Kontroversial Keith: Saying It and Meaning It.
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World of Warcraft: Questing Design Failure
I made an attempt to take my hunter for a bit of leveling. Almost immediately, I gave up after getting my hunter to the nearby town in the first area. I felt overwhelmed knowing full well the long grind that could take a few days just to finish up the area. I’ve felt that way…
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Diablo 3: Good Paragon Leveling Route
I know there’s a video on the most efficient route for focusing on pushing Paragon levels to the maximum in Diablo 3. While the calculated rate of XP is good, my main issue is that it seems to be designed primarily with the Whirlwind Barbarian build in mind. More than likely, you can come close…
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Diablo 3: Investing in the Real Money Auction House
This article is NOT for hardcore players, kids nor people who don’t have real money. This article is aimed at casual game players who have hit a wall in Diablo 3 and are having a hard time progressing because of lack of skill, patience, time, etc. The thing I want to discuss is why investing…
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Alienware Aurora R4 Wireless Failure
Last night, my wireless card on my Alienware Aurora R4 seemed to have failed without warning. Not sure exactly what happened but my system could not detect it. It freaked me out because I had done nothing and could not use any of the Windows diagnostic tools to recover it. Looking at the Device Manager,…
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Magento, OnePica and Amazon S3 Configuration
I’m using Magento on Amazon EC2. Part of the infrastructure that I’m going to be using is Amazon S3 to handle user uploaded content and OnePica will manage it. My version of Magento is 1.7. At the moment, OnePica is not officially supported on Magento 1.7 according to the download link. However, my coworker pointed…
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Amazon EC2 Load Balancer: Out of Service Message
Let’s say you’re setting up a load balancer for your instances in Amazon’s EC2. After you create your load balancer and assign it your instances, you may see on the Health Check tab “Out of Service”. The way you get rid of it is by clicking on the “Edit Health Check” link. Inside, you will…
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Diablo 3: How to Stay Engaged with the Game
With the recent patches as well as my boredom with World of Warcraft, I have become somewhat of a Diablo 3 fanatic. Now, for those who are slowing down, got turned off at some point (even early on) or are burnt out, I want to convey my enthusiasm in trying to reel you back into…
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Diablo 3: Conspiracy Thoughts
I was chatting with a friend the other night regarding Diablo 3 and had been watching quite a few Diablo 3 videos on Youtube recently. The experience made me think a bit about the evolution of Diablo 3 compared with the start. While I do not possess any direct insiders to Activision/Blizzard (at one time…
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Diablo 3: Items that Sell on the Auction House
In writing on the items that do not sell well on the Auction House, I wanted to present a separate article based on my own experience of what can sell on the Auction House in Diablo 3. For myself, I do not have a great deal of magic find gear and only play on Monster…
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Diablo 3: Why ilvl 42-59 Items Do Not Sell on the Auction House
I think most people who play the Auction House in Diablo 3 are focused on high end items. Apparently, a lot of botting is hurting the economy on top of that and Blizzard has done little to handle that issue. One thing I have noticed that I’m not certain is a direct correlation to the…