Have Bow, Will Travel

Sailing Around The Interwebs - A Guest Blog by Torr

2010-09-09T12:33:00.000-07:00

Hello people of Blogland. This is Tzia's husband guest blogging for the first (and maybe only) time. You can call me Torr, which is what I go by in WoW. Tzia has been bugging me to guest blog here for at least two years, and I haven't taken the bait until now. I'm not much of a writer and I feel I usually don't have much to say. However, I recently wrote something of Great Wall of Text as a

Kora's Story : Taming Black and Gold

2010-04-18T10:51:00.000-07:00

It was in the midst of the Feast of Winterveil, and the blood elf huntress stood, hand steady on the hilt of a worn blade, the best she could afford. Her green eyes watered in the icy cold, blinking away wind stung tears as she watched the grass waver and move across the Barrens.There! She squinted, and the shape of the leopard she had been tracking resolved out from the wind torn shadows of

Dragon Trifecta

2010-03-28T11:56:00.000-07:00

Bloodriver took on three dragons last night. Sartharion was the first on our list. We ran it with all three drakes down, that was our "warm up" for the night. I didn't get hit once by lava. It was just a mild... well, we did it. Good... next! feeling.Second on the list was our arch rival - Malygos. Our guild has not seen him downed as a whole in EoE 10 yet. The last time we tried had been an

Leveling does not = End Game

2010-03-17T13:20:00.001-07:00

Okay, let me give some background before I launch into a rant post. I've got a new hunter, over on Argent Dawn, Alliance side. I'm part of the blogger/reader/come annoy us guild that is Single Abstract Noun (SAN). I'm leveling BM again, I want to keep my cat with me and not be forced over to a Tenacity pet.Anyways, I was running Black fathom Depths last night on my 21 SAN Hunter. I was carrying

We Slayed the Dragon

2010-03-13T20:20:00.000-08:00

Onyxia 10 man... I hadn't done Onyxia since that time that Velinix and I went in and two manned her before she became buffed up. I believe I still have her head rotting in my bank... might want to clear that out on Tzia.Anyways, after killing her I toss out a Youtube link to the group, since I found the song very appropriate.

Fragments of the Past

2010-03-13T11:23:00.000-08:00

The floor was hard, sticky, and slick with offal beneath her as she pushed painfully into a sitting position. She had a dim memory of being held in a magical stranglehold by... something and then being dropped. There was an even dimmer memory, barely there of a battle against ghostflame blue eyes, bone drakes filling the air, and a mount... A mount.... a ... She shook her head, she couldn't

Can Tank... Don't Want To

2010-02-23T16:48:00.001-08:00

Note: This is a Spark Post off Thespius' over at World of Matticus for today. I try and do my best when I do show up as a tank in LFG. I'm polite, keep an eye on my healer, and even double check if the pace I'm comfortable moving at is what the healer wants.I've had enough -bad- groups as a dps on my hunter to not want to be a wench (pick another word) in groups where I'm the tank. Of course, I'm

Rhok'delar, Longbow of the Ancient Keepers

2010-02-22T15:31:00.001-08:00

Her fingers ached in the cold, making finding the trigger for the release of the crossbow stiff and slower than she should have been. The ache was a clean one though, without the taint of undeath and decay in the air. She was in Winterspring, and the moon glow over snow was less blinding than during the daylight, but still eye-watering. She was already tired, and jumping at shadows and sounds,

A Tabard

2010-02-16T23:07:00.001-08:00

Tzia shifted slightly in the saddle, her mount snarling slightly as she picked up on her rider's unease. A comforting scratch of an ear around armor plating seemed to settle the large canine as it slowly stalked down the main street of Orgrimmar, the front gates looming up behind her. She knew her longtime friend was catching her worry, and tried to keep it suppressed. The frostwolf lashing out

Have Bow Again, Still Traveling

2010-02-16T08:59:00.000-08:00

I've got a confession to make. Ever since a run in Heroic Trial of the Champion where the Black Knight dropped True-aim Long Rifle, I've been using it. So, it really hasn't been "Have Bow" for at least a month. All my guild mates knew I was grudgingly using a gun. I wanted a bow back, but none had dropped that were better than what I was using.Last night, that swung back. Ran a Normal Mode Halls

Why Bloodriver Rocks

2010-01-17T18:05:00.000-08:00

My guild master asked everyone in the guild to send him a mail as to why our guild rocks because today is our one year anniversary. Yep, Bloodriver is one year old today on Wyrmrest Accord! Woot! But, well, I'm a writer, I suck at short stories and short notes. I can't possibly include everything as to why BR rock in one mailing, let alone the one thing that drew me permanently into the guild. So

Gnomer... or Dead Kittens

2010-01-03T13:51:00.000-08:00

I fully understand why Myst always said that every time somebody tried to run Gnomergan the Gods killed a kitten. Ugh.Barely got half way through the instance with a "tank" that was dual wielding, couldn't hold jackshit for threat -- my pet was tanking more effectively without growl on and I was stealing aggro repeatedly. It was frustrating as all get out. And I still don't have my pants, which

Where in the World....

