Joaquin Del Mundo

Talked with Blizzard about the Karlis Baisden

There's nothing much I can do without the original account information (master key per say) to the account, but I was able to remove my account subscription.  But that doesn't help out the hours and money I spent developing the characters and upgrading the account. 

One character was moved off the server already, as I guess Warlock is well liked; maybe money can be made off the Inscription skill I leveled up on the toon.  I spent four days of my life on that, and consumed resources of other characters that would amount to more than 8 days of work.

I'm not going to sit pretty and let this guy get away with stealing my money and time, but there's really right now not much I can do during the holidays.  :'(

Wrath of the Lich King

Well the much awaited expansion to World of Warcraft has been released.  Many people lined up outside the store to get their copy.  I wisely pre-ordered my copy from Amazon, which after two weeks from the expansion, it has finally arrived.  This kind of well, defeats the purpose of pre-ordering items.  Thank you Amazon!

My expensive mailbox from the UPS Store is not very responsive as to whether I received the package or when they are going to forward my mail.  Thank you UPS Store.

I think maybe the experience is good for me, because well, the game is losing its appeal for me, as I am not looking forward to waste hours and hours to grind for quests, professions, and leveling, and then grinding again to get pretty virtual armor.  For those unfamiliar with gaming terms, grinding means spending hours upon hours of doing something mundane and boring to attain something rewarding in the game that might lead to further enjoyment. 

Anyhow, the game might have helped distract me from the alienation and lonliness one may feel living in a foreign country like Korea.  But as I stave off my game addiction, I am wondering what else is out there that can help escape from dissmal state of existence.

Quiet Before the Storm

Recently these days, I have been quite peaceful.  My studies are coming along.  I am behind on a paper for Korean history.  I have been playing my Warcraft game, and even geared my new shaman Stormstryka, but it has been getting sort of boring.  Hopefully, I can ease off the game as I meet my friend flying in from Japan to see me.  I have to figure out just how to get to the airport to pick her up...

I joined this character to a guild called Kinetic.  They seem super serious raid only, but I have been emphasizing casual, casual.  I don't want to be required to show up and play all the time, when I may have other interests involved in life.  Right now I am worried that this new expansion called Wrath of the Lich King might take me away from life, take me away from exploring Korean culture, and take me away from advancing in life.

Korea can be both beautiful and painful, as there are many hurtful people that play games and gossip, but then there are many beautiful people that are sincere and compassionate.  You have to get out there and explore many different venues, groups, locations, people, to find your place, and find good people.  I guess this is pretty much like anywhere else in the world.

Stomach Flu and Warcraft

I am sick and stuck at home.  I really wanted to go party this weekend after mid-terms, but that just did not happen.  I got a stomach flu on top of the stuff I have been going through.  I was totally out of commission on Saturday.  There was nothing much I can do except sleep it off and play World of Warcraft.  What better way to forget the your ex-lover by mindless random game playing. 

The recent update to the game added some events and new features.  There's a plague going around, where people turn into zombies, and then they can infect other people.  The game turned into Night of the Living Dead, with zombies controlled by players chasing others yelling out "Brains".  That was quite hilarious.

My character Mixcoatl (named after the Aztec god of the Hunt) was able to tame and get his new epic Core Hound, that shakes the screen when the pet moves.  There were so many new features in the game, I became an addict overnight, experimenting with the changes.

I was in bliss, the maligned Eun-Ji was all but forgotten, and I was happy.  Finally, I was happy, and maybe now ready to meet new people.