Certain Hunter’s, who shall remain nameless, (I can’t remember their names anyway) say there are no good Mage Bogs (or at least there is one good Mage blog & Me – being a Misleading Mage Blog… I’m telling you it’s ME!).

Certain Mage bloggers (like ALL of us) disagree (Well, OK, I am a Misleading Mage blog, but there are more than one good Mage Blog).

One of us is taking action to bring awareness to the great unwashed horde of Hunters, and more importantly the fledgling or expert Mages of our World of Warcraft.

No.. it is not me.  I will not risk losing my Misleading title!

Sensibly this isn’t an attempt to write every Mage guide every written, this is an attempt to build a page or resources to the many excellent, but maybe obscure references to Magedom spread around the Blogsphere.

This is where you come it.

Suggest it:

His list is just off the ground, it’s currently a short, but very sweet collection of resources.  I knew when I threw my eye over it, that there was much more out there – MUCH MORE!

The question is… where?

So if you:

• Know of an active Mage Blog or resource
• Know of excellent Mage posts

Drop GamerGaz a line and fill him in.

Read it:

Read, learn, practice & grow.  The resource links are there for you and I to read and learn.

Every time you trot back to the “definitive list of Mage resources”, Gaz will know.  Each time someone visits he will be encouraged to keep the lawns mowed, the weeds out of the garden and to plant the new blooming resources.

I think many Mage pop in and port out, never to return to resources.  At some point the authors wonder why they bother and move on… don’t let Gaz get that idea.

Share it:

TELL THE WORLD!

You know there are Mage Blogs.

We know there are Mage Blogs.

But apparently no one else does.

• So whack up a post on your guild forums

Go here for Mage resources

Hi I found this excellent source of Mage links to great guides and resources!

• Shout it around Dalaran.
• Interrupt your Lich King attempts
• Leave comments on Hunters Blogs
• Leave notes pinned to the Warlock Corpses.

Whatever your mode of getting the word out – use it.

Have a listen…

While you are there, have a listen to Obscurecsst, GamerGaz’s podcast.  It’s in it’s early stages only 3 podcasts in the can and what GamerGaz needs is encouragement to continue on.

Is it a Mage podcast?

No, it’s a general WoW podcast.. but I’m sure if enough Mages nudged him in the right places Mages could get more of a mention

Most Importantly…

Look through your bookmarks.. what Mage guides & resources do you have stored away?

If you stumble across a great guide, then make sure GamerGaz knows.. he, like most Mages is hungry for knowledge.. so feed him!

For example, I was slightly horrified to note that he had missed 3 incredible mage guides that have only come out this week…

Misleading Mage Posts:

• Agility and Attack Power – the essentials of a mage
• Fire Mage Raid Preparation: Gnomeaggedon’s guide to one time raid invites
• Importance of Looking Good

I’m going to let him know.

But I’m also going to let him know that CriticalQQ doesn’t just have one or two Mage guides, but an entire page of them on his Critical Tab and then there is his M&M (Murder & Mayhem; the Series) tab as well. Did I forget that classic? Dear Mr. Gnomeaggedon, Sir

I know there are more and if I could drag myself away from Destructing Warlocks (apparently that’s also a spec, not just a Mage pastime.. who would have known?), I’d throw some more at him.  I’ll let you do that today, while I enjoy my Arathi Basin Lock fishing weekend (ohh look.. a solo Mage at the flag…)

As we’d say here downunder

Gazza, your a bloody ripper mate!

Gnomer and Out!

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Dont get me started on the others…

Anyway, this means I do stupid things like hassle harried history students about things that I could probably work out myself, while my feedreader laughs at me because 2 posts away are tons of posts about Fire Mages in General and Fire PvP Specifically.

So apologies up front to Rip if I have dragged him away from his studies.  If you have started, don’t stop.  I haven’t found a source of Fire Mages enchants and gemming wisdom yet…

Meanwhile here are some links...

Great Balls of Fire

• Raiding Builds, Part 1
• Raiding Builds, Part 2
• Magic Gems
• Fire in PvP?
• Raid Enchants

The Grumpy Mage

• The Joys of Making Things Go Boom

I know there were more.. but of course as I write this I can’t find them…

Anyway…

Gnomer and Out!