2009-12-31T18:50:00.000-08:00

Well, Christmas was awesome. I got two different Lilith Saintcrow books, and Torr got me a Black Hills Gold heart pendant. I did not expect jewelery, the books were my favorite, but the necklace is pretty. I like glittery things as much as the next girl. My DvD Drive died on Christmas Day. Torr got Spore... which i might add is addicting as all bleep! :) I found out that my DvD Drive died then

Ding! 2 Years of Have Bow

2009-12-31T18:45:00.001-08:00

Well, its a nice moment for me. I was flicking back through my blog posts of the past two years, and realized suddenly that this is my two year anniversary of Have Bow being in existence. Yep, two years of listening to me ramble. And a year of being with Bloodriver as a guild, I might also add. Grats to me I guess? The fact that this blog even made it a year still surprises me. Now if I can only

Evil Walks

2009-12-13T12:08:00.000-08:00

I find it rather amusing at times how well my Pandora Station will kick out just the right song when I'm questing around on a lowbie in contested territory on a PvP server. I'm carefully working through Redridge at the moment, almost to 25 and avoiding the roads whenever possible.Old habits stand me in very good stead - I'd still rather go cross country overland on a lower level character than

Deadmines From Hell

2009-12-07T17:47:00.000-08:00

Who needs to wait for them to make it a Heroic? The run I had tonight qualified a few times over. The group makeup was me on a level 22 night elf hunter with a ghost saber pet. Another night elf hunter at 24 with a white spotted leopard, a 20 druid for healer, a 21 warrior and a 14 druid.We get into the instance and the warrior is moving fast. It becomes pretty apparent that the hunter has never

Sorry Guys

2009-11-17T11:08:00.000-08:00

I just want to start out by saying I'm sorry for posting even less than I usually do. But the last few weeks here in the real world have been a bit of an upheaval. I've been working either every single day or not at all, juggling three college classes all demanding various things of me (two of which are just paper after paper after paper). Some days the only thing I end up doing is getting up in

Raiding Elsewhere

2009-10-24T11:26:00.000-07:00

Note: This is a Spark Post from World of Matticus.As an officer in a very casual guild, we see a higher turn over rate than a lot of guilds out there, but we also raid on occasion when we can fit in enough people (and this is at the 10 man level -- I know, I know) but we do it because we like to have fun. Occasionally we will have people leave us for "harder" raiding guilds. Almost everyone that

Brief /AFK

2009-10-15T09:00:00.000-07:00

Well, even though most people that read my blog wouldn't even notice- since I seem to be running about a week between posts- I'll be away from the keyboard and the Internet for a few days while I'm packing and moving half-way across town. I might pop in and post something brief after the 'Net comes back up on Saturday Afternoon.And, because the people that really need to know this kinda stuff are

Casavel & The Culling

2009-10-14T14:36:00.001-07:00

The hand that brought the blade through its cleaning stroke was strange, pale gold kissed flesh with short stubby fingers, unlike her normal ones. She frowned briefly, then her head jerked up as the next wave of undead converged onto her small band of adventurers. The illusion that wrapped around her was forgotten as she once again faced a thing she knew how to kill.Her lips peeled back in

/Guild Love

2009-10-07T09:06:00.000-07:00

Something Mysthowl said last night in officer chat really got me thinking and agreeing. Bloodriver is a great place to hang out, have fun, and destroy things with good friends while laughing at or groaning over the random comments that fly off vent. Bloodriver is a guild that will drag a fresh level 80 into Naxx as a DPS, laughing at the gearing standards, and then chucking gear at the fresh 80

For the Love of Character

2009-09-28T18:08:00.000-07:00

Obligatory notice: This is a spark post off an article and comments at Aspect of the Hare. Thanks as always Pike!I know the back stories of both my major characters (hunter and paladin) and am still learning aspects here and there. I also have some idea of lower level characters stories. I mean, my DK is a self-absorbed blonde dimwit that got tricked into or willingly gave allegiance to the Lich

And They Did it all in One Night

2009-09-27T08:13:00.000-07:00

Naxx cleared. We started about 4 pm server and I still got to bed before 2 AM my time. Nicely done Bloodriver! I managed to off tank most of the bosses, only had one issue when I tried to take Dead Side during Gothik. We wiped... sorry. But, I also noticed that my biggest issue was in heals versus mana gained. I wasn't taking enough damage for a healer to consider healing me as the off tank, so I

Ragmuffins vs H ToC

2009-09-08T07:29:00.000-07:00

Spark post off of one over at Kestrel's Aerie.Let me just start out by saying that Bloodriver is made up of crazy people. We will dang well try anything at least once or twice. A few days ago the crazy bug bit when a group of us were solidly running regular Trial of the Champion. I was tanking on Casavel, and our new level 80 druid duo was Dps and Heals for this, along with my husband on his

Casavel : Story

2009-09-02T09:15:00.001-07:00

Note: This story was written sometime last year for a writing course, which is why the WoW elements are very toned down. Just consider this the first installment... there is a second story brewing on the horizon.Casavel“I believe in my Prince. He is just! If we do not act now, our homes and families will be destroyed! So ride this day. Ride for our prince, our families. All depend on us.” The

Tzia's UI

2009-08-22T03:25:00.001-07:00

Obligatory note: This is a Spark Post off one over at Kestrel's Aerie. After looking over Kestrel's UI, I decided to post a pic of mine. Now mind you... mine looks a total mess at times, but I know where everything IS. That is usually the major thing. If it works... don't break it, right?My UI has remained the same for largely two expansions. I use every button that is on there, at least at some

Rawr I has Druid?

