Capturing a little piece of computing history

As you should know I play WarCraft with my friends, and I love unique things, so when Blizzard announced they were going to sell off their old server blades for charity I simply had to get in on the action. The servers were all deprecated during the pre Cataclysm cluster upgrades but were in use between 2004/2005 and 2010 making the nerdy dreams of many a gamer come true.

Chops and Nat my two dearest boys both play, Nat religiously so I set out on a mission to secure them their own pieces of Azeroth.

From Feathermoon Server Blade

Nat is a long time somewhat obsessive Feathermoon player, I couldn't pass up the chance to present him with a physical piece of his own online life. This great portrait piece also shows the scale of the blade servers perfectly, while making Nat look a little bit rock'n'roll ;o)



I managed to keep the purchase of this Proudmoore blade super secret, leaving my partner Scott completely confused until he opened the box, I call that gift success. The size makes mounting a bit of a puzzle, we're pondering turning it into a coffee table. Either way I'm so happy to know that those I love have their own little piece of internet history secured and in their possession.

My secondary WarCraft Alt

So today I hit level 85 on my second toon Illdriesta, so here's a little review in pictures.

She's a Destruction Warlock, though I've recently been trying out Affliction I think my heart will always belong to Destro.



Illdriesta at Level 14



Level 41 - Gosh I loved those Black Velvet Robes



Level 51 and all colour co-ordinated, the Whitemanes Chapeau was with me for a long time



Level 55 - These robes started off great, but when I couldn't replace them for 10 levels I learnt to hate them. Also the Guild tabard stopped matching my gear :o(



Level 70 and you can see here that the Blizzard Crew took some feedback about making gear sets match after WotLK



Level 77 and the gear looks just like a recoloured version of my Level 70 gear



Level 81 and I'm in guild provided craftables with questing accessories.



Level 83 - item level 303 which is mostly a Deathsilk Tailoring set, looking again like a dark version of the Level 81 gear. Note me cycling through tabards for Reputation.



And finally just after Level 85 (iLvl 326) everything changes! Intellect weapons replacing staves, Shadowflame Robes with mostly Fireweave accessories and a Ramkahen tabard.

My WarCraft Main - A story in pictures

One of the great ideas I've had has been to take screenshots of my World of Warcraft characters so that I can see them change over time

Here's a timeline of my Main - Illdrinn the Rogue



Level 62 - Rocking the hideous coloured Outland gear



Level 72 - In Northrend questing gear with Ankhanet weapons



Level 80 with Gearscore 3981 - Lots of Tier 9 gear



Level 82 - Cataclysm questing gear and Orgrimmar tabard



Level 85 with Gearscore 7847 - No new Justice Point items but good matching Cataclysm Blues, weapons are from Tol'Vir, tabard is for Bilgewater Cartel



Level 85 Gearscore 8765 iLvl 342 - Some Justice Point gear, Firelands cloak and craftables