Having successfully killed Malygos this weekend, I wanted to relate a few tips and tricks that we used that may or may not be helpful. I know I'm probably behind the general progression curve in the world... of warcraft, but I'm sure there are plenty of people still wanting to down the big blue.
I'm going to assume you have a basic familiarity with the fight. That is, you've either watched the tankspot video I linked yesterday, or read up on it on wowwiki or something. So you know that it's a three phase fight and most of the major attacks.
Phase 1
Recall that this is the spark killing phase. I've seen several different ways to do this, but I believe the most effective way to manage the sparks is to have your entire group sans tank stack up in the middle of the platform. Then your tank will maneuver the boss so that wherever the sparks spawn, they must pass through your group to get to Malygos. Then you can assign one other person to be on "spark duty". Preferably, this person has some sort of rooting ability. We used a DK for the death grip/ice chains combo that is very effective in getting these sparks to the same spot.
It seems to work out that you will have to kill two sparks after every cyclone attack. Thus, at the beginning it may be good to pop heroism if you have it, since everyone can focus on DPS until that first cyclone. While you're in the air, the tank and spark master need to orient themselves so they know, upon hitting the ground, where to go. Then, once the spark gets over the group, the spark master will root it and call it out on vent so that the DPS can open up on the spark to kill it fast. If you have enough ranged (for us two mages and warlock), it's good to not make the melee leave. The sparks have 12.6k health in 10-man, so you want to have high DPS'ers who can ideally two shot the spark since you really have about a 3-5s window depending on your rooting.
After you've killed two sparks, stand in the blinky stuff and DPS until the next cyclone, then rinse and repeat. Healers will have to be sharp with all the falling damage, but a few lightwells can help that too, just have everyone clicky once they land. This is a rough phase for the tank especially, as there is a lot of movement, so watch your aggro until everyone gets comfortable.
Phase 2
This is the bubble hopping phase. There aren't very many tricks here, just stay together going from shield to shield while killing adds. Put your highest melee DPS on the saucers first to get them up in the air. It might not even be a bad idea to get a ranged up there (depending on how much melee you have), especially one with dots to help support your melee. The key here is mostly staying alive. When all the adds are dead, you'll get back to the main event.
Phase 3
There's something about flying and trying to fight that just blows people's minds. If you're a casual raider like myself, chances are you're going to have 8 out of your 10 people feel completely lost on a drake. It's hard enough trying to get used to new buttons without having to also coordinate movements like some perverse aerial ballet. There is a simple solution for all of this: /follow! That's right, you can set people on follow for this part. This means you really only need one person who feels comfortable moving and fighting to keep your entire group clear of the lightning storms. During the animation where you're falling onto the drake and Malygos is talking shit before the fight resumes, it's easy to just type out /follow player. Then all you have to worry about is hitting the right buttons. Simptastic!
You definitely want to follow the player (type their name and not the drake, so selecting can be tough... typing ftw) and decide on the player beforehand so everyone knows. You could probably even work out a macro, but there is just enough of a window that it's not really detrimental to just type. This trick makes the third phase a piece of cake. Then you can just focus on your spells (as long as you take care not to move), and not worry so much about positioning or getting lost with the controls. For dps, its 1,1,1,1,1,2... repeat (five combo points from the basic attack followed by your special at full strength). You should also hit 5 any time he targets you (DBM will announce), which will pop your shield. Healers will be using revivify in the same way, stacking five and then hitting their AoE heal. Keep in mind, that should things look bleak, any of your DPSers can also hit their AoE heal with combo points from DPSing to "save the day".
Remember you have a 10-minute enrage timer to beat, and at this point you may be around the 3-minute mark (that's where we were). It's doable, but we cut it just about as close as you can get :-).
Dead Dragon!
Once you get this fight down, it doesn't seem nearly as scared as it did at first. If, like us, you happen to wipe and the dots take Malygos out, let Alex do her talking thing and make sure you get your achievement before you release to run back for loot. Rest assured though, the loot will wait on you if this happens. Same with the quest item. They take the form of a blue heart and a red crystal floating in the middle of the room in front of Alexstrazsa. Very trippy stuff.
