Monica K.

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How I became GM of an unnamed guild.

Monica K. posted an article on - Dec 1, 2009, 1:06 pm
My guild that I’ve been in since the day that I joined WoW went BOOM about 3 weeks ago. It happened for many reasons.. let’s leave it at the fact that it happened. The outcome is that i...
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Druids are weird

Monica K. posted an article on - Dec 1, 2009, 12:30 am
That’s all I’m saying. Readers who viewed this page, also viewed:Hunters are so lucky!Addon: Power AurasHow I Heal, Grid+CliqueAre Paladins Good?Are Warlocks Evil?
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Addon: Multishot (Screenshot)

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 30, 2009, 12:42 pm
No, this isn’t a hunter addon.. though I suppose hunters could use it . Multishot is a tiny little addon that automatically takes screenshots for you when certain events happen. You can ope...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 29, 2009, 2:15 am
Green Proto-drake! Woot! # Guildie responded: "The Oracle's souls are caverns of lies. I'm not buying more eggs, fuck'm" when asked if he had green protodrake. # Support @azerothUnited H...
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Turkey Time

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 25, 2009, 12:13 pm
On second attempt (on a different toon, at a different time) the “Turkinator” achievement isn’t as easy as it was the first time. The first time I did the achievement on Lilac at ab...
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Turkinator Lilac

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 24, 2009, 3:06 pm
Go to Elwynn. Make a macro: /target Wild Turkey /cast corruption Put this on a keybound button. Mount up, run along the edges of the water ways (avoid the murlocks.. as a guildie mentioned.. obvi...
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Addon: Recount

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 23, 2009, 2:21 pm
Recount is a DPS meter. I’m sure there are others around.. but Recount seems to be the #1 choice. When you install recount it will begin watching as you fight and record how much healing/damag...
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Super Green!

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 22, 2009, 9:51 pm
It only goes 280. I am exalted with.. and yet hate the Oracles. My banker has 4. I couldn’t be happier (well .. unless they made it 310.. and made my tickbirds sell for more than 2g).
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-22

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 22, 2009, 2:15 am
Acquired sushi: Weekend can now commence. # We're just about to start TNB talking with @The_T. Why aren't you there? http://www.twistednether.net/live/ # Great time (as usual) on TNB. I stil...
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Pugnacious Pally

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 20, 2009, 2:34 pm
I’ve decided to play and gear up my Paladin a bit. Don’t be alarmed.. my first love is all things Warlockery.. but sometimes the group just needs a healer.. and I feel bad having one.. bu...
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Rawr! I'm a tank!

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 3:24 pm
At the moment (patch 3.2.2) Deep Destruction is the acknowledged “best” Warlock DPS spec. I know this, you know this, we all get it. I’ve got it as my off-spec but haven’t se...
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Through a keyhole darkly

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 11:22 am
While listening to Rawrcast I heard Stomp say that she’s “grinding exalted with the running circles in Dalaran boss”. I’m aware of that boss. I know of people who do that.. t...
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Getting in touch with my inner druid

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 17, 2009, 12:54 pm
My baby druid is now level 56. I keep hoping the more I play her that I’ll come up with a compelling reason to level her. I think at this point I’m leveling her because I want to fly lik...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-15

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 15, 2009, 2:15 am
Sad to report I found another reason to use WowJackass.com. RL Ninja'd tailoring patterns from PUG. # RT @AzerothUnited Hearts, Hands and Voices Kickoff Podcast! http://bit.ly/2UEoWP # Hmm Green ...
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Musings about the Faction Champions AI

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 13, 2009, 6:49 pm
First, go read this: Faction Champions AI Behavior: A Definitive Analysis Now if you read that, either a) you’re bored because you’d already read it or b) you’re intrigued about wha...
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The Little Things

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 12, 2009, 11:52 am
There are 1,001 HUGE things the Blizz could implement. I get dazzled just thinking about things like Guild Housing, Path of the Titans, Guild leveling and such. But sometimes.. I wish they’d j...
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Something Strange in Stranglethorn

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 11:35 am
Remember back.. during Blizzcon.. when all the changes were announced? They never mentioned Stranglethorn. Not once. I assumed that’s because it was on the other continent from where Deathwin...
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How to Gem via Flowchart: Affliction Warlock Edition

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 11:48 am
I stumbled across this flowchart at Righteous Defense and I thought it was brilliant and had to copy the idea for myself. Flowchart made at flowchart.com A lot of this is boiled down from info post...
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"You are standing in an Inn"

