Just a heads up for those of you who might not be aware. My husband was in WoW a day or two ago and received a whisper stating that his account has been compromised and he was suspended. Someone was impersonating a GM.

A real GM has their Name <GM> (unless they changed it while I wasn’t looking). Any other way and I would count it as suspicious. Also, you wouldn’t still be in game if you were actually suspended. Also, you can’t right click and Report Spam on a GM. I suggest you use that ability if you’re suspicious.

This particular scam sends you to account5.com. DO NOT GO THERE. My husband luckily had something that blocked suspicious webpages, but this is not an official Blizzard page.

Please be careful clicking any links that you receive in game. Also check and see if the source is creditable.

Be careful and happy playing!

Due to an experience I had the other night, I feel that I should touch on RP today. Now, I realize the guy that I RPed with was pretty clever and not all that bad, but my first impression was, “Griefer.” Let me explain why that came to mind.

I’m here doing my fishing daily and a guy on a mage runs up behind me as says “rawr” in say. No punctuation. No capitalization. Not done as an emote. This doesn’t say to me RPer, however, I decided in the end to emote back. I wanted to see how he would react.

“Lannia glances over her shoulder and turns back to fishing.” Not as friendly as I normally am, but I didn’t really expect a response. What I got was a surprise as he hopped off his mount and emoted.

“X frowns, ‘That’s no way to greet someone.’” By the way, neither is rawr.

I try to respond, but the mage is blinking about and going invisible and against my normal reaction I look about for him and ask if he wants to speak with me. He acts a bit flighty, but not too bad. Finally, as I get tired of waiting for him to come back I start to walk back to the pier and he pops next to me and starts talking.

He was a rather nice guy. And in the end, it was fun. My first impression of the guy was less than pleasant though. If you’re trying to test the waters and see if someone wants to RP, please try to avoid some of the things that griefers do. Like getting in your face and saying random stuff like rawr.

Instead, do what you might in real life to get someone’s attention. “Hey Miss! Do you have a moment?” or “Would you like some company?” are much more RP friendly ways to start a conversation. So, just think for a moment, how would you react to a simple “rawr” in say?