2009-08-06T14:36:00.000-07:00

I know, I know, it might look like I jumped on the Druid bandwagon... but I think I've had my baby druidess for at least a month and a half now? My husband and I are playing together, I had the choice of a squishable bored-to-death priesty or something that could be-the-pet druid. I started the priest got her to about 10, got annoyed with the heal and do nothing elseness of grouped leveling, so I

Rally Inc!

2009-07-31T12:19:00.000-07:00

Mind you, I normally don't mention real life things, however; when I'm living on a main artery for the town and can thankfully walk to work, and something that's happening a few cities over actually has an impact on my city, and region, and spikes my state's economy... I'm posting on it.Sturgis Bike Week. August 3-9 according to all official leaflets, but anyone that's lived and worked through

First All Bloodriver Naxx 10

2009-07-27T01:19:00.000-07:00

Well, I brought Casavel along and off tanked, with Vel as main tank. We cleared Spider Wing. Then did Plague Wing. Got to Heigan, died, died, died... oh did I mention... died? Repeatedly? Group decided to call Heigan, so we went on to deal with Patchwerk instead. Cas got a lovely new epic necklace out of a trash kill - yay upgrades, as Lin would say. I main tanked Patchwerk... and died in about 3

On Groups

2009-07-20T14:21:00.000-07:00

In the past I've mentioned a few grouping situations where things have either amused or annoyed me, often in the same post. I don't think there will be much to amuse in this particular post, however.On Saturday night, I accepted an offer to run Naxx 10 on my hunter. We cleared two quarters, then one of the tanks said she was a bit too tired to perform correctly any farther and asked for a

Ding 80 Paladin

2009-07-10T13:11:00.000-07:00

Yep, you read correctly. Casavel is a level 80 paladin with 539 Def. She's just a point shy of being able to go directly into raiding. I'm not looking to raid with her just quiet yet, to be honest. All I want to be able to do right now is learn the heroic fights. Heroics will give me better gear... still wearing mostly Tempered Saronite.I've been looking forward to 80 on Cas ever since Ticalos

76 Glitched Pally

2009-06-26T13:18:00.000-07:00

Well, Cas hit level 76... and I helped out with Ahune the other night, then found out while trying to drink that she won't remain sitting for more than 3-5 seconds... even if sitting is initiated by drinking, eating, or hitting x on the keyboard. Without being able to drink... I really can't play her. I want to, don't get me wrong... I want to get her to 80... but until I can sit, stay sitting,

/afk

2009-05-22T13:23:00.000-07:00

Well guys, I'm just posting to let anyone that reads know that I will be out of the country for two weeks. Heading to New Zealand. Casavel sits at 75 and can gain rested xp while I'm away. It will help me make that jump from 75-80 easier.If a post does pop up here? Well, I am taking a laptop with me, and as long as we have the correct converter, I shouldn't blow anything up. But, Have Bow should

Count of Viana

2009-05-20T14:24:00.000-07:00

Well, Fae (aka Niqo) tagged me in a meme. Its the album cover one that I've seen going around. Finally settled down to do it.And here is my album coverInstructions:1 - Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random… Read More” or click here.The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.2 - Go to “Random quotations” or click here.The last four or five words of the very last quote of the

72 Paladin in Sholazar Basin - Yeah, about that . . .

2009-05-12T01:50:00.000-07:00

Well, not much to report over on Wyrmrest Accord. Tzia is 80, has done heroics and seen Naxx 10 Man 2x and Maly 10 1x. She watched most of the Maly fight prior to the wipe from the floor... (note to self: do not follow Niqo anywhere!). Aside from that not much has been going on with the hunter.No, I've been playing Casavel pretty extensively. She's sitting at 72, 2/3 of the way through to 73...

Casavel, my paladin tank

2009-05-03T08:37:00.000-07:00

"My comrades are my weapons, and I am their shield. While I draw breath, they shall not perish. So long as they live, our enemies will fall. I am defender, protector, guardian. I am a Paladin." - Cathela the SeekerThis sums up so well what I feel when I pull on the plate and pick up a shield. I may only be a lowly level 70 tankadin at the moment, but she's coming along, slowly, but sure in her

Spec 'Splosion

2009-04-17T13:53:00.000-07:00

Well, I've got an annoying visual glitch on Casavel, my paladin over on WRA. Or more specifically, on her talents. Armory, and the game itself, both claim that for all intents and purposes I have a level 19 paladin, when in fact she's a 68. Armory shows I have a 0/10/8 build when I know its actually 0/51/8, with a planned 0/51/20. The game can't display anything past my first 10 points in

Does Your Character Have A Soul?

