TNB Live Friday 11/20 8pm PST – Jong of Forbearance – http://bit.ly/093lWNQ Sorry, no time for a pretty post, I’m too busy doing my hair in anticipation of Jong’s appearance on TNB tonight! Assuming I can reclaim the PC from Odin, I will see you there! Gnomer and Out, Squidly and I’m sooo excited! Posted in Misc WoW
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Armaggedon's coming
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Begging Your Forbearance on TNB
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Resto Shaman, Where For Art Thou?
19 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pmThe question was asked on Twisted Nether Blogcast the other day Where are the Resto Shaman Blogs? Ok, that wasn’t the question, but for once I was “there” so I am just quoting based on my short term memory. My immediate response was to reel of a series of blogs that deal to some extent or another with Resto Shaman. You can find them on my ReadByGnome page as well as listed out below, but still it raised an interesting thought. Priest blogs… Dime a dozen Tree Blogs… Just waiting for the forest fire to thin them out… Pally Blogs… Boring… Well how… -
Now We’re Talking: DPS
18 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pmNow we’re talking! I am being appreciated for what I am, who I am… DPS! Sure it took a Shadow Priest to acknowldge me, but Gnomeaggedon has a lot to say on this subject, so thanks for the invite Cassandri, let me begin. Whoah there little Gnome! What make you think Cass was talking about you? Ummm Mage = DPS in it’s purest sense, so of course she is talking about me. Pffft you think you can heal, but I can’t DPS? Step aside little Gnome before a cloven hoof tattoos your bald spot! Cassandri brings us up to speed: In truth I don’t think about DPS much when I’m… -
Work Blog Police Getting You Down?
18 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pmThis is a post in many parts, most of them not mine, but let me get straight to the cookies and cocoa, because I know you want to comment but the blog police (as opposed to the Blizzard police) are bringing you down man. Aunty TJ mentioned a little Firefox Plugin… ONE THAT LET’S YOU COMMENT DIRECTLY FROM YOUR FEEDREADER! You back yet? Got it installed? Good back on track... The way I think of TJ Aunty TJ, Temerity Jane to many, TJ to most and I’m sure quite a lot more names to a few. I think of her as Aunty TJ. Not the kind of Aunty that you hide from under your bed when she… -
Two Parts Fail, One Part Win
17 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pmHe was the king of the Huntards. The kind of Hunter that makes even Huntards cringe. Then there were the WSG flag carriers that were too 1337 to carry the flag. Then there was the gift I received on the last day of my holiday. King of the Huntards I was in AB when I got a whisper asking me to heal HCoS. Actually, there was no whisper, just a blind invite. I had to decline multiple times before I got a break in the action (also known as death) to whisper him. I told him I was in AB thus couldn’t join him. His response… An invite. Unfortunately (on so many levels) the AB was a quick…
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I Sheep Things...
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Stret ching Out the Dis cus sion.
20 Nov 2009 | 11:35 amI don’t like social networking. This may sounds silly coming out of the mouth of a blogger, though I’m hardly the diehard post-a-day variety. But it’s true, I don’t like social networking. I let my Facebook sit inactive for months (as Adreanna can tell you, it gets a little heated on there at times, what with all my friends wondering whether or not I’ve died). I feel like there’s something very low energy and very low effort about Facebook, while at the same time being very invasive. And it creates an obligation of return. So what Facebook does to my… -
Mutiny on the Bloodtide…
15 Nov 2009 | 12:48 pmOur guild is under new leadership. We’d been under a lot of strain to start moving the guild forward. The most progressed members were quitting in favor of finding raiding guilds, and we were getting less and less ready to start making progress of our own. We’d gone beyond stagnating to sliding backwards. People were discontent and there was open fighting in guild chat. Some key members and an officer quit because of the quarrel. People were getting kicked, and friendships (including one of mine) were irreparably destroyed. Basically, things were going downhill FAST, and the guild… -