So hopefully there are some things in there that might help. Also, if you know of other tips or tricks, feel free to leave some comments!
Monday, June 8, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Malygos Was So Sure...
Labels: Raiding 8 comments
Last night 10 brave members of my alliance grabbed beers (some of us anyways, I find a bit of alcohol necessary for "wipe nights") and headed in to Malygos-10 to begin the slow and painful learning process. Not many of us had ever been in there, and very few of us had been past phase 1. None of us had beaten the big blue dragon.
We stepped in at a little after 10pm and nearly two hours later, we were chatting it up with Alexstrasza:
That's right, we downed that bastard. One night of learning. One kill. :-)
To give credit where credit is due, Tankspot.com's video on the Malygos strategy was crucial to enable me to lead this endeavor. Fuu and I watched it the day before and threw strategies back and forth so that when time came to put them in action, the only hurdle was my lack of elegance in explaining it to others via vent.
The funny part was we were just merrily learning along, making small progress here and there. Then, one try we found ourselves on drakes with about 3 minutes left before enrage (so I was pretty sure we wouldn't get him down in time). We put our drakes to follow one person (if you type /follow person, you can leave the group movements up to one cat, while the rest of you can purely focus on your rotation... a key if your group is having difficulty coordinating on drakes), and started going to town. The "30 seconds until enrage" warning came up, we just kept at it. We'd just spent about 2 hours wiping, what's another 30 seconds, right? (It's a testament to the attitudes of all involved that no one gave up or slacked when it seemed like we faced certain doom). At some point right as enrage was hitting, I died. I sighed and looked at his health... 10%, not bad.
Then he hit enrage and we still had nearly 8 other folks up. Now, Maly's enrage hurts, but it takes him maybe a minute to work through an entire raid of 10 people. As he started his killing spree, I watched his health, calling it out on vent... 9%, 8%, 7%, 6%... We had 5 people left. 5%, 4%, 3%.... 1 person left. 2%... 1%... Everyone is dead. No way, the 1% wipe, damn. But wait! He's still got DoTs on him! At this point the call goes out over vent for no one to release, he may die... and then... poof 0%. Vent explodes with cheering as all health bars on the screen read 0%. Talk about skidding our way into a victory. Alex shows up and... sound the horn of victory!
After releasing and running, we were able to get back in and distribute the loot, plus since we waited on the release we all got our achievements for this alliance first. Great job by everyone! Man I love group firsts!
We stepped in at a little after 10pm and nearly two hours later, we were chatting it up with Alexstrasza:
That's right, we downed that bastard. One night of learning. One kill. :-)
To give credit where credit is due, Tankspot.com's video on the Malygos strategy was crucial to enable me to lead this endeavor. Fuu and I watched it the day before and threw strategies back and forth so that when time came to put them in action, the only hurdle was my lack of elegance in explaining it to others via vent.
The funny part was we were just merrily learning along, making small progress here and there. Then, one try we found ourselves on drakes with about 3 minutes left before enrage (so I was pretty sure we wouldn't get him down in time). We put our drakes to follow one person (if you type /follow person, you can leave the group movements up to one cat, while the rest of you can purely focus on your rotation... a key if your group is having difficulty coordinating on drakes), and started going to town. The "30 seconds until enrage" warning came up, we just kept at it. We'd just spent about 2 hours wiping, what's another 30 seconds, right? (It's a testament to the attitudes of all involved that no one gave up or slacked when it seemed like we faced certain doom). At some point right as enrage was hitting, I died. I sighed and looked at his health... 10%, not bad.
Then he hit enrage and we still had nearly 8 other folks up. Now, Maly's enrage hurts, but it takes him maybe a minute to work through an entire raid of 10 people. As he started his killing spree, I watched his health, calling it out on vent... 9%, 8%, 7%, 6%... We had 5 people left. 5%, 4%, 3%.... 1 person left. 2%... 1%... Everyone is dead. No way, the 1% wipe, damn. But wait! He's still got DoTs on him! At this point the call goes out over vent for no one to release, he may die... and then... poof 0%. Vent explodes with cheering as all health bars on the screen read 0%. Talk about skidding our way into a victory. Alex shows up and... sound the horn of victory!