2009-04-08T20:40:00.000-07:00

The question seems simple enough. Some people would argue no it does not. Its just colored pixels, the way a warlock's pet is just colored bits of light and data. Nothing more.I say differently. Each character I play and interact with is different, even if it shares a name with another character. Tzia is my primary moniker in WoW, everyone knows me as Tzia, the hunter. I've had my main hunter,

Word of a woman that knows...

2009-04-06T13:50:00.000-07:00

The Hunter's Mark today asked what music do you listen to while playing WoW, if any? I've been asking guildies this for a while now, some to the point they want to kill me, I think (Hey, that has to be the reason they drag my undergeared butt into Heroics).Anyways, as my guild mates know, I'm largely into older music, most of which is older than I am. Fleetwood Mac, I have too many favorites to

Omg Its Pink!

2009-04-01T12:23:00.000-07:00

Now, usually I have no problem with guild tabards, but I just about broke something laughing last night after I logged out of Tzia and flipped though the rest of my guilded characters on Wyrmrest Accord. My guild leader had switched out our tabard from its normal earthen and muted gold to Pink, Purple and Glaring Gold. It looked odd on Tzia, but since I have her cloak showing, I don't have to see

Tagged... I'm It.

2009-03-20T16:35:00.000-07:00

Well, Niqo over at Petoholics Annon. tagged me for a double meme. I've selected my 80 hunter main, Tzia; and my 66 paladin Casavel for both sets of questions.What's your time /played?Do you really wanna know? Do I even want to know? >.< Its not gonna be pretty, certainly not on my main. Tzia's /played is : Yes, that is 73 days /played. I know, I know. I said it wasn't gonna be pretty.Casavel's /

Searching for Answers

2009-03-13T22:52:00.000-07:00

A gust of cold air blew in with the next arriving zeplin from Kalimdor, causing the troll kneeling near the fire to shiver slightly and wrap her cloak tightly around her frame. She watched this group of adventurers pile off the zeplin and shook her head at their unbridled eagerness to get out there and kill things. They’d soon learn that it would take a little time to get used to the extreme cold

Spark - What does your pet(s) mean to you?

2009-03-06T17:55:00.000-08:00

This is a Spark Post off Petoholics Anonn's post by the same title. I've had a number of memorable pets through a number of hunters. Each hunter ended up developing and maintaining unique pets.Tzia of Wyrmrest Accord - Ruka, the Frostsaber Pridewatcher, Lysera, the Fjord Hawk Matriarch, Helki, the Ghostpaw Alpha, Armatu, the Rotting Agam'ar boar, Truffles, the Ashmane Boar; and lastly my Spirit

New Bow, Boots & Loque'nahak

2009-03-02T15:02:00.000-08:00

Yep, you read that right. I got a new bow. And a pair of boots. I also picked up a few greens, replaced a BoE World Drop Epic with a green. And found this weird cat-like creature called Spirit Beast.Caught sight of it in a fly over by the northern spawn point(58,22), landed and had adrenaline hit me 200% while freeing my search pet and dropping the trap. I stepped onto the trap, then shot at the

Back in the Instance Swing

2009-02-28T11:53:00.001-08:00

Well, I'm back running instances again. My guild was helpful enough to drag me through Nexus and Drak'Tharon Keep. It got my instancing feet under me. Ran Old Kingdom last night with a pick up group. Had a brand new to tanking paladin. She did pretty well... only died, I think a total of five times? That and I don't think anyone in that group at 2 AM was familiar with the instance, so none of us

Just Five More to Go

2009-02-25T22:29:00.000-08:00

Yep, you heard me. Tzia has five more levels to go. And yet, I'm looking forward more to cold weather flying, the chance to hunt down Loque'nahak, a level 77 bow, and hopefully having enough scales to make myself some Dragonstompers. For me its the journey to the end that I find more appealing than a mad-cap dash to a level, just to say "I'm HERE... now who ate my cake?!" Since that seems to be

What is YOUR 6th Screen Shot?

2009-02-21T19:48:00.000-08:00

Well, since Cait feels like she's all alone, I'll say she tagged me, since she kinda did since I read and looked at hers, then went and counted screenshots. :)This one is of Yazmin in Ungoro, nice shot if I do say so myself! And just for a bit of fun, I decided to go to the very back of my screen shot gallery and count from the bottom up, til I got to 6. This is what I found. A Death Knight I no

All My Bags are Packed...

2009-02-21T19:20:00.000-08:00

Well, its moving time for me, here in the Real World and in the World of Warcraft. I've spent most of today doing nothing but putting things in boxes, loading those boxes into the van to come back and pack more boxes. And wait for my husband and his best friend to get back so I can load those boxes into the van. Then repeat the entire process over again.My husband and I found a cheaper apartment

Iron Buckles... Blah

2009-02-17T01:38:00.001-08:00

Well, my current hunter is stalled at 195 leatherworking due to iron buckles. I need buckles to progress... no seriously, its the cheapest thing out of all the other potential money sinking resources. Threw the iron in the guild vault. It will be turned into buckles for me to pick up tomorrow by one of my guild's black smiths, who I can't thank enough!Kora hit 45 tonight, so I went and threw on

