Last night Gentil and I completed the Iron Mines of Moladune mission in the Shiverpeak Mountains. As a result, our armour has now been infused, and we have extra protection against the Mursaat. Considering that we were kicking their asses anyway, I’m not exactly sure what advantage that gives us, but hopefully it will become clear as we get further to the end of the game.

It is worth noting that so far, we have only successfully completed one mission (Ice Caves of Sorrow) with a group of players. All of the apparently ‘impossible to complete with Heroes’ missions in the Crystal Desert? Failed over and over with players; completed them with Heroes (or my Uncle and his Heroes). Granted, we have yet to complete the secondary goals for two of those missions, but we still completed them.

I am definitely not complaining about the fact that you can complete missions with Heroes; in fact, it is quite the opposite. I am complaining about the fact that it is near impossible to find a decent group of players. By decent, of course, I mean people who stick out the whole mission, can work as a team, and can speak a bit of English. As you can see, I’m not very picky when it comes to finding a decent group of players on Guild Wars.

There is a reason for this, and that reason? It is simple: with the exception of the people I know who play it, and myself, the people on Guild Wars are all blithering idiots. They can’t work as a team, they have no idea what ‘Aggro a small group first’ means, and if one of them should die? Heaven forbid! ‘It’s the monk’s fault.’ Then of course, the monk gets pissy and leaves, and they’re like, “We need a monk.” Well, duh! That’s why you try not to blame them for your own mistakes.

When we completed the Ice Caves of Sorrow, I was shocked out of my terrible, close-minded stereotyping though. For the group we picked up with then? They were wonderful. They worked as a team. They followed the leader. They called targets, and attacked targets of others. They didn’t get shitty at one another. There was a lot of,”Go team!” and “Great job, guys.” and in general, a great team atmosphere during the whole mission. My one regret? I didn’t add them to my friend list. Doh!

In other news, I signed the contract for my new job on Wednesday, and got paid for the first time today. Can I just say now, I LOVE my job. I love the people, and the atmosphere, and the customers and the whole environment. I get along so well with my co-workers, and everyone is so friendly, that it doesn’t even feel like a job much of the time. I love helping customers, and learning all about the products, and I love the fact that there is pretty much always something that can be done, or learnt.

In even more news, I received a letter from RMIT today. I’ve been waiting all week for it to arrive, and when I saw it I thought I was going to throw up. I actually had to sit down before opening it. When I skimmed the first paragraph and saw the ‘pleased to inform you’ I just about had a fit. I grabbed Gentil and hugged him, and laughed like a loon, haha! Then I called my family and told them the good news. So yes, I got into my writing course next year. Thank christ, because I really, really wanted to.

Ciao, everyone.