Everything has an end, and Cuppytalk is going to have one of its own. Over the past year+ I haven’t been hardly writing on this blog. My energies are definitely elsewhere, and I really have no time for this blog. Originally, I started Cuppytalk because I wanted a platform to rant about MMO games. It has definitely evolved, since WoW is the only MMO I play and I don’t have much to say about it. I have little interest in maintaining the online persona under the name “Cuppycake” anymore…it was just a fun blogger name that lasted longer than I had hoped! My game interests have evolved to a place that my audience hasn’t followed me to (social games, for the most part) and I don’t see a reason to keep this site up. I also don’t own the site (it’s hosted by the Fires of Heaven admin, and I don’t participate in those forums anymore).
It’s been fun though! I’ve loved ranting and raving with you all over the last 4+ years. 
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Here’s how you can find me going forward:
Rest in Peace, Cuppytalk – and thanks to everyone who has read the blog and supported it over the years.
I just got in to the first testing phase of an awesome alpha for an awesome MMO expansion. I cannot say which, due to NDA and all that but I’ll leave it to your imagination. I excitedly downloaded it, and then went to log in and had a moment of clarity – “Do I really want to do this? Do I want to spoil the discovery at launch?”
I’m really bad at betas/alphas when it is a game that I will be playing at live. I don’t test any of the things that I want to experience when the game is live. I don’t spend much time in it because I don’t want any surprises to be spoiled. If I were a hardcore min/maxer, I would be super excited at the chance to experience the new mechanics before anyone else..but I’m not. Which means this particular beta doesn’t have that much value to me…at least not as much as I thought it would.
When it’s a game that I won’t be playing at launch for one reason or another, I am a good tester. I provide feedback, I try to uncover bugs, I diligently track and report everything I find wrong. I’m not a fool though, I know that it’s hard to put myself into the role of “average player” when I’ve worked in the industry and see how things work behind the scenes. I find myself commenting on collision, seams, textures, physics, etc. whereas most players report typos, stuck quests, major crashes, etc. I’m probably the kind of tester that the programmers love, but the designers hate. Oh well, you’re stuck with me!
I’m still trying to decide if I want to play this particular beta. It’s a hard decision, but if I do, I’m going to take lots of screenshots and write a ton of blog posts that won’t be published until the NDA is lifted.
As y’all know already, my WoW server is the unofficial LGBT server in World of Warcraft. We have the biggest in-game pride parade, which is totally awesome. And it’s co-run by my guild, Taint, and our Alliance sister guild The Stonewall Family. So far, there isn’t much info up yet..but the official website is here. It will be held on Saturday, June 19th at noon PST. Save the date!!
Every time I get the urge to pick up momentum here on my personal blog, other things get in the way! Previously, I was writing my own column for Examiner.com about Facebook games – which was a blast but wasn’t quite earning me the side income I was hoping for. Since then, I was asked if I wanted to do some freelance side work for AOL’s Games.com blog – which I delightfully accepted.
If you aren’t reading the Games.com blog, it’s either because you don’t know about it or because you’re not interested in the day-to-day news about Facebook games. It is all Facebook games, all the time. While eventually I think it will evolve into having more opinion and regular features (like its sister site, WoW.com) right now it is almost all game-specific news/releases and industry news. If you’re not playing these games, you might be overwhelmed with the mass amounts of news in FarmVille, Pet Society, Treasure Isle, etc. therefore you may find it doesn’t fit your tastes. It’s not for everyone, but if you want to follow the Facebook games trends and releases – it’s a fun place to get your news.
I encourage you to hop over to the Games.com blog and see if it interests you at all. At least subscribe to my articles so I know you love me And, we’re on Twitter!
Keeping up with the WoW tone of the blog lately, I thought I’d mention that I transferred my OLD SCHOOL PRIEST to my new server and account. She was previously named Cuppycake (the ORIGINAL Cuppycake character of mine, in fact) and was an Undead Priest. I did all sorts of raiding with her, the vanilla stuff like Molten Core and then through Blackwing Lair. I still have many of my old purples (like my Robe of Prophecy that I’m wearing in the picture and my Anathema/Benediction) and she is nostalgia to the max.
I’m keeping her Shadow and leveling up with my boyfriend’s Death Knight. She’s 64 right now and hanging out in Terokkar. As part of her account transfer, I also gave her a new race and a new name — Sparklepony. :)
A big KUDOS to Blizzard Customer Service for handling this all so swiftly. My account is now active, all my items and gold are restored. This was a very quick and very helpful experience. I have everything back and I’m ready to roll again. I am so thrilled
And I will be adding an authenticator and not clicking ANYTHING I realize via email. I have learned my lesson. Back to riding my Sparklepony!
