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Evolution of the blog.
Posted by William in Blog, Site Updates on February 4, 2009
I have been making small changes to the blog over the last few weeks. The first being I have been looking for a new host for the site. After three hosts I have found one I think may work, but only testing and time will tell. The second is to update the design for the site (though I have a working update now, I am still working on my own custom work that I hope to finish someday. The third and largest change is to remove all the old WoW posts and clean up the tags and categories. Only after that can I think about how to drive traffic to the site. Oh well one step at a time they say… so enjoy!
Big Red Kitty’s Top Ten Rules for Pugging
I have been surfing other MMO related blogs, and I found the Big Red Kitty blog. It is a hunter related blog that covers a lot of good WoW related data. In one of his posts he echos my feeling on pugs. With no further ado here is his list.
10. Immediately assume the other four people couldn’t pass an IQ test if you spotted them the I and the Q.
9. If within the first three pulls, a person starts behaving like a crack-addict who just spent his last dollar on Arm and Hammer Baking Soda in a baggie, kick him without a second thought.
8. If more than one person acts like they flunked out of Saint Billy’s College of Underwater Firefighting for the Blind, just leave.
7. Master Looter or don’t go.
6. If you get with a good group and someone seems to have DNA-strands that are related to homo sapien, write their name down in a little book and keep it next to your computer. Have everybody in your guild do this and try to keep a website or forum updated with a Nice List.
5. Bad List, ditto.
4. Everyone makes mistakes. How one reacts afterwards is the key. Someone Needs a greenie by accident, give them the opportunity to make up for it by offering to pass on the next four drops.
3. If you find a really good player who pugs a lot, try to poach ‘em into your guild. They are pugging for a reason; their guild isn’t doing something right. Poaching should be done with class and dignity on both sides. If you casually ask, “You know, my guild might be interested in someone of your skills,” and they drop-guild immediately, you might want to take that as a sign that something just isn’t kosher.
2. Ignorance is not the same as Stupidity is not the same as Evil. Ignorance should be forgiven, Stupidity punished, Evil killed.
1. This game is much more fun with a group of people you can call Friends. Running Deadmines with your Friends’ alts will probably be more enjoyable than going to Black Temple with twenty-four delusional, self-centered, ego-maniacal @sshats.