vdonnut

I'm Marcin (he/him), ttrpg enthusiast from Poland with insatiable appetite for new ideas of both OSR/NSR crowd as well as FitD horizon. Vegan. On Autism spectrum. Also endless homebrewer and small blog proprietor https://vdonnutvalley.wordpress.com/

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2024-08-08 07:37:17

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@npub1cmg…6d66 I don't even try to understand this company. Recently their navigation started showing every sidewalk as if it was drivable so...
Capitalism at works

2024-08-06 13:54:56

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@npub1qjh…mdde in terms of various magic types I find old #FateRPG 2.0 to be enormous help. The Door to Shadow and Brass Compass might be helpful for you here.
https://fate-srd.com/fate-2-era

2024-08-05 11:57:09

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@npub1vz8…qr0c I was hoping it's just a regular "dog doesn't take their medicine" kind of thing, like mine does all the time.
I'm sorry your sweetheart is sick.

2024-08-05 11:26:35

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@npub1vz8…qr0c pics or didn't happen

2024-08-03 08:07:30

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@npub17w9…nw9f someone should hire a bunch of adventurers

2024-08-03 07:56:07

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@npub17w9…nw9f jeez, it looks really bad.

2024-08-01 10:47:40

looks like my new kitchen is too small to feature a dishwasher so I will continue washing dishes by hand in this household. I got really good at it over the years.

2024-08-01 07:59:35

I generally use only one speaker at a time because I like to be aware of the world around me. And because of that and push to separate sounds between two speakers I cannot listen to some songs. Like Sweet Caroline without trumpets.
I blame both software and hardware. How hard is it to make a switch in app to disable that sound separation? How hard is it to make speakers differentiate if I use one or both of them? WTF!?

2024-07-31 16:38:10

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@npub1vz8…qr0c upaide is that you're generally eating healthy

2024-07-30 17:04:46

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@npub17w9…nw9f can I cite you on that?

2024-07-29 19:50:26

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@npub17gr…kyn0 Shadow over Innsmouth incarnate

2024-07-25 21:19:31

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@npub1vz8…qr0c looks fire

2024-07-25 20:28:23

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@npub1cmg…6d66 there was a time in my life I ate a two-person meal myself. Next to my wife who did the same. We like to eat a lot, which is why keeping the diet is so hard

2024-07-24 12:23:02

seems like I am rather obvious adventure demiurge for my players - they quickly foresaw my plan to make the final session of #ScumAndVillainy into a spaceship battle although their characters haven't left the enemy dreadnought for two sessions.

2024-07-20 16:32:32

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@npub17w9…nw9f I don't know, I really liked them playing Dolmenwood but wasn't hooked by Arden Vul.

2024-07-19 09:24:34

Working on an investigation for #ColdCity again I think I finally got how to fo it to maximize usefulness. I just take the sheet with given person/item/location and on that same exact sheet I write all of the scripted information that is available.
I used to sort information by who gives it but it spread it to a lot of little cards which I lost. But since I make this adventure I know what to expect and can do it my way. I wonder how it will work in play though.

2024-07-19 08:18:28

so #Microsoft is down, huh? Considering how Windows, Teams and other MS stuff works I am not surprised

2024-07-18 20:14:11

Oh crap, I love when the feeling of the finish of a campaign, especially in #FitD where everything brakes apart, crew uses everything at their disposal and established enemies are confronted.
Though it seems to be hard to set up a game because we all feel we'll miss it once it's done.

2024-07-17 13:31:12

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@npub158k…m5ze I guess "sunless" because you cannot see sun without head?

2024-07-17 12:55:34

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@npub1jh4…mvse that's why I like Ironsworn setting a lot - it seems similarly postapocalyptic, with humans definitely not on the top of the food chain.

2024-07-17 09:00:35

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@npub1yxw…nct0 my players still recall our Adventures of Cyber-Deer, where they took part in conflict between human settlements shooting granades at each other and then explored cloned-dinosaur-ridden hills

2024-07-16 23:20:12

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@npub1yxw…nct0 Harts and Minds (yes, it's Harts, not Hearts)

2024-07-15 08:04:33

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and another playtest (with notes!)
https://vdonnutvalley.bearblog.dev/solo-donnut-diy-rpg-playtest-4/

2024-07-14 12:04:59

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@npub1afu…y4gv fediverse nomad life problems

2024-07-12 05:50:44

is it me or do Google algorithms got some even shittier update? Both search (my wife still uses it) and YouTube started showing even worse results than before which I thought was impossible

2024-07-11 15:06:31

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@npub1vz8…qr0c they all died shot by crossbows

2024-07-07 21:08:48

And now after just a few comments on how #Exalted RPG is unnecessarily complex and doesn't deliver on the premise it's that time again when all I can think of is making my own Exalted with less lore and mechanics similar to #2400
Why would I want to do this to myself? Why am I coming back for more? Are my previous notes in my folder-notebook? Do I have to dig through all my previous projects again? How close to the original do I want it to be? Have I peaked?

