gdp's Comments

Kiss My Alas : Jumpin' on that thar bandwagon

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:25:03 +0000

Hm, I had forgotten about the helm/cloak display that I turn off more often than not. Just out of curiosity, what is the questline that you found in Eversong that is "new to you"? I think I have a good working knowledge of the area, but I wonder if there's something that slipped past my radar...

Kiss My Alas : Midsummer - how do I love and loathe thee?

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:51:24 +0000

I'll admit, I'm not sure how to feel about this holiday. I like the idea - I like the idea of so much gold/experience for so little work, I like the pet, I like the blah blah blah. The first time this holiday came around, I was so gung ho about it, I went to every single fire and I dragged Lus along with me, because, "It's so easy, come on!" Now? Now, I know that there is easy experience (easy, because you have to click a damn fire) but it's SO very time consuming to go to ALL the fires in the middle of gawd knows where and if I was smart, I would make some sort of chart to expedite the whole process... I have a shaman who could definitely benefit from the experience, but I haven't yet talked myself into actually going to do all the fires. Even knowing there's "free" experience involved. The easy quest credits for The Seeker may be the hook, but not the experience offered, oddly enough.

Kiss My Alas : My scary day

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:37:06 +0000

I think there is something to be said about the epicness of numbered tales.

Kiss My Alas : A mini-rant because I'm still exhasted from my weekend

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:48:47 +0000

Even worse is when you see the error and want to fix it... but is it worth tweeting one single word afterwards to "fix" what you did? Since I feel like I'm the only one that cares, I'm torn about it every time :(

Kiss My Alas : A mini-rant because I'm still exhasted from my weekend

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:47:32 +0000

I forgot to add, I feel the same way that you do for the same reasons. I make an effort to be grammatically correct in my blog posts and I will read and re-read to make sure that I've spelled things correctly. If someone else can't make the small effort of a proofread before they post, as you said, why should I read it?

Kiss My Alas : A mini-rant because I'm still exhasted from my weekend

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:43:25 +0000

Just to add to the list (for everyone's enjoyment, really:) role/roll duel/dual Perhaps this is just a personal pet peeve, but it drives me up the wall to see "Alliance" shortened to "ally" or "allies" and the true meaning of those words just goes sailing over the collective heads of the users (mostly Horde, of course) This actually bothers me more than seeing "Hord" used Alliance-side to refer to the Horde. But yes, I heartily agree on all counts!

Kiss My Alas : A mini-rant because I'm still exhasted from my weekend

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:36:13 +0000

You could even add "hear, hear" to the list, since NO ONE spells that correctly :)

The Stoppable Force : BZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:02:00 +0000

Ah, B-flat. How I used to love thee.

Kiss My Alas : Another real life snapshot

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:56:13 +0000

I had seen your tweets and wondered about the counter over in the corner - now I know. What a sucky situation :( At least Freedom Day isn't too far away? You can come over for cakes (whether in pan or cup form) anytime - we'll enjoy them out on the porch while talking about non-work things!

Kiss My Alas : Tamarind the nearly completely useless

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:11:53 +0000

This was a great post :D You're quite the dedicated hunter to (repeatedly!) oil up your dino at his every whim. I can't say that I'd have the patience (or fortitude) to do the same. Snuggle up to a bear? Sure. Oil up a dino? Um... perhaps not so much.

The Stoppable Force : What is it with warriors?

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:47:00 +0000

Ignoring the locks and rogues that continually are about 50/50 with bad behavior, the class that I think is always the one starting trouble (especially pulling tons of mobs when they're not the tank because they think they're indestructible) are paladins. And perhaps this is bias, but having played Alliance and Horde through the Vanilla brackets of dungeons, it's the Blood Elf paladins that are worst. If they ignore me when I ask them to cease and desist, then they can just die while they're waving their epeen at multiple groups of mobs - not my issue.

The Stoppable Force : What is it with warriors?

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:44:00 +0000

I agree with the "it encourages incorrect behavior" bit - if I don't say anything, then they don't change their behavior. And it just trickles on down the line, and who knows how long this bozo will continue to do things wrong, and how many people might take their cue from him. Semi-similar parallel: I used to teach swimming lessons and I taught Level 2, which is when kids need to learn to float. One particular class, I passed everyone but one kid - he couldn't float. His mother confronted me afterward and asked me why I didn't pass him and if I couldn't make an exception so that he could stay with his friends. If I had done that, then his Level 3 teacher would have had to give him extra attention to catch him back up, ignoring the rest of the class and all his other classmates would have fallen behind because of this one kid. Don't hold others behind because of incorrect behavior - correct it first and make good habits. *off soapbox*