Rumelylady

Congrats on the excellent name choice! (Is also a Sarah)

The sidequest text is getting very reparative. "The refugees need food," "we're low on supplies," "go destroy the marauders barrels of water," etc but the combat is satisfying visually. You can only have eight attacks active at a time, so if you are so inclined it allows for some fun experimentation. There's lots of little side things to chase after to make levels last longer as each area isn't really the largest and there aren't that many quests in each area. It's always a surprise when you get some quests like "help villagers find their lost luggage" and rather than having to find 3 - 5 items in the area you just find one; usually within a few steps of the quest giver. I feel like I'm moving through content pretty quickly, so it'll be interesting to see what there is for endgame content and what player retention will be like in a few months.

So true. If/when we're able to get a Steam Deck when they come out it'll be one of the first games I play on it. Last night I had my best run at over 30 minutes and level 102 in the library. It's interesting trying to find the best balance between what's useful in early levels and will help in higher levels. Items I've found key are garlic, the whip, and the bible for when you start getting swarmed. The axes and fireballs are great too because they later evolve into great aoe damage for higher levels. There's a pentagram item that makes everything on your screen disappear periodically that I want to try leveling up in a run because that would be really good for high levels when you're just a tiny bubble on the screen surrounded by enemies.

Chad has been grabbing these whenever they come out and devours them. Such a nerd. Our Christmas book exchange this year was Nevernight by Jay Kristoff for me and Chad got Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (first book in The Expance series). I guess I picked well because he read it in four days and I had to pick up the second book for him from the book store around the corner from work. I've been enjoying Nevernight as well, but had to put it aside for a couple weeks because I had four library holds come available at the same time. So far this year I’ve finished Girly Drinks by Mallory O'Meara (world history of alcohol and the women involved in it), Unraveling Canada by Sylvia Olsen (knitting tour across Canada memoir), and You Feel it Just Below the Ribs by Jeffery Crannor (audiobook), Ararat by Christopher Golden, and on Friday I finished Nevernight. Now on to book two of the trilogy.

I've never done an Strongman work (just power lifting), but those leather sleeves are awesome looking. Way better than the tape that people usually use. If you plan on training for any comps I would look into whether or not those will be comp legal.

Ooooo! I would be interested in Undertale and World of Goo!

I'm currently about 30% of the way through book four of The Expanse series. I enjoy the books focus on political maneuvering and social politics the further in the series you go along. Plus the authors have been great at catching me off guard with some things that have made me involuntarily gasp out loud. It doesn't happen too often.

Ooooooo I'd love to play! I accidently killed my Lizardfolk monk in the second session of my current campaign, so I'd love to play them again. I have them all set up on D&D Beyond, so I can send you that info once updated to level 5.

I love Spyro so much. It's just as much fun now as it was went I was a kid, though way prettier now. I have to giggle at bit at myself when I realize I've just make the same stupid mistake I made when I first played it. I fully intend on getting to 110% on the first game again.

I just assumed that you meant IQ, but it seems more like you mean a test of an individuals awareness of politics and their influence in society, etc. That would make far more sense. There definitely are plenty of intelligent people out there that have their heads up their ass when it comes to things outside their little bubble.

Eh, I dunno. This is a pretty extreme example: Ted Bundy's IQ was 136. Assuming he was never caught and/or jailed, why should his vote count more than the guy who dropout in grade 10, but works hard for his family and within his community? Again, yes, extreme example. I think your idea could be a slippery slope leading to some sort of caste system, though.

Seriously, your country really needs to get on the DD/MM/YYYY thing. It's super annoying having an American developed medical records system that MM/DD/YYYY and everything else I have to work with is the other way. I have to reenter birth dates way more often than is practical.

It's pretty! If had the space (and the some extra cash) I would love to get a keyboard. It's been a long time since I played piano, and I know I've lost most of what I had, but I want to get back in it so bad. It's sad having played music from grade four right through to the end of highschool (band geek) and now I can barely read sheet music any more.

Wellllll... I've made progress on the sweater I'm knitting, a blanket, and finished a sock yesterday. So I guess I've made progress, just not in cross stitch.

If I recall correctly it's 26 count. I've worked with 28 before on mini things just to break up the monotony of the Oz one. They're both crazy tiny. I hadn't heard of the thread parking thing before Reddit. I can see it definitely getting super confusing, which is why I believe I had a couple rules for myself in doing it. I started because the back is an insane mess, especially the top section. Like, people that post the back of their projects that look almost as pretty as the front. Mine is more like a craft store vomited threads everywhere. It's bad. lol I'm looking forward to updates on your (dirty) Alliance and (awesome) Horde banner.

