Midsummer Thoughts

I'm just going to put it out there and say I'm not usually big on Warcraft holidays. Every so often a holiday will roll around and I'll camp an egg or two or I'll escort a kid around, but I usually lose steam after about an hour. I'd much rather be raiding or doing heroics.

That all changed last week.

This years Midsummer Fire Festival marks the first time I have ever completed all the achievements and earned a title. I started off slowly by taking a bonfire here or there. Then I decided to check out Brill and desecrate a flame or two. After about 30 minutes, I was plotting my journey through the continents to get the achievement title, Flame Warden.

I guess the highlight of the Festival was when I was planning to sneak into Orgrimmar. I made a mad dash into the western entrance of the Horde city with nothing but a renew and a PW:S as backup. It took me about 2 corpse runs to get to the Valley of Wisdom because the place was crawling with revelers in thier best PvP gear. There I was, hiding in a bush and frantically eating my strudel as I watched horde after horde walk by me. I sat up, got ready, and ran through the narrow corridor to find the fire. I dodged a rogue to my left and a warlock to my right... Although I couldn't see the fire, I knew I was almost there! I looked up at my map notes and made a left turn to find the fire, poised to stomp that puppy out with my slippers when... I got beatdown by Thrall himself. I was supposed to make a right turn. Lame Wowhead coordinates FTW.

You need to go out and get your title today. This is by far the best holiday for alts, pvp, and 80s alike. The best part of it all are the poles that give +10% experience when killing monsters. There isn't much out there that is as fun and easy as the Midsummer Fire Festival.

- Note: Blizzard should look into putting more of these experience poles (or something like it) into every holiday. Alt-o-holics like me love it.