Do you miss natural gatekeepers? I know I do. Of course at this point, you have no idea what I’m talking about. This thought occurred to me while I was chatting to SlikRX/Balthazario, who has become a regular, like a real guildy, in Armaggedon’s Coming. How regular? He brought his wife as well! Anyway, I was chatting to Balth while I was running VoA. The raid leader clearly stated from the outset that it was a whole clear. Toravon – Slushy Koralon – Toast Emalon – Raidbreaker That was when I discovered that the raid I had joined, the one committed to clearing VoA…
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Grow Up Australia!
5 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pmAustralia is a bit weird in some ways. For instance, we rant about our right to freedom of speech, but in reality we have no legislated right to freedom of speech. Usually people find this out the hard way. We take a hard line on government censorship… China you bastards… Your net censorship is piss-weak in comparison to the incoming Australian net censorship! Internet censorship plan gets the green light Internet uprising overturns Australian censorship law Web filters to censor video games Likewise we don’t mess about rating video games. Good hunh. No R rating means a 5… -
The Next Hero Class Is….
4 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pmThe one you are playing right now! Yes, I admit it, I was out of my brain on THL yesterday at work… (just quietly, between you and me… I never really liked (past tense) The Hunting Lodge, didn’t think it would last more than a month… proof positive that Gnomes Gnow Gnothing!) I sure as hell hope work don’t start podcast testing, cause I would fail every test… I am constantly high on podcasts (If I can’t read ‘em, I might as well plug into ‘em) So the purveyors of all things illicit (errr Hunter topics + more) were talking about what is… -
Why “the Patient” title is a good thing
3 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pmGnomeaggedon is “of Gnomeregan” Squidly is “THE Patient”. I’m not patient There is nothing patient about Gnomeaggedon beyond a title tucked away in the character screen. Sure he’s prepared to wait for his Frostfire Bolt to launch, but not his Pyroblast unless it’s instant. LFD, sure I’ll wait the 15 minutes, but I’m not sitting idle. Loremaster, dailies, screenshots, there is always something to fill the time. I think that’s one of the reasons Gnomeaggedon is loving battlegrounds again. Short casts, instant casts, quick deaths. -
What’s bloody new!
2 Feb 2010 | 2:42 amNymesis writes: Seen the 3.3.2 patch notes yet? Check these out for the inner WARlock in you….lol. Keep up the awesome posts man. Warlock (Forums / Talent Calculator) Affliction •Shadow Embrace: Now stacks 3 times (Up from 2) Healing reduction effect reduced to 2/4/8/10% (Down from 3/6/9/12/15%) Demonology •Demonic Pact: This talent now increases your spell damage by 2/4/6/8/10% (Up from 1/2/3/4/5%). The buff effect to the party or raid members is unchanged. Destruction •Conflagrate: Periodic Spell damage increased to 40% (Up from 20%) •Empowered Imp: Damage done by imp…
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I Sheep Things...
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Communing with the Elders
4 Feb 2010 | 7:12 pmCommuning with the Elders is a post from: Aurdon's Mage Blog I’m not so much of a young’un that I live with my parents anymore, but around Christmas time I found myself staying there for two weeks, and trying to explain my WoW habits to them. My parents’s generation (My mother is late 40s, my father early 50s) doesn’t, on the whole, understand video games very well. That’s not to say there aren’t a few who get it, and a few more who are wholeheartedly accepting, but my parents are not among them. I’ve been a WoW-playing machine for several years now,… -
Motivation Slipping…
2 Feb 2010 | 2:15 pmMotivation Slipping… is a post from: Aurdon's Mage Blog Lately all the drama, work, and effort of running this stupid guild have made it so logging on is something I have to force myself to do. I like raiding, when I’m actually in the raid, I’m invariably having fun. It’s all the hoops I have to jump through just to get there that are making me wish I was anywhere else. I don’t like having to threaten, beg, and cry twice a week before I can get to have fun. I don’t like being blamed or having to blame others for late starts. The long and short is, I’m… -
Pulling in 5…4…3…
29 Jan 2010 | 8:09 pmPulling in 5…4…3… is a post from: Aurdon's Mage Blog Communication is important. If you want to succeed in the grouping aspect of this game, you need to plan. This is why Leeroy Jenkins became such an internet phenomenon. The skit (I say skit because yes, they did plan all this) involved Leeroy running in carelessly without reguard to any planning or “strategory” and was met with hopeless failure. Many people play with vent to make their plans and engage their mobs but not all quick pickup groups have that option. This is why having some helpful timed wow macros… -
Intense debate swallowed some comments
29 Jan 2010 | 1:00 pmIntense debate swallowed some comments is a post from: Aurdon's Mage Blog For the 3rd time, I realized that after upgrading my comment plugin (intense debate) it never reactivated and thus the comments left while it was deactivated are now out of sync. I’m updating those now and all should return. Should they not…I’mma get a hammer. -
Guild Loyalty: Is it Expecting Too Much?
