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Stret ching Out the Dis cus sion.

Andy S. posted an article on - Nov 20, 2009, 1:35 pm
I don’t like social networking. This may sounds silly coming out of the mouth of a blogger, though I’m hardly the diehard post-a-day variety. But it’s true, I don’t like socia...
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Mutiny on the Bloodtide…

Andy S. posted an article on - Nov 15, 2009, 2:48 pm
Our guild is under new leadership. We’d been under a lot of strain to start moving the guild forward. The most progressed members were quitting in favor of finding raiding guilds, and we were g...
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WoW and the Long-Distance Relationship

Andy S. posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 1:44 pm
Nael and I live in different states.  We always have, throughout the whole course of our relationship. When we met, I lived in southern Maine and he lived in Massachusetts. It was a fairly long drive...
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Quick One

Andy S. posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 9:43 am
Just a quick one, I’m sure the people that really know what’s going on will be all over this in a few hours like small children on a bowl of M&Ms, but the most recent PTR patch notes inclu...
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Building a Better Guild

Andy S. posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 3:04 pm
My guild now has close to thirty 80s. I am raring to get into some raids… seriously, Naxx10 should not be out of reach for us at this point. We have three mainspec tanks with good enough gear t...
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I'm so frustrated I could cry.

Andy S. posted an article on - Oct 31, 2009, 3:28 am
Correction: did cry, and am still crying when I think about it too hard. I know it’s silly to cry about the game, but it’s my favorite hobby, it’s what I do outside of law school, an...
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In Celebration of my Second 80

Andy S. posted an article on - Oct 30, 2009, 12:35 pm
In celebration of Myrhani’s 79th and final (for now) ding, I’ve decided this post will be all about me. Ohhhhh wait, all my posts are all about me. Oh well, in celebration of Myrhani’...
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Myrhani the Hallowed

Andy S. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 6:14 pm
Aurdon and Adreanna and Naelian and me have been farming the Horseman. We’ve been farming him like it’s a second job. Actually, it’s been pretty fun…  And after a week of cons...
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A Fail told by an Idiot, full of Fail and more Fail, signifying FAIL.

Andy S. posted an article on - Oct 26, 2009, 1:55 pm
I had a bad time the other day in TOC. Maybe other healers have had the experience of everything just going down the drain when you have no idea how or why. It’s supremely frustrating! Nothing m...
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GEEEE QUIT!

Andy S. posted an article on - Oct 22, 2009, 9:30 am
So I got a tell the other night from one of the guilds I recently applied to. They turned me down at the time of the application because they had filled the position but apparently things didn’...
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When the Dog Bites, When the Bee Stings…

Andy S. posted an article on - Oct 22, 2009, 7:57 am
I have some new Least Favorite Things that I thought I would share with you, from my new perspective as a healer. 1. People who won’t run back after a wipe. If I have to run, you have to run....
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Tricks and Treats Achievement Guide

Andy S. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 4:08 pm
Hallows end is in full swing now and all the little (and big) boys and girls of Azeroth are zipping about from tavern to tavern (is a tavern really a place for little boys and girls?) thrusting thei...
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Weekly Raid Quests…

Andy S. posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 2:38 pm
Just noting quickly something I dug up in the most recent set of PTR patch notes, since I haven’t seen it anywhere else yet: Weekly raid quests are now available from Archmage Lan’dalock ...
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Brushing up your Raiding Resume

Andy S. posted an article on - Oct 12, 2009, 8:43 pm
It’s not often that I do a major overhaul to one of my characters but when you are in position of making character desirable (to your own guild or otherwise) you will find that there is lots of room...
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Rebuilding My UI

Andy S. posted an article on - Oct 12, 2009, 5:11 pm
A while back I made a post asking for assistance building a functional UI for Rhii. I got a lot of great tips, and the UI that resulted worked for me for a long time. And I became something of an addo...
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Screenshot Mania

Andy S. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2009, 11:42 pm
Tonight I did my first full instance runs as healer. First, Nael and I two-manned Ramps and Blood Furnace on our paladin dream team… Nael’s pally, Corridon is level 70 and tank extraordin...
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Another Raid, Another Dissapointment

Andy S. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2009, 12:25 am
Sorry for the lack of posting from me as of late.  My last post regarding the unfairness of my guild when it comes to raid spots may have left things hanging but I assure you much has transpired si...
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Paper Pally

Andy S. posted an article on - Sep 28, 2009, 1:33 pm
I’ve often joked about Rhii being about as durable as a paper doll in the face of a document shredder… and because of that tendency, one of the things I’ve most enjoyed about levelin...
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Queue QQ

Andy S. posted an article on - Sep 24, 2009, 7:28 pm
I came home from class today early, since I had a class cancelled and it left a big (hours) gap between my morning classes and my afternoon classes which don’t start until 3pm. It’s not a ...
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Epic RL Combat, or In Which Rhii Slays Mobs in Her Livingroom.