WoW and the Long-Distance Relationship
11 Nov 2009 | 11:44 amNael and I live in different states. We always have, throughout the whole course of our relationship. When we met, I lived in southern Maine and he lived in Massachusetts. It was a fairly long drive, but not horribly inconvenient for weekend visits etc. After a month or two, he moved back to his original home state in the midwest, and two months later, I relocated for school. We’re currently both living in the Midwest, but about five hours apart. We manage to scrape a couple of weekends a month together, but we have yet to spend more than three or four consecutive days in the same… -
Quick One
10 Nov 2009 | 7:43 amJust a quick one, I’m sure the people that really know what’s going on will be all over this in a few hours like small children on a bowl of M&Ms, but the most recent PTR patch notes include this nugget: Lay on Hands: This ability will place Forbearance on the paladin if used on his or herself. It will not place Forbearance on others. It’s fair, I think, though still a “band-aid” fix. It balances the concerns that led to the LOH nerf in the first place with the very legitimate complaints that paladins had about it. And it goes a long way to restoring… -
Building a Better Guild
3 Nov 2009 | 1:04 pmMy guild now has close to thirty 80s. I am raring to get into some raids… seriously, Naxx10 should not be out of reach for us at this point. We have three mainspec tanks with good enough gear to get moving on things, supposedly we have three mainspec healers (though one of them is not very good, and one might as well be imaginary for all I’ve seen her online) and a whole busload of dps. But what’s happening is this: any player with the requisite experience for raid leading is already PuGging it every week. Our GM is, how shall we say it, flaky? and won’t schedule…
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Spicytuna
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PTR Patch 3.3 Testing: Glyph of Eternal Water
30 Oct 2009 | 2:53 amOne of the biggest change for all Frost Mages from the upcoming Patch 3.3, is the addition of a Glyph which will make our Water Elemental become a permanent pet. That is the Glyph of Eternal Water. Art by: John Avon I’ve been very interested in this Glyph ever since it was announced, but never got a chance to play with it on the Public Test Realms. The Glyph wasn’t available yet, or wasn’t working correctly- until now. I’ve already talked about my initial impressions of a Permanent Water Elemental HERE. Now I will talk about my hands-on play testing of the Glyph on the… -
PTR Patch 3.3 Testing: 20k Deep Freezes
26 Oct 2009 | 2:32 amCopied my Mage over to the Public Test Realm, and also copied some pre-made Mages over as well. Holy Crap! 20,000 damage Deep Freezes! That is only self buffed too! If you just add another 13% Damage increase from only Curse of Elements, you’re looking at 22.6k Deep Freeze! The character I used was the pre-made Mage, who had 5/5 Heroic Tier 9, and had all the right gems and enchants. He had 2788 Spell Power, 29.73% Critical Strike Rating, and 500 Haste Rating. That was including [Flask of the Frost Wyrm]. The DPS I was able to produce on Dr. Boom from full health to death? 4002 DPS. -
PTR Patch 3.3 – Deep Freeze on Bosses
21 Oct 2009 | 12:24 pmThe PTR Patch Notes have been updated once again on the WoW website with a few new changes to the upcoming patches. You can view the the full patch notes here. The only reason you are here reading however, is because of the new change to Deep Freeze. The new change to Deep Freeze is: Deep Freeze: This spell now deals a large amount of damage to targets permanently immune to stuns. A PvE buff to a Spell that doesn’t effect the PvP aspect of it! Good job Blizzard! We have yet to see what this “large amount of damage” is, but it is nice to see that Blizzard is trying to work… -
Early Birthday Gift
20 Oct 2009 | 9:22 pmWith my Birthday coming just around the corner (the 22nd), it looks like I’ve been given an early Birthday presents- and this was given to me by the Headless Horseman. Thanks Mr. Headless Horseman! I finally got my [Sinister Squashling] pet to drop, and completed my “Hallowed Be Thy Name” achievement. Also with that achievement out of the way, I completed the “What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been” achievement, which then rewarded me with my Violet Proto-Drake! Even though it says the mount is a “Very Fast” mount, it is actually 310% Flying Speed-… -
Hallow’s End: Good Luck on the Mount!
