The first (and last) post.

So this is the first post, because I just created the blog and this is the first time I am posting. But it's also the last post, since it will forever be the last one listed in the archive (being the first). Which would ordinarily mean that no one will read it, except that I intend to link to it in my welcome statement, so... Welcome!

I've been toying with idea of this blog for about a month or so, and since I keep mentally writing posts for it, I decided that I might as well actually write them instead of just occupying my brain while I'm doing dishes. So here it is.

The Name: The picture in the banner is Tamenie, my gnome fury warrior who has the honor of being called my main WoW character. In researching how to make her progessively more badass, I was reading into hit rating (how good you are at hitting your enemy) and the need to reach the hit cap, at which point your character simply doesn't miss, ie. becomes unavoidable. The term “unavoidable gnome” stuck in my head and became the title for my blog. Ironically, I haven't actually reached the hit cap with Tam yet, but dammit it's still a good blog name.

The Blog: First comes the disclaimer. I am not an elite player. At all. I do play an awful lot, if you check my characters in the armory, none of them have especially awesome gear. While I enjoy both raiding and PvP, I do neither often enough to really claim any awesomeness. But I do strive to be a competent player. When I play a class, I want to play it well. When I run in any sort of group, I want to be dependable and valuable in my role. I research talent builds, rotations, and recommended gear, enchants, etc. I may show up in T9, but it will be fully gemmed and enchanted.

I also love to roleplay in WoW. I have been in several heavy RP guilds, written fic and done a bunch of fanart. That said, I am not a huge lore geek. I do research off and on into lore elements that pique my interest, but I don't spend a ton of time immersed in it. I haven't read any of the WoW novels (I'd like to, but it's not super high on my priority list). I can appreciate, and am fascinated by the depth of history and lore which in forms the game world in which I spend my time. But I am even more impressed at the players' abilities to build on that and add to it in their own rp.

I started playing WoW right after release of the original game. Originally began on a PvP server, then switched to an RP server where Fatiimah (see sidebar) was my main (she has since moved to a PVE server). After taking a long break from WoW, I came back and played Alliance with Clearwater as my main. BC came out around that time. Then my computer died, life got hard, and I took another long break until after WotLK came out, at which time I started Tam and all the rest.

I would call myself a B+ WoW player. I have a lot of experience, I know what I am doing and take it seriously enough. But I will likely never be in the top tier. Most of the folks running around Dalaran have better gear than me. I play to have fun, and I do. And I continue to. I'm a gnome warrior, inherently gimped by my racials from ever being equal to the other warriors (you know how hard it is to tank when all you can see is the mobs' feet?), but I have fun.

So why the blog? You probably aren't going to see any advice on how to be a leet player here. But I do think my opinions matter in a different sense. My experiences in WoW apply to a broad swath of players, from the serious to the casual. It's my hope that I have interesting and entertaining things to say about this thing we all do together online, and that people will enjoy reading it. I'm also willing to say that there will be moments when I am wrong, so feel free to point them out. I also may not agree that I am wrong, and will feel free to point that out as well. :)

So welcome to my WoW blog. Feel free to comment, say hi, what have you.

~The Gnome