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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
A Correspondence to the Mekigneer
To the Supposed High Tinker of Gnomergan, Sicco Thermaplug
I address my correspondance to the supposed High Tinker of Gnomergan, Sicco Thermaplug. I have been watching Gnomergan for some time. While I am not a gnome myself, I have seen that the gnomes for some time do not have a home to call their own. I may not know all of the details of their expulsion, but what I do know is this. Because of your desire for power, "High Tinker" and possible jealousy towards Gelbin Mekkatorque, The gnomes of Gnomergan only have Ironforge now to call home.
This is something that I will not be tolerating for much longer. I cannot and will not tolerate mindless fighting for the right to rule while the gnomes of Gnomergan must find other living arrangements. You and I have had brief correspondences but not enough for me to fully express my intentions. I will make this simple for you, I believe that your mind and ideas are still useful but I still fully support Gelbin Mekkatorque and as long as I live my loyalty lies with him. As per my Gnomitive, I will pledge to you the resources I have for the purpose of restoring and bettering Gnomergan for its future generations. But, do not take my occasional light heartedness for absent mindedness. Betray my trust, and I promise you on the honor of my Xanoic Brotherhood that I will pull my resources from aiding you and immediately give them to Gelbin to see that you are removed permanently from Gnomergan. I detest fighting and would rather spend my time entertaining but if I am to see dream become actuality, I will not hesitate to enact this part of my plan.
Now, to the heart of the matter. The rebuilding of Gnomergan proper. I have seen few ideas from your "campaign" to become the High Tinker, and that is unacceptable if you intend to lead this people. You have made promises but I have seen no blueprints, no attempts to reclaim this industrious place other than proclaim everyone around you to be "Usurpers." I on the other hand, have had a few agents and operatives inspect Gnomergan and begin initial preparations for my Gnomitive.
My operatives have already found and delivered to me some interesting information and questions.
I address my correspondance to the supposed High Tinker of Gnomergan, Sicco Thermaplug. I have been watching Gnomergan for some time. While I am not a gnome myself, I have seen that the gnomes for some time do not have a home to call their own. I may not know all of the details of their expulsion, but what I do know is this. Because of your desire for power, "High Tinker" and possible jealousy towards Gelbin Mekkatorque, The gnomes of Gnomergan only have Ironforge now to call home.
Now, to the heart of the matter. The rebuilding of Gnomergan proper. I have seen few ideas from your "campaign" to become the High Tinker, and that is unacceptable if you intend to lead this people. You have made promises but I have seen no blueprints, no attempts to reclaim this industrious place other than proclaim everyone around you to be "Usurpers." I on the other hand, have had a few agents and operatives inspect Gnomergan and begin initial preparations for my Gnomitive.
My operatives have already found and delivered to me some interesting information and questions.
- There are at least fifteen vents around outer Gnomergan that are leaking out green infectious gasses. This contamination must be cut off at first so that any remaining contamination can be eliminated at its mystery source.
- Pools of radiation have been identified around the Toxic Airfield and go as far south to Frostmane Hold. Do these pools sink deep into the earth or are they simply knee deep?
- How many gnomes are still leprous? Both externally and internally? Consolidate any radiated blobs on the surface and attempt to reanimate them back to their original forms.
- How much of Gnomergan is still affected by your radiator bomb? How much of Gnomergan would need to be cleaned up in general? Is this source in the Hall of Gears? The decontamination process can be built at a much larger scale.
- Gnomergan is highly understaffed and too many Sanitrons are lost decontaminating gnomes exiting Gnomergan. Perhaps they can be combined with Sparklematic 5200s?
- Is it possible that the decontamination process that utilizes "Green Lighting, Water and Lighting" work on an already crazed gnome?
- If the contamination can be easily removed from a gnome, how hard or how easily could Gnomergan be cleaned by say the decontamination process?
- Any tunnels generated by incursions must be either retrofitted as working tunnels or be collapsed down and filled in. There is a big weakness in a nearby wall near the entrance that needs to be dealt with.
