Archive for January, 2008

Conformity and Uniformity

« 8 January 2008 | 20:22 | WoW UI | 13 Comments »

Keeping with my current agenda of building upon a solid foundation upon which to build your interface, today’s lesson is extremely simple and borderline common sense: consistency. I don’t have anything new or groundbreaking for the UI community, but the topic is still important. What am I talking about? Textures.
Keep it Simple
As [...]



1850 is like the Berlin Wall

« 6 January 2008 | 20:33 | PvP Week-In-Review, WoW PvP | 18 Comments »

When Blizzard set requirements on the weapons, off-hands, shields(1850 Rating) and shoulders (2000 Rating), the arena system changed in a subtle way.  Gone are the days where teams would be formed just to scrounge up a weekly 400~500 arena points to get a complete set of gear.  The competition has gotten a little harder and [...]



Game or Lame?

« 3 January 2008 | 16:04 | WoW UI | 7 Comments »

It’s the Small Things
As the above picture suggests, I’m easily amused by any assortment of things. So, imagine my excitement when I found out that I could tweak my interface without downloading a thing. I know, I know. It sounds boring or complicated and probably both. I’ll admit that it can be tedious when doing [...]



Tap and Trap

« 3 January 2008 | 0:02 | Theorycraft, WoW PvP | 17 Comments »

Tasting the Forbidden Fruit
There’s a Druid (Landencow - the only 70 Druid) in my guild that wanted to try out Druid+Warrior. So what makes this Forbidden Fruit? Well, there’s the stigma of Druid+Warrior being such an easy-mode combo. There’s very little strategy. Keep the warrior healed on occasion, Chain CC, and [...]



An Introduction to Random Thoughts and Changing Fonts

« 1 January 2008 | 22:58 | WoW UI | 9 Comments »

An Introduction to Synii (Undead Priest) - Eredar Server
My friend Eric has been endlessly harassing me to contribute to his site since… well, I guess since he decided that he was making a blog. And I’ve firmly held to the belief that I really don’t have anything to say and I certainly don’t have anything [...]