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I liked this fight quite a bit — the mechanic of raid driven shifting is unique and interesting to learn to work with. I really wish druid tier 11 was that color. Scorpions and kitties, oh my!
- Name: Majordomo Staghelm <Archdruid of the Flame>
- Raid: Firelands
- Tanks Needed: 1
- Phases: 2, with twists
- Catch: Raid driven phase shifting
- This strategy is for the normal encounter.
Fandral transforms into a Cat when the raid is not clustered together or into a Scorpion when 7 or more of the raid (in 25-man) are clustered together. On every third transform, Fandral briefly pauses in human form.
So first, let's talk phases and what they mean to your raid, then I'll go into how/when you'll want to do the shifts.
Cat Form
Fandral transforms into a Cat when his enemies are not clustered together.
- Leaping Flames – Fandral leaps at an enemy, leaving behind a Spirit of the Flame. He lands in a blaze of glory, igniting the ground at his destination and causing it to burn enemy enemy units for 23562 to 26437 Fire damage every 0.5 sec. for 1 min. This attack costs 100 energy.
- Spirit of the Flame – These images of Fandral attack enemies until defeated.
- Adrenaline – Fandral gains a stack of Adrenaline each time he performs Leaping Flames. Adrenaline increases his energy regeneration rate by 20% per application. Fandral loses all stacks of Adrenaline when he switches forms.
- Fury – Fandral gains a stack of Fury each time he transforms into a Cat or Scorpion, increasing the damage of Leaping Flames and Flame Scythe by 8% per application. This effect stacks.
Scorpion Form
Fandral transforms into a Scorpion when 7 or more of his enemies are clustered together.,3In 25 player raids, Fandral transforms when 18 or more of his enemies are clustered together.
- Flame Scythe – Fandral inflicts 750000 Fire damage to enemies in front of him. Damage is split equally among targets hit. This attack costs 100 energy.
- Adrenaline – Fandral gains a stack of Adrenaline each time he performs Flame Scythe. Adrenaline increases his energy regeneration rate by 20% per application. Fandral loses all stacks of Adrenaline when he switches forms.
- Fury – Fandral gains a stack of Fury each time he transforms into a Cat or Scorpion, increasing the damage of Leaping Flames and Flame Scythe by 8% per application. This effect stacks.
Human Form
When Fandral enters Human form, he briefly envelops his enemies in a Fiery Cyclone and casts an additional spell.When switching from Cat form to Scorpion form, Fandral unleashes Searing Seeds.When switching switching from Scorpion form to Cat form, Fandral unleashes Burning Orbs.
- Fiery Cyclone – Fiery Cyclone tosses all enemy targets into the air, preventing all action but making them invulnerable for 3 sec.
- Searing Seeds – Searing Seeds implants fiery seeds in Fandral's enemies. Each seed grows at a different rate. When fully grown, the seeds explode, inflicting 60000 Fire damage to players within 12 yards.
- Burning Orbs – Fandral summons several orbs around the room. Each orb attacks the nearest player, burning them for 5000 Fire damage every 2 sec. This effect stacks.
Phase 1: Getting Started (Scorpion)
In every single strategy I've read and/or watched, it says starting out in scorpion form is the easiest way to go about this, so your pull has to be very planned. For the pull, you'll see Fandral standing at the top of the stairs at the far side of the room. Your raid will want to be grouped up where the circle in the middle meets the area leading up to the stairs. Everyone needs to be stacked together! Even the tanks, with the boss facing the raid. The green triangle in the diagram can be a stealthed hunter to more easily MD to the tank. It's critical to get as much threat using Misdirects and Tricks of the Trade (from Rogues) because once the tank loses threat, it's gone.
The stacked raid serves an important purpose — splitting the damage that is going out from the Flame Scythe. Now, it's important to know that your tank/raids will be able to stand varying numbers of Adrenaline stacks, so it will take some work to figure out exactly what your raid can withstand. I believe we were tolerating 6-8 stacks of Adrenaline before forcing the phase shift.
