It was Alastriona’s birthday blogaversary the other week and in celebration she offered post topics to any who wanted one. As one of her dedicated internet stalkers sidlers, I gleefully requested and received one. Here’s what she said: Alrighty then. Hearkening back to when I first introduced myself, you hadn’t really raided anything at all.… Continue reading For Alas: Why, how and who
Dear healers, dear tanks
A slightly tongue-in-cheek response to Syl’s post over at Raging Monkeys. Sorry Syl, I just couldn’t help myself! — Dear Healers, Dear Tanks I appreciate you’re busy people and I thank you for your attention. It’s not often a lowly DPS receives this sort of personal focus from the raiding deities without a “FFS” prepended,… Continue reading Dear healers, dear tanks
On “fit”: part one
We had a guildie quit recently because we thought we were casual but really we were hardcore1 which left me foaming a little, mostly because I particularly hate the terms “casual” and “hardcore”. But it did get me thinking about the notion of fit and guild culture, particularly as we also recently asked a trial… Continue reading On “fit”: part one
New things to do
So I’ve found some new fun stuff to do, but you’ll probably think it’s an odd time to do it. My autophobic banker-DK, Tremble (pictured there before he found himself a decent tailor) has carefully ironed and bagged his fine daywear and picked up his old sword, and is now learning all about threat, tanking… Continue reading New things to do
Link: The transition to cataclysm
A great post over at Do not try this at home about the transition from Wrath, to 4.01, to Cataclysm: …the inevitable point of a vertical expansion is to take the “very powerful” characters from the previous stage and turn them into “kinda rather weak” characters in the next stage, so the cycle of power… Continue reading Link: The transition to cataclysm