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May 29th 2009

BE GOOD WHILE I’M AWAY: EGF GOES A-FILMING

My insomnia loves me. Eeeggghh..

Might as well write and bore myself, then maybe I’ll fall asleep.

I’m leaving tomorrow evening to begin filming. Indie docu. Can’t talk about it here. Might jinx the whole project. It took forever to find someone gullible willing enough to finance this project. You kiddies know how desperate determined I am to break into Hollywood, and this little flick is just one of the many stepping stones to an Oscar. :D  I expect to be back in town on June 7.

Speaking about movies, what’s the deal with the WoW movie? Is it ever going to be made? Do they need a director? Can/may I direct it, pretty please? I promise to avoid the following cliches usually seen in fantasy/medieval flicks:

1.  The requisite rainstorm during a battle.

2.   Heavy downpour doesn’t hinder visibility.

3.   The evil guy is always hooded and cloaked.

4.   From Cletus: the wagon that breaks an axle and gets stuck in an eerie forest is the one carrying the king’s treasure.

5.   From Remus: the princess’ lady-in-waiting attracts the hero’s sidekick.

6.   Village peasants have matted hair, dirty faces and perfect-for-a-Colgate-ad teeth.

7.  The good guy skewers the bad guy with his sword and the bad guy tumbles down a set of stairs. (Always tumbling down the stairs, tsk tsk)

8.   The bad guys have British accents and their lackeys have Cockney-meets-demented Slavic accents.

9.  A full moon can occur several nights in a row.

10. The hero cradles his dying buddy in his arms and then screams his name in vengeance while everyone else around them is killing one another. Cue background music; operatic in this case (think Maria Callas or Kiri Te Kanawa).

11.  The dueling parties, at some point, will cross swords at face level.

12.  Soldiers and monsters crashing through multiple stained-glass windows like they’re Homecoming banners.

13.  Nightmare scenes: the beautiful lead chick dreams that her beloved died in battle and she sits bolt upright screaming her lungs out.

14. The hero is given the Sword of swords - the only thing capable of killing the Great Evil One. (so forget every big-ass spell there is, it’s gotta be a good old-fashioned blade, folks!)

15. My personal favorite: the sweet golden-haired leading lady turns into a major ass-kicker herself!

Can you think of other cliches?

Cletus will be in charge of moderating comments while I’m away and hopefully he’ll come up with a decent plaque for dem MOGS folks. I also instructed him to create an Honorable Mention section for small RMT companies. I look forward to reviewing another North American-based company. Feel free to send your suggestions; you might know someone from your own backyard who can impress me!

/wave

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May 27th 2009

A DIFFERENT KIND OF REVIEW: MOGS.COM THE EPILOGUE (4/4)

I’d like to present a special award to MOGS.com for proving  that even the Small Joe Fishes can deliver..and how!

Unfortunately, my best friend-slash-guildie-slash-graphic artist-slash-site manager Cletus wasn’t in the right frame of mind when he created this mock-up of the Honorable Mention plaque and well…

WGF MOGS

I have three words: Bad. Acid. Trip.

I’ll get back to you with a decent plaque when Cletus is sober and I’m not P.O.’d anymore.

EGF POd

Anyways, gratz again, MOGS.

/salute

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May 27th 2009

A DIFFERENT KIND OF REVIEW: MOGS.COM Plus OMGS (3/4)

I can only think of a cheesy way to express my opinion on MOGS.com’s service: scramble the letters of their name to form OMGS to stand for…

Oh My God, Super!

I know, I sound like a retarded Valley girl from a late 80’s flick. But what the hell, when you’ve been reviewing WoW gold sellers for over a year and have written more scathing reviews than Roger Ebert has ever had in his entire career, this rare positive experience can really fire you up and get you dancing like a Blood Elf on top of a mailbox in Silvermoon City.

Okay, maybe that’s a bit OTT but you get the picture. (And even if I have a Belf toon, I will never, not even on pain of death, make him dance on top of a mailbox!)

Anyway here’s what happened….

I placed an order for x amount of gold. Here’s my proof:

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Then I was redirected to this page:

MOGS Order processed

Then I got an email from them confirming the delivery:



To test how fast they respond to inquiries, I sent them a quick message to follow-up on my order. Several minutes later I got this:



Two words: phone call.

Took about an hour to get that phone call from them. Some guy named Mark (?) asked for my DOB and PayPal billing address. I expected more questions, but he said, "ok, great, we’ll put this order through."

Ok, great.

/shrug

I opened MOGS’ online tracking page right after I logged into the game.