- As per the advice of Sicco and one or two other gnomes, I propose that the Troggs be given a small territory just outside of Gnomergan. Would it be possible to introduce Troggs properly into gnomish society? Another question for another time.
- The main entrance of Gnomergan needs to fully excavated.
- General clean up of various junk piles will be necessary.
- Numerous Dark Iron Agents were found within Gnomergan, they will need to be ejected out.
- My operatives found numerous unused mechano tanks and unused planes that are fully operative. These could be useful as mounts.
- Create suits that will help aid in the decontamination of gnomes even while they are not in Gnomergan, because I need to see whether Sicco can be cured of his sickness.
- Finally, I will call on both Sicco and the High Tinker to a peace summit so that these ideas can be fully fleshed out. A temporary truce will be necessary. While I am not fully educated on gnomish laws, I will ask that any sentencing on Sicco's behalf be temporarily put on hold. I realize that this will be a tall glass of water to ask of the High Tinker, so I and my Brotherhood will personally vouch for Sicco. Should he betray my Brotherhood, counter measures will be prepared so that this never happens again.
My agents have attempted to contact you personally, Sicco, but every time they have, you have deployed one of your contaminated replicas. The betterment of Gnomergan cannot proceed unless you let your guard down temporarily. I wish to personally see you rid of this contamination.
Now, it is time for me to reveal another portion of my plan. I was inspired by an Arcane Cleanser device that is used to clean up stink bombs during Hallows End. What if this small device could be expanded to a bigger scale? I have a mock up of my idea that you will see here. Please see the enclosed images for my mock ups and scans of the outlying area.
I like to call this The Decontaminator-Smellnicerizor.
This is a device that will be able to fit over the current vents and change the gasses found in Gnomergan to something pure so the air will, at first, be cleaned to stem any further polluting of the outside air. Then, eventually, once the decontamination is dealt with it can be used to emit nice smells out of it. Motor oil, chocolate chip cookies etc.
I will need mages versed in the Arcane arts to be the ones to fabricate these filters but then eventually this will be able to be taught to any mage.
Once decontamination is dealt with and fully cleaned up, I imagine a few things can be built outside. I imagine a theater for performing can be built, restaurants and a few other things. I would like to see Gnomergan expanded out of the earth, to help brighten the place up. This place should not be all dark and dusty for much longer. I am more concerned with the cleaning process first and then sprucing the place up can be Phase 2.
There is much to take care of Sicco. If you really care about the restoration of your home, you will take my advice seriously. I will also be sending a correspondence to the High Tinker, because I want him to be aware of my Gnomitive.
I am Dreyfus Xano, Head Entertainer and Lead Innovator of The Xanoic Brotherhood.
Now, it is time for me to reveal another portion of my plan. I was inspired by an Arcane Cleanser device that is used to clean up stink bombs during Hallows End. What if this small device could be expanded to a bigger scale? I have a mock up of my idea that you will see here. Please see the enclosed images for my mock ups and scans of the outlying area.
I like to call this The Decontaminator-Smellnicerizor.
This is a device that will be able to fit over the current vents and change the gasses found in Gnomergan to something pure so the air will, at first, be cleaned to stem any further polluting of the outside air. Then, eventually, once the decontamination is dealt with it can be used to emit nice smells out of it. Motor oil, chocolate chip cookies etc.
I will need mages versed in the Arcane arts to be the ones to fabricate these filters but then eventually this will be able to be taught to any mage.
Once decontamination is dealt with and fully cleaned up, I imagine a few things can be built outside. I imagine a theater for performing can be built, restaurants and a few other things. I would like to see Gnomergan expanded out of the earth, to help brighten the place up. This place should not be all dark and dusty for much longer. I am more concerned with the cleaning process first and then sprucing the place up can be Phase 2.
There is much to take care of Sicco. If you really care about the restoration of your home, you will take my advice seriously. I will also be sending a correspondence to the High Tinker, because I want him to be aware of my Gnomitive.
I am Dreyfus Xano, Head Entertainer and Lead Innovator of The Xanoic Brotherhood.