Phisher's Fishing for WoW

2009-02-06T21:40:00.000-08:00

Standard Preface: This is a Spark Post off of something from One Among Many.A few days ago, my friend Cait, over at One Among Many got hit by a phisher email. The email claimed that it was from a blizzard e-mail address and asked Cait to in-put her WoW info. Cait's account is safe, she didn't fall too far for it. She got lucky.Cait opened the email, because the title scared her. She noticed a few

3.1 Hunter Patch Notes

2009-02-04T23:38:00.001-08:00

I got these notes from another website, via my PA guildmates. Romeo linked the blog, I went over, took a look at the notes and started laughing.Here are the notes in screen shot form, with a mild bit of editing on my part.And, I'll just import what I said from the PA forum, since I said it all there...I'm declaring Spoof now.I'm sorry, I looked at some of this and there is no way in [I]Hades[/I]

Hello World.

2009-01-23T09:15:00.001-08:00

Yes, it was the first C++ Program I ever did. No, that is not what this post is about. This post is about the fact that my Horde characters on Moon Guard packed up their shiney swords, scuffed armor, and helped crate mini pets and larger ones alike... and moved to Wyrmrest Accord.That means that Koratria, Casavel, and a new paladin named Rheannon moved. Moon Guard is nothing but Alliance again.

I Live in a Church . . .

2009-01-12T03:42:00.000-08:00

And I don't sleep with voodoo dolls. I'm building a priestess. I know, I know, hunter going priest... wth right? But, Kes did it, and some how managed to succeed at it! However, unlike Kes, this character will not become a main. I'm rolling this priestess to play with my guy and a friend of ours... the same one from /facepalm. We want a little RP questing group. For said group, I will be DPS.

/facepalm sums it up nicely

2009-01-08T10:20:00.000-08:00

Oh believe me, it does. One of my long time friends from Chens Champions has joined me over on Moon Guard, playing alliance no less. He was debating on rollinge either a paladin or a priest... I told him to go with paladin, as the armor would provide a bit more protection against everything except magical and the bubble would handle magic... he went paladin, a draenei to be specific.I first

Gorillidan Crutch

2009-01-04T14:26:00.000-08:00

This is yet another Spark Post off something over at Aspect of the Hare today... and its not even a regular post! No, its something from the comments section on this post. And I couldn't agree with Pike more. I tested out a gorilla for three levels. Its just not to my liking, I felt that it was actually too easy to play. I mean the AoE grind is fun, I will admit that... but um, that's why I have

Yet Another Hunter

2009-01-02T14:16:00.000-08:00

I got bored last night and rolled another horde hunter on another server. I used my regular name. I'm an Orc over on Thorium Brotherhood (US). I decided to roll a character over there to play along with some great people I met while playing Pirates of the Burning Sea. That, and its the only PA WoW Guild left, I do believe. Last night, while I was trying to figure out which pet I wanted (went with

Happy New Years!

2009-01-01T13:30:00.000-08:00

Another year has come and gone here at Have Bow. I hope it was a good year for you. Looking back, this year has been a bit crazy, with several moves for a number of characters and for myself even. I've changed servers at least twice so far. Even though Tzia remains on Deathwing, I find myself playing more and more over on Moon Guard, more than likely because I know people there.We, as a

We Followed the Directions...We Swear!

2008-12-25T13:31:00.001-08:00

First off, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Blessed Be. So far I've gotten just about everything I wanted or needed for Christmas. Dinner is still cooking as I type this, but I'm already pouting. The Guy and I decided on a pineapple and Coke glazed ham for dinner... hey I followed the turkey's suggestion this time! However, the recipe never said that you needed to add water, or warned that

Bloodriver Winter Veil Extravaganza

2008-12-22T15:21:00.001-08:00

Well, I know I haven't been posting much lately, for that I'm sorry. I've not been playing any of the hunters much. Actually I've been splitting my time between a new Paladin and a new Death Knight. I'm still playing on a pre-established server (Moon Guard) but I decided to create a few horde characters over there, just to bug Fae aka Niqora from Petoholics Anon. Her guild is a great group of

The First Comment

2008-12-17T16:54:00.000-08:00

As Cait over at One Among Many has so kindly kicked the ball into my court today, I've got a post on the first comment I ever got on the blog. It was a comment in response to me disagreeing with another hunter over whether or not a 58 hunter was ready for Outlands -"Hunter, money and some hunter blog"- The first person to comment was Troll on a Powerbook, who unfortunately is no longer playing

Blacksmithing 298

2008-12-10T15:30:00.001-08:00

Well, part of the reason for not having too many updates on the blog is, well, I'm not playing any of the Tzia's very much. Nope, I've been playing my now level 66 paladin, Dione on Quel'dorei.I started playing her again to keep my awesome original CC guildie, Rivey, company while he leveled his paladin towards 80. He did make a post saying that I was the reason he didn't get anything done before

Chens Champions Reborn

2008-11-30T19:44:00.000-08:00

Well, yeah, um... Hmm. Tzia on Deathwing is now running a guild. Its not a major guild or a fancy guild (we do have our tabard though!) or even a guild with a bank tab yet... (I'm working on it!). However, its my guild and The Guy's guild. And I am happy.We resurrected the old name : Chens Champions. We also dug out and dusted off the old black and white Drunken Pandaren inspired tabard. And

Happy Turkey Day!

