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| − | :''Were you looking for the battle in the [[Second War]], [[Beyond the Dark Portal missions#II. The Skull of Gul.27dan|The Skull of Gul'dan]]?'' |
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| + | I have been actively gaming, as well as a computer geek, since I was a kid - which may not sound much at first but trust me on this. |
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| − | |name=The Skull of Gul'dan |
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| − | |effect=Equip: Improves hit rating by 25.<br/>Equip: Increases spell power by 55.<br/>Use: Tap into the power of the skull, increasing haste rating by 175 for 20 sec. |
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| + | I played D&D in the early paper and pencil days, enjoyed some perhaps unusual aspects of Traveller, a glorious time in Runequest, and a few other games - and a fondness for friends who really '''can''' tell the difference between fact, fantasy, and the physics of the Real World we walk in versus the (sometimes consistent) curious physics of worlds of magical pasts, alternate worlds, or distant futures. |
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| − | '''The Skull of Gul'dan''' was a powerful demonic artifact created from the skull of the [[orc]] sorcerer [[Gul'dan]]. Used for a plethora of demonic activity, from opening portals to corrupting the forests of [[Ashenvale]], its powers were finally consumed by [[Illidan Stormrage]]. Although already consumed by Illidan, the skull still holds power and is in Illidan's possession. |
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| + | Um, and oddly enough I'm social too; MMO seems to work for me! |
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| − | ==History== |
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| − | [[Image:BTNGuldanSkull.png|left]] |
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| − | [[Image:KhadgarDarkPortalW2.JPG|thumb|right|Khadgar uses the skull of Gul'dan to close the Dark Portal in Warcraft II.]] |
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| + | I joined Wikia so that I could comment on an active discussion regarding WoWWiki. The wiki moved. The old one remains. If you want to read my (also rather verbose) thoughts on that transition, go read them over there. I'm here to talk about WoW :) |
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| − | After the insidious warlock [[Gul'dan]] died, his skull was turned into a channeling totem for demonic energy. It was briefly held by a low-ranking [[Bonechewer]] officer. The skull was acquired by [[Ner'zhul]] for use in opening portals to other worlds, which also required the [[Book of Medivh]], the [[Eye of Dalaran]], and the [[Jeweled Scepter of Sargeras]]. |
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| + | == About my toons within WoW == |
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| − | It turned out that the skull wasn't really needed to rebuild the Dark Portal, but Ner'zhul kept it as a trophy of his triumph over his apprentice. The skull appeared to hold some shard of Gul'dan's soul within, enabling the dead warlock to communicate with Ner'zhul. [[Deathwing]] later demanded it as payment for his services for purposes unknown.<ref>{{ref book |author= Rosenberg, Aaron |authorlink= Aaron Rosenberg |coauthors= [[Christie Golden]] |title= [[Beyond the Dark Portal]] |
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| − | |isbn= 978-1-4165-5086-0 |pages= 225}}</ref> |
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| − | Additionally, it is implied several times that the Skull has corrupting properties on its wielder as the voice of Gul'dan slowly tempts him over time.<ref>{{ref book |author= Rosenberg, Aaron |authorlink= Aaron Rosenberg |coauthors= [[Christie Golden]] |title= [[Beyond the Dark Portal]] |
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| − | |isbn= 978-1-4165-5086-0 |pages= 77|chapter= Chapter Six}}</ref> |
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| + | Spilledstars (Caelastrasz: Night Elf druid) is my main character, but not the only one I play actively. She's a maxed level Resto druid, with an alt spec and gear for feral tanking on behalf of my lower level guildies. Although, this may get less common as our other tanks are blossoming. She's our JC and one of our most active herbalist. |
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| − | [[Image:SkullofGul'dan.jpg|thumb|right|Once a powerful user of demonic magics, the demons answered his calls, and found a greater use for his head.]] |
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| − | [[Khadgar]], [[Alleria Windrunner]], and [[Turalyon]] managed to steal the skull and the Book of Medivh from Ner'zhul well into the [[Alliance Expedition]]'s campaign. Khadgar used the skull and the Book of Medivh to close the [[Dark Portal]], and sent both artifacts back to Azeroth via gryphon rider, but wasn't certain if they completed the transit. |
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| + | Ishnudaldien (Caelastrasz: Draenai shaman) is our guild's most active Inscriptionist. Not quite maxed level yet; working on that too. |
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| − | Years later it would appear again on [[Azeroth]], this time used by the [[Burning Legion]] to corrupt the forests of [[Felwood]]. The skull's powers were eventually consumed by [[Illidan Stormrage]] who, upon absorbing its power, became half [[night elf]] and half [[demon]]. With his newfound power, he struck a major blow to the Legion by killing [[Tichondrius]]. Illidan retained memories of the [[Tomb of Sargeras]] from Gul'dan, which he used in tandem with his own knowledge of [[Suramar]] to find the [[Eye of Sargeras]]. |
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| + | Seneschal (Caelastrasz: Gnome mage) runs our "sister guild" and leads the auctioning team; it's also occasionally fun to go out a-blasting :) |
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| − | ''Exactly how the Legion regained the Skull is unknown. [[Beyond the Dark Portal]] establishes that Khadgar intended for it to return to Azeroth, but it is vague as to what happened. The fact that Gul'dan's spirit lingered on within the Skull was long speculated by some, and this feature may explain some of Illidan's behavior.'' |
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| + | DistantSuns (Terrokar: Human paladin) tromps around questing a lot, generally when my main realm is down, but sometimes just to enjoy not worrying about keeping up with anyone. |
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| − | === In Warcraft III === |
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| − | In ''Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos'', consuming The Skull of Gul'dan doubled Illidan's base attack damage (from 34-56 to 75-123) and allowed him to deal chaos damage, which was fully effective against all types of armor (including the Divine Armor of Tichondrius). In addition, it metamorphosed Illidan in a powerful demon with ranged attack. It also increased Illidan's strength, agility and intelligence which resulted in his health points increasing by 300 and his mana points by 90. |