MOGS Online Tracker

I played for a couple of hours, then got hungry and went to the kitchen. I took my sweet time slapping on a motley pile of ingredients together with a couple thick slices of bread to create the Sandwich from Calorie and Cholesterol Hell large enough to feed and energize the entire Horde army. Then I got a call from my guildie Rachel. Talking to her, I totally forgot about my order (yeah, there’s something about Rachel….)

When I got back to my desk, I saw this:

MOGS whisper

Holy crap, I said, I hope he’s still there.

Yep, he was! Hooray!

In Ratchet. An 8-minute flight from where I was. Crap.

To his credit, he waited. He invited me to his group, and I wondered why there was another toon with him. Odd. An auditor perhaps? Someone from the same company to check if the trade was completed successfully (even take screenshots for evidence perhaps)? Hope MOGS can explain what was up with that extra toon.

And I got my gold. Quickly and painlessly.

And the night was still young.

Well, looks like a bunch of dudes is going to get a special award…with little gold stars if they wish.

To be continued….after I enjoy my purchase. :D

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May 26th 2009

A DIFFERENT KIND OF REVIEW: MOGS.COM Plus Sis Helps Out With Live Help (2/4)

Back to MOGS.com. I was about to pay their Live Help a visit to see if someone would pick up this time, and lo and behold, my sister (who was hanging out in my apartment killing time before picking up her boyfriend at the airport) volunteered to chat with Customer Support, just for kicks.

"Ask them what Express Delivery is, that you want to order at least three thousand gold. Give them some random realm, and if they ask Alliance or Horde, say –"

"Alliance?"

"Weeelll, if you’re into ankle biters that have this neon sign above their heads that say ‘Kill On Sight’, then go ahead, say Alliance."

She made a face. "Jackass."

"I love you too. Start chatting. Don’t close the window unless I say so. I need screenshots."

Here’s the pre-chat window:

MOGS Live Help Online

Tom Mogs (sounds like a gnome’s name, and that ain’t an insult, okay, Tom buddy? Hehe) picks up.

MOGS Chat-1

Ah hell, no way I’m giving my WoW account name and password to another person! I’d rather smear myself with sheep’s blood and pat a Komodo dragon on the head than surrender my log-in details to a third party!

MOGS Chat-2

Two to three thousand gold in stock..that’s not a lot.

MOGS Chat-3

Well, I’ll have  to agree that holding stock really isn’t possible. There have been  reports of the publisher banning gold seller’s accounts for keeping stock of Croesus-like proportions. (And yet certain Chinese sites still insist they have a bajillion gold on hand, ready to be delivered! Ha!)

MOGS Chat-4

Okay, great, 24/7 delivery. So if my insomnia decides to pay me a visit at an hour when the rest of the country is deep in slumber, I can still expect someone from MOGS to pop up in the game and deliver the gold. And the online tracking URL sounds like a great system.

MOGS Chat-5

And that is that, said the cat in the hat.

Or rather, said my sis as she grabbed her hat, kissed me on the forehead and left for the airport to pick up the love of her life.

To order or not to order?

Order, of course!

To be continued…

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May 26th 2009

A DIFFERENT KIND OF REVIEW: MOGS.COM (1/4)

Here’s the new review I promised you guys. I’m going against the grain with this one. Now what makes it different from the others? For starters, the subject is not your usual gold seller with offshore locations. MOGS.com has roots firmly planted in our own land. Second, this is no RMT behemoth with a gazillion farmers at their beck and call. Think of it as a mom-and-pop type of business that’s found its own niche in a highly competitive industry…and doing quite well, I’ve heard.

Before I proceed with my usual narrative of the buying experience, I’d like to say one more thing: given that MOGS is somewhat of a small fish in a sea of barracudas, I don’t think it would be fair to compare it to the sites I’ve reviewed in the past. Keeping in mind that it is a small-scale operation, I believe that a company like MOGs and its ilk deserves its own category here at WoW Gold Facts…maybe even its own medal roster. That said, if this review goes extremely well, this site will need a new section ASAP!

Back to MOGS.com…

Here’s their home page:

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They’re obviously of the old-school minimalist variety. Landing page is simple (but not exactly bare bones). That’s enough for an impatient buyer like me who hates cluttered web pages.

Here’s the first half of their About Us page:

MOGS About Us

Well, they certainly have been around for quite some time. I’m amazed that, in this era of mergers and acquisitions, they haven’t succumbed to the temptation of going big-time with the big guns.

Here are some of the faces behind MOGS.

MOGS Staff

How refreshing to see a gold seller post pics of their staff. And they look like the real deal, not some random group shot stolen from Facebook or Flickr. Not even a stock photo.

