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	<description>Feral Druids in World of Warcraft</description>
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		<title>By: Minos</title>
		<link>http://thebigbearbutt.com/2008/04/18/that-was-the-week-that-was/comment-page-1/#comment-5591</link>
		<dc:creator>Minos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I miss Dr. Demento.  The man is a native Minnesotan, and not one station in the Twin Cities or Duluth carries his show.  As far as I know, there are none in the state.  I used to listen to my home town station&#039;s web stream, but they can&#039;t stream the good Doctor anymore because of a new contract.  I&#039;m optimistic that some local station will pick up the show on one of their digital sub-stations.  Of course, then I&#039;d have to shell out for an HD radio.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I miss Dr. Demento.  The man is a native Minnesotan, and not one station in the Twin Cities or Duluth carries his show.  As far as I know, there are none in the state.  I used to listen to my home town station&#8217;s web stream, but they can&#8217;t stream the good Doctor anymore because of a new contract.  I&#8217;m optimistic that some local station will pick up the show on one of their digital sub-stations.  Of course, then I&#8217;d have to shell out for an HD radio.</p>
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		<title>By: Kwane</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kwane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BBB, I know you have been around a while but I must abashedly admit this is the first post I have put eyes to and actually read. Hence forth I intend to lurk and reply.

Good luck with the guild running, trying it myself and I fear with current RL interferences and the like, we may not actually see progression prior to the expansion due mostly to totally starting over on a new server and opposing faction. Only time will tell.

Signed, often a fellow bear tank, Kwane. The Egotistical Priests other half (There are two sides to every schwartz. She got the upside, I got the downside).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BBB, I know you have been around a while but I must abashedly admit this is the first post I have put eyes to and actually read. Hence forth I intend to lurk and reply.</p>
<p>Good luck with the guild running, trying it myself and I fear with current RL interferences and the like, we may not actually see progression prior to the expansion due mostly to totally starting over on a new server and opposing faction. Only time will tell.</p>
<p>Signed, often a fellow bear tank, Kwane. The Egotistical Priests other half (There are two sides to every schwartz. She got the upside, I got the downside).</p>
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		<title>By: Galoheart</title>
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		<dc:creator>Galoheart</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BBB, nice to hear your guild is working out for you and the Mrs as well as your new growing list of guildies. We all should be get to be happy playing WoW afterall we play it for fun.

Too bad though I only play Horde.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BBB, nice to hear your guild is working out for you and the Mrs as well as your new growing list of guildies. We all should be get to be happy playing WoW afterall we play it for fun.</p>
<p>Too bad though I only play Horde.</p>
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		<title>By: Jason</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I do get amused by how frequently I see the phrase “I am specced such and such, but I’ll go heals if the guild needs it”.

Umm… I won’t, why the heck should you? When I read that kind of thing, maybe I’m wrong, but what I’m hearing is, “I really like playing my character the way I already am, that’s why I’m specced this way. But I know most guilds force their players into cookie cutter raid specs because they don’t care how the players feel, they just want to raid. And I want to fit in and show I’m a team player and willing to help, so I’ll offer to go haelz.”

No. No, you will play your character how you want to play your character. If we need a healer or another class to do a run, either we don’t do the run or I will specifically look for someone that enjoys playing that kind of character, not expect other people to lessen their own fun.&quot;

