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Had a rather interesting bug this weekend…

…in which my nelf druid’s skin got mapped to my human mage’s body. And, erm, it’s not very pretty. However, I’m sure my nelf will be delighted to know that they apparently wear the same size robe, despite a huge height difference. What’s a bit of wardrobe swapping amongst friends?

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The boy pointed this out to me earlier today and it really is one of the most hilarious WoW-related skits I’ve seen in a while. Dating n00bs is dangerous territory, yo.

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So after having the boy ceaselessly badger me to write WoW posts despite my greatly reduced playtime in recent months, I finally asked him, “Why the heck don’t YOU do it?”

To which he blinked, went “Hmmm.” and thus came into creation this little place:

Hausenblogz.

Now perhaps he’ll leave me to my mind-numbing dailies in peace

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The boy pointed me to this page after having to listen to my repeated whining over the chore of disenchanting his multiple pages of craftycrap every few days. Because really, there’s nothing more tedious than toiling over a hot mailbox for upwards of half an hour, waving your hands repeatedly like some spastic jazz dancer for all to see. And not even getting to keep the spoils! It’s a good thing I like him. (And that he bought my epic flight training, but that’s another thing entirely…)

Anyway, this page here from elitist-jerks has some cool macros near the bottom to make DEing just a bit easier. They’re specialized right now for jewelcrafting, but one can change out the names to make them suitable for any item that they frequently turn to dust. It’s a bit more specific than the macro I’d been mulling over in my head for a while (which would have targeted specific bag slots instead), but is also probably safer for those that keep valuable disenchantable raid gear in their bags alongside their craftycrap.

Whatever shall I do with all the free time this has saved me? ;-P

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The internet is a great place for making friends. And sometimes more than friends. Even the really nice ones you don’t have to pay for! Don’t know how? That’s okay, because you can Google a guide for that, too!

Need more help? Two undead guys even wrote a really awesome guide, divided into three levels of increasing difficulty. Ignore the stupider comments — no thread can be all win, I suppose.

1. How to pick up women, WoW-style.
2. How to date women, WoW-style.
3. Dating women (heroic level), WoW-style.

And although the above can also be just as easily reversed for the ladies, I’ll also trot out an old classic:

A Girl’s Guide to Geek Guys

There you are, get crackin’! *raises eyebrow in general direction of a low-level pally friend*

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Classic. Just. Classic.

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I’ve had this awesome animated guild application bookmarked for a while, since it first popped up on WoWInsider, and it’s still as hilarious now as it was then. I hope this guy never takes it down from his site. It’s got music, animation, and lasts for about six minutes with lots of wacky text, so be prepared.

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Well, you all know I use a lot of addons. Occasionally, I have to download things WoW-related besides addons, though. These end up usually being related to addons, however. I’ve been using two non-addon programs lately, and promised I’d put up links for a few people. So here we go!

Curse Client, to replace the hole left by WoWMatrix for those of you that have far too many addons to update them all manually on a regular basis. I have mixed feelings about the official Curse Client — I tried it out a long time ago and quickly ditched it for WM because of a few things which continue to be annoying. More so, even, now that I’m forced to put up with them. First, it’s slowish and only offers the faster service to those who pay. WM might have had tacky looking banners, but they didn’t ask for money that brazenly. Second, you are not allowed to use the “Update All” feature unless you have the “premium” version, so have to go through and still click “update” individually on all the addons that are highlighted as needing updates. Third, it only updates those addons that are hosted on Curse. Which is a majority of them, but there’s still at least ten that I have to go and do manually because they’re hosted either on WoWInterface or their own specific sites. These are fairly big-name addons, too. So to wrap it up… eh. The current version of Curse Client is kinda like, say, a hospital dressing gown. It covers you, to a point, but it’s kinda flimsy and you can’t help feeling a draft trying to get at your butt. It’s not necessary, but who wants to go naked, right? WoWMatrix was, perhaps, a cheap polyester bathrobe from the gym. Not fancy, kinda tacky, but very good at doing what it did in an efficient manner, despite its shortfalls. Now, if somebody would make the plush chenille spa robe version of an addon installer…

Rawr is something that I tried out late last week because I was working on maxing my boomkin’s DPS. There weren’t really any DPS spreadsheets available for balance druids, so I wandered further afield and ended up finding this little gem of a program. It’s basically a fancy spreadsheet with a huge attached database. It can download your info straight from armory and do all the calculations and tweaks you want, with bonus pictures and shiny visuals! You can also tell it to optimize your gear or scan for upgrades, and it’ll give you all that info in nice, neat XML files for later usage. Just a fun little tool to play with, for those of you that like planning and running simulations on your character with the hypothetical gear your wishful heart desires. This program does not annoy me. In fact, it even heals some of the hurt that Curse Client inflicts whenever I have to use it. Bless you, Rawr.

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So in the middle of our first run in Ulduar, a guildie throws down a Sandbox Spectral Tiger ride as a bit of side entertainment between wipes. Obviously, there was a rush for it. Sometimes, being the largest, fluffiest kid (with antler-goring capabilities) in the crowd has its uses.

Notice the glaring kitty druid standing in front of her. Now stop making snide remarks about weight limits and wait your turn

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Yeah, this is quite a bit late. But like any good party, it takes a while to get over the hangover

On Monday, April 20th, the good members of Breakaway gathered at the Temple of Storms to celebrate their first anniversary. Cupcakes and cider were enjoyed by all, naked duels were staged, Pablo found his new calling as a club DJ, the first annual Guildie Awards were held, and many a guild photo was snapped.

Here are the screenshots: