Believe you me, I tried to abstain from the discussion on this one. As bloggers everywhere took sides about the introduction of the Battle.net RealID system, I stayed silent. As guildies and former guildies sent me random emails saying “Let’s be RealID friends!” (including one from a former guildmaster with whom I didn’t have the best relationship, a wtf moment if I’ve ever had one), I stayed silent. As the forums erupted in discussions of invasion of privacy or use-at-your-own-risk,…

Yes, that title means exactly what you think it means. FH went into ICC last night, powered through 11/12 Hard Modes and got ready for a night of work on LK. Attempt #1 of the night saw him down to 22%. And 4 attempts later he was dead. On a Tuesday. With an hour left in our 5-hour raid night. During an enrage. With healers dpsing and CDs popped. With an entire vent full of players screaming, pleading, and groaning all…

This week, Blizzard created quite a stir in the raiding world by releasing two previews—the first pertaining to dungeon lockouts and the second on the new “badge” system. And although both of these releases still seem to be more philosophy than refined goals, the stir they have created has had the community drawing a plethora of lines in the sand. Personally, and as you no doubt have noticed, I tend to approach these sort of announcements with a good helping of caution…

The past couple of weeks have been, frankly speaking, an emotional rollercoaster for me. First, about three weeks ago, I was promoted to officer; I promptly used to opportunity to say more on vent in one night than I have in 7 months (~ 10 whole sentences). Then Drug called it quits—aw hell. Then, last week, Aftermath’s GL decides that despite my shining presence in O-chat, he needs to leave the guild he’s been a force in for over 3…