The Short List

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 1:15 PM

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Mommar here.

JMTC:  Iowa branch got struck by flu bug this week.    There were good times that I was able to put together an article and some days that getting out of bed sounded like a really bad idea.

Included in all of this was a minimum amount of logging on World of Warcraft.   But out of this lack of will to log on to finish up anything but the basic chores it reminded me of time management.

Whenever you look to start or even continue your gold making career.   Time management is the first thing to check off on your list to master.   There are days that you will only be able to log on for a little bit that day.   Other days you will have some extra time to work before having to go to family functions.   Then there are thos magic days that the family is out,  clouds part and you have all day to longue around and work at your own pace.

Myself,  I have three different sets of tasks to perform depending on my time constraints and ability to invest.

Short:  (30 minutes)

I only do my three transmutes/daily crafts (Inscription,  Jewelcrafting, Alchemy).  If I have any time I will do a quick scan of the auction house for quick purchases to flip.

Medium (1-3 hours)

I choose 2 to 3 of my top selling crafters and do their normal listing routine and crafting.   If I only have 1 hour then I use the top seller as the number 1 priority.   Second hour I work with the number two seller down the list.  

Long  (3+ Hours)

This obviously is a full listing of all of my auctions,   crafting items that will sell (PVP,  weapons, speciality enhancements).  Also included is my scanning for items to flip for a profit and resetting any markets that need to be rebalanced for added sales.

The time frames are estimates.  Many gold goblins don't want to spend three hours working on Auction house sales.   There are days that I have three plus hours to play that I just look do to a short day and then go to finish up dailies.  These are always dependent on your own adjustments.  

Setting your own time management expectations will allow you to work quicker and more effectively in both short and long term time investments.

Good Luck and Good Hunting


Want to get in contact with me? . Email me at Dragonbearjoe @ gmail. dOT com or find me on twitter at "@JMTCMommar" You can find me hanging out on the Shandris Server, chat me up and I will buy you a glass of juice. 

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Blizzard Technical Support Needs Your Help

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 3:35 PM

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Mommar here.

A long time ago in a far far galaxy called Iowa,  I worked for a phone bank company.   My job was to
take incoming calls about phone difficulties people were having with a specific long distance carrier.  Not revealing the name of the company,  we shall call it's initials ICM.  

I would spend day after day in the call center answering questions,   looking at people's accounts and trying to troubleshoot issues.  Many of these issues were simple in nature.  Amazingly people do not always understand that if you do not pay your bill,  your phone gets turned off.  But that's not important.

The new expansion Mists of Pandaria has been released.  And this is the first weekend that casual players will be loading up their game,  and started to play.  Or starting to hiss and curse at their computers in frustration with too slow of frame rates,  no sound,  no pandas and definitely no fun.   It's a common occurrence with a new piece of software.   If you have ever worked in the software field,  they are not called bugs but undocumented features.

So how can the lowly players who are able to log on without any type of issues help Blizzard.   To be honest, your not truly helping Blizzard but your fellow gamers.   Problems,  bugs,  difficulties and 'undocumented features' always occur.   But the best answers,  and many times the quickest answers are found on the Warcraft forums as well as other user dominated forums.   The Consortium forums also have a good tech section on how to solve basic issues.

Now,   this is not assuming that people haven't tried to find out.   It's definitely not a condemnation of players who call the Blizzard tech support for answers.   They get paid (and paid well) for what they do. But many times their phone lines get filled with questions that can be solved without any technical issues.   And that causes problems for the people with issues that do require Blizzard tech support to step in and help.

So how as gold goblins can we help?    Time is money in our motto.  And sometimes just offering to go to the website and see if we might not have suggestions or answers to these problems.   It is easy to just let players go on their own.  But after 8+ years of gaming,   World of Warcraft is not just a game but it's a community that we build,  or let fall on it's own.   So stepping up and answering a few questions will indwell you into the community.  And you never know when you might need to lean on that knowledge to obtain an answer for your own game problems.

Answer and solutions to questions might not bring actual gold into our pocket.   But knowledge of knowing you helped someone can bring some gold into your soul.

Good Luck and Good Hunting.

Slow and Steady

Posted by J.E. Douglas at 8:51 AM

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The odds of winning the lottery is approximately the same as getting mauled by a brown bear and a polar bear in the middle of Iowa.  It's possible if the right circumstances come together,  but don't bet the farm on it idea.

I feel the same way about gaining that million gold item in Warcraft.  Or even that 100,000 gold item.  They are out there,  but extremely rare being on the name tag should give you a good idea on how quickly it will be added to your inventory.

Gold goblins quickly learn one very important thing.  You build your gold fortune in leaps,  bounds,  steps and even stumbles.  It won't appear overnight,  but it will happen if you work through your lessons that you learn here,  and even on other journals.  One person cannot cover everything (though I do give it a good try).

Making gold in Warcraft is truly not rocket science.  You buy items,  you sell items.  The more advanced will craft items that players want in their collection.   The even more advanced players will use other players gold and materials to craft items.  These are simple lessons,  but they are also the most important lessons you will learn.

So whether you want to be a snail,  or a cheetah when it comes to making gold.   You have to put your foot into the game to win.  And you have to keep going with what you have learned,  even if it isn't time to cash that lottery check just yet.

Good Luck and Good Hunting.

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Behold the Reputation Rush

Never Play Poker with Orcs
Monday Morning Blues
Jewelcrafting dailies or something
Out of the Market Too Early????
Welcome to the Cult
Born to be Mild
Its a Date

Its All Attitude

It's the Little Things

The Return of Portal

The Rod Giveth and Blizzard tTaketh Away

The Doh Club

Wowcations

Psychology of Selling

Value for the Buck

The Return of Vendor Prices

MOP Prep:  Get to the Points

MOP Prep:  Reduction in Inventory

MOP Prep: Stuff to Gold,  Gold to Stuff

MOP Prep: Setting the Lineup

MOP Prep: Setting up the Cartel