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Tanking

Death Knight tanking	Tanking in general
My information structure for EJ DK Tank OP Shadowmourne for the tank Offtank specs for the Lich King My respec for Lich King off-tank Choosing your second tank spec Tooltip-enabled talent tree, explains Blood Glyph of Rune Tap Death Knight tank Cataclysm class review The matrix of Blood specs You will tank in Blood, Cataclysm DK TankadinTPS tweak for Icy Touch threat DK tank 3.3.3 Icy Touch spam DK tank doing solo raid content The third factor: utility Unholy tank spec in 3.33 Possible no-epidemic spec for Frost tank in 3.33 DK tank in 3.33 Death Knight tank spec 3.33 Notes on killing Lich King, for DK tanks Bone shield has 2s cooldown	Do not parrygib your Sindragosa tank The term off-tank My favourite keybinding Is threat fun? The taunt game Parry-haste confirmed to be mostly off in Icecrown Citadel Parry-haste doesn't seem to exist in ICC Why I'm jealous of maintankadins New TankTotals includes new effective health Misdirect a volley Pro-tip: plan ahead Tanks just want to tank, plus supply-demand Recent GC post on tank balance Are DK tanks being benched? Keybinding, do it The 'How do I tank' survey Which race for tanking, now you can change? Offtank fights: your role as OT (Ulduar & ToC guide) DPS DKs: What happens when your raid needs another Tank? Worst GUI ever
Gear, stats and addons	Heroic 5-mans
Ruby Sanctum loot list How does Bryntroll drain life effect threat? Upgrades for tanking you might not have considered 4-piece in Rawr Tier-gear or not, for strict 10-man tanks PvP weapons for tanking Tanking weapons in 3.3 Best gems for tanking, socket bonus considered Collection of good reading New tank gear in 3.3 The "total EH": beyond physical damage Theckhd, maths guru, delivers Icecrown answers List of raid gear without raiding Avoidance value of expertise Threat stats equivalence points for Death Knight tanks Best tank food for buffs Death Knight tanking weapons Dodge 3.2	Shield-tanks vs DKs in heroics Blood tank in heroics, tested 3.2 woohoo fun New 'heroic' items Violet Hold heroic: ugly bosses Lots of 5-mans to tank Emblem changes: explained

Guides

“New to this” guides	Gear and equipment
Tanking to be less squishy Pro-tip: plan ahead Keybinding, do it What is the frost, unholy or blood rotation? Offtank fights: your role as OT (Ulduar & ToC guide) DPS DKs: What happens when your raid needs another Tank?	PvP weapons for tanking Tanking weapons in 3.3 Best gems for tanking, socket bonus considered Dual-wield, weapon speed and expertise New tank gear in 3.3 The "total EH": beyond physical damage Theckhd, maths guru, delivers Icecrown answers Rawr, tank DK updated List of raid gear without raiding Avoidance value of expertise Threat stats equivalence points for Death Knight tanks Best tank food for buffs Death Knight tanking weapons Official TankPoints user guide
Spec	Racial
Offtank specs for the Lich King Choosing your second tank spec Tooltip-enabled talent tree, explains Blood The third factor: utility Unholy, threat not so bad? On Improved Icy Talons: melee haste buff Frost talents by the point Two blood tank extremes DK tank spec threat comparison and Blood by the point Best DK tank spec in 3.33 Blood tank spec in 3.3 Frost tank spec in 3.3 Warriors from the swiss army, DKs from lego Unholy tank in 3.3	Which race for tanking, now you can change? Which is best racial for tanks?
Playing better	Raid and 5-man
Geek review: Logitech G13 for WoW Guide on learning to mouse turn and situational awareness Securing WoW Lag blocked the Lich King Gaming mice and keyboards React and adapt: skills of a great raider A hack that can bypass your authenticator! Enjoying your tanking Which abilities require the GCD or facing opponent Tanking to be less squishy Jewelcrafting: Profit! Levelling enchanting DK levelling in Unholy no-epidemic, plus a few addons You don't have space to track any more objectives: error solved Death Knight levelling specs Ulduar cleared in blues, not epics How to raid fast Converting wipes to knowledge: guest Satorri Mimiron 10 PvP to improve raiding	Parry-haste confirmed to be mostly off in Icecrown Citadel Guides to Icecrown Citadel Offtank fights: your role as OT (Ulduar & ToC guide) Crusader's Coliseum guides from wowhead Crusader's Coliseum strategy guides Storm Tempered Keeper positioning Violet Hold heroic: ugly bosses Ulduar 10 and 25 differences: full guide Naxx strat guide: hidden gem on wowraid

Leadership and addons

Guild management	Analysis
Big news at pwnwear The lull and burnout, slacking raiders On looking for a new guild The subtext of a conversation Authenticators are still ftw Gamers don't groom (April fools) Relationships in-game Why do you play? Motivations assessment Ratio of tanks to the rest How to destroy a guild Guild income and repairs Three-day transfers change recruitment forever wowraid.com: news site and raider recruitment Burnout is inevitable EPGP loot system	Not playing WoW, but with its gadgets and community Acclimation, analysis with world of logs What gear is required for a raid World of Logs: buffs gained World of Logs: graphic analytics
Playing better	Addons, tools and macros
Geek review: Logitech G13 for WoW Guide on learning to mouse turn and situational awareness Securing WoW Lag blocked the Lich King Gaming mice and keyboards React and adapt: skills of a great raider A hack that can bypass your authenticator! Enjoying your tanking Which abilities require the GCD or facing opponent Tanking to be less squishy Jewelcrafting: Profit! Levelling enchanting DK levelling in Unholy no-epidemic, plus a few addons You don't have space to track any more objectives: error solved Death Knight levelling specs Ulduar cleared in blues, not epics How to raid fast Converting wipes to knowledge: guest Satorri Mimiron 10 PvP to improve raiding	Big news at pwnwear How to move the standard Blizzard UI frames The plague of gearscore Rune addons Elitist Armory /played Spamalyzer addon: can identify lag RankWatch: addon TidyPlates: name plates addon Boss Notes: useful addon Acclimation, analysis with world of logs New TankTotals includes new effective health TankTotals knows new effective health Rawr.TankDK: guest post from the lead developer Review: lowerping.com SexyMap and GatherMate addons How to use Rawr, for dps Kahorie simulator for DKs DK levelling in Unholy no-epidemic, plus a few addons TankTotals addon updated
Boss strategies	Interviews
Individual performance does matter Video guides ICC heroic Lich King, movement between phases Lich King 25-man strategy guide Describing a fight in voice or writing Guides to Icecrown Citadel Collection of good reading	Interview with world #1 strict 10 guild: Vox Immortalis Leadership interview: Spike Flail Leadership interview: Numen Leadership interview: Wrath PhD in WoW
Leadership in general	Observe, orient, decide, act
Big news at pwnwear Saving to existing raid instance, which bosses are dead? Finally, killed the Lich King Ulduar 10 in a pug tonight My one-night raid guild kills Blood Princes Independent film: the Raid Stupid people don't even realise it Raid mentor Number of tanks required, a game design issue Raid classification and losing What gear is required for a raid Ulduar cleared in blues, not epics How to raid fast On leadership: guest Satorri Learning to raid lead Burnout is inevitable Raid calendar management EPGP loot system Loot systems	Mumble and murmur: voice comms Mimiron 10 OODA, military theory applied to WoW KT in a pug: testing leader addons Raid debuff tracking: addon reviews Raid buff checking addon, with taunt failure warnings: RaidBuffStatus Awareness and control for raid leaders

News

Discussing WoW news	Pwnwear site updates
Heroic Ruby Sanctum: by premonition Tankspot acquired by ZAM (wowhead) The buff is 10% 3.33 DK tank bug fixes The streamlined newbie experience Updated strategies index Many interesting Blue posts Flask market indicates the beginning of the free epics period Patch 3.33 for DK tanks is goodness Woo more stamina for us! The spoon-fed era What I like about 3.3 Rune strike is soooo threatening! Theckhd, maths guru, delivers Icecrown answers Icecrown pwns you for 20%, and healing in Cataclysm New LFG is win Mucho news Turbulent times for unholy DKs Frost is for dual-wield tanking in 3.3 Installer patch notes 3.2.2	Some technical problems on forums (resolved) Geek review: LiquidWeb server hosting, fully managed Cataclysm beta: I will be prepared Sponsorship plus Murmur server Server move finished Forums at pwnwear Wordpress 2.91 More site speed Happy new year! Settled Moving Mobile readers Disabled SEO comments and more New sidebar navigation Tweaked sidebar Too much pwnage Long weekend Index page fixed Scheduled maintenance and other changes Sideblog for news
General chat from me	About me and pwnwear
Geek review: wp-united, phpbb forum mod for wordpress integration WoR beta key competition Deepholm questing, video with commentary Sexism in WoW, read from Mental Shaman Would you macro hi everyone and thanks all? We welcome the quality EJ refugees The question that isn't a question Public service announcement on addiction: wowdetox Getting the gaming balance right Moments of WoW in pictures: Feb 2010 Flaws in reasoning, wow forums and trading Choosing your second tank spec Authenticator locking itself Wives who hate WoW How strongly you identify with WoW Parents who play WoW Why are official WoW forums so crap? The class you avoid playing Saronite grenades Sad elitism and my own disclaimer	Who the hell is crazy enough to invest all this time in a blog anyhow
Guides (not really news but saves me a new header)
Death Knight spec index Crusader’s Coliseum Ulduar 10 vs 25 guide TankPoints user manual

3.3 Death Knight dual-wield tanking (104 comments)
- Shakababy: DW frost tanking is completely viable, the only issue is getting as much expertise as...
Tanking as a Paladin, Cataclysm Beta (4 comments)
- Gravity: hi matey, nice to hear from you. I just uploaded a pally tanking video onto youtube too....
- Aleona: First time I’ve read about how all the new changes actually come together to give...
Report on other games, from Gamescom 2010 (2 comments)
- Zao: I just watched a few of the screens (and grabbed a few beta invitations) It didn’t...
- Zederok: Cant believe you didnt visit or if you did, talk about this new MMO coming out that was...
Blue weapon quest reward, zomfg (7 comments)
- Gravity: Cataclysm beta, server.
- Xerex: Um could you tell me what server is this? =D
Why I’m jealous of maintankadins (23 comments)
- Wyndryd: Little late but what the hell.. what I like about my DK tank is that I can cause threat...
Warriors from the swiss army, DKs from lego (18 comments)
- Semicharmed: for a bear tank analogy bears are bricks. They can’t do a whole lot, but good...
Geek review: Logitech G13 for WoW (3 comments)
- Mysiana: I will have to try one out I guess, but everything you said has helped a lot. Thank...
- Gravity: Here’s some data to help you decide. The G13 can work with a smaller hand. When I...
DK tank spec threat comparison and Blood by the point (21 comments)
- Valyn: i have this spec can anyone tell me what they think. i have one point to spend still and...
Improving FPS and latency (8 comments)
- Gravity: lowerping works on Mac; how to do this is written in comments over here. You use the app...
- joe barov: any chance of this on a macintosh?
Big news at pwnwear (1 comments)
- Kasgrin: Honored to be mentioned Gravity, I appreciate it.
Geek review: wp-united, phpbb forum mod for wordpress integration (6 comments)
- david: I posted a follow-up to the comment you left on my site http://misguidedthough...

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