2008-11-27T07:59:00.001-08:00

Well, my guy got his Turkey Achievement before we head out the door to Ft. Pierre for a day of turkey, stuffing, and a cat at my mother's. No, we are not eating said cat, but it will most likely be on our laps for much of the time we are there so I include it as a default.Shasta the most cross-eyed cat in the world... will provide pictures if I remember the camera!May all your shots hit, the gear

Note to Self: Repair More!

2008-11-23T00:04:00.000-08:00

Well, I think I might remember why I should be repairing frequently. You'd think I'd know this already after having played hunter for how long?! Nope. See convo with one of my guildies below....And I've even got a shot of the quiver as a sword! This is just a weird one in a big way. Need to remember to repair more.

Screens from 'Round Azeroth & Beyond

2008-11-16T19:14:00.000-08:00

So, I'm betting some of you are wondering what I've been up to? Well, on Deathwing, The Guy and I are playing our hunters... we got to 71, and I've got my leatherworking up to 395. No gear yet to replace my current stuff, though The Guy has replaced a few things, with stuff I've crafted for him and some quest rewards. We've also been playing our new Death Knights. I've got a few things on the AH

Kes? We had 300!

2008-11-13T11:45:00.000-08:00

Well, I spent about an hour and a half in line waiting on getting my game. Gamestop's card readers went down after about 50 people, so it was cash or wait for them to call the company get a verification and then go. I'm grateful to my pet Boomchicken who came with us to Gamestop... he paid for both The Guy and I's games, since he had the cash on him while The Guy would have had to wade over to a

Um... about that....

2008-11-11T17:50:00.001-08:00

Well, I was taken a bit by surprise by the realms all being down today, so instead I watched Kung Fu Panda and read though Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow again. Worked a bit on my Nano Draft. Then I attempted to log into WoW again only to findSo... I guess its back to writing for a while longer?

Ding 30!

2008-11-10T00:25:00.001-08:00

Well, its a Ding 30 moment for another Tzia on another server. This one is Alliance, on Drenden - BRK's home server. I originally rolled the character just to say hi to BRK, which I did... but then the server sucked me in. Leveling is sooo addictive! And, because its a PvE realm... I can quest to my little heart's content without the ugly prospect of stepping outside a home zone and getting my

Run For Ezra

2008-11-08T15:39:00.000-08:00

Well, we ran for Ezra, got past the Arena in Stranglethorn before BRK was told by the GMs to cease and desist or face a ban. We were kinda mini crashing the server. ^_^ So, we didn't even make it to Stormwind. But it still showed me that we managed to do something pretty major! Over 500 cows in the guild Run For Ezra. I managed to get my Tzia up to level 11, and had a black wolf named

Hard Work - Spark

2008-11-07T14:15:00.000-08:00

This is a Spark off of BRK's post today over at BigRedKitty.net. It makes me think of having left Tzia behind on Deathwing while I was leveling Blood Elf Ranii, on Quel'dorei. I ran into a hunter and priest combo trying to kill things in Hillsbrad. The three of us teamed up to take on a guy in the mines. I was watching the hunter, Dutchess, kill things as I was taking them down from range with

Things to Get Done

2008-10-31T03:05:00.001-07:00

National Novel Writing Month It was either that or do the blogging one, and surprisingly, I will have an easier time with a novel... even if the thing is horrible - than I would with blogging every day, because honestly, I can turn out a semi-terrible novel in a month. Can't always find things to post about that interest me.Brainstorm Big Novel Idea.This one will not be as hard, as I have

My Hunter Theme Song

2008-10-31T00:05:00.000-07:00

This took me three years + to find. I started listening to Inkubus Sukkubus tonight... hey, tomorrow is Halloween! So it was good to start with them tonight, and get me in the mood for trick-or-treaters, which I will unfortunately miss out on as I have to work from 5-8 pm tomorrow, ah well, maybe next year?But anyways, Hunter theme song... specifically MY theme song. The Beast in Us AllWe've got

Screen Shot Humor

2008-10-30T01:44:00.000-07:00

I'll admit, when I saw this I started laughing and had to poke The Guy to show it to him. Even the Night Elves think the Horde Rule. Hehe!

Quote of the Day

2008-10-29T22:31:00.000-07:00

"A good rule of thumb is to comment as if the person to whom you are commenting is standing in front of you, is built like a linebacker, and has both a short temper and excellent legal representation." John Scalzi, Author.I really think this sums up the way I comment on other people's blogs and expect people to comment on mine. And I just love the mental image that this author conjures up.

Zombies Ugh

2008-10-27T08:24:00.000-07:00

The Zombies are driving me completely nuts. I rolled a new hunter (yes I know bad Tzia) but I rolled one alliance side on Drenden to say hi to BRK, which I did, and then the server sucked me in. The newest Tzia is level 17. I'm in Auberdine right now questing away... or at least trying to. Blizzard has Zombie issues. And when I say issues, I mean they royally #&^!ed up.The Zombies might be

Being Full BM Sans Exotic Pet

2008-10-21T19:59:00.000-07:00

Boy is this ever fun! Writing off a blog post by Pike over at Aspect of the Hare yet again! She always has stuff that sparks a larger post from me than will comfortably fit in her comment box. Lucky her and lucky me... I don't have to wrack my brain too much for a post, and she can read this at her own pace. Thanks again Pike!I can't count the number of BM hunters I see running around right now

Everyone is Power Mad, Lactic!

