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Wishful Thinking: A Truly Random Dungeon

Monday, November 16th, 2009 - 17 Comments

In addition to World of Warcraft, I’ve found myself playing a couple of “loot whore” games lately, and they’ve got me thinking about the balance between static and continually-generated end-game content. These sorts of things can be important when considering how entertained or bored your ... More

Wishful Thinking: Boss Mob Rotation For 5-Man Flavor

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 - 7 Comments

Wishful Thinking is a column for the theorycrafting behind World of Warcraft.  No, not the number crunching madness perfected by the folks at ElitistJerks, but the features, abilities, and design ideas that the Project Lore writers conjure from their squishy pink stuff. I love WoW’s PvE ... More

Predictions About The Crusaders Colosseum

Friday, June 12th, 2009 - 25 Comments

So by now we have all heard about the great stuff coming in patch 3.2. While mount changes, battlegrounds, and dailies are fun and all… I wanted to take a second to talk about what, to me, is the most exciting thing about any content ... More

BigRedKitty: Ignorance and Stupidity

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 - 44 Comments

One of the perils of doing anything publicly is the risk of being labeled “Stupid”. Ignorance we can handle, stupidity not so much. Is there a difference? You bet. Ignorance is the absence of knowledge. How do rogues do an attack rotation? We have no idea; ... More