Wid ye belive it?  200! An’ a thought ah wis gonnae be retired years ago.

When grinding some faction rep you usually end up watching the numbers slowly creep forward, inching towards your goal, hoping that it will come soon and you will never have to gather / kill / quest for another hoojermahflip again .  Writing this blog has, I can happily say, not been at all like that – whilst getting posts out is sometimes hard for me when I’m feeling uninspired; I know  I can always turn to my blog when I feel like a little writing therapy.  Thus:  it wasn’t until last week that I noticed I was so close to my second ‘ding’ blogwise – post 200.

I know there are those out there who fire out a post every day but for me, writing my blog is theraputic, either in a cathartic way or because it allows me to formulate and describe ideas or opinions which just won’t entirely come together in my had alone.  I don’t write because I feel I have to, I write here because I love it – I also love getting comments, I love the community that wow-blogging has given me and I enjoy making pretty pictures.

The all-pervasive twitterites, though, had to give me ideas for the content of this post – they came up with a retrospective on some of the posts which I’ve enjoyed, have seemed popular, have had a lot of feedback or simply are still relevant.  Of course, as the author, I find it hard to judge, so I enlisted Khi to sit and read through all 199 posts and help me choose some – for which I am truly grateful!

Of course, how do you pick just a few posts from 199? Well, it’s hard, and we ended up with quite a pile of posts which, whilst not all super-awesome, were ones which also might have meant something to me or that I really enjoyed writing.

The First Post

My first post, ‘What this isnae‘ is often one I refer back to – it describes my simply aim for this blog and, whilst I may have strayed a little into territories where I’d never thought I’d set foot, I still think I hold to the simple ideals therin.  So, a plethora of posts for you to peruse if you wish – chosen from a larger pile and whittled down into those which I feel are still relevant or fun to read.

Pile o’ Posts

Dual Specs – An Anti Rant – A recent post, and one I enjoyed writing even though it felt like it took an age.

Boostin’ Versus Old Skool – Written a long time ago, this post is still pretty relevant.

Rage-Management.  No, Not that Kind O’ Rage – Anger management, wow style.

What You Need to Know About… Dwarves – My silly take on a Blog Azeroth topic of the week.

Versatility or ‘Big Green Blob Syndrome’ – A post which I still feel is relevant – on how giving us similar buffs and abilities does not homogenise us.

Flyin’ Arrows an’ Chained Heals – The first blog post where my ‘baby’ shaman Avarix is mentioned on the blog.

The Burning Crusade – A retrospective on TBC.

Druid  – Epic Flight Form Questline: A Guide – This guide has continued to be my top-viewed post, week by week, since it was written, so I guess I did something right!

Flowery Writin’ – There have been multiple wow-ku memes, but this was the only one I participated in and I really liked how they turned out.

We’ve Come a Long, Long Way Together… - post 100

Thanks once again to those who still read and comment here – hopefully it won’t be that long before I’m hitting 300!