My poor, poor F5 key.  I know mine is getting a workout, and I’m sure I’m not alone.  I’ll be hoping against hope that I can get an invite to the beta, but at the same time I realize the prospects aren’t all that great.  (And no, having a resonably successful WoW blog gets your nowhere in that department.)  They’ve said its purely random, and with 10 million plus playing, maybe I should give the F5 key a rest.

The good thing is that SHOULD I get in, there is no NDA, so I can blog about it at will.  And believe me, I will.

In other blog related news, PartTimeDruid hit some big milestones this week.  I’ve topped 200 subscribers, which I was hoping to reach by the end of the month.  Yay for being ahead of schedule!  We’ll see if I can maintain that level. Also, I reached the 25,000 overall hits mark for the blog.  Woohoo!

It’s funny, when I started this thing I had perhaps a dozen subs in the first month or so, and roughly 40-50 hits a day.  Now I have over 200 subscribers and regularly average 300 or more hits per day.  This is all thanks to you guys, the readers.  I’m glad you’ve enjoyed my blog.

I figure it’s a good time to highlight what the most popular posts have been.  Here is what people have loved to read:

1. Fresh 70 Resto Druid Gear Cheat Sheet (4,140 reads) This has been a popular post from the beginning. I tried to put something together that was simple and direct. Most gear posts are more “gear lists,” I tried to give very specific direction in what you should get for each slot to gear up quickly.
2. Casual Druid Shopping List: 2.4 Badge Gear (2,138 reads) People love the 2.4 badge gear, and this was my attempt to simplify things for the druiding types. Again, I tried to give REAL opinions, not just a list.
3. Magisters’ Terrace: Resto Druid Gear (1,257 reads) Let’s face it, people love gear posts. They will continue as gear is added in Wrath and beyond.
4. Resto Druid: 5 Things You Should Know (1,256 reads) This was my first post that put me on the map. I roused the interest of some big time bloggers (Phaelia, for one) that in turn roused more interest in my blog. I will probably do a rehash of this post at some point, as it was a little on the harsh side.
5. Top 5: Fighting WoW Apathy (1,079 reads) This was the next post that really pushed me a long. It got the notice of WoW Insider, and a post about my post really helped me out. Some people love WI, some people hate WI, for me I’m glad it’s there.

It’s heavy on gear posts, for sure, but I can see why. I’m a big fan of them myself, or I wouldn’t write them! They take a little more work than your average post, and you’re bound to miss stuff with them, but I still enjoy writing them. Anyhow, that’s all for now. Thanks to everyone who has read and continues to read my blog. I appreciate it!