@ Jarla — Primarily a respect issue. I felt (perhaps wrongly) I could stay true to the stated theme of the post without going against the reputation of this blog. It is subtitled “Power through knowledge and reason” after all In my effort to respect that, it seems I went too far to the other side. It’s all about finding the proper balance.

@ 2ndNin — Oh believe me, I thought about it. If the recruit-a-friend hadn’t happened now (neither birthday nor Christmas) I’d be likely in the same boat. Ugh.

@ Pike — *laugh* Now there’s a thought! I actually have several friends who enjoy the slower pace of Azeroth, going through, reading quest text, and playing every day like it’s their first try. I… kinda envy them, actually. I’m very goal-oriented (achievements are really going to make me go crazy) and once I’ve made a character for a goal, anything between it and me is just an inconvenience. :\ I really wonder if I’d be having the same feelings for my hunter if she wasn’t made for the express purpose of being my “farming character” with the deadline of Wrath looming on the horizon.

@ everyone who’s commented so far : Thank you very much for the support and feedback. I’ve said it several times in several places, but I -do- want to learn from this and get better, and this is a great way to do it. Thank you all for being awesome and patient with us.

…see, I love Azeroth approximately 9.7 million times more than I love Outlands, and hunter is the only class I can stand playing =P

Pikes last blog post..Letting Go

The older content is really not appropriate for levelling as an alt, its annoying and drawn out in a way you noticed even at low level, so far, 30-40 has been a nightmare in terms of running, and gathering quests annoy me to no end.

WTB redux.

2ndNins last blog post..On Raiders and raiding

I also felt that the ranty part of your post came too short. It sort of lacked “color”.

As I read in your comment in the comments here, you were avoiding your usual “rant mode”, because you were afraid it would sound too bitchy?
Why did you that? I always feel like bloggers should be as authentic as possible.
Of course you should have your readership in mind and should try to provide something useful or worth reading.
But I also feel like you should never try to disguise what you really feel just to please someone you don’t even know in person.
Don’t be afraid to provoke your readers! Don’t cut back on what you have to say and how you want to say it. And if you are bitchy when ranting, so what! So am I…

I liked your post, though. Don’t get my feedback wrong.

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@ Veleda — Preach it!

@ Sydera — zzzzzzz

@ Will — *sadface* Critique please! I’m sure I speak for most of the people posting, we’re not professional, we don’t really know what we should be working on unless we’re told.

I simply wanted to applaud all the posters so far and all of the comments to date. I have only recently gotten into blogs and don’t comment often. That said fifty percent of the comments I read are either positive or negative. Which would be fine but many are over the top in both directions.

The comments I have read so far have not only been constructive but well received. I really expected a whole lot of qq more posts.

Thank you all for really making the SYTYCB experience top notch.