Someone on Twitter pointed this out to me the other day.
The same guy who’s selling me gems in Diablo 3 is the same guy who makes really awesome noodles and is the father of the Dragon Warrior!
Mind. Blown.
Progression wise in Diablo 3, my Wizard’s level 38 or so and is halfway through Act 2. Also, those sand wasps in act 2? You know, the ones that crap out 4 mini wasps that then proceed to take a dump and two shot my character?
Those bastards can die a horrible, fiery death.
Oh, and it’s a Saturday. The theme this week is tips for those who are new at something.
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Tips for the Middle Lane and Essentials: Last Hitting
I wrote two posts on how you can become a better player in the middle lane. Winning the center lane is a huge boost to your team because it’s the quickest access route between both bases. Also allows the middle player to roam to the top or bottom lanes and provide fire support. The second post on last hitting is a universal skill for almost any champion in any lane (supports being the exception). Excellent pointers for new players to League of Legends.
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Beej has a great piece for new, aspiring bloggers everywhere – Don’t be a writer. Writing shorter and simpler is the second longest skill for me to pick up since I had just left the academic world. There, you’re at the mercy of deadlines, word count minimums, and page limits. Your blog has the luxury of being limitless. The most common argument I see against writing shorter and simpler goes like this:
“But why are we trying to make our audience dumber? Why not sound smarter and help educate people?”
How do you plan on helping people get better if they don’t understand what you’re trying to say? If you can’t get your point across in a few sentences, then it’s time to find a new point. The job of the blogger is to get the message across. Using complex vocabulary and 6000 words you pulled from the thesaurus may look impressive to your English teacher but the cold reality is not many people will make it that far.
Why make your message harder to understand?
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Anxiety, the Scariest Raid Boss
I am not afraid of anxiety. I dominated public speaking throughout my years in school. Wasn’t afraid of standing in front of my peers. Raiding’s a little different. You’re playing with a group of players and you don’t want to screw up. Some players get a little anxious when thrown into a guild tackling progression content. Being nervous about your first raid’s more common than you might think.
My biggest public speaking fear? Being thrown into a room with an amazingly hot woman and just screwing up talking. I’m at the point where I feel if I utter “Hi there” I get responded with “YOU MISOGYNST PIG” or something. Not that it’s ever happened, but well. Give me the auditorium full of listeners instead.
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If you’re still on the fence about D3, check out Liore’s post on why she’s a fan of the game. She and I share the same feelings about bugs too, it seems.
” Using complex vocabulary and 6000 words you pulled from the thesaurus may look impressive to your English teacher…”
Nope, it doesn’t. I grade people much, much harder when they try to impress me. They’re missing the point. Thanks for the link-love, Matt! Maybe we’ll teach ’em yet!
@professorbeej No kidding. Wait how do you know when students re trying to impress you?
@mattuzzi You can tell by their writing. They start out their papers trying to be profound, trying to actually “say” something, but it comes across as a muddled mess about 80% of the time. And if they’re trying that hard to find meaning and use whatever ten-dollar words they’ve accumulated up to that point, it’s a fair bet they’re trying to impress the teacher. The good students are the ones who follow the assignment, stay on topic, and understand how to answer the question or respond to the prompt as clearly as possible.
Also, glad I’m not the only Wizard who hates those stupid wasps. I thought the game was bugging out and leaving me stuck in a party-difficulty mode when I first got there. In-freaking-sane.
I hate those sand wasps so much!
@copperbird Who would have guessed something so little could induce so much rage?
@mattuzzi It’s the ones in nightmare mode which turn up with extra-health and shielding!!
@copperbird You ruined my day. Just now. It’s ruined.
Hey, thanks for the link! I would also like to officially add “stupid mobs that freeze you” to the list of things that suck.