Cyphale the Explorer!

Yes that is my most recent title! I decided to try for it before Cataclysm...because with all the changed that Blizz is making to Azeroth, it is possible that this achievement couldn't be done because of all the places that they are changing. This achieve seems like a daunting task at first, but once you pick a place to start it is actually easy. Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor are the hardest ones, because you can't fly over everything like in Outlands and Northrend. As a death knight doing this achievement I had some advantages and some disadvantages. I had all the flight paths in Azeroth, but since I never leveled there I didn't have that many places explored to start with. All in all it was fun, the whole thing took me about 3 days to do. But I think I could have done it in less time if I didn't take as many breaks as I did.

Well I'm going to see if there are any more achieves I can get before Cataclysm! :D

-Cyphale

Vicious Tactics Reunited and Stupid Trolls -.-

Heh, I'm back, with a little good something to share. My old guild, Vicious Tactics who had disband when the ICC buff was at 25% (I don't remember the time that was xD) Made a comeback :D. Our GM started playing WoW again and asked Amo amd myself to join him in a raid. So we did, and the post below this will explain how that turned out :P

But my happiness is short lived. A little while back...before patch 4.0.1 I made a little video using WoWMapViewer. Anyone who has ever made a michinima should know exactly what I'm talking about. Well I found out that you could see the Emerald Dream by using MapViewer, and since I did not want to wall climb and hack with model edits to get there I figured that I would get a video of it through MapViewer. I did that, fixed it up and posted it yesterday. I don't know why I delayed posting it, I think I just forgot about it because I was writing a parody at the time. Anyways, I specifically state in the info and in the video itself that I didn't go there on a private or live server (I have no idea how to get to a private server :S). And people are telling me that I used a private server. I would make another video showing the specific steps I took in MapViewer to get there...but because of the Cataclysm patch, and because MapViewer is not being updated (as far as I know, I have checked everywhere for a current version) It crashes upon starting so I have very little ways of proving what I used. The only thing that I can think of is at some points in the video...at the top of the screen it will say "Loading" for a brief second. I know that in WoW that doesn't happen, so I would assume that would apply to a private server too. Another thing is that I am not sure about a private server, but for the version of MApViewer that I had it wouldn't load any skyboxes, so where the sky should appear its al black. I can't change people's opinions, but I would like to not be told how I made a video that ...well you know...I made :P

See for yourself, if the comments still get ridiculous then I'll have to disable them. It's kind of a shame because I did work hard to get the footage, MapViewer crashed several times when I was filming. And the point of this video wasn't to get myself to the Emerald Dream, it was just to show what I found on MapViewer and to share it with everyone. There are hundreds of videos about the Emerald Dream, and how to get there whether it is a live or private server. I'm not trying to pull the wool over anyones eyes and claim that I'm a badass by going there on a live server, I value my account thank you very much.

Anyways, I just had to vent about that :P In other news I made another parody! I had this one planned out for a long time, college and work got in the way of its production...but it's finally here! :D




So there is my update, I'll be back with more when more happens :P

-Cyphale

Screenshots From My First Kingslayer Run

Cataclysm Prep

I went to Shatterspear Village, and you thought that I was done...

Well I'm not :D

I have made 4 videos of some places that could possibly changed when Cataclysm hits. I am working on more, and hopefully I will get to them soon. Anyways, enjoy!










-Cyphale

Shatterspear Village

Well here it is...Sorry about the length of this video, I had to get all of my footage in. I found out that this place is going to be changed in Cataclysm, so I wanted to get all of the Pre Cata changes. This overall took an hour to get to. If Amo and I could have gotten there faster than I would have added in how I got there...but I guess that will have to remain a mystery :P




The screen captures that I took have a watermark on them because I don't want them being copied around :P I got some fairly nice pictures so, I'd like to keep the credit. If anyone got to reading this far and would like a specific screen capture for a desktop background or something just comment and let me know.

Anyways, that is all I have for tonight...if I find another place that I can get to...you'll be sure to see another video. For now, enjoy!

-Cyphale

Cyphale the Hallowed, With a Mount to Seal the Deal! Also Dancing Troll Village

I did it! Well...last year :P I got the Hallows End achievement last year so this year it meant that I could sit back and kick up my heals. I helped Amorianth with some of his achievement while just casually doing the Headless Horseman dungeon daily. Well DK luck was on my side :P

This was a nice surprise I must say! But....

This was pally luck :P Got the both the same day on my 2 toons. I don't have it on my main but hey...I'm even lucky I got one.

And in other news, as of today there are only 37 more days until the Cataclysm hits. So what does this all mean? Exploit while I have the chance! :D And that is exactly what I did.

I went to the ever popular Dancing Troll Village and visited some Shatterspear Trolls. Supposedly these are the trolls that in Cataclysm teach our current Darkspear Trolls how to become druids. I am not sure 100% on that, but it does seem like a good fit.

Now yes, going here was difficult. The wall jumping was a major pain in my pixelated privates, but thanks to my wonderful and patient Amorianth <3 we got there :D I didn't get a video of how we got there, if I left Fraps to record, my hard drive would have been full : / In total it took us about an hour to get there. But I must say...the efforts of us getting to that place were definitely worth every second, the detail put into that place is simply stunning. I took tones of videos and screenshots, and I will organize them into a nice montage of our little trip. But I am going back up to my apartment tomorrow and I have to get some sleep before I begin the 3 hour drive...so I shall leave you all to marvel at this picture...its my favourite that I took from our journey.

-Cyphale

:D

A little update, after much hassle and an hour long wait on hold...I called Blizzard and I got my account back.

*As of this post if you see Cyphale online I am back! :)*

-Cyphale

It's Here!

It's here! The start of Cataclysm is here! After waiting for a 4 gig patch to download today we get to install it! Currently I'm at school but I left my laptop on to install the patch, I can't wait until I get home! :D I'm hoping that maintenance is over by the time that I get home. I'm looking forward to the talent changes, I will miss my Destro rotation but hopefully I'll still get to raid as Destro. For whatever changes await me I know I won't be doing any homework tonight!

-Cyphale

Just A Little Rare Montage...

Heh, 2 posts in 1 day...who woulda thought? :P Well this isn't really anything special...I just uploaded a ton of screenshots I took of rares over the years. I tried to make a video but it ran to 14 minuets and I couldn't upload it :| So here are the pictures instead in a nice fancy slide show :D :P

-Cyphale

What a Long Strange Trip It's Been

I'M LATE! D:

This post was long past due...but you all can blame my college for that :P

I'll cut to the chase...I did finally get my drake! :D And a few more little surprises from Direbrew.

Here is my Violet Proto Drake...



And here are the other little nifty things I won...



Well now that I have done a little housekeeping :P I also have a few little parody idea's kicking around, but then again when don't I?:P If I make any decisions aboutgoing through with any of them then I will post them here! College will not get in my way! :P

-Cyphale