25 Jan 2010 | 3:23 pmGuild Loyalty: Is it Expecting Too Much? is a post from: Aurdon's Mage Blog The other night, a guildie of mine accepted an invite to tank a PuG TOC25. He was one of the first invitees to the PuG group, and was clear with the raid leader that his tank spec was his only spec, he did not have a dps spec or gear. Somehow the group filled up with too many tanks and the raid leader asked him to switch to his dps spec, at which point my guildie explained (again) that he didn’t have a dps spec, that he’d signed up as tank, and that he specified when invited that he could only tank, as he…
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The Pink Pigtail Inn
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Come rain! Come thunderstorms! Come blizzard!
8 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pmHave you felt the earthquakes recently? They remind me of the days when I was struggling in Hellfire Peninsula, spending 75 percent of my online existence as a ghost. Every time I managed to get out of the way from the boars who ate me alive, I could count on that a fel reaver would stomp me into a pathetic pool of blood. The world trembled, and so did I, out of fear. (Actually I don’t think I’ve ever been as close to giving up and quitting the game as I was for a while there).Now the world is shivering again, and even though we don’t see any direct consequences from it yet, it makes me… -
It came from the bar: Roleplaying or Role Playing?
7 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pmThis is yet another guest post written by Holly from Feathermoon (US). As opposed to the innkeeper, who is a closet wanna-be-one-day role player, Holly does it for real.The Difference Between Roleplaying and Role playingWhat can a simple space mean in the world of roleplaying, at least to a silly little Holly bear? To me it means how serious you are about getting into the role, and what rules you're willing or enjoy breaking. Does your character fit into the world designed, game or not? Do you use out of character knowledge? Is the roleplay dramatic, comedic? Did you stick to the genre, or do… -
Should we feel sorry for Ensidia?
4 Feb 2010 | 6:44 amIt’s only February, but we have already a good candidate for the Pink Pigtail Inn award Guild drama of the year of 2010.In less than 24 hours Ensidia didn’t just get the world first kill of the Lich King, they also got their achievement removed and a 72 hour ban, since it was judged to be the result of an exploit.One of their prominent members, Muqq, wrote a rather agitated blog post about it.When I first saw the title, “I just got banned and I liked it”, I actually assumed that he took the whole thing as a gentleman. Maybe this would be a humble confession, where he made clear that… -
AH Access Offline: Slightly Worried – But Not Freaking Out
3 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pmI’ve been pondering a bit upon the news about Blizzards work on giving us access to AH when we're offline - provided that we pay for it.What do I think about it? Is this yet another step on the slippery slope that started with the introduction of the pets for sale? Are my pigtails vibrating and sparkling with electrical charges, am I ready to punch someone because this is the end of WoW? Am I working up myself to a TotalBiscuit state of mind, exploding in an aoe-wave of utter contempt at the current development of the game?After debating a bit with myself, I've come to the conclusion that… -
The Tank Who Apologized
2 Feb 2010 | 4:00 pmIt was my 26th run in Oculus. I had stolen myself some 20 minutes of game time in one of our offnights and my mission was clear: to grab those two frost emblems as soon as possible, taking me one tiny step further towards my tier set."I wonder who's going to tank this group?", I thought to myself as we buffed up and my eyes quickly hovered over the player pictures.There's supposed to be a smallish icon over every portrait telling us, but for some reason my UI eats the symbol for everyone but me, so I have to figure it out for myself. Normally I can at least distinguish the tank through the…
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WoW Insider
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Maintenance extended
9 Feb 2010 | 11:45 amMaintenance has been extended until approximately 2:59pm EST. In the official post on the forums, Blizzard recommends looking into your account security and making sure that everything is up to date. I agree and to that end, I'll also link you to the WoW Rookie account security roundup. We'll update this post with any changes to the realm status.Filed under: Realm StatusMaintenance extended originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments -
MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively
9 Feb 2010 | 11:00 amSometimes you'd like to know that there are other MMOs out there, right? Our sister site Massively can provide you with everything you need to know about all those other shiny MMOs! Check out this roundup of the latest news from the wider MMO world. Tips for a WoW player in EverQuest II Greetings and fair travels to you, adventurers. Once again it is I, Seccia Ravenloft, here to present this week's look into the world of Norrath. Now, from what these humans on this spiderweb site tell me, some of you are more familiar with other worlds than you are with Norrath. Blasphemy, I say! This week, I… -
WoW.com's Weekly Comic: Byron, the Tauren Rogue!