To initiate the phase shift, everyone in the raid must move out around the room at the same time. Speed boosts (like darkflight, other sprints, disengage) are all useful here.
*The second time you see the Scorpion phase, you'll add in Searing Seeds to deal with.
During the second iteration of the scorpion phase, your raid will be affected with Searing Seeds. Each raid member needs to watch their debuff timer, and move out of the raid to avoid blowing up everyone else. It's important to time this correctly because if too many people move out of the raid at the same time, a phase shift will be forced. It seems like if everyone waits to 5-6 seconds remaining on their timer before leaving the group, no one is in danger of forcing the phase shift.
Phase 2: The Fire Kitty
When the phase is shifted, you'll want to arrange your raid to something similar to the diagram in this section — where the icons are, not where the arrows are pointing. During this phase, Fandral will jump around periodically at your ranged players and drop pools of fire. Stay out of those. On every jump, an add will spawn, which should be the immediate dps target, and then get back on Fandral. Like in the scorpion phase, he will gain stacks of Adrenaline, which again, is dependent on how much your tank/raid can tolerate before forcing another phase shift.
The arrows on the diagram show the first step in forcing the phase change back to scorpion. For our raid, we would move the range in to the ring on stack number 5, and collapse on the tank for stack 6 to force the return into the scorpion phase.
*When your raid returns to the kitty phase, you'll see the orb mechanic.
On one of the subsequent returns to the kitty phase, you'll have a new mechanic to contend with. There will be orbs scattered around the room, and they do damage to the person closest to them. They do a stacking fire debuff on the player, and can easily be handled by 2 raid members. The role can either be assigned like on Baleroc, or it can just be the 2 closest people. Whatever works for your raid. It's recommended to only take 5-10 seconds of the debuff, so be prepared to switch often.
Your raid will have to tinker with how many stacks of Adrenaline to take per phase, and will likely decrease the number because Fury will continue to stack, making each phase a little bit more difficult to withstand. You should be seeing approximately 3 of each phase type before the boss goes down, so keep that in mind when analyzing your raid's performance. The first time we killed this boss, it was admittedly, a bit sloppy, but we were on the 7th overall phase.
What does a Hunter need to know?
Scorpion: DPS the boss, save your cooldowns for this shift. The majority of your damage will be dealt to the boss in this phase, and needs to be capitalized on. It's worth noting that glyphing for Raptor Strike was helpful to mitigate some of the damage from the slash, and can be timed pretty easily. If you're responsible for misdirecting Fandral at the beginning, make sure you stack back up with the tanks and the remainder of the raid as quickly as possible. During the shift out from Scorpion, you can disengage out, or if you're a worgen (like me!) darkflight proved itself infinitely helpful. For the seeds, just make sure you watch your debuffs and move out of the raid when the time comes.
Kitty: Make sure you're spread out in your assigned area, and don't creep to the center ring with the melee. Fandral has to have jump targets, and that's what you are. His fire puddles need to be organized away from the center so it's easy to force him back into scorpion when required. When the jumps happen, make sure you're swapping targets and dpsing the adds as your priority. For the orbs, be prepared to continue to watch stacks and swap out with another player. If that's not your job, just make sure you're paying attention to the cues of your raid.
Hunter Loot from Majordomo Staghelm
- Mantle of the Fiery Protector
- The Hungerer
- Fandral's Flamescythe (Don't take this from a druid, but uncontested – have at! Go for the Ranseur otherwise.)
- Grips of Unerring Precision
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The Scarlet Oak has a spread of about 40' to 50' at full maturity.
This tree grows at a Medium growth rate.
The Scarlet Oak does well in Full exposure(s).
The Scarlet Oak grows in Wide Range soils.
The Scarlet Oak has a(n) Rounded shape.