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A Public Service announcement on behalf of Larisa… I think she’s having a Murloc Monday…

I quote:

Monday, June 22, 2009

Technical issues

Posted by Larísa

If you can read this post you’re not the one I’m trying to reach. Does this sound cryptic?

The thing is that it seems as if my old domain address http://pinkpigtailinn.blogspot.com doesn’t work. It used to redirect visitors to www.pinkpigtailinn.com, but not so any longer. I don’t know if this is a temporary issue or a permanent change of things. And no matter what it is – I have no idea what to do about it. So I just want to get out the word: please change your bookmarks and links to PPI to the new domain address, or my voice will be lost in the eternal sea of Internet.

But how could I get in touch with the ones who need to know it and tell them that their virtual pub hasn’t closed, just moved? I have no idea.

Proper posts are incoming later this week. Don’t lose hope!

Cheers from your innkeeper

Larisa

Primarily because there seem to be so few, then suddenly out of no where one appears.

The problem I find is that no sooner have I found the one, then I find a little trail leading to another and another and another.

So today I am going to share some Gifts (Blogs brought to my attention) and discoveries (blogs I stumbled across).

Gifts

Sheep-Blink-Invis…

A new Mage blog, but judging by the 3rd post, a song, we have lots to look forward too!

Eury dropped a note in my about page… A Gift!

As I said in my initial response…

When I read your blog url http://sheepblinkinvis.com/ I “read” sheep in bikinis…. so I had to go look… still I wasn’t all that disappointed when I realized it was Sheep-Blink-Invis… still Sheep in bikinis would be something to see….

Sprink Notes

Another new blog, thankfully Sprink linked a blog post to my Noobaggedon post, thus a Gift!

Magerly Different

Cathy, who I have mentioned before for her guest spots on The WoW Street Journal, has started up her own Mage Blog, Magerly Different.  Early days, but make sure you check out her blog and leave comments so she knows she isn’t alone.

Paladin Tank Syndrome

No, not a mage blog, but Cass wrote to tell me that her Not Another Mage Blog has gone the way of the Dodo, but she is still writing, just with a new bent.

Discoveries

DPS …We Deliver: Discussions about the Mage class in World of Warcraft

Dispite similarities between this Mage blog name and a certain Hunter Blog (DPS: We Deliver: The ongoing evolution of a Huntard) this is a Mage blog.. which the URL will clarify if nothing else…http://fireandfrost.wordpress.com/

World of Warcraft Mage Guide to Raiding: A simple, direct guide to help WoW mages perform in raids

This blog has been around for a while… since February.

I am kicking myself that I didn’t discover it sooner, heaps of information for your raiding Arcane or FrostFire Mage.

Highlights include Arcane and FrostFire how to’s, and clear Mage specific guides to a couple of Naxx bosses and he’s working on the Ulduar bosses now.

I hate it when I find out about stuff so late…

Karch, why didn’t you call?

Any other lurkers?

If you are a Mage, with a Blog and are lurking out there, please drop by and give me the good news…  Sure I don’t have enough time to read my feedreader, but you can be sure that the Mage blogs come first!

Gnomer and Out!

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It is Fim and Bre right?

Not an Orc in Fim’s clothes or a lock in Hunter’s leathers?

Anyway long time ListeNether, 1st time NetherWriter. Thought I would drop you a line.

Sorry I didn’t port in “Gnome”, but while your recording time is a nice casual midday Saturday down here in the depths of Gnomeregan (otherwise known as Melbourne, Australia) you conflict with my primary raid crew – my family.

Unfortunately Gnome Junior would want to do all the talking, and Mrs Gnomeaggedon would be using her epic mace to destroy her end game raid boss – my PC.

So the best you are going to get from me is a message in a Mage’s Nether bottle.

Blah, blah, blah….

Ever noticed now much Gnomes talk, on and on and on and on and ….

I was thinking today, that when I started blogging about 10 months ago, I did so because there were no Mage blogs out there…

None, absolutely none.

I found a lot of craters.