After releasing and running, we were able to get back in and distribute the loot, plus since we waited on the release we all got our achievements for this alliance first. Great job by everyone! Man I love group firsts!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Would You Like Fires With That?
Labels: IC Fridays 7 comments
"Hail, Crusader Fulguralis!" The man with the pockmarked face calls out as I enter the tournament grounds for the last time.
Crusader Fulguralis. That does have a nice ring to it, does it not? It certainly beats that farce of a title, "Ambassador" that I was honored with the other day. I mean, c'mon. Ambassador. Warlock. They aren't exactly synonymous. I make it my personal duty to kill people of other races. Then again, I guess that could in some way be construed as an Ambassador.
Ambassador Fulguralis: Bringing death equally to all four corners of Azeroth.
Does Azeroth even have four corners?
I chuck my lance at the squire following along beside me and leap off of my horse. The young man awkwardly catches the long wooden pole and surreptitiously checks along its length for any flames that might have sprung up "accidentally". The young lad has learned his lessons when it comes to hanging around a Warlock, it seems.
"Place it over in that rack, Patsy," I order. "Then you may run along and relate our epic tales to the other squires." Surely he would be the cock of the walk when they hear of the hell he's gone through.
"It's Samwise," He grumbles as he walks away. Close enough.
I strut confidently past the wooden dummies where men of lesser stature do battle against the inanimate enemies, smiling snidely at the burn marks on one of them. The nearby instructor glares at me, having never forgiven me for my particular brand of training. I reach nonchalantly into my pocket and jingle it loudly. The gold I made clinks in a pleasing manner that only causes the instructor to narrow his eyes more. He's just jealous because they don't pay him much at all. What does he think he's going to get when he's not out there taking the risks?
I push aside the flap on the large champion's tent and enter, my eyes searching the room for the Tournament Seneschal. I find her in her usual place near the table in back, examining a map of the grounds. As she sees me approach, she smiles shyly and straightens her armor.
"Fulguralis, to what do I owe the pleasure?" She says as we clasp arms in a formal greeting, though her hand lingers for a bit in mine.
"Hmm," I respond, "How shall I answer that, Justicar?"
A deep red blush creeps down from her auburn hair to color her cheeks. "Fulgy, why do you always insist on being so formal? It's Mariel and you know it."
I cringe at the nickname, "Appearances, my dear. Appearances." I glance around conspiratorially, assuring myself that no one is within earshot. "We wouldn't want folks to think that the great Justicar Mariel Trueheart is too friendly with warlocks now would we?"
"I suppose you're right," she sighs. "What have you come for then?" She asks, a small fire lit behind her eyes.
"I'm done here," I say bluntly. "I've done all there is to do at this place and don't much care for it anymore. It's time for other adventures." She looks slightly crestfallen as a I break the news, so I add, "Not that you haven't done a wonderful job here, darling, we warlocks are just a shifty sort. We're never content in one place for too long."
"I suppose I knew this day was coming," she admits. "Thanks for all of your... help. Do take care of yourself, will you?"
"Always, my dear," I reply smoothly. Flashing her a roguish smile, I turn in a swirl of robes and leave the room. I do try to make a good exit now and then.
Outside the tent I go and retrieve my steed from where he's burned through the rope the squire used to tie him up. That boy is just not cut out to be a warlock. He forgets the simplest of things: Wood burns, rope burns, nearly everything burns. And, if it burns, you can bet a warlock is going to burn it. It's just kind of our thing. That or we'll just corrupt it and then burn it. Or maybe corrupt it and make it explode all over everyone, corrupting them as well. Yeah, love that one.
Mounting my horse I prepare to ride out of the grounds for the last time in a while. I suppose I may stop in every now and then to make sure I'm not missing anything, but, for now, I've had my fill of jousting. None of these champions can hold a candle to me anyways.
Ha. Candle. Fire.
