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by Daniel Whitcomb 
Mar 21st 2009 at 8:00PM
The blogging community lost a great voice recently, as Phaelia stepped down and closed the doors of Resto4Life, the premiere Druid Healing blog. It seems even Blizzard realizes the contributions Phaelia's made to the game, and has honored her in the form of Phaelia's Vestments of the Sprouting Seed. It is, of course, a leather healing chestpiece, complete with a name that refers to one of Phaelia's main reasons for stepping down. MMO Champion lists as a drop off of the 25-man version of the Iron Council (I would have guessed Freya).
It's always nice when Blizzard recognizes those community members who have gone above and beyond to help out the WoW community by giving them a shout-out in game, and Phaelia's definitely deserving. We'll join Blizzard and the Druid community in one more cheer and raised glass to Phaelia. Here's wishing her good luck with the sproutling and her new, non-blogging life.
[via World of Matticus]
Filed under: Druid, Items, Blizzard, News items, Instances
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 3)
Nick S Mar 22nd 2009 12:24AM
I'd love to see a ring a la Angelista's Revenge called something like Cheekia's Band of Comprehension.
Huge respect for Cheeky, BRK, and the others who have busted their asses to make Huntering so much more rewarding.
iira Mar 21st 2009 9:02PM
That is just awesome!
Vandenite Mar 21st 2009 9:04PM
Just awesome, grats Phaelia! Your site will be fondly remembered :D
Andrige Mar 21st 2009 9:08PM
A great tribute by Blizzard, but sad that we lost a great blogger :(
/salute
Nadie Mar 21st 2009 10:47PM
Wow. That's just wonderful. What a great move on the part of Blizzard.
jim carey Mar 21st 2009 9:27PM
yes this is extremely classy on Blizzards part.
Mythic has a great habit of interacting with warhammer bloggers, and id love to see Blizzard do more of the same.
Rob Mar 21st 2009 9:32PM
Awesome, grats Phaelia!
Battledrill Mar 21st 2009 11:33PM
That is classy on Blizzards part. I mean, they usually run out of names sometimes I'm guessing and this is a neat thing to do.
Phantom1219 Mar 21st 2009 10:19PM
This is much deserved and the name is of it is just awesome. Respect to both Phaelia and Blizz. And congrats on the sprouting seed.
TheRedMan Mar 21st 2009 11:02PM
Its things like honoring people in the WoW community that make me respect Blizzard more and more.
Congratulations Phaelia!
Zeplar Mar 21st 2009 11:33PM
+5 blizpoints
GryphonStalker Mar 22nd 2009 12:11AM
Congrats Phaelia! From one Bear Druid to a Tree... ::raises a paw:: I wish you luck in life and warm wishes to your family.
::salutes::
Peter Ellis Mar 22nd 2009 3:17AM
At least two of the rogue theorycrafters already have in-game references.
[item]Avool's Sword of Jin[/item] - reference to Vulajin
[item]Namlak's Supernumerary Sticker[/item] - reference to Kalman
It always cracks me up how many idiots actually wield Namlak's Sticker. The clue is in the name, folks! Supernumerary = extra, redundant, useless. A weapon with parry / dodge / hit / haste on it is useless for everyone. On the other hand, a weapon with exactly equal amounts of four different rating stats on it is worth its weight in gold to a theorycrafter who wants to spend 10 hours hitting a target dummy to work out the conversion factor from rating to parry% (or similar).
Virusz Mar 22nd 2009 5:25AM
Sometimes, I think blizzard knows more then we do, :O
Pixiedark Mar 23rd 2009 1:39PM
Very, very cool. Well done Blizz. I may have a temper tantrum if this drops and I don't win it but I'll try to behave. =D
Fgminor Mar 23rd 2009 9:00AM
Just when she thought she was out...
They pull her back in.
RogueJedi86 Mar 22nd 2009 6:40PM
What part of the name refers to a reason Phaelia quit? "Spouting Seed" refers to what? Lifebloom? Surely Phaelia didn't quit over Lifebloom's mana cost increase.
Still waiting on El's Anglin to get an in-game fishing mention. :)
Groth Mar 22nd 2009 7:31PM
Phaelia quit her blogging to allow her to spend more time focusing on having a baby (her sprouting seed).
She will be missed greatly by the hugely appreciative druid community who have paid great attention to her druidic thoughts!
And once more, congratulations to the happy couple :)
Baluki Mar 23rd 2009 12:46PM
Can someone clue me in as to why Resto4Life quit? I'm not really up on blog news.
Also, check out one of the other items: Asimov's Drape. Usually they're not that direct with their references. Now if only they'd get rid of the Spirit...
Lindsey Mar 23rd 2009 4:08PM
She's having a baby, so she's quitting to focus on that :)