Raiding - I only do Mythic for fun, is that weird?
I literally got off the plane, got picked up at the airport, had a quick Pho (Vietnamese Beef Noodle soup) with the family, got home, threw all a week of dirty laundry into the washing machine and then...
View ArticleWhat would I talk about if I went to the Blizzcon Benefit Dinner?
In our last ditch attempt to get tickets, we are going to attempt to get tickets for the Blizzcon charity dinner. Here's a banner from 2015.The dinner is on the Thursday at 6pm at the Hilton, and you...
View ArticleRaiding - Ah back to guild runs and early mythics
Ah, first guild raid since I got back! I always enjoy Wednesdays, despite my trepidation earlier in the day that it could have been ugly. We had a couple of non guildies hanging around (Medio and...
View ArticleBlizzcon on NO budget - BTW what is the opposite of a Shoestring?
This is not one of those Blizzcon on a Shoestring (Lonely Planet style) type posts. This is me talking about how I get a bit excited and throw money around when I am determined to go to Blizzcon.As I...
View ArticleChasing Battleground Achievements
Crooked is good incentive for me to do battleground PvP achievements. I have to admit I have been enjoying boomkin PvP even though I am not particularly good at it.The best thing about it is that I can...
View ArticleTwitching and Podcasting - things I'd not realised as a Blogger
I really enjoy writing. The good thing about writing is that there is the opportunity to correct what I've typed, if I make a mistake. Blog posts especially, about sensitive topics, often need...
View ArticleMinipost: Happy People and Sad People
Blizzcon Blizzcon Blizzcon....It's just so exciting thinking about it, and people who are going for their first time are excited about it. I'm going for my 2nd time and excited about it, and even those...
View ArticleNavispam - Checking out @Kittie2kat's Garrison
I know Kitt thru Marie, as they play together in game. I've met Kitt a few times at various Sydney Twitter meetups - usually over pancakes - and she was kind enough to let me come visit her in her...
View ArticleGuildleader Chores - Group Behaviour Psychology
On Wednesday night, I went to bed with a heavy heart, thoughts about multiple scenarios and outcomes swirling around in my head. It didn't affect me going to sleep however - I am one of those...
View ArticleNavispam - Frenone and her amazing artwork
I love commissioning artworks! I decided that I wanted another piece of artwork so this time I asked Frenone if she could squeeze me into her busy schedule.Frenone was one of the co-founders of...
View ArticleMinipost: Ivan Kuzkin's WoW Machinima of the Warcraft trailer
This was on MMO-Champion today - and I have to say I was very impressed! What do you think?
View ArticleDark Legacy Comic - Which hits very close to home!
This week's Dark Legacy Comic made me laugh. I've just copied it here in mini form but click on it to go to the original comic.
View ArticleRaiding - Mythic Gorefiend makes me glad I'm the PuG
So now I am doing Gorefiend with Nostalgic. The breaker of guilds. Where one mistake will cause a wipe. And that's if you're doing it properly and know what you're doing. Imagine if you're someone who...
View ArticleI'm glad I don't have beta access - and that's NOT sour grapes
I think Blizzard has finally cottoned on that beta and alpha access would be wasted on me. I am happy to see that many of my friends and guildies are having beta access, and it's good actually, because...
View ArticleNavispam - MsMiggi the cute gnome!
Marie (or MsMiggi) was someone I had met on Twitter and got to meet IRL when I went to the Oceanic servers announcement in November 2 years ago. She was the ANZ Blizzard community manager, and thanks...
View ArticleGuildleader chores - Thank you! But I like it here just fine
It is not unsurprising that raiding consistently with another guild, that the question would eventually be asked - "Would you like to join our guild?"I'm sure lots of people get asked that question a...
View ArticleGuildleader chores - Raid Planning for Legion
Our guild has gone through a few different things in Pandaria and WoD (which has been my time as guild leader) and there are a few lessons I've learned along the way that will make me change how we do...
View ArticleGuildleader chores - Flown the nest and moving on
It's been a busy week. Lots of things on my mind and I had to wait a few days to write about it so I could make a well thought out post. My best posts are often written in times of great emotion, and I...
View ArticleNavispam - Meeting Thorbartin, one of the winners of the #FWMylight competition
Thorbartin (Bill) was one of the winners of my #FWMylight competition and I wanted to meet up with him in game and have a chat some time. We exchanged battletags and hoped for some crossover luck....
View ArticleRaiding - Guild achievement runs
We did our guild achievement run (again!) on Wednesday and Thursday last week and we managed to do all achievements except for Archimonde. And the hardest achievement? Would have to be Xhul. Turnout...
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