 days notice.
My wife has taken it well, and is being supportive, but I don't feel well. I am about to become a father and don't have the means of supporting my family. The chance of another architectural job in Cork or even Ireland is non-existant at the moment. I will have to find employment in some other field.
Possibility 1: ask Blizzard for a game master position
Possibility 2: no idea, will ask the recruitment agencies
My wife has taken it well, and is being supportive, but I don't feel well. I am about to become a father and don't have the means of supporting my family. The chance of another architectural job in Cork or even Ireland is non-existant at the moment. I will have to find employment in some other field.
Possibility 1: ask Blizzard for a game master position
Possibility 2: no idea, will ask the recruitment agencies
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