I realized in my last article, I used the reference “25th person” without explaining what it meant. In my time as raid lead, it became a shorthand for the most underperforming person in the raid. A raid lead typically knows this as they’re assembling the raid. “Hey, Lisa wants to come along to Gruul tonight.” “We […]
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Raiding does not mean Skilled
(Related post: Max level does not mean Skilled.) There’s a class of player who feels that their status in the raiding game means that they’re Right. They label other people noobs, and the silly thing is that people believe them. “I have this awesome item, you don’t, therefore I know what I’m talking about and […]
Posted in iconic players, world of warcraft | Tagged guild, hardcore, healing, instancing, raiding, TBC, vanilla WoW, zomgepics | Comments closed
Max level does not mean Skilled
(Related post: Raiding does not mean Skilled) World of Warcraft, and every game like it, is really two different games. I first read this thought at Penny Arcade (can’t find where because their search function is weak). Basically, you have the levelling game where you start at L1 and then play until max level (currently […]
Posted in iconic players, world of warcraft | Tagged casual, game design, raiding, rewards, singleplayer, social dynamics, zomgepics | Comments closed
When to post?
I write slowly. Even when I was writing fiction full time, I would start a story and then work on something else, until months later I finally had one piece good enough to show. This doesn’t really translate well to blog writing, but hey, subscribing to a blog is free. I personally would rather only read […]