Started this beast in 2010, but haven't worked on it in three years. Our house now doesn't really have a great spot that's both comfortable and has the right lighting, so knitting and now spinning has taken over. Though I have been thinking about it more and more in recent weeks. I'm a bit further along than the above picture, but it gives a better idea of the size of it. This is where I've actually left off. I think it's a little over half way done. Actual image:

Oh hai fellow stitcher! Look at that. WoW healers and stitchers! I love your Lion King stitch. I have no idea if pattern didn't have it or whatnot, but I love it without back stitching. It looks so much softer and more gentle. Also, because of your adorable Squirtle needleminder may show you the Sprite Stitch forums as well as Lord Libian's Epic Pokemon cross stitches (though I have no doubt you have seen them elsewhere on the internets)

I think Healbot is still around, but I'm not totally sure it's as widely used as it once was. Vuhdo basically is the same as far as I know. It's really easy to set up the key bindings. Just open the mod menu and your spell list and you can drag and drop to the key bindings you want. I can't remember the set up I have on my priest as I haven't play it in a while, but for my Shaman I put my most frequently used spells for my base clicks, add shift for my next most used, then ctrl, then alt for whatever I have left over like rezzing. When I set up my key bindings I like to stand around for a while to get a feel for them just on my own. The set up doesn't always work comfortably when actually playing so either ask for the group to stop for a minute to adjust to just make a note to yourself to do it afterwards or during some downtime. In terms of actually healing I don't like to let people get too much below 75% health (unless I'm really bored and want to see how fast I can get them back to 100%). Most often I'll start healing people when they hit even 90%, that way if thing get a bit out of control or the tank loses threat it's less of an issue. Might be overkill, but I rarely lose anyone unless the shit really hits the fan. I like to keep Earth Shield (Shaman ability. I think there's a priest bubble that's similar) on my tank as they are usually taking the most direct damage, as well as a HoT (heal over time) if I can spare it. If the tank doesn't need it or there is someone else that's taking damage consistently I put my HoT on them for support. Don't feel obligated to heal hunter pets if you set up your healing frame to show them. I'm sure hunters appreciate when healers do heal their pets, but they should be your lowest priority and only if you have mana to spare. Also, and this is important, don't forget to heal yourself. I am so bad for that. I get tunnel vision in keeping everyone else alive that sometimes I find my heal had dropped lower than I would like. If there's not much going on and you don't need to heal anyone don't be afraid to help out the dps. A little bit of extra damage is always welcome. I really love healing. It's a fun challenge and can keep you on your toes at times. I hope you go for it and give it a go. Leveling up as a healer makes it so much faster to get in dungeons. If you have any other questions I'm happy to answer what I can. Icy-Veins is also pretty helpful, though it's directed more for characters at level cap.

😳 That is badass! This is my problem whenever I try running. The pace my legs want to go at I can't keep up with cardiovascularly, so I start to panic and my breathing goes to shit. But give me a bar and some weights and I'll powerlift until my arms and legs collapse.

If they redo the game I'm pretty sure @SensaiNemesis will rebuy an xbone just so he can play the shit out of it again.

It's so pretty! You're making me want it even more. I have a giftcard for a book store. Maybe I should use it on this.

For anyone interested, I just finished this article on Wowhead written by one of the original dungeon designers from Vanilla. He also started a Kickstarted yesterday for a book called The World of Warcraft Diary. It's all his behind the scenes notes of what happened during the development up until launch. I'm been burned on Kickstarter more than seen something come through, but I'm seriously considering giving it another go for this.

Honestly, judging from the content of Chronicles 2 I would probably read it either right before or immediately after Rise of the Horde as it deals with Draenor and the war between the orcs and Azeroth when the first came through the Dark Portal. I think Vol 3 should probably go after The Shattering. It covers WC3 to the end of the Cataclysm expansion.

This is the reading list I like to go by. I hadn't thought about it earlier. They recommend Rise of the Horde (after Chronicles Vol 1) and I would have to agree. It's about the corruption of the orcs, so a good chunk of the modern situations is a result of that.

Deadly Boss Mods (more for level cap) Tomtom is also pretty helpful for coordinates and when you want to enter a waypoint Elvui is good if you like the the regular ui If any of you guys are healing Vuhdo is the way to go, imo. Ooooooh yes! I am a lore nerd when it comes to most things, WoW is no exception, though I haven't been following as closely since Cataclysm just because I wasn't playing. I haven't read either of the Chronicles yet, but I believe they are rather large, which may explain why the price hasn't dropped. You could also wade into Wowpedia, though it would be a less structured way of discovering lore. If you go that route starting with the Titans might be the easiest and then just clicking on something that catches you eye from there.