2008-10-19T09:05:00.001-07:00

This is a Spark post off Lactic Acid's over at Snake in the Grass. So go read that so you know what I'm talking about, I'll wait.Back? Okay!Ugh. Its not just the paladins. Ran into a Horde 3 man the other night consisting of a Shaman, Paladin, and Warrior in BB. Not only were they killing the Inn Keeper, but also the Bank, the Auctioneer, AND the Stable Master. At first I thought the Stable

Hello Core Hound

2008-10-17T08:40:00.001-07:00

Well, I'm posting this just after logging out. I'm sitting in Stillpine Hold, waiting on a hearthstone cooldown, but I've got my puppy of doom. ^_^ Thank BRK for the nickname. I'm just waiting on Blizzard to take away the BOOM, BOOM sound when it walks. Impact term was nice when the thing was trying to eat me, but now that its my pet, I don't think it should do that. I mean, really, it will get

Good bye Truffles

2008-10-16T15:58:00.001-07:00

Yes, you heard me right. I've decided that I'm letting go of Truffles. I'm a full BM Spec 51/10/0 atm, and loving it. Ruka is doing dailies with me. I'm testing out a turtle, and so far? The turtle I grabbed out of Hillsbrad - after visiting the Dalaran Crater - worked very nicely against the level 65-67s I threw it at. Good lil tanker pet. :D The turtle needs to be the right color, named, and

Brief WoW Break - Til Sat!

2008-10-15T13:11:00.004-07:00

I think I might end up taking a break from WoW until the Weekend. Reasons: 1) Work. I'm closing tonight, my feet are going to kill me.2) Opening I think on Friday (need to check my schedule).3) Major Patch = Major, major -did I mention major- glitches.4) Major Patch also = server instability.5) I don't have a combat bar mod yet. Default is annoying me!I'm working without ANY mods right now. Not

Add-On Hell

2008-10-14T23:48:00.000-07:00

Well, its time to try and figure out add-ons after Blizzard has cheerfully gutted most of my old ones. Fubar works, yay! Trinity does not... Booo! And from Pike I know that SCTD works, which is a relief. And I know, from talking to the BoomChicken, Diamond Threat Meter still works, so that's one less mod I have to chase down. The BoomChicken will be getting his Pink Tallstrider as soon as I

Decisions, Decisions.

2008-10-13T20:02:00.000-07:00

Like many hunters out there, I've been taking a good hard look at my main hunter, Tzia of Deathwing, trying to figure out exactly which pets to be carrying with me into the next expansion. I know we will get a total of four stable slots with one pet active (for a total of five usable spots), along with three pet talent trees and the exotic pets. Counting quickly, that's one pet of each type (

Flap, Flap, Flap!

2008-10-07T02:10:00.000-07:00

Well, Dae bullied me into getting my Epic Flyer for Tzia. Yep, Tzia has a Swift Red Windrider! He basically threw money at me to make sure I'd get the thing, because he was tired of having to wait for me to catch up to him on my regular one while we were doing daily quests. So, I'm now cruising the skies on a windrider that is one of my two favorite colors. And I can also now do Netherwing Daily

Daily Frustrations

2008-10-07T01:58:00.000-07:00

Dae, the Kentucky Fried BoomChicken, moved from a PvE realm to Deathwing, which is PvP. He's gotten used to the idea of Red Everywhere. I'm still watching cautiously, while he's talking about ganking people. I try and leave most Alliance alone. If they don't start something, neither do I. Dae? Seems to want to jump everything that is red out there while we are doing dailies. Honestly, I just want

Have Bow- Blog Title Revisited

2008-10-06T17:14:00.001-07:00

When I started Have Bow, I thought it was a catchy little statement that fit the fact I was huntering quite well. Then I posted about the fact I'd run into a Can Tank, Will Travel blog. I questioned at that time changing the blog title, but never got around to it. The name Have Bow, Will Travel serves this blog well, and is much more appropriate now than it even was then!At that time I had (QD)

Policy Change - Comments

2008-10-06T16:21:00.001-07:00

Hey guys, I know a few people at least read me once a week. For those of you that like to comment, feel free, but due to someone posting the type of commentary I don't allow (profanity laced/lewd) I will now be screening all comments. This means it will take a lil bit to get your stuff to show up, don't fret, it WILL show up, once I get around to approving it. If you disagree with what I post?

Fried Boom Chicken with a side of Bacon

2008-10-06T01:01:00.000-07:00

Well, I got back into the instance running game tonight. Kentucky Fried Boom Chicken (aka KFBC) over at Will Boom for Gear, invited me along on a Heroic Bot run. I haven't run an instance in a few months, and he drags me in on a HBot with a mage, a warlock, and a priest. Yep, feathers-for-brains was tanking. I thought about that for a second, went eep! and then settled in. I was there as DPS/CC

Healer Protection : in the job description?

