Long? No. Strange? Yes. Very Strange.

What a strange year it’s been.
I celebrated one year of successful blogging this year. You can see the shenanigans here, where I lament about my new found popularity (which has subsided somewhat) and make even more promises I forgot to keep.
I’m a terrible blogger, I really am.
I’ve learned a lot of things about blogging. Things [...]

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Faxmonkey Solos Onyxia, Rogue Class is Sad

Onyxia has now been solod by every class in the game, except rogues. Whats up, rogues? Come on!
Faxmonkey is only the most famousest mage in the history of WoW. Don’t know who he is? Well, it’s time you learn.
And lo, for Faxmonkey did wake up, and loggeth into his account. Whereupon, being restless, spoke thusly:
“Today… [...]

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Torment the Weak! And Stuff…

I’ve been waiting a while to talk about this, just to see if there were going to be any further adjustments to how TTW works.
Apparently, there aren’t any, so here I go.
Torment the Weak
Frostbolt, Fireball, Frostfire Bolt, Arcane Missiles, Arcane Blast, and Arcane Barrage deal 12% more damage to snared or slowed targets.
This, this little [...]

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Awake at Last, and I Totally Called It

It’s a strange feeling, sleeping for roughly fourteen hours without interruption. I think this is what time travel will be like. The whole family is up and about doing things… and then all of a sudden, the whole family is up and about doing things.
EXCEPT NOW THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CLOTHES ON.
Feeling much better now thank [...]

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May All Your Christmases be #FFFFFF

Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
Some say season’s greetings (whatever the hell that means), some say Happy Hanu… Hanook… it sounds like “Hah! New car!” said with an accent.
But you know what?
‘Round here, it’s Christmas. And I am going to wish you a Merry Christmas. You can take your season’s greeting and shove it.
Give your mom a [...]

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Brilliant!

There are two version of Brilliance Aura. The WWIII version restored a flat mp5 value to all friendly mana users around the mage. The WoW version (the one Jaina uses) doubles their spirit value.
Both would need to be reworked significantly for use in WoW. The spirit doubling version only severely exacerbates the issue that needs [...]

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The Lesser Classes?

RAF runs out in a few weeks, so I thought I’d share some of my learnings on the other classes.
I hate warriors. Seriously hate. I don’t know what any of you warriors out there see in this class. It’s like throwing tic tacs at a piece of cardboard. It’s amusing for a little while, but [...]

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Musings on Achievements

To me, achievements are a way to mark accomplishments for things that are off the beaten track; things that players would normally receive no recognition for.
Traditionally, the only time players ever received recognition for their in-game exploits was via gear and special titles. These were generally reserved for top end raiders and PvP guys.
The achievement [...]

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‘Tis the Season – Getting Your Red Winter Hat

You and fifty thousand people just like you on your server are going to be aiming for the Merrymaker achievement.
Just like them, you have to complete the achievement “‘Tis the Season.”
Just like them, this means you need to get your hands on a hat.
But, of course, you’re a mage. That means you wear red. Capisce? [...]

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Also This is Funny

If you haven’t seen this comic yet, I highly recommend it.
And if you already read Awkward Zombie… props to ya. Gamer comics are neat and all, but gamer comics that go off the wall insane for kicks are the best.
Also: to the guy who bombed the Small Egg market on Duskwood… you rock, man. Dropping [...]

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