Tsarovic

Stormwind alive again

2008-08-25T11:24:00.001-07:00

This old town of ours seems to eventually come alive again. Of course it is partly because we are growing and that more than a few of the new Knights really are engaging themself in what to become of us. Which in turn gets me going. Additionally there are two individuals that really need mentioning; Pilus of Stormwind Militia and Nevar of the Covenant. What they have accomplished are quite remarkable. Whithout their contributions Stormwind would be a much duller place. Just so you know.

55 Knights strong

2008-08-22T14:42:00.000-07:00

The recruiting has done a lot to our guild, we now are 55 Knights strong. The goal is set for 100 Knights, which will bring us back into our old shape. Then it is also time to act, and we hope it is not to late. As the 9th Battalion seems more like a sixth column, we are worried the Scourge is gaining power over Azeroth again.

Recruiting spree, again

2008-08-13T16:20:00.000-07:00

As the Knights need to grow I have once more dedicated myself to recruiting. It is really rewarding, talking to people and suddenly get a »Yes, why not?«. I will continue this until we are 50 Knights, then a short pause to gain some level, and at it again. I will not stop until we reach 100 members.

War is at hand

2008-08-07T17:19:00.000-07:00

It is time again to gather the army and march out of Stormwind. The Alliance 9th Battalion has summoned all good men and women fit for military service to go to war. The Knights will bring its best members to defend what we all holds high, our city and our King.

Our new hang-out The Pig & Whistle Tavern

2008-01-03T03:44:00.000-08:00

Here is where we meet from now on; all Knights and friends, at The Pig & Whistle Tavern in the Old Town of Stormwind. The establishment is old and the present owner took it over from his father, which makes it a place with a familiar feeling even though it is quite large.

Exile ends

2008-01-03T03:27:00.001-08:00

In the end of the summer I was forced to exile from Stormwind. Hard times at home made me turn back up north. The exile is now over and I can again concentrate on the Knights. Politics awaits...

Summer ends and we start anew

2007-08-02T15:14:00.000-07:00

The summer comes to an end. Not really weatherly, but mentally. Some Knights have gone and some have come this summer. The overall feeling is that there is a small kadre of Knights that are very loyal. Then there is some that leave when they reach levels above 60. Finally there are some that even come back after a tour in some other guild. The over all feeling is that this outfit really works, and the loyal and the coming-backers are the proof of this.
This autumn shall be interesting, because there are so many new faces. And they seem eager to participate and contribute.

The Explorers Guide to Azeroth

2007-05-02T23:25:00.000-07:00

I came upon an interesting web site this morning, The Lost WoW. I just have scratched it on the surface, but the article about the "second" prison in Stormwind and all the pictures from that "instance" is worth the visit alone.

Mounted on a cliff

2007-03-21T14:55:00.000-07:00

Film making in Azeroth

2007-03-07T00:58:00.000-08:00

As we lead by our own movie director Luffay set out to shoot our first film in Azeroth, we found difficulties beyond our wildest imagination, the project takes more time than we first anticipated. Bergman, Spielberg and the rest can send a thought of gratitude towards the ordinary man when they are on location. When we entered the Lions Inn for a shot with two of our actors the respect for the team was very low. Bystanders jumped up and down in the middle of the scene, people where shooting fireworks indoors and a kind of magical effects was filling the inn. It got even worse when we where outside trying to shoot a scene with six mounted knights riding up to the inn. After a while we gave up. What came out of this first session was this...

Precision

2007-02-15T00:21:00.000-08:00

Aaah, those details. Once again I see a detail and make a screen shoot. Me against three guards, and look how they fell. Precision is my middle name.

When enough isn't enough

2007-01-31T00:18:00.000-08:00

Considered that I am doin my daily rounds in Azeroth one could get the feeling I've had enough of it all. But I found myself designing a "Sarmatian Knights" T-shirt for my avatar in Second Life. His name, Tsarovic Novi. (And no, I am not going to spend a lot of time there, but I was curious.) And when I run my weekly round of NASCAR on my computer I now has one of the coolest cars around. See for yourself...

Not a Place of Beauty

2007-01-16T02:04:00.000-08:00

Was over at the Portal yesterday. We all know what took place. But the way it looked over at the Portal was beyond my imagination. Skeletons everywhere. Thousands of them. When I came over at 2 o'clock CET it was all over. Alliance ruled the portal, but was that fair? Isn't it supposed to be Alliance and Horde together from here on? Dexeous and Shanukar who where there with me, and before me, was upset. They had tried to argue for the Horde, but gotten nothing but hard words from the Alliancers around.

