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Treachery on Vent: Infiltrating Enemy Tactics
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 - 23 Comments
A couple nights ago, I was running Wintergrasp on my server, Khaz Modan, and lamenting the fact that all day the Horde had been unsuccessful at capturing the contested zone. Finally in one raid group, someone offered up their ventrilo server for everyone to use ... More
How To Join A Raiding Guild Part 3: Fitting In
Monday, September 21st, 2009 - 4 Comments
So you’ve found a guild and you think you’ve got the chops to run with the big boys now. You know your class well, you’re all geared up, and ready to go. Though you may very well find acceptance in a top-tier raiding guild at ... More
Reflections on Voice Chat
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 - 55 Comments
A few nights ago I was on WoW, not unlike a lot of other nights that I play. But unlike most other nights, I was in a particularly reflective mood. It had been at least a week since my previous jaunt around with Pixiestixy, my alt ... More
Hitting The Mute Button
Thursday, February 26th, 2009 - 21 Comments
During this week’s raid, an odd thing happened. Something that has never happened in my entire MMOG career. The event was shocking enough to leave me speechless. Literally. In the middle of our run through the Military Wing of Naxxramas, the Ventrilo server kicked the ... More
Controlling World of Warcraft - Keyboard? Mouse? Joystick?!
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 - 55 Comments
Via an overzealous nerd with shoes from the 80s Generally speaking, watching another person play an MMORPG can be incredibly boring. PvP matches and raiding aside, the audience always knows what will happen, the avatar will kill the mob with plenty of HP to spare. ... More
Signing On With A Purpose
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 - 39 Comments
I don’t know how some of you do it. How do you sign on to World of Warcraft and jump over the gaps in Ironforge for 30 minutes before doing something? How do you sit there and shoot the shit for two hours ... More