2024-07-07 19:39:52

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@npub17gr…kyn0 my spine was really rescued by work from home. I constantly stand up and do things, sit in various positions and move around trying not to work. Not achievable in the office.

2024-07-07 17:15:15

IT'S ALIVE! My entry for #LegoRPGSettingJam is published on my blog. It is a simple setting of kinda postapocalyptic underwater adventure, including election, totalitarism and timeline of scripted activities (that your players will certainly throw out on a Day 1)
https://vdonnutvalley.bearblog.dev/sea-scorpion-for-lego-rpg-setting-jam

2024-07-06 15:31:59

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@npub1jh4…mvse I love this and I am doing this

2024-07-05 16:11:37

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XD I spent whole day today searching, picking and organising countertop and sink for our new kitchen. That's for the "die trying" of racing the schedule

2024-07-04 21:47:00

okay, listen to this idea:
Stardew Valley... but with aesthetics of Fear and Hunger. Farming game around eldritch gods, mines full of fleshy monsters, growing plants on a farm because otherwise you can starve to death. And villagers terrified of Moon God's festival.
Alchemy, necromancy (take your own walking skeletons to the dungeon), God of Depths being actually God of Fish. Pocketcat offering sweet deals for bringing him Jas or Vincent. Yellow wizard in a tower
#StardewValley #FearAndHunger

2024-07-03 20:09:27

Okay, I have a clear roadbook for my #LegoRPGSettingJam. It is definitely smaller scale than I have planned but it should work nicely, and in just 5 days left I should finish it on time. Or die trying XD

2024-07-02 09:30:17

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@npub17gr…kyn0 Degenerative Arm Fever sounds serious. Or like a punk band name.
But thank you. I feel there are a lot of simple things about health that are generally unknown but could help a lot of people.

2024-07-02 08:58:37

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@npub17gr…kyn0 I went to a physiotherapist and have some exercises to do. Seems like me going to the gym strained muscle and nerve and I need to give them rest and stretch.

2024-07-01 21:28:41

My forearm hurts again, this time in different place than before. And two of my fingers get numb from time to time. And no examination can show whatever happens to me. I totally understand now why people would get #cybernetics Like #Cyberpunk really clicked with me today. Would I be able to resist temptation if I could just get rid of my pain and problems and simply get cyberarm? And then maybe pimp it up with neons, sweets container, water dispenser and squirt-finger-gun?

2024-06-28 19:48:42

#RPGBlogCarnival strikes again! I think I need to focus more on my pseudo-Mediterranean setting similar to Vance's Dying Earth than trying to make something up of the Baltic Sea mess I try to craft.
https://vdonnutvalley.bearblog.dev/the-undead-leave-nothing-behind-them/

2024-06-26 18:23:53

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@npub1ekn…2g2y Poland makes them scared

2024-06-24 20:51:11

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@npub17jp…edlz living the dream

2024-06-24 18:04:36

I keep trying to write for #RPGBlogCarnival but we're renovating bathroom and kitchen and it is soo much of buying, planning, thinking, preparing and doing... And I just want to sit down and type a few words without stress.

2024-06-20 12:23:13

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@npub1q6n…aclu I had to scale down my #LegoRPGJam project because it got way too big. And I still don't know if I'll make it

2024-06-19 19:46:51

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@npub13jw…w7n5 in truly cat manner it really doesn't look like awe XD

2024-06-19 12:52:53

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and here is dracula thing, I hope it's visible
https://cdn.masto.host/dicecamp/media_attachments/files/112/643/379/007/367/932/original/1637f2107764b257.mp4

2024-06-19 12:52:14

I was also watching night sky yesterday. First thing - my new "better" phone does way shittier photos through telescope than the last one, what a surprise. Second thing - my wife was afraid of the bats and didn't want to take a look. Third thing - it is that weird time in northern hemisphere when even deepest night is kinda not that dark.
#moonWatching #telescope #bats #draculas
https://cdn.masto.host/dicecamp/media_attachments/files/112/643/372/045/117/698/original/8ddd43b1351dbfea.jpg

2024-06-18 07:52:17

I am so sleep deprived today I don't know what is happening around me. I think I'll have to drink coffee to just do any actions today

2024-06-17 17:26:21

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@npub1cmg…6d66 AFTER drinking liquid cocaine potion or BEFORE it as in actually coming up with that idea?
Hope you'll feel better soon

2024-06-17 12:55:57

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@npub1cmg…6d66 do not share the recipe for "Maxe's Heart Attack Potion" to general public

2024-06-15 16:51:43

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@npub1ca2…u2pw I need to be in that relationship

2024-06-14 19:10:04

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@npub1vz8…qr0c five dots in Reality Altering and two dots in Horns? XD

2024-06-14 18:28:10

@npub1vz8…qr0c WTF! Why did I start getting youtube recommendations for Obsidian? I use it for months and haven't searched it since I started. How?

