For Saga: Barbarians on Utopian shores

It’s Saga‘s one-year blogaversary and she’s been suggesting post topics for her readers. Here’s the topic she gave me: … since you’re into mysterious buttons and I know I’ve learned about some blog stuff from your site in the past. How about giving us a list of which blogging add-ons/tools you use/recommend and why? And… Continue reading For Saga: Barbarians on Utopian shores

I’m becoming a dwarf

…or so it would seem. I haven’t drank a magic potion to shrink me to 4’2″ I haven’t grown a beard I can plait1 I haven’t adopted a terrible fake irish/scottish/generic celtish accent2 I haven’t taken to living underground I haven’t forged (geddit?!) a passionate relationship with a mining pick. I *am* drinking a beer… Continue reading I’m becoming a dwarf

Thanks, Murloc Mom

We weren’t able to take the Murloc Mom’s advice on Tuesday as (seemingly) *all* of the European servers were largely unavailable. I’m still not exactly sure why — apparently TeliaSonera had some general connectivity problems in northern Europe, but we experienced the most drawn-out disconnect process I think I’ve ever encountered, resulting in 7 multi-hour… Continue reading Thanks, Murloc Mom

Cheap-ass Paladin: Enchants

Update 22 Feb 2011: This post seems to still grab the odd hit so it’s probably worth pointing out that, thanks to the devaluation of haste and the promotion of mastery/crit, you should be keeping that in mind when choosing your enchantments for retribution. The mastery boot enchant might well be worth a look now,… Continue reading Cheap-ass Paladin: Enchants

If this makes it onto your blog I will die of shame

Arresting title, what? It’s a quote from Vent. What follows is from guildchat, with apologies1 [Me]: Heh, [Many-alts-person], we’re just (sort of) talking about you, in a way  (guild in-joke) [Many-alts-person]: Uh-oh. [Many-alts-person]: It wasn`t me, it was [Expert Warrior, currently offline] [Me]: [Bosslady] was comparing Warcraft to sex [Trap-detecting-mage, spouse of bosslady]: eek, what… Continue reading If this makes it onto your blog I will die of shame