Professions

This is the most useful information I have found so far on professions. It's on the official WoW website, so, even though it's independently done, most of the info is probably pretty accurate. They edit form time-to-time to keep it up-to-date.

"http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-professions&t=40&p=1&tmp=1#post40"

This is the main professions posting. There is a link within it to a FAQ on every single profession. So, far, I have used the info in these posts to find the expert fishing trainer and expert first aid trainer, with perfect results (they even tell you where to find the person once you're in the right town).

Everyone is doing great with professions and really helping out the guild. That's great. I hope this helps us all keep it up.

-- E1/Laila

Macro: Speed Reading

Tired of standing around waiting for that NPC to write out that quest for you? Worse yet, trying to pick up a quest that is instanced (1 occurrence at a time), just to have someone snake it out from under you while you're waiting for the NPC to write it out? Well, try this handy little macro, and watch the quests load like wildfire.

/script QUEST_DESCRIPTION_GRADIENT_CPS = 600000
/script RegisterForSave("QUEST_DESCRIPTION_GRADIENT_CPS")
/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Quests are now SUPER SPEEDY!");

Tired of having the quests load so quickly, speedily and efficiently? Want to go back to the old days when the only time you could afford to take a bathroom break was when the NPCs were slowly writing out their quest descriptions? Then try this handy little macro. I don’t know why you would do it, but, to each his/her own.

/script QUEST_DESCRIPTION_GRADIENT_CPS = 40
/script RegisterForSave("QUEST_DESCRIPTION_GRADIENT_CPS")
/script DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Quests are now regular speed!");

-- E1/Laila


P.S. To do a macro, type /macro in the chat box to bring up the macro screen. Here you choose a name and icon for your macro, then type the macro in the macro dialogue space. Once finished, you can run the macro from the macro screen or drag the icon to a shortcut bar. Also, you can cut-and-past the macros from here into WoW, so that you don't have to retype them.

Laila Speaks #1

Where Laila gives you her thoughts on just about anything. This week, Laila comments on guild members running through Stormwind wearing nothing but a tabard and a smile (and in one case, a pair of high-heeled pumps)

The Tabards Are In!!!

[Note added by Laila on 8/5/2005 - This makes some interesting historical reading, in light of the redesign of the tabard 2 days ago]

After a lot of scrimping and saving, and some serious generosity on the part of the guild members, HoS officially received its tabard on Tuesday night! The design, from Chez Laila, is meant to fit in with the HoS style, while also reflecting some history. The following is taken from a recent interview conducted with Laila by WoW Daily:

"For color," Laila stated during a recent interview with WoW Daily, "I really wanted something traditional. Nothing says tradition like maroon velvet! For the fringe ... I'm sorry, border ... we wanted to go really far in the direction of royal, because we all know HoS's are royal pains in the ... [coughs] ... sorry. Well, royal. And royal means gold, baby, nothing but gold."

While this traditional tabard design might seem to many be to be anything but HoS-like, Laila explained where the S in HoS really starts to kick in. "You see, once we had the traditional design, it was time to sarcasm that bad boy up! And thus the monkey, which really plays a dual role! First of all, it serves as a tip-of-the-hat to the guild's history. Although "Buff My Monkey" no longer officially roams the lands of Azeroth, it still roams the ventricles in the heart of every HoS member. We had to make sure the Monkey lived on. By the way, would you like to touch my monkey?"

At this point, the interview took a decidedly strange turn, and so the interview pressed Laila about the second role of the monkey. "Well, you see, monkeys are just plain funny! I mean look at this thing (runs her hand over her monkey ... does it again ... then third time ... she really seems to be enjoying herself)! How can you look at this ape and not laugh? But even more than that, it's the juxtaposition of the monkey against the traditional tabard backdrop that really brings the irony and sarcasm into play. To drive this point home, the monkey is also gold to match the fringe ... I mean border. In fact, I craft every monkey myself from solid gold bars that I smelt right here in the Great Forge of Iron Forge." At this point, Laila started rubbing her monkey again, and the WoW Daily reporter ended the interview.

Guild tabards can be purchased at any tabard vendor. Just speak to a guard in a major city, ask for the guild master, and the tabard vendor will be near the guild master. Tabards normally cost 1g, but some guildies have reported that faction discounts are available in home cities, making the price only 90s. A number of HoS have already purchased their tabards.

The first official HoS tabard event was held on Wednesday night. Tabard wearing HoS participated in naked tabard swimming, naked tabard dancing, naked tabard train races and a naked tabard game of Jump the Gnome, in which Baltazzar narrowly defeated Wolfbrother. More tabard events to follow.

I will post tabard pictures, as soon as I can get this stupid photo program working. Until then, look for them on fellow HoS or at a tabard vendor near you!

-- E1/Laila

Say What?

har·bin·ger (här b n-j r) – noun
Etymology: Middle English herbergere, from Middle French, host, from herberge hostelry, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German heriberga
1 archaic : a person sent ahead to provide lodgings
2 a : one that pioneers in or initiates a major change : PRECURSOR b : one that presages or foreshadows what is to come

sar·casm (sär k z m) – noun
Etymology: French or Late Latin; French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmos, from Greek sarkasmos, from sarkazein to tear flesh, bite the lips in rage, sneer, from sark-, sarx flesh; probably akin to Avestan thwar&s- to cut
1 : a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain
2 a : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual b : the use or language of sarcasm