18 Oct 2009 | 5:17 amI was lucky enough to grab mine last year, and [The Horseman's Reins] is still my all-time favorite mount. Good luck to you if you are going after it this Hallow’s End. As for me, I am still missing one thing to get the required achievement from the Hallow’s End event. I still need my [Sinister Squashling] for the “Hallowed Be Thy Name” achievement. Once I get that, then finally, I will have the “What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been” achievement. And with that, I will get my first 310% Speed Flying Mount: [Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake]. Hopefully…
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The Pink Pigtail Inn
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The game in the game
20 Nov 2009 | 1:28 amIt took me a couple of years of WoW playing before I realized that there was a game in the game. The battle for the top positions of the damage meter.For a very long time I was a naïve young (ahem) lady. My focus was always to get the boss down and I couldn’t care less about who did most or less damage as long as this happened. I also thought this was the case for everyone else. But little by little I’ve realized that many players do care about those meters, even though very few would admit it openly. And yes, even Larísa cares.Staying alertNow, just to make it clear: Reporting the… -
How limited attempts risk to make raiding more dull
18 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pm"OMFG not again!!! Larísa is about to complain about something she's seen in WoW or in the community! She's obviously on the verge of a burnout, she' hates the game, she should leave any day soon now."I can picture the comments as I'm writing this post. Just in order to show you that I'm basically still a merry gnome and that I'm not trying to mutate into a pigtailed version of TotalBiscuit, I'll start by mentioning some of the good or at least OK stuff about the mechanisms of Icecrown.(If you don't know TotalBiscuit, he's the host of a brilliant podcast called Blue Plz! -, where he in an… -
No, Mr T, this is not my game
17 Nov 2009 | 4:13 pmI watched it. Once. Twice. I watched it three times and still I couldn't connect to it. On the contrary, it distanced me from the game and made me wonder if WoW really is the game of my heart. The only conclusion I can draw from it is that something must have gone seriously wrong with the new marketing video for WoW.I guess I'm seeing this from a strictly European point of view. But since it's posted on the European fan site as well as on the US, I must assume that it isn't intended for US citizens only. However that was how a guildie of mine explained it to me when I confessed that I've… -
The most annoying loot in WoW
16 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pmHands on heart, have many of you do regularly trash things that could be sold to a vendor or posted at AH?I do. All the time.I'm lucky that there's some magic device in Azeroth which makes the litter you throw out of your bag invisible. If it wasn't for that one, there would be an embarrassing trail of trash appearing behind me. You could follow my wonderings as easily as If I had been Theseus in the labyrinth, tossing out a string not to get lost. In real life I'm just the opposite, almost obsessed not to litter the ground with anything. Not even a chewing gum or a match will be put anywhere… -
Tickled Pink: Your First Instance
13 Nov 2009 | 8:00 amWoW.com has a neat little piece which links this to post giving advice to new players about running their first instance. What was your first instance or dungeon run like in Warcraft. Were you tickled pink?ElniaMy first instance run featured me creeping alone though Black Fathoms Deep as a prowling cat trying to figure out what this instance stuff was all about anyway. I was truly intimidated as I knew nothing about tank or healer or DPS. I didn't even know what one did in an instance. I actually went through there twice because the first time I missed the instance entirely. There's a…
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WoW Insider
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Breakfast Topic: How many of you play on a Mac?
