Scrub - 001

Our first scrub!

I don't mind naming and shaming, if yer gonna go to raids like this, you deserve it.



I wondered how long it'd take since I started this blog to come across my first scrub! I've encountered many before, but now that I'm documenting them, they really need to reek of scrub to get put on this blog.

So for this, my first scrub, this guy attempted to join a ToC25 run. I'm happy to pug 25 man content at the moment because my guild is focusing on 10 man's.

Now maybe he only just hit 80 and got a few pug groups for Ulduar and Naxx (nice off-hand sword) and managed to gear up a few things. But let's look what else? No meta-gem ? No Enchants at all ? GREEN quality gems (at least use blue in epic itemlv200, I can understand not wanting to spend the money to use epic).

I wouldn't care so much if you're just 80 and in itemlevel200 gear, if you treat it well, push your character with what it has. But slacking off because you know other people can carry you? No thanks.

He was removed from the raid shortly after informing the raid leader, and rightfully so. Alt or main, make some effort.

No reason to not know your stuff

In today's version of World of Warcraft there is no excuse to be uneducated about end game if you are planning to take part in it. If you're happily playing casual for battlegrounds or for roleplay or just completely casual, that's absolutely fine. If you're going to go into pug raids or guild raids then there is no excuse not to at least try to learn your stuff; be it class rotations to best enchants, sockets and gear and obviously; strategies.

It's my opinion that being casual does not mean you have to be a noob. With the introduction of Trial of the Crusader 10 and 25 man normal modes (default) you can prove you have at least the basic skill without the need for countless hours clearing trash. By being somebody who researches a little into their class for the benefit of the raid does not make you elitist or hardcore. It takes a few minutes to check up on things and making sure you're prepared is never a bad thing.

So, in the long and short here are some extremely useful links that most decent WoW players should know:

MMO-Champion this website is pretty much your number 1 website for your WoW news with upcoming patches and content. It's rather reliable and covers a wide aspect of the upcoming changes to the game. Definately check it out.

Wowhead is useful for when you need to find an item, NPC, quest or anything like that. Try not to hassle people in trade or general chat because you'll probably get flamed, or given useless information. If you can't find it on Wowhead, I don't know what's wrong.

Curse is your primary website for addons. I recommend definately getting the curse client as it'll make sure you're not downloading any bad files.

Warcraft Radio gives some good radio discussion and shows you can listen for WoW information. A personal recommendation is Blue Plz! by Total Biscuit the station owner. The show is an exaggerated look at the upcoming content, often in a negative view, but mostly it's just for the sake of the show, although you can often agree with TB and understand his viewpoint. Take it lightly if you do give it a listen and you should be very entertained. There are other shows there for other fun aspects of the game.

There's a multitude of other websites available for your WoW news but these are my personal favourites.

Why beg?

Okay, everyone comes across this, the random lowbie beggar that for some unknown reason believe they need gold. Why do they need gold? To get weapons or new armour! But why? To help them level I imagine?

I really do not understand why someone needs anything beyond the quest rewards while leveling. The game does a very good job of allowing you to earn the amount of gold you need for your current level. At level 22, which was the level this guy was, you could easily buy your abilities with the gold earned from vendor trash and quest rewards. Your armour is perfectly fine presuming you're questing, and therefor you shouldn't need any money. Especially with the reduced mount prices etc.. these days.

If you know how to use the Auction House while leveling you could also make a lot of money. A good tip if you're leveling an alt or for the first time, and want to ensure you have money for epic flying at max level (you could get it at 60 I believe these days, and this is also easily possible) - Get 2 gathering professions; skinning, mining or herbalism. Herbs and ores sell quite high due to JC and Inscription. Level these professions as you level and sell everything on the auction house.

When you are leveling, there is no reason to buy anything from the auction house at all. The only exception is that you may want to buy glyphs if you can get them for a decent price or don't have anyone who can make some for you. Besides glyphs, you should not be buying stuff from the auction house while leveling, it's not necessary, it'll reduce your gold for items you do not need when you reach max level. It's a wasted investment, especially with the introduction of heirloom items, and the quality of quest rewards.

Either way... Please stop begging. Nothing says scrub like begging, especially when you're spelling nearly every word wrong.

What is a Scrub?

Yes, that song by "TLC" pretty much sums it up. The kind of player that ruins the raid for everyone else is exactly what has lead to the creation of this blog. This entire blog will track example scrubs of all varieties of which I encounter, showing the many diverse ways in which one may end up labelled; "A scrub."

I may also attempt to explain certain do's and do not's with various aspects of the game, such as raids, etiquette, gear advice and class discussion.