Utoya and Oslo, Norway

I shiver at realizing just what some people are capable of.  The man who is suspected of the bombing in Oslo and the shooting rampage on Utoya seems so normal in his photos.  Its hard to imagine that anyone is capable of killing another human being, and to go to an island where a large youth group is located and shooting teenagers point blank is even more horrific.  I always found it appropriate that the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Norway because they seem to have so little violence there.  Its such a quiet peaceful community of people and to think of this happening there is truly mind blowing.  I shed tears reading the first hand accounts of some of the young survivors and their tales of escape and terror.  My thoughts go out to all of the victims and their families.  I hope that they find peace in their hearts and that the pain of their losses is short.  My thoughts are with you, the people of Norway.

World Of Warcraft

Oh yes, this is another post about another MMORPG!  If you haven't figured it out yet, I'm a total nerd and these games are just great in my opinion.  There is always an exciting appeal to having the ability to play an RPG with other live players.  My next adventure in these game types was of course World of Warcraft.  Now I'm not going to go too deeply into this one considering I've had it for about a week now and I've only been able to get on three times to play (darn you school and work taking up my precious time!).  Its a blast so far though.  There are so many races to chose from that it took me an entire night to fully read up on each and then make a decision.  Having the Burning Crusade expansion pack has allowed me even more choices which is really exciting to say the least.  Choosing a job path was equally if not more harder than choosing the race.  Ultimately for my first character I went with the Shaman and I'm enjoying it!  Its a nice mixture of magical spells and melee attacks.  The other aspect of this game which Rappelz has angered me on, is that they don't punish you for dying.  If you can make it back to your body you will lose zero experience points.  Rappelz on the other hand deducts quite a bit of your experience when you die even risking the possibility of deleveling your character.  This is the factor that has angered me so much that I have made a personal ban on Rappelz and I refuse to play it any longer.  Its nearly impossible to play solo and level yourself.  I say damn you Rappelz!

If anyone reading this is an avid player of World of Warcraft, feel free to look me up: Azzari is my main character.

Cheers!