Kura's TLPD Camp Journal..YAYYYYYY!!!!

[kurasiaa]

Hello, I've been browsing these forums for about half a year now, always a good read when I'm bored =P.
Thought it was about time I joined in on the fun =D, like most of you here; i too enjoy collecting rare pets and mounts.

My first post is going to involve some of my unfortunate luck tonight =(.

I have been camping The Time-Lost Proto-Drake on and off ever since i first heard about him in WotLK. I would camp for a few weeks, then take a break for a few months or so; and then return when i felt up to the challenge again. During my last camp a few weeks ago i managed to miss 3 TLPD's, the first one being killed by a botter, and the last 2 being found dead. I've read a lot of you here get these mysterious 'feelings' about rare spawns. I also tend to get this feeling too, more then half of the rare pets obtained were found due to this mysterious..magic =P. But any who, both 2 of the times i had found TLPD dead i had gotten the feeling, but pushed it aside... i was soon payed for that when i finally gave in and sent off to Storm Peaks. This of course resulted in the excitement of NPCscan going off! And then the sudden disappointment of targeting a dead shiny dragon =(. After this I'd had enough so i decided to take a break for a bit.

Early last week however the spark to start up a new camp had come back around =P, and so it began, several Vyragosa's but no sign of Mr Time-Lost. I often got the urges to rush to Storm Peaks, half the time they were right ( finding Vyragosa freshly spawned) and the other half they were wrong. Today i had killed Vyragosa around 5:49pm...I felt really good, I felt very very lucky for the next spawn; and so I prepared for a big camp. I started from about 9:40ish ( 4 hours after the last kill just to be safe.) Time past and i began to feel excited. I'm into drawing so i decided to start drawing a proto-drake, which i of course colored the same as TLPD =D. It was going on to 12:30am and i my sister had gone to bed so i decided to hop on her computer ( not in her room =P) and logon to her account. I then summoned one of her characters to the Brunnhildar spawn point, the only one in which i wouldn't see a spawn. I fiddled around for about 10 minutes assuring that the NPCscan alarm would sound correctly and fix the caches. This wasn't necessary...when i eventually hopped back on my main and began to fly back to my camping spot... NPCscan went off for TLPD! I was so excited, but when i targetted him i saw his name grayed out and his health dropping =(.
A night elf druid whom I'd never seen in Storm Peaks during my camping time, was killing him =(, i felt so sad.
I had been so close, but because ide chosen to be extra secure on the spawn points I'de missed out once again.

I guess this is just a post to vent a little, but it really did help =P, maybe I'll get to know some of you Petopians too while im here!


Data for this camp so far, spaces between each session:


27-11-2011- 5:49pm- Vyragosa- Waterfall spawn.
27-11-2011- 12:19am- TLPD Waterfall. 7 and a half hour re-spawn.

29-12-2011- 5:25pm- Vyragosa- Bor’s Breath spawn.
29-12-2011- 10:55pm- Vyragosa Brunnhildar spawn. 5 and a half hour re-spawn.

30-12-2011- 1:55pm- Vyragosa Ulduar spawn, approximetly 2 hours from start of camp.

31-12-2011- 12:42pm- Vyragosa Brunnhildar spawn, approximetly 2 hours from star of camp.
31-12-2011- 9:34pm- Vyragosa Bor’s Breath spawn, 8 hours and 52 minute re-spawn.

1-1-2012- 9:25pm- Vyragosa Bor’s Breath spawn.

2-1-2012- 1:01pm- Vyragosa Ulduar spawn, approximetly 2 hours from start of camp.
3-1-2012- 1:38am- Vyragosa Bor’s Breath spawn, 12 hours and 37 minutes since last sighting.

3-1-2012- 4:10pm – Vyragosa Waterfall or Ulduar spawn. Approximately 6 hours from start of camp.
3-1-2012- 11:15pm – Vyragosa Bor’s Breath spawn. 7 hours and 5 minute re-spawn.

4-1-2012-10:50am- Vyragosa found dead at Waterfall.
5-1-2012-2:18am – Vyragosa Brunnhildar spawn point.

5-1-2012- 1:23pm- Vyragosa Ulduar spawn point, approximately 3 hours from start of camp.
5-1-2012- 10:53pm- Vyragosa Brunnhildar spawn point, Exactly 9 and a half hours since previous kill.

6-1-2012- 1:25pm- Vyragosa Ulduar spawn point, approximetly 2 hours from start of camp.
6-1-2012: 5:30pm- Vyragosa Waterfall spawn point. 4 hours and 5 minutes since previous kill.

7-1-2012: 3:54pm – Vyragosa Ulduar spawn point, approximetly 5 hours from start of camp.
8-1-2012: 2:33am- Vyragosa Bor’s Breath spawn point. 10 hours and 37 minutes since previous kill.

8-1-2012: 9:57pm- Vyragosa Bor’s Breath spawn point. 11 and a half hours since camp begun.
9-1-2012: 3:30am- Vyragosa Waterfall spawn point. 5 and a half hours since previous kill.

9-1-2012: 1:27pm- Vyragosa Brunnhildar spawn point. Roughly 10 hours since the previous sighting.
9-1-2012: 9:43pm- Vyragosa Bor’s Breath spawn points. 8 hours and 16 minutes since previous kill.

10-1-2012: 11:55am- Vyragosa Bor’s Breath spawn point, 20 minutes of camping.
11-1-2012: 2:30am- Vyragosa rumoured spawn.

12-1-2012: 1:11am- Vyragosa Ulduar spawn point.

12-1-2012: 1:03pm- Vyragosa Bor’s Breath spawn point. 11 hours and 52 minutes since last sighting.
13-1-2012: 12:00am- Vyragosa Ulduar spawn point. 10 hours and 57 minutes since previous sighting.

13-1-2012: 11:43am- Vyragosa Bor’s Breath spawn point. 11 hours and 43 minutes since previous kill.

14-1-2012: 9:40am roughly- Vyragosa Brunnhildar spawn point, killed by a camper friend.
15-1-2012: 1:20am- Vyragosa, Ulduar spawn point.

15-1-2012: 11:23am- Vyragosa, Brunnhildar spawn point. 10 hours and 20 minutes since last kill?
15-1-2012: 7:53pm- Vyragosa, Waterfall spawn point. 8 and a half hours since previous sighting.
16-1- 2012: 2:00am- Vyragosa Brunnhildar spawn point. 6 hours and 7 minute since last kill.

17-1-2012: 12:33am- Vyragosa Ulduar spawn point, approximetly 14 hours since camp begun.

18-1-2012: 5:00pm- Vyragosa Waterfall spawn point.

19-1-2012: 2:51pm- Vyragosa Ulduar, spawn point.
19-1-2012: 7:20pm – Vyragosa, Brunnhildar spawn point. 4 and a half hours since previous kill.

20-1-2012: 3:24pm – Vyragosa, Brunnhildar spawn point.
21-1-2012: 3:30am- Vyragosa unknown spawn point, 12 hours and 10 minutes since previous kill.
21-1-2012-8 to 9am roughly - Vyragosa rumoured spawn point, 4 hours to 5 and a half hours since previous.
21-1-2012: 2:40pm - Vyragosa, Brunnhildar spawn point, 5 hours to 6 and a half hours since previous sighting.
21-1-2012: 11:05pm- Vyragosa, Waterfall spawn point, 8 hours and 25 minutes since previous kill.

22-1-2012: 1:20pm- Vyragosa, Ulduar spawn point.
22-1-2012:11:51pm- Vyragosa, Waterfall spawn point, 10 and a half hour re-spawn.
23-1-2012: 5:41am- TLPD unknown spawn point, 5 and 50 minute re-spawn.

23-1-2012: 5:41pm- Vyragosa, Bor’s Breath spawn point.

24-1-2012: 2:55pm- Vyragosa, unknown spawn point.
24-1-2012: 10:00pm- TLPD!!! Miine!! 7 hours and 5 minutes from previous Vyra!!