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| + | I also have a couple of worgen, a human shadowpriest, a warrior, and a rogue. |
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| − | ==Current status== |
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| − | [[Image:Illidan skull.jpg|thumb|right|The skull of Gul'dan in Illidan's grasp.]] |
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| − | When Illidan "consumed" the skull it was not destroyed. The opening cinematic of [[the Burning Crusade]] features him holding a skull in his claws, and he can be seen in-game doing the same thing. This is the Skull of Gul'dan, which Illidan kept in his possession to train new demon hunters with it, but from the five demon hunters he trained three died, one went mad, whereas the final one managed to succeed. The skull is now part of Illidan's [[Illidan Stormrage (tactics)#Loot|loot table]]. |
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| + | == About my guild == |
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| + | === Con Diablos (Caelastrasz, Oceanic) === |
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| + | Spilledstars is guildmistress of this family guild. We do some dungeoning. We actively quest or farm together. We enjoy using in-game voice; we had a vent server for a while, but were using it rarely. Not all of us are related, we're close family friends too, or a few people who have had really good runs with us. The heart of it all is, if you're a member of our guild, the ''player'' is a member; we help each other's alts too, and people who've matriculated up into raiding guilds still quest with us and help out. |
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| − | Image:Skull discarded.jpg|The Skull of Gul'dan is tossed aside after the [[Dark Portal]] is closed. |
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| − | Image:WoWScrnShot 070308 144824.jpg|Illidan holding the Skull of Guldan (in-game). |
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| + | === Promise (Caelastrasz, Oceanic) === |
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| − | ==References== |
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| + | Seneschal is guildmistress of this banking-alt guild - and the coincident "sister guild" of Con Diablos. Although, some of us aren't mere level ones, as some of our players enjoy also running the toons or pushing the professions forward. Profits go toward gearing up Con Diablos and Promise members. |
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| + | === Guiding Knights (Terrokar, US) === |
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| − | ==External links== |
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| + | The same family folk active on a US server, and perhaps a few locals to the realm. The hope and goals of this guild are to (when we're active) help anyone whom we find is new to the game; bags for young toons, etc. |
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| + | == Thoughts on playing WoW via the LFD tool == |
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| + | I recently read an pleasantly awesome thread over on the Blizzard forums: |
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| + | [http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2456911307 I met an Elitist Tank last night] |
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| + | Well worth reading. Actually he met a few elitist tanks, and one really good elite man up to the challenge of playing the dungeon he was actually given... who happened, in the queue for that particular run, to be a Tank. |
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| + | It's awesome that his crew had the perseverance to even bother to keep queueing up, instead of just "[[Achievement|going for an achieve]]" like running off and pasting Stratholme in case of getting a [[Deathcharger's_Reins|mount]]. The universe was kind enough to grant them something they really needed - a sensei. That man brought the ideals he lives with in the real world into our MMO's fake one, and made it more real thereby. |
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| + | More players should consider being real people behind their toons. :) |
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| + | === It caused me to write these bits... === |
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| + | * [[/ShouldHaveLearnedInTheNormals]] |
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| + | * [[/AboutGearingUp]] |
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| + | * [[/OnlyRunningWithGuildies]] |
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| + | Risks aren't bad. They just require energy and maybe a bit of brainpower - and more time. If you're willing to put some time in - use it well. Help a few other souls spin up too. |
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| + | === More thoughts on attitude issues === |
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| + | * PVP gear versus PVE |
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| + | If you just plain delete the resilience stat entirely, and it's still good stats, shut up, ok? |
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| + | * Green versus Purple gear |
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| + | Gear from the expansion lands includes greens of significantly higher itemlevel, but less sexy color on the tooltip. Again, if the stats are right for the class, shut up already. |
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| + | * Learn 2 Play |
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| + | ** Hardcore raiders versus Casual play, or elitists who want to be carried through speed runs? |
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| + | Well this is a mighty fine pickle, I can see it both ways. If you had high hopes of playing with people who know what they're doing, then you quite reasonably look for traits that suggest that yeah, they probably know what they're doing. |
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| + | But many of these traits are not properly represented on Gearscore, nor by itemlevel. Sorry lads and lasses, math is not enough to play this game. Go out and have some fun instead of nitpicking. If you like math '''''that''''' much, stay in the auction house. |
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| + | == A Letter To My Lower Level Self == |
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| + | Dear Spilled at level 1: |
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| + | Your hair is lovely, keep it silver always. |
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| + | * [[/DearSpilledLevelOne]] |
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| + | * [[/DearSpilledLevelTen]] |
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| + | * [[/DearSpilledLeveling]] |
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Revision as of 15:42, 12 May 2011
About me
I have been actively gaming, as well as a computer geek, since I was a kid - which may not sound much at first but trust me on this.