On my way out, I pass by the instructor standing by his treasured dummy, glaring at me all the while. "Good riddance," he mumbles, believing that my sharp ears can't catch what he said. Consort with Imps enough and you get really good at picking up the insults, though. I glance over at his dummy and flick my wrist.
*Fwoosh*
Cackling, I kick my heels into my steed and ride away, leaving a thin trail of smoke behind me as the instructor yells obscenities in my wake.
Crusader Fulguralis. That does have a nice ring to it, does it not? It certainly beats that farce of a title, "Ambassador" that I was honored with the other day. I mean, c'mon. Ambassador. Warlock. They aren't exactly synonymous. I make it my personal duty to kill people of other races. Then again, I guess that could in some way be construed as an Ambassador.
Ambassador Fulguralis: Bringing death equally to all four corners of Azeroth.
Does Azeroth even have four corners?
I chuck my lance at the squire following along beside me and leap off of my horse. The young man awkwardly catches the long wooden pole and surreptitiously checks along its length for any flames that might have sprung up "accidentally". The young lad has learned his lessons when it comes to hanging around a Warlock, it seems.
"Place it over in that rack, Patsy," I order. "Then you may run along and relate our epic tales to the other squires." Surely he would be the cock of the walk when they hear of the hell he's gone through.
"It's Samwise," He grumbles as he walks away. Close enough.
I strut confidently past the wooden dummies where men of lesser stature do battle against the inanimate enemies, smiling snidely at the burn marks on one of them. The nearby instructor glares at me, having never forgiven me for my particular brand of training. I reach nonchalantly into my pocket and jingle it loudly. The gold I made clinks in a pleasing manner that only causes the instructor to narrow his eyes more. He's just jealous because they don't pay him much at all. What does he think he's going to get when he's not out there taking the risks?
I push aside the flap on the large champion's tent and enter, my eyes searching the room for the Tournament Seneschal. I find her in her usual place near the table in back, examining a map of the grounds. As she sees me approach, she smiles shyly and straightens her armor.
"Fulguralis, to what do I owe the pleasure?" She says as we clasp arms in a formal greeting, though her hand lingers for a bit in mine.
"Hmm," I respond, "How shall I answer that, Justicar?"
A deep red blush creeps down from her auburn hair to color her cheeks. "Fulgy, why do you always insist on being so formal? It's Mariel and you know it."
I cringe at the nickname, "Appearances, my dear. Appearances." I glance around conspiratorially, assuring myself that no one is within earshot. "We wouldn't want folks to think that the great Justicar Mariel Trueheart is too friendly with warlocks now would we?"
"I suppose you're right," she sighs. "What have you come for then?" She asks, a small fire lit behind her eyes.
"I'm done here," I say bluntly. "I've done all there is to do at this place and don't much care for it anymore. It's time for other adventures." She looks slightly crestfallen as a I break the news, so I add, "Not that you haven't done a wonderful job here, darling, we warlocks are just a shifty sort. We're never content in one place for too long."
"I suppose I knew this day was coming," she admits. "Thanks for all of your... help. Do take care of yourself, will you?"
"Always, my dear," I reply smoothly. Flashing her a roguish smile, I turn in a swirl of robes and leave the room. I do try to make a good exit now and then.
Outside the tent I go and retrieve my steed from where he's burned through the rope the squire used to tie him up. That boy is just not cut out to be a warlock. He forgets the simplest of things: Wood burns, rope burns, nearly everything burns. And, if it burns, you can bet a warlock is going to burn it. It's just kind of our thing. That or we'll just corrupt it and then burn it. Or maybe corrupt it and make it explode all over everyone, corrupting them as well. Yeah, love that one.
Mounting my horse I prepare to ride out of the grounds for the last time in a while. I suppose I may stop in every now and then to make sure I'm not missing anything, but, for now, I've had my fill of jousting. None of these champions can hold a candle to me anyways.
Ha. Candle. Fire.
On my way out, I pass by the instructor standing by his treasured dummy, glaring at me all the while. "Good riddance," he mumbles, believing that my sharp ears can't catch what he said. Consort with Imps enough and you get really good at picking up the insults, though. I glance over at his dummy and flick my wrist.
