Gearscore and Why We Love/Hate It (Addons)

Cold Comfort takes a critical look at Gearscore and how it supports the Great Gear Myth.  He points out the variety of gear scores various sites and addons give for the same toon, explains just what Gearscore counts and what it ignores, explains how to game Gearscore, and talks about why Blizzard probably won't ban its use.  This article has links to Gearscore and Gearscore Lite download sites and explains the difference.
http://blog.cold-comfort.org/great-gearscore-debate-09/

Here is part two from Cold Comfort, which looks at the addon Experience which shows character stats, including how many times someone has killed a boss.  He advocates using "experience" as a measure of how much of the game someone has gone through instead of looking at gear, which can come to a player who has not done much in-game through various routes.
http://blog.cold-comfort.org/inexperience-weakness/

If you are feeling particularly silly, you might be interested in Namescore, which rates character names as to legibility, appropriateness and asthetics.
http://www.nostockui.com/2009/10/forget-gearscore-try-namescore/

Dreambound feels pretty much the same way about PUGs as Cold Comfort.
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2009/10/on-pug-raids-and-gear.html

And yes, I know I've just posted four blog entries about addons.  It seems folks talk about the same topic simultaneously.  Must be something in the Internet....

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Advanced Trade Skill Window (Addons)

WOW Insider takes a look at Advanced Trade Skill Window. This addon helps you efficiently craft items in your professions. Details here.
http://www.wow.com/2009/10/25/addon-spotlight-advanced-trade-skill-window-2/

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Moving from Fubar to Data Broker (Addons)

No Stock UI explains in detail how to move from Fubar (which is apparently no longer being supported) to Data Broker which is the replacement.
http://www.nostockui.com/2009/10/migrating-to-databroker-from-fubar/

UPDATE:  WOW Insider profiles many other broker addons here.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/08/addon-spotlight-more-broker-addons/

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Healbot Updated and Patched (Addons)

If you are having trouble with Healbot lately, it is probably due to the major update and patch during this last week.  Details here.
http://healbot.alturl.com/

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Death Knight Specs: Dreadplate Blood Hybrid

Pwnwear examines the Dreadplate Blood Hybrid spec for death knights which is 21/41/5 and decides it is too low in thread.  You can look at the simulation he used and the details of the spec here.
http://pwnwear.com/2009/10/25/dreadplate-blood-hybrid-spec-no-threat/

UPDATE:  WOW Insider does a column on Blood Death Knights.  Definitely post-Patch 3.2 information.
http://www.wow.com/2009/11/02/lichborne-blood-blood/#continued

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Best Raid in the World (Karazhan)

Pike thinks Karazhan is the best raid ever and explains why here.
http://www.aspectofthehare.net/2009/10/this-is-the-greatest-and-best-raid-in-the-world-tribute.html

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