May has ended and with it the Newbie Blogger Initiative has come to a close, or so we thought. Syp has decided to start the NBI awards and somehow my blog is a nominee for "Promising star, general games and geekery" When I saw that I'm a nominee I was in utter shock. I'm still in shock. This means even more people will be looking at my blog O.o You can vote for me here.
I started this blog while I was far far away in the land of Germany drinking beer by the river and playing games, thus the name Gaming Abroad. I stopped blogging May 2011 and then started again for NBI. It just dawned on me that people other than my closest friends might actually be reading what I write. I'm writing for me about what I enjoy, which is why you'll see a couple posts about Hookah along with many posts about various games.
So what's to come? I have many stories about the adventures my friends and I had in various European countries that are currently sitting as drafts waiting to be finished. Hardcore mode in Diablo 3 is going well, expect an update next week. There will be more hookah posts. And of course random posts about various games I'm currently playing like TERA and the games I check out at GameStop. So stay tuned, hopefully you enjoy my ramblings and keep coming back for more, bwaha.
Thank you again to Syp for the encouragement to start blogging again and to all the sponsors for their advice. As a wrap up to May he asked us to post all the new blogs and sponsor posts so here ya go. It's quite the list.
New blogs to check out:
§ TL-DR
§ MMOARprz
Sponsor advice posts:
§ Stropp’s
World: Being a blogger superstar, Just do it, The pros and cons of
self-hosting
§ StarShadow: Some blogging advice, Themes and widgets, Screenshots, Menus, categories and
tags
§ In An
Age: Advice for new bloggers
§ Tish
Tosh Tesh: Who Am I?, Blogging is a social
activity, For love or money,Thinking linking, Traditions
§ Tastes
Like Battle Chicken: Build your own boss, Week 2 challenge, A few words of wisdom, Week 4 challenge
§ Tales
of the Aggronaut: The Google Reader
blogroll, Getting started, Be open-minded (unlike me)
§ Wadstomp
Gaming: The importance of social
media, Submit a guest post, The best advertising
payouts, Be sure to burn your blog
to feedburner, Create your own voice
§ Beau
Hindman: General advice, Indie games and bloggers
§ Games
and Geekery: Why you should blog, Learning about blogging
from perfect strangers
§ Skycandy: Blogging wrong, blogging
right
§ Shards
of Imagination: Choosing the subject of
your blog
§ MMO
Compendium: Keeping up with the
industry and bloggers
§ Contains
Moderate Peril: Some general guidance, Mind your language, Stats,Episode 61
§ Lotro
Fashion: Screenshots make your
blog interesting
§ High
Latency Life: Finding your voice, You need a thick skin
§ Scary
Worlds: Mobile blogging, Creating a good title, Advice you don’t want to hear
§ ETCmmo.com: General advice
§ Nerdy
Bookahs: Why do you want to blog?, Why haven’t you started
your blog yet?
§ World
of Matticus: WordPress plugins, Finishing your blog setup, Making connections
§ World’s
End Tavern: General tips
§ Parallel
Context: The best advice
§ Tremayne’s
Law: Read Think Write Edit
§ Avatars
of Steel: Curling up with a good
blog
§ Blog de
la Burro: Why I started blogging, Some advice on blogging, Does traffic matter?, How to deal with writer’s
block, What you should blog
about, Are comments important?, Is it ever okay to rant?, How to get noticed
§ Inventory
Full: How the Bhagpuss came to
be, Take a moment, Backing up your blog
§ Gamerlady: Tips to start
§ Just
One MMOre: How to be consistent and
make it painless and easy, One question high-traffic
blogs ask
§ Spinksville: Picture manipulation
tools and copyright
§ T.R.
Red Skies: Quick tips, Objectivity, relating and
heart
§ Live
Like a Nerd: WordPress plugins for
bloggers
§ I Have
Touched the Sky: Avoid barriers to
commenting on Blogger, Blogs lists and RSS
§ Thade’s
Hammer: Advice for the new
bloggers
§ Levelcapped: Tell me about yourself, None of my business
§ Psychochild: What makes your blog special
§ Bullet
Points: The worst advice you’ll
ever receive about blogging, You are your blog
§ A
Casual Stroll to Mordor: Learn how to podcast, Writing for the web
§ Contains
Moderate Peril: Episode 58, Fine-turning your blog
§ A Green
Mushroom: Blogging tips and hints
§ Too
Many Annas: Picking a name
§ Grimnir’s
Grudge: It feels good to be a
blogger
§ Gankalicious: Never tell the truth, Meeting interesting
people, Who the hell reads this?
§ Herding
Cats: Creating a podcast on the
cheap with WordPress
§ Distilled
Willpower: 8 blogging tips they
won’t tell you
§ Vicarious
Experience: From there to here
§ TL-DR: Protect your blog!, Tags and Categories
§ Multiplaying: You should be blogging
§ Blue
Kae: Advice is a strong word
§ Screaming
Monkeys: Top five tips
§ Caer
Morrighan: Get started with WoW
blogging
§ Hawt
Pants: New blogger advice
§ Tiger
Ears: Why I started blogging
§ Berath’s
Brain Burps: Sage words, How to get lots and lots
of hits
§ Just
One More Unlock: Newbie blogger tips, Opportunity
§ Hunter’s
Insight: An idea is formed, What not to do
§ ALT:ernative: Starting at the beginning, The first idea
§ Epic
Slant: Tips and links, Guest post
§ MMOGC: 3 little things
§ A
Journey through the Mind: My 0.2 ISK
§ Red Cow
Rise: What and why to post, Blog setup and community
building
§ Epic
Slant: Writer’s block
§ Creeping…: So you think you can blog
§ The
Ancient Gaming Noob: Playing blogroll
breadcrumbs
§ Dragonchasers: How not to build an
audience
§ Welcome
to Spinksville: What you should write and
how to write it
§ The
Stories of O: Top 4 tips
§ A Ding
World: Blog posting
§ The
Wild Boar Inn: Blogging tips
§ Professor
Beej: Stop writing!
§ Nomnom.info: 4 blogging tips
§ Gamer
BC: A solid foundation and a step forward
§ Casual
Is As Casual Does: Tips, tricks and who am I
kidding
§ Roll
One Hundred: Managing screenshots
§ Bullet
Points: I refuse to call it a
blogosphere
§ KIASA: Good advice
§ Pumping
Irony: Before taking the plunge
§ Life is
a Mind-Bending Puzzle: Wrapping up advice all in
one place
§ Rikna’s
Rants: The blog rings, By this keyboard I rule!, Guests and cross posts
§ Sheep
the Diamond: Advice from an old bull