2024-06-13 17:54:12

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@npub17tq…pshf unfortunately nope but I love taking materials to Fate and implementing them in another systems

2024-06-13 16:05:40

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@npub17jp…edlz everything is chrome. The cyberpunk is here

2024-06-08 15:22:25

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@npub17gr…kyn0 Devil's Bargain mechanic feels different at your table, I presume

2024-06-08 13:16:16

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@npub12h7…97xk bag of dice in question
https://cdn.masto.host/dicecamp/media_attachments/files/112/581/120/781/947/928/original/a7d18e7ac17c0619.jpg

2024-06-08 10:35:14

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(it probably has a lot to do with me drinking some weak energy drink today. Caffeine works on me this way)

2024-06-08 10:29:31

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I think of #ArkhamHorror tabletop game and its card-items and card-abilities and card-affiliations and how it all helps with decision making instead of deciphering hand-written notes on a densely printed sheet of paper.
It also had a really nice #pointcrawl city map.

2024-06-08 10:21:41

it seems this is an #InsightSaturday for me (although I keep thinking it is Sunday already). I have grown tired of very cluttered character sheets of various #PbtA and #FitD games. I like that abilities are easy to find on them but when 70% of your character sheet is filled with text that is not actionable for a character I think something went terribly wrong.
Which is why I really like #Ironsworn character sheets. And abilities/conditions on handout cards. It's so clear and table-friendly

2024-06-08 08:55:36

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I always wanted to play #DontRestYourHead I even bought colored dice for it but my group fell apart before we could try. Maybe this is the time to revive that idea? I may play in person in near future, it could be that occasion finally

2024-06-08 08:28:22

Aaand now I'm thinking of making a #pointcrawl based on #KentuckyRouteZero the Zero part. But it would be quite and abstract labyrinth, I don't even know what I'd put there. But it is a thought.

2024-06-08 07:48:25

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@npub17jp…edlz and when I chew wood people call it "medical emergency"

2024-06-07 15:34:30

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@npub17gr…kyn0 hahaha, I got it now XD

2024-06-07 11:21:47

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@npub17gr…kyn0 Should I attribute Antichrist if I ever do something with these things? Should I add to Lego Jam admission "inspired by the Antichrist himself"?

2024-06-07 10:41:24

Yesterday we watched #TheFirstOmen and it was fun. My wife has quite a relationship with whole #Omen franchise (as well as Catholicism) so it seemed way more scary for her. It had gorgeous scenes.
I was also after drinking coffee and gym so I was at the peak of my creativity. And so while watching the film I also finally came up with an idea for #RPGLegoJam entry as well as settling on the main conflict of my fantasy heartbreaker setting. That was hell of an evening!

2024-06-06 08:19:49

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@npub1rx9…589r not a clue

2024-06-03 19:20:44

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@npub17gr…kyn0 even HORSE devours it? wow

2024-05-31 19:46:08

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@npub106e…wxgn It's like a Megazord but made out of dogs

2024-05-31 19:36:32

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@npub106e…wxgn they made Doggozord

2024-05-31 17:37:30

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@npub17zl…nrrt them pushing desktop to cloud and AI everywhere is like shit-speed-run

2024-05-28 19:04:50

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@npub1jh4…mvse awww yisss

2024-05-27 19:14:56

I read a lot of Pratchett recently and vibe with Troika! as it feels very much alike conceptually. My players don't want to play it though.

2024-05-27 09:23:21

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@npub17w9…nw9f the capital panics as they lose explotative revenue streams

2024-05-23 19:50:05

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And then yeah, contribution for #RPGBlogCarnival about herbalism.
https://vdonnutvalley.bearblog.dev/is-it-really-not-easy-being-green-herbalism-minisystem-for-rpg-blog-carnival/

2024-05-23 12:39:36

brain is interesting. I could spend idly wondering about some element of RPGs for a few months but when I have a deadline due to end of a jam or carnival I suddenly distill all these wonderings in a week and barely make it towards the end. And then back to be idling for half a year.