Andy S. posted an article on - Sep 20, 2009, 2:51 pm
Yesterday I was off to a Barbecue with Aurdon and Adreanna’s family, when I went to get my purse. And underneath my purse was something that looked a lot like this: Large Hairy Hunter Pet. I ...
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Argh! Light's Hope Chapel!

Andy S. posted an article on - Sep 17, 2009, 3:19 pm
My pally, Myrhani, has gotten to that awkward point where she’s finished all her quests in Un’Goro, but she’s still too low level (52) and not really ready for Silithus or Winterspri...
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The Long Defeat

Andy S. posted an article on - Sep 15, 2009, 2:33 pm
“Together through ages of the world we have fought the long defeat.” – The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien There is a certain thread of mythology that I have always found more c...
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Playing the Role

Andy S. posted an article on - Sep 14, 2009, 1:43 pm
FYI: this is not the real me. I have a little bit of road-rage. Just a little bit… maybe it would be better termed road-disgruntlement or road-mild-annoyance. Anyway, I ran into a situation tha...
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Hi Ho the Dairy Oh….

Andy S. posted an article on - Sep 8, 2009, 3:20 pm
Said the farmer in the heroic. The farmer takes a wife... Gearing up takes a certain amount of repetition. There are only so many heroics you can run, and no matter what method you use to gear yours...
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Intense debate crits my website

Andy S. posted an article on - Sep 3, 2009, 4:16 pm
Yet again I find intense debate was out of date or something and it shut off in my website plugins.  During this time Rhii posted some great topics and you our wonderful readers posted some insightfu...
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You're number 31

Andy S. posted an article on - Sep 2, 2009, 9:11 pm
Well under most circumstances I wouldn’t be all that surprised but actually…tonight I am.  I’m suprised because I wouldn’t think this could possibly happen yet again.  For aw...
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Bridging the Gap

Andy S. posted an article on - Sep 1, 2009, 10:04 am
It’s no coincidence that so many of my alts stall around level 30. For the longest time I had four characters parked between 25 and 35, two paladins (Myrhani/Horde 30 and Jaidie/Ally 30), a mage...
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Nothing Makes You Appreciate the Internet…

Andy S. posted an article on - Aug 31, 2009, 9:27 am
… like spending a month without it. I’ve had my connection back for just under two weeks now, and while I’ve been itching to get back here and do a little discussion of everything t...
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Cataclysm New Race Class Combinations including Worgen and Goblins

Andy S. posted an article on - Aug 21, 2009, 3:04 pm
Looking at the new Cataclysm site, they have a full list of race class combinations. New class race combinations in Cataclysm include: Orc Mage Undead Hunter Tauren Paladin Tauren Priest Troll Druid...
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True Rumors

Andy S. posted an article on - Aug 21, 2009, 9:44 am
…or as I like to call them Tumors.  Sorry for the “no posts in a month” stretch but I really hadn’t felt moved to post on anything as of late.  But seeing how today is the fi...
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When to Take the Blame?

Andy S. posted an article on - Jul 13, 2009, 1:33 pm
I had a baaaad PuG this weekend. We ran regular Culling of Stratholme. It was myself and Naelian on DPS, plus a DK tank, a DPS warrior, and a priest healer. We wiped a time or two on every boss. I th...
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At Long Last… Now What?

Andy S. posted an article on - Jul 10, 2009, 2:37 pm
Notice anything different about Rhii in this screenshot? Me, Myself, and I... and... Rhii? No? Of couse not, nobody pays attention to my character like I do… I wouldn’t expect it of you....
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Aurdon's WoW Birthday Cake

Andy S. posted an article on - Jul 7, 2009, 10:41 am
OK as I mentioned yesterday on my Birthday, my wife Adreanna decided to go all out and make me a WoW Themed cake with no preparation what-so-ever.  Clocking in at just a little under 3h crafting time...
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It's my Birthday and I'll Contest if I want to

Andy S. posted an article on - Jul 6, 2009, 1:52 pm

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PvPainful

Andy S. posted an article on - Jul 2, 2009, 1:28 pm

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I Don't Want to Read about WoW Today

Andy S. posted an article on - Jun 30, 2009, 1:08 pm
With Rhii sitting at 78, so close to 80 I can taste it, I’m on the verge of deciding to hold back. To cool off. To take a break. To give her a rest. To drag my feet. I’m extremely torn ab...
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What Blizzard should do: A Donation of Netherweave

Andy S. posted an article on - Jun 30, 2009, 11:16 am
Some of Blizzard’s ideas in past have been pretty retarded like the removal of ghost wolf taming.  Other things were great ideas, like Guild Banks.  The rest of Blizzard’s ideas fall som...
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