I just ragged on microblogging and its inevitable digression into minute and unnecessary details, which I do realize makes me a bit of a hypocrite, especially considering the following:

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I'm thinking about blogging my experiences in Age of Conan, while I roleplay my way up the levels, complete with screenshots and the occasional video post.

It's been a long time since I'd roleplayed, but that's the plan for our guild in Age of Conan, on an RP-PvP server. I don't plan to get heavy-duty, I won't be having any roleplayed weddings or deep story multi-act scripts, but basic world immersion and a few scenarios appeal to me:

• Mysterious Guild undertones. Our guild is planning almost an ARG-like puzzle buried within the guild's own little rituals and whatnot.
• Bandits that waylay travellers on the roads. After encountering it back in Ultima Online (I ran into road tolls all the time, I wouldn't go that far), I've always wanted to repeat the experience, only as a bandit and not a victim. ;)
• I want to get into my character. Immersion is good and I find it difficult within Azeroth, where pop-culture references overwhelm much of the lore. Mind you, there will be some reference's in Funcom's version of Hyboria, I'm expecting a bit of Lovecraftian overlap, but that kind of flavour just adds to my joy.

We'll see if I can keep it up though. I did try to keep screenshot progress of my original leveling in WoW (in cheesy shots with my character waving to the camera), but I never uploaded those shots in a timely fashion.