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Archive for the 'Misc' Category

One Problem with Real ID

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

I like the concept of being able to add people to see all of their characters and when they are on other Battle.net games. However, what I don’t like is this: Real ID friends can also see who’s on each other’s Real ID friends list, making it easy for players to connect with other people [...]

Is It Time to Replace Trade Chat with a Trade Interface?

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Yesterday, a guildmate of mine was complaining about how the trade chat on Blackrock scrolls quickly, making it almost impossible to use effectively. Hearing this, I considered how the Alliance side of Proudmoore’s trade channel has lately been dominated by idiots who talk incessantly about anything but trading and finding groups. You can’t escape it [...]

Farewell, Eyonix

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

For nearly six years, we’ve shared our thoughts with one and other, we’ve laughed, we’ve argued, and we’ve cried — the crying part was just me wasn’t it? Those times, I’m afraid must come to an end as I’ve made the decision to explore opportunities outside of Blizzard. It has very honestly been a huge [...]

A Recommendation (Rather, A Condemnation)

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Don’t buy a motherboard with an on-board SoundMax card. While the audio quality is generally good when it works, it is susceptible to corruption (which can cause system lockups, depending on your configuration). Audio often becomes unsynched, both during recording and playback of movie and sound files. Furthermore, the microphone boost options are limited to [...]

Worst Maintenance Results in Quite Some Time

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

I don’t think I’ve seen the server perform so poorly after maintenance in quite a long while. Not since vanilla, in fact. It takes me two minutes to pick up some quests. During play, I lock up for 30 seconds at a time on occasion (just pray your healer or tank doesn’t lock up in [...]