So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig

Just over 2 days till my Sri Lanka vacation commences :) So excited!

For friends presently working at Blizzard: An acquaintance is considering working for the company and would like to chat with current employees to get a feel for internal culture, personal experiences, etc. If you'd be willing to speak with them, please let me know.

Opinion: Gearing for alt characters -- specifically, reaching the maximum ilvl cap of 740 -- ought to speed up in Legion Remix. I'd opine that this should primarily happen through higher item level caps when gear upgrades drop (i.e., +12-15 ilvls rather than the +6 range) and more Artifactum Sand.

I'm not loving the Havoc Demon Hunter build currently recommended for Legion Remix. Given how quickly almost everything (including Mythic bosses) falls over, it feels as if there are too many "setup" cooldowns to press going into a pull. Maybe it'll feel better at higher Versatility?

Too much Sentinax farm.

you know a recipe is good when the paper looks like this @magdalenadk.bsky.social just realized how cheffy the non-existent instructions are so lmk if you have questions 😅 I cut it in half for home

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Planning to go on a journey down the mycelial network tonight :) Wish me luck!

This Azshara-themed xmog kinda eats, NGL

The YouTube algorithm has decided to steer me in the direction of endless brownie recipe recommendations. I am completely okay with this.

9 years later, finally managed to capture a worth followup of my Shadowmoon Valley screenshot :)

Cynicism about regional circumstances aside, this is good to see. www.dawn.com/news/1953115...

Dick Cheney's very name is near universally reviled here. It is associated with almost every single human rights abuse, torture program, and black site that followed the US's "War on Terror" across Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and beyond under the Bush administration. So, sincerely: Rot in hell.

Everything Donald Trump is doing to Americans and in America was pioneered by Dick Cheney on foreigners and abroad. He threw the imperial boomerang

I'm sad to read this. www.linkedin.com/posts/greg-s...

At this point it's been all but confirmed that L'ura is the "true" final boss of the first tier of Midnight (assuming you count March on Quel'Danas as part of the first tier). Lore-wise, her ability to "break free" of Alleria raises a number of pretty big questions.

So at this point I, sitting halfway across the world and not having resided in the United States for over a decade, have "randomly" had 15+ articles suggested to me about why Zohran Mamdani being elected mayor of NYC would, apparently, be nothing short of apocalyptic. The desperation is comical.

Go fuck yourself

It's been a bittersweet day. I got to spend it with my boyfriend and affirm how grateful I am for us being able to spend as much time together as we have. Unfortunately, his recent promotion (which I'm still very happy for him for getting) means that he'll be here much less frequently from now on.

Honestly, one of the biggest plusses to come out of Shadowlands being retconned (i.e., established that it's not the true afterlife) is that it also means characters like Arthas, Garrosh, and Ursoc aren't "extra dead", and that there's some possibility of seeing them again down the line.

So, question for anyone with current Midnight Alpha access: Does Harandar have dedicated zones for: a) Roots from Vordrassil/Andrassil (i.e., the corrupted World Tree in the Grizzly Hills)? b) Roots from Elun'Ahir, some of which which as almost certainly saw in Khaz Algar?

I am sorry 43 spambots, but I don't believe it is in the best interest of the #Acherus Discord for your links to a server named "Boobies" to be left up (in every one of our public channels, no less). I do appreciate your persistence in attempting to share though.

Between a bonus and my earning 3 paychecks this month, we've done okay in September and October. However, that's going to dry up soon, and my spouse still hasn't had any luck finding a job. Every bit helps us keep going a bit longer! gofund.me/79519a297

Got an unexpected video call from a dear friend today, just to introduce me to her baby🥹

I'm frustrated that Bsky still hasn't adopted many of the features we became used to on Twitter. Obviously saying you want a feature and actually having it deploy on a new platform are very different things, but the lack of any discussion on this front has been disheartening.

