I believe there is something out there watching us

Deep thoughts from the week past:

• Tankspot founder Ciderhelm emerges from a long silence with a detailed analysis of the future of raiding. Well worth the read, including thoughtful responses from Lore (who disagrees) and others.
• On a similar topic, Spinks thinks it might be time to bring back 40 man raiding - otherwise cross-server raid PUGs are doomed. Spinks also chimes into Cider’s discussion with some  well argued points.
• Another developer twitter chat covered at wow.com.
• There’s a reference in the chat to the wow fan at the Winter Olympics who wants Ghostcrawler’s promised Moose. Apparently not fake!
• Gravity takes on the chat challenge and investigates is threat fun?
• Veneretio defends Gearscore for PUGs - or says at least  it’s no worse that what we used to have
• Anyone been to GM island?

For the aspiring wordsmiths out there, the Guardian polls authors for their Ten Rules for Writing Fiction - apparently the first 12 years are the worst…