2024-05-23 06:10:45

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@npub12vu…vx60 the biggest problem is that sound professionals don't seem to think it is a problem. Yet both me and my neurotypical wife rarely watch anything without a subtitles. Even in cinema.

2024-05-21 07:03:05

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@npub1q6n…aclu wait a minute, some children draw lightning as red. It should be bright red, it makes total sence.

2024-05-21 06:57:35

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@npub1q6n…aclu since it is electrum... yellow? it should be bright yellow like electricity is! like Pikachu!

2024-05-21 06:54:12

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@npub1q6n…aclu they could at least make it green-orange to evoke old imagery of batteries XD

2024-05-17 17:24:20

Shieeetposting mode on - whenever I listen to Lady Gaga's Just Dance (it's on my exercise playlist) there is this fragment where she sings "Just dance, turururu" or some othe unintelligible stuff. And my beautiful brain always sing it as "Just dance, Barad-dûr-u"

2024-05-17 13:33:18

Did I ever tell you that Magic-Users are fucking NERDS!?
https://vdonnutvalley.bearblog.dev/magic-users-are-insufferable-nerds/

2024-05-16 08:54:57

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@npub1zq6…l4gf once I saw the second jinn I knew only my speed can save me

2024-05-16 08:13:30

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@npub1zq6…l4gf xd
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2024-05-14 20:48:25

I got my stuff together and made a post summing up the developments pf DIY mess I tinker with
https://vdonnutvalley.bearblog.dev/current-state-of-donnut-diy-rpg-mess/

2024-05-14 12:46:12

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@npub1vz8…qr0c Doctor in the Who'd

2024-05-13 16:46:04

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@npub1dnn…m7zq I need to know what POS and NEG blood types are XD

2024-05-13 16:42:50

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@npub18z3…p6zz half?

2024-05-10 21:55:42

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@npub1nhy…slvm I started skipping a lot after first half because I was full of reading about everyone wearing brown wool pants and doing weird sexual stuff.

2024-05-10 14:20:45

I upgraded my bearblog blog to better know who sees my blog. For now it seems I am personally responsible for 2/3 of traffic, mostly due to missclicks when making adjustments and posts #blogging #BearBlog

2024-05-10 09:43:55

okay, two personal announcements.
First one is - I do not intend to read #ASongOfIceAndFire past Storm of Swords. I wanted to and somehow got through it but the amount of bore and chore I need to do to get to interesting bits is too much. I was three chapters deep in Feast for Crows and said to myself "you can waste time in better way".
Second one - I got another phone-holding injury - de Quervain syndrome first, Guyon canal syndrome now. I need to buy a new computer to use my phone less.

2024-05-09 13:51:37

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@npub1vz8…qr0c space memearcheologists will be breaking their careers over interpretations of your work

2024-05-07 20:40:44

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@npub106e…wxgn swamp thing

2024-05-07 16:24:27

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@npub1jh4…mvse When I read this bunch of posts I felt soo good, so validated. Like "yeah, I also thought this shit didn't make sence! And that too!"
I felt seen. Yeah someone has similar opinions about GoT as I do.

2024-05-07 12:19:04

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@npub1ekn…2g2y it is a revolution, don't you understand? no one ever has thought of something like this, it is comparable to invention of tools!

2024-05-06 08:19:16

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@npub1zq6…l4gf Yeah, I get tired of it lately too
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2024-05-05 21:38:23

Saving Throws are making me pull hair of my head. And I'm bald. I always end up in this situation, not able to decide whether I'd like more the freeform categories, the Reflex/Fortitude/Will (Dodging/Physique/Warding?), the spin of classical five Doom/Hold/Ray/Blast/Spells (Dolmenwood version) or maybe my own categories. And it doesn't help I decided on coin toss and have to come up with categories even though I'd like to choose the one and only.
Or maybe I can bail on archetypes altogether?

2024-05-04 10:14:49

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@npub12l0…2fpj Okay, I think it works, thank you!

2024-05-03 15:25:38

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@npub17gr…kyn0 I always thought it is a fancy thing from american movies. People actually own those and do stuff (murder mostly, as you mentioned)?

2024-05-01 20:19:57

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@npub1jh4…mvse always vigilant, always with some dwarves in my pocket XD

2024-05-01 19:58:33

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@npub1jh4…mvse dwarves.

2024-04-30 21:32:09

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@npub1ekn…2g2y I used to play a little in good old WotLK and Cataclysm days on some private Polish servers

2024-04-30 21:17:29

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@npub1ekn…2g2y you host a private WoW server?