The Scarlet Oak tree is well named. Its early spring foliage is often red, its inner bark is reddish, and in autumn the leaves are brilliant red or scarlet. The acorns of this tree are a favorite food for gray squirrels, chipmunks, mice and birds, especially blue jays. It is a common tree in the Appalachian Mountains but has become a popular landscape tree throughout the eastern and central United States.
Scarlet oak acorns are an important food source for many large songbirds, wild turkeys, grouse, squirrels, and whitetail deer.
The native range of the Scarlet Oak tree extends from Maine to Florida and west to Missouri. The first scientific observations of this tree were made in 1691. The brilliant red leaf color extends well into winter, making an excellent splash of color against a white snow background.
Normal moisture preferred, but with some drought tolerance.
This trees leaves are 4 to 7 inches long with 7 to 9 (rarely) narrow, bristle-tipped lobes separated by deep sinuses. Green in summer with brilliant red or scarlet color in autumn.
Brown, faded flower color. Not noteworthy.
The fruit is round, 1 inch long, attractive to wildlife.
Fast-growing and tolerates a wide range of soils. Leaves are glossy deep green on top, paler green below, and scarlet in fall. Crown is open and rounded, providing light shade. Grows to 60' to 80', 40'-50' spread. (Zones 4-9)
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Vibrant black, red and white balloons adorned Robbins Auditorium on Thursday, August 16, in honor of Einstein's second annual Declaration Celebration. The ceremony, celebrating graduate students' official declaration of the discipline in which they intend to do their thesis research, was implemented last year to formalize this rite of passage.
Einstein overseer Nathan Kahn, who helped to bring the celebration about initially, and Dr. Ruth Gottesman, chair of the Board of Overseers, were in attendance, as were the families and friends of many students being recognized.
Dr. Victoria Freedman, associate dean for graduate programs in biologic sciences remarked that the relationship of a graduate student to the lab that he or she declares is "almost like a marriage—for the next five years you're going to be tied to that lab and to that mentor."
Students and mentors alike hope that this commitment will pay off with the thrill of a research discovery and the potential to influence human health.
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Next, keynote speaker Dr. Bernice Morrow, professor of genetics, of obstetrics & gynecology and women's health, and of pediatrics, shared wisdom she had gained during her graduate school years, including not throwing in the towel after a minor laboratory accident and finding ways to continue her research with an infant in tow. "Perseverance is super-important," noted Dr. Morrow, who also is director of the division of translational genetics and the Sidney L. and Miriam K. Olson Chair in Cardiology.
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At the ceremony's conclusion, students and their mentors received gift bags containing, among other items, coffee mugs for all those late nights spent writing grant proposals and working in the lab. Everyone then enjoyed a reception held under the tent in the Mazer courtyard.
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SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) is a joint project of the European air transport community which is dedicated to implementing a high performance European ATM by 2020. This project arose from the need to create an integrated, shared vision of the evolution of the air traffic control system, catering to predicted increases in demand in the coming years, through the implementation of new procedures and technologies.
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- Definition Phase (2006-2008), with the main aim of creating a European Master Plan for air traffic control. This phase was executed by a consortium contracted by Eurocontrol (which funded it jointly with the European Commission) with representatives of the most important companies and organisations in the European air transport industry: airlines (Lufthansa, Iberia, Air France,...), manufacturers (Airbus, Thales, Indra,...), airports (ENAIRE, BAA, Fraport, Schipol,...) and air navigation services providers (ENAIRE, DFS, NATS, ENAV, DSNA,...).
- Development phase (2009-2016), during which the research, development and validation tasks contained in the ATM Master Plan are carried out. All the activities in this phase are co-ordinated and funded through the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU), ultimately responsible for the maintenance of the ATM master plan and the development of the future European ATM system.
The SJU was created through Regulation 219/07 of 27 February 2007 and has an overall budget of some €2.1 billion, both from its founding members (the European Commission and Eurocontrol) and from the group of European ATM companies that are members of its Board of Directors. These ATM companies (all with important positions in the sector, and with a prime interest in influencing the evolution of the ATM system) were preselected after a call for statements of interest on 27 June 2007, and their definitive contribution and representation on the Board of Directors of the SJU was finally decided based on their proposal for participation in the SJU work programme.