Sunday, August 31, 2014
The Challenge of the ALS and my thoughts
Greetings friends, I am Dreyfus Xano.
So, I have not added anything to this blog for some time due to other priorities but I feel like there is a lot on my mind and I want to be able to share my thoughts in a clear and tactful manner
The first thing that I want to talk about is something referred to as the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. As of this writing, it is one of the newest viral things going on From my understanding, ALS is also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease. In short, a neurological disease that affects both the mind and the muscles of the body.
The way that I understand the challenge is like this, and please PLEASE correct me if I am wrong here:
1. With a recording device, state who you are and that you have accepted the challenge from a friend or colleague, specifically stating that you are going to be dumping ice water on yourself.
2. Challenge at least three other people to do the same thing in 24 hours,(I have seen a few instances of people either giving 48 hours or no time limit at all.) and if it is not done in that time you should donate $100 to the ALS charity.
3. Pour said bucket of ice water on your head with humorous results.
4. Upload video for all to see.
I have seen a lot of standard videos and a lot of creative ones, from the everyday person to even celebrities. I even saw one video of a lady pulling pieces of paper out of a metal pot saying she would rather donate $100 then be doused and I thought that was very interesting. I must admit that this was a really clever and creative idea from this charity. For the record here, I in no way am trying to belittle the efforts of this movement.
So, late last Sunday evening, one of my friends challenged me to do this. Honestly, I was sort of hoping that no one would challenge me to do this but I guess this is not the case anymore. I have to say, I honestly have no desire to dump a bucket of ice water on my head, even if it is for a good cause. The way that I see it, due to the rules, I now have to donate to ALS.
Maybe I am over thinking this a little bit, perhaps my use of "have to donate" should be "should donate". But the thing that resonated in my mind the loudest when I was challenged was " I now have to donate" because again I really have no desire to douse myself in ice water. Almost immediately the thought came to my mind of how I could incorporate this into my Youtube channel, but...again ice water...a few ideas came to me but because of other projects I was working on this did not feel like a high priority to me.
Have you ever heard of The Game? The game that if you even think about it, you have just lost it. The game that you are apparently playing if you know about and cannot choose to not play. For many of you, this will just be a..."huh, ok." moment while there will be plenty who will get upset at my mere mention of this. I feel it necessary to link this back to ALS and I will do so momentarily.
Last year I started a job in Tech Support, during my training two friends I made were obsessed with the Game. This would go on through the three week training process, even involving me a few times. I eventually said this was a stupid concept and that I don't play this game, to which I was countered with "Everyone plays the game" or "You can't not play the game", going back to those so called established rules. I feel like this concept just serves to be an annoyance if anything. I eventually decided that I was going to intentionally not mention the Game anytime I saw either of them at work. For what its worth, I do apologize if my simple mentioning of The Game just upset you. I could definitely go into another posting on just this alone.
Now what does this have to do with my experience with my challenge last Sunday? I feel like if I do not douse myself in ice water and prove it, I HAVE to donate, no ifs ands or buts about it. Under the established rules, I technically had to donate by that Monday evening, maaaaybe Tuesday evening. If I am going to play a card game or a board game, I follow those rules to enjoy the game properly, I do agree to those rules before playing. I feel like I started playing this ALS "game" and I never agreed to play it in the first place. I almost feel like I am doing myself a disservice if I do not go through with the challenge, because when it comes time for me to want to do something similar, will people not listen to me because I didn't donate or douse myself in ice water. What do you think? Leave me some comments below.
Understand here, that I am not trying to belittle the efforts of this ALS charity. I think that they have done something really great with this challenge. I personally enjoy a challenge, something that either teaches me or challenges me mentally. I don't even mind a physical challenge from time to time. I am even reminded of those few comments I have seen either with this or for any time I have raised awareness for Autism myself in my journies in Azeroth, how does dumping a bucket of ice water on your head or forming a giant colored ribbon help this cause? This has really resonated in my mind because, for me, I want to raise awareness for Autism and I am definitely sure that there are plenty of other people with causes of their own that they want to raise awareness for. I want to raise this awareness that in a way that gets people talking like this Ice Bucket Challenge via the ALS. I think this ALS charity did things right by telling people about this disease while offering the challenge itself, this has even inspired me to want to do something in the same vein but not just outright copy dousing myself in ice water.
