Ctrl Alt WoW Episode 5 Are You Prepared

Published: Jan. 15, 2007, 6:22 p.m.

b'Segment I.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0What\\u2019s Going On\\nA.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0I took a trip to California for MacWorld.\\xa0 Tried to do last week\\u2019s podcast in a train station, not a good idea.\\xa0 Was going to do this one on the train but learned from my mistake.\\nB.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Just to familiarize those who didn\\u2019t listen to the first couple of podcasts or who might not remember, I divide my podcast into chapters, this way you can easily move back and forward within the podcasts.\\xa0 The segments are:\\nNo. 1.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0What\\u2019s Going On \\u2013 this one\\nNo. 2.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0WoW News\\nNo. 3.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Alt Round Up \\u2013 I did have the Burning Crusade Beta in the line up but now that it\\u2019s about to go Gold, any discussion about BC will just fall into the normal layout.\\nNo. 4.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Server Shoutout \\u2013 Listeners can email me and mention their guilds or just say hello\\nNo. 5.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0In the House \\u2013 How WoW affects you at home and how your home affects your WoW.\\nNo. 6.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Favorite Places in WoW \\u2013 discusses little things about WoW that anyone can share, things that normally go unnoticed.\\nNo. 7.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Emails, when and if I get any.\\nNo. 8.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Closing\\xa0 thoughts about the show\\nC.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0There was a patch last Tues Jan 8th that made some changes\\nNo. 1.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Ore now stackable by 20\\nNo. 2.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Add Ons need to be updated- the two main ones I use were updated\\n1.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Titan Panel\\n2.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0SellValue\\n3.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0 Found a new one while I was on Curse Gaming\\u2013 List My Junk http://wow.curse-gaming.com/en/files/details/2623/list-my-junk-by-zayla/\\n\\nSegment II.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0WoW News\\nA.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Stores will be open at midnight on Monday night/Tuesday morning to sell the Expansion pack\\nB.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0I patched to 2.04 but I guess there was a 2.05 version that caused some havoc.\\n\\nSegment III.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Alt Round Up \\u2013 All Alts transferred to Baelgun except for one on each account.\\xa0 There were some glitches that caused delays, but the blues on the WoW forums said they were working on it.\\nA.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Who\\u2019s Doing what\\nNo. 1.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Treshel\\nNo. 2.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Prilfire gathering in Badlands\\nNo. 3.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Pryl in Westfall\\nNo. 4.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Rilfire headed to Undercity to purchase a Guild Charter from the Guild Master there.\\xa0 She\\u2019s going to start Ctrl Alt WoW.\\xa0 Aprillian was going to do it, but she\\u2019s stuck in the transfer queue.\\xa0 This means, for those who don\\u2019t already know, after she purchases the Guild Charter from the Guild Master for 10 silver she has to find 9 other unique accounts to sign the charter and then she\\u2019ll have a guild.\\xa0 By unique I mean only one alt from any account can sign, so you can\\u2019t make a guild by having you and your nine alts sign it.\\xa0 So, if you don\\u2019t have 9 people all ready to join your guild, it involves running around asking total strangers to sign, usually you offer them 50 silver.\\xa0 Some will ask for more, some will do it for free.\\xa0 Once you have the 9 names, you go back to the Guild Master and register your guild and then you will have a guild with guild chat and you will be the Guild leader.\\xa0 Most of the people you\\u2019ve asked to sign your charter will leave.\\xa0 Which is okay, because I just wanted the guild because I like having all of my alts in the same guild because it makes it easier to keep track of them and automatically makes their names come up in the mailbox to entry line when you start typing the first few letters.\\nB.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Ideas/Discussion\\nNo. 1.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Your First Alt.\\xa0 An alt, by definition, is a backup to your main character.\\xa0 What generally happens is you make a character and run around learning how to do stuff.\\xa0 Then you either start running out of space in your bags and inventory, or you need something you can\\u2019t make and don\\u2019t want to pay a lot for on the Auction House, or you want to try another class.\\xa0 In fact, you might find one of your alts becomes your main. \\xa0\\nNo. 2.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0The Banker Alt \\u2013 some call this alt their mule\\n\\nSegment IV.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Server Shout out\\nA.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Baelgun\\nNo. 1.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0From Whom\\nNo. 2.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Aprillian\\nB.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0Server\\n\\nSegment V.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0In The House \\u2013 Discussing what is going on in our real lives that has been affected by playing World of Warcraft\\nA.\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0My Trip to MacWorl'