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A tale of two twonks

Monday, January 4th, 2010 Posted in Dungeons, Healing, Rants | 5 Comments »

It's been nearly a month. Random dungeons are still the flavour of the month. And, for the most part, they're highly enjoyable. I've mostly stopped running random dungeons with Namthe now, except once daily to get my emblems of Frost. On ...

The World Has Changed (and not necessarily for the better)

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 Posted in Dungeons, Rants | 1 Comment »

I've been spending a lot of time getting intimate with the new Dungeon finder tool recently, though not yet enough to get me a new pet. And, on the whole, unlike a lot of people it seems, my experiences have ...

Go Team! (A tale of woe)

Monday, October 12th, 2009 Posted in General, Rants | No Comments »

Like many guilds, at the moment we're struggling for new content. Ulduar is dead and gone, and all we have left to entertain us are Trial of the Crusader and Onyxia. After a few too many "close, but no cigar" moments ...

Namthe’s catalogue of fail, Druziraa’s catalogue of success

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 Posted in General, Healing, Rants | 2 Comments »

In pugging, there seem to be two different archetypes of group - really good, and really bad. In my quest over the past few days to isolate the still-elusive Black Heart on Namthe, and to find lots of gear upgrades ...

Bringing out the worst in people

Sunday, August 9th, 2009 Posted in Dungeons, Rants | 1 Comment »

The patch has hit. There's lots to do and see, including the Amazing Bugtastic Ulduar and the new raid instance, which I've not yet seen, and the Trial of the Champion, which I've seen altogether rather too much of, in ...

DKP? Say, Why?

Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in General, Rants | No Comments »

Matticus recently mentioned on twitter: Guild sites should show: Where they're at in progression, raid times, loot system, and an app link somewhere visible. Sounds mostly sensible enough How far you're progressed? Definitely makes sense for a prospective applicant to know if ...

A Sense of Entitlement

Friday, May 22nd, 2009 Posted in General, Rants | 1 Comment »

It's happening more and more, and I can't help but be irritated by it as time goes on. I'm in the Ironforge Auction House, or in Dalaran running errands, and before too long, I get a whisper: "hey m8, wanna run ...

Hardcore Pwnography

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Rants | 2 Comments »

Though I'm sure it wasn't meant as anything, Jacob accused me of being "hardcore" below, after I mentioned my surprise at parts of Ulduar being nerfed after the instance had been out for only a week. I'll admit I was ...

I am not the world. Neither are you.

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 Posted in General, Rants | 1 Comment »

There is so much complaining going around, stating that the point of the game has been lost with its challenge. It's true that you can't please all of the player base all of the time, and I think sometimes a lot ...

That’s right, I’m doing this deliberately.

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 Posted in General, Rants | 2 Comments »

Inspired by a tale of a healer friend of mine who got an earful every time someone died in a pug she was in, I think it's time to set a few things straight. The healer and the tank are, in ...