I played D&D in the early paper and pencil days, enjoyed some perhaps unusual aspects of Traveller, a glorious time in Runequest, and a few other games - and a fondness for friends who really can tell the difference between fact, fantasy, and the physics of the Real World we walk in versus the (sometimes consistent) curious physics of worlds of magical pasts, alternate worlds, or distant futures.
Um, and oddly enough I'm social too; MMO seems to work for me!
I joined Wikia so that I could comment on an active discussion regarding WoWWiki. The wiki moved. The old one remains. If you want to read my (also rather verbose) thoughts on that transition, go read them over there. I'm here to talk about WoW :)
About my toons within WoW
Spilledstars (Caelastrasz: Night Elf druid) is my main character, but not the only one I play actively. She's a maxed level Resto druid, with an alt spec and gear for feral tanking on behalf of my lower level guildies. Although, this may get less common as our other tanks are blossoming. She's our JC and one of our most active herbalist.
Ishnudaldien (Caelastrasz: Draenai shaman) is our guild's most active Inscriptionist. Not quite maxed level yet; working on that too.
Seneschal (Caelastrasz: Gnome mage) runs our "sister guild" and leads the auctioning team; it's also occasionally fun to go out a-blasting :)
DistantSuns (Terrokar: Human paladin) tromps around questing a lot, generally when my main realm is down, but sometimes just to enjoy not worrying about keeping up with anyone.
I also have a couple of worgen, a human shadowpriest, a warrior, and a rogue.
About my guild
Con Diablos (Caelastrasz, Oceanic)
Spilledstars is guildmistress of this family guild. We do some dungeoning. We actively quest or farm together. We enjoy using in-game voice; we had a vent server for a while, but were using it rarely. Not all of us are related, we're close family friends too, or a few people who have had really good runs with us. The heart of it all is, if you're a member of our guild, the player is a member; we help each other's alts too, and people who've matriculated up into raiding guilds still quest with us and help out.
Promise (Caelastrasz, Oceanic)
Seneschal is guildmistress of this banking-alt guild - and the coincident "sister guild" of Con Diablos. Although, some of us aren't mere level ones, as some of our players enjoy also running the toons or pushing the professions forward. Profits go toward gearing up Con Diablos and Promise members.
Guiding Knights (Terrokar, US)
The same family folk active on a US server, and perhaps a few locals to the realm. The hope and goals of this guild are to (when we're active) help anyone whom we find is new to the game; bags for young toons, etc.
Thoughts on playing WoW via the LFD tool
I recently read an pleasantly awesome thread over on the Blizzard forums: I met an Elitist Tank last night
Well worth reading. Actually he met a few elitist tanks, and one really good elite man up to the challenge of playing the dungeon he was actually given... who happened, in the queue for that particular run, to be a Tank.
It's awesome that his crew had the perseverance to even bother to keep queueing up, instead of just "going for an achieve" like running off and pasting Stratholme in case of getting a mount. The universe was kind enough to grant them something they really needed - a sensei. That man brought the ideals he lives with in the real world into our MMO's fake one, and made it more real thereby.
More players should consider being real people behind their toons. :)
It caused me to write these bits...
Risks aren't bad. They just require energy and maybe a bit of brainpower - and more time. If you're willing to put some time in - use it well. Help a few other souls spin up too.
More thoughts on attitude issues
- PVP gear versus PVE
If you just plain delete the resilience stat entirely, and it's still good stats, shut up, ok?
- Green versus Purple gear
Gear from the expansion lands includes greens of significantly higher itemlevel, but less sexy color on the tooltip. Again, if the stats are right for the class, shut up already.
- Learn 2 Play
- Hardcore raiders versus Casual play, or elitists who want to be carried through speed runs?
Well this is a mighty fine pickle, I can see it both ways. If you had high hopes of playing with people who know what they're doing, then you quite reasonably look for traits that suggest that yeah, they probably know what they're doing.
But many of these traits are not properly represented on Gearscore, nor by itemlevel. Sorry lads and lasses, math is not enough to play this game. Go out and have some fun instead of nitpicking. If you like math that much, stay in the auction house.
A Letter To My Lower Level Self
Dear Spilled at level 1: Your hair is lovely, keep it silver always.