Mage blogs that had lit up in a major flash of light, leaving flaming trails through Google, but when traced back to their source there would be nothing but a shriveled up corpse of an expended Mage.

OK, that isn’t true, but it took a bit of hunting to find the likes of QQ, Tunas, He who Sheeps Things, Sucky Mages and of course my favorite Pink Pigtailed Gnome.

In time I discovered a few more bloggers that somehow Ice Blocked themselves from the OP Mage induced cataclysm, such as Tachyon, Fireball Spam and Andromache.

Blah, blah, blah… I do go on, don’t I.

Mage Council reformed

Anyway, these days we have a much stronger presence in the InterNether: PewPewLaserz, Desdarii, your TNB Magely stalker, KrizzlyBear, even the recently risen from the grave Zupa (there are more.. but for the sake of keeping this email/post about the same length as your average Night Elf, I will stop there).

With Dalaran come Mages

In an effort to redress the imbalance of Druid and Hunter blogs out there I thought I would bring some new Mage blogs to your attention that have appeared since the return of Dalaran

After all, what other Mage news do you guys have to share… Another polymorph?

• A Mage’s Guide to Life
• Clearcasting: a moment of clarity
• Morfaboy: The Gnome mage with pink hair
• Polymorphpwny
• Reputation Grind
• Diary of an (Ex?) WoW Addict
• Miss Elf
• The Arcane Asylum: Better Living Through Magic
• Tiddlywinks

Edit: A few more Magey blogs (some mixed) that I have discovered since writing the mail to TNB)

• Slushbolt: A Mage resouce… and stuff
• /yawn
• Beyond the Horizon

Of course there is the new and groovy WoWHeadlines’ Mage page as well!

Edit2: Yes I go on.. but I thought I would drop an honorable mention for Player vs. Developer.  Much more than a Mage, or even WoW blog… but tell me… can you see a family resemblance between me and his photo below?

PS: I kept a copy of this message and I will post it to save you linking everyone in the show notes…

PPS: Dear Larisa, the real reason I won’t be on TNB is cause I go on, and on and on. No one will listen to 3 hours of Gnome.

PSP: Gnome’s rock Gnomeregan!

PPSS: Mage’s rocked Dalaran!

PeePee: Did you see that For the Horde tried Grab your Sword and Fight the Horde!, and rolled Gnomes? If it’s good enough for the Horde, it’s good enough for you!

PeePeeSeeSee: I do go on…. don’t I?

P2P: I don’t have word or image limits in my blog posts either… Just in case you haven’t noticed.

PblahSblah: BLIZZARD give me my engineering flying mount for my 15 engineering Gnome racial… I used to sleep with a toy flying machine on my pillow as a little Gnome. You tease me constantly in Northrend with engineering flying machines!

So where oh where, for the love of all things Gnomish, is my mechanical pilot’s license?

Mmmm there must be more… But for now….

Gnomer and Out!

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…  well, He said …

… I think the time has come to panic …

The recent news that two of the WoW Blogging community’s favorite bloggers (Gun Loving Dwarf Chick and Resto 4 Life) are hanging up their blogging boots, reminded me that I am missing one of my favorite Mage bloggers.

Just as the Mage battle was heating up last year, he Iceblocked and disappeared!

Gone… without a trace…

Then, out of the blue, comes this cryptic message:

DON’T PANIC

So, I didn’t…

… and I haven’t …

… but now…

I AM STARTING TO PANIC!

Hey Zupa…

It’s OK if you spec’d Fire…

I promise I wont laugh…

I mean did I laugh at Larisa?

Well, OK a little bit…

But I wouldn’t laugh at you.. not even if you spec’d Arcane.. or Arcane/Fire or Fire/Arcane or DeathKnight!

Honest… I give you my Most sincere Gnomish pledge that I wont /lol … but I might /cry a little…

Go on… just let us know that Sydney isn’t really all that bad.. you can even try to convince me that Sydney is better than Melbourne (yeah… right!).

Gnomer and Out!

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So I battled away on behalf of all Fire Mages across Azeroth, fighting arguabley a losing battle.

End result:

• Arcane mages love Arcane
• Frost Mages love Frost
• Fire Mages love Fire.

Then the strangest thing happens… Blizzard throws us poor old Fire Mages a rope, while dumping Arcane Mages in a bottomless pit.

So Larisa has come back to the fold.

Velinath has come back to the fold.

How many more Mages have now seen the blazing light and returned to Fire?

Of special note are those loyal to the flame… come on down Pew Pew!

Finally, a new Blogging Flame has been sparked.. check out the latest Fire Mage blog to hit the scene, with the apt URL of http://pyroblast.wordpress.com/ we have Ten Days in Azeroth: Ramblings of a Fire Mage

Gnomer and Out!

A Clayton’s Post (The post you have when you aren’t having a post).

Scratching together stuff I have seen during the week… purely for Larisa’s benefit… why have a feedreader when you have a Gnome?

But… here’s the thing Larisa, this week I have decided to take a different tack, I am going to provide my readers with a collection of worthwhile posts that you have at your fingertips, and most likely on your hard drive.

A tribute post

Yes, rather than trawling the Twisted Nether for a miscellany of posts, I am going to trawl the smoke blackened corners of the Pink Pigtail Inn and highlight those posts (past and present) that drew me to blogs (and blogging) in the first instance, and continue to provide a bar that I struggle daily to reach, let along clear.

I am going back a fair way… I think most readers tend to find a blog and read forward, rarely going back into the past.  I was lucky enough to come across your blog as you started translating your posts into English… so I have been around since your 1st English posts, and was privileged enough to get that opportunity to read from the new-beginning.

Remember, this is only a sample of her Awesome Bloggyness… find yourself a few hours, a warm cuppa (or ice cold brew), throw another log on the fire, and read her from beginning to… well not the end, hopefully the Pink Pigtail goodness will go on for a long time to come.

February (Originally Swedish)

• Friday, February 8, 2008: Does your character reflect yourself?
• Sunday, February 3, 2008: To level quickly or with pleasure?
• Friday, February 8, 2008: Does your character reflect yourself?
• Wednesday, February 20, 2008: Measuring yourself
• Thursday, February 21, 2008: Divorce
• Wednesday, February 27, 2008: Secrets
• Friday, February 29, 2008: Questology

March

• Friday, March 21, 2008: The daily bad conscience
• Thursday, March 20, 2008: A small step for mankind – a giant leap for Larísa
• Sunday, March 9, 2008: Waiting for resurrection
• Tuesday, March 4, 2008: The pros and cons of being mage

April

• Monday, April 7, 2008: OK, here’s the big moment… Where Larisa jumps from Swedish obscurity, to front page English readers.
  Larísa’s Corner – now in English!
• Saturday, April 26, 2008: Arrggh Larisa turns to the bright side…
  Fire mage is a way of life

May

• Tuesday, May 13, 2008: I bet she’s spewing now….
  I killed my mount
• This is about when I started reading… thanks to a post from Matticus.
  May 18, 2008 by Matticus: 6 Upcoming Blogs to Add to Your Reader
• Monday, May 26, 2008: The advantage of being cute
• Monday, May 26, 2008: Do you dare to ask for innervates?

June

• Tuesday, June 17, 2008: WoW, Blessing of Kings is one of my best referers too… thank you for just pressing the links to our sites all day
  A few words about you
• Thursday, June 19, 2008: Focus – where do you find it?
• Saturday, June 21, 2008:Larísa’s Corner becomes the The Pink Pigtail Inn:  This could be my new home
• Monday, June 23, 2008: Roleplaying in the closet
• Thursday, June 26, 2008: Hard to resist the title… and it’s one of her favorite trinkets.
  Gnomes, gnomes, gnomes
• Thursday, June 26, 2008: The big move: I’m moving into this place
• Monday, June 30, 2008:
  The post, that snowballed… I was lucky enough to jump on right at the beginning, and I think most of my readers will have discovered my blog due to my response
  My last five hours in WoW

OK, from here on, it is all current history.  There is a good chance that most Mage Blog readers have read everything since June 30 (if not before).  If not, add her to your feed reader and keep an eye on the excellent stuff that she commits to the bits and bytes on the Twisted Nether.

Gnomer and Out!