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 9, 2009, 5:02 pm
Once upon a time I played D&D (it was in college.. everyone was doing it). I think I played a ranger. I like bows and shooting things from range. I think I was terribad at it. Pretty much I played...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-08

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 8, 2009, 2:15 am
When your hobby starts to feel like work it's time to re-examine your hobby. # Support Child's Play, Donate.. seriously.. give $10 it's not that much & it really does help http://bit.ly/4u...
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True Conversation

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 7, 2009, 11:45 pm
Pugger #1: Wow, you don’t see dwarf priests much anymore. Me: Yeah, especially with paid race change going live. Pugger #2: (the dwarf priest) Yeah, I chose dwarf priest back when we needed fe...
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"Carry Me!!!"

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 2:19 pm
Meet Bob. Bob has a new toon who just turned 80. Bob’s new toon is wearing a smattering of greens and level 74 gear. To Bob it seems silly to enchant/gem his crappy green gear. Bob is in a s...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-01

Monica K. posted an article on - Nov 1, 2009, 2:15 am
I LOL'd RT @TwistedNether: #TNTCast "A LETTER OF RESIGNATION TO THE SONS OF HODIR" (via Mortigan the Lock) http://bit.ly/hodir-resignation # So my baby mage is named "Possibly".. would it be bad t...
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Home is where you set your Hearthstone

Monica K. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 10:59 am
My hearth is set in Dalaran. The Legermain Inn to be precise. I found that the “alliance-side” inn was just too busy. A quick survey of my guildies shows that they hearth in Dalaran so ...
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Immutables

Monica K. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 5:34 pm
Well, it’s official, Paid Race Change is now live. At this point, the only immutable choice at the time of character creation is Class. Everything else can be changed/fiddled/fixed. Fundament...
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Addon: CLSaver

Monica K. posted an article on - Oct 26, 2009, 11:47 am
CLSaver (short for Combat Log Saver) toggles your /combatlog on/off as you enter/leave raid instances. You could totally do it manually.. but if you’re like me.. you’d forget. CLSaver do...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-25

Monica K. posted an article on - Oct 25, 2009, 3:15 am
LOL Boomchicken named "Kayeffsea" # The -good- thing about Ony.. is the if you're in a fail raid.. at least you're not saved for the week. /sigh # Note also: pets can come in the bag from putt...
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In which the role of huntard will be played by Nib

Monica K. posted an article on - Oct 23, 2009, 3:51 pm
Last night, after a sucessful ToC-10 guild run (where every boss dropped +hit cloth and I was the only DPS clothie in the raid)(poor me) and a sucky Ony-25 pug (we experienced failure to tank and wipe...
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Fail pugs (Boston Terriers) make me sad

Monica K. posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 12:05 pm
I’ve been pugging lately. Not much going on in-guild for 25s.. and well guild isn’t doing OS+3 Zerg.. so I’ve been looking elsewhere for satisfaction. Unfortunately lately I’...
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Onyxia.. which pet?

Monica K. posted an article on - Oct 20, 2009, 12:12 pm
Onyxia is a fight of three parts. Part 1: on the ground, tank and spank. Stay out from the front (cleave/fire breathing) and behind (tail swipe) her.. and whale on her until she reaches some percent...
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Addon: LinkWrangler

Monica K. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 12:45 pm
... six I have) I’ll whisper the links to myself and then open them all up side-by side. The tooltips are minimizable, and can be freely moved around the screen. Be sure to get LinkWrangler...
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Nib's (somewhat) Efficient Alliance Bucket Path

Monica K. posted an article on - Oct 18, 2009, 2:58 pm
Here you go, here’s the path I use as alliance to pick up all the candy buckets. Good for running or flying. Zone in to Ironforge. Ironforge, The Commons Dun Morogh, Kharanos Loch Modan, Th...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-18

Monica K. posted an article on - Oct 18, 2009, 3:15 am
We are having a virtual meetup for TNB listeners on the PTR tonight. It's the only way to do it w/ high lvl toons.(via @Warcraft ) #DailyWow # RT @mashable The Fun Theory: Volkswagen Masters the V...
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The Cleaning Power of Ruts

Monica K. posted an article on - Oct 8, 2009, 3:03 pm
I think I’m in a rut. It’s not a bad rut.. but it’s kind of a rut. My evenings are as follows: – Log into Pally and use Alchemy to make an epic gem (currently making dreads...
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Affliction, the imaginary spec