[Snowbird]

Aww.. bad bad luck!! but u should really not quit! i did camp Aeonaxx for 3 months i think. i camped frist for 4 weeks then took a break for a few months. I met a friend wile camping. Who had camped since Cata came.! HE had camped for 5 months. The first week i started camping again a Aeonaxx spawned. And the second i was gonna mount him my friend came, and i give him Aeonaxx. ! So it went 2 more weeks without seeing anything. Then the week after the last patch came he Spawned! and i got him!! So never give up friend!-- And welcome To the Forum! Ur gonna like it here!! :D

I will start camping TLPD soon to i think :D<33

[kurasiaa]

Snowbird!, read many of your posts =P
Hehe yeah, I've met quite a few nice people during my camps too, there was a nice warlock who also missed the spawn last night..He told me he was on Facebook, sounds just like me =P.
That was a nice thing to do about Aeonaxx too =D, I've been having trouble deciding what to camp haha, so in-between Vyragosa's I've ended up juggling between Aeonaxx and the Camel Figurines...11 fakes so far, ended up renaming the fake camel ID to 'Dud' now on NPCscan =P.
Not sure if I'll give TLPD another go today, but I think I just might, I remember a guildy coming on late last night and i told him about what happened, He said to keep trying so I think i might =). May even think about making a TLPD journal perhaps.
Also thank you very much for the welcome, i will enjoy it here =D!

[kurasiaa]

Oh, also i mentioned in my first post about how i drew TLPD while waiting for the spawn, my guildy made a little joke about it; which i found quite amusing. He asked me if I had drawn my character next to it...I had not =P, and this was 'our' reason as to why I didn't get it hehe. I'll add my character in today and see what happens >:)

[Nili]

Hey Kura, welcome to the mount section of petopia :3

Don't give up, and you'll have to show us your drawing. ^^
My drawing myself didn't bring me any luck, but Rongar's sig did.
I hope you find Time Lost before 2012 <3

[kurasiaa]

Hello Nili, thanks =)
I'll definitely think about posting the drawing up when its done. I lost interest in it last night after what happened, but Im now feeling determined to finish it. =D

[Zuilu]

Welcome to Petopia!

That really sucks, and I've been in similar situations myself :c one time I just had a killer urge to check on Aeonaxx, I just felt like it was up..only about 30 seconds after zoning into Deepholm, NPC scan blares for Aeonaxx, but he was tagged. :c

[kurasiaa]

Thanks! =)

Aw yeah that's unfortunate =(, its a strange thing these 'urges', it feels as though you just KNOW somethings there. I've had it with a few of the Mysterious Camel Figurines this week. I usually follow a certain path each time i do a lap of Uldum for them, but earlier this week i had a massive urge to west instead; toward the Ahkenet Fields ( i think that's what their called lol. This resulted in a blaring from NPCscan, but more crumbled dust aswell D:.

Also, I'm currently camping TLPD now, sitting my main at Bor's Breath, and my sisters toon parked over near Brunnhildar. My drawing is almost done too, so I'll get it up soon =D

[kurasiaa]

Got a night elf stacking on me =(. Usually if someones already in a camp spot I'll move to another, but I don't think this one has any plans to do so D:. Makes me feel a little edgy, need to be more alert since I'm drawing at the same time.

[kurasiaa]

Drawing complete ;D

[Snowbird]

OMGOMGOMG!! that drawing is insane!!!! Can u draw one of Aeonaxx to me?? ^^ omg its so amazing!!<3333333

[kurasiaa]

Eeeee thanks =D! funny you should mention Aeonaxx, was already planning on drawing him next =D.

Also an update on my camp. Still here but nothing yet, not even a Vyragosa. Will be happy to see something soon so that I don't feel like I'll miss out on any spawns during tonight's raid. There was some nice campers here today, but i came across quite an awful one =(. He began chatting to me this morning, he sounded rather sad so I did my best to cheer him up. Eventually he stopped talking though, and about an hour later he had a random angry burst at me D:. He started calling me all sorts of things such as 'heartless' D:, and he started to say that i was a dude pretending to be a girl. No idea what caused him to do that, but I still found myself trying to be nice to him. Made me feel a bit bad at the time but i got over it , he ended up leaving Storm Peaks.