In addition to the founding members – the EC and Eurocontrol – the main European ATM players are represented in the SJU: participating as Air Navigation providers: DFS, DSNA, ENAV, NATS and NORACON (consortium of providers from northern Europe and Austria); as members of the manufacturing industry in the sector: Airbus, Alenia, Frequentis, Honeywell, Spanish company Indra, industrial consortium NATMIG, Selex and Thales, and the airport consortium SEAC (BAA, FRAPORT, Munich, Schipol, Zurich and ADP). ENAIRE is participating both as an Air Navigation services provider and as an airport manager.
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Okay ladies, how much do your husbands help out with LO? Do they take a shift or feeding at night? Watch him so you can shower/eat/get out of the house for a bit? My husband is usually pretty good, in that he takes a shift at night so I can get 3 hours of sleep (LO refuses to sleep other than in our arms so we can't sleep at the same time). He also has been taking care of a lot of errands, and making dinner when I cannot put LO down. He is really irking me today though! I have literally not left our house since LO was born, other than for his two doctors appointments, and one dinner with friends last week that lasted under two hours. My husband was horrible when I got home, acting so put out that LO was fussy and he hadn't been able to relax. Welcome to my world. Anyway, I tried to leave again today to run an errand - specifically, to fill a prescription. I was gone 45 minutes, and it was soooo nice to be out by myself for even that length of time! When i got home, my husband was horrible again, whining and complaining thta he couldnt get anything done while I was gone. This despite the fact that he is out drinking with friends constantly (just a beer or two, but he comes and goes freely, several times a week), going to sporting events, and doing his Masonry stuff (weekly meetings, etc). I generally don't complain about it. Today though the imbalance is really really irritating me - mostly because of the attitude he gave me on my two brief trips out. He believes that the child should presumptively be with me, and that while he can come and go as he pleases, I can't go out even to run an errand without LO without giving him several days notice. I am so irritated by this right now! I love LO and I acknowledge that I am on mat leave and he is still working, but in my view that doesn't mean I am solely responsible for the child in the evenings and on weekends too! I don't mind having him most of the time, or even almost all of the time - but I should be able to get out briefly by myself once in a while, no?
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As you gear up you will get more stamina, at the start every tank was low HP
I recently dinged 80 and a few days later got def capped. But I onw have issues with my health and stamina.
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(it may have not updated, I added a chest enchant and now have 541 def)
Suggestions on enchants and alternative gear would be helpful.
I do plan on replacing my rings and trinkets.
Also note that my intention is running Heroics in the mean time, not riading.
(PS: my spec is not ideal I know but when I leveled I did it according to what would help me level a little faster)
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As you gear up you will get more stamina, at the start every tank was low HP
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Shoulder Enchant
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By dropping the 20 defense to shield you will still be capped by the resilience from the shoulder enchant
Alternatively you can enchant your cloak if you dont like being capped by resilience
Other than that gear up, the new 5 man is a good source of ilvl 200 gear, the heroic version has many good items as well, and then heroic farm from there for the conquest emblems.
Both the Shield and armor kit should not be used for a starting tank due to the massive difference in item points of them and the current enchants.
Remember 16 def in gems = 24 stamina, so it doesn't make a lot of sense to change 20 def for 18 stam...
Your fine, just keep smashing away at heroics. As Lizana said, every tank starts out at 20k hp after dinging 80, your already defense capped, so go for it!
I had the same problem and I think everyone does.
I can't look at the armory (at work)
But a couple things helped me a lot.
1) Get the Trinket from HoL Normal from Loken you will probably have to spam teh chats and start a group but run it until you get it.
2) I hate H AH but that trinket is +111 stam so get a group together and run that.
Loken was 1st IMO because it allowed me to regem for Stam vs def.
