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September 3rd, 2009
2012
Feb
10
Quick Tips - DS - Heroic Hagara
“ Our guild recently killed Heroic Hagara on 25man and I thought I would write up ...”
Jan
22
Want Feedback on your UI?
“I thought it would be something different to provide a means of sending me through ...”
16
Mists of Happy Happy Panda Land - Heroics and Challenge Modes
“Some information out today about Mists of Happy Happy Land and about how they will ...”
2 comments
14
Upyursh's Raiding User Interface
“I have finally gotten around to updating my User Interface and the details of the ...”
1 comments
07
2 New Addons, Worth a Look?
“Hey all, I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Years :) I spent ...”
2011
Dec
12
The Good and Bad of the new LFR System
“As with any addition or change to the way things are done the Looking For ...”
03
Dragon Soul Progression Details
“If you are a guild pushing progression and want to showcase it on your website ...”
02
Dragon Soul - First Impressions
“We took our first look on Wednesday night as a guild (but I did a ...”
Oct
13
Resto Tier 13 and 4.3 Changes
“I thought I would do my mandatory post on Tier gear and the upcoming patch ...”
It's been too long - but I'm still around
“Hey everyone, I have been looking at my bookmark to upyursh.com for a couple of ...”
May
16
Harmony Buff Confirmed - And it's HoT ;);)
“Well I have logged onto the PTR and confirmed the behaviour for Harmony, and it's ...”
07
Tier 12 Resto Druid Set Bonus :O
“Well it comes that time when we get to see our first sneak peak at ...”
Guild Finder easier with Recruitment Enhancement?
“There has been a lot of chit bat on WoW Blogs & Forums about the ...”
Mar
30
Blogger List Update
“I figured I would take the chance the update my blogger list. If you are ...”
2 comments
18
WowTrack - Guild Ranking for 25man Guilds
“Thanks to Janyaa's post on twitter about this for pointing this out for me :D WowTrack ...”
3 comments
11
Razor Switchblade :O
“Saw this here and was just amazed. Looks really cool, just not sure how 'practical' ...”
10
An Introduction to DrQuinne
“Well it's finally happened.. after thinking/talking about it for so long I have finally had ...”
4 comments
09
Ayr Version 1.3-release Available
“Ayr version 1.3 comes with some new fancy things that you may or may not ...”
08
BWD - Nefarian
“Bizarro are currently working on this encounter and I thought I would share some of ...”
3 comments
05
Paranoid Much Charlie?
“Charlie's become overly paranoid! Every time he hears his name (or other words of interest) ...”
Feb
25
4.1 - What are us Druids Likely to See?
“Well from the notes, not much really. There has been a lot of talk about ...”
24
User Interface Updates - A Little Insight into the Process
“It has been a long time since I've really reworked my UI, overall I have ...”
1 comments
02
Leading a Guild From Afar
“As some of you know Im soon off to the US for another stint for ...”
2 comments
Jan
26
An Addon that will help your Raid Leaders
“I dont know if this is a common issue for other officers/raid leaders but ensuring ...”
20
Very useful Raid Leading / Strat Tool
“Someone on my guild forums found this tool and I thought I'd post about it, ...”
3 comments
BWD – Atramedes
“Atramedes is a poor soul, blinded and unable to see the annoying pipsqueekes pocking it ...”
BWD – Magmaw 25man
“Magmaw will most likely be one of the first bosses you attempt in this instance ...”
2010
Dec
18
Feelings on OOM Form and the Basic Resto Healing Style Changes
“Not Enough Mana See what I did there with the title? Clever aye? Well for us ...”
3 comments
17
Latest Hotfixes - Hmmm I seee
“So new patch is in with a few changes of note; It is no longer possible ...”
So Cataclysm Is Here - Upy's View of the (NEW) World
“A little late, but better late than never I guess :) Catalcysm has been a ...”
16
Cataclysm Buff Foods and Flasks
“So Catalcysm has hit and I have gotten Upy to 85 and been gearing him ...”
1 comments
Oct
19
The Nasty Lag Boss and Keeping Customers Happy
“ Well since 4.0.1 was released I am one of the lucky masses who has been ...”
1 comments
15
4.0.1 - Patch Impressions
“I had a couple of people asking me about my impressions of 4.0.1 so I ...”
3 comments
13
Highlights & Low-lights of WOTLK
“A guildy (Tunza I'm talking about you mate on my blog, you're like famous and ...”
1 comments
Sep
21
Resto Druid Mastery - Changes
“Well looks like Bliz has some love for us Druids yet, with the following announcement ...”
2 comments
20
Cataclysm Beta : Druid Healing Impressions
“Well I did 2 5mans on the PTR, one as Upy and the other as ...”
Cataclysm Beta : Troll Druids
“Well when I first heard about Troll Druids I was a bit meh about the ...”
1 comments
19
Cataclysm Beta : Raid/Group Frames - First Impressions
“Well I had my first look at the new raid/party frames. First off the key point, ...”
18
Cataclysm Beta : Orgimmar Changes
“Well first change to have a look Org and the rework is great, really pulls ...”
17
Cataclysm Beta : Worgen and Goblins
“I'm still to play but here are some Character Build screens for Worgen and Goblins ...”
2 comments
16
Cataclysm Beta : Some UI Changes
“So as yet I haven't installed any addons, I am just going through some of ...”
15
Cataclysm Beta : Goblin Starting Area
“Wow! Very very impressed with the Goblin Starting area. I only bothered to get to ...”
Cataclysm Beta : Druid Spells/Pics
“I guess one of the biggest things for me as a dedicated resto druid is ...”
3 comments
14
Cataclysm Beta : First Impressions
“Firstly have to say a MASSIVE /huzzah to Wow Interface who secured a large number ...”
2 comments
Aug
30
User Interface - Finally Updated Again
“I have been running with this UI for a while now but haven't had time ...”
Jun
30
Ruby Sanctum - Instance Overview
“ TRASH Guards - Tank and Spank them Invokers - Interrupts, Interrupts, Interrupts Assaulters - Turned away ...”
1 comments
22
RealID - What I'm Concerned About and What I'd Like
“Well with the patch this evening the Blizzard Real ID is online, I like the ...”
2 comments
May
16
Druid Mana Management Block - LitePanels
“I believe I have talked about LitePanels in the past, I have just finished off ...”
2 comments
12
ICC - Sindragosa
“Sindragosa is not a complex fight, and it is not a dps race (if you ...”
02
Smartervate Released
“Smartervate is my 3rd addon and it's probably the first that has a real function ...”
1 comments
Apr
25
ProEmote Released
“Well as some of you know I like to tinker with addons, in the past ...”
1 comments
15
Being Polite Is Nice...
“One of the things I have noticed since becoming GM of Bizarro on Khaz'Goroth is ...”
6 comments
Cataclysm Druid Changes - Upy's View
“Ok so I thought I’d throw my 2 cents worth onto the Interweb :P Understand ...”
1 comments
Mar
29
Quick Update
“I thought I would post a quick update cause I know things have been ultra-slow ...”
Feb
16
Self Improvement... It's really that important
“Without naming names or going into specifics, I have recently had discussions with a reliable ...”
2 comments
12
Katjia Guest Post: Bear Tanking Festergut
“Stam, AC, Stam, Stam and maybe a little more AC. Did I mention Stamina? When it ...”
1 comments
Jan
29
Welcoming Katjia to the Blog
“In line with my plan for the next 12 months I have twisted the arm ...”
1 comments
12
1 Year Anniversary of Upyursh.com
“Well it's true, it's been 1 year since I opened the doors at upyursh.com. It's ...”
3 comments
06
ICC - Rotface
“Abilities Slime Spray - Raining Green Ooze. Deals 5363 to 5637 Nature to enemies in cone. ...”
ICC - Festergut
“ Abilities Gaseous Blight - clouds the entire raid and does raid wide damage every 2 secs. Inhale ...”
ICC - Deathbringer Saurfang
“ Interesting mechanic, basically all of Saurfangs abilities grant him Blood Points (BP) when they do ...”
ICC - Gunship
“ Well this is the token novelty encounter. It's pretty easy but here's some details for you; Talk ...”
ICC - Lady Deathwhisper
“After Lord Easymode I was expecting this to be a walk in the park, instead.. ...”
ICC - Lord Marrowgar
“When we first did this fight I was left feeling pretty disappointed, he looked cool ...”
2009
Dec
21
Making Those Debuffs Work For You - SBF
“One of the most important things when raiding is awareness, you can not and should ...”
17
Thanks Bliz hehe
“I drafted this post before my db got lost but I thought I was a ...”
15
Guild Leadership and How to make it work
“ While I have been an officer in my guild for about a year (i think) ...”
1 comments
14
ICC - My thoughts on New 5mans
“Well obviously ICC has been out for nearly a week now and I've gotten through ...”
1 comments
TOGC - Lord Jaraxxus
“ Ok so you’ve downed Heroic Beasts, first things first, someone D/C at the end ...”
13
Lost some posts :(
“not sure if i was hacked of what but all my tables disappeared. I have ...”
1 comments
07
Personal Update - Bizarro GM
“Well after a lot of hard (and good) work the GM of Bizarro stood down ...”
1 comments
04
Applying and Trialing with a Raiding Guild
“As an officer (and now GM) of a raiding guild I have seen the good, ...”
Mouseover Macros Explained
“I have recently had a few people asking me about mouseover macros and how they ...”
Nov
30
3.3 My Specs
“One of the big changes for druids is that some of the changes means that ...”
2 comments
3.3 for Restos in summary
“Alright, I'm expecting 3.3 to hit next week (8/9th of Dec) so I thought I'd ...”
5 comments
24
Tired of oRA2 Frames?
“Well as part of my big user interface change up I've been looking for a ...”
9 comments
23
My Favourite Resources
“Well I thought that I would make a list of some of my favourite resources ...”
UI Coming Along - I think
“Well I have been doing a fair bit of work on my ui and also ...”
3 comments
19
New Grid Setup in Action
“Well I turned off my DotTimer last night and used my new grid setup for ...”
3 comments
17
Some Grid Changes
“Well I've been having problems sleeping so I thought I would use this extra time ...”
3 comments
05
Addon Highlight: DXE
“Also known as Deus Vox Encounter is the new Boss Mods on the street and ...”
1 comments
03
TOGC - Beasts
“Remember to read the strats I have already written up for TOC :) Northrend Beasts Encounter Key ...”
2 comments
Oct
20
Healing Assigns: Search Public Assigns
“A new feature has been added to the Upyursh Healing Assigns site so you can ...”
19
Guild Bizarro is Recruiting (Khaz'Goroth-US)
“Well recruitement has been a little slow of late and I figured that maybe a ...”
18
Addon Guide: DoT Timer
“After posting my last UI I was asked to provide details of my configuration, I ...”
16
Healing Assigns - Drag and Drop Reordering
“One of the things that annoyed me about my Healing Assigns site (found here: http://healassigns.upyursh.com ...”
2 comments
14
Connection Issues and Some Things To Try
“As we know since 3.2-3 their have been many people faced with connection issues, TOC ...”
3 comments
11
User Interface - Updated Again!
“Well I have done some work on my User Interface and this is how it ...”
2 comments
09
Trying not too take Emo-Quits personally
“A part of playing wow is that you will deal with people who are selfish ...”
08
Tier 10 Set Bonus Released
“Well MMO Champion is my favourite site today :) Tier 10 information has been released ...”
1 comments
Haste Change Inc? Could Be Cool
“This was posted on MMOChampion http://blue.mmo-champion.com/27/20143783048-dots-hots-and-haste.html The idea is pretty cool and adds a lot of ...”
3.3: Emblem of Triumph to become the new standard
“Well it wasn't long since our last Gear reset but Blizzard are apparantly planning the ...”
1 comments
07
New Banner Art is Up!
“Well I'm a little slow (see last post) but I did get time to update ...”
2 comments
A little quiet time
“Well I know I've been a little quiet lately so I thought I'd post a ...”
Sep
27
Addon Review: Skada - Recount Alternative or Killer?
“Well I finally took the plunge and dropped Recount. Their were a couple of reasons ...”
22
healassigns.upyursh.com is now up and running for beta testing
“Well I've been a little quiet of late, main reason is a combination of RL ...”
07
Looking for Addon Developer
“I am looking for an addon developer (even with my experience with PHP web apps ...”
1 comments
06
Deadly Boss Mods Updated for Failtards
“Well the new DBM found at http:://www.deadlybossmods.com has been update to include raid warnings and ...”
03
Healing Assigns.. How do you do it?
“I am interested to hear how you guys go about managing your healing assigns. I ...”
02
Lagggg is bad hmmmmkay
“Well we managed to get to Anub tonight but only get one real attempt on ...”
Further Grid Configuration
“Well I recently helped out a guildy with getting Grid setup and running and thought ...”
Screenshot(s) of the Week
“I thought I would post a few of my recent achievements etc :) ”
01
New Theme Installed
“Well I have done a little work on the blog and installed a new theme. ...”
Aug
31
Coliseum – Anub'arak
“ So this is the worst upcoming surprise in wow right now haha the 'surprise' boss ...”
2 comments
30
hacked :(
“well my wordpress site was hacked. I have deactivated all my plugins and deleted my ...”
1 comments
25
Lowering Your Wow Latency
“ The following write-up covers the steps for creating your own server to lower your ping. ...”
9 comments
Wynthea's Tales from Blizzcon
“Wynthea has been posting her experiences at Blizzcon and I have found it a good ...”
Coliseum - Twin Val'kyr
“ OVERVIEW - 2 Bosses - Fjola Lightbane (Light) and Edyis Darkbane (Dark-Shadow) - There are 2 light ...”
2 comments
Coliseum – Faction Champions
“ This is a guest post from the RL for the night :) Thanks GT What we ...”
2 comments
22
Cataclysm - Official Site
“ Well to all those doubters :P the official Cataclysm site was released here: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/ Wow.com also released ...”
17
Resto Tier 9.xx Comparisons
“I have been looking at the new Druid Resto Tier 9.xx gear and thought it ...”
1 comments
13
Coliseum - Lord Jaraxxus
“ Well we had our first look at Lord Jaraxxus and I think this fight is ...”
10
Macro: Druid Form Changerers
“Well in 3.2 Bliz have fixed the druid form change issues in areas such as ...”
2 comments
06
3.2 Gems - bring your gold and don't ask any questions
“Well 3.2 also brings with it some new tasty gems. On my server the market ...”
Colliseum - Beasts
“ So we had our first look at Colliseum: Beasts last night. As I said earlier ...”
2 comments
3.2 Woah
“Well as you all know 3.2 hit last night with a few little hicups :) Other ...”
1 comments
Jul
20
Addons: ouF_Slim (custom) & Carousel
“Well I have made a couple of 'tweaks' to my user interface over the weekend ...”
2 comments
16
WWS vs WOL
“An important aspect of raiding is reviewing and refining your performance. Their are a number ...”
2 comments
10
Screenshot of the Week
“something about this screeny I really like, I jumped off the train to mimiron. I ...”
3.2 Resto Spec
“After having a look at the 3.2 release notes I have decided on the following ...”
1 comments
08
Soul Bound Trade - Open to Abuse
“Well I was reading through the 3.2 Patch Notes and found this little gem; Players will ...”
2 comments
3.2 Druid Changes
“A quick overview of some of the changes coming in 3.2 that affect us Druids ...”
1 comments
Addon Review: OPie
“Well my Autobar finally died yesterday, I had been getting errors regularly but the addon ...”
5 comments
06
Ulduar - Yogg
“Well our guild got our first kill for Yogg last night and I thought I ...”
Screenshot of the Week
“Our first guild kill of Yogg happened last night so this has to be the ...”
1 comments
05
Battle of the Healing Frames
“I don't think I could count the number of times I've seen; "What's better grid ...”
3 comments
03
Do you wanna be on my blogroll?
“Hey all, First real post from my new site :) Are their any budding bloggers that ...”
www.upyursh.com is born
“well over the last couple of days I have been putting together my new domain ...”
5 comments
Jun
29
Some Cool Stats
“Well I haven't checked out my Google Analytics for a long time, but I thought ...”
1 comments
What Achievements Made you Crazy?
“Well last week I was travelling and my work laptop just couldnt handle dal let ...”
2 comments
22
Updated User Interface
“Well it's been a while since I posted my UI, so I thought I would ...”
2 comments
16
Addon Review: ForteXorcist
“I really like the idea of this addon, I was previously looking for a way ...”
4 comments
Addons: Equipment Manager Enhancements
“The new(ish) Blizzard Equipment Manager is fine, the reality though is it is missing some ...”
2 comments
12
A little down time
“Well over the weekend I'll be doggy sitting for dads 2 puppies (not that they ...”
05
DKP & being Master Looting
“Well I have recently started to assist on raid nights with Healing Assigns as well ...”
Screenshot of the Week
“this is my with my 4T8 set and my new staff (although the staff was ...”
02
Tranq & Wild Growth: Often Forgotten and Misunderstood
“A comment on my prioritisation post made me think that perhaps this was a worthwhile ...”
3 comments
May
28
MMOUI - Minion Beta
“Well I have been waiting a long time for this and it has finally happened, ...”
27
Druid Skin Changes
“Well I wont be able to grumble about anything Blizzard has or hasnt done. I ...”
3 comments
26
Screenshot of the Week
“This is from our raid last night :)”
4T8 and Spell Prioritisation
“Well got my 4T8 set last night, although I'm still using Valorous Nightsong Handguards but ...”
10 comments
25
"Is Tree Form Fun?"
“Well we had a vague question asked of us on the wow forums by Ghostcrawler ...”
3 comments
21
G9 and G13 Update
“Well I was just posting a comment about how I use my G9 and G13 ...”
20
Twitter Pressure
“Well I am weak and can not resist the Twitter phenomenon any longer”
1 comments
16
Screenshot(s) of the Week
“Well I think I will regularly post a favourite screenshot for the week. Being the ...”
New Guild
“Well one of the only thing I have not done in the game is form ...”
14
Email Subscription Now Available
“I have just setup my feedburner for my blog, you can now subscribe to receive ...”
13
Ulduar Quick Tips Continued
“This is my Quick Tips Continued :) Ignis the Furnace Master Prior to the nerfs this fight ...”
10
Addon Watch: Doom CooldownPulse
“Well I was looking for an easy way to be notified when my abilities come ...”
09
/cast Fishing
“Just thought I would post my little fishing macro. Will definately encourage other fishers to ...”
1 comments
08
Fishing: /y It's a nice day for it huh
“Well Fishing may or may not be the most frustrating aspect of wow, but in ...”
Apr
20
Ulduar Quick Tips
“Well I have spent a fair bit of time in Ulduar over the last week ...”
2 comments
16
Progression... I like it
“Well last night I got my first look at Ulduar and ill talk about that ...”
1 comments
15
3.1 /sigh
“well 3.1 hit, i updated all my mods, removed a couple that were causing issues, ...”
14
Preparing for 3.1
“Well 3.1 is finally here, I suggest you do the following:Backup your Interface and WTF ...”
11
Upyursh User Interface Setup Guide
“The following is a World of Warcarft User Interface Setup Guide that I wrote up ...”
1 comments
05
Upcoming UI Guide
“Well I'm about to leave home to start my travel to Albury-Wodonga (for work) so ...”
04
25man Naxx and Maly pictures
“Well I uploaded a few screenshots from Wednesday's guild run :) Thought I would like ...”
02
To 4P or not to 4P.. that is the question
“Well last night I finally picked up my 4P item, so I now have Shoulder, ...”
2 comments
01
No Stock UI
“Well their is a new blog on the scenes that definately 'tickles my fancy'.It's a ...”
Mar
26
mawson lakes internet petition is up
“On the back of my last post I have setup a new website for the ...”
24
Mawson Lakes - South Australia: internet makes me cry a little inside
“Well I've been having a few issues with my internet lately and thought I'd have ...”
6 comments
G9 & G13 Review and Mappings
“Well I got my G9 Gaming Mouse and G13 Advanced Gameboard. Im am bloody happy ...”
1 comments
23
New Toys
“Well my Logitech G13 Advanced Gameboard and Logitech G9 Gaming Mouse have arrived and I'm ...”
Macro Basics
“I thought I would post a quick guide on macro creation as this is something ...”
16
T8 Resto Piece Bonus
“Well I was reading about this the other day and it's pretty cool stuffItem - ...”
06
I think I'm Happy now
“Well after much tweaking and playing I think I'm happy with my new UI.This is ...”
2 comments
04
1000 visitors
“Well it's been about 1 month since "the mild rantings of a druid" started up ...”
1 comments
Bye to a Good Friend: Lifebloom
“Well maybe the title is a little over the top but their has been much ...”
Feb
26
Glyphs in 3.1 - sweeeeeeeeet
“Reading up on the 3.1 Glyphs and I have to say I felt a little ...”
23
Weekend of Wow! 8|
“Well my girlfriend is away at the moment so I basically had a weekend of ...”
6 comments
20
My New UI
“Well I have been playing around with my ui a little and also upgrades/installed some ...”
1 comments
500 Lucky Visitors :)
“Well according to Google Analytics I now have 500+ visits in 20 days of my ...”
1 comments
16
Grid: Configuration
“This is my configuration for Grid, I have now posted an example of my grid ...”
2 comments
15
Pitbull 4: Review & Guide
“So I have just installed Pitbull4 and I have to say I'm impressed, the only ...”
1 comments
09
Zuramat the Obliterator Update
“I have updated my post of Zuramat with a tip for DPS http://upyursh.blogspot.com/2009/02/heroic-violet-hold-zuramat-obliterator.html EDIT FOR DPS: I ...”
(Player X Gear) % Π
“Well I have started doing some Heroics on my huntard just for fun. Last night ...”
06
Bliz Announces Druid & Mana Regen Changes
“So some announcements yesterday/tonight for druidshttp://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=14910422662&sid=1DRUIDSavage Defense – this is a new passive ability. When ...”
04
Resto Buff Foods: Dont Let The Team Down
“I thought I would write up about some of my buff foods of choice, as ...”
2 comments
Cool Mod: SLDataText
“http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info8539-SLDataText.htmlI found this module last night and have to say i'm impressed. Basically this provides ...”
03
Heroic Violet Hold: Zuramat the Obliterator
“Well I tried to PuG this last night and failed hard, mainly due to people ...”
02
Gems of Choice
“These are the Gems that I use in game at this stage, I have found ...”
01
Food For Thought
“Blizzard have a reported 8.5 million subscriptions. So lets do some maths...8,500,000 * $20USD\month (approx) ...”
Key Bindings
“It is important to have all of your "go-to" spells close so you dont need ...”
My Useful Macros
“These are some of the useful macros that I use to make life nice and ...”
Current User Interface & Modules
“This is my old User Interface, see my new one hereModules from the top down;FuBar ...”
1 comments
The Gear Grind
“While you are leveling your Druid you will probably be DPS spec, I went for ...”
What Is Upyursh You Ask??
“Upyursh is a toon that I play on World of Warcraft. Upyursh is a Resto ...”
Jan
31
new blog up and going
“well i thought I would start this blog to post my thoughts about everything :) ...”
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