Tarnish gold watch

Yesterday was a bit of a trying day for me personally.   I’ve personally been bought into this notion that Mastodon provided a kinder gentler alternative to Twitter, but yesterday largely proved that notion completely wrong.  The Fediverse has been the welcome home of the disenfranchised and marginalized, which is awesome since Twitter has not done a great job of protecting that group in any way.  However some events happened recently and because of them I am glad that I joined up several weeks ago rather than right now at this time.  I was able to see what I thought was the ActivityPub community in its native state, talking about interesting things openly and publicly and willing to friend each other just as easily.  I was able to get settled in quickly with the help of a whole slew of people who offered useful advice as I docked myself into a corner of this big maelstrom of interesting things. I started out on Mastodon.cloud which was a large … [Read more...] about Tarnished Hope

Only a few months ago I had just 100k gold. That gold took me (literally) a decade to accrue. If you asked me about making gold in WoW I would have told you that it was only doable by getting lucky, gaming the system, being a first mover, or taking advantage of some stupid system from a past expansion (like WoD's garrisons). I decided that I wanted to challenge myself to see if I could pay for my subscription purely by playing the game. I knew it wouldn't be easy. I'm on a low-medium pop server, and I promised myself I would put NONE of my gold into the process. If I was going to make money, it wouldn't be through investments. So I set off on this journey to pay for my token, and what resulted was 10x my goal. I made over a million gold in PROFIT in less than 30 days. Here are the lessons I learned along the way. Lesson 1: Exchanging Time for Money Works, but It's Not Fun I started by farming A LOT. I put in several hours a day to grind mobs for skinning, gather herbs to sell, etc. I … [Read more...] about How I Made a Million Gold in WoW in 1 Month

Play Elder Scrolls OnlineThis coming fall is shaping up to be an unusual period for The Elder Scrolls Online. Toward the beginning of August, ZeniMax hinted that it’s plotting big changes to the way the game’s optional subscription works, with a significantly increased chunk of crowns (1650) for subbers along with a freebie monthly item too. At the time, it was telling players to “watch for more details this fall.” It now appears that’s not the only thing changing, as the daily rewards are getting a huge – their words are “massive” and “colossal,” which actually seems fair – boost. “Since Daily Rewards were introduced with Update 18, you’ve been able to acquire useful consumables, currencies, Crown Crates, and even pets, but during the month of September, we’re giving you a massive amount of gold, too. If you log in for 28 of September’s 30 days, you’ll earn a colossal 100,000 gold. This is … [Read more...] about Elder Scrolls Online is handing out 100K gold for perfect attendance in September

Second Life’s Fantasy Faire, a 10-day charity event to support Relay for Life, has been going full-swing since last week. Spanning 15 sims, each with its own theme, too many shops, and so much entertainment, there’s just a lot to see and do. You’ll find music, great avatars, writing discussions, role play – table top and virtual, both – and even a George R.R. Martin day. As of this moment, the event has raised over $22,000 in donations for the American Cancer Society. This event will last until Sunday, so there’s still lots of time to explore and donate! This is the 10th year of this annual event, but the first time I’ve actually attended. I was really blown away by the quality of everything I found there. Some of my favorite creators were supporting the event, and I even picked up this awesome Tiger Mod for my Bento Water Horse! One event that I was looking forward to was the annual quest. I’d heard about it, but didn’t know how it … [Read more...] about Second Life: Finding Gold at the Fantasy Faire (A RFL Event)

Map meta events are one of the best things about Guild Wars 2. Not only do they bring players together on the landscape organically for some fun, they also offer a ton of rewards. Shinies from events like these includes map currencies, loot bags containing gear and of course, experience points and achievement points. As a new player, it can be daunting trying to figure out which map events are the best to do for a multitude of reasons. With that in mind, here’s our compilation of the most sought after map meta events in Guild Wars 2. 5. Containing The Scarab Plague Map Meta Map: Domain of Kourna Expansion: Living World 4 Episode 3: Long Live The Lich To start things off, lets check out the latest map to arrive in Guild Wars 2, the Domain of Kourna. Long Live the Lich is the third episode of the current Living World Season 4. It’s the stronghold of Palawa Joko himself, the game’s current antagonist. While the story is great, the map meta Containing the Scarab Plague, … [Read more...] about Welcome To Guild Wars 2: Top 5 Best Guild Wars 2 World Meta Events