9 Feb 2010 | 10:00 amWelcome to another edition of the WoW.com Weekly Comic -- Byron the Tauren Rogue! From the deepest depths of a child's mind, we have Byron's first invention - the Cookie-Getting Bird. He knows that there would probably be more gears and stuff, but those are really hard to draw...or so he says. Check out the full version right here, and tune in next Tuesday morning for a new page! You can also check out all the previous pages in the gallery below. Gallery: Byron The Tauren RogueFiled under: WoW.com's Weekly ComicWoW.com's Weekly Comic: Byron, the Tauren Rogue! originally appeared on WoW.com on… -
WoW Moviewatch: Nerf You
9 Feb 2010 | 9:00 amNyhm originally released Nerf You in December 2009. This video is a proud continuation of his work through the years. However, I feel like Nyhm's really nailed down a particular dynamic in the lifestyle of playing WoW. Getting nerfed sucks, there's no doubt about it. But for every person who feels like the nerf hammer hit them especially hard, there's probably a few who realize that it was probably for a good reason. I especially think Nyhm's vocal skills are on display in this video. It not only has a pretty catchy tune, but he really gets to show off his ability to use verse and intonation… -
Shifting Perspectives: Cat 101
9 Feb 2010 | 8:00 amEvery week, Shifting Perspectives explores issues affecting druids and those who group with them. This week, we are polite, professional, and have a plan to kill everyone we meet. There's a bit of a gentlemen's wager going on here behind the scenes at WoW.com; the author of the weekly feature that gets the most hits by the end of the month will get cookies from Elizabeth Harper. And I like cookies. The following is a list of titles that were subsequently rejected by the editors for inclusion in this week's edition of Shifting Perspectives: Shifting Perspectives: Naked women playing Cataclysm…
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Holy Kaw!
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Google Buzz's official demo [video]
9 Feb 2010 | 11:25 amGoogle has just unveiled its latest attempt to become more relevant in the social media space—Google Buzz. The product is integrated within Gmail and will be rolled out gradually to all of the webmail service’s users over the next few days. While this development is still unfolding, you can check out Google Buzz’s two-minute demo of Buzz in action both online and via mobile. What are your initial reactions? Another soon-to-be-forgotten Google product like Wave, or a Facebook/Twitter killer? Full story at Mashable. Total Google coverage. Permalink | Leave a… -
Darth Vader’s original wimpy voice [video]
9 Feb 2010 | 11:15 amImagine a galaxy far, far away where Darth Vader sounded like any other British bloke strolling down the corridors of the Death Star. Before James Earl Jones provided the menacing voice of the Dark Lord of the Sith, English actor and bodybuilder David Prowse delivered the lines from inside the Darth costume. While George Lucas never intended for Prowse’s voice to make the flick’s final cut, it’s weird to imagine how different Star Wars would have been with a different Vader voice. Full story at Huffington Post. Tons of Star Wars tidbits. Permalink | Leave a… -
7 things you didn’t know about condoms
9 Feb 2010 | 10:14 amRubbers. Raincoats. Inconvenient. Whatever you call 'em, condoms remain a must-have in the safe sex tool box. Long before the days of Durex and Trojans, men used animal intestines to protect their willies (that sounds lovely, eh ladies?) and still to this day use lambskin condoms for latex allergies and supposed extra sensitivity. Want to learn even more fun facts about condoms that will surely impress your friends and potential lovers? Check out Asylum's seven things you probably didn't know about condoms that includes tantalizing tidbits like: Vaseline + condoms = Disintegrated rubber and… -
Horror flick mirror scare mash-up [video]
9 Feb 2010 | 9:25 amHorror movies love to rely on cliches to scare the bejeezus out of us, but does it really surprise anyone that the axe murderer is going to pop in the reflection of a mirror? Ok, yes, it still totally sparks a few pee-in-pants moments. Check out this mash-up of mirror scare moments (fair warning: don’t watch alone in a big, dark, scary house): Full story at Four Four. Boo! Tons of scary and not so scary movie news. Permalink | Leave a comment » -
7 things you shouldn't do on Valentine's Day
9 Feb 2010 | 9:13 amAh, Valentine’s day. February fourteenth marks that special moment in the year when Hallmark cashes in on our emotions and cupid gets busy shooting arrows. Whether you’re indifferent, excited, upset, or madly in love—there are seven things you just shouldn’t do on this lovey-dovey holiday. See a few do-not-do’s below: Go on a first date. First dates are hard enough, why add the extra pressure? Call your ex. Abort mission! On a day like this, it’s normal for your thoughts to drift to the one you used to be with, but you broke up for a reason. So, spare…