Okay, so what else do we have here…

MOGS WoW services

Aside from selling WoW gold, they also do Power Leveling and sell game cards, accounts and items. I’m interested in their gold, that’s all. Their prices are slightly higher compared to the big sites (that can afford to lower their prices, given that volume is their best friend and ally). Eh, shoot me for breaking my own rule about not comparing them to the big fish.

MOGS WoW Gold

"We don’t think outsourcing is appropriate." — Well, I’m okay with outsourcing as long as one has competent staff that can understand every friggin’ word I say and can survive outside canned responses!

"No Spamming - Ever!" - Dudes, that great to hear.

"Express Delivery - Industry Leading Speed" - Now someone explain to me how this works. Let’s contact live help. Y’all know I enjoy chatting with dem reps.  :D

MOGS Offline

Eh, looks like someone’s not minding the store. What ever happened to 24/7 Live Support? Lean staff? Memorial Day hangover?

Looks to be the latter. I’ll try again when everyone’s awake and sober.

To be continued…

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May 26th 2009

BACK!!!

I’m back!! I’m alive!!  I hate flying. I almost kissed the ground when we landed.

I had fun (too much fun I think) and ate everything that wasn’t nailed down. Everyone at the picnic was happy to see me alive and well. Some of them had forgotten that my parents had a third child and were shocked to see me there. My dad had to quickly explain that his youngest child had been "so busy working on an indie film that he hasn’t had the time to visit family". I was about to say something along the lines of Indie-Film-What-The-Hell-Are-You-Talking-About but realized quickly enough that my dad was too embarrassed to admit that his child’s spare hours were devoted to playing an MMORPG. Wait’ll he finds out about this blog!

Anyway, I have a new review coming but it’s not your typical slay-the-titans review. Nope, not at all. Remember one of my old posts where I said I’ll be checking out the smaller, mom-and-pop-store types? Well, surprise, surprise, I checked one of them out on the sly and well….

Ah heck, read about it when the post is up. I need my sleep. Night, kiddies.

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May 24th 2009

THE FREAKIEST PORCINE ABOMINATION THIS SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE

Okay, before I go to sleep and spend the next day bonding with the fam over a picnic lunch straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting, I’d like to show this to y’all…and maybe you can help me figure out what species this is:

WoWGoldHog Memorial Scam

(Newsletter forwarded by Cletus who says the guild misses me but not in a gay way)

Okay, so this spammer-slash-scammer is offering 10% bonus but only to those who order more than 500g…and they’ve got this weird creature floating on its back to entice you to order from them. But instead of ordering, you’re like staring at the disturbing image and wondering what in God’s name is that thing. If that is supposed to be a pig, then why…

…does the snout look more like a person’s nose?

..is the head disproportionately bigger than the body?

…does it have a horizontal cleft chin?

ROFL.

Really classy.

Enjoy your Memorial Day, kids. Be safe and happy.

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May 24th 2009

STILL ON FORCED VACAY

Kiddies, I’m still in Nantucket. Left Friday morning. Fixed our cottage and labored in the garden for the umpteenth time so Mom can have a lovely venue for the picnic. Dad declared a ban on Internet access, hell, even banned me from using my cellphone in the presence of family. "This is quality time for our family. Your mother and I aren’t getting any younger and we hardly see you. Your grandparents miss you. They say you spend more time talking to silly cartoons than real people."

"There are real people behind those toons," I argued.

"Oh you mean like those two best friends of yours who ceased maturing and showering since you started playing that game?"

What an exaggeration! Anyway, I managed to sneak in my laptop and thank God our neighbor has Wi-Fi. I’m checking out stuff I missed the last couple of days. Be back in a few with a separate post. Looks like something very interesting came via email.

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May 20th 2009

REGARDING THE 500K GOLD…

Guys, I know several of you are dying of morbid curiosity over the 500,000 gold that’s up for grabs in that WoW Gold Pig Twitter promo. But any questions about the prize and the contest itself should be directed to the Pig and not to yours truly.

Whew, yesterday, on the other side of the spectrum, I felt like Tech Support when several of you asked me what’s up with certain realms that seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth. Kids, contact Blizzard. You’re kvetching to the wrong person.

Anyway, try your luck by thinking of a cool nick for the Twitter Pig. 500K gold is too heavenly to not try to win.

I’m already salivating.  *Daffy Duck mode*

GreedyDaffy

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May 19th 2009

INTERLUDE POST: WHY I CAN’T BRING MYSELF TO PLAY A MALE BLOOD ELF

No offense to y’all male Blood Elf lovers. I think Belfs are okay…just please don’t make them dance for the love of everything that is good and holy!!!