You can tank HNex, HUK and run reg VH, UP and the others you will start getting some good stuff once you get to 25K people will not be snobby and say you are not high enough then run all the 5 man heroics np.
I had to take a small break and get Wyrmrest rep (which I was on my way) and Argent to get the Cloak from Wyrm and the enchant from Argent (Head??).
Then get Wyrm rep for the chest and legs ( I aways wore the tabbard ).
You imrove your rep runnin reg 80 dungeons as well as Heroics.
Hope this helps and with the new badges in Heroics instances I have pretty much skipped the Heroic badge gear now sitting on 16 heroic badges and nothing I want to buy.
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You are missing a ton of proper enchants. Once you enchant yer gear correctly this will address some of yer Health issues. Don't forget that you can enchant your ring slots as an enchanter. Second you need a meta gem. However you do not have enough gem slots on your gear to activate you meta slot. I would make it a priority to find a piece or two of gear that has gems slots so you can socket and activate your meta gem slot.
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Work on your Sons of Hodir rep so you can get the best shoulder enchant,
Run H VH a few times for the tank legs and block rating trinket [good til you get the Heroisms one probably, maybe after depending on if you get the Loken one].
A good tank weapon drops in H UP, but I know you're not asking for advice on what to run hehe.
I wouldn't do a ton to your gear at this point, as much as you have is way more than most do to their blues. You can run most heroics pretty fine at this point, so just start doing them and worry about enchants and gem switches later. Maybe farm normal TOC for a while, pretty easy on gear, and pretty good drops [way better than the other 5 mans].


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Exactly what, if anything, do biologists know about using different types of scents in mock scrapes? Are mock scrapes worth the time and trouble in setting them up? Better yet, does human urine attract or scare deer? What is the best scent to use in mock scrapes?
To be honest, mock scrapes never sparked my interest much. Although many competent hunters swore by them, I never really gave mock scrapes credit; there was always some other intangible that most likely attracted deer to my area. Admittedly, my experiences with mock scrapes generally did not include an overhanging branch, which we now know is important in full scraping sequences.
My bias against them began to change two years ago when I made a mock scrape with an overhanging branch and doctored the ground with buck urine. The following day, there were some very large tracks in the middle of my mock scrape. Since it was the end of October, I thought it would be a decent place to set up my treestand and spend the day.
Two hours went by and I was starting to get a little restless. Suddenly, the noise that all hunters know so well — the sound like crunching cornflakes — was getting closer. An average-sized 8-pointer was 25 yards away and closing. The buck was coming from my blind side, so I turned to my right and got ready. As luck would have it, the buck stopped and turned left, directly toward the mock scrape. He smelled the ground, licked the overhanging branch and then freshened my mock scrape.
As I turned and raised my bow to shoot, I inadvertently hit my binoculars against my bow. Unbelievably, the buck never even flinched and continued to paw the scrape. To make a long story short, I choked and missed (again). I said some choice words as my arrow sailed 2 inches over the buck's shoulder, and it wasn't until later that I began to think about the buck's behavior. I decided I needed to rethink my notions about man-made scrapes.
A number of years ago, the Institute for White-tailed Deer Management and Research conducted an interesting study on deer activity patterns around mock scrapes. Research associate Ben Koerth presented his findings at the Southeast Deer Study Group in Jekyll Island, Ga. Koerth designed the study using six types of samples: (1) mock scrapes without any scent; (2) mock scrapes with rutting buck scent; (3) mock scrapes with estrous scent; (4) mock scrapes with a combination of rutting buck and estrous scent; (5) rutting buck scent deposited on the ground without a mock scrape and (6) estrous scent on the ground without a mock scrape.
Four trials of each treatment were set up simultaneously on the famous 8,000-acre North Bogy Slough Hunting and Fishing Club in East Texas.
Instead of spending countless hours physically watching each sample and possibly affecting deer behavior due to human scent, Koerth set up infrared cameras. The study occurred in late October during the pre-rut, because various studies have proven this is when most scraping activity occurs.