My first venture into spreading awareness for Autism went pretty well when I gathered a lot of people inside the world of Azeroth, the World of Warcraft and collected red blue and yellow robes and had them form a giant multicolored ribbon. I feel like this reached a lot of people. I attempted this again the next April but I was not able to recreate it in the same manner due to other reasons. I realize I have a lot to learn in order to do what the ALS did and this, if anything, was a nice springboard into something just as great.
So, it seems that my own social media feeds are starting to see fewer and fewer of these videos. In its place, I have seen a handful of people now starting to create videos inspired by the ALS, I want to extend that challenge to you reading this. If you have a cause that you are passionate about, let your creativity abound. Let this example of ALS inspire you for your own cause, because you know what it definitely has for me.
I am Dreyfus Xano.
So, I have not added anything to this blog for some time due to other priorities but I feel like there is a lot on my mind and I want to be able to share my thoughts in a clear and tactful manner
The first thing that I want to talk about is something referred to as the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. As of this writing, it is one of the newest viral things going on From my understanding, ALS is also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease. In short, a neurological disease that affects both the mind and the muscles of the body.
The way that I understand the challenge is like this, and please PLEASE correct me if I am wrong here:
1. With a recording device, state who you are and that you have accepted the challenge from a friend or colleague, specifically stating that you are going to be dumping ice water on yourself.
2. Challenge at least three other people to do the same thing in 24 hours,(I have seen a few instances of people either giving 48 hours or no time limit at all.) and if it is not done in that time you should donate $100 to the ALS charity.
3. Pour said bucket of ice water on your head with humorous results.
4. Upload video for all to see.
I have seen a lot of standard videos and a lot of creative ones, from the everyday person to even celebrities. I even saw one video of a lady pulling pieces of paper out of a metal pot saying she would rather donate $100 then be doused and I thought that was very interesting. I must admit that this was a really clever and creative idea from this charity. For the record here, I in no way am trying to belittle the efforts of this movement.
So, late last Sunday evening, one of my friends challenged me to do this. Honestly, I was sort of hoping that no one would challenge me to do this but I guess this is not the case anymore. I have to say, I honestly have no desire to dump a bucket of ice water on my head, even if it is for a good cause. The way that I see it, due to the rules, I now have to donate to ALS.
Maybe I am over thinking this a little bit, perhaps my use of "have to donate" should be "should donate". But the thing that resonated in my mind the loudest when I was challenged was " I now have to donate" because again I really have no desire to douse myself in ice water. Almost immediately the thought came to my mind of how I could incorporate this into my Youtube channel, but...again ice water...a few ideas came to me but because of other projects I was working on this did not feel like a high priority to me.
Have you ever heard of The Game? The game that if you even think about it, you have just lost it. The game that you are apparently playing if you know about and cannot choose to not play. For many of you, this will just be a..."huh, ok." moment while there will be plenty who will get upset at my mere mention of this. I feel it necessary to link this back to ALS and I will do so momentarily.
Last year I started a job in Tech Support, during my training two friends I made were obsessed with the Game. This would go on through the three week training process, even involving me a few times. I eventually said this was a stupid concept and that I don't play this game, to which I was countered with "Everyone plays the game" or "You can't not play the game", going back to those so called established rules. I feel like this concept just serves to be an annoyance if anything. I eventually decided that I was going to intentionally not mention the Game anytime I saw either of them at work. For what its worth, I do apologize if my simple mentioning of The Game just upset you. I could definitely go into another posting on just this alone.