*Fwoosh*
Cackling, I kick my heels into my steed and ride away, leaving a thin trail of smoke behind me as the instructor yells obscenities in my wake.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
DK Frost Spec PvP
Labels: Death Knight, Patch, PvP 4 comments
If you wanna know what spec I'm rolling with, see here, and I have to say that I love this spec for PvP battlegrounds. I pwn face in there. Chillblains is probably one of the funnest talents for PvP ever. It's funny when people are all trying to do their jumpy, I'm-having-a-seizure-on-my-keyboard dance in slow motion and you just hit them with an Obit and Frost Strike for nearly half their health. Dance away from that!
I must update though, that I've tweaked my rotation just a bit since last we spoke. I had mentioned that in PvE situations I'd been rolling with something like: HB > PS > OB > BS > FS. I realized I was missing out on my Icy Talons bonuses though so I've been trying to find a way to get Icy Touch back into my rotation. It's actually making me re-think the wisdom of taking that howling blast glyph. For now, I'm going to stick with it.
As a result of my musings, I'm not using something more like: IT > PS > OB > BS > FS. I throw in a howling blast any time the OB talent procs the free blast, or just whenever I feel like some AoE burst will serve me better than a single target rotation. For AoE I probably look more like DnD > HB > whatever runes I have left. However, both rotations feel clunky to me. I just feel like any way I slice it, I'm leaving out important spells. I just don't have enough runes. It helps, however, once I am able to get my death runes chugging, but still, I feel it's not enough.
The thing is, though, that in a PvP battleground, you're rarely able to settle into a "rotation". Therefore, its more of a priority based system in my mind. I like to get chillblains up ASAP, so that means using IT or HB right off the bat. Usually I drop a DnD even before that though, just to get it going as well. A lot of times I also start out with the ubiquitous Death Grip and Icy Chain method to stop people from running away. I love that.
In any case, its obviously situational, but those are good thoughts to have. My next goal is to slap a PS on them and OB as soon as I can. Then I try to use a FS to "finish him" (said in mortal kombat voice). Usually I can get off an OB and FS to get them about to half health before starting over with some IT, PS, then FS ftw. It's rather unorganized though and really just depends.
Also, it's great to pop all my damage reduction cooldowns as a frosty and watch as people get pissed when my health fails to drop as quickly as theirs. Reviewing my spec, I believe I've actually changed that a bit too... picking up deathchill for PvE. I'm not sure what I dropped. Unbreakable armor is another one I'd probably want to pick up for PvP as well.
If anyone has any rotation advice on how to get these things to mesh up, let me know. For now, I'll continue working with it and semi-facerolling my way to victory.
Trick of the Trade: if you're doing Warsong Gultch and you're alliance, try running the flag to the far right side of the map. Everyone apparently likes to run down through the tunnel and then they get mobbed on the far side. I can't tell you how many times I've just taking the somewhat longer but far sneakier route behind the fence and foliage on the right side and never been hit. It's almost like cheating and usually totally worth the extra distance. In either case, it's definitely fun, which is what I'm doing BGs for in the first place.
Before I finish today, I wanted to point out that I didn't ever really address the mini-patch we had on Tuesday. To be quite honest, it just didn't have much to talk about. Chaos bolt was nerfed which pisses a lot of warlocks off, but doesn't really affect the afflictionados out there. Also, DK tanks got frost presence nerfed which doesn't really affect my DPS-love either. Both are noteworthy changes, but I didn't really pay attention to them because I've been busy elsewhere (yes, I now have the Crusader title). In any case, if you want a full and faithful reproduction of the notes because you haven't seen them already or can't get them at work, go here. I just don't have much to add in the form of commentary.
I must update though, that I've tweaked my rotation just a bit since last we spoke. I had mentioned that in PvE situations I'd been rolling with something like: HB > PS > OB > BS > FS. I realized I was missing out on my Icy Talons bonuses though so I've been trying to find a way to get Icy Touch back into my rotation. It's actually making me re-think the wisdom of taking that howling blast glyph. For now, I'm going to stick with it.