When I read this, I got a bit of a laugh out of it.  So, with that said, some background on my WoW experience.  I play Shaman.  I have two @ 70, and have eventually come to the conclusion that I&#039;m really only able to play Shaman.  I&#039;ve rolled alts of every class, some less successful than others, but none have gotten to 70;  in fact, my rogue alt is the highest, at 61.  I just can&#039;t play anything other than a Shaman.  Now, that said, how do I enjoy playing my shaman?  I enjoy it.  I can&#039;t say I like Resto, or Elemental, or Enhance best.  I like em all.  I&#039;ve made the offer plenty of times before, and it&#039;s the truth.  If the guild I&#039;m currently running with needs melee DPS over a healer, I spec Enhance.  Ranged DPS?  Elemental, here I come!  But 90% of the time, I spend healing, because I feel I&#039;m best at it, and that knowledge makes me most comfortable in that particular role.  No other real reason than that.  I&quot;m sure it sounds strange to some folks, but that&#039;s just kinda how I am.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I do get amused by how frequently I see the phrase “I am specced such and such, but I’ll go heals if the guild needs it”.</p>
<p>Umm… I won’t, why the heck should you? When I read that kind of thing, maybe I’m wrong, but what I’m hearing is, “I really like playing my character the way I already am, that’s why I’m specced this way. But I know most guilds force their players into cookie cutter raid specs because they don’t care how the players feel, they just want to raid. And I want to fit in and show I’m a team player and willing to help, so I’ll offer to go haelz.”</p>
<p>No. No, you will play your character how you want to play your character. If we need a healer or another class to do a run, either we don’t do the run or I will specifically look for someone that enjoys playing that kind of character, not expect other people to lessen their own fun.&#8221;</p>
<p>When I read this, I got a bit of a laugh out of it.  So, with that said, some background on my WoW experience.  I play Shaman.  I have two @ 70, and have eventually come to the conclusion that I&#8217;m really only able to play Shaman.  I&#8217;ve rolled alts of every class, some less successful than others, but none have gotten to 70;  in fact, my rogue alt is the highest, at 61.  I just can&#8217;t play anything other than a Shaman.  Now, that said, how do I enjoy playing my shaman?  I enjoy it.  I can&#8217;t say I like Resto, or Elemental, or Enhance best.  I like em all.  I&#8217;ve made the offer plenty of times before, and it&#8217;s the truth.  If the guild I&#8217;m currently running with needs melee DPS over a healer, I spec Enhance.  Ranged DPS?  Elemental, here I come!  But 90% of the time, I spend healing, because I feel I&#8217;m best at it, and that knowledge makes me most comfortable in that particular role.  No other real reason than that.  I&#8221;m sure it sounds strange to some folks, but that&#8217;s just kinda how I am.</p>
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		<title>By: Thunderpaw</title>
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		<dc:creator>Thunderpaw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ya know, if only you weren&#039;t on the lousy Alliance side.  I&#039;d be tempted to server transfer over just to wipe away our latest round of QQ and assorted drama.  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ya know, if only you weren&#8217;t on the lousy Alliance side.  I&#8217;d be tempted to server transfer over just to wipe away our latest round of QQ and assorted drama.  :)</p>
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		<title>By: CapnTuna</title>
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		<dc:creator>CapnTuna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McClap the huntard and Bronte or Skalliwag will wave as we go along on our path to Outland. We are leveling quite nicely through the 20&#039;s.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McClap the huntard and Bronte or Skalliwag will wave as we go along on our path to Outland. We are leveling quite nicely through the 20&#8242;s.</p>
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		<title>By: Lady Jess</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lady Jess</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ya know, I read your post about what you wanted from a guild, and I&#039;m glad you decided to try creating it yourself. Also happens to be what I liked about my guild. I&#039;ve actually thought about visiting you guys, to escape once in a while...lol you might see me yet:P</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ya know, I read your post about what you wanted from a guild, and I&#8217;m glad you decided to try creating it yourself. Also happens to be what I liked about my guild. I&#8217;ve actually thought about visiting you guys, to escape once in a while&#8230;lol you might see me yet:P</p>
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		<title>By: FNORD</title>
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		<dc:creator>FNORD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Regarding the “I am specced such and such, but I’ll go heals if the guild needs it”, some people enjoy more than one spec.

I haven&#039;t had a chance to do much healing as a druid, but I&#039;ve enjoyed the healing I&#039;ve done.  But I also enjoy being feral, and soloing while resto specced is painful.  Also, because I&#039;ve been feral, my feral gear is quite a bit better than my resto gear, and I don&#039;t have much experience healing.  

Where I to say &quot;I&#039;m willing to respec resto&quot; that means that I would enjoy running with the guild as a healer, but I&#039;m going to need time (and help) to gear up and learn the tricks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regarding the “I am specced such and such, but I’ll go heals if the guild needs it”, some people enjoy more than one spec.</p>
<p>I haven&#8217;t had a chance to do much healing as a druid, but I&#8217;ve enjoyed the healing I&#8217;ve done.  But I also enjoy being feral, and soloing while resto specced is painful.  Also, because I&#8217;ve been feral, my feral gear is quite a bit better than my resto gear, and I don&#8217;t have much experience healing.  </p>
<p>Where I to say &#8220;I&#8217;m willing to respec resto&#8221; that means that I would enjoy running with the guild as a healer, but I&#8217;m going to need time (and help) to gear up and learn the tricks.</p>
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		<title>By: dASH</title>
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		<dc:creator>dASH</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Matticus

Kael&#039;Thas - Alliance side.</description>
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<p>Kael&#8217;Thas &#8211; Alliance side.</p>
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		<title>By: Matticus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matticus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What server are you on again and what faction?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What server are you on again and what faction?</p>
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