{"id":461,"date":"2008-08-28T23:59:17","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T03:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/2008\/08\/28\/syds-semi-long-awaited-updates\/"},"modified":"2008-08-29T00:10:20","modified_gmt":"2008-08-29T04:10:20","slug":"syds-semi-long-awaited-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/2008\/08\/28\/syds-semi-long-awaited-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Syd&#8217;s Semi-Long Awaited Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Pyra mentioned last week, I hit 60, but have been too busy to post some new pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Here we go.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I really love about this game is the names your actions have.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, I the 3rd or 4th in a series of quests led you into Alliance controlled areas to this tomb of their hero.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"514\" alt=\"defile_tomb\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/defile-tomb.png\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>Yes, the action I&#8217;m performing is to &#8220;Defile Uther&#8217;s Tomb&#8221;.&nbsp; Gotta love when the game tells you to do that.<\/p>\n<p>Since this quest caused me to hit 58, it was time to go to the Outlands, which meant through the Dark Portal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"426\" alt=\"through_portal\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/through-portal.png\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>The first time through to the other side, Hellfire Peninsula is the zone, Stair of Destiny is the section of the zone.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"380\" alt=\"portal1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/portal1.png\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>Syd at the portal.&nbsp; It is a huge object in the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"344\" alt=\"outlands1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/outlands1.png\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"389\" alt=\"outlands2\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/outlands2.png\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>That is the sky in this area.<\/p>\n<p>For some reason, random monsters attack the portal, then the npcs fight them back.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"374\" alt=\"fight_at_steps\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/fight-at-steps.png\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>The Azeroth side of the portal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"407\" alt=\"syd_at_portal\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/syd-at-portal.png\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>When the portal opened, there was a world event with a quest where you had to kill 6 of the invading monsters, then you could enter the portal into the outlands.&nbsp; I wasn&#8217;t there, but I won&#8217;t miss whatever the next world event is for the next expansion.<\/p>\n<p>Flying through Outlands<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"401\" alt=\"flying_in_outlands\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/flying-in-outlands.png\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>Some random npc I saw.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"420\" alt=\"floyd_pinkus\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/floyd-pinkus.png\" width=\"438\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>Floyd Pinkus, if you don&#8217;t get the reference, please leave now. =P<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"476\" alt=\"beep_beep\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/beep-beep.png\" width=\"458\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>I know nothing about this guild, but I love the name, Beep Beep Ima Jeep.&nbsp; This guy&#8217;s name does start with an esset (that German weird looking &#8216;B&#8217;-like letter), which you could complain to a GM about, but its not worth it, and I find it funny.<\/p>\n<p>Here is my character at the logon screen at level 60.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"734\" alt=\"syd_at_60\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/syd-at-60.png\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>Ohhh my pants glow.&nbsp; And that staff I got (from a really easy quest too, which gave me some money and fame and experience and a really awesome staff) has 4 little things that orbit around the main body of the staff.&nbsp; Shiny!<\/p>\n<p>And for kicks, Syd at Orgrimmar (usually called Org, the home city of the Trolls and the Orcs).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"231\" alt=\"syd_at_org\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sphericality.org\/pyra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/syd-at-org.png\" width=\"429\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>Until next time.<\/p>\n<p>~Syd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Pyra mentioned last week, I hit 60, but have been too busy to post some new pictures. Here we go. One thing I really love about this game is the names your actions have. 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