tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post2669503653724961907..comments2023-08-12T17:27:01.102+02:00Comments on The Pink Pigtail Inn: BRK and the Assault on the Mage BlogsLarísahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05769822260333419777noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-59067057967719994822010-06-05T07:02:52.418+02:002010-06-05T07:02:52.418+02:00Fire kinda is better than Arcane now, if you have ...Fire kinda is better than Arcane now, if you have the right gear setup.iapetesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-38353701892280294992010-06-03T23:18:09.007+02:002010-06-03T23:18:09.007+02:00It would have been obvious that you were a gnome f...It would have been obvious that you were a gnome from your header if I visited your home page, but I read my 30 blogs through Google Reader. I'm a little annoyed that this loses so much identity of each blog (clearly) and probably gets them all conflated to boot. I'll have to check my blogroll for a pally blogger that I think is a mage. :)<br /><br />This is probably why Matticus et al. embed their signature in every post. I thought that was a little quirky for a bit, but I've certainly never been confused about who I was reading with them.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12472477538052133713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-83430440644874336772010-06-03T19:23:28.130+02:002010-06-03T19:23:28.130+02:00I think I've mentioned elsewhere, but I'm ...I think I've mentioned elsewhere, but I'm going to have a stab at pulling together every single bit of mage info there is out there - every guide, every strategy, the whole shebang. This might take a while...<br /><br />Also, if EJ isn't your cup of tea, try EpicAdvice. The community atmosphere there is very healthy and self-moderating, so seems to work well.Gazimoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17260019919090396465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-3414281468098722312010-06-03T19:18:18.408+02:002010-06-03T19:18:18.408+02:00I hadn't had a chance to get back here and see...I hadn't had a chance to get back here and see you kind response to my comment, Larisa, but I was informed via email about my lack of understanding. Appologies to anyone I may have ruffled in my ignorance.<br /><br />The good thing about inside jokes is that you can share them with folks you are close to, and get a nice private smile and warm fuzzy feeling. It's private.<br /><br />The bad news is that nobody outside of a very small number will understand the joke and it can easily get misinterpreted.(*waves*)SlikRXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16385000304830840202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-73956090896093174482010-06-03T16:20:57.689+02:002010-06-03T16:20:57.689+02:00@Stabs, that was a good one about the facerolling ...@Stabs, that was a good one about the facerolling huntard blogging at the same time they were raiding. Mind telling me how many mages were in the world first kill of Lich King? Just saying.... (and just kidding, of course).<br /><br />Seriously, though, I think part of the reason there is so many huntering sites out there is due to the changes Blizz keeps making to the class. I mean, on any given patch day, the whole class may change. Three words to back that statement up - BM Hunter Nerf. That patch alone effectively changed the way the class was played.<br /><br />And, it's now gonna happen again in Cataclysm - hunters will no longer use mana and will instead use focus. Without even going into that and derailing this post even further, I guess what I'm trying to hint at is there the same NEED for a plethora of sites dedicated to same level of theorycrafting for the mage class?<br /><br />SpiritusRexAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-71250056599151539532010-06-03T09:25:08.954+02:002010-06-03T09:25:08.954+02:00@Gnomeaggedon: A sad thing is that the EJ mage for...@Gnomeaggedon: A sad thing is that the EJ mage forum is in a pretty bad shape atm and has been for a while. It’s really hard to sort out what’s up-to-date and to get any coherent picture of how-to-play-a-mage from that info. They have a nice thread called “simple questions, simple answers”. I like the idea, but how are you supposed to find what’s been asked before? Impossible. Brows through hundreds of pages… good luck on that. Or ask your question and feel stupid because it’s been asked before….<br /><br />Yeah… While I don’t agree at all on that there only are two mage blogs of which one is misleading, I think there is room for more blogs with a more dedicated how-to-mage-approach than the current ones provide. Especially with bloggers as Critical QQ and Spicytuna not publishing much anymore.<br /><br />@Markus: yeah, that’s how I do it to. I desperately try to find the cherries in EJ. And I run Rawr from time to time.<br /><br />@Bristal: as I said I’m not truly offended. This was on the joking side from both parts. But if you take it slightly more seriously: no I don’t agree that the state of the mage blogosphere is quite as crappy as they said. The world isn’t black and white. There could be more theory-oriented mage blogs (although I must admit that I’d read them more out of duty than of pleasure because I find number-masturbation as you call it immensely boring). But this doesn’t mean that there are only two mage blogs of which one is misleading.<br /><br />@Stabs: hehe… good one!<br /><br />@Hugmenot: He hasn’t picked up the game tbh. He hasn’t even got a subscription. He’s just doing a bit of software testing. He’s got his priorities right in his life from what I’ve heard and he has no plans to go back to doing podcasting, endgame-theorycrafting and all that circus. Those days are over. I wasn’t worried at all as I heard the podcast.<br /><br />@Prelimar: a mage podcast? I can’t honestly say that I could put in even more time into out-of-game Wow activities. Blogging takes enough of my time as it is. It’s not that I don’t have fun doing it – I have, but the week has only that many hours. But who knows, maybe someone else will jump on that idea. You never know.<br /><br />@Keeva: well… I’m just patiently waiting… I’m sure something else will come. And I think we can agree on that just a couple of posts aren’t enough to judge an entire authorship. At least I develop a certain relation to a blogger I follow over time and occasional posts that I find less interesting doesn’t matter at all on the whole. I think you'll get some more agreement from Adam at The Noisy Rogue. He wrote something in that way the other day.Larísahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769822260333419777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-26378133834080147712010-06-03T03:41:43.654+02:002010-06-03T03:41:43.654+02:00I liked them too, at first. Once or twice - funny....I liked them too, at first. Once or twice - funny. 9 times... getting a little old now. <br /><br />I know that a bunch of people enjoy it - they've posted to say so. That's cool. And I know I can just not read, if it irritates me. I guess it just irks me that he's posting the same stuff over and over, and I don't understand why people are (still) fawning over it.<br /><br />A whole alpha of those posts.. ugh. I want to read the real BRK posts, please. No more bullet point posts over and over. It's getting tiresome.<br /><br />He could write more, still without exposing anything. Perhaps if there were more "real" posts peppered through, it wouldn't be so bad.. but post after post of "hahah this is awesome" or "/report bug" is just.. zzz.Keevahttp://treebarkjacket.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-10525106230328331322010-06-03T03:27:14.428+02:002010-06-03T03:27:14.428+02:00@keeva:
well, i really enjoy BRK's continuing...@keeva:<br /><br />well, i really enjoy BRK's continuing "NDA compliant" posts. i love trying to guess what in the world (of warcraft) he's referring to. but i like his sense of humor... most times. : )Prelimarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-31847516565988558192010-06-03T02:47:21.870+02:002010-06-03T02:47:21.870+02:00Larisa - I "get" the alpha - I understan...Larisa - I "get" the alpha - I understand it's a software test, not frolicking around before everyone gets a chance.. but that doesn't really change the fact that it's really irritating to read virtually the same post over and over for weeks. Like I said - yeah, he can't say much in terms of specific - but he's flogged the concept of un-comments to death, and I find it dull and not at all entertaining or clever. Even with the NDA in place, he could write more than blanked out bullet points. <br /><br />Again - not a perfect blogger here, and not my place to order people to blog in a particular way - but I don't think I'm alone in being disappointed in the "content" he is currently "writing", compared to his old blog.keevahttp://treebarkjacket.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-49592530824259827932010-06-03T02:29:12.604+02:002010-06-03T02:29:12.604+02:00i was shocked (and a bit hurt, i admit) by BRK'...i was shocked (and a bit hurt, i admit) by BRK's ribbing, and i told him so on his blog. i've been a BRK booster from early on. anyway, i'm not a blogger, but i port into all the mage blogs i can and comment when i feel i can contribute in my own small way, as a way of showing appreciation to those who DO write the mage blogs (*waves at gnomeageddon*).