“Lume the Mad”?

In a general sense, Lume the Mad is a blog about World of Warcraft. But the title should be explained for context.

In 1999, I began playing Ultima Online. About a month into playing the game, I searched the Internet for some information about the game and came across a blog called Lum the Mad. It became a staple in my daily reads (even after I had quit UO three months later).

At first, Lum’s posts were primarily ranting in nature, addressing every negative detail about UO. Over time, however, he began writing more constructively. Thus his blog evolved into a semi-intelligent string of commentary on UO and MMOs in general. That’s not to say I agreed with all of his opinions. But I admired the trail he blazed for MMO bloggers. My blog is titled in homage to him. It’s also a pun, considering “Lume” is the nickname some people have given for my main character.

Who Am I?

I’m going to keep this short and sweet.

Even though the blog title is based on a female character of mine, I’m actually a guy named Steve. I play on US-Proudmoore. My primary raiding character is a druid named Lilume. But I have other characters I occasionally play. I am the GM of a guild called Lunacy. We started raiding at the beginning of TBC, and ranked between 40th and 70th on most of the bosses in Sunwell Pleateau. After killing Anub’arak in ToGC, however, we have stopped raiding hardcore.

Who I am in real life isn’t all that important. I’ll simply say I’m a student working two jobs, and I don’t work for a gaming company.

WoW Experience

I’ve played since the latter stages of beta. I’ve been pretty much everything ranging from a casual solo player to a hardcore raider. I have not raided on the level of guilds like Nihilum or Elitist Jerks, but the fact that my guild killed M’uru pre-nerf puts me in a very select group. I haven’t been a hardcore arena player or PvPer, but I’ve had strong desires to take it more seriously.

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