1. Mark at Mogs.com will be caught on video battling a figment of his imagination with a light saber.
2. Millions of WoW players will lose their minds and start jogging across the countryside in search of their bodies.
3. Star Trek Online will be a smash hit!
4. Larney at Mogs.com will win a world spelling bee championship!
5. Elvis will be sighted at Blizzcon 2009.
6. A super volcano will erupt somewhere in the United States.  Side note: Mogs has noticed a bulge in their floor.
7. Josh at Mogs.com will win the Orc lookalike contest.
8. VLA will be founded in Akron, Ohio.  Virtual Life Anonymous.
9. Justin at Mogs.com will go on a shooting spree believing the world is infested with zombies and he is in fact power leveling himself.
10. Gilbert Godfrey will hijack Ventrilo and become know as “The Voice of Ventrilo”
11. Blizzard will unveil a new epic mount known as the Luminescent Rhino of Doom.
12. Snorks will make a massive comeback and someone will claim they are messengers of Satan and the blow tube on their head is an instrument of Evil.
13. An MMO based under the water will come to light.  The infamous Seahorse of Fiery Wrath will be among the end game monsters.
14. It will come to light that the creators of the Smurfs ate one too many magic mushrooms.
15. Dan at Mogs.com will spontaneously combust while explaining to a customer that gold is not delivered to anyone’s home address.
16. Andrew Dice Clay becomes a motivational speaker.
17. A Titan ship emerges over the skies of Phoenix, Arizona and contact is made.
18. Mogs.com starts having contests with gold, gil and isk prizes!
19. Two mounted customers, believing they are Death Knights, approach the Mogs headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio and unleash death and decay, calling locust type monsters down upon an unsuspecting CSR while he is eating his fruit loops.
20. The kid that survived a dreaded Moose attack with knowledge he picked up from playing a hunter in World of Warcraft gets perma-morphed into a sheep.  Check out the article: http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/12/boy-survives-mo.html

Who ever said you can’t save a life with what you’ve learned in a video game?

Sure, you’re waiting for the moment the zombie apocalypse to come so you can use your Resident Evil 4 skills to outlast everyone else. Or a car crash to happen in front of you so you can save someone’s life with your leet Trauma Center skills.

But how often does it come around when you can use your mmo knowledge (besides the force, you Star Wars Galaxy people)?

Well Jørgen Olsen survived a moose attack in Norway by using what he learned in WoW, Feign Death.

Granted yes, this did happen about a year ago. But still very cool to read.

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/12/boy-survives-mo.html

Looking for a way to burn off Thanksgiving dinner and play World of Warcraft?  Who isn’t, right?  If you have a treadmill, computer, mouse and a few extra hours, the following video will show you how to turn a jog in your living room into a sprint across Azeroth.  Anyone know when the next Dark Moon Marathon starts?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbG5O2NfUzM

Saw this image on the web and I was blown away by the absolute awesomeness of this setup.  Although I am sure I will never have a setup quite this cool, I bet plenty of you out there have it beat… let’s see those pictures!  Send an image of your super omega gaming system to delivery@mogs.com and we will post it for all to view and envy

You see that up there? That’s some Artwork from Diablo 3, the new installment to the Diablo game series from Blizzard.  What’s the most interesting thing you’re going to find in this picture? I’m sure it’s the giant flesh beating hammers he’s holding. The thing that gets me though is the date of the picture, “Jul 2004.”

Has Diablo 3 been in production since 2004, maybe earlier? If it has, this gives us a little more hope that we can surrender our lives to this game earlier than expected.

You can find more information on Diablo 3 here.

World of Warcraft has added yet another way to consume every waking moment of your life.  Everyone’s favorite time wasting cell phone game Bejeweled is now available as a WoW addon.  Flying the friendly skies of Azeroth just got a lot more entertaining.

 

http://www7.popcap.com/promos/wow/

Hey all you WoW heads out there, just coming to the blog to show off some of my PvP action. This video is of me and my druid buddy playing 2v2 against a Shaman/Warrior on the server Mannoroth. Hunter/Druid is our combo. I wanted to post these vids to show you that if you put in the time and effort you are bound to get better.

The first video is one of our earlier games, to show that we started off like most WoW players, good… but not masters. Next week’s video will feature a Hunter killing a Rogue with Warglaives. I really hope these videos will help you see that you don’t go from 1500 to 2k in one night. It takes time and effort and a whole lot of patience.

Lastly, please be gentle, this was one of our earlier games, so there are some obvious mistakes in our strategy. These posts are to show that if you keep at it you get better… not to pump my epeen.

And a big thanks to  Eldruidian for  putting up with my crap.

Next video coming soon…

After months of grueling competition in the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament, Team MOGS made it to the two-day Darkmoon Faire event in Indianapolis. This is a great acheivement by both Larney and Jon (both in-house Customer Support Agents) and we urge you all to get on to Live Chat to congratulate them!

For the full story, including pics of Larney sporting his MOGS t-shirt at the event, visit the Upperdeck website here.