<br /><br />i think that mage blogs get overlooked because everyone just assumes that the latest in-fashion spec is the one that everyone's running -- end of story, nothing more to talk about. gnomeageddon's blog rocks because of his passion for the fire spec and for battlegrounds. he has posted many, many great explanations on both, and i have not found them to be misleading in the least. i've learned a lot from him. in fact, i learn a ton from ALL the mage blogs: CQQ, gnomeageddon, empowered fire, FITNB, i sheep things, great balls of fire, on and on and on. /respect to all of you!<br /><br />anyway, i have longed for a mage podcast in the vein of the old BRK podcasts. i loved his attention to detail, his explanations of different spec trees, etc. etc. -- mages need that sort of thing! i wish the major mage bloggers (that included PPI, too!) could band together to put out a podcast that covers each spec and talks about things from all the different mage perspectives. a dalaran discourse, as it were.<br /><br />oh, look at me, not a blogger but rambling on like i know what i'm talking about, ahem...Prelimarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-72205455228437887712010-06-03T02:15:13.305+02:002010-06-03T02:15:13.305+02:00BRK's obsession with WoW came with a hefty pri...BRK's obsession with WoW came with a hefty price to pay at the end.<br /><br />I do not know, nor I am interested in knowing the circumstances of his return but the fact he he resumed blogging and podcasting as soon as he picked up the game again leaves me a sense of déjà vu.<br /><br />I wish him the best, and to his son.Hugmenothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634767362565932566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-27137620402343383152010-06-03T02:03:39.618+02:002010-06-03T02:03:39.618+02:00@Spinks "I'd be more curious to know why ...@Spinks "I'd be more curious to know why there are so many hunter blogs!"<br /><br />because they can write posts while raiding.Stabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716211705647213383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-29742844992068953142010-06-03T01:56:49.255+02:002010-06-03T01:56:49.255+02:00Larisa, if theorycrafting isn't for you, why w...Larisa, if theorycrafting isn't for you, why would you take offense at BRK agreeing that the level of mage blog theorycrafting isn't there?<br /><br />It's not.<br /><br />I'm first a hunter who loves BRK and WHU and frostheim and femaledwarf and all that they did and do to eek out a few more points of DPS and to really understand where the damage is coming from.<br /><br />They do spend a lot of time and provide some serious data. But seriously, it's mental masturbation to the vast majority of us.<br /><br />I also have a little pink-haired mage (just dinged 40!) that I created with you in mind. I think I've only been out DPS'd once in an instance so far (with BoA gear) with no theorycrafting. Honestly, how DO you you get to be level 38 and have a gear score of only 297? <br /><br />And I CC my butt off. Does hearing an orc warlock go "BAAAA" ever get old?<br /><br />I get bored of the competitive nature of raid-huntering. It's not always very fun. <br /><br />Brissah has a cute little voice, waddles like a duck, and can skin a basilisk with her teeth. Now that's fun.<br /><br />Mages rock. Down with math.Bristalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849907713604626977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-24911244330518105372010-06-03T00:46:05.358+02:002010-06-03T00:46:05.358+02:00I normally went to EJ for any mage advice and used...I normally went to EJ for any mage advice and used Rawr.Mage to test out rotations and gear. I read CriticalQQ for pointers, mostly when I would venture into the darkside of PvPing, but EJ was the only place I would go for theorycrafting.<br /><br />PPI and CQQ were more about being mages and wove stories about WoW and more, often than not, include a mage or two. Much more enjoyable than constantly reading about maximizing DPS.Markusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-6949622778562189962010-06-03T00:13:35.526+02:002010-06-03T00:13:35.526+02:00@Mage/Hunter (which scares me because I read Mage-...@Mage/Hunter (which scares me because I read Mage-Hunter) ;-)<br /><br />Tachyan does the 10,000 fireball/AM/Frostbolt stuff<br /><br />various bloggers do the raid/solo/whatever guides<br /><br />we don't have shadowpather (which I believe is one of the main reasons for a lack of rogue blogs)<br /><br />but we do have EJ and EJ supported RAWR for the gear/glyph/gem/0.5% more dps discussions. <br /><br />I know (and suspect many other mages bloggers) started blogging to bridge the gap between official forum drama and EJ gobbledygook. <br /><br />Many mages don't care about that last few %, most would like to know where to put the talent points, but searching for "Mage talent tree" gives you wowpopular - job done. Sure without the explanation... But Mage bloggers step up when there is a change to the standard and describe why. <br /><br />The issue I think is two fold. We are in a good place and the tons of Mage blogger have snippets. <br /><br />It could be that we also don't have passionite theorycrafters with the time to blog enough to make it viable. It's usually 2-3 months before a new blogger gets the attention that makes it (feel) worthwhile to continue. It's those few months that most bloggers (of any persuasion) give up. This is one of the reasons I try to highlight new bloggers, to give them the incentive to keep writing. <br /><br />But in the whole scheme of things 11.5 million players) who has heard of me in the 1st place?gnomeaggedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13795869874129292721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-5236474667275780982010-06-02T23:03:19.005+02:002010-06-02T23:03:19.005+02:00@Larisa
I totally agree with what u said. I read ...@Larisa<br />I totally agree with what u said. I read your blog not for the theorycrafting, but for the enjoyment i get from your posts. The problem I have is that there really isnt any real number-crunching/ theorycrafting mages that blog. Take WHU,(im sure you know the site), the guy fires 10,000 steady shots into a training dummy and gets the average damage for that shot, and then changes one glyph and repeats the process. Who really has time for that. Not me certainly, but I wish there was at the very least an equvilent to the femaledwarf.com spreadsheet for mages. Then at least we can theorycraft and fine tune our class a bit more. Anyway, none of this is aimed as a shot at your site. You do your thing very well and I hope you continue to entertain :)Mage/Hunter playernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-73181604138540517082010-06-02T22:52:22.378+02:002010-06-02T22:52:22.378+02:00@Mage/hunter player: well, tbh really honest with ...@Mage/hunter player: well, tbh really honest with you theorycrafting isn't for me. It's not just that I think you can find better information in other places from players with more knowledge - I also think it would be boring and unsatisfying to write. No fun. As simple as that. But if you enjoy that kind of posts, why don't you start a blog of your own and share some of your findings with the blogosphere. If it is as bad as you say, you won't lack readers!Larísahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769822260333419777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-81093469865425973262010-06-02T22:50:17.443+02:002010-06-02T22:50:17.443+02:00@Anonymous: well, it depends a bit on your spec tb...@Anonymous: well, it depends a bit on your spec tbh. If you're frost at least there's quite a lot of good information.<br /><br />@Gnome: wise words from the silly gnome. Yeah, I think the lack of theorycrafting posts is a sign of the season as well. It goes up and down and corrently there isn't that much to say.<br /><br />@Daergel: check out Gnomes earlier posts. Lot's of fire love there.<br /><br />@Goeben: Nah, you're probably right. I just feel like a mage blogger, but in fact I'm more in a classless limbo.<br /><br />@Syrien: np, I hope you can use some of it.Larísahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769822260333419777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-49278235572636267182010-06-02T22:49:12.190+02:002010-06-02T22:49:12.190+02:00I play both classes and must admit, while i agree ...I play both classes and must admit, while i agree that there are more than a couple mage blogs out there, most of them dont have any real substance and are often outdated. Hunters on the other hand have a ton and i mean a ton of helpful info. Specs for soloing/ extreme soloing/ pvp 3 specs/ raiding 3 specs/ and hunter tanking....and they are all up to date. They even have an online spreadsheet where it grabs your character from the armory. As a mage, you really have to search to just find out the optimal fire raid spec that is current. Love my mage, but on pure research and resources, we are far far behind them :(Mage/Hunter playernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-55168344374106497382010-06-02T16:14:52.536+02:002010-06-02T16:14:52.536+02:00I enjoy your blog, but don't consider it a mag...I enjoy your blog, but don't consider it a mage blog. It's more of a meta blog, or at least that's what I get out of it. Before this post, I wouldn't have been able to say what you main was.Hulfnarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03238752023539912055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-45356708685722930592010-06-02T14:39:20.641+02:002010-06-02T14:39:20.641+02:00@Daergel: We are around.. Empowered Fire is anothe...@Daergel: We are around.. Empowered Fire is another good one.