Author Archives: Alex

Dopey

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

I’m oftentimes not the brightest bulb in the lot. I’ll be proving this on a daily or weekly basis as I play SWTOR, but here are some real /facepalmers I’ve caught myself doing lately. Gearing up Companions I… don’t do … Continue reading →

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Under the wire

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

My guildmate, Kris, recently wrote about SWTOR in review, covering the events that have occurred over the past three months. She invited everyone to contribute their own recap of their first three months in game and since I’m usually scrounging … Continue reading →

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Anti-Skirt Sentiment

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

I put on my robe and wizard hat. Dear BioWare, Hello there. Do you know what’s difficult to do? Pretty much anything if you’re wearing a dress. I suppose they may be well suited for sitting around and chatting or … Continue reading →

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Snark isn’t dead weight

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

In my several years of gaming and raiding, I have often tried to find myself in a raid team that isn’t carrying any dead weight. But it never quite seemed to happen. That team had a tank who didn’t use … Continue reading →

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Portrait of a small guild

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

The Snark Side is a pretty small guild. We have, at my last count, 11 members who play SWTOR as their primary MMO. That number is not heavily subsidized by those playing it as a secondary game – in fact, … Continue reading →

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Weak Link

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

I pretty much fail at posting, don’t I? I do, but that’s not the weak link I’m here to talk about today. Last week, I started dipping my toes into hard modes. It’s been covered pretty well elsewhere that hard … Continue reading →

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Feeling lost

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

Hitting level cap for the first time in a game is apparently always a bittersweet moment for me. I had thought that since I plan on raiding (going with Shintar here on “running operations” being too much to type every … Continue reading →

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Bugs

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Seemed like I ran into a bunch of random bugs over the weekend. Many were the usual crazy eyes and characters being blacked out sorts of things, but then there were some that were a bit more amusing. Reminiscent of … Continue reading →

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Conversations

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Late night conversation with Dion. Me: Man, it must suck to play a male Jedi Consular. Dion: Why is that? Me: Because all your companions are dudes until the end of the leveling game! I’m 45 and still have yet … Continue reading →

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Illicit romance

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

So I’m a Jedi Sage, right? And apparently, emotion is bad and loving someone is a definite no-no. Because my priorities will become skewed? And the world will implode or I’ll have babies and then try to kill and maybe … Continue reading →

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