Made a tutorial addon to let you experiment with settings.

rSetBackdrop : WoWInterface Downloads : Graphic UI Mods

SetBackdrop allows
- glows/shadow
- inner glow/inner shadow
- border
- background

If you trick with the texture color and alpha layer you can even combine three effect at once.

Example

Flat texture:


The...

zork

I got back from Blizzcon yesterday. It was my first time there, and generally a great time. I tweeted occasional things that happened, but I'll try to remember a few highlights.

The big draws for me were socializing and watching the Starcraft. I don't think I did too much that was specifically WoW-related. As people who know me at all can probably imagine, I knew I'd find the Q&A sessions to be frustratingly inane, and there was little hope of substantial new information with...

• Hamlet

This is in honor of my guildmate Vosk ( The World of Warcraft Armory - Vosk @ Mal'Ganis - Achievements ), who recently completed the achievement A Mask for All Occasions, becoming one of a handful of people worldwide to complete all of the achievements in WoW. The luck involved in this achievement prompts a lot of discussion, particularly in Vosk's case, since he would have been the first player in the world to complete all achievements if he'd been luckier with masks last year. It's not too difficult...

• Hamlet

The value of Glyph of Starsurge is a common topic of discussion among Druids lately. Since its DPS contribution is nontrivial to estimate, I'll give a quick walkthrough of the basic calculation. For actual results and final DPS comparison, as always, look at my spreadsheet, but this post explains the way the spreadsheet models Glyph of Starsurge, and contains some general mathematical points that are useful for theorycrafting.

First, we need to know the frequency of Starsurge casts....

• Hamlet

Hopefully this be polished up soon, but here's how it looks for now:

http://elitistjerks.com/f73/t107636-...p/#post1777982

• Hamlet