<br /><br />@Euripides: What is that hand motion used to taunt hunters (archers). <br /><br />TBH, those pants never fit very well... it takes balls to be a Mage...<br /><br />(Sorry Larisa.. couldn't resist)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-73982958869265107632010-06-02T14:18:12.125+02:002010-06-02T14:18:12.125+02:00Hey gnomeaggedon- why have hunters stopped giving ...Hey gnomeaggedon- why have hunters stopped giving mages wedgies after t8?<br /><br />Because you all wear dresses again!Euripideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15959773270851315360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-29491549273336166912010-06-02T13:48:57.144+02:002010-06-02T13:48:57.144+02:00My SAN alt is a mage, and playing her is a blast -...My SAN alt is a mage, and playing her is a blast - she's fire spec and more often than not I can get them to fall over before they get to me, or not long after.<br /><br />Pyro forever...<br /><br />(although a fire mage blog would be handy!!!)Daergelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03778496411084426275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-58112722224815370842010-06-02T12:18:43.738+02:002010-06-02T12:18:43.738+02:00Meh.. All Hunters are Barst...ools... that's w...Meh.. All Hunters are Barst...ools... that's why you can see them here in the Inn ;-)<br /><br />Believe it or not, Larisa once posted Mage posts, nearly theorycrafting posts and they were about Fire.<br /><br />You will have to go back to the beginnings.. back when she painstakingly translated all her Swedish posts into English... that is dedication to the Mage cause!<br /><br />She inspired me to Blog.. not because I liked her style, but someone had to correct her misinformation ;-) and well, there weren't any other Mage blogs about!<br /><br />I soon discovered that there were a good dozen or two of them about. <br /><br />Still, if you think it;s hard to find an invisible Mage blog, try to find a stealthed Rogue blog.<br /><br />As Larisa says, there are 70 entries in my Mage blogroll... there are many more that I haven't had the time to add to the list, that's over the 2 years I've been blogging.<br /><br />The thing is we Mages have other great theorycrafting sites, EJ is still about.. Magecraft appears to have forgotten to pay the landlord.. but right now, it's not such a problem.<br /><br />We are in a good place, no matter what spec you prefer. There used to be more need, there may be in the future, but I expect people will return to this when it is needed most.<br /><br />it goes back in part to Larisa's post of a few weeks back.. about Blizzards lack of support for the winder community.<br /><br />Many Mage bloggers have given up as there isn't that much to write about if your goal is pure theorycraft. You write a guide and it is static for months, if not years.<br /><br />Larisa, Krizzly, Euripedes and a few others have survived by NOT being theorycrafting Mage blogs (or not alone). Side stories, love of Magery, these are the things that keep us going.<br /><br />I feel for yound Mages searching for clues (which is why it would help if Blizzard at least pointed at the Twisted Nether Big List of Blogs), because sometimes we are hard to find, or our guides are hard to find.<br /><br />I also feel for Mages that would like to blog, but dont have the time.. I intend to do something about this, but don't want to shout from the rafters while Rip is packing his CriticalQQ bags... he deserves his time in the spotlight. As a heads up, if you would like to write something, anything, Mage related, but without the burden of running a blog, let me know.<br /><br />BRK and the nutters on that podcast were joking, yet their scattered shot wasn't far off target.<br /><br />The question is... what are you (no not Larisa.. you!) going to do about it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-45578250459761156752010-06-02T11:47:32.780+02:002010-06-02T11:47:32.780+02:00I like BRK & mage bloggers. Having recently m...I like BRK & mage bloggers. Having recently made my mage my main, I think it is fair to day that mage info sites might not be up with some of the other classes: <br /><br />There are three levels of information density: Mages Writing, Writing about Mages, and Mage resource sites. There are resources like Shadowpanther for rogues and Warlock's Den. It could be my Googlefu was lacking, but when I went to respec to try fire, I ended up using WoW.com and WoW forums. this is not a Good Thing. I don't know if there need to be more/better Mage bloggers, but I think there need to be better Mage indexers, editors and archivists.<br /><br />No matter how well written the prose, articles on frostfire specs and Nax are not responsive to the questions people have in June. <br /><br /><br />All the hunter resources,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com