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Now this is how you treat a rogues.

Something in the title of this tactic really amuses my inner geek. Never watched Star Trek: The Next Generation? Well, I’ll enlighten you — the Picard Maneuver was a technique that involved moving a ship at extremely high speeds in order to appear to be in two places at once. And Gweedo (a rogue after my own heart) has put in long hours perfecting a similar technique for rogues to use when attempting to pull annoying caster mobs that don’t like moving (because they can cast!) and might have friends (so we can’t run in and ambush them). Gweedo breaks the strategy down into three/four simple steps

• Step 1: Take your gun, bow, throwing knife, dynamite, whatever… make sure nothing is behind you, and get the mob’s attention. One at a time, please. [Elizabeth's note: I assume he means to do this from maximum range]
• Step 2: Immediately begin backing up. If it’s a caster mob, the first thing it will try and do is cast. If you’re fast enough backing up you will be out of casting range before their spell is finished casting and this will force them to abort this line-of-attack and give chase.
• Step 3: As they move forward watch where they are, and when they are out of range of the rest of their friends, hit Sprint immediately. This should get you back into melee range before the mob has a chance to get a shot off. This would be an excellent time for the ‘ole Gouge/Backstab combination.
• Optional Step 4: If you’re crafty and can get a kidney punch in fast enough they won’t have a chance to get a shot off. Most casters are stupid. They won’t resort to melee or hand-to-hand unless they’re out of mana.

[Fan art by Astrid Hansen]

(Via WOW Insider.)

OnyX is a handy utility to clean up all the excess cache files and junk that accumulates on your hard drive. If your Mac has been running slow, this could be the cure. Best of all it’s free.

p.s it does other cool things too

OnyX is a maintenance, optimization, and personalization utility for Mac OS X. It allows you to run miscellaneous tasks of system maintenance, to configure certain hidden parameters of the Finder, Dock, Safari, Dashboard, Exposé, Disk Utility… to delete cache, to remove a certain number of files and folders that may become cumbersome, to see the detailed info of your configuration, to preview the different logs and CrashReporter reports, and more.

IMPORTANT NOTE: there are different versions of OnyX for 10.2, 10.3, & 10.4 – check the download page to get the right version.

Yesterday, Blizzard released a detailed explanation for their upcoming new feature for Burning Crusade: Looking for groups panel

This is a big change. They have built a compete panel that lets a single user ‘look for a group’ or a group look for a single user (look for more). Blizzard’s preview page shows all the options (such as dungeon, raid, quest, zone, battleground) and include comments. It’s pretty cool.

Weeeeeeeeeee!

For your viewing pleasure:

Ever since I found this program, I’ve been wondering how we could use it for WOW. I know that there are web sites with maps of Azeroth, but do that compute travel times and show best routes? Probably.

So the web site for this program is: http://meander.macpaq.com/

So if a guild can find a use for Second Life, why can’t we find a use for this? Common Mac gods. What have you got?

I’ve dabbled in Second Life, but couldn’t find much to do that had lasting enjoyment. After I toured around looking at everyone’s nifty creations, I realized all the neat stuff had to be purchased from someone. Blah.

In case you missed it, SL is one of the few other MMORGS that has Mac and PC clients. It cost $10 to join for life and you can build nearly anything in-game.

Anyway, I found this article (see below.) Apparently some guilds discovered that SL is a great place to plan raids (see the screenshot below) like a war room. It’s a pretty sexy idea. Add Vent and that’s a pretty dynamic remote planing tool.

Which brings me to my point there’s a point?. What if Guilds used SL for guild halls? You all get together and buy some of their virtual land. Build a structure you like (the sky is literally the limit.) Post text from DKP’s and bank inventory for people to see. Hold meetings. Plan Raids and BG campaigns.

I know you could just get one of the free guild web sites, but none of them are interactive at this level plus you get to fly. This could be fun and add to the guild value.

At Last! Something useful to do with Second Life!: “Sean Bonner:

I’ve written before about my less than glowing feelings about Second Life. I’ve got friends who practically live there, and guildies who spend tons of time on their own island but everytime I check it out I leave disappointed and wondering ‘ok, so… ?’ Well, some folks on the alliance side of We K(no)W finally figured out something useful to do there – plan raids during Tuesday downtime. Above is my Avatar standing on the UBRS map with a few notations. I’ll admit I only lasted a few minutes in there again this time, but at least it was interesting finally!

(Via Metroblogging Azeroth.)

If you work from home, this could be the next big thing. Not!

The Half-Suit, Great for Videoconferencing!: “

Staying at home working in your underwear is definitely a luxury. Hell, I do it everyday. But on occasion you need to bust out that old webcam for some digital face to face interaction. The Half-Suit will make you look like a business professional without having to even own a suit. It slips on top of your body and can easily fool co-workers into believing you actually care about your appearance. The Half-Suit retails for $135 to $150. - Travis Hudson

The Half Suit – Business On Top, Party Below [Trend Hunter]

(Via Gizmodo.)

File under: Just when you think only Macs and Dells catch fire…

ThinkPad explodes at LAX, ignites bomb scare: “

Filed under: Laptops

In a time when you’re not even allowed to say the word ‘bomb’ in an airport (hey, it’s for good reason), it’s got to be like, really freaking embarrassing to have to run up the jetway at full speed, shoving other passengers out of the way as your flaming laptop explodes on the ground. (Sound familiar?) According to an eyewitness report on the Awful Forums, passersby stared aghast or fled crying terrorist, the ThinkPad (which was quoted to be an IBM, not a Lenovo) apparently had a number of death throes as the fire went through various phases, until eventually a United employee busted out the fire extinguisher and laid the laptop to rest. Apparently the machine’s owner already checked its battery against the recalls and it was not listed — and why would it be? IBM and Lenovo aren’t flagged for bad batteries — yet. (Sony, we’re looking your direction.) But the coup de grâce at LAX: onlookers apparently mumbling that ‘too many viruses on your computer’ can lead to this horrendous fate. How true, indeed.

[Thanks, Peter]

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(Via Engadget.)

Hungry?:

Making some Westfall Stew in real-life: “

Filed under: Alliance, Cooking, Items, Tips, How-tos, Fan stuff

Earlier this evening I was checking out what the WoW Ladies over on livejournal had to say, and a few of them were chatting about how to make real-life Westfall Stew– you know, the lowbie collecting quest in Westfall that gives you a cooking recipe and some food with a nice bonus.

When I checked, they hadn’t found the link yet, but now they have, and here it is: Real-Life Westfall Stew (Dave also dropped us a note on this one– thanks, Dave!). They actually cheat a little bit– they use chicken for vulture meat, and tomatoes for Murloc eyes. I don’t know if you’ve ever had Murloc eyes in Westfall stew but let me tell you, if you substitute tomatoes, you’re probably not going to get that tangy flavor that comes with the real thing! Or the pleasure of taking the eyes from the Murlocs in the first place. But I’m sure this faked stuff is pretty good, too.

How soon until we see other great WoW dishes in real life? Who wouldn’t want to try some Dusty ‘Crab’ Cakes (who knows where Chef Grual gets those tasty crab legs from), some Cactus Apple Surprise, or some Dragonbreath Chili? And you can wash it all down with some tasty Thistle Tea (it’ll get you all the energy you need) or, my favorite (even though you have to be 21 for this stuff), Noggenfogger Elixir. For dessert, a Savory Deviate Delight, of course. With all these great foods to choose from, a World of Warcraft Restaurant is only one Blizzard employee’s crazy idea away..

(Via WOW Insider.)