Posts Tagged ‘ Raiding ’

Putting real life before gaming – YMMV

January 25, 2011

This isn’t a quitting post, nor is it going to be a long post about why my posting levels are much lower than they previously have been. Knowing my yearly energy cycle, you can expect me to be most active from around March until September, as that is when I tend to have the most creative energy to spend on side projects. What I want to talk about today is what phrases like ‘RL comes first’ and ‘fair rotation’ really mean in what amounts to a group setting. The following has sprung up after various situations in the guild...

Surprise! (Or when did that last happen?)

September 6, 2010

One of the most awesome things about being in the game and in my particular guild is being surprised. I don’t tend to like surprises in my real life. I don’t deal with them well, either due to disappointment or stress. In game (and in my ‘fandom’ life in general) I get to have surprises without inevitable disappointment or stress. Aside from the occasional bit of guild drama. I’ve been surprised by the WoW Community many times – when guildies clubbed together to buy me a Mammoth as a thank you for sorting out the guild website, when I...

DPS Tricks – Double Potting

March 5, 2010

Rule number one of double potting is – you don’t talk about double potting. It uses up your potion stocks faster than a wipe night, and it can be risky. A mistimed pot can be entirely wasted because you potted too early, or it can lock you out of your heroism pot for the entire fight. It is not an activity that is widely mentioned on DPS blogs, I suspect because most writers assume it is known about already. Googling ‘double pot trick’ brings up the odd forum discussion. This is partly because the double pot trick is so...