Category Archives: Theck’s Pounding Headaches

A Comedy of Error – Part II

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Theck

As I said in Part I, I observed some strange error behavior in the 5.4.2 Rotation Analysis post. Now that we’ve had a thorough (and lengthy) review of the statistics of error analysis, It’s time we looked more carefully at the … Continue reading →

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A Comedy of Error – Part I

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Theck

In the 5.4.2 Rotation Analysis post, I mentioned that I was looking into some odd behavior in the SimC error statistics: I’m actually doing a little statistical analysis on SimC results right now to investigate some deviations from this prediction, … Continue reading →

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5.4.2 Rotation Analysis

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Theck

In December, I talked about the code I’ve written to automate the testing of Simcraft profiles. In that post, I tackled the two easiest simulations to write: glyphs and talents. In both of those cases, we’re just editing a single … Continue reading →

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5.4.2 WeakAuras Strings

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Theck

It’s been a little while since 5.4 was released, and I’ve still been tweaking my WeakAuras here and there as I go. I’ve finally made enough tweaks that I thought it was worth sharing with the class. Again, the updated … Continue reading →

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Itemization Value of 4T16

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Theck

Last week, Fouton from Icy Veins asked me whether I had tried to determine an “ilvl value” for the tier 16 4-piece set bonus. Stated another way, the problem he was trying to solve was twofold: Is it worth using … Continue reading →

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A Letter to Celesty Claus

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Theck

Every Winter Veil, children of both factions write letters to Greatfather Winter and ask for toys and games. In the meantime, their parents are writing letters and saying prayers to a completely different deity: Celesty Claus, the great celestial dragon … Continue reading →

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MATLAB Automation Code

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Theck

So it’s finally time to unveil a project I’ve been working on intermittently for the last three months.  If you recall, in the past I maintained a suite of MATLAB DPS simulations that attempted to determine optimal rotations, stats, glyphs, … Continue reading →

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Post-Blizz-Con Wrap-Up, Part 2

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Theck

In the last post, I ranted about time travel and lore. This time, I’m going to talk about some of the mechanical changes that were announced at BlizzCon. Stats, Reforging, and Gear There were a lot of different gear-related changes … Continue reading →

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Post-Blizz-Con Wrap-Up, Part 1

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Theck

I had a great time at BlizzCon, and met a lot of great people.  It’s really fun to meet someone in person that you’ve only ever interacted with online, either via Twitter, in blog comments, or in-game. Unfortunately, this year … Continue reading →

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BlizzCon Wishlist/Predictions

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Theck

With BlizzCon coming later this week, we’ll soon be inundated with information about the next expansion.  Or at least, I think most of us assume that Friday’s “World of Warcraft: What’s Next?” presentation will reveal the next expansion.  I guess … Continue reading →

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