2008-10-04T01:41:00.000-07:00

I'm wondering, after running with a few very, very, very bad hunters on my paladin in the past, do most hunters believe protecting the healer is in the job description?As a hunter, I believe its part of my job when I'm in a group to watch out for the healer in case something goes wrong, a mob blind-sides us and goes for the squishy lil healer (trees and holy pallys included), or the tank has just

What A Mess!

2008-10-02T00:28:00.000-07:00

Today has been a bit of a mess. I had planned to register to vote -- maybe tomorrow if I have enough time between a job interview and cleaning up a watery mess that started my day off.Yes, I woke up this morning to water ballooning underneath paint as it dripped through the ceiling and ran down the wall, half over, half under the paint. Lucky me... it was in my room, the same wall that my

[PTR] OMG Ruka Holds Aggro!!!

2008-09-29T23:21:00.000-07:00

I am positively giddy right now. My purple kitty of doom, death and absolute cuteness holds aggro on the PTR! *faints* No more boars needed!!!I took her farming after speccing a warp stalker out to try and tank and just play with stuff on the PTR. Warpy the warp stalker held aggro while I was doing a quest... which turned out to be my 1,000 quest apparently ... but it rocked my world, so I

Total Chaos

2008-09-24T15:15:00.000-07:00

Any hunter that plays will agree there are periods of bordom followed by periods of utter chaos while playing. I can't count how many times Ruka or Xavi or Varuna has gotten me into trouble by chasing something down. Then they bring back five to eight friends. Yes, I know this is in part due to my inattention... I sometimes forget to watch where the pet is chasing or don't switch to that mob fast

Tzia of Quel'dorei... Wait, I mean Deathwing!

2008-09-15T22:18:00.000-07:00

As I write this Tzia is currently being whisked off QD and put on Deathwing. The reason Tzia is moving from an PvE realm to an PvP realm are many and slightly confusing... since I once swore I'd never move my main back to a PvP realm (that and I couldn't at the time)!Tzia has gone through a pretty long road to get to where she is today. My only 70 to date, originally had the name Venari on

Why was the bear on the bike?

2008-09-11T11:41:00.000-07:00

Okay, I read the Odd News through Yahoo every day between blog posts and playing WoW. There have been times when a headline will grab my attention... and then there are times when I almost want to write to the editor and ask if s/he fell asleep at the desk, just due to basic errors with subject verb agreement, tense shifts, and then there are sentences that are just worded wrong (which is how it

Kovani of Deathwing

2008-09-10T02:05:00.000-07:00

[Note to Self: Get screen shot of Kovani and her hyena, Varuna]As those that frequently read know, I have a bit of a hunter obsession. At last count there are nine different hunters, on five different servers. Not all hunters are listed in the Too Many Hunters panel to the right. Some are alts that I haven't picked back up in a while, others are just gathering dust, or were part of a BRK event. I

PetEmote... oooh!

2008-09-08T13:04:00.000-07:00

I finally downloaded that mod. So far I love it! Now all I need to figure out is what to name my wolf. I've got grouped friends saying they are seeing Tzia's Wolf Wolf yips happily. Or something vey similar. But I'm loving this, its making my pet even more personal. I tested this with Misha and it seems pet family specific. I've always had a major affinity to my pets. I can name almost every pet

A Thank You

2008-09-08T12:45:00.000-07:00

This post is a thank you to those that post every day, and actually give me a reason to crawl out of bed five minutes early, brew a pot of coffee in the morning and read my Frequent Reads.Thank you Pike, for my daily dose of humor. Thank you BRK for keeping me grounded in hunters and up to date on major hunter in sights as well as the occasional daniel mode out-take. Thanks to Hunter's Mark for

Quote of the Day

2008-09-07T11:44:00.000-07:00

A danger foreseen is half-avoided. - Cheyenne ProverbAnd this is why I want into the PTR... I want to see how badly they goofed up my Ruka. We'll see I guess.

Personal Life Stuff

2008-09-06T13:38:00.000-07:00

I have always tried to keep my WoW Life and Personal Life seperate on this blog. I've not let my readers (what few there are, and I thank each and every one of you) get tangled up in my personal life by keeping this WoW related in its entirety. However, I'm going to briefly break that rule today.Well, a number of things are going on in my personal life right now. This means until the general sh!t

Non-Combat Pets

2008-09-03T17:06:00.000-07:00

I know we all have our favorite pets as hunters. What about the rest of the WoW Populous? Those cute little mini, non-combat, vanity pets? I wonder, what is your favorite one or ones for that matter?I have a number of various vanity pets spread out over four diffrent characters. The entire list includes :Tree Frog Box, Elekk Training Collar, White Kitten, Worg Carrier, A Jubling's Tiny Home,

Quote of the Day

2008-09-01T18:23:00.000-07:00

Cats regard people as warmblooded furniture. - Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Deep End of the OceanHow well do I know this... my cats constantly decide I'm the most comfortable thing to take a nap on. Especially while in the middle of questing in WoW!