Posted On Thursday, April 24th, 2008 By Jay
EU orders gaming industry to better protect youth.
ELSPA Ratings Website
FTC Entertainment ratings guide.
What’s interesting to me is that with minimal searching, I was able to educate myself on the ratings and they’re meaning. Is it the responsibility of the video game industry to educate the populace at large of the ratings system?
Looking up video game ratings in goggle links me to this site, the ESRB website. This information is easy to come by and very easy to digest. According to my rough estimations, there are roughly 100 extremely violent video games released each year. This includes horror games, which are generally overlooked, just like B rated horror movies. Now given that last year 1415 games were released, we can assume less then 10% of video games are violent and released each year.
What’s more interesting, is that on many occasions the violent video games sell and rate very high. Ironically, I think this points more to the video game audience and less the video game industry. If there is a market, industry will create a product. The video game industry is full of business after all. And in order to stay afloat, Continue Reading
Posted On Monday, April 21st, 2008 By Jay
Really started to mesh with my teams this week.
2v2 ended 7-3 for a 1612 rating.
3v3 ended 16-4 for a 1750ish rating.
I have lots of work ahead of me. I’ve managed to capture 22 of the matches. My reactions to DP SLSL and RMP to follow in the coming days!
Posted On Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 By Jay
Scito te ipsum
Latin for “Know thyself.”
When choosing to spec your priest discipline, one should ask yourself what you want to accomplish? Another important question is what am I good at? And more importantly “What do I enjoy doing?” Discipline isn’t as marred with specific roles like pally prot vs pally holy, but it can at times be as trying. You’ll get compared to Holy Priests alot. Just remember that Disc Priest is about survivability. If that means surviving social stigma as well, so be it!
41 20 0 Solid Pve Spec
Silent Resolve provides needed threat reduction.
Improved Divine Spirit for that extra dmg and healing to ALL beneficiaries of the buff.
Mental Agility, Mental Strength and Meditation. These are all staples of the disc build.
Standard Healing talents.
Power Infusion: Great for that added spell haste.
Pain Suppression: To keep folks alive you KNOW are going to be healed by someone else.
if I wanted to raid as a disc spec, I would follow this route. There’s much needed threat reduction and all the useful spells in disc. Improved PW:S, Improved PW:F and Improved Spirit for your buffing pleasure. The problem with this spec is that you may Continue Reading
Posted On Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 By Jay
Offensive healing. Arena pvp is a unique situation. You enter with a predefined set of teammates, so does the other team. The other team knows they will be fighting other players. Even more so then BGs, losing in an arena match is more detrimental then a BG. Combining all these factors creates a unique situation for a priest. These factors contribute to a larger overall sense of competition. Knowing this and keeping your cool will mean you live and win.
We have great presence!
That’s right folks, we’re a fairly squishy, and we make other casters nervous. We can heal through their damage, fear, dispel through spells and remove pally bubbles. We are scary(SCAR EE). As I’ve moved slowly up in the arena ratings, I notice a few behaviors. Casters stand by a pillar. Or teams actively work to separate their foes. Using this presence can really make the opposing team sweat. Use you presence to affect the other team. You can force the druid to stay out of LoS. You can force the paladin to heal while you drain his mana. You can Continue Reading
Posted On Monday, April 14th, 2008 By Jay
I read many Priest blogs. What’s really interesting to note is the different weight I put on priest spells than a raiding priest. There’s a big difference in my thought process between arena, BG, 5 mans and raiding. I’ll break down each spell in the arena and bg category. For 5 man and raiding, I would suggest the plethora of priest blogs in my blog roll.
Flash Heal
Arena: This is your bread and butter heal. Ego puts it aptly. Only use Flash heal when that person needs a heal RIGHT NOW. In arena, your partner(s) need that heal RIGHT NOW. Good usage. 2000(1k MS) is a really strong heal. You’ll need to chain heal when the target is being focus fired and this spell hits the mark. Using Ribbon of Sacrifice in a macro will give the heal the same effect as a druids heal. This may work a couple times due to the psychological panic the target will feel should they be fighting a druid.
BG: Use as needed. The only time I don’t use flash heal is if a warrior or rogue(with MS poison) is present. Continue Reading
