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Tag Archives: humour
The MMO Law of Gathering Professions
While I’ve made cynical observations about loot drop in MMOs before, in an amusing twist of fate, the invaluable Casual Stroll to Mordor today blogs about optimal profession spread between four alt characters in LotRO. As coincidence has it, I … Continue reading
Tankadins and Patch 3.0.8: Farewell to our Pulling Trinket
For 2 years, paladins wanting to tank (hah! As if anyone’d let us) could body pull. For 2 more years, paladins could body pull or use Avenger’s shield to pull 3 targets. Blood knights even had a racial ranged pull … Continue reading
10 MMO Loot Drop Rules
Rule #1: The higher the need, the lower the drop rate Rule #2: The last item of a full stack always has the lowest drop rate Corollary: When you need several drops for a quest, even with a good drop … Continue reading
The End to an Unique Alliance Experience
Patch 3.0.2 is upon us. With it come goodies like new talent trees (bye bye holy, hello Ret on my paladin), inscriptions, the barber shops and more. The patch will also bring Stormwind Harbor. And a ferry between Auberdine and … Continue reading
The World Appears to be Fine… For Now
For all the worried readers, I’m happy to report that the world appears not to have ended quite yet. When I went for lunch in a cafeteria with sight on the CERN area, I didn’t see any black holes, so … Continue reading
Bliss May Cause Comedy
Since I’m sometimes to be known to be Swiss, people from time to time want to discuss that certain top secret lab 30 km off where I’m living which may cause the end of the world as soon as coming Wednesday.[...] Continue reading
This was bound to happen…
Bad things tend to happen when Steptoe and me try to get creative. [...] Continue reading
The Internet: Stupidity Enabler Extraordinaire
So the announcement and preview of Diablo III hasn’t just generated interest, it has also gotten over 53k so-called fans riled up enough to start their own online petition (blissfully unaware that these tend to be, in the grand scheme of things, the web equivalent of a fart in the middle of a trash heap).[...] Continue reading
My Ghast is Flabbered
Sometimes certain people leave me speechless:[...] Continue reading