Live Support is our primary method of communicating with existing and prospective customers on the web. Customers get in touch to make enquiries, arrange orders or sometimes just drop in to tell us how great we are!

But on some days something very special happens. When the moon is perfectly aligned with Saturn and the Live Support Agent on-shift wishes really really hard, an un-witting scammer comes to chat, filled with hope and ambition of illegitimately extracting Gold from us. That’s when we like to have some fun…

 

You are now speaking with Dan of Sales

Derek jenson: Greetings, let me introduce myself. I am Derek Jenson, a Blizzard representative, and lawyer specializing in virtual property and virtual contracting. Sites like these are detrimental to our company and we can and will file claims against gold selling sites that do not cease operations. I am here today in order to clarify certain legalities, and hopefully come to an informal negotiation, in order to avoid long, expensive formalities.

Dan: Hi Derek

Derek jenson: Do you understand?

Dan: I…think so

Dan: I mostly just tend to the farm here

Derek jenson: You website breaks section 8 of rules and agreements

Dan: This is my first time away from the sheep, and working customer service.

Dan: What is section 8? I thought that was my housing plan?

Derek jenson: section 8 is in world of warcraft witch you had to agree to

Dan: I am a druid in WOW

Derek jenson: ok

Dan: I like flying my epic mount

Derek jenson: umm…

Dan: Can you tell me if it is true that they will have flying rhinos in the expansion?

Derek jenson: you do know this is a serious crime

Dan: Flying rhinos?

Derek jenson: no

Derek jenson: selling gold

Dan: My epic mount?

Derek jenson: and my son asked the same thing

Dan: Oh selling gold?

Derek jenson: yes

Dan: About the flying rhinos?

Dan: Does he buy gold?

Derek jenson: yes

Dan: Oh really?

Dan: cool

Dan: He can have an epic flying rhino then

Dan: So now what is section 8?

Derek jenson: i

Dan: I know my landlord takes it

Derek jenson: wait typo

Dan: Its okay my fingers get a little happy too

Dan: What is section 8?

Derek jenson: “You may not purchase, sell, gift or trade any Account, or offer to purchase, sell, gift or trade any Account, and any such attempt shall be null and void. Blizzard owns, has licensed, or otherwise has rights to all of the content that appears in the Program. You agree that you have no right or title in or to any such content, including the virtual goods or currency appearing or originating in the Game, or any other attributes associated with the Account or stored on the Service. Blizzard does not recognize any virtual property transfers executed outside of the Game or the purported sale, gift or trade in the “real world” of anything related to the Game. Accordingly, you may not sell items for “real” money or otherwise exchange items for value outside of the Game.”

Dan: Are you a creditor looking for me?

Derek jenson: no we decided not to sue

Derek jenson: though i think i should speak to your boss

Dan: I’ll pay the debt! I just need to harvest the wool from my sheep.

Derek jenson: ok

Dan: My shears are broken and my brother cut his thumb off

Dan: the medical bills are awful and now all he has is a stub

Derek jenson: um we dont want money

Dan: What do you want? My apartment?

Dan: My sheep?

Derek jenson: no

Dan: The Milk Bucket?

Derek jenson: no

Dan: I don’t have much else.

Derek jenson: we want to stable our enconmy in wow

Derek jenson: we want gold becase of contest transfers

Dan: Well, I suppose I could Sell my epic snail

Dan: He’s not fast, but a rare in the game

Dan: We could ride around together if you’d like

Dan: ?

Dan: What can I do to help?

Derek jenson: we will never bother your company again

Dan: I am very interested in a stable

Dan: My horse is sad

Dan: he needs a stable

Dan: Never again?

Derek jenson: nope

Dan: Is this because of the epic snail or my brothers thumb?

Derek jenson: i will tell you how and how much

Derek jenson: the wow gold

Dan: For my snail or my brother’s thumb?

Dan: OH

Dan: I’m sorry I bumped my head earlier

Derek jenson: The surplus has come to 15, 456 gold

Dan: Popped the trunk of my pick - up truck and it knocked me silly

Dan: Can’t pronounce many of the PH sounds

Dan: Or J’s

Dan: I am having serious J issues.

Derek jenson: yeara(us)alliance-side is suffering

Derek jenson: that amount will save the sever

Dan: They come out in series of JJJJJJJJ

Dan: Which server is suffering?

Derek jenson: yesra

Dan: Oh

Dan: I did hear about that

Derek jenson: our currnecy holder Gravex wishes to be sent the money so he can put it in the market place

Derek jenson: this is a once in a life time deal

Dan: The economy is broken, the people are taking to the streets with pitch forks, clubs, and torches.

Dan: Did they hang any wayward merchants.

Derek jenson: this is very serious

Dan: Wrong time wrong place

Dan: Derek I am very serious

Dan: I am concerned about the merchants.

Dan: I heard there were executions in the streets?

Dan: Mobs of druids and

Dan: Orks

Dan: Very sad times

Derek jenson: look are you going to send the gold or not?

