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FYI - Theo has always been that way with everyone. Not just you. Also, he's one of the more knowledgable rogues on these forums due to the fact that he DOES do his research, theorycrafts to find optimal dps rotations, gemming, etc. Just because he hasn't raided in more recent content, doesn't mean he's not uptodate with the information.

Also, while I understand your blog is just that... Your blog, and it's supposed to be helpful to others that are rogues, want to roll a rogue, etc. I don't find it useful at all. As Therion said, having the information and sources within your blog would help greatly. Just because you have the links on the side doesn't mean anything. You're basically wanting us to read your blog, and then do our own research to find out the information (i.e. the special hit cap).

You feel as though everyone here is trying to flame you and call you names, when in reality I think it's YOU that has the problem. You want criticism and we're giving it to you. You're the one that has a problem handling it, and as such, you result to call people out as being "mean and nasty and targetting you specifically."

As mentioned multiple times in the thread, if you're wanting people to read your blog and tell you what they think, learn to grow some and take everything with a grain of salt. It's up to you whether you want to accept what has given to you and change, or stay where you're at right now.



Just wanted to mention something. I don't think I ever had the desire to take aggro on anything. My dream isn't to tank, my dream is to kill crap with "crazy deepz." If a rogue doesn't know how to pull off that dps without taking aggro, then they fail. If I wanted to tank and destroy everything, I'd roll a tanking class and learn how to increase dps that way. Maybe it's your dream and you wish EVERY rogue felt the same, but that's not the case.

Maybe I just don't get blogging, but I really didn't find anything you mentioned helpful, and found it to be a waste.

Also... This should be in the rogue forum.

Edited, Sep 16th 2010 8:27am by xNocturnalSunx

I know this is intentional but... Irony! :D

Dude, what the hell. Just because you're purplesy doesn't mean you get to steal my stuff.

Get off my lawn!

I wasn't trying to imply that Theo had some problem with only me, just that it was unfair, unnecessary, and undeserved. The face that he is this way to everyone makes perfect sense.

When I made the blog, the intended audience was basically rogues that are raiding, but are unexperienced or haven't gotten very far, which is why I didn't explain everything in detail. But, opening the blog to a wider audience is a good idea, and one that I will put more effort into doing.

I don't mind criticism, as long as its helpful. If I read a response and it seems like the person is simply trying to make fun of me, I don't consider that helpful. Hyolith's posts had criticism while also remaining respectful, and he gave good solid advice that I really appreciate. While Theo on the other hand made comments like, and

To again further clarify my comments on rogue tanking. I didn't mean that it was every rogues goal to simply take aggro. As a rogue it is my goal in raids to survive, not get anyone else killed, and do as much dps as possible. However, this is something realistic, as opposed to a dream, which is usually not realistic. I may dream I can fly, but my goal in life isn't to be able to fly. Also I separated my factual discussion of upcoming changes to the class that could be considered "tank" mechanics, from the digression on my personal opinions about rogue tanking, which admittedly had a lot of exaggerations.

S'okay, Xsarus, you brought me a cookie.

jbyehwortui, don't be so aggressive. Attacking Therion for trying to help you is just mind blowing.

Wait, we're claiming buttons now?

Seriously? How was Theo trying to help me? The most helpful thing he said to me was
Was he trying to be helpful in an R. Lee Ermey kind of way? I don't get it, I wasn't disrespectful to him, but he saw fit to be a complete jerk to me because the blog I just started didn't meet his standards. The very first thing he said was
And you tell me I was attacking him? I never once insulted Theo. I did mention he didn't respond when I corrected him, but that I admitted when I was wrong. How did he respond to that? More insults.

Theo, you seem like a knowledgeable person, which I assume is why you were so quick to criticize me. All I'm saying, is I wouldn't insult you for something you said in one of your forum FAQs, I probably wouldn't say anything at all unless it was appreciative or helpful. I have no doubt you are a WoW veteran, and I see you have been an active member of these forums for quite some time, but that really is an awful way to treat someone.

Dude, I just wrote out an entire post stating very blatantly where you went wrong. Read it.

Funny how a simple mistake such as believing I wrote "Theo" when in fact I wrote "Therion" can stir the pot, huh?

Therion, or TherionSaysWhat to use his full name, only gave you constructive criticism upon which you instantly returned the favor with some snide comments about your blog not being Wikipedia or whatever. That's what I meant.

What I think

1. It's short.

2. I gleaned no useful information from it.

3. I gleaned no real opinion from it other than a) you like rogues, and b) you seem to have little knowledge of or love for other classes.

4. I was ultimately left wondering what the goal of the "blog" was. You didn't really set out to Inform - not in detail anyway. There really was no Argument. The whole thing came off like "Hey I feel like telling people that I like Rogues."

The "Information"

1. Rogue dps is the best.
** No it's not. I've been playing almost 2 years now and have never once seen a rogue top any charts in any group I've been in (unless on *my* rogue and even then . .) Not to say they can't be awesome, but it certainly seems rare to see. I see Shammies blow s*** up left and right routinely, Mages spiking crazy numbers, hell I can think of almost any other class that would NOT surprise me to see big numbers from. Except rogues.

2. DPS/GS
** I have no idea what this is. You don't explain what this is, or means. If it has something to do with gearscore then say so. Not everybody uses it. Some people loathe it.

3. DPS optimization
** "Use optimal enchants/gems" . . . .such as as!?!? C'mon, help a brother out here! Don't just start a paragraph like that and then leave me hanging.
** Hit caps . . .are what? What is poison hit, special hit, and white hit?
** Stack ArPen . . is exactly the opposite of what everybody else here and at EJ and such recommends.

4. Post #2
** You briefly gloss over a few things in Cataclysm, which can be found in a million places, and then proclaim that every Rogue wants to tank. No they don't. Don't project your own odd wishes onto everybody else.


See, here's the thing. I have a Rogue that's relatively fresh to 80. I struggle a bit more with her than with some of my others and was hoping for some help. I should be your target audience. Your blog didn't help.

A blog should make readers want to come back. Yours gives no reason for anybody to do so.

Oh, and on another note, your responses to people on this forum aren't helping any. You trash Theo for not raiding but nothing in your blog even mentions raiding and I see armory links are conspicuously absent from the blog. You trash Therion who was, as you requested, giving feedback on your blog. And he wasn't even mean about it; just giving straight objective feedback.

You come off like the Lord High Poo of Rogues when nobody knows you and you have shown nothing to back it up except immature opinions (trust meh roguez r teh awesumz!) and wrong information. Expect to be called out on it.

I call this title or some other variation of it...


And I vote for exploding buttons...

Me too! Me too!



Tis the million dollar question. The Shammy from the first blog mentioned he got a 'sizeable' increase in traffic and picked up another follower.

Though I didn't press him for numbers...

I need to make a blog...

Edit: Although, I'd probably have 27k articles and a bunch of haters. It's how I roll.

Edited, Sep 17th 2010 8:48pm by Mazra