Believe it or not, Koerth found that ALL samples attracted deer. In fact, almost as many does and fawns came in as bucks. Even the mock scrapes without scents attracted some deer. And, as you probably guessed, most activity at all samples occurred at night. However, there was a slight increase in activity during the mid-afternoon at all scent stations with mock scrapes.
The study was conducted for two weeks, and only one buck revisited a mock scrape, and the visitations were five days apart. Furthermore, only one buck visited more than one mock scrape; and only one buck stayed long enough at a scrape to have consecutive one-minute-apart photos taken.
The age of each particular buck also played a role in visitation. There was an increase in nighttime usage by presumably older, dominant bucks. Overall, bucks were more likely to visit samples in the following order: (1) mock scrape with the rutting buck scent, (2) mock scrape with estrous scent, and (3) doe scent alone without a mock scrape.
Koerth said, "Bucks primarily use olfactory cues to determine what is going on in the woods. They need to know the breeding status of the does and what other bucks might be rivaling for their attention."
However, he noted that it seemed does were more interested in what the other does were doing and less interested in what the bucks were doing. Does, he said, investigated the estrous scent without a mock scrape most often. Evidently, smell outweighs any visual clues for them. And just as with bucks, the majority of visits occurred at night.
Biologists know that scent plays a major role in how deer identify and communicate with each other. This makes sense when you consider that a deer's primary defense mechanism is its nose.
Outdoor writer Dan Bertalan says, "Deer are nothing more than a 100-pound-plus nose, and they regularly walk through the forest smelling everything." He's right.
I'm sure you can recall many instances where a deer sees you and knows something is out of place but doesn't bolt. The reason is that a deer wants to confirm everything with its nose. Although visual cues are important, the sense of smell is what probably attracts deer to mock scrapes and real scrapes.
Compared to bucks and does, fawns were more likely to visit the samples during the daytime. But deer hunters should take note that the peak hours of activity during legal shooting hours were one-half hour before and after sunrise and sunset, along with a slight increase around mid-afternoon.
At first glace, the Koerth study might seem to suggest that mock scrapes aren't worth your time. But I don't see it that way. While not every buck in the woods came in to the mock scrapes, there was deer activity, including buck activity. I'll take anything that gives me even a slight advantage or gives a buck something to focus on other than me.
It might take some luck, but maybe, just maybe, a good buck will drop by your mock scrape.
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As a Master Chief in the U.S. Navy and a student chef in the Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Tourism Institute, Steve Pitzen is a man of many uniforms.
Steve starting taking classes at AACC in 1991—a time when he was trying to decide whether to become a police officer or a teacher. The reality was he didn't know what he wanted to do in life and AACC provided him with a quality education for a price less than four-year universities and colleges. What Steve did know was that he enjoyed being in the Navy and spending time with his wife and two daughters. And then, in 2001, he discovered his other passion in life: cooking.
"In 2001, I was looking through the college catalog and I saw culinary arts," said Steve. "Back then the Food Network started to get big and I started watching it and thought I would like to do that. I signed up for my first class and I have been hooked ever since."
Steve takes classes in the evening part-time to complete his associate's degree in culinary arts through the HCAT Institute. He is also on the HCAT competitive Junior Culinary team, which recently won a bronze metal at the American Culinary Federation Northeast Regional Student Competition.
Today, Steve knows what he wants out of life, and he feels that HCAT is preparing him for his future career as a chef by showing him techniques and providing him with hands-on experience. After he graduates from AACC and he retires from the military, in a couple more years, he plans to put his culinary skills into action.
"After I retire, I want to work in a restaurant," said Steve. "After [what will be] 26 years in the military being basically a supervisor—which I love doing—after I retire, I want to have fun. I just want to cook, and I wouldn't mind coming back here and teaching at HCAT, maybe as a teacher's assistant or be involved in the program, because I really enjoy HCAT."