As a result of my musings, I'm not using something more like: IT > PS > OB > BS > FS. I throw in a howling blast any time the OB talent procs the free blast, or just whenever I feel like some AoE burst will serve me better than a single target rotation. For AoE I probably look more like DnD > HB > whatever runes I have left. However, both rotations feel clunky to me. I just feel like any way I slice it, I'm leaving out important spells. I just don't have enough runes. It helps, however, once I am able to get my death runes chugging, but still, I feel it's not enough.
The thing is, though, that in a PvP battleground, you're rarely able to settle into a "rotation". Therefore, its more of a priority based system in my mind. I like to get chillblains up ASAP, so that means using IT or HB right off the bat. Usually I drop a DnD even before that though, just to get it going as well. A lot of times I also start out with the ubiquitous Death Grip and Icy Chain method to stop people from running away. I love that.
In any case, its obviously situational, but those are good thoughts to have. My next goal is to slap a PS on them and OB as soon as I can. Then I try to use a FS to "finish him" (said in mortal kombat voice). Usually I can get off an OB and FS to get them about to half health before starting over with some IT, PS, then FS ftw. It's rather unorganized though and really just depends.
Also, it's great to pop all my damage reduction cooldowns as a frosty and watch as people get pissed when my health fails to drop as quickly as theirs. Reviewing my spec, I believe I've actually changed that a bit too... picking up deathchill for PvE. I'm not sure what I dropped. Unbreakable armor is another one I'd probably want to pick up for PvP as well.
If anyone has any rotation advice on how to get these things to mesh up, let me know. For now, I'll continue working with it and semi-facerolling my way to victory.
Trick of the Trade: if you're doing Warsong Gultch and you're alliance, try running the flag to the far right side of the map. Everyone apparently likes to run down through the tunnel and then they get mobbed on the far side. I can't tell you how many times I've just taking the somewhat longer but far sneakier route behind the fence and foliage on the right side and never been hit. It's almost like cheating and usually totally worth the extra distance. In either case, it's definitely fun, which is what I'm doing BGs for in the first place.
Before I finish today, I wanted to point out that I didn't ever really address the mini-patch we had on Tuesday. To be quite honest, it just didn't have much to talk about. Chaos bolt was nerfed which pisses a lot of warlocks off, but doesn't really affect the afflictionados out there. Also, DK tanks got frost presence nerfed which doesn't really affect my DPS-love either. Both are noteworthy changes, but I didn't really pay attention to them because I've been busy elsewhere (yes, I now have the Crusader title). In any case, if you want a full and faithful reproduction of the notes because you haven't seen them already or can't get them at work, go here. I just don't have much to add in the form of commentary.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
It's a Jump To Conclusions Mat
Labels: Fun, Rant 2 comments
(edit: I realized I should probably point out that this introductory part is from Ful...) I'm really angry at work today. Like warlock on neth (like meth, only WoWized) angry. Like "oh that's why the horse's hooves are on fire" angry. Like I jumped from a ledge only to have my minion take the long way around and bring an angry mob angry. Like a mage beat me on the charts angry. Like the devs nerfed the hell out of chaos bolt angry (not that I care since I'm affliction, but from what I understand, that's pretty angry). Like someone's been using an alias to write and impersonate me online angry (wait, maybe that's not so angry since the only angry people seem to be the commenters). Like why the hell are you starting every sentence with like and using an increasing amount of parenthetical remarks angry (because, damnit, parenthesis = snarky side comments that illustrate the angry).Because of all that, I vented to Fuu. Now, the angry has been building over the week from green, to yellow, to red, to purple, and Fuu had tried to cheer me up with some referential WoW humor earlier in the week. I had to resort to rereading it repeatedly this morning to calm myself down after the usual morning meetings at Initech. I think we're even getting some "Bob's" soon. So, to share, here's what she sent me:
Recipe for Turning a Droopy Project into an Epic Project that makes Tons of Gold.
