The Addon Junkie

“Hi, Dave” the crowd in [2. Trade] mournfully replies.

So I recently purchased a new computer – one finally decent enough to play WoW with all settings maxed and  get FRAPS footage at maximum resolution without any significant lag. As a test of this new-found ability I recorded a simple review of one of my favorite new addons, OPie, and posted it to YouTube. Within the first 24 hours it had been viewed 50+ times and even netted me a few subscribers. Now this may not be big by Chocolate Rain standards, but as a web developer who just dropped content onto the web and did nothing to promote it, I have to recognize that those are impressive numbers. I decided that I would make this my new hobby (since I’d been looking for one anyway) and begin profiling all of my favorite addons and trying out a bunch of new ones.

I’m hoping to manage a release schedule of about 1 video per week, though I guarantee you there will sometimes be more, sometimes less. I am currently a full-time student and hold down a full-time job, which tends to cut into my video editing time. In any case, I now present to you without further ado the video that started it all (video after the break):
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