Now what does this have to do with my experience with my challenge last Sunday? I feel like if I do not douse myself in ice water and prove it, I HAVE to donate, no ifs ands or buts about it. Under the established rules, I technically had to donate by that Monday evening, maaaaybe Tuesday evening. If I am going to play a card game or a board game, I follow those rules to enjoy the game properly, I do agree to those rules before playing. I feel like I started playing this ALS "game" and I never agreed to play it in the first place. I almost feel like I am doing myself a disservice if I do not go through with the challenge, because when it comes time for me to want to do something similar, will people not listen to me because I didn't donate or douse myself in ice water. What do you think? Leave me some comments below.
Understand here, that I am not trying to belittle the efforts of this ALS charity. I think that they have done something really great with this challenge. I personally enjoy a challenge, something that either teaches me or challenges me mentally. I don't even mind a physical challenge from time to time. I am even reminded of those few comments I have seen either with this or for any time I have raised awareness for Autism myself in my journies in Azeroth, how does dumping a bucket of ice water on your head or forming a giant colored ribbon help this cause? This has really resonated in my mind because, for me, I want to raise awareness for Autism and I am definitely sure that there are plenty of other people with causes of their own that they want to raise awareness for. I want to raise this awareness that in a way that gets people talking like this Ice Bucket Challenge via the ALS. I think this ALS charity did things right by telling people about this disease while offering the challenge itself, this has even inspired me to want to do something in the same vein but not just outright copy dousing myself in ice water.
My first venture into spreading awareness for Autism went pretty well when I gathered a lot of people inside the world of Azeroth, the World of Warcraft and collected red blue and yellow robes and had them form a giant multicolored ribbon. I feel like this reached a lot of people. I attempted this again the next April but I was not able to recreate it in the same manner due to other reasons. I realize I have a lot to learn in order to do what the ALS did and this, if anything, was a nice springboard into something just as great.
So, it seems that my own social media feeds are starting to see fewer and fewer of these videos. In its place, I have seen a handful of people now starting to create videos inspired by the ALS, I want to extend that challenge to you reading this. If you have a cause that you are passionate about, let your creativity abound. Let this example of ALS inspire you for your own cause, because you know what it definitely has for me.
I am Dreyfus Xano.
Monday, August 15, 2011
My Video Page
Back in 2008 I began my adventures in machinima with a project entitled Techno Rocker: Xanoic Mode.
This was way before I knew what I was doing, just matching the characters with the beat of the song. I had viewed many videos during this time, many that were very awesome but many that were very weird and sometimes downright gross. I began creating a theory. What if I could create essentially Rated G content that could be on caliber with Rated R content? In 2010, I mixed machinima with an attempt at creating a song of my own creation. The Xanoic Brotherhood: Presents Ding!
I had been big fans of machinimators such as Oxhorn, Nhym and Cranius. Each brought something different to the table, be it a song or a short skit. I felt that I could give them proper props mentioning them in this video.
At the beginning of 2011 many ideas for videos had been swirling around in my head. I had tried to balance out what I could make, what I thought to be, look really epic but at the same time what I could conceivably pull off in Vegas. During this time I had befriended a machinimator by the name of Nananea. She had created a number of videos that had inspiried me and I wanted to do something that made her look really good, and in turn hopefully, make me look really good. That creation was Million Miles from Home by Dune.
I had continued to watch other machinimators and creators create their works of art, dedicated to Azeroth. I ended up referencing over 40 other creators. That was a big undertaking. This video was featured on a website called wowinsider.com, a blog known for all things Azeroth. Because of this video being featured my video Ding! got a little exposure and received nearly as many hits as this video did. I wouldn't say I am on the level as Oxhorn, Nyhm, or Cranius but I am well on my way on making my mark on this planet called Azeroth.
I am currently working on some new ideas for some new videos including creating some videos introducing my Xanoic brothers. The next video I would like to finish in two weeks, something I have never done before so it will be interesting to see how that pans out.
You can find my video page here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Dreyfusxano
I am Dreyfus Xano.
Selections from my photo album
Greetings friends,
During my travels of Azeroth to complete my personal quest, I have encountered many strange and unique things. I have captured a selection of those images and will post them here from time to time. A few of those images at the top of this writing.
I am Dreyfus Xano.
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