Category Archives: Maths

The “P” in PhD stands for Programmer.

Posted on February 12, 2016 by

I’ve been looking at future careers recently, and one general piece of advice I had for most of the careers I’m interested in involve showing rather than telling people about my skills. I definitely consider programming one of my best skills (I’m … Continue reading →

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Trink It

Posted on December 1, 2014 by

I get quite a few requests for different topics of Theorycraft, and sadly I can’t do them all. Work being what it is for me (unforgiving even when I’m not out of the country), I have to prioritize what’s interesting … Continue reading →

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Liability, or REliability?

Posted on November 23, 2014 by

Someone graciously linked my Statlords of Shamanor post on Reddit the other day, in this post which discusses stat weights. I was flattered to have the attention of a major part of the community, and even better an interesting question … Continue reading →

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Warlords of Draenor: Talented Shaman

Posted on November 17, 2014 by

Today’s post was written on request for Damien, who writes the Icy Veins class and spec guides. Originally, this was in the form of a short* advice document to discuss the Level 100 talents for Restoration Shaman – the contents … Continue reading →

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To cast, perchance to Chain (Heal)

Posted on May 28, 2014 by

To Riptide Target, or not to Riptide Target — that is the question. For me, the biggest news in recent Theorycraft was Dayani’s excellent analysis on Chain Heal, High Tide, and Glyph of Riptide (which you can find here). I … Continue reading →

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To Craft a Sim – Part 4

Posted on April 23, 2014 by

In this series of posts, I’m talking about putting together a simulation I’ve built called CHsim. It’s designed to simulate the way Chain Heal will behave in Warlords of Draenor – including interactions with player positioning, talents, incoming damage, Riptide, … Continue reading →

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Simulating Chain Heal – Preliminary Results

Posted on April 22, 2014 by

Sim, simming me/sim, simming me/sim, sim, simming you. As I’ve been going on about for ages, I’ve been developing a simulation of Chain Heal’s application in Warlords of Draenor raid-type situations, including the variation on raid positioning and decision making. … Continue reading →

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