(This is what one can dig up in YouTube on patch days.)

Now back to playing my ugly Horde toons.

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May 18th 2009

IT’S MYMMOSHOP.COM, OKAY? DOT COM DOT COM DOT COM!

Not a few of you emailed me asking if MyMMoShop.com, WoW Gold Facts’ new bronze medalist, is the same deal as myMMoShop dot net .

Nope. They’re not the same company.

Keep in mind that MyMMOShop.com - DOT COM, okay - is the original, er, MyMMOShop that’s been around for several years.  That’s the gold seller I recently reviewed.

The site MyMMOShop dot net was registered/created last March. It’s registered to some Chinese group called Lipeng based in Henan, China. That ain’t the site I would recommend to you people .

I tried contacting their live help but all I got was this lame form:

MyMMOShopnetchat

So much for "24/7 live chat".

Mymmoshopnetaboutus

And oh, looks like someone didn’t do any proofreading.

Ugh, so typical of those Chinese to copy, copy, copy. I won’t be surprised if someday I see a cheap replica of WoW Gold Facts in cyberspace! When that happens, "new chapters will be written by its unceasing" audacity.

Oh God, please don’t let that happen.

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May 18th 2009

REAL MAINTENANCE: HERE WE GO AGAIN

Kiddies, there won’t be another review until Blizz is done with tomorrow’s maintenance.

Promise me there will be no crying or kvetching over this downtime.

Tuesday is laundry day and call-the-folks day for me. I need to keep busy so I don’t focus on getting my WoW fix.

Oh, guess what? A couple of my realms are missing when I logged into WoW a few minutes ago. I’m not panicking (yet). I’m sure the Blizz guys are doing something about it. *chews on fingernails*

So yeah, I swear that I will stay Zen during this downtime. No more flipping out when the magic numbers "15:00" appear on the screen. No more yelling in the Trade chat "THE END OF THE WORLD IS NEAR! REPENT!"

Goodbye to all that Tuesday drama.

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May 18th 2009

REGARDING ADVERTISING ON MY SITE…

While I’m waiting for my buddy to update the bronze medal spot (gratz again, MyMMOShop!), let me just insert this interlude post to address the non-gold sellers that have emailed me the last several days regarding advertising on WoW Gold Facts.

Guys, I sincerely appreciate your interest in advertising on my site, but I am accepting ads ONLY from WoW gold sellers…and not just any WoW gold seller. They must have earned a WoW Gold Facts medal .

Maybe someday I will set aside a spot for non-RMT sites but they definitely will not include adult sites (my friend Cletus is already disappointed) or any get-rich-quick-scheme programs. Will keep you posted.

While we’re on the subject of advertising, ahem, MyMMOShop, if you want your banner here…*cough cough*  Ya know…nice shiny bronze medal ya got there. :D

*crickets*

Okay, I’ll shut up now and make coffee.

Happy Monday, everyone.

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May 17th 2009

MYMMOSHOP.COM THE EPILOGUE: GRATZ BUT PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR EMAILS (4/4)

Gratz to the MyMMOShop guys for winning the WoW Gold Facts bronze medal.You could have won gold if you had beaten the Pig’s and IGE’s delivery speed but hey, third place ain’t so bad.

However, can you please do something about this email you sent ? The one that says I should collect the gold from the mailbox immediately?

myMMOShop Delivery Made

Dudes, I love it that I got my order face-to-face. I love it that I didn’t have to haul my ass to Org from Undercity. I love it that your delivery guy used a high-level toon as a courier. But that email just confused the hell out of me. I thought you sent me gold again so I scrambled for the nearest mailbox. But there was nothing in there. So what gives? If it was a system error, go fix it ASAP!

That little glitch aside, you’re cool in my books.  :D

Now excuse me while I get Cletus to update the medal roster.

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May 15th 2009

INTERLUDE POST: 500K GOLD FOR THE LUCKY NOOB, I MEAN, DUDE

Quick post: see that new WoW Gold Pig banner on the right? The one with the funny-looking pig bird? It says Win 500,000 WoW gold and all you have to do is come up with a name for the, uh, Twitterpig. The best part for cheapskates like me is that no purchase is necessary!

500,000 WoW gold. It’s like I died and went to heaven where I’m exalted and chased around by 100 beautiful naked virgin girls.

Are Cletus, Remus and I joining the contest? Hell yeah!!!

I’m already like Daffy Duck in this clip at 1:59.

IT’S MINE YOU UNDERSTAND!! MINE ALL MINE!! GET BACK IN THERE!!! DOWN DOWN GO GO GO!!!!
MINE!! MINE!! MINE!! *evil laugh*

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