User:Yasuewho

I've been playing EQ2 since 2005. While I still get out and adventure, I'm primarily into crafting and decorating these days. I have one character of each class the game has to offer, but because I'm curiously prone to avoiding level caps, my highest adventuring character is hovering in the mid-80s. I have all tradeskills at max and even a few duplicates that may end up at max thanks to the allure of flying mounts. Not a single characater is named Yasuewho. That moniker is a long running joke I've adapted and adopted to write here.



I'm a trained technical writer, so ask me if you have any questions about grammar (everyone's favorite topic, eh?), punctuation, and all things English language. I suffer from bouts of "brain fuzzies" though, so even I make plenty of errors. Long ago I began insisting that Tyop is my second language, with German as a very distant (and incredibly rusty) third.

To say that I enjoy technical writing would be an understatement of epic ^^^ proportions; I enjoy it in the same way a musician loves to play an instrument or a painter loves to paint. Devotion to such tasks is not as romanticized as it should be. While so many want to write the elusive "Great American Novel," they overlook how important the Great American Manual can be, especially if it's written in International English. Think of that the next time you buy something new and find yourself cussing at the incomprehensible directions for use and assembly.

My Favorite Topics
Housing, Decorating Houses, and anything in and around that topic, like furniture.

I've made a point to take on various pages related to the topic of tradeskills. Those who craft in EQ2 (including me) tend to loose lose track of time and forget to add/update/clean up pages for...oh several expansions sometimes. Due to the this, I've been having a go at Tradeskill topics of all types, but lately Tradeskill Alternate Advancement and various quests for the Far Seas Supply Division (Faction).

What I'm Currently Editing
In the last week, I've had to explain changes to the travel system to new/returning players in my guild many times. For that reason, I've bumped up my plan to revamp the info on the MAJOR changes we had back in 2011. All else will fall to the wayside unless I happen upon it while doing something else. So far, this this page is done, but typos will be hunted, red link pages will be made on 2/18 when I am more awake. Updates have been made to the the general page for Qeynos. I'll be tracking down similar pages and updating them as I finish up the soon to exist page on Globe of Swift Travel that's already in the works.

As is to be expected with a hypertext, editing one thing is a labyrinth that leads to another thing that needs editing and so on. I tend to bounce around from project to project based on what I am doing in-game. When I stumble into something that is in dire need of help, I'm often drawn in. Add to that I lead a guild, craft a great deal, role play on the spur of the moment, join spontaneous guild pick-up groups, and that I get frequent real dog aggro (and there are no resists for her cute AOE) and I may step away from 5 mins and come back in 36 hours.
 * See my To-do List for a breakdown of topics and specific pages on my radar. If you're wondering when I'm getting back to something I've taken a break from or what I might be working on next it's listed (usually with progress) there.

Need Help?
Pop over to my Talk page if you need help with something. Watching the edits roll by, it seems like we all have specialties and downright obsessions. It's a wiki though, so collaboration can be a great benefit to the overall wiki.


 * I'm willing to lend a hand on most anything, provided I either have a good grasp on a topic or I can test it in-game to see if what I'm writing about works. I'm a sucker for working on topics that might confuse new or returning players without this wiki. If there's a user-manual style guide to be written, I'm the nerd who'll be excited to do that. I'm a firm believer in usability testing and willing to do that as well.


 * I have the Adobe Pro Suite (CS5) so I can lend a hand if you want a specialized image and similar media. I'm a huge fan of UI design (almost went that route in college) and a believer in creating images that can explain or highlight UI details so they can nearly stand on their own.


 * If a topic requires research I love that too. If I get back to my grad degree before I die of old age, I have my sights set on being a research librarian with a focus on the preservation of digital media (my tech writing focus).

Past Projects
I am not exaggerating about my passion for tech writing. To give you a sense of what I genuinely enjoy working on have a look at...
 * My first major foray in editing here was an almost complete rewrite of the Housing info page, and the majority of the Decorating Houses page.
 * My most recent (Feb 2014) complete projects were cleanups and near total rewrites that include Appearance, Cloaks, and adding a detailed, sortable table to the page for one Furniture NPC.

Did I Break That?
My wikifu is not bad, but I'm certainly not an expert yet. Give me time and I'll get there though. If you have any handy wikia secrets to share, please drop them off on talk my page. If I broke something, feel free to rant at me as well.