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This post has been on my mind for a while and was originally titled "The Mob Mentality of Blogs and Social Media". I thought it was a clever title, and then I changed it to "Why I Don't Read Comments". Anyhow, it has spawned into something a little more profound and enlightening than just that. I'm like the divine light. So, let's jump on the bandwagon and let me explain why I don't read fucking comments anymore. Well, let me rephrase…I don't read comments on blogs other than a select few people that I have either met or don't have a rampant following of crazy cult members chanting to their SEO god. The only social site I bother to read the comments on is Sphinn…and the useless noise is starting to rise over there too.
*** Disclaimer: This post isn't supposed to be about anyone in particular. This post isn't about a post in particular. I may mention specific examples but I see this as an overall trend on "A-list" blogs and social media outlets. People keep interpreting these posts as an attack on a specific person when they're not meant to be. If you want me to write a post on why I think a certain blog mentioned is ridiculous then email me and I'll think about it. End of Disclaimer. ***
The mob mentality. I'm going to use this stupid linkbait to illustrate. (Again, I don't really care what the fuck he thinks about SEO, that's for another post). First of all, the comments illustrate perfectly my SEO world is shit part 1 post. All the "you're a dick, he's a dick, blaa blaa blaa". Anyway, I painstakingly went through all the comments on this post (and believe me when I say it was painful) and tracked the agreements and disagreements in the thread. Now I know that people read blogs that they agree with and generally like the content so it should be skewed toward the author anyway. However, being an "A-lister"…wait; I really hate that term. See how to become an A-List blogger. It's not that hard. Anyway, a celebrity blogger with that large of readership, many of whom are probably SEO consultants, there should be a little more conversation and less lynching the SEO guy that made the comment. Here are the not very accurate stats that I counted in a slightly drunken state:
Total Comments: 214
Unique posters: Around 125 I think
Agreed with the shoe: 71
Disagreed: 8
Didn't make sense: ~20
Sheep who agreed that are actual SEO consultants: 21
Sheep who agreed that were blogging SEO / marketing: 16
Retards who agreed that are in serious need of basic SEO: All the rest
Scum who agreed that are assbags: At least 1 spammer (see bottom left)
So that's 37 people who I will almost guarantee didn't agree with that post but said so anyway in the usual ass kiss fashion. Just because it's said by an "Affiliate Superstar" doesn't mean you have to agree. It's like saying "Jim Bob Billy Ray said it and I said it so that makes us both experts on the subject".
Then there are the few who reasonably disagreed. SEOnoobs (who started the whole thing in the first place, and I don't care if he was right or wrong), Danny Sullivan (no, I didn't listen to the debate, again I don't care), OldSchool, and SEO Factor and a few anonymous ones who were "scared" of drawing the attention of the all powerful shoemoney.
In the usual fashion the shoemoney cult immediately jumped in and gang raped any detractors with the same type of useless comments. In all honesty, I can boil every single comment down to 3:
1. "Yea for Shoemoney, you're so right and now you're my BFF!"
2. "I think you're being a little unfair Shoemoney, there are a lot of talented SEO's around and you're smacking the whole industry because of a select few douchebags."
3. "Eat it slimy SEO. You bite monkey balls! You and your so called SEO used car salesman better quit spamming. We love Shoemoney!"
That's what 214 comments boiled down to. Now lets move on to some problems this cult behavior causes for the SEO community.
I'm going to make SEOmoz the redheaded stepchild for this example. Now the majority of posts that come from Rand and crew are quality posts. A lot of them are geared toward the beginner to intermediate level SEO crowd, and there are a few more advanced topics covered. That being said, on occasion there comes a post that is highly debatable and in my opinion completely off base. I'm not trying to be superior or anything because every blogger on Earth at one time or another posts something incorrect and/or highly debatable. The problem with having a cult following is many of those people take everything they read there as gospel. The more experienced of us that haven't chugged the SEOmoz kool-aid will take a look, have a different opinion, then move along. Have you ever tried disputing something over there? It's like jumping into a snake pit wearing mice as pants.
