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Applications / Application - Kargur (Now Karguur)

« on: November 03, 2019, 02:27:54 PM »

Name: Karguur Bloodaxe (Formerly Kargur as the name is taken on AD)
Level: 100 (Just levelling)

Tell us something about your (role)playing experience:
I've just returned to WoW after poking my nose into Classic. Back in the dark and distant past of Vanilla and The Burning Crusade I was an orc, I left OC to go poke EndGame raiding. Times have changed, and now I am more casual and after RP. I'm an expereinced RPer, started RPing in WoW but now I do a fair amount of larp.

And finally, please write a short story and/or (IC) introduction about your character:
Kargur rubbed his left tusk, the mark of the Red Blade still scored deep even after all these years. He had been all over this world, to Outland and then to Draenor. Fought the enemies of the Horde, spilt his blood and more for coin and glory. His old bones ached, his body covered in scars and a longing in his heart.

Maybe it was time to return to the old ways, to rejoin his brothers and sisters in the Tribe and go back to where it all began.

He grumbled to himself and hauled himself to his feet, whistling softly to his wolf as they headed out into the snowy darkness, heading towards Orgrimmar. Towards home once more.

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Game Related / See's ya's in a bit!

« on: March 05, 2009, 01:09:57 PM »

I know I'm not the most active of orcs in the Tribe these days, but I'd just like to say see ya's all in a few months here so you don't think I've fallen off the face of the Earth or something.Tomorrow I leave to go travelling, and won't be taking my laptop or anything with me so I won't be active in WoW at all until the end of July/early August. Thanks for the fun chill out RP and take care of yourselves.

If anyone wants it, my email address is howlie__@hotmail.com

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The Campfire / The Ring (reposted for Norvis)

« on: October 11, 2008, 02:57:29 AM »

(( This is a reposting of something I wrote in March 07, the whole saga involving Yorla disappearing and the demons in BRD, this is the first part of the story immeadiatly following the meeting, and if I can I will have a look at the screenies and try my hardest to remember what happened! The help of anyone who does would greatly be appreciated! ))

The Ring

Kargur stood guard, his back to the Warchief and the Tribe, watching the entrance of Grommash Hold for unwanted intruders. He listened carefully to what was being said, to the anger and the disbelief of his fellow orcs. Many thoughts had been crowding his head since he had heard of the allegations about Yorla, now the truth was finally coming out. He was puzzled as to why Oznack had left so suddenly, and had noticed the glimmer of something shiny falling from a concealed pouch and heard the tinkle of metal on stone as Oz had made his exit.

As the orcs left the chamber following the decision of the Warchief, Kargur stooped down to examine what it was had fallen. A small copper ring lay in the dust; Kargur carefully picked it up between one massive, plated forefinger and thumb and held it up to the light before storing it carefully in a pouch dangling from his belt. “Me’z kin look at dis later” he though to himself, as he hurried out of the chamber to join the Captain and other guards.

When he returned to his quarters that night Kargur had all but forgotten about the ring in his pouch, only noticing it again when he was rooting through his pouches for some coin to pay the rent, slamming the coins into the orcs hand and quickly slamming the door, he turned to examine the ring. He turned it over and over in his hand and held it up to the light; it seemed to be just a simple band of woven copper, nothing special or unusual about it at all. “Mebbe et means summat ter Oz” he muttered to himself “Me’z will give et back ter ‘im de firs’ chance me’z gets”.

Nearly a week passed by, Kargur had still not seen Oz and was still waiting to return the ring he found. After a successful trip to Blackrock Spire, Kargur stood in Orgrimmar chatting idly with Kozgugore when he noticed a she-orc dressed in black watching him from the corner of his eye. The she-orc asked if he was indeed the Red Guard Kargur, so he nodded. “Ah! Just the orc I’ve been looking for”, she said. Kargur was puzzled, who was this mysterious orc, and what did she want from him. The orc indicated to Kargur that he should follow, and she moved off towards the Drag. “Yer not one o’ dem thieves are yer?” asked Kargur apprehensively, the she-orc scoffed at his fears, “Yer not scared of some thieves are you?” she exclaimed. Kargur simply nodded and said “Dabu, dey’res lots o’ dem an’ one o’ me’z, plenty o’ reason ter be scared”. The female sighed heavily, and said “If you’re scared then we can meet somewhere else then”.