Monica K. posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 3:19 pm
The scene: Onyxia 25 PUG. I’m one of 4 warlocks in the run. A quick inspect of the others show that they’re all cookie-cutter destruction. Out of the blue, during the standard PUG discu...
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Addon: TBag – Shefki

Monica K. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 1:03 pm
.photoImgDiv img { padding: 0px; } I think TBag is one of the very first addons I ever installed. It’s been part of my UI since March 2007 (about a month after I started playing WoW). TBags...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-04

Monica K. posted an article on - Oct 4, 2009, 3:15 am
I'm on WI Podcast right now. Log in and listen: http://bit.ly/h19D2 #wowinsider #warcraft # Google rabbit trails are the neatest things.. you start with one topic.. & then find the answer to a to...
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So You Think You Can Dance

Monica K. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2009, 7:03 pm
I can’t dance. Not to save my life. Every morning Wii Fit scolds me that I only hit about 1/2 of the Steps in the Wii Step “perfect” and the others, meh, I just make it onto the ba...
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Video: Video Games and the Female Audience

Monica K. posted an article on - Sep 29, 2009, 11:08 am
Interesting video linked by Wynthea on Twitter: Video Games and the Female Audience
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Addon: NPCScan and NPCScan Overlay

Monica K. posted an article on - Sep 28, 2009, 12:18 pm
_NPCScan is an addon for finding super rares. As you’re flying around the world your internal cache automatically updates with a list of all of the mobs you toon can “see”. When yo...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-27

Monica K. posted an article on - Sep 27, 2009, 3:15 am
I have acquired new unripped floormats for car. I am now 20% less pissed than yesterday. # RT: @Syrana Oh me too, me too. RT @davenavarro6767: Sometimes I really shouldn't be allowed to interact ...
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Gettin' a little WoW'd

Monica K. posted an article on - Sep 26, 2009, 5:37 pm
Well it passed now.. but if you listen to the next WowInsider show coming out on Monday I’m on there with Fimlys, Mike Schramm and Brigwyn talking about the newest patch and our newest project: ...
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5 Things: Brewfest

Monica K. posted an article on - Sep 25, 2009, 3:46 pm
Brewfest is in full swing.. if you’re not doing it.. you should be. Rather than being yet another blog posting about how to do the achievements/get your tickets instead I’m going to just ...
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Idle Speculation: Icecrown Citadel Bosses

Monica K. posted an article on - Sep 24, 2009, 11:17 am
At Blizzcon they confirmed that Icecrown Citadel will have 12 bosses. Arthas and Sindragosa (the dragon on the login screen) will be two of them.. but that leaves 10 more. I’m pretty sure that...
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What A Long Strange Trip It's Been

Monica K. posted an article on - Sep 23, 2009, 1:39 pm
Ruminations on the color “violet”: Many thanks to my Guild for helping me and to Edith specifically for helping me ALOT. Last night, despite horrible server lag, I -finally- finished the...
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Evil little no-neck monsters

Monica K. posted an article on - Sep 22, 2009, 12:22 pm
When the Orphan Matron said that the Lich King had been cruel to “particularly the children” I -thought- she was referring to children who’s parents had been killed. I had -no- idea...
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Addon: FuBar_tcgTradeskills

Monica K. posted an article on - Sep 21, 2009, 12:08 pm
Fubar_tcgTradeskills adds a tiny set of profession buttons to your Fubar. I position these in the upper-righthand corner of my screen. Mousing over the buttons will open a drop-down showing all of t...
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-20

Monica K. posted an article on - Sep 20, 2009, 3:15 am
There are days.. when I read twitter.. and wonder if that's really english. # ToC Beasts, we wipe & come back to Snobold in the the room. We engaged Snobold.. and he firebombed the fish feast.. ki...
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Metablog: Administrative Announcement

Monica K. posted an article on - Sep 16, 2009, 2:37 pm
Hello all, I’ve been informed that my RSS silently borked a while back. I fiddled the settings and put a corrective redirect into place so those of you who stopped getting RSS feed entries a f...
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Addon: ButtonTimers

Monica K. posted an article on - Sep 16, 2009, 1:52 pm
A while back I switched from DotTimers to ButtonTimers. I think it was when 3.0 launched. Initially I had a lot of problems getting DotTimers setup and I decided that although DotTimer’s abili...
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