Category Archives: blogosphere

Why Storybricks matters

“I saved the world but I still have to pay for my own drinks when in town”.

This simple observation about the state of most, if not all, currently running MMORPGs is probably what explains the problem Storybricks tries to solve best. Continue reading

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LotRO faction reputation: The KhazadGuard’s comprehensive review of crafting for Eglain

I’m still in the process of taking stock of the LotRO bloggers our there. A new source of insight for me is The Khazad Guard, and today they have a look a gaining Eglain faction reputation through all the various … Continue reading

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Closing the Warcraft Book, Opening Lord of the Rings Online

It’s been what, almost a year? Time sure flies. Cataclysm has come, and my inability to give a damn about it has persisted. Oh, I still read some Azerothian bloggers from time to time, but in reality, I only care … Continue reading

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The Threshold / Wikipedia story, 10 months later

Wolfshead’s excellent blog (on which I can no longer comment because I’m sitting behind a proxy) took the opportunity of a sensationalist news report about Wikipedia losing contributors to revisit the Threshold fiasco, and it’s interesting to go back to … Continue reading

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Phoenix Reborn?

It most definitely was a Blizzardish soon, but there we go. A new post after a semester-long hiatus. So, what happened to Altitis? Real life, that’s what happened. While I don’t want to dwell on things too much (or turn … Continue reading

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Altitis Goes on Indefinite Blogging Hiatus

Just a quick note to my readers, due to real life circumstances I am currently (as has become obvious in the last month) not in the required mindset to keep on blogging. I can also not predict how long this … Continue reading

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SEO Basics for the WoW Blogger

Following Yashima’s mishap with one of the scumbag gold-selling splogs we all hate, it struck me that some WoW Bloggers may have little notions on how to improve their search engine visibility. This post will be focused on self-hosted WordPress … Continue reading

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Ghostcrawler on Current Raid Difficulty

Says the designer crab: “A couple more points about Naxx: many of the guilds who cleared it quickly already knew the encounters from 40-player days, AND were allowed to practice extensively on beta. By contrast we gave players very little … Continue reading

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The Mandatory Paladin QQ Post

Being away and with little playtime to try out things has some advantages, I don’t get to react to strings of nerfs + partial reversals as they happen. I got some playtime on my paladin (now Ret with the blue … Continue reading

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