Settling beside one of the large bonfires that are all over Orgrimmar the mysterious, old she-orc began to question Kargur about the events that took place in Thrall’s chamber, and asked him if he had seen a ring. “Me’z did” replied Kargur, “Oz dropped et”. The she-orc seemed very excited about this, and wanted Kargur to hand it over to her, but he refused “Why should me’z give yer dis ring orc? Me’z not even know who yer are!”, “Because it’s mine” she replied. Kargur was very suspicious, and refused to hand it over. The old she-orc was very wily however, and tried many tricks to get the ring, offering him money for it, and telling him that Oznack was merely looking after it from her. But Kargur did not relent, until that is, the she-orc showed him a Red Blade tabard, and told him that they were of the same Tribe.

This swayed Kargur, and he reasoned “If she es one o’ de Tribe den me’z mus’ be able ter trust ‘er, she won’ be tryin’ ter trick me’z or steal from me’z”. He rummaged through his many bags and pouches and showed it to the very impatient female, who had been tapping her foot whilst she waited. She greedily snatched it from his hand and grinned wickedly at him. “Ah thank you” she said and walked off muttering something about regrets…

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Game Related / GM in Grom'gol

« on: May 16, 2008, 05:14:37 AM »

So, I was pootling round on Shikarra earlier today, and managed to get myself stuck in a hole (nubcaek I know.. ) So I paged a GM and he said he'd come over and help me out, which he did, dropping me from the sky into a differant place. This kicked off a discussion in /gurubashi about GMs, so Zulika paged one saying she'd had a bad day and needed a hug. The GM turned up in GG and played around with us for a few hours, turning us into snakes, skeletons and giving us booze and fireworks.

Screenies are below, this was so much fun!
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/claireboucher/WoWScrnShot_051608_010657.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/claireboucher/WoWScrnShot_051608_010909.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/claireboucher/WoWScrnShot_051608_011559.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/claireboucher/WoWScrnShot_051608_011641.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/claireboucher/WoWScrnShot_051608_012104.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/claireboucher/WoWScrnShot_051608_012508.jpg
Apparently you can't throw snowballs at GM's
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/claireboucher/WoWScrnShot_051608_012548.jpg
But they can turn into murlocs!
http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/claireboucher/?action=view&current=WoWScrnShot_051608_013103.jpg
http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y295/claireboucher/?action=view&current=WoWScrnShot_051608_013602.jpg

Finally, she got us all to huff and puff and flew straight up into the sky.

Kept me amused for a an hour or so, sorry for the screenie spam!

And sorry you missed it Drakky!

Kargur

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Off Topic / Improving Graphics Stuff

« on: April 28, 2008, 02:39:18 AM »

Sorry, I can't remember who I was talking to before about increasing weather intensity and that. But I was scouting around world of raids and found the macro to increase everything to beyond the maximums allowable by the toolbars

/console farclip 777
/console horizonfarclip 6226
/console groundeffectdensity 256
/console groundeffectdist 140
/console smallcull 0
/console skycloudlod 3
/console characterambient 0

If this gives you low FPS then

/console groundEffectDensity 16
/console groundEffectDist 1
/console horizonfarclip 1305
/console farclip 177
/console characterAmbient 1
/console smallcull 1
/console skycloudlod 1
/console detailDoodadAlpha 1

returns it to normal.

Links to some screenies below, looks amazing tbh, gonna try it on the PC at home next time I'm there.
http://www.worldofraids.com/2008/april/grounddetails1.jpg
http://www.worldofraids.com/2008/april/terokkar.jpg
http://www.worldofraids.com/2008/april/darkshore.jpg

Enjoy!

Kargur

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Game Related / So long and thanks for all the fun

« on: March 16, 2008, 11:28:53 PM »

As you orcs who were at the meeting know, Kargur has left the Tribe for pastures new.

This was possibly one of the most difficult things I've had to do ingame. I've had some wonderful times with the Tribe, and I'm loathed to leave, as there is nothing I love more then chilling out with the orcs on an evening at Vargie's farm, in Ratchet or round a campfire with a few beers spinning a good yarn and gossping.

My main reason for leaving is that Kargur's RP is getting sorta stale, that, and I want to see more of the endgame content, I've been looking around and stuff for a while, but wanted to leave properly and RP it out, and also to find the place that is right for me. So, I've applied to the Horde Watch. I chose these guys because they are RPers and I've heard good things about them, but they also have more of a PvE focus to them.

We shall see how things go and all that, who knows, Kargur's wandering feet may bring him back to the Red Blades some day. He isn't gone completely though, and may appear at campfires from time to time. Shikarra, his sister, will remain in the Tribe.

Thank you for all the fun, and all the RP. This Tribe gave me my first experiences of RP, and will always have a very fond place in my heart.

Stay strong orcs! Aka'magosh

Kargur

P.S. I'm still gonna be available for your tanking needs, so poke me if you want me, and if anyone wants to stick me on their msn, send me a message and I'll give you my email.