So, I’ve learned a few things recently: once you miss a publishing deadline, it’s really easy to just get caught up and miss the next few as well Gravity was right on two points – the “How to Win Friends and Influence Guildies” series wasn’t a good idea I’m burnt out on WoW Publishing two [...]
Archive for category Off-Topic
A Few Changes
Apr 12
That One Thing They Do
Mar 22
I can’t seem to peg reader response to my articles. The ones I’m most proud of get no comments, and the rushed ones get a conversation rolling within hours of going up. A friend tells me that those rushed articles expose my human side. When I explain (in my best Lich King / Dr. Claw [...]
On Vacation
Mar 18
Just a quick note to the readers: I’m on vacation from March 18th through the 30th (assuming that BA doesn’t cancel my flight back). Articles (some of them shorter than normal I’ll grant) are queued up to be posted on the normal days, but I won’t have Internet access to respond to comments. Enjoy, and [...]
Fixing the Community
Mar 15
I’m stumped. I still love WoW, but I can barely stand to play it with anyone other than close friends or people that I know I can trust. My ability to go out and mix with the community on my realms has been beaten down and destroyed. Every change that Blizzard has made in the [...]
I’m catching up on some of the Warcraft novels, specifically Beyond the Dark Portal at the moment. I find the scenes with Nefarian taking me back to the time when I was running Blackwing Lair. I still rate that experience as the best time I spent raiding in the time I’ve been playing WoW. It [...]
Selfishness
Jan 14
Warning: rant incoming. It’s been a while since the last, and the commentary on the time-to-emblems post pushed me over the line. I’m calling out everyone who’s become a selfish, self-centered “me first” jerk since patch 3.3 was introduced and the Dungeon Finder became the best and worst thing to happen to WoW in recent [...]
My post on Time-to-Emblem ratios seems to have become quite popular since wow.com linked to it, but there is some disagreement over how long each instance takes. To improve the original post, I’ve set up a series of polls. If you have the time, please fill the questions out to the best of your ability [...]
