Introduction
The idea behind this post is to provide the interested reader with an introduction to my internet alias named Maldwiz. Since the name as such might only be meaningful to very a small minority, the...
View ArticleOn My Beginnings in World of Warcraft
The decision to start playing World of Warcraft did not come overnight and it certainly was not an easy one. I had read about the game for quite some time and the material included several rather...
View ArticleWoW: Classic or “Vanilla”
This is a series of posts that were originally planned as one, but became too long for a single entry.Leveling my Night Elf Druid was great fun, even though Darkshore was stretching my patience a great...
View ArticleWoW: The Burning Crusade
This is a series of posts that were originally planned as one, but became too long for a single entry.Shortly after the launch of The Burning Crusade, I managed to arouse my wife’s interest in the game...
View ArticleWoW: Wrath of the Lich King
This is a series of posts that were originally planned as one, but became too long for a single entry. Initially, I was very excited about this expansion, as it would conclude the story of Arthas and...
View ArticleWoW: Cataclysm
This is a series of posts that were originally planned as one, but became too long for a single entry.I did not expect much from the third expansion and I was not really looking forward to it all....
View ArticleConcluding WoW
I subscribed to World of Warcraft in the summer of 2006 and unsubscribed at the end of December 2011. I played for quite a long time and saw all the highs and lows. At one point (for roughly three...
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[Tag, You're It!]
Quite some time ago (*cough* about two months *cough*) Shintartagged me to provide some screenshots. Unfortunately, I could not honour her request right away because (a) it interfered with my scheduled...
View ArticleOn My Beginnings in SW:TOR
Ever since I first heard about a Star Wars themed MMO being produced I was terribly excited. Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hopewas basically the first film with live actors I have ever seen and to say...
View ArticleUPDATE!
It has been over a year since my last post. Mainly two events in my real life have kept me very busy. First, I was leading a research group funded by a government grant and while this was a very...
View ArticleSW:TOR // Different Realities
Telwyn wrote twoposts about an experience labelled as “muo’ing”, which in SW:TOR means participating in (4-player) [HEROIC] content – flashpoints, multiplayer missions – with two human players and...
View ArticleSW:TOR // Overview
When I started playing back in January 2012, I originally created characters on three different European English-speaking servers: one RP-PvE server for my Empire characters and one RP-PvE server for...
View ArticleSW:TOR // Flashpoints
Most planetary missions in SW:TOR involve a lot of combat, especially if one wants to complete the (sometimes staged) bonus mission(s). That is all good and well for almost every Advanced Class with...
View ArticleFriendship is Magic
One of the universals of language is that all natural languages are constantly changing. Changes can occur on several levels, though perhaps most easily recognizable are changes in meaning, e.g. a word...
View ArticleSW:TOR // Warzones
Star Wars: The Old Republic currently has five Warzones (instanced PvP battlegrounds) available: Novare Coast, Alderaan, The Ancient Hypergate, Huttball and Voidstar. I rather enjoy the first three and...
View ArticleSW:TOR // Operations
In Star Wars: The Old RepublicOperations are described as large-scale multi-group missions, i.e. extended PvE content, the equivalent to WoW’s raids. Shintar already remarked that, at least from a...
View ArticleSummer Project
Summertime has traditionally always meant a decline in raid activity because many people went on vacation or were otherwise occupied enjoying the beautiful weather which left those who did not care for...
View ArticleSW:TOR // Community
Another one bites the dust. It was a sad day for the tanking and theory-crafting community in SW:TOR when one of its most prominent members, Kitru, announced his retirement from the game due to the...
View ArticleMacky's Back in Town
It has been over a month since my last post because I was thoroughly enjoying my summer holidays. My wife and I went on an extend summer vacation. We started our trip by visiting her parents for a...
View ArticlePersonal MMO History
Oneofthehottopics in the recent past was the announcement that both WildStar and The Elder Scrolls Online will be employing a business model based on subscriptions. The former also offers an...
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