Hey everyone!

Sorry I’ve been out of touch for a while.  Things got a little hectic in the store, so I had to take a bit of a break from writing to get everything under control again.  I won’t bore you with the details, but sometimes running a business isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.  Thankfully, things have settled down and everything is back to normal.  Plus, it’s winter, so I have every excuse I could want to stay inside gaming.

In other, more pressing news the 3.3 patch just dropped last week and it’s looking fantastic!  The new bosses alone are reason enough to play.  Lots of my regulars are really stoked to play, although the leveling is daunting.  One guy, relatively new to the place, was wondering what it would take to get himself to 80 without sinking months into it.  He’s worried that they’ll release the next expansion before he even gets to finish this one!

So, I recommended that he try buying an account instead of burning valuable time building one himself.  Depending on what he buys, he can do just about anything he wants.  He wanted to know if I knew of any places where he could do this safely.  Since last post, I haven’t had a whole lot of time to search, but a quick look around google told me that lots of places have cropped up offering accounts.  Some look pretty shady, some not so much, but are so new that I just can’t bring myself to recommend them.  In the end, I figured it would be best to play it safe and go with a company I already trust, so I steered him to Toonstorm.  I’ve mentioned them here several times before because of their awesome service and pricing.  It seems that hasn’t changed much in the last few months, either.  He was wanting a paladin and those are going for around $200 right now, which is really good.  Of course the higher priced ones come with better gear, so there’s plenty of room for a personal touch.

He said he would try it out and let me know just what happens.  I’ll post that here next time.  Plus, I’ll start reviewing some places with different criteria, like I mentioned before.

Until later!