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Robin Baird

@arlee.bsky.social

Member of http://maadrealms.com and I write for http://mmorpg.com

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I misread “worm” as “woman” and I was REALLY close to actually freaking out about it.

30.01.2026 04:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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World of Warcraft's State of Azeroth: The Future is Radiant | MMORPG.com Today's World of Warcraft State of Azeroth update was a whirlwind, with more on what we can look forward to now and in the future, plus a ton of intriguing tidbits to pique our interest and speculatio...

Man do I have THOUGHTS about the State of Azeroth update today. I'm kind of out on a limb here, but I think it's a pretty comfy limb.

29.01.2026 17:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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World of Warcraft: The Allure and Fatigue of Legion Remix - Arlee in Azeroth | MMORPG.com Deep nostalgia made the Legion Remix a hit -- until pacing, timing, and repetition started to pull players in different directions.

Since Legion Remix will be ending with the Midnight pre-patch on Monday, it’s a good time to look at what worked and what hasn’t in the second Remix installment.

15.01.2026 17:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

On the other hand, robbing the rich to feed the poor is exactly what’s needed here.

01.01.2026 19:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com I love this year's Winter's Veil gift, but I'm sorely disappointed I can't roll around on the snowball in bear form. This is a huge oversight. Just think about how hilarious a giant bear rolling around on a snowball would be!

26.12.2025 18:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
sweet-faced tabby cat sitting at a table with front paws on the edge of the table.

sweet-faced tabby cat sitting at a table with front paws on the edge of the table.

Looking for a Christmas miracle for a kitty (aging parent situation) for Baltimore pals: (1/2)

""My mom can no longer keep Angelo (alas!!!) and we are looking to rehome him. Angelo is a total sweetheart. He is 6 years old, gentle, playful, friendly, and a lovebug."

25.12.2025 14:07 — 👍 1058    🔁 545    💬 37    📌 42
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Arlee in Azeroth - 2025 Retrospective of World of Warcraft: The War Within | MMORPG.com Robin takes a look back at the year that was 2025 in Azeroth, from the return of Plunderstorm to the launch of Player Housing earlier this month.

This week, I took a look back at some of the highlights from the last year. In doing so, I realized that even the content I wasn't a huge fan of was still really good. TWW has been an incredibly solid expansion all the way around.

24.12.2025 21:50 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

No lie, one of my favorite perks of being a bartender was free access to the maraschino cherries 🤣

08.10.2025 05:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🎉Legion Timewalking and Patch 11.2.5 is now LIVE!!! 🎉

To celebrate Blizzard has given us a Dreadlord Regalia Pack to give away to one lucky winner! To enter follow us & quote this post with your answer to the question "What are the Dreadlords up to?" by Oct 12th!

#WoW_Partner

08.10.2025 03:39 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 4
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World of Warcraft Midnight Alpha Hands On Preview | MMORPG.com Robin had a chance to jump into World of Warcraft Midnight's alpha, which officially goes live tomorrow, to preview the new campaign, dungeons, and player housing.

My hands-on with the Midnight Alpha is up with all my first impressions. There will be more content soon, after I've slept a bit more. It was a jam-packed day for sure. @worldofwarcraft.blizzard.com #Midnight

01.10.2025 17:41 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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AI is moving wealth from the people to the super-wealthy at a record pace

11.08.2025 12:43 — 👍 483    🔁 86    💬 11    📌 9

With love!

05.08.2025 23:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Header text: "HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS!"

This is followed by a couple example urls, with a red square highlighting the sections with source identifiers. The rest of the text is as follows: 

Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site. Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity. 
 
When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers. 
 
Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm_source="

Header text: "HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS!" This is followed by a couple example urls, with a red square highlighting the sections with source identifiers. The rest of the text is as follows: Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site. Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity. When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers. Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm_source="

I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven

11.07.2025 22:22 — 👍 14909    🔁 8608    💬 208    📌 364

www.ebay.com/usr/ember_di...

WAVE OF STUFF GOING UP!

Includes Neopets - with and without tags.

Blizzard Statues.

WoW Mega Blocks, LOL.

12.07.2025 01:57 — 👍 24    🔁 17    💬 7    📌 2

Woah… that wild!

08.07.2025 23:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Your options for self-funded game dev becoming a sustainable career:

1. Have existing money or income.

or

2. Get extremely lucky while doing everything perfectly.

02.07.2025 23:06 — 👍 1224    🔁 162    💬 19    📌 20
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🌊 This World Ocean Day, we want to highlight how marine KBAs can be used by governments all over the world 🌎 as a strategic tool for nature-positive spatial planning, sustainable development and international compliance.

#WorldOceanDay #SaveOurOcean

08.06.2025 11:54 — 👍 137    🔁 28    💬 0    📌 2

This article sums up the uneasy feeling I've had since PAX East. The industry I've known my entire career is gone. I don't know what's coming next, but I can't pretend that things will ever return to what they were

06.06.2025 10:48 — 👍 180    🔁 25    💬 6    📌 2

Except now this needs to be done 😯

13.05.2025 04:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a cartoon of stitch covering his eyes with his hands and the words uggg !! below him . ALT: a cartoon of stitch covering his eyes with his hands and the words uggg !! below him .

Someday people will reach the point where “I didn’t like it but others did” is valid. Someday.

07.04.2025 20:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Are people saying it wasn’t?

07.04.2025 20:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Would be very interested!

27.03.2025 04:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Very long thread, 100% worth your time. It’s probably the best thing I’ve read in years 😂❤️

12.03.2025 23:16 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
BlizzCon | Announce Trailer
YouTube video by Blizzard Entertainment BlizzCon | Announce Trailer

I’m so excited!!! Let’s go!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMT...

11.03.2025 16:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
screenshot of a data dashboard

screenshot of a data dashboard

Now that January is done, here is where we're at with known games industry layoffs. We know of layoffs at 24 workplaces this month impacting at least 640 employees. While that's a tenth of last January's headcount, it doesn't look like a general slowdown. We're still FAR from pre-2022 numbers

01.02.2025 13:46 — 👍 31    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
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Are You a Federal Employee on Administrative Leave for DEIA? We'd like to hear from you

ATTN: Are you a federal government employee on paid administrative leave because you worked in DEIA? Please contact us: www.muellershewrote.com/p/are-you-a-...

30.01.2025 20:00 — 👍 3662    🔁 1688    💬 30    📌 33
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ok but what about five baby foxes playing in the snow, though, did you even consider that

08.01.2025 17:15 — 👍 7464    🔁 2384    💬 106    📌 127

Are you sure you weren’t hungry before writing this? 😂

10.01.2025 22:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ooh, there’s a spicy tweet I should go looking for.

31.12.2024 05:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Live Laugh Lore: A Podcast on the Story of Warcraft: 139. You Weird Reddit This week we have a little fun and check in on some of the top posts of the r/warcraftlore subreddit!   Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/livelaughlore   Follow us! Blue Sky: &n...

Sometimes we like to see what the Warcraft community has to say about the truly important questions. Like what are Magni's boxer briefs made of? Well you can find out what Reddit has to say about that in this week's episode!

livelaughlore.libsyn.com/139-you-weir...

20.12.2024 05:14 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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