Please Note
Thank you for visiting Murloc Parliament. This blog is inactive since the authors have stopped playing WoW.
However, the blog will continue to be hosted for a while because, while outdated, some information may be useful. The site will be taken down once Mists of Pandaria is released, because at that point all information here will be obsolete.
Priorities Archive
Balancing Attending Raids and Sitting Out on Team Heal
Posted on July 15, 2011 | 10 CommentsThis is a very simple principle that a lot of people don’t get… Assigned spots: If you want to be able to raid every time you want to, you need...Getting the Dreaded Valor Points
Posted on July 13, 2011 | 23 CommentsThere’s been talk lately about doing instances for VP, capping, etc. See Kurn’s Post, Windsoar’s, and Oestrus’s. My Thoughts on Gear and VP And I’m going to share with you...The Short-Short Version: Why Some Women are Not Hard-Core Raiders
Posted on August 30, 2010 | 24 CommentsKurn has an excellent post about women who raid – like hard-core raid, not the casual raiding that I do – and it got me thinking. In the seemingly-neverending train...One-week subscription to that “real life” game
Posted on August 20, 2010 | No CommentsMy momma’s going to be in town this upcoming week and no gaming or raiding for us… not much to talk about blog-wise so updates might be sparse. Â We will...Games don't break up marriages, people do.
Posted on May 25, 2010 | 12 CommentsWoW, as a game, is incapable of ending a relationship. The saying goes: "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." Overindulging in WoW is a way to strain your relationship. But ultimately it is up to the gamer to choose gaming habits that work with his/her family life, and up to both individuals to reach a compromise that they are both okay with.Real life, WoW, and babies.
Posted on March 1, 2010 | 7 CommentsThis is a cranky whine by Cranky. Please ignore if you’re not into whining. You’re not reading anymore, right? Ok good. The Twig and the Bed Yesterday, husband and I...Theory in practice: "good reasons"
Posted on January 22, 2010 | 1 CommentThe other day, I waxed philosophical about the open-ended question of whether we should care about what the reasons were for a player doing something that negatively impacted the group...Should we care about the reason for a player’s detrimental behavior?
Posted on January 20, 2010 | 5 CommentsGeneral Principle: We Excuse Undesirable Behavior for a Good Reason Most “nice” guilds (and nice people) in WoW have this as an unwritten rule. If a person does something detrimental...Balancing RL and game: being courteous to your guild mates while prioritizing RL.
Posted on January 13, 2010 | No CommentsAs a casual guild, we make it clear that RL>WoW. If you have a test to take, if it’s your kid’s birthday, we don’t want to see you online. If...On couples, kids, friends, and raiding in "pairs".
Posted on January 12, 2010 | 2 CommentsAll guilds have “pairs” who prefer to do stuff together. We have a father/son team, a father/daughter team, a few couples (oh wait, girls don’t play WoW!), a set of...