21 Nov 2009 | 5:00 amThis was a reader suggestion, and a good one: Zvonimir wants to know how many of us WoW players use a Mac to play the game. Blizzard has steadfastly put out Mac and Windows versions of all their games ever since the original Warcraft, but this is not at all the norm in the industry. There are only a few other major MMOs I can think of that even have official Mac versions (EVE, Warhammer, City of Heroes, um...anything else?). Sure, we can always run some sort of virtualization (like Crossover Games, which supports WoW on Linux) or Boot Camp, but that's just less awesome than running something… -
Drama Mamas: Time to man up
20 Nov 2009 | 5:00 pmDodge the drama and become that player everyone wants in their group with the Drama Mamas. Lisa Poisso and Robin Torres are real-life mamas and experienced WoW players -- and just as we don't want our precious babies to be the ones kicking and wailing on the floor of checkout lane next to the candy, neither do we want you to become known as That Guy on your server. We're taking your questions at DramaMamas (at) WoW (dot) com. Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we pretend to be a gender we're not. When we discussed boys playing girl characters before, we all pretty much agreed that it… -
Phat Loot Phriday: Worldcarver
20 Nov 2009 | 4:00 pmA big, bad axe from Ulduar this week. Name: Worldcarver (Wowhead, Thottbot, Armory) Type: Epic Two-hand Axe Damage/Speed: 632-949 / 3.40 (232.5 DPS) Attributes: +137 Strength, +136 Stamina Gallery: Phat Loot PhridayContinue reading Phat Loot Phriday: WorldcarverFiled under: Items, Analysis / Opinion, Virtual selves, Odds and ends, Phat Loot PhridayPhat Loot Phriday: Worldcarver originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments -
The Daily Quest: How to fail the Trial
20 Nov 2009 | 3:00 pmWe here at WoW.com are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. Fel Fire is a new warlock blog that just started up recently, and they've already got a good overview of the Auction House up. Larisa at the Pink Pigtail Inn is definitely one of those who doesn't think that Mr. T represents her game. Pwnwear examines the issue of tank numbers and balance in game design. Too successful in Trial of the Grand Crusader? Let Caer Morrighan help you out with a few surefire ways to fail the instance. PC Games Hardware nabbed… -
Survey says 15% of overall gameplay time is in an MMO
20 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pmOur friends at Joystiq reported on this fascinating survey by GamesIndustry.com that broke down responses from 13,000 US and EU citizens about how they spend their gaming time. While they don't have specific numbers for World of Warcraft, the survey says [PDF link] that overall, 15% of gaming time is spent playing MMOs. US players spend about 14% of their gaming time on MMOs, while EU players range from 8% to 16% by country. In the EU, 14% of all players have played an MMO, and in the US, 21% of everyone playing games has played a massively multiplayer online game. Again, these numbers aren't…
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Holy Kaw!
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France vs. Ireland controversial goal video
20 Nov 2009 | 10:58 pmIn case you haven’t seen the controversial goal in the France versus Ireland game, here you go. Total coverage of soccer. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
Best and worst light beers
20 Nov 2009 | 10:25 pmMost bar dwellers would argue that the phrase “best light beer” is total oxymoron, much like “highbrow Natty Light,” but the dudes over at Men’s Fitness decided to tackle the challenge of finding the tastiest reduced calorie brewskies. So, what beer leaves the least funky aftertaste while still keeping those rock-hard abs in perfect form? Corona Light, Sam Adams Light and Coors Light all made the grade, while Rock Green Light, Heineken Light and the carb-conscious Michelob Light failed beer yumminess 101. Cruise over to Men’s Fitness for a full list of what… -
How the Telegraph uses social media
20 Nov 2009 | 9:53 pmOver on econsultancy is an interesting Q&A on social media with Julian Sambles, the Head of Audience Development at the Telegraph. According the interview, the Telegraph uses social media to 1) broaden their audience reach and 2) increase reader engagement with the newspaper's editorial. As a result, they've attracted some 75,000 unique visitors per day, solely from social media channels. I've always wondered about the pay off for newspapers in social media channels. If the Telegraph is truly pulling in so many readers and also buildling loyalty among online consumers, it looks like there… -
Fattest counties
20 Nov 2009 | 9:27 pmBut what will the neighbors think? The Center for Disease Control and Prevention conducted the first county-by-county obesity survey. And the most obese are: • Green and Dallas counties in Alabama and Holmes • Humphreys and Jefferson counties in Mississippi Looks like they won the potbelly. Check out HuffPo's article for more on the CDC's fat findings. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
YouTube debuts automatic captioning for deaf users
20 Nov 2009 | 9:23 pmGoogle announced this week that YouTube has started rolling out automatic captions across the video sharing site. The initial roll-out only includes 13 channels, including National Geographic and Columbia, but will eventually extend across the site. The technology has special meaning to the software engineer heading up the project because he is deaf. In a post on the Google blog, Ken Harrenstien wrote, “The majority of user-generated video content online is still inaccessible to people like me.” The system still needs to work out some kinks (a demo of the feature captioned…
