Thursday, June 05, 2008
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Gubjub goes to camp!
As some of you know, this is the week that Tom and I head up to camp and start setting up the camp office. There's lots to do in order to make it ready for all the campers arriving on June 23rd so we've been pretty busy. The leadership team arrives tomorrow and the rest of the staff start showing up a week later. I'm actually in the middle of packing right now but I took a break when a friend of mine gave me a call to make plans to get together once I have a free weekend (not until July for me). I've talked to a lot of my friends this week who I won't see for a while and went out for a fancy dinner with my wife yesterday. I really get into being at camp when I am there and tend to miss a lot of what's going on in the "real world" during the summer. Apart from saying, "see you later" to people in the real world... I must also say goodbye to people in the World of Warcraft. Hee hee hee! When we're not out snowboarding or backpacking, my wife and I play an online game some of you may know about called the World of Warcraft. It's a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (or MMORPG for short). It's a video game that takes place in a fantasy setting where you team up with other players against all
sorts of adversaries. Some of them are computer generated bad guys, but sometimes we also play in battles against other players. Although it's a lot of fun, I don't have much time to play over the summer.My character is Gubjub, the troll shaman. According to wowwiki.com, a shaman is "Shamans are spiritual visionaries of tribes and clans. These gifted healers can see into the world of spirits and communicate with creatures invisible to eyes of normal beings. They are beset by visions of the future and use their sight to guide their people through troubled times. Although the shaman may seem wise and serene at first glance, he is a formidable foe; and when angered, his wrath is as fierce as those who have a connection to Eternals or nature." But really, I mostly just throw lightning bolts at the bad guys.
Vanessa plays Virika, the troll priestess. "Priests are the masters of healing and preservation, restoring their wounded allies, shielding them in battle, and even resurrecting their fallen comrades. While they have a variety of protective and enhancement spells to bolster their allies, priests can also wreak terrible vengeance on their enemies, using the powers of shadow or holy light to destroy them. They are a diverse and powerful class, highly desirable in any group, capable of fulfilling multiple roles." Thanks again, wowwiki.com! Ain't she cute?
We play in the World of Warcraft as part of guild known as Resolve. Resolve is a raiding guild. That means we get together in groups of 25 players (!) and go up against the nastiest, toughest bad guys in the game! We also run smaller raids (sometimes called instances) in groups of 10. It's a lot of fun. Even when we can't win against the bad guys, we'll keep at it and we keep trying. For those of you who play, our current nemisis is the evil Lady Vashj! 
Resolve is a group of people from all over the country and all over the world. We have players in Europe, Australia and Asia. We talk and joke around over microphone headsets while we play. Alright... I know it's a little geeky but we have fun. Vanessa actually got really in to WoW while I was away at camp last summer. So anyway, I just thought this might be fun to tell you about. Sometimes, I think we play too much and I am looking forward to doing all the fun stuff at camp. Goodbye Resolve! Goodbye World of Warcraft! Hello Campus Kids! It will be nice to be playing out in the quad and skateboarding out back.
And if you're reading this Emma... I want a rematch in Spit!
See you all soon!
Gubjub the troll,
or Jeremy the assistant director of Campus Kids.
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