Derek jenson: becase the clam is $278,000

Dan: We could start a morning breakfast program for the children

Derek jenson: in court

Dan: Soup kitchen might help

Dan: I will personally donate the milk I gather from the cows.

Derek jenson: yes or no sir?

Dan: Look do you want my milk?

Dan: I am trying to help

Dan: I have a depressed cow to tend to. I could churn butter

Dan: I make some good butter

Dan: Is this really Derek or a creditor?

Dan: Derek my head hurts

Derek jenson: yes this is derek

Dan: I think my eye is starting to discharge a greenish fluid.

Dan: is that unhealthy?

Dan: Do you have a medical background?

Derek jenson: that is personal

Derek jenson: i tryed to help

Dan: seriously the fluid is pouring out now onto my bagel

Dan: my eye?

Dan: I can’t hardly see

Dan: What is it you want me to do?

Derek jenson: are you going to pay the cash or the gold sir?

Dan: What ?

Dan: What gold?

Dan: What Cash?

Dan: I thought we agreed on milk and butter?

Dan: I could toss in my epic flying cow

Dan: he does gnaw on things a lot.

Dan: Just prop up a salt lick and he will be fine

Dan: Derek, seriously my eye is leaking

Derek jenson: read what i say ok

Derek jenson: 15,456 gold or $278,000

Derek jenson: witcch one sir?

Derek jenson: we will see you in court

Derek jenson: becase im trying to help you

Derek jenson: are you still there dan?

Dan: I am

Dan: I’m wiping the goo off my bagel

Dan: Perhaps we can meet in person and I can give you the goods

Dan: where do you live?

Dan: Oh wait I have the info coming in from our security system.

Dan: Great

Dan: IP is detailed

Derek jenson: and?

Dan: this new protection is great

Dan: Will you accept 278,000 in milk and butter?

Derek jenson: are you going to send the gold or the money

Derek jenson: we do not accept milk and butter

Dan: One sec I have to see a bout the cash

Derek jenson: fine

Derek jenson: You also agreed to “You may not purchase, sell, gift or trade any Account, or offer to purchase, sell, gift or trade any Account, and any such attempt shall be null and void. Blizzard owns, has licensed, or otherwise has rights to all of the content that appears in the Program.”

Dan: What program?

Derek jenson: world of warcraft

Dan: Are you still talking about WOW?

Dan: Oh

Dan: I thought we were working on a deal

Dan: Okay so can you meet me in person

Derek jenson: for wow

Dan: I’ll wear a yellow hat and there will be a monkey with me.

Derek jenson: are you going to give the WoW gold to our yesra(us)alliance-side currency holder Gravex?

Dan: Gravex

Dan: is he a blizzard agent?

Derek jenson: yes a gm

Dan: whats a gm

Derek jenson: Gamemaster

Dan: is that a species of gnome?

Dan: OF

Dan: Oh

Dan: He’s good at the game

Derek jenson: they work for blizzard

Dan: For such a large transaction I would rather just give cash

Derek jenson: he just started

Dan: Can we meet

Dan: Is he in game now?

Derek jenson: no but i can get him to

Dan: Okay

Dan: in front of the mailbox?

Derek jenson: where would you like to meet him?

Derek jenson: stormwind?

Dan: I don’t want to get in trouble…who will feed the monkey?

Dan: Is that where you would like to meet?

Dan: Is that the server that is in trouble?

Derek jenson: i will get him to meet you in front of the mail box in stormwind

Derek jenson: yes

Derek jenson: the gold will save the alliance side sever

Dan: I want to save horde too

Derek jenson: and your site will have immunty from any ban,prison,payment.etc

Dan: PRISON!

Derek jenson: horde is doing fine

Dan: that would be no fun

Derek jenson: i know

Dan: Of course with my farming skills I’m sure I could make a mean cheese wheel

Dan: and everyone would be happy

Dan: Can you imagine all those frowns?

Dan: in glee over the cheese

Derek jenson: he is going to meet you now

Dan: we could write a musical and sing and dance around the wheels of cheese

Dan: I would be Mr. popular in no time

Derek jenson: no

Dan: I lok good in stripes too.

Derek jenson: just give him the gold please

Dan: Okay what character server and side

Derek jenson: Gravex ysera alliance

Dan: Okay it will be about an hour

Dan: and you won’t send me to prison right?

Derek jenson: no

Dan: Can you help me get a flying rhino?

Dan: With 3 horns and boots?

Derek jenson: i will talk to tech guy

Dan: excellent!

Derek jenson: i dont even know if it is real

Dan: Okay Derek and you are sure you would rather not have butter and milk?

Derek jenson: no we are sure

Derek jenson: take care

Dan: Okay I will see you soon

Dan: Our character is sadshoehorn

Dan: let me fix my eye and eat this bagel get my yellow hat and monkey and i’ll be on the way.

Dan: Is there anything else I can do for you?

Dan: Okay

Dan: I’ll be there ASAP

Dan: Thank you for visiting MOGS.com