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Archive for May, 2008

Kil’Jaeden Is Dead; PvE Competition

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

I’m of course late on this news, but this is more of an outlet for opinion than news. For those of you who haven’t heard, SK Gaming brought down Kil’Jaeden on Monday. So far, nine guilds have managed the feat (not including those who have not been updated on WoWProgress). SK has already posted a [...]

I’m Back; The DAoC Experiment

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

The past two weeks have been extremely busy with finals, work, raiding, guild leadership, real life issues, my Lost addiction, and other things I’m not at leisure to discuss. I’d also been conducting an experiment with DAoC, basically evaluating its current situation to solidify or change any points made in my earlier contrasting juxtaposition of [...]

Regarding the Leaked WotLK Information

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

I’ve decided not to discuss the leaked WotLK information, out of respect for the NDA, regardless of whether I am bound to it or not. As alphas go, a lot of the content is simply there for testing purposes and either won’t make it into the game or will be changed dramatically. So it seems [...]

Good Riddance

Friday, May 16th, 2008

I normally wouldn’t talk about guilds breaking apart, but I have some points to make regarding this particular guild “death.” Death and Taxes officially announced their demise this morning. We all saw it coming, considering they hadn’t posted about progression in months. But what grates my nerves is the reason Xi gives for their breakup. [...]

A GM’s Perspective: The Hardcore-Casual Paradox

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

“We are a casual raiding guild recruiting for Sunwell.” “You can’t be casual if you’re planning to raid Sunwell.” “We only raid two days a week. That makes us casual.” “But you’re raiding Sunwell, that makes you hardcore.” Some people believe there is a paradoxal relationship between the concepts of hardcore and casual. People argue [...]