Too Many Annas

Warcraft and other musings by a bevy of Annas (and a few others)

Just Dual Spec - A Rant

Posted on December 11, 2008 - Filed Under Other stuff, Raiding | 17 Comments

(Since the Model Viewer is currently broken, mentally add an image to this post that is a Shaman in healing gear standing face to face - mirror image style - with a Shaman in enhancement gear.)

I could easily turn this into a number of different things. But for now, I want to focus on this [...]

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Building Anna’s UI

Posted on October 21, 2008 - Filed Under Guides, Raiding | 16 Comments

So now that I have the server cooperating!  I posted my UI screenshot on Friday, but after getting a bunch of questions, I figured I’d break things down for you in a little more concrete way.  I apologize for this being a little bit wall-of-text-y: the idea is for you to look at the screenshot, [...]

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Totally Raids - Now with 3 extra nublets!

Posted on October 18, 2008 - Filed Under Raiding | 2 Comments

Congratulations to Duerma and LL, Belphzooka (and Mrs. Belph!), and Saffy-lyle on their new nublet arrivals.  The Totally Raids family increased by three this week (one boy and two girls), all safe and sound!  Duerma’s new little one even had the good sense to arrive during server downtime on Tuesday; we think this means he’s [...]

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Every new beginning is some other beginning’s end

Posted on October 9, 2008 - Filed Under Raiding | 3 Comments

As is the case with many things right now, this week marks the beginning of a new era for Totally Raids - our first official “not raiding” week pre Northrend.  Or at least, our first official “not progression” week - raids aren’t stopping, but progression in Black Temple is at a halt.
I’m a little sad, [...]

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New Raid Boss

Posted on September 16, 2008 - Filed Under Raiding, Roleplay | 4 Comments

Image courtesy of ubik2010
So, since I can’t post my own posts, and I can’t log in to play games to get ideas, I’m shamelessly fishing for help from you guys.  Now, I know from previous Friday Five posts that you readers are incredibly creative and have fun and interesting ideas.  I also know that you’ll [...]

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Archimonde is a….

Posted on September 8, 2008 - Filed Under Guest Posts, Raiding, Silly | 12 Comments

I asked the Blog Azeroth chat for some “creative vulgarities” this morning, since I couldn’t express myself quite how I wanted to regarding our attempts on this guy the other night, and the answers were absolutely priceless.
Finish this sentence: “Archimonde is a…”

Fudgemonkey
Bluggertumper
Buttmunch
Douchewaffle
Arsbiscuit
Muffinsmoocher
Flumpernugger
Fluffermunster
Bunnywunking B’stard
Son of a Leafyblog (I’m not asking)
Poo-head

What would you add to the list?
*thanks [...]

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Resto Shaman vs. Anetheron - A Healing Guide

Posted on September 3, 2008 - Filed Under Guides, Healing, Raiding, Shaman | 2 Comments

This is one in a series of posts covering resto-shaman-specific information for tier4 and tier5 Burning Crusade boss fights. It will NOT be a boss kill strategy, rather a list of tips and tricks for your friendly neighborhood shaman to make these fights run a little more smoothly.
Previous guides for Karazhan, Gruul’s Lair, SSC, TK: [...]

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Resto Shaman vs Rage Winterchill - A Healing Guide

Posted on August 27, 2008 - Filed Under Guides, Healing, Raiding, Shaman | 5 Comments

This is one in a series of posts covering resto-shaman-specific information for tier4 and tier5 Burning Crusade boss fights. It will NOT be a boss kill strategy, rather a list of tips and tricks for your friendly neighborhood shaman to make these fights run a little more smoothly.
Previous guides for Karazhan, Gruul’s Lair, SSC, and [...]

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*mutters* Poncy Git

Posted on August 15, 2008 - Filed Under Raiding | 17 Comments

didn’t drop my cloak.
… but he *died*.  he died an hour early.  and there were FOUR fire elementals up on death.  They were very confused.

One.  Dead.  Bloodelf.  Prince.

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Guest Post: Forsooth!

Posted on August 5, 2008 - Filed Under Guest Posts, Guides, Raiding, Roleplay | 4 Comments

Due to a devious and perfidious assault by Hurricane Edouard upon the Texas coastline, your daily dose of one Anna or another is tragically lacking today. However, not wanting to let her readers down, the author of this blog searched high and low to find insightful, witty, and valuable input from leading lights of the [...]

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