Comments on: Social Tanking

By: Thanks, Tanks « Tish Tosh Tesh

Thanks, Tanks « Tish Tosh Tesh — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:59:22 +0000

[...] it’s not the same thing as MMO tanking, and neither is it the same as social tanking, but real world tanking is far more important. Many thanks to veterans of the armed forces. All [...]

By: Snowflake Seeds « Tish Tosh Tesh

Snowflake Seeds « Tish Tosh Tesh — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:41:17 +0000

[...] of the globe, snow is part of the Christmas season. Decorations are also a big part of that whole social/celebration/homemaking/party thing. Since Larisa recently called me a snowflake (thanks!), it got me thinking of snowflake [...]

By: Syl

Syl — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:38:21 +0000

Great post! =)
I always tried to define the 3 main roles of the MMO in terms of ‘time’ for myself – understanding the healer as the one who ‘grants time’ really, the players that allows an encounter to last for as long as he can maintain the life of the raid (through his manapool).
tanks are the ones that ‘initiate time’, making the encounter possible at all. and the DPS are those that will actually determine the end of the encounter, the ones that define its length and speed (staged/phased fights aside) – thus somehow being hmm…the ‘time cutters’ maybe? u can see, I haven’t quite figured this out yet, still need to work on a more elaborate explanation! ;D

By: Anton

Anton — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:46:58 +0000

Haha, this is great!

I was coughing and falling over in a fever during our Thanksgiving meal, so I didn’t get any conversation time at all, and now that I think of it, I can’t even remember the last time I sat down with a group around the table and had a real discussion about anything. I live with my 3-year-old, and conversation at our meals is almost entirely composed of an attempt to get him to eat something…ANYthing!

I still love the post. And last night I was playing WoW and noticed that you get burned even 5 feet away from those darn fires. And we should count ourselves lucky they don’t behave as such in the real world.

By: We Fly Spitfires

We Fly Spitfires — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:08:44 +0000

ROFL, great stuff Particularly liked the Death Knight description.

It’s funny cause I’m not sure which category I fall into in real life. I’m a true blood tank/Warrior in all of my MMOs and I suppose it’s describes me the best in RL too

By: Tesh

Tesh — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:27:27 +0000

And/or fudge. Good chocolate goes a long way.

By: Becca

Becca — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:52:31 +0000

This post is HILARIOUS! And so awesomely accurate. People are fascinating! Observing social interaction is something I never really lose interest in.

Oh, and “Desserts are a powerful wildcard in the healer’s arsenal, and many healers will come prepared with a wide assortment” made me laugh so hard! It is so, so true though. There are very few confrontations that can’t be solved with brownies.

By: Tesh

Tesh — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:55:27 +0000

Trench coats are very useful in social situations. If nothing else, pockets are valuable, as is the element of surprise. I love that Hyperbole and a Half blog.

Not sure what to think about your class corruption. Maybe pretentious piety just doesn’t pay all that well?

By: Longasc

Longasc — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:50:14 +0000

I like to keep cool stuff under my trench coat, tend to start MMOs as Paladin/equivalent class and always end up playing Warlocks/Necromancers.