To get things going to a tad of a posting blitz, I bring you Gitr’s most popular posts ever. With over 600 posts, there was a lot to consider, so I am going with the popularity of the posts themselves to determine what made the list. Without further ado, here are the top 8 +1 posts.
Is Everyone on Vacation?
Gitr just called me. He’s concerned that everyone is on vacation or jumping ship to other games. He was looking at the traffic stats recently and has noticed a drop in numbers on the site, but it’s an unusual trend going on…
For some reason, the stats per incoming activity are remaining level, as in Google isn’t crapping out, people aren’t coming via bookmarks less often, or anything odd like that. Traffic is low across the board. Yet subscriptions are on the rise. My Feedburner stats are reporting over a 20% rise in subscribers, but a 40% decrease in site visits. Strange.
Is this a new trend we are seeing? I asked a fellow blogger with very high traffic, and they said that quite a few blogs are reporting lower traffic numbers fitting this description.
I know I haven’t been posting like I used to, but that doesn’t explain the increase in subscribers. Maybe WoW is losing its appeal… finally.
Ding 50; Not Much Training
I got Huntr to ding level 50 this morning in Tanaris and flew to Thunder Bluff to train, hit the AH, and restock on various items that are best done in a major city. Huntr has 4d 1h 50m /played time so far, and I couldn’t be happier with Joana’s Horde Guide. I mean, 4 days to level 50! One of my co-workers plays and he is really happy with his time to level 52. I asked him what it was and he said it was a little over 7 days. ๐
Last night, I had an embarrassing self-moment. I was in my Spellbook and discovered that I had Beastial Wrath sitting there without a button on any of my bars. Now I know where Big Red Kitty gets his red look. /slap
I was quite disappointed with my trip to the trainer and the AH. There were only 3 spells that I wanted and NOTHING good up on the AH. There were only 3 pieces of mail armor between level 45-50. What a letdown. I’ll check it again when I come home before I hearth back to Gadgetzan to escort Tooga.
Tomas was curious about my DPS. Here is what I was doing to the Thistleshrubs in Tanaris just moments before dinging this morning:
Ding 49; Almost Done with Feralas
Huntr hit level 49 yesterday morning in Feralas with 3d 21h 43m /played time. I just tamed an Ironpatch bear with Claw Rank 7 to complete the rest of the quests until I hearth back to Camp Mojache to get Tiggr back out. With Hunter’s Mark on, I’m doing 101 dps ranged damage and my new bear is showing 62 dps as a Rebelious 1 pet at level 49.
I’m at 40% of the way through level 49, so maybe my wife will let me play to 50 today to wrap up a great week of leveling to concentrate on more important RL stuff. I’m working on editing a book and starting up something special WoW-related, so stay tuned for further details. I already have the name ready, and about 1/3 of the material, but I’m not going to release it before it’s good and ready.
Ding 48; Searing Gorge Is Rough
I came home yesterday and played for 30 minutes before taking a nap… until dinner time. I was tired from the stinking Devil Rays game the night before. We got home around 11:30 and two of my co-workers called in sick. I was tired and unmotivated without any company. So…
I dinged 48 with 3d 17h 41m /played time. This morning I went to Grom’gol to train my next level of Aspect of the Hawk to get an additional 20 AP. I think that was worth the 5 minute flight back to Searing Gorge.
My current problem is finding enough Taskmasters and Slavers to kill. I’ll also need to kill a ton of Steamsmiths to get the Smithing Tuyere, although I already have the Lookout’s Spylass that dropped after 2 kills.
Starcraft 2 Official Gameplay Video (HD)
There are a bunch of these [tag]Starcraft 2[/tag] videosย cropping up on YouTube. Here is part of a series of gameplay videos to whet your “[tag]Bizzard[/tag], finish the stinking game” appetite.