Raid Song of the Week #12 - A Mad Russian’s Christmas
Posted by: Cassieann in Raid Song OTWBBB note - eSnips does not like my purchased TSO -A Mad Russian’s Christmas being uploaded, so I had to snag a YouTube instead this time for Cassieann’s post - sorry.
Last week’s Raid Song of the Week had a number of comments posted and people talking about the music they use when playing. That got me to thinking about how I don’t play the game with music. I even have the in-game sounds turned off because I can’t stand that irritating “job’s done” message you get when you finish gathering quest items and the sound of swords clanging and stuff dying (I want to kill it, but I don’t need to hear it). 
Now true, I usually have the television in the background playing some show that our son is watching, such as the Backyardigans, Sesame Street, etc (which is probably more irritating than those in-game sounds).
But last Friday, I was in a festive mood and suddenly realized that I hadn’t hauled out my Trans-Siberian Orchestra CD that just has to be played at the holidays. So I dug it out and decided to use it while playing that evening. I’m not a raider yet, but I had some quests that required hours of grinding to kill various beasts and bad guys, so I thought I’d see if it made a difference to play with some rousing music on.
And I have to report that it did make a difference. Unfortunately, it did not enhance my playing ability. I was fighting along listening to the music and thought to myself that I wasn’t killing things as fast as I usually did and seemed to be taking a bit more damage than was typical. So I started watching my game play with a closer eye and realized that instead of paying attention to what I was doing, I was timing my Sinister Strikes and Eviscerates to the beat of the music. Oops!
So this Raid Song of the Week - Holiday Edition comes with a warning to use in battle at your own risk (or at least with more skill than I did)!
Cassieann
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December 22nd, 2007 at 11:46 am
Heehee, that’s happened to me too! And I love the Transiberian Orchestra, saw them in concert two Christmases ago.
December 31st, 2007 at 1:27 am
You can turn off “activity voices” such as you described. I did it loooooong ago. No more “i can’t cast that spell i can’t cast that spell i can’t cast that spell i can’t cast that spell i can’t cast that spell i can’t cast that spell” or whatever they say.