Two weeks from Burning Crusade and two Bots

2007-01-02T12:00:00.000-08:00

I will not, I repeat, not preorder the expansion. Not that I don't want it. The truth is that I am really afraid of it, as it will take up to much time for me. I will wait a few weeks, so that it is more like the Smoldering Crusade. Then I can follow the flow and use it like I use this piece of really beautifully crafted software.

The day before yesterday we had as usual the two really keen and fully leveled Knights among us. They spent all their time by themselves, but as we are really a few in the Knights (+450) none of us really noticed how asocial they really where. Well, none is one too many. Ffiil, suddenly said in the chat channel,
— "If they are not bots, it's time for them to speak now."
They didn't, not on direct questions either. Theyt are history now and in the hands of one of the GMs. Interesting though that they could "live" among us for quite a few weeks whitout beeing really noticed. Ecept by Ffiil of course. [who got himself a...]

Three wise...

2006-12-19T05:03:00.000-08:00

Merry Winter Veil Feast everybody...

Places of Beauty V

2006-12-12T03:00:00.000-08:00

The short glimpses of the afterlife can somtimes be breathtaking. I woke up after being drowned in the ocean outside Desolace. I don't know why I woke up watching straight up looking into the sky. It was really magic, I didn't know what I was looking into. Just a spiral with a small bird circling. On my way back to the ocean to res myself I had to go back and take the second picture. It was to good to be left there in memory only.

Warcraft, Warsong, War, war, argh...

2006-12-06T06:52:00.000-08:00

Warcraft is a lot about war. We run our guild as an army and train to fight and discuss that a lot. We buy or aquire new weapons and armor. We all run around in Stormwind in full gear. It is written war all over the whole experience, but when you think about it, it is not.
When I explain WoW to someone that is not familiar with the game I always tell them of all my friends in the game. I feel that the social part of the game is what I explain first, and then I can explain the environment and the money system, and somewhere at the end I tell them that we fight with swords and shields and what we got. It is not so much war over this game as the name implies.

It looks like war, but I have never seen these warmchines in use

Bryce canyon revisited

2006-11-22T04:30:00.000-08:00

Wandering through certain parts of Azeroth makes me feel like I am transfered to the nineties. Right inside my old favourite 3d-landscape modelling package on weed, Bryce 3D. It is still around, but I took out an old dusty way back version and installed it on my computer, it did crash a couple of times but I got at least one picture out of it to show you what I mean. Not the best Bryce picture I've made, but at least a piece of evidence. I also went out to catch a picture of the real Bryce Canyon. Hope the photographer don't mind. Just wanted you to have the opportunity to see that reality is even more 3d, than WoW and Bryce together.

The award ceremony

2006-11-16T15:05:00.000-08:00

As I had hoped the award ceremony gathered quite a few Knights and friends. The speach I had prepared in advance worked well. And the orders and medals to 12 Knights and allies brought down cheers, yells and applauds. Not surprised at all I found myself among new and old friends raiding afterward, it got us playing into the wee small hours (as Frankie would have put it). The picture is to remind us who where there of it...

Places of beauty - manifesto

2006-10-27T00:23:00.000-07:00

The landscape in Azeroth are sometimes breathtaking. Although the great designers has made it easy for themselves, so that some features resemble other places in form, it has sometimes some almost real (as in IRL) qualities. When you are flying it is easy to start looking. But it is on foot I try to stop and take in what I see.

Todays picture wich is Places of beauty number IV in my serie of landscapes I suddenly saw that the landscape around Loch Modan looks like the landscape I live in. And that it was something in the way the water glittred and the colours in the wood and the mountains that looked very familiar. I stand there looking and sees the sight from our summer house.

Places of beauty III

2006-10-26T19:17:00.000-07:00

Places of beauty II

2006-10-21T16:04:00.000-07:00

Places of beauty I

2006-10-05T01:26:00.000-07:00

Silverwind Refuge - my second home

2006-09-30T07:15:00.000-07:00

I am really a person who likes the sea. The free open space is really relieving for my soul. But on the other hand I like the woods (exactly as Vilda does). So I wasn't surprised that when I came to Silverwind it felt as I had come home. We just stod there for a while, together, not speaking or anything. Just taking it in. I will be back.

Cat owner cont.

2006-09-26T14:54:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of Vilda my very real mushroom trailing cat from last weekend. She is a Norwegian Forest Cat. That explains it all. A trip for an hour in the wood doesn't really bcome her. She was most of the time just a few steps ahead of us. When the brushes became to thick she stayed a little, gave up a meow and was on it again. That was quite a trip.