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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

GuildWatch Back on Wednesday

Hey! The Guildwatch column is live earlier than normal. Hurrah!
http://www.wow.com/2009/07/29/guildwatch-just-dont-say-priceless/

We have the normal thefts, the normal loot distribution that went awry, the guilds that break up and reform so often they are a laughing stock, the normal name-calling, the usual problems when a guild officer and his girlfriend in the same guild break up, but this week we also have Monardy who went on a PuG run and paid 1000 gold for a friend to go along also. Mondardy picked up some loot but his friend didn't and Mondardy is unhappy. I thought it was pay for play, not pay for loot. Isn't that what the Auction House is for?

As usual, here is downing of instances and recruiting to guilds but not on the Solo MMO Player's server.

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

For Gamers with Kids in Their Lives

http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/46067

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BBB Has A Sandwich For You

Big Bear Butt is driving an alt around and having waaaaaay too much fun!
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2009/07/27/yo-man-you-look-like-you-could-use-a-sandwich/

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Monday, July 27, 2009

Power Auras Addon Review

No Stock UI looks at how Power Auras Classic works in raids to make a player more aware of all that is happening around him/her. Basically you program the auras you want to track and specify visual cues for each. You'll see lots of examples of how this works with the writer's restoration and elemental shaman characters.
http://www.nostockui.com/2009/07/food-before-flowers-power-auras-classic/

Note that there are a lot of links to Power Auras here. Use the search box at the top left hand corner to find all the blog entries on this topic.

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Game Server Phasing

Ideas about using game server's ability to see/not see items to enhance instances.
http://www.wow.com/2009/07/27/breakfast-topic-the-joy-of-phasing/

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Friday, July 24, 2009

Review of Omen and Recount (Addons)

Big Hit Box examines the addons Omen and Recount to see how well they work in a raiding situation.
http://bighitbox.com/index.php/2009/07/addons-omen-recount/

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

The PvP Arena Players' Website

Anything you ever wanted to know about Arena and PvP play is here somewhere, from strategies to macros and talents.
http://www.arenajunkies.com/

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Guildwatch Wednesday is Now on Thursdays

Mike Schramm's Guildwatch column comes out late Wednesday night now, so I am officially christening this Guildwatch Thursday since I like to go to bed at my regular time instead of staying up staring at Wow.com waiting for the drama to drop.
http://www.wow.com/2009/07/22/guildwatch-they-should-ninja-a-dictionary/

This week's excitement revolves around the creative justifications people give for cheating in the game--weasel words galore!--
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=17367886307&sid=1

and the fact that ninjas can't spell or use punctuation. Do you think it's genetic?
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=18031369247&sid=1&pageNo=1

Finally, Tough Chicklets on Baelgun has pissed off Integrity over loot that dropped in a PUG. The full (?) story here along with someone making fun of gear choices a Tough Chicklet made.
http://integritybaelgun.guildomatic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=175

I am not sure how this got into the Achievements section but let me quote the Guildwatch column, "Special Circumstances of Baelgun ditched their usual weekly raid to rock the Midsummer Fire Festival. Oh, and since they were there, they decided to kill any and all Alliance they came across: by the time they had desecrated all of the flames, half of the Eastern Kingdom had been covered with innkeeper and questgiver blood. Good times?"

Baelgun obviously has been more active than usual this week.

By the way, if you don't understand how guilds full of good folks can dissolve, read this.

http://slowwolf.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/drama-is-a-combustible/

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