Ingredients:
1 Cup of Win
2 Tablespoons of Sweat
2/3 cup Time
a dash of Purple Dye
First you round up 10 of your best buddies and head into your office. You make a game plan to conquer the Beast. You must at this time treat this project like if you fail, you will die at the hands of the Boss. Pull out a calculator and estimate your winning percentage( 33.3% repeating of course) is a minimum required % to continue from this point. Once your goal is met & there is a solid Game Plan, continue to pour the Sweat & Time into this project. While mixing both Sweat & time together, slowly add Win to the project. During this time, the project will start to randomly drop aggro and could 1 shot you if you aren't careful. Once the entire cup of Win is added, you should see the end of the project. Add the dash of Purple Dye and you lad have yourself an Epic!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
In Which I Dance Around The Issue
Labels: Autobio 5 comments
If you haven't heard of the Ferarro controversy by now, you're probably not a compulsive work blogger/reader like the rest of us. The story is fraught with deceptive plot turns and tabloid like revelations. It's really a WoW-blog-community drama at its finest, reaching even into the upper echelons of the blogosphere. For my part, I just find it mildly interesting. I neither read the blog before, nor after the scandal. Fuu may have been there once or twice, but she tends to stick to what she knows and I just have to say it wasn't on our radar until now.
If you're still in the dark, yet curious as to what the hell I'm talking about, Matticus does a great and mostly impartial job of showing the "timeline" of events.
Like I said, interesting stuff. The only part that really concerns me is the potential pilfering of work that is not your own. To me, that's a big no-no. I don't care if you're operating under false pretenses, just do your own work. We strive very hard at KeS to come up with our own, original material. Even when regurgitating things like patch notes or linking other's posts, I try very hard to come up with something to add and make sure to give credit where credit is due. If you ever find an example on here otherwise, please let me know because it probably means I was drug-blogging again. I never had a problem with drunk dialing, but give me a laptop and some beer and all bets are off.
I digress.
The sad part about all this drama is that I'm sure the community in general and several blogs in specific might have lost a fair amount of "street cred". It's always sad when something negative happens in a community one loves. Where does the blame truly lie? Is it wrong to write under a collective pen name? Does the Loch Ness monster really exist? All this and more at 11.
Or rather, decide for yourself.
I, for one, can assure you that we are who we say we are, like many of the other bloggers out there. I am one man, Fuu is one woman, and when our powers combine...
Okay, trust me that you probably don't want to share vent with us much less be in the same room. We're creepy. Like complete each other's sentences creepy. We often inadvertently dress in matching clothes. That isn't to say I wear her dresses (often), but that she'll walk out of the closet, look at me, and go: "WTF, you're wearing THAT? One of us is going to have to change". But we don't. Because we're puke cute like that. And we're lazy. Collectively lazy. Like, not going to get up and push the button on the TV lazy. That, and perpetually late.
And this has been another edition of "get-to-know-your-blogger-when-he-goes-totally-off-topic-during-a-post-with-TMI". Apologies.
The real important thing to take from all this is that Jagoex of Warlock Therapy and blogger extraordinaire has returned to the scene. This is important to me because his blog was really the first Warlock blog I ever found/read way back when. You could say it has sort of sentimental value to me in that I was greatly saddened when he was hacked and decided to disappear for a bit. I can't say that I care much about the paladin shenanigans, but I do expect great 'lock advice to start springing up over there as he cranks back up, so stay tuned.
If you're still in the dark, yet curious as to what the hell I'm talking about, Matticus does a great and mostly impartial job of showing the "timeline" of events.
Like I said, interesting stuff. The only part that really concerns me is the potential pilfering of work that is not your own. To me, that's a big no-no. I don't care if you're operating under false pretenses, just do your own work. We strive very hard at KeS to come up with our own, original material. Even when regurgitating things like patch notes or linking other's posts, I try very hard to come up with something to add and make sure to give credit where credit is due. If you ever find an example on here otherwise, please let me know because it probably means I was drug-blogging again. I never had a problem with drunk dialing, but give me a laptop and some beer and all bets are off.
I digress.