(May have to turn this into my TLPD Journal if i continue to update the camp =P.

[Snowbird]

ehhe aww. yeah u will meet some idiots:D and i cant wait to see the next drawing

[kurasiaa]

Hehe yeah I'll survive =P, I'll let you know when i start the next picture; Its exciting to have finally joined the forums =P

EDIT: Still no Vyragosa's =( , I'm actually really longing to see her, been about 7 hours since i started for today. Bet there was a spawn right before i logged on =P.

[Snowbird]

Hehe yeah I'll survive =P, I'll let you know when i start the next picture; Its exciting to have finally joined the forums =P

EDIT: Still no Vyragosa's =( , I'm actually really longing to see her, been about 7 hours since i started for today. Bet there was a spawn right before i logged on =P.

yeah its a good Forum!

[kurasiaa]

Yeah =P, was meaning to ask, for Aeonaxx did you want him to be the color of the mount, or the actual mob himself in blue?

[Snowbird]

Yeah =P, was meaning to ask, for Aeonaxx did you want him to be the color of the mount, or the actual mob himself in blue?

of the mount! ^^

[kurasiaa]

Aeonaxx drawing on its way and an update on the camp -
Camped from 11:30am till raid time last night ( roughly 8pm.) 0 Vyragosa's D:, although I'm really grateful for who ever invented NPCscan =P. Such an awsome addon despite those 'near heart attack' moments the alarm causes haha. Definetly wouldn't be able to last such long hours if I had to stare at the screen spamming /target macros =P.
Any who, today I decided to watch Rise of Planet of the Apes for the first time, i think it was pretty well done =P. during the movie I received an inbox from a friend of mine, he had told me he was camping Storm Peaks to keep an eye on spawns. Very generous of him =) I told him he didn't have to, but he insisted =P. Exactly what I had needed too, since I hadn't seen a single spawn since the TLPD sighting. My guess was that there would be some spawn around 5:20 - 5:30pm ( On my server that is a very common time for them.)
reaches 5:25pm *new inbox* " Vyragosa spawned!"
Quite happy about that, back on track with the spawn timers now thanks to my friend =D! Also means i can raid in peace tonight without worrying about missing anything. To be safe I want to try get back to Storm Peaks at around 9:30, the 4 hour mark ( 4 hours is the lowest time I've seen between spawns.)
Only need to kill the 2 half's of Deathwing tonight, so if everyone shows up and all goes smoothly I should have a nice big camp to do =P. * begs the gods of RNG for a shiney dwagon*

[Snowbird]

^^ hihi! yeah the npcscan alarm is insane. when my Aeonaxx spawned i was asleep. and i had my speakers on. I jumped up from bed and was with the computer in seconds! so amazing addon!! :D and i cant wait to see the Aeonaxx drawing!<3

[kurasiaa]

Hehe yeah, I remember one time when I was camping Loque'nahak I'de left NPCscan running and gone to play with the cat. heard the alarm go off, I recall doing some sort of ninja leap over the couch haha! Successful tame ^.^.

Another updaaate-
Finished Deathwing off quickly tonight, was happy and rushed right off to Storm Peaks to resume the camp ( right at the 4 hour mark this was.) Right as i got there however, I hear ' Ohh yes let's all go to Firelands!" on vent...And so that's what I had to do =P. Was feeling a bit fidgety at the 5 hour mark and wanted to hurry and finish the raid =P. A new friend I had met the other day while camping( Now added on Real ID) asked me if I'd like for him to go check for any spawns, so i eeee'd and said sure ;D. He found another Vyragosa. Was pretty nice of him to do so, if he hadn't have checked; I would have gone and camped after the raid for nothing as she would have spawned about an hour before arriving.
Because of this it means no more camping for tonight =P, though I'll have to try track down the spawn timers tomorrow again D:.