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Rageblogging after it was cool

So Children’s Week is over. None of my characters did any of the achievements, except for my levelling rogue who did the Orgrimmar quests as a cheap way to get some xp and a neat pet. Of course, as soon … Continue reading

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Too late

Fiancee and I are levelling a fresh pair of toons. Couple of days ago we got Dire Maul capital gardens in LFD. The tank wasn’t great with threat and the warrior was constantly charging ahead into packs, but there was … Continue reading

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Dafuq am I reading

Blizzard has released their post-mortem on raids and dungeons by their lead encounter designer. Since they’re apparently visiting a morgue run by the Smurfs, I’m going to handle the negatives*. You’re welcome, guys. 4.0 Heroics It takes longer to explain … Continue reading

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The 2%

Specifically, the last 2%. Our raid last night went okay, but. We’ve hit a wall on Madness. Our last few pulls of the evening we were consistently hitting p2, getting to 2-3% and then just… dying like flies as the … Continue reading

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10-man chiropractic team gooooo

Got invited back to the main raid last night. Downed Blackhorn for a guild first, and then spent about 2 hours wiping on Spine. Ouch. Supposedly this fight is easier than Ultraxion or Zon’ozz. In practise I’m having a hard … Continue reading

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Bill Nye the hardware guy

Aaaand my laptop’s attempting to incinerate itself again. I swear. It’s at this point that I wish I was more of a hardware geek. As a coder I can sculpt magnificent edifices of intricate functionality in software… but hardware kinda … Continue reading

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I am disappoint

Last night my beloved notebook decided to attempt a re-enactment of the Three Mile Island incident. Right as we were keying up for the night’s raid. Would have been Infaris’ first shot at Ragnaros. The fan had been buzzing earlier, … Continue reading

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Cognitive dissonance

Quick one this morning. So, Blizzard have in their infinite wisdom decided that raid bosses should be worth fewer valour points next patch. Given the reduced length of the zanda instances and the shortness of the new 5-mans, this pretty … Continue reading

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2am

As I write this, it’s 2 AM and I’m at work. Things I’d rather be doing: – running a zanda on Infaris. He’s only a couple of hundred vp short of those gloves. Aaaand… that’s as far as I got. … Continue reading

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Regularly scheduled programming

Last night I dusted off my paladin-on-pause. Sort of. I’d tanked through t11 with my guild at the time. Never got Nef down, though. Last night we went for a mostly-guild run through BWD, and were short a tank, so … Continue reading

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