WoW Insider Looking For Talent
In case you haven’t heard, WoW Insider needs more bloggers. They really need one specifically for PