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In an expected move, CBS is banning Robbie E from making appearances on Impact Wrestling when the next season of Amazing Race airs. It's a stipulation that a lot of producers put into the contracts, so that other television shows cannot capitalize on their assets. The belief is that TNA Knockout Brooke Tessmacher, who also will be appearing on the show, will not be allowed on Impact Wrestling, either.
August 6, 2014
A stunning picture of TNA Knockout Brooke Tessmacher wearing a blue bikini while laying around in the water at the beach.
August 2, 2014
In a sign that the financial situation in TNA is not as bad as many make it out to be, the company has signed new deals with three of their performers. Sam Shaw and Brooke Tessmacher are signed to new multiple year contracts, while international star Seiya Sanada has agreed to a one year deal. There were a lot of concerns about the company when they released several performers, so much of that should be alleviated now that they are signing new deals with their workers.
July 23, 2014
A picture of Brooke Tessmacher from a TNA photo shoot, and she's wearing quite the colorful bikini.
July 1, 2014
A picture of Brooke Tessmacher dressed up as an angel. The TNA Knockout is showing off her rear end, which ranks among the best in professional wrestling.
June 25, 2014
Since the two of them have just completed filming for the upcoming season of Amazing Race, there is a very good chance that Brooke Tessmacher and Robbie E, who are boyfriend and girlfriend in real life, will be returning to TNA in time to work the upcoming shows in New York City. The company can tout that the two of them are reality television stars, which might get a mention or two from the mainstream media.
June 24, 2014
The TNA Knockouts website has undergone a bit of a makeover, with the company making some modifications to the layout and adding some new performers. A quick glance at the site shows that TNA now has nine Knockouts on the roster. Some new pictures of ODB, Christy Hemme, Velvet Sky, Taryn Terrell, Gail Kim, Santana Garrett, Angelina Love, Madison Rayne and Brooke Tessmacher have been uploaded.
May 31, 2014
CBS has launched the 25th season of Amazing Race, and two of the competitors are quite familiar to professional wrestling fans. TNA stars Robbie E and Brooke Tessmacher are among the eleven teams that will be competing in a series of challenges around the world. It is being said that those within TNA are rooting heavily for the real life couple, as it would bring a good amount of exposure to the company.
May 31, 2014
A picture of TNA Knockouts hanging out together after a bikini photo shoot. Pictured are Brooke Tessmacher, Taryn Terrell, Gail Kim and ODB.
May 7, 2014
"I've got tons of questions to why I decided to have a breast revision. There are several reason to why, but the most important complications are from my prior operation. I had a Capsular contracture on one side and on the other I had a ruptured implant. This is something that I have had for a very long time. I wasn't ready to put my wrestling career on hold to go through another surgery to have them corrected. I felt this was the perfect time for me to finally fix something that was awful for so long. Hope I answered your questions." - Brooke Tessmacher talks about repairing her breast implants
April 29, 2014
It looks like some of the confusion surrounding Brooke Tessmacher and her status with TNA is being cleared up. The Knockout is still under contract to the company, and many backstage believe that she will be brought back to Impact Wrestling soon. Brooke is also currently working on obtaining her real estate license, which is what Nikki Bella is also doing.
April 26, 2014
Since he is one of their more underrated performers, TNA has managed to sign Robbie E to a long term contract extension. Some within the company view that he can be a star down the line, especially since he is still just 30 years of age. There were some questions as to whether or not Robbie was going to stay with the company since the status of his girlfriend Brooke Tessmacher has been up in the air.
April 16, 2014
Since she has maintained a great relationship with Jeff Jarrett and Karen Jarrett, there are rumors that Brooke Tessmacher could be one of the performers that ends up signing with the new Global Force Wrestling. Her status with TNA has been up in the air over the last several weeks, and the Knockout has done very little to squash the rumors.
April 8, 2014
A picture of Brooke Tessmacher where she is virtually topless. The TNA Knockout shows off her amazingly tanned body, voluptuous curves and ample breasts in this outfit.
March 27, 2014
When she made some changes to her social media accounts earlier in the month, Brooke Tessmacher inadvertently flamed the rumors mills with speculations that she was no longer with TNA. The former Knockouts champion has since made her return to both Twitter and Instagram with no mentions of leaving the company.
March 26, 2014
A really hot picture of Brooke Tessmacher in the kitchen while wearing just her panties. The TNA Knockout doesn't do nude pictures, so this is as good as it gets.
March 20, 2014
While a big buzz was created earlier this month about her rumored departure from the company, it appears that Brooke Tessmacher is not leaving TNA. She simply opted to be less active on Twitter, which was what initially sparked the flames of the speculations. The former Knockouts champion is still quite active on Instagram, posting pictures and updates routinely.
March 15, 2014
There has been heavy speculations about the status of Brooke Tessmacher in TNA this week. Many are under the belief that the Knockout has left the promotion. The source of the rumors stem from the fact that she changed her Twitter and Instagram handles. She also posted a message talking about changes. TNA still has her listed on the official roster page.
March 6, 2014
To promote the upcoming TNA Lockdown 2014 pay per view in Miami, this poster featuring Gail Kim, Madison Rayne, Velvet Sky, Christy Hemme and Brooke Tessmacher was released by the company.
February 26, 2014
For years now, Jake Roberts has been the professional wrestler most associated with a snake, but with all due respect, he has never looked as good with one wrapped around his body as Brooke Tessmacher does in this photo.
February 21, 2014
To promote Valentine's Day, TNA unveiled this special photo shoot of Brooke Tessmacher in a cute bikini, showing off the best rear end in professional wrestling.
February 14, 2014
In a bit of bad news fore very male wrestling fan on the planet, it appears that Brooke Tessmacher is still involved in a relationship with Robbie E. She posted a picture of the two of them together in the snow on Twitter.
February 13, 2014
While her character has not been utilized as much lately on Impact Wrestling, Brooke Tessmacher is keeping herself busy. The TNA Knockout was in New York City this weekend, helping to host a party for FWE, an independent wrestling promotion known for bringing in big name performers. Tommy Dreamer, Joey Ryan, Robbie E and Rosita are also at the event.
February 9, 2014
TNA knockout Brooke Tessmacher sports a skimpy yellow bikini during a modeling shoot for a company called Level.
January 14, 2014
As many people witnessed on Impact Wrestling this week, TNA has decided to split Brooke Tessmacher up from Bully Ray, as his character is going to be come more of an evil loner. There's a chance that Brooke might be paired with someone else.
December 28, 2013
Robbie E and Brooke Tessmacher, a real life couple in TNA, were featured on TMZ, as the two of them were filmed twerking at an airport.
December 17, 2013
Former TNA knockout Taryn Terrell recently posted an unusual picture of herself and Brooke Tessmacher pretending to be asleep by the side of a swimming pool.
November 27, 2013
Brooke Tessmacher posted a special patriotic photo shoot tribute on Twitter to the military.
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noun; Male. The most ignorant member of the BAG family. Other family members include Douche, Dirt, and Shit.
After Mike hotboxed (fart) several people in an elevator, Tim says to Mike, "You truly are the king of all Ballbags."
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same as your nut sack
Oh! She kicked me in my hairy ball bag.
بواسطة Shane Marcot مايو 9, 2003
Noun meaning scrotum and testes
Who knew that two in the pink, one in the stink, would get you kicked in the ball bag?
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WASHINGTON - Alexandria is known nationwide as a dog-friendly city - so much so that the city touts its pouch-friendly status on its website. But, it's another story across the Potomac River.
D.C. ranks dead last among U.S. states, including the District, for pet ownership, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association.
This week the association released the results of its pet ownership and demographic survey, conducted every five years. The survey found that just 21 percent of households in the District own a pet.
The survey also found that the District had the smallest percentage of dog owners and cat owners. D.C. pet owners were also the least likely to take their animals to the veterinarian.
The association noted that the District's pet ownership rates are far lower than any other state.
Maryland also is among states with the lowest percentage of pet-owning households with just 52.3 percent, according to the survey.
The 10 states with the highest percentage of pet ownership are:
- Vermont 70.8 percent
- New Mexico 67.6 percent
- South Dakota 65.6 percent
- Oregon 63.6 percent
- Maine 62.9 percent
- Washington 62.7 percent
- Arkansas 62.4 percent
- West Virginia 62.1 percent
- Idaho 62 percent
- Wyoming 61.8 percent
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- Illinois 51.8 percent
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Apart from this I have very few restrictions, but there are so many cameras out there!
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light downy growth of adolescent facial hair; also written bum-fluff or bum fluff
used as an insult, mainly in britain
used as an insult, mainly in britain
"Oh listen to me, you antipodean fleck of bumfluff!"
-- House talking with Chase in the Season 2 bloopers of "House M.D."
-- House talking with Chase in the Season 2 bloopers of "House M.D."
作者 House's 2nd Best Friend 2008年10月10日
Bum fluff is literally sparse and whispy facial hairs on an adolescent boy, (Or Asian girl)... Tee hee! Which resemble peach fuzz, under-bed lint, gossimar threads... or any fine downy substance.
"You look a right cunt with that bum fluff on thy face mate! Grow up and stop trying to look like a blonde girl's arse!!!!" * Mr Kipling's Diaries.*
作者 Spillage66 2007年8月05日
It is someone so cute that they appear fluffy like a cute baby kitten.
You are my bumfluff. I want to take you home.
"Mommy, can I keep him/her?"
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Hair on the chin that nobody likes!
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I'm no mage expert... but your spec is some kind of messed up.
My gearscore is 5.2k
In heroics, I usually pull 3.5k-3.8k DPS
In OS 10 man I pulled 5.6k DPS
Most raids I have 5k+ DPS
I never did ICC since I hope to up my DPS and GS
Anyone have suggestions? Is my DPS as good as it should be?
I'm no mage expert... but your spec is some kind of messed up.
It's almost never a good idea to pile all of your points into one tree--usually every tree has a couple PvP, survivability, soloing, specialized, whatever talents you don't need when you're not PvPing/levelling.
Also, your gearing is kind of... odd. You have mp5 pieces, which is understandable sometimes if you can't get anything to drop, but buying mp5 pieces with badges isn't advisable. And gemming mp5 is a terrible idea--if you really really need a blue gem (socket bonus is amazing or activating meta gem) you should go for spirit as (I think?) mages, like warlocks, get some use out of it. And the resilience gem isn't going to do you any good, especially as its in your PvE belt.
I know the popular arcane spec, 57/3/11, so I guess it's time for another respec, I'll look it up. Thanks
And I'll have to get some new gems, I agree, as I rarely pvp
You also need to give up on the crit/spellpower gear and start looking for gear that gives haste. Your priority on an arcane mage (specced correctly) is Haste and Spellpower. Crit is nice if it's on there, but it doesn't need to be. Also, as a properly specced arcane mage you only need 210 hit for raids.
Honestly there is so much more you could do with your gearing and spec, as well as your gems and enchants. My advice is to download Rawr after you respec, and use it to decide what gear you need (get your 4pc t9 asap until you get your 2pct10). Also, WoW-Heroes is better than gearscore because it properly ranks your pvp items as well as your gems and enchants because all it looks at is pve performance, so you take quite a hit using any pvp item.
On OS3D rush I pulled 12kdps sustained at a 5200GS when I had 2pct9 2pct10. It was rush, and we were under the effects of heroism for almost the whole fight, but it was pretty nice.
You can do a lot more than you are now.
Yeah have to agree on what goros said about you beeing able to pull more. I had only 5.2 GS on my dps set (offspec, DK tank usually) until fairly recently and I could easily pull 7k or more on Sartharion and the good mages with the same GS as me pretty much always beat me (especially on OS3D since its so short).
Get a cookie cutter arcane spec, watch out for any spec with incanter's absorbtion, it's no longer good since it was nerfed in 3.3.3.
Your meta gem should be a chaotic skyflare, +21 crit and +3% increased crit dmg. Reckless ametrines for yellow sockets, purified dreadstones for blues, and runed rubies for reds, all assuming a decent SP or haste socket bonus. If the bonus is anything else (spirit, hit, crit, etc.) ignore it and gem straight SP.
You're way over hit cap, drop the hit trinket for the haste one from ToC reg.
Lose the resilience head glyph and shoulder inscriptions.
Hey all new to the site love it But heres my problem....
Ok i seem to be having the same problem i was in Voa today and watched a mage in PvP gear with less gear score then me doing a steady 7-8k dps while im stuck at 4-5k Ive look for any if i can my last step before i re-roll is ask for you all to look it over and tell me where it my be Thanx all
Okay, it's time to come out of the closet:
I do a little messing around with a mage also:
(- which of course is in pvp-gear at the time of writing, but swap the pvp pieces for Strip of Remorse (with one 23sp), Bloodmage Robe (with one 23sp and one 12sp/10spi and +10 all stats enchant) and Band of the Invoker (with +23sp enchant))
GS is about 5.3k and simucrafting put this spec and gear well above 8k sustained dps on a patchwerk-style fight...
But I usually average just below 5k without popping cooldowns and I have yet to breach the 6k barrier, even with cooldowns.
I use the standard arcane rotation of 4 x Arcane Blast and then Arcane Missiles, regardless of Missile Barrage Proc. A macro to ensure that Presence of mind is on constant cooldown. Arcane Barrage and Fire Blast for those fights on the move. Molten armor for shield
So what exactly is it that I'm doing wrong? Not fast enough to push my buttons? Latency? Critical buffs missing?
My mage, which used to be my main in BC, is now my 4th (in time spent in raids) rading toon, so my research and comments may not be bleeding edge.
Arcane is all about mana management. If you have mana left when the boss dies, you left some damage on the table. Ideally you would be casting your last spell and going OOM just as he/she hits zero HP. The most damage you can put out in the short term is by spamming AB endlessly, but a 4 stack AB costs so much that it's impossible to keep up, thus starving you of mana and then requiring a much more conservative rotation and lowering your overall damage. Sometimes you want to spam 4 stack AB for a bit, like when under hero/bloodlust, or if you have some type of temp buff or mechanic that is boosting your damage (icehowl's daze, speed or wild magic pots, icy veines), or if the boss is low on health and you have enough mana to know that he will die before you go oom.
Use your mana gems as soon as your bar is down enough that it won't be wasted. Time evocations so the cast wont' be interrupted due to required movement or pushed back due to some damage mechanic. A good tip is to use evocation right at the end of IV, icy veines makes spells immune to pushback so you know you'll get the full benefit of evo, and you've been casting more than a few four stacked ABs during IV anyway so you'll probably be low on mana.
On the subject of hit rating, an arcane mage with 3/3 in arcane focus and 3/3 in precision, with a spell hit debuff (improved FF from a boomkin or misery from a shadow priest) only needs 210 hit rating. If you're alliance and you are a draenei or have one in your group that number drops to a paltry 184. It's almost hard not to be way over hit cap, so choose your gear carefully. Avoid hit rating trinkets as many times the only benefit you're getting from them is the use/proc effect.
@Portäjohn, your meta gem is wrong, see the gem recommendations I posted above. Spell penetration is useless for PVE, spririt is always better than MP5 (looking at your cloak) as it increases the amount of crit you get from molten armor.
@Ajire Your spec needs some tweaking, you're missing torment of the weak. A common misconception about this talent is that bosses are immune to movement slows, so it doesn't work on bosses. While bosses may be immune to movement slows, they are not immune to attack speed slows, which is also considered a "slowing effect". Most tanks or other raid members keep up slowing effects on raid bosses so this talent is almost always a large dps boost.
The spec/glyphs I'd use is http://www.wowhead.com/talent#of0Vsu...xedcZbGc0o:Niz
Last edited by Akeber; 05-12-2010 at 11:32 AM.
Ok thanx alot Akeber im making the changes i can and see how that does
You really, really need to get a 2pct9/2pct10 or 4pc t10 bonus. It far outweighs any benefit from 264 gear regardless of stats. I also suggest getting some advice on setting up your macro's, as you can stack your damage like a mini heroism (AP/IV/Potion of Wild Magic/Mirror Image) and put macros in place to refill your mana (macro together mana gems with arcane missiles, or example). If you have the 2pc t10 you actually change the rotation to abx3 am (on proc) because it will keep your 2pct10 haste bonus up 100% of the time, and in turn you're going to burn less mana.
You should also put your pom into your rotation after 3ab when it's up, because the extra mana cost vs instant 20k crit dps boost can't be ignored. Generally speaking on a bossfight when I can go all out without much moving (saurfang) I'll pull ~10kdps with spikes at the beginning (my personal mini-heroism) of around 25k and at 30% with heroism when i can spike back up to around 15k. I have ~30k base mana, and will use 2 mana gems and 1 evocation during the fight, approximately 5.5 minutes.
Here is a recent log of 25 man saurfang, my mage is Aliiza.
Also, here is my armory http://www.wowarmory.com/character-s...onde&cn=Aliiza
Here is a video of the basic arc mage rotation I made before I hit 4pc t10 and made my spammable arcane missiles macro. I need to update it because I popped pom too early in this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKFwUz1O8pQ
Last edited by Goros; 05-12-2010 at 12:00 PM.
Then, set up some macros and practice your rotation on a dummy till it's second nature. remember to change to 3abam on proc with 2pct10 due to the haste bonus.
While I appriciate you reply, I must ask for some clarification and reasoning:
Edit: Okay nvm this one, Akeber pointed out that effects like Judgements of the Just falls into the "slowing" category as well.
(I know perfectly well how much hit I need, thank you) And what should I do about it? There are no hit gems or enchant on any of my gear (Oh well almost - have an icewalker for the crit, not much better to get there anyway), so I guess I'm stuck with it for the time being.You have waaaaay too much hit (you only need 210) and are losing dps because of it.
Now it's getting really amusing: You complain I have too much hit rating, and then ask me to go pick up a wand with more... hit rating and not much else.The ilvl 245 wand off the badge vendor is better than what you are using now
That drops in 25 man, which, I'm affraid, do not have very much oppotunity to raid, let along wait for the RNG to come out in my favour (Besides, got my hands on the Cadaver staff from 10 man festergut tonight)you should try for the frozen bonespike
I must congratulate you on providing so much information, yet not answering my question: I'm not really concerned about stats and scaling factors, I've read all the theory and as mentioned, simucrafting puts my theoretical dps well in line with other mages of similar gearscore.
But when I go to a training dummy and start doing the stuff, I see only half that dps - why?
Last edited by Ajire; 05-12-2010 at 06:42 PM.
But, I'm affraid that you, like Goros, didn't graps the essence of my problem: I'm not currently doing 8k dps and looking to get it "tweaked" to do 9k. No - For reasons I have outlined, I should be able to do more dps than 4.9k, even with the spec and gear I have now. That's what I'd like to know:
It it because I have somewhat high latency (~200 mostly)?
Am I simply slow on the buttons? I know a seconds hesitation can mean much for the dps, but can it mean that much?
Is it because I usually do not raid with a shaman and is missing the wrath of air totem?
etc etc etc - all those small things where where you can screw up.
But I'm keeping my improved frostbolt and slow - We wouldn't have got saurfang tonight if I hadn't kept both beasts under control using these two neat thinges
Okay, I've made a few tweaks:
Got TtW in my spec now, at the expense of SotM. (question: If the tank or other raid members for some reason do not provide an attack speed slowing effect, is it then feasible to sacrifice a GCD now and then myself to put slow on the target?)
Made the Windows registry entry modification trick, which has cut my latency by about 50% (~90 ms now)
Integrated Presence of Mind, Arcane Power and Icy veins in my rotation through macros such that they pop automatically as soon as they are off cooldown. (which may not always be the most optimal time)
This have had some improvement, and I'm now fairly consistently doing 5.5-6k dps in heroics (Haven't had time to test it in a raid setting yet. EDIT: Tested in VoA 25 last night, just hit 7k for the first time ever!)
Any other tips and tricks for improving play style is welcome
Last edited by Ajire; 05-15-2010 at 08:25 AM.
You need to be spamming your buttons. Also, don't put your AP/IV/Pot/Mirror Image with a spellcast, you should have it as a mini-heroism button.
I usually open with ABx3, PoM, AB, then my macro for AP/IV/Potion of Wild Magic/Mirror Image, then pop my arcane missiles (because barrage proc is always up). Then I use ABx3 AM(proc) to keep the 12% haste up 100% of the time. When your PoM is up, use it after abx3 (it adds 30% crit chance for 1 spell) and then usually your barrage procs if it hasn't already and you can use your missiles. Rinse & repeat.
Make macros so your AB doesn't interrupt your channeled spells (making your AM spammable when you're on ab3 or ab4) and make sure your damage trinket (if you use one) is tied to your AB.
Other than that it's really about using your procs correctly.
For the record, you won't see 8-9k dps on a target dummy because you won't have raid buffs. Self buffed you should see spikes of around 15k, but average out over 3 minutes or so @ 6-7k dps self buffed if you're doing it correctly.
Also, I recommend against the t10 chest because it's not best in slot. Best in slot 264 gear is t10.5 head, shoulders, legs, gloves and Meteor Chaser's Raiment. waste of 95 frost badges when you could have gone best in slot. 277 Tiered chest is best in slot, but if you aren't raiding that level, it does you no good to spend badges on that.
As for your RNG's reliance comment (and your attitude in general is pretty crappy) I meant wait for the gloves & pants last IN CASE they drop (as opposed to wasting badges you could be spending on a belt, chest, etc). For my mage, both dropped within a week of each other and I was the only mage in the 10 man's. When I looked at your toon you didn't have the t10 chest and head. You had only 1pc of T10 when I glanced (and no bonus).
Also, for someone who knows so much already you sure do seem ready to jump down someone's throat for trying to help you.
My advice at the end of the day is: Stack your dps boosters together as the %'s add up and end up doing more for you than spreading them out.
Last edited by Goros; 05-15-2010 at 05:57 PM.
Thank you Goros, your second answer here was much more usefull!
Think a little clearing the air is in order
Otherwise, Thanks for you input, it's definitely helpful, especially that [nochanneling] tip
Last edited by Ajire; 05-16-2010 at 04:38 AM.
Also, as far as the mini heroism, you use it on open, and because of the way the cooldowns work you can get it off one more time in the fight, just try not to stack it with heroism. You can get PoM's off pretty frequently, and you can get your AP and IV off separate from your images if you time it right. It's all about controlling cooldowns and using them at the right time. I personally use Heatsink and powerauras because they tell me when I have procs up as well as when they will come back up (things with internal timers like lightweave and my trinket, etc). Anything you can do to stack it so your damage dealing effects are stacked as closely as possible to each other.