Beta fun

I thought I'd pop on to tell ya'll a quick overview of what I did last night in wow land- more beta! I was in a funk of not liking anything game wise, so hubs suggested beta play. (some spoilers coming up, so if you want a surprise during launch, scroll to the bottom, lol)

 (can I just say I LOVE the little elements guys- so adorable, I want real-life plushies of them!)

 (Also, is it just me, or did they change the underwater sound effects? It sounds so much better to me for some reason- see my panda swim)

 (adorable water element!)

 (so beautiful- the brewery!)

 (riding the yak cart ride back to town)

 (riding a tornado to get to the top of the building- forget stairs!)

(ok, what the heck is with these monkeys everywhere- pooing on things and writing about poo. I thought we were done with the poo quests...I swear, someone at Blizzard has a poo fetish)

Aside from a few glitches in a Reed quest and mob respawns being crazy fast with monkeys and water creatures, it went very well and I enjoyed my monk panda greatly. I decided to make a dps (as I usually do) and test out the windwalker fun.

(the only deep sea creature that didn't have a crazy spawn rate, because he was a phased boss)

I just love the balloon ride!

When I got to lvl 11, almost 12, it was time to pick sides. I thought I'd test out alliance first, since alliance was what I started with when I started wow way back when. The sparring with the king just cracking me up still thinking about it- the faces on the two panda friends of yours is priceless! Haha

 (lol...gotta love beta)

(jaw dropping...lol. I love the female panda's expression better, but I didn't get a shot of it fast enough)

Ok, now that I'm 12 in beta, I felt it was time to stop, as sadly u can not transfer from beta to normal game. :( I didn't want to get too attached to my panda only to have to re roll her when launch happens.

Anyways, besides beta play, I did a play my undead warlock earlier in the week, getting her to 42. I also alt hopped and leveled up professions left and right, now that I have a bunch of mats to craft after bring my priest over.

I hope to get more gameplay Sunday and Monday, but for now, that's what I've been up to.
Make sure you tune into Ctrl Alt WoW this week, as my hubs has been asked to be a guest host again. :D
Laters and Game on!
-M

Pandas galore!

So, all the information and the first beta keys have hit the blogosphere, and already Wren and I are drooling and checking non-stop in hopes of getting a beta key to try out the new WoW Mists of Panderia. As I type, we are watching Jesse Cox and WoWcrendor's 2+ hour video of the panda starting zone. So beautiful. I love the elemental little guys and the giant turtle island. So cool!
A while back I signed the "I'll play WoW for a year" thing to get the cool mount, Diablo III and beta, etc. stuff. So every couple hours we keep checking in hopes for a beta. Sadly, I still haven't gotten it, but I'm sure I will eventually. In the meantime I'll just keep drooling.
There is so many cool things coming out in Mists, that I don't even know where to start.  Warlocks getting changed, area looting, instance boss loot change, pandas, new mounts, ungraded skins and so many other great stuff. I just can't wait for it all to go live!
Anyways, in current WoW land, I've been playing my Hordlings a lot more recently, and neglecting my Alliance toons. Its fun to try a re-done area as Horde, as to be honest, I never got a Horde character very far except my Shadow Priest (but she was so long ago, I barely remember anything from then).
I'm still playing my undead warlock Shadowsleep a little bit at a time. Right now I've head to Arathi. I really enjoy this section, as I never did it as horde. So very troll-like and fun when you hang out on the beach, hehe. :D
Sadly as of right now I don't have any new screenshots of my WoW playing, as I haven't really played a whole lot this week thus far because I've been doing a few DIY projects around the house, working like a crazy person at my paying job, and overall just being lazy and not doing much of anything than reading the Hunger Games on my iphone's ibook and watching videos on the new Mists of Panderia.
These screen shots are from a week ago, but I thought I'd share them with ya'll. :D

 (me and the boys before they betrayed me and Sylvanas- and my Hathtast- he's my beloved void walker at this point)

 (This guy is super weird looking)

 (This guy is crazy, though I would love an ability to make a purple/blue orb around me and fly in the sky like him, lol)

(Me and Jenny Awesome and peps...before we kicked this guy's butt)

So yea, like I mentioned in my letter to Ctrl Alt WoW's episode 260, I really enjoyed the Welcome to the Machine quest lines. So funny. hehe. And can I just mention I LOVE my undead's hair. hehe
So really, these screenshots are more about what I mentioned to Ctrl Alt WoW earlier in the week here.

Anyways, maybe I can convince Wren to do a little blogging on here, since we are slacking in the video department (sorry guys, we are trying to figure out the whole machinama basics and failing epicly), and I'm slacking in designing a decent blog header for Life's a Game. lol

So, back to WoW playing and drooling over pandas I go.

Happy alting all and Game on!

-M