Hay to Munch on:

• It is the Healer’s Fault: With grace, Kirk from Priestly Endeavors talks about healer roles not only in WoW but in WAR as well.

• Brewfest Achievements: Siha from Banana Shoulders gives great tips on how to get that “Brewmaster”Title over your head this year instead of next!

• The best guild application ever! WI wrote this one but in case you missed it. It really is an amazing application. Give yourself 6 minutes, it is worth it.

Just as a reminder guys, we will not have a show next week and will be returning strong in two weeks with Game Dame. If there are any burning questions you would like to ask her, feel free to send them in!

Stay tune for Runy and Phae! This week’s show should be up soon!

Hay to Munch on:

• Dear Abby?  For WoW? That’s right, seems to be new blogger Aislinana is making sure her blog is different by focusing on giving advice on how to handle situations presented as you play and interact with others.

• He now has a name! Dechion, formerly from Benameless, has decided to come out of the closet, not only reveal his name to us but also launched a new site to celebrate.  So if you were a reader of benameless, be sure to migrate to his new site: Dechion’s Place

• WoW apps on the iphone: Ziv from Double Trouble ponders on why a couple WoW related applications survived the Blizzard legal hammer.

Hay to Munch on:

• Pet name generator: Faeldray from Petoholic Anonymous has created the first ever, pet name generator for wow hunters and their pets! He is looking for help to fill the database so get those heads a-thinking!
• Fed up! Raiding sucks as a sole form of end game content. Cambios from Muckbeast, offers interesting views on the role of end-game content.
• End Game Satisfaction: Spicytuna wrote a rebuttal post to Cambios’ post.
• A Public Response: Stop Telling People How to Game: Lume’s response to a comment by Cambios.
• Happy Birthday World of Matticus:  A very big happy birthday to Matt and Wyn from World of Matticus! They have reached the ripe young age of one. I wonder what that equates to in dog years?

Hay to Munch on:

• An Exercise in Anti-stun locking: Josh from Eye for an Eye offers some advice for a Ret Pally against a rogue.
• Assigning Healing Strategy: Matt from World of Matticus offers a great series for heal leads part 2 of 5.
• Help Auctioneer! Gnomer from Armaggedon’s Coming calls for help on the behalf of Auctioneer’s programmers. They need your logs! Go and help out! Check Gnomer’s post for details.
• How to Get the Most Out of PVE Combat Swords. Andy from A Rogue’s Eye view offers some tips on how to get the most of your pve combat spec.
• Shaman Wiki. You guys may be the least played class in WoW, but that doesn’t mean you are second class citizens! Game Dame has created a wiki for all things Shammish and welcome all shammys and their totems. Go forth!

Hay to Munch on:

• On Burnout. Even uber Vonya from Egotistical Priest isn’t immune to the ailment.
• Haircut and Shave! Siha from Banana Shoulders provides a first hand look at the new Barber shops in “Itch”.
• Polar Bear Form, OH! Phae offers a list of inscriptions druids can look forward to in “Itch”.
• Healer Guilt Meter. Keredria from Tree for Life, offers a pictorial “guilt meter.”
• Wanna Make Movies? Erunno from Erunno’s Thoughts offers a list of machinima basic add-ons to help you become next WoW Christpher Nolan.
• Math and More Math. Zupa from Automagica offers great writing and a lot of math illustrating the virtues of improved frostbolt.

Hay to Munch on:

• An overview of what each professions brings to the raiding table. Written for Random Ravingsby BBR.
• Dwarf Priest has updated her Healer Gear.
• Spicytuna tells you how to create a Evocation Macro.

Time to Mend the Fences:

• If you are a wordpress self-hosted user, WP 2.6 has just been released.  Yes, it is time to upgrade again!  If you need help, feel free to comment in the BA WP forum.

Hay to Munch on:

• If you must PvP, then here are some ways you can make it more bearable.
  how to be a leader in battlegrounds.
  Fikkle from 4thehorde, reminds me, and contrary to my popular belief, horde complain as much as the alliance. He offers some good advice on how to take charge of your battleground when you enter.

• Call out for your screenshots! Ziv from Double Bubble has a very interesing project going. Currently, Ziv as a post on the BA forums explaining the project-a photo mosaic. Wanna help? Send Ziv your screenshots. First image in the works may be the BA logo. If you would like more information, visit the BA post and Ziv’s blog.

