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Streamyx Downtime? (since 5th November)

ray123 — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:17:17 +0800

Just got off the phone with the "helpful" 1300-88-9515.

Apparently they are receiving a lot of complaints from the Klang Valley as well as some other states including mine (Melaka) regarding general slowness, time outs, high latency etc etc (can't browse sites, half loaded, can't play WoW so on - i'm using DIGI wireless atm).

Was there a flood due to the heavy rains or something?

Sigh I woke up to find my BT d/l at max speed but I decided to reboot my pc and never got it back. D:

[H] Band of Hawks @ Thaurissan

ray123 — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:44:51 +0800

Cut and paste from guild leader Nerdie/Chanelz:

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Band of Hawks from Thaurissan Server (Oceanic Timezone) semi causal raiding guild is opening recruitment for ALL classes. We kinda of stop raiding for awhile and now we are trying to get back into action.

Please visit us at http://www.bandofhawks.net to submit your interested, please kindly follow the template provided.

About us

We are a mature guild who do semi casual raiding and enjoy the game as much as we can, but during raiding time we expect our members to be serious.

We are a Singapore base guild, but with a good mixture of other nationality in guild too, peeps from Australia, Malaysia and others. We always hang around in game to talk craps and do silly stuff.... And of cos those who are in the small island of singapore, we always have weekly hang out gather to relax and chill out..

last but not least.. Interested party from any place of the world, if you think you can commit to our raiding time, feel free to sign up. We will consider anyone who is able to commit to our raiding time.

Cheers!

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Si Bei SIAN!
http://www.bandofhawks.net

What is your /played?

ray123 — Mon, 28 May 2007 10:26:59 +0800

After reading the "play too much WoW" thread, I got curious.

128 days on my Shaman (70)
37 days on my Druid (70)
6 days on my Hunter (49)
6 days on my Warlock (55)

Add all those various lowbies and alts (<40), probably 180 days in all. Hmm.

Wireless in Port Dickson

ray123 — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:15:46 +0800

I might be working in PD soon and would need personal internet access. I've heard there's some wireless broadband options in PD but I'm a total noob on wireless technology.

Anyone can provide some info and experience on the services available there (if any) and the prices?

Feeling jaded

ray123 — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:58:15 +0800

When I first bought WoW, I felt so much awe and excitement. Each hour of gaming was entertainment, an alternative to sitting in front of the TV or going out.

Now though, I feel WoW is becoming more of a job than entertainment. Going to a 5-man, level 70 dungeon? Sit up and pay attention dude, or one mistake will wipe your group! What, you didn't bring any potions or misc buffs in case of emergencies? Shame on you!

Oh, you haven't attune yourself to Karazhan yet? You slacker! Oops, your spec is weak for this dungeon, maybe next time when we have a different group makeup!

I don't know man... what happened to the days when you play WoW to have a few hours of fun? It seems to be demanding a lot more for you to enjoy... Ever since the concept of "reputation grind", I feel it's becoming imperative that you have to "work" before having "fun". And what's fun now? 2-shotting some guy with your uber items before he can even react?

The ridiculous gear and itemization made the game less fun, IMHO. If you don't have great gear, you won't have a great time.

/shrug

Sometimes I feel the game is trapped in a vicious cycle. Ok, lets give the players more powerful items. But wait, we need to make the new encounters more and more difficult so not everyone can get it. But you will also need those powerful items for future, more difficult dungeons!

It looks like an unending cycle. I'm not sure how random PuGs will be able to clear bosses like Murmur in Shadow Labrinyth or the Druid boss in The Botanica. Sometimes I just miss the old days, where you get off work, shoutout in /LFG, get a few pugs, go into a dungeon and kill a boss in a regular tank & spank for some regular loot in maybe just over an hour.

Now it seems everything needs "pre-planning" and careful coordination. "OK guys tank will stand here, mage aoe the small add spawns, melee need to move back every 30 seconds, healers cast HoTs on the MT during time-stop etc etc etc..."

It's just so... troublesome.

Meh.

eMule?

ray123 — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:17:51 +0800

Anyone having problems with the download speeds? Used to be in the mid 20kb/s (have very little files to get), but since yesterday it all but flat-lined.

How's Your Guild?

ray123 — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:32:56 +0800

With TBC catering to smaller groups, how's your guild coping up?

Already my guild's getting some gquit notices... people are making smaller guilds on their own...

How Geared Are You?

ray123 — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:28:06 +0800

Warlord Shaman
6/8 Tier 1
1/8 Tier 2

Haven't raided in nearly 8 months =/

PvP Videos

ray123 — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 16:20:47 +0800

Any Malaysian players made any?