Frustrations

I know I’m a huge pain in the butt to play World of Warcraft with. But I’m lovable despite my annoyances.

Case in point: I am constantly asking on vent “OMG GUYS WHAT IS IT?!” Why? Not because I want them to name what’s right in front of me. Simply because I can’t see what they’re seeing.

This is what I see:

Lots of blur

And this is what @xparanormalityx sees:

He has a nicer computer, obviously

@xparanormalityx is my leveling partner most of the time, which is incredibly helpful since we have levelled so many toons together over the past year. He puts up with me and does his best. Let’s all give him a round of applause.

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Overlooked Changes (via Psynister’s Notebook)

I’ve been pretty busy with alts lately. My troll hunter Kiotikah is about to go to Northrend, my new night elf mage is level 25, and I even did some work on a baby dwarf priest on Arathor. All good times with my levelling buddy. Even just raking in the gold from skinning makes me happy!

So, because I’ve been busy on alts, I’ve seen these changes first hand just hadn’t noticed all the little details. Right now is indeed the best time to make an alt, I think! So, thanks @psynister for the heads up!

Today we're going to look at some of the things that have changed in the recent patches that not everyone knows about. Blizzard did an excellent job of leaving things out of the patch notes this time around and it's been a bit of an interesting search trying to find them all. I'm sure I don't have all of the things that have gone unnoticed listed here, so I certainly welcome your input on anything else you may have noticed that others seem to hav … Read More

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To Group or to Solo (via Welcome to Spinksville!)

There’s been a lot of chatter throughout Wrath of the Lich King over the tone of groups and dungeons in The World of Warcraft. It’s been on forums, game blogs, personal blogs, twitter, etc. There’s drama galore. But this post is just amazing on the topic. “Ancient roles, and non-negotiation in instance groups part 2″

Back in the day, some character classes were known as group friendly classes, and others were solo friendly. The group friendly ones were typically tanks, healers and support classes and they usually had fairly poor dps and were slow at soloing. The others were the dps classes. Group friendly classes asserted their importance in groups because … they couldn’t really do much outside groups. Their whole game depended on being needed in groups. A so … Read More

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No regrets in Wrath (via Enthrall of Icecrown)

Well done! @enthralls put quite well a lot of the feelings of “meh” I’ve seen in the game lately. Me? I’ve been levelling my Troll Hunter and her pink plainstrider named Barbie. My video card is no longer supported in the game, so I’m going to play out this last month on alts and hope that I can play after 4.0.3a lands and I can finally fly through the old world, since Northrend kills the video so bad I receive a wonderful blue screen of death. One last wonderful hurrah for my toons. Until I get a new computer, at least.

The patch (4.0.3a) that shatters our virtual world arrives today and I for one and looking forward to it with great anticipation. This is my first expansion experience and I am surprised at how broken-feeling things are in the end game raid environment. Gaps in the rotation that level 85 abilities are to fill, talents we don't have access to just yet. It's been rather taxing on my enjoyment of the Enhancement play-style as it sits in a state of i … Read More

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The Slut Myth (via Women’s Glib)

Amazingly good read.

by JANEY “In my first book, Full Frontal Feminism, I opened by asking readers what the worst thing you could call a woman is (slut, bitch, whore, cunt), then what the worst thing you can call a man is (pussy, fag, sissy, girl). In both cases, the answers were some variation of 'woman.'” — Jessica Valenti, The Purity Myth The word “slut” first originated as a Middle English word meaning a physically dirty woman, and has now evolved to mean a meta … Read More

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Where Shizu explodes

Poor @shizukera loses her patience with the failure of character development or character understanding by many players/developers; her rant/rage following this carries a lot of rage shared by many players.

I seriously hate this attitude toward Jaina and I hate how she’s been developed in game. THE WOMAN IS A MAGE. SHE STUDIED UNDER FREAKING ANTONIDAS. She led her people across the sea on a prophet’s word and by all accounts is leading them competently. But she’ll only ever be known as this whiny little girl who is somehow responsible for Arthas and Kael’thas going insane. God DAMN, what I wouldn’t give for a chance to have any influence at all over this shit. I’d do a few things differently, like … and there’s the outlet I needed for this week’s frustration and nerdrage. WELL. Time for chocolate! Also to either read or kill shit.

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Cynwise’s Battlefield Store (via Cynwise’s Battlefield Manual)

GIVE ME NAO! No really. I have the absolute most fun in Eye of the Storm. I think it’s combat style suits me the best. I will queue that all day and not get bored!

So, someone that loves me, you know what to do.

I think the coffee mugs suits me best, however. Or else, wtb dark colored tshirt. At the very least, grey not white.

You may recall the topographical battleground maps I did a few months ago; maps that showed the logical flow of the battlegrounds instead of the actual terrain.  The feedback I got on the designs was great and much appreciated, but I kept thinking that I needed to do more with them.  Maybe a series of introductory posts to each BG, or a detailed analysis of various strategies used in each fight. But every time I sat down to write such a thing, I … Read More

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A Myth of Devotion :: Louise Glück (via The Floating Library)

My best friend just linked this to me. Beautiful.

When Hades decided he loved this girl he built for her a duplicate earth, everything the same, down to the meadow, but with a bed added. Everything the same, including sunlight, because it would be hard on a young girl to go so quickly from bright light to utter darkness. Gradually, he thought, he'd introduce the night, first as the shadows of fluttering leaves. Then moon, then stars. Then no moon, no stars. Let Persephone get used to it slowly. … Read More

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Memory lane

Once upon a time during the era of The Burning Crusade, there was a druid tank...

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Druid love.

Druid love. Worked hard to farm the Moonglade set, and got lucky in Ulduar for the weapon.

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