Author: FoxFire

Playing the Auction House: March Data

As part of learning about the economy for my own business ventures, I decided to make a study of what World of Warcraft players call “playing the Auction House”, in which they try to make profits solely by reselling goods bought from other players instead of going out and obtaining these goods directly from the game world. In February, I ran two characters on two different servers to dip my toes into the world of buying and re-selling. My preliminary findings left me with many more questions about the Auction House economy, and so the study continued!

In the month of March, my study followed six characters, each with a different marketing scheme for selling their goods. These characters remained on the combined server of Cenarion Circle and Sisters of Elune, a relatively small North American RP server, as well as one of the oldest. I will summarize some of my findings below. Continue reading “Playing the Auction House: March Data”

March Update

(And really, partially a February Update, as I didn’t write a news post for most of February….)

March In Summary

In summary, March was a busy month! March saw:

February In Summary

As I didn’t post an update covering the rest of February, I figure it’s worth mentioning some of the work done here, as well. The end of February saw:

  • The re-posting of most of my short stories and lore articles for the Elder Scrolls universe.
  • The introduction of the character Keelath in the fanfiction series The Rise of Keelath, who has since popped up in a few other shorts.
  • The beginning of the fanfiction series Son of Silvermoon, which has also been continued into March.

The Future?

I have my irons in many fires now, but in April, I hope to focus on these goals:

  • Continuing my Auction House research, including posting the latest findings from the data I took throughout March and the end of February.
  • A restructuring of the site that will be more conducive to organizing series, whether those series belong to the web comic or my fiction.
  • And of course, more web comics! The posting of these will continue on my DeviantArt account as well as here.
  • I may also start doing more Special Editions that show the processes that go into my artwork, as well deleted scenes from my fiction. This will probably always be on a case-to-case basis rather than a scheduled thing, but if there’s ever a question burning in your mind about my work, please leave a comment!

Evelos the Ren’Dorei: Special Edition

I was going through some of my more recent work to get my new web comic set up here on the site (more on that later), and I found I had saved a few work-in-progress sketches for Evelos the Ren’Dorei. I decided to also post these, for those folks who are interested in my process for character sketches.

I admit to sitting here for several minutes trying to decide on a good title for this. Behind the Scenes? Special Edition? Sketches? Doodles? Work in Progress? I-Don’t-Even-Know? This-Is-Too-Long-For-The-Title-Window-So-Someone-Help-Me-Please…? Continue reading “Evelos the Ren’Dorei: Special Edition”