Comments on: WoWing on the Go

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:58:28 +0000

I have the same picture on Facebook that I have on Twitter, but that’s the extend of it. I have my parents on Facebook so there’s no hints to the blog on it. You might find me if we have some mutual friends .

I’m traveling alone so I’m not drinking much, no worries

By: Sougent

Sougent — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:35:13 +0000

I haven’t used a normal desktop in years, I just use a laptop with a regular keyboard and mouse. WoW runs fine and it’s not even a “gaming” laptop, just a regular Sony Vaio.

For cooling, I just prop the laptop up on 4 blocks of wood to let the air circulate, simple yet effective.

A can of air works fine to blow out the fan, though care should be taken to not spin the fan super fast with the air. Best done outside, unless one likes dust.

By: Will

Will — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:01:49 +0000

One of these days, Ophelie, I’ll find you on Facebook. There will be no place in which you can hide from me! [Shakes fist]

(Of course, I’ll look like a fool if it turns out you’re on Facebook as “Ophelie”, given that I haven’t even tried looking for you yet… >.>)

I hope you have a very enjoyable little vacation. And make sure you do the bulk of your drinking AFTER you do the bike riding through the mountains.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:44:58 +0000

My laptop is at that stage in life when it’s just so full of dusts it overheats simply when I start WoW up, so no cooler pag=no go. I used to have a nice small one, but it died, so now I’m using my boyfriend’s slightly bigger and heavier one… which I end up putting on the bed, so it can’t evacuate air properly, so the laptop gets hot, so it runs at sucky FPS…

The lesson here: clean your laptop frequently unless you like 2fps and people going ‘GET OUT OF THE FIRE OMG’.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:21:27 +0000

Yes! It’s tricky to keep a laptop from overheating in bed. My cooling pad servers as a little table, though, which keeps the computer a few centimeters above my legs. It helps a lot.

By: Gameldar

Gameldar — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:53:50 +0000

I have a nice and light cooler pad – it’s certainly not as effective as some of the you-beaut powered ones but it does some of the job – and it’s not much thicker than a place mat.

As part of the bed playing brigade – also be wary of having the vents covered by the quilt!

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:30:49 +0000

I need someone to buy it for me. :O

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:30:13 +0000

Ooooh good point! Very, very good point! I always buy extended warranties on my laptops (and I end up using them!) but I completely forgot to mention that! It’s also often worth getting warranties on headsets. I’ve gotten many free headsets that way.

I totally play in bed too! Well, in reality I don’t have much of a choice since I don’t own a desk.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:25:03 +0000

Awesome! I find meeting up with guildies to be the highlights of my trips, even when meetups weren’t my primary intention. It’s soo nice to put a human being to a voice and there’s the added bonus of having a local show you around a new place.

As for hotels/motels, I usually stay in either hostels (when travelling alone) or slightly upscale hotels (when I’m travelling on a school trip/to a convention, aka when I don’t have a choice). Hostels usually have free, decent wifi, but unless you’re really lucky, the connection isn’t good enough for raiding. It’s either constant disconnects or lagcity. Larger hotels in big cities often charge for wireless access (wifi at the Sharaton in Toronto was ridiculously priced) but the connection is usually really good, good enough to raid. I’ve never stayed in a motel or a Holidays Inn/Days Inn type hotel before so I don’t know firsthand what the internet is like, but whenever I’ve had guildies try to raid from those hotels, they get disconnected a lot.

By: Ophelie

Ophelie — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:18:07 +0000

Oh yes, the cooler pad! I love mine! I completely forgot to talk about that. I didn’t bring it backpacking with me since I don’t use my laptop for extend periods of time and cooling pads take up a lot of room, but when I’m playing at home, the cooler is a must have.

If you travel a lot with a laptop, it’s helpful to invest is a really resistant one. I actually just carry mine in my small, carry on backpack and it does fine, I’m just careful to not drop or throw my bag around.

Old gaming laptops are heavy (my old one was a killer!), but recent ones are much lighter! I carry mine around everywhere with no problems. When backpacking, I keep it in my smaller bag (the one I wear in front) as opposed to my large clothing/food backpack and it’s actually helpful in keeping me in balance.