The sad part about all this drama is that I'm sure the community in general and several blogs in specific might have lost a fair amount of "street cred". It's always sad when something negative happens in a community one loves. Where does the blame truly lie? Is it wrong to write under a collective pen name? Does the Loch Ness monster really exist? All this and more at 11.
Or rather, decide for yourself.
I, for one, can assure you that we are who we say we are, like many of the other bloggers out there. I am one man, Fuu is one woman, and when our powers combine...
Okay, trust me that you probably don't want to share vent with us much less be in the same room. We're creepy. Like complete each other's sentences creepy. We often inadvertently dress in matching clothes. That isn't to say I wear her dresses (often), but that she'll walk out of the closet, look at me, and go: "WTF, you're wearing THAT? One of us is going to have to change". But we don't. Because we're puke cute like that. And we're lazy. Collectively lazy. Like, not going to get up and push the button on the TV lazy. That, and perpetually late.
And this has been another edition of "get-to-know-your-blogger-when-he-goes-totally-off-topic-during-a-post-with-TMI". Apologies.
The real important thing to take from all this is that Jagoex of Warlock Therapy and blogger extraordinaire has returned to the scene. This is important to me because his blog was really the first Warlock blog I ever found/read way back when. You could say it has sort of sentimental value to me in that I was greatly saddened when he was hacked and decided to disappear for a bit. I can't say that I care much about the paladin shenanigans, but I do expect great 'lock advice to start springing up over there as he cranks back up, so stay tuned.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Lazy Link Monday
Labels: Fun, Shout Out 4 commentsWe've been losing a lot of big blogs lately, but a lot of great new ones have been popping up. I thought I'd share a little link love with some of the new stuff I've found over the past couple of weeks.
Leading off we have, Pierre @ Leading A Guild - As he defines it: "This isn't going to be two posts about how to get signatures to start a mediocre attempt at a raiding guild. This is about building communities and improving the lives of everyone you come into contact with." I think we can all agree with such an auspicious goal, and he's got some great posts up to boot.
Leading off we have, Pierre @ Leading A Guild - As he defines it: "This isn't going to be two posts about how to get signatures to start a mediocre attempt at a raiding guild. This is about building communities and improving the lives of everyone you come into contact with." I think we can all agree with such an auspicious goal, and he's got some great posts up to boot.
On deck, Jessabelle @ Miss Medicina -Good friend, player, and commenter. Fellow EGA member and great healer. Not to mention quite full of snark. She's guest posted here and I already know she's a great writer, so I have equally high expectations for her blogging endeavors. If healing is your thing or you just want to pick up a thing or two from the other side of the role road, I'd check j-belle out.
In the hole, Draxi @ The Noob Lock - A new 'lock blog? What's not to love? I always like to encourage more 'locks to get in on the game. Stop by and encourage him to keep writing!
Batting clean-up is Tel @ Raid Knight - You set 'em up, he'll knock 'em down. Seriously though, I've seen this new blog linked on several sites now and wandered over for a read. I don't tank on my DK but that doesn't stop his posts from being exceedingly well written and just over all a bunch of fun. So far, he's good for a lawl in just about every post and I look forward to more out of this camp.
Finally, while not a blog, I've been power levelling engineering on my DK lately (spending all that money I got from getting Ambassador through the tournament), and apart from the wowwiki "economical" training guides, I found some great ones at The Noob School. They also have a very basic collection of specs, but the profession guides really seem to shine. I didn't much like the wiki for mid 300's engineering (wanted me to get like 900+ pieces of Fel Iron Ore), and this is where I went for a viable alternative. It's definitely going to go in my "resources" section over there...
Now, back to reading and commenting :-).
Finally, while not a blog, I've been power levelling engineering on my DK lately (spending all that money I got from getting Ambassador through the tournament), and apart from the wowwiki "economical" training guides, I found some great ones at The Noob School. They also have a very basic collection of specs, but the profession guides really seem to shine. I didn't much like the wiki for mid 300's engineering (wanted me to get like 900+ pieces of Fel Iron Ore), and this is where I went for a viable alternative. It's definitely going to go in my "resources" section over there...
Now, back to reading and commenting :-).
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