• Disgraph T. Dwarf shows us one dwarf’s adventures during the Midsummer festival.

• Kestrel opens his blog to the masses! Always wanted to write a post? Have your work shine in pretty white letters? Now is your chance. Kes has offered to post articles written by you! Restrictions apply, so please read the fine print .

• Heal who, when? Been asked to handout raid healing assignments at the last minute? Anna of Toomanyannas, will help you breath and get though the night with purple prizes!

Know of an awesome post we should see, blogs that have moved, closed or are new to the party? Sent me an email at bre@twistednether.net or leave it in the comments!

Midsummer fun:

• Grumble and Autumnn have a great article on what you are suppose to do with all the bonfires.
• Leafy from Leafshine struts his stuff in this great video
• Siha from Banana Shoulders offers some great links in her post The Fire Festival is here!.  Some are:

Letters From Birdfall: Fire Festival, or “Pretty Clothes That Set You On Fire — Literally” – a good guide to the available quests, how to do them, and what you get out of them.

/hug: Things are heatin’ up on the test realm… Midsummer is here! (there?) – a summary from the PTR testing out the content, covering some stuff that Birdfall’s post doesn’t.

Update! A Dwarf Priest: Midsummer Fire Festival – a good, comprehensive guide to all the content.

Check out the post for the rest!

Know of an awesome post we should see, blogs that have moved, closed or are new to the party?  Sent me an email at bre@twistednether.net or leave it in the comments!

Hay to Munch on:

• Runyarusco from Unbearably HoT offers sound blogging advice in: How I shot the web? Blogging with an Audience
• Anna from Too Many Annas tries to keep the raid channel open in : Can you hear me now?
• Auzara from ChickGM lets us know that even though things must come to an end,  at least do it with grace in : Dying with Dignity
• Larisa from Larisa’s Corner offers ways we can get ourselves back in the game in: Focus- where you find it?
• Maerdred from Treebound Cat provides some assistance with mouseover macros in : Mouseover Macros for Druid Healers

Know of an awesome post we should see, blogs that have moved, closed or are new to the party?  Sent me an email at bre@twistednether.net or leave it in the comments!

Just a reminder, our contest is still going on, be sure to send in your submission! Click here for da rules!

Hay to Munch on:

• Resto4Life: Innervate: Good to the Last Drop!
• Too Many Annas: Kids and Raids
• Aspect of the Hare: A Hunter’s Guide to Karazhan
• The Bronze Kettle: Vinyl Bumper Stickers and check out Shelbi’s store here

Moving to New Pastures:

• Sin’ Dorei Lineage is moving to a new site: The Shattered Sun
• Chris at Chrisweeden changed his name to The Unhealer

Closing Their Doors:

• Adventures in Azeroth is closing his doors.
• Bunnyfer from Chronicles of Undermine, the site as been deleted.

New to the Ranch:

• Heals Don’t Grow on Trees by Siarah
• Old New Druid by Valthan

Of course, being in the middle of Pottery Barn, you can’t find a computer to access the Armory. Thus your opportunity to enlighten Joe the <insert class here> is lost.

If you have an iphone, this never has to happen again!

This is all thanks to SaladFork of Omen of Clarity. Our boy Fork, decided, this travesty needed to rectified and has created iArmory! Now, when Sally the <insert class> needs gear advice, all you have to do is whip out your trusty iphone!

Fork would love testers for this new app. So if you have an iphone and want this ASAP, I suggest you go to his site and check it out.

Woh!  It’s been a great week so far and only getting better!  Matt from World of Matticus  will be joining us as our Twisted Blog next episode. If there are any burning questions you would like to ask him, feel free to send them in!  Also, to get keep you in the loop, here are a few posts you may have missed this week:

1. World of Matticus-ABC’s of Raiding -Evens (two parts =one awesome post)
2. Too Many Annas-ABC’s of Raiding-Odds
3. Temerity Jane- OP? OP? I will SHOW YOU OP! (because birds really are OP)
4. The Bronze Kettle- The Giant Yeti (Make your own!)
5. Kestrel’s Aerie- Hunter Tip From a Priest: How NOT to Wipe Your Group ( It isn’t what it reads like…this is what happens when proper cc goes wrong)
6. Elune’s Guidance- Bear Tanking 101 (Baby bears take notice)
7. Big Bear Butt-Is WoW Still Your Cheese (Is it?)

Enjoy!