We all know social media has the same type of problems. The bigger they get the worse it gets. The digg bury squad comes to mind obviously with the whole anti-SEO slant. Quality stuff gets buried simply because a power user decides he/she doesn't like it and the herd follows.
Final Thoughts (like on the Jerry Springer show): Don't be sheep and try not to be a sheep herder. In the end it's bad for both sides. I've said it many times and I'll keep saying it many times. Think for yourself, form your own opinions, don't always follow the herd (unless it's the opinion you've formed), allow others to have a different opinion without trying to insult their cats, try things out for yourself, and for the sake of all that is holy…drink more beer.
*** Once again: Not a negative opinion of SEOmoz. I like what they write and I like everyone I've encountered so far (Jane and Rebecca, you're both great! Haven't met anyone else). It's just the community over there for whatever reason has become something I frown upon ***


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text: Dan, It believe it takes 3 gallons, maybe 5, I will confirm this afternoon and get back to you. I have seen the oil at Wal Mart for around 13.00 for the big package of oil. You can also get it at Academy. Gabby -----Original Message----- From: Dan Foster <fosterd3 at earthlink.net> To: loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org <loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org> Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [Loch-Ruadh] GulfWar XI Camp Plan >Gabrielle, > > Yes, please include your two turkeys, fryer, propane tank and the injector >bastings. Last year I was able to inject two turkeys with one jar of the cajun >turkey stuff, we may need more. We will have 5 turkeys to fry. Peanut oil >donations will be greatly accepted. Gwenllian and I will budget the money in >hand tomorrow and complete the shopping list. By the way, how much oil dose it >take to fry one turkey? That line shoulds like a joke! Truly I need to know. >.Thanks for your reply. > >Daniel > >Gabrielle DeLuxton wrote: > >> Greetings! >> >> I have two turkeys to donate, and one turkey fryer. Padraig has a turkey >> fryer I believe he said could go with us. I think Polodore has the other >> two turkeys...... I was wondering if anyone wanted to donate the peanut oil >> for the cooking.... or did you say it was to be purchased from the collected >> monies? I will also donate the injector bastings. >> >> Gabrielle >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dan Foster <fosterd3 at earthlink.net> >> To: Canton of Loch-Ruadh <loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org> >> Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 11:47 AM >> Subject: [Loch-Ruadh] GulfWar XI Camp Plan >> >> >-- >> >[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] >> >Greetings to all, >> > >> >As we all know Gulf War XI will be here very soon. There is much to do >> >and final plans to prepare. Will the gentles whom donated Turkeys for >> >the Wednesday night dinner email me your name and phone number, and >> >those with the turkey cookers please email me the same info. I will >> >need to arrange the delivery/pick up of these items very soon. The plan >> >is we pack these items (turkeys and oil, turkey cookers, and propane >> >tanks) in the trailer. >> > >> >Also, do not forget your Fian Ruadh Tabards as we will wear them >> >Wednesday Night. This will be impressive to the Barony of Axemoor (House >> >of the Crimson Chimera). The Bardic will start after dinner. Tiggy will >> >be our Chief Bard. So please every one bring you musical installments, >> >song books, tales/stores and jokes so that we may share our wares with >> >all. >> > >> >Gwenllian, Elayne and I will leave Saturday morning March 9th driving to >> >Gulf War as we were approved to enter Gulf War XI Sunday morning. >> > >> >In service to Loch Ruadh and >> >House Mc an Ghabhan >> >Lord Daniel O'Ce'ileachair >> >(aka Daniel of Axemoor) >> >-- >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Loch-ruadh mailing list >> >Loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org >> >http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/loch-ruadh >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Loch-ruadh mailing list >> Loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org >> http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/loch-ruadh > >_______________________________________________ >Loch-ruadh mailing list >Loch-ruadh at ansteorra.org >http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/loch-ruadh