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Roll Your Own OpenSIM with Digital Ocean
Ok, so starting off, there was a bit of trial and error involved here and a bit of backtracking. I’ve done what I think is a good job of backtracking through my steps though to get all of the actual steps listed. TWO! I’m not going to vouch for this being 100% accurate anytime after posting. My experience with OpenSIM is that every damn time seems to be completely different for SOME reason. That said, it should still be mostly a good guide.
For the uninitiated, OpenSIM is basically an Open source, user controlled Second Life server instance. It can be connected to other sims via the hypergrid protocols. This guide does not cover anything involving Hypergrid or connecting to other grids. It is for creating a private accessible from anywhere OpenSIM instance using Diva on Digital Ocean. Diva is a pre configured OpenSIM stack deal and Digital Ocean is a Virtual Private Server (VPS) host.
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World of Warcraft – Part 22 – Warlords of Dreanor Beta
I opened my email last week to a bit of a surprised, one I am a bit mixed about. I had been selected for the Warlords of Draenor Beta. I’m mixed because, “Oh cool, Beta!” and “Oh crap, I wanted to avoid the spoilers and I have all these level 90s I’m working on”. I ended up playing it, I’ve done maybe 2-3 hours so far total, though I haven’t been keeping track. I decided to transfer over my Blood Elf Warrior main and run her through the paces. I had a couple of motivations. I’m not sure if I…
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World of Warcraft – Part 21 – Two Times Ninety
RamenJunkie has finally made it, all the way to level 90. I almost feel bad for the poor Grummels up in Kun Lai Summit, as soon as I hit 90, I just abandoned them to the Hozen that were harassing them. Surely some other adventurer will come along and help them. I was going to head off and pick up Pandarian Flying then head to Timeless Isle, except Pandaren Flying is like 5000 gold. I have 5000 gold, I just, have better things to blow it on than flying around in Pandaria, especially since I don’t plan to do anymore…
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World of Warcraft – Part 20 – Hunter, DPS, Healer, Tank…
There is some debate about "which class is the easiest", especially when it comes to first time players. I’ve had a lot of experience with most of the classes in World of Warcraft, though my opinion is by no means definitive. Death Knights, for example, have a lot of survivability, Blood DKs do hella damage, are tanks in nature and have some kick ass self heals. Death Knight it’s an option though until you have another character at level 60. They also have some pretty complex rotations, so they aren’t really all that newbie friendly. A lot of people suggest…