There's Balance of Power completed

Always told liberals Bill Maher was a racist piece of shit, especially against Muslims and Arabs, and we were ignored for years. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Heathrow (because it's always Heathrow, of course) lost my boyfriend's luggage. I'm taking him clothes shopping in a few hours, though of course I've also had to tease him about showing up with no clothes being his entire plan all along.

As if things couldn't get better, my boyfriend just messaged to say an unexpected work trip is sending him here tonight, meaning I get to see him for the first time since July :)

I've had a Friday evening that I can only describe as being fan-freaking-tastic :)

"At the hour of her third death, she ushers in our coming". Alleria has already spoken about "dying twice". We know she's going to become a boss in the Voidspire. We know Lu'ra is going to be free of her and likely corrupt the Sunwell, heralding the Void's victory. The prophecy is coming true.

To at least some basic extent, we "know" how "The Last Titan" will end: With Azeroth's birth/awakening. Anything short of this -- like Azeroth dying, falling to corruption, or having to stay asleep -- would feel like a horrible let down for a story that's been brewing for so long.

This is interesting, because it partially throws a wrench into the notion that the totality of the Shadowlands was Ordered by the Titans. It's why I mentioned Denathrius/the Nathrezim being a plot point that still needs resolution if the Titanic Shadowlands narrative is being pushed.

I just had a wild thought based on this quest text: warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Tales_o... Consider this line: "...when the Goddess disappeared, Aln'sharan was SO sad that he flew up into the highest roots of Harandar, never to be seen again". What if this is actually referencing Y'Shaarj?

Here's a lore speculation thread based on currently datamined Midnight and 11.2.7 spoilers. This first post serves as your one and only warning: Turn away if you don't want to see major plot points discussed before getting to play through them. Cool? Cool.

Hey friends, I'm trying to do my due diligence and ask plainly: Does anyone currently following this feed mind/care if I discuss spoilers from the Midnight alpha? My presence on Bsky is currently small enough that I'm reasonably confident I can get an accurate summation of people's feelings.

Executive dysfunction is such a curse :(

"The vassal of life disguises treachery. Beware the eyes of green."

This is purely speculation on my part, but I have to wonder if the fact that we've heard next to nothing about the next Diablo IV expansion is related to the plot being changed considerably from whatever was originally intended.

I just remembered: StarCraft’s Kerrigan was both named and developed as a rival to Red Alert’s Tanya (i.e., a nod to Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding real life rivalry), given that both games were competitors in the same genre (RTS). Brief introduction here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bip1...

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

A bunch of the questions I asked in this thread got answered on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/warcraftlo... Massive spoiler alert, so won't be directly addressing what's said here till later. Sadly, I think this is going to butcher most Tauren lore :(

So, uh, massive spoiler warning: Sylvanas seems to have just casually confirmed something that players have been speculating about the nature of the Shadowlands/Death.

Wait. WAIT. What is the answer's staring us right in the face? Aln'hara is Elune. My God, it actually fits. The Rift of Aln's literal "real world" counterpart is Lake Elune'ara. The Night Elves believe that Elune "slept in the waters of the Well of Eternity.

The Runas the Shamed questline hit me like a gut-punch when I first played it on Legion Beta almost a decade ago. It's no less impactful today, redoing it for Legion Remix. It's disturbing, audacious, and devastatingly accurate in how it chronicles the experience of substance addiction.

Alright, so: Based on current lore findings, here are my two theories for how the story of the Rift of Aln will unfold in Midnight. These theories aren't necessarily mutually exclusive, but I felt it was best to split them off for reasons that will become obvious.

This is well articulated + touches on what's been a foundational problem with how non-white coded races and factions in Warcraft have been written since basically WC3.

This seems to suggest two things: 1. The Haranir predate Trollkind, rather than being the missing link between Trolls and Night Elves. 2. The "darkness" below is not a reference to the Old Gods, but something else. Both, ironically, tie in with Etch the Quack's old theories.

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