Yes, it is a little weird to be this excited for Brewfest. Your point? After all, I’m playing WoW. This doesn’t exactly make me Mr. Mainstream around here. You just have to take your joy where you can get it.

Anyway, Brewfest is back, and since there isn’t anywhere around here that I can enjoy a good Oktoberfest (PBR tends to be the classiest beer in town), I’m going to be spending a lot of time logged in over the next couple of weeks.

For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of taking part in Brewfest in the past, let me give you a brief idea of what it’s all about. As I mentioned before, it ties in closely with Oktoberfest, an annual get together where everyone consumes massive amounts of beer and generally enjoys themselves. WoW mimics this with Brewfest, a chance for your charcter to get in on the inebriated action by knocking back as much free booze as they can find. There are kegs all over the place for free refills, and special events that are only available at that time. The one that has my interest the most is the quest to defeat Coren Direbrew. He’s trying to completely destroy the brew supply, and that just won’t do. Hokey stupid fun aside, the dude drops epics, so I intend to farm him until I get bored. Or finally get the really good gear. Whatever comes first. Plus, there are plenty of ways to get more tokens, although none weirder than ram racing. The whole idea does sound like a drunken frat party, but this somehow borders on inappropriate. Not sure why I feel that way, but I do.

Anyway, the drunken revelry continues until October 5th, so be sure to stop in and tip a few back. No reason not to. And also make sure you buy WoW gold so you’re ready to handle Direbrew. Not that I expect a whole lot of challenge out of him, but he’s probably the only sober one out there so who knows what could happen.

Also, make sure you’re getting as many tokens as you can because the Brew of the Month Club is actually kind of fun. Only 200 tokens and you get booze every single month, each with its own buff. Worth the silliness? You betcha!

Well, yet another chapter has been added to WoW that has made it even more fun.

I know I’m a little behind the times posting on this, but I’ve been too busy trying to get myself leveled up so I can start making Icecrown runs. 3.3.2 went live a while ago and it’s been keeping everyone out there really busy. For those who have already hit 80, congrats. You are getting the best deal of all of us. For those of us still working on it, we have a long haul ahead of us.

I’m 78 currently, so I’m getting closer. It’s just a matter of time and decent gear/skills. As usual I’ve made my job a little easier by buying WoW gold lately. I was really worried that the prices might spike really heavily with the new patch. There’s usually some sort of rise around the time of a patch, as well as a bunch of scammers showing up to make our lives miserable. I know I’ve mentioned that some time in the past, but it holds true, and it’s never a bad idea to warn everybody out there about the dangers.

I’m always one for sticking with the companies and sites I know work. I don’t mind experimenting a bit when the market is nice and stable, but with all of the changes I’m hunkering down with my old standbys. The last batch of buys I did were all at Toonstorm. They’ve always treated me well, and have the best security I could hope for. Plus, their prices didn’t fluxuate anything at all like everyone else’s. 2000 gold is still under $15, which makes good sense in my mind. Not to mention that they have the fastest delivery I’ve ever seen. If it were much faster, it’d make the GMs jumpy.

Speaking of the GMs, that’s another reason to be careful about who you spend your money on right now. Whenever a new patch drops, moderators go on full alert. Usually, they’re a little less uptight (scanning chat and play for suspicious behavior gets old and they start to relax after a while), but when the big dogs drop new content they have to make sure that everything runs smoothly. That means buying from new companies can be a serious hazard to your account if they don’t have the same security standards that the tried-and-true sites do.