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Comment on My O story by » A Lifetime Of O’s – Then And Now The Stories of O

» A Lifetime Of O’s – Then And Now The Stories of O — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:52:50 +0000

[...] create a Horde character, but I couldn’t come up with a really good name for my character. Codi was my roommate at the time and she had an encyclopedia of gods and goddesses that I used to borrow [...]

Comment on Business and privilege by Sexism & WoW: Responses and Relevant Reading « Decoding Dragons

Sexism & WoW: Responses and Relevant Reading « Decoding Dragons — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:08:36 +0000

[...] to go about rooting out those traces, just as they would with any other aspect of their lives. – Business and Privilege @ Moar [...]

Comment on Business and privilege by » Snips And Snails And Worgen Pup Tails The Stories of O

» Snips And Snails And Worgen Pup Tails The Stories of O — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:19:40 +0000

[...] may have opened the floodgates for numerous other posts on the topic, such as the ones found at MoarHPS and the Bossy Pally, it also opened the floodgates for another matter at hand to be hotly debated [...]

Comment on Business and privilege by Snips And Snails And Worgen Pup Tails | The Stories Of O

Snips And Snails And Worgen Pup Tails | The Stories Of O — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:54:20 +0000

Comment on Is there such a thing as too much mana? by Anolaana

Anolaana — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 02:19:26 +0000

Ahhhh… the Old Days… One of the best posts a hPally could read in ICC. Times are a’ changing though D:

Comment on Things I didn’t know about myself by Mae

Mae — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:14:35 +0000

As a keen reader of all matters psychological, I can tell you that your gut has brains. Even more, it thinks “for itself”. The most generally accepted theory for gut feelings is that they are a type of intelligence that appears to be based on previous experiences, and its independent of the primary sources of info (i.e. your senses or calculations/estimations). It is an emotional decision maker. It “remembers” how you felt about an action you did or heard of somebody else doing in the past and stores it for future use. When the right situation presents, it weights the good/bad feelings you had and recommends an action. When you do something “because it “felt” like the right thing to do then and there” you are listening to your gut feelings. You should always listen to your gut feelings, there is always a reason you have them, even if you cannot remember the reason for it.

Comment on Things I didn’t know about myself by Oestrus

Oestrus — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:42:48 +0000

I can relate to/respond to a couple of the traits you talked about, because I share some of them with you. That’s probably one of the reasons why we get along so well! Moving on.

I can agree with you about #1, but I wouldn’t really say it makes you a healing snob. I felt the same way as you with one of my previous guilds. We had a great core of players and all the puzzle pieces were there to be put in place and to show a final picture of us seeing some really strong content. But for some reason, it just didn’t come together. It’s one thing to be casual, amongst casuals and understand that you won’t see anything hardcore with said people. All the signs are pointing to that and that’s something you come to expect. It’s more frustrating to be around people that you truly believe can do big things and for some reason it doesn’t happen like that. You want to know what the issue is and you want to fix it and the people in charge seem really complacent to just let it go on like that. I agree with you, it can be maddening. You want to see people doing well, especially if you know they have it in them to do well. When people don’t use that potential or give in to failure or setbacks, it does make you get a little angry or frustrated.

I can also relate to #2 in that there are times I get extremely competitive with other healers. Especially if I feel said class/spec should not be outperforming me in a certain role. I would like to think I have gotten a lot better with that, but there are still times I see someone who I feel is undeserving appearing to perform much better than I am. I know watching meters as a healer is still kind of taboo and there are so many other facts to glean from them than just raw output. But every once in a while I cave and I’ll peek at the meters and have to remind myself that I’m still fabulous and that I shouldn’t let it get me down. It’s tough sometimes.

Regarding #3, you sound like a cross between Florence Nightingale and Sarah Palin. That’s frightening!

I have already been clear about my stance on #4 and how I’m not necessarily against NaNo, but I do feel it brings out the worst in people and I personally feel it does more to stifle creativity than to encourage it. I don’t feel forcing your art or your muse out of yourself, for the sake of a rigid deadline is conducive to being healthy or producing good work. Maybe it’s just the type of writer I am. I can’t force myself to create. It comes when it’s ready. I would know, from looking at my work, when I wasn’t in the mood to write it or if it felt forced. Others may not see it, but I would and that would leave me feeling very unhappy with it and I wouldn’t want to feel that way. But that’s just me!

#6 is interesting, because I agree with you that you shouldn’t use gut feelings as the sole evidence or logic to make a decision, but I think it can be a great starting point or a great early indicator that something may be afoot. Obviously, if you have no other evidence to support your decisions, I wouldn’t go along with them. There have been many times my gut was right about something and it motivated me to find out why I was feeling that way and it turns out that I was right to do so. So, there is a time and a place for it, if it’s used carefully.

Yay, more healing posts! Have you decided what your main is going to be yet? 

Comment on Things I didn’t know about myself by AliPally

AliPally — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:46:32 +0000

I recently wrote a short story based on my WoW main. It is about 31.5k words in length, and I typically spent one day a week writing it, over the course of a few months.
Let me tell you, it was hard! I had the story line all plotted out in advance, though the ‘who said what and to whom’ developed as I wrote it. The last few chapters were a real slog, and I got no enjoyment from writing it at that point. I only kept going because of encouragement from my guildies.
Now it is finished I’m really happy that I did it, but I have little urge to write another one.

Comment on Things I didn’t know about myself by Handofdesu

Handofdesu — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:36:56 +0000

About number 6, you should read Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. It’s basically about how people can utilize their ‘gut feelings’ to make superior decisions.

Comment on Huh, that wasn’t what I expected by Cylebren

Cylebren — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:43:50 +0000

Spirit vs. Crit/Haste reforging at 80 really depends on your level of gear and your spec.

Everything is subject to change once Cata hits.