The intermittent paladin

Urgh. This post has turned into a monster. In this I’m talking about why I’m not playing quite as much at the moment, and a bit about retribution paladin DPS. Since the 4.01 patch hit, I’ve been a fairly infrequent visitor to the World of Warcraft. Partly that’s down to being busy with other things;… Continue reading The intermittent paladin

We’re not as stupid as we think we are

A post in three parts. You’re probably reading this in a feedreader, so let me tell you about a change to the page layout of Mysterious Buttons that you haven’t seen and don’t care about. I’ve removed the wall-o-links sidebar that was my blogroll, and also the single largest thing on the page. I’ll keep… Continue reading We’re not as stupid as we think we are

What to do?

Or rather, what to do next? Now that we’ve finally toppled the Lich King ourselves, it’s a question we need to ask. For many guilds, the answer to that is a straightforward “heroic modes, of course” but it’s not quite so cut-and-dried for us. Don’t get me wrong: the next time we go into ICC,… Continue reading What to do?

Beer bellies and sagging

This is a post primarily about the videogame World of Warcraft. Just thought I’d let you know up front, in case you were wonder. Also, there may be mild spoilers for Dragon Age. On a recent guild trip to ICC we had one person on their first ever visit, and another who, although a frequent… Continue reading Beer bellies and sagging

Obligatory Real ID post

Oh let’s see now. Blizzard have said that they’re going to change all of their forums to use the Real ID system. Chas at Righteous Orbs makes makes a strong case again this change from a discrimination standpoint. He’s (tragically) almost certainly correct. Larisa at the Pink Pigtail Inn is horrified (that’s my reading, not… Continue reading Obligatory Real ID post