Well I’m sure Matt isn’t playing Bejeweled during raids, but it’s nice to see that there are other players out there besides me getting sucked into this addictive little game.

I’m no pro at the game, so you won’t see any long chains of combo coming from me. Well, there are some, but not because I set them up, it is usually by accident. Also I find myself taking more and more flight paths now just so I have an excuse to play this darn game.Related Posts:

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I signed on Thursday night on my Mage and it was pretty much like, “Welcome back! You are on dragon orb duty for KJ tonight!”. Doh! I was hoping to come back for a less stressful raiding job. More like making food, water, and spamming Frostbolts. We only had M’uru and Kil’jaeden left after their Tuesday raid.

We cleared to M’uru, and I was put on full-time DPS on M’uru. Hurray for not being on adds! We one-shotted M’uru with less than half the raid alive. No caster trinket. Then off to KJ.

An example of what NOT to do during Sunwell

Don’t worry, I only did this just for the screenshot. Notice the skilling up in Bejeweled while still DPSing. Pure Skillz!

There are two mobs on the way to KJ’s room. Two Void Reaver mobs that have similar abilities as that Void Reaver World Boss (I can’t think of the name right now). These two mobs happen to kill more raid members than most bosses in Sunwell for us (not including KJ).

I was a bit rusty when we started our attempts on Kil’jaeden, and even missed timed the Blue Shield… twice! (sorry guys). Then as the dragon controller, I have to deal with shield placement. I put up the shield and Player A from side A tells me I was too far away. Okies no problem. Next attempt I move a bit closer and put up shield. Player B from side B now tells me that I was too far from him. /sigh

We did however finally saw Phase 4 for the first time, and I was able to control the second Dragon Orb for the first time. From what I saw, the raid had to deal with a whole lot of falling rocks of fire, moving to avoid them, all while doing what they’ve been doing for the first 3 phases. I on the other hand am flying around as Puff the Magic Dragon, immune to all damage, watching as the raid members get killed off, one by one.

We’ve now got him down to 40%! We have 10 days left to kill him before the last patch before Wrath comes out. At that time, he will be either way too easy to kill, or way too difficult to even bother.Related Posts:

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I am most likely going to be one of many players to download this addon and play Bejeweled. It is an awesome game, I play it many times still on my Xbox360. It will make somethings in WoW go by much smoother and less painful. For example:

• Fishing
• Waiting for Raid to start
• Flying on a Flight Path
• Waiting for players to zone into the instance

There are still many players concerned about having a game within the game though. First of all, players will be spending (and wasting) even more time on WoW. You will find some players who will just be logging onto WoW just to chat and play Bejeweled. You will be worried about players not paying attention during raids because they may be distracted by this addon.

The fact is, these “mini-games” have been around before (and maybe still around). I remember having quite a few of them myself. I had Tic-Tac-Toe, Chess, Checkers, Tetris-type game, Bejeweled-type game, and even Poker. You could even play some of these games with other players with the same mod! I played these games for the reasons I’ve listed earlier, and yes, I’ve been guilty of trying to pass time during raids. It’s ok though, it was during the good old days of “Molten Bore”.

My favorite game was ANZAC Poker, which was made by one of the players in the ANZAC Guild on my server. You could create or join games, and even invite players to join your game. I believe it was up to six players and it was Texas Hold ‘em Style.

Here is a random screenshot I found!

If you look closely, you can see me with my [Netherwind Mantle], and my [Freezing Lich Robes]! Man I loved that robe!

This was played by me and my friends during Molten Core raids pretty much every raid. We didn’t do this on “serious” raids though, only on raids which have been on farm content for months. Back then with 40 players in the raid, you really could afford to have 10-15 (or more) players half-assing it and still get the job done.

I think the addition of Bejeweled and other games will be great to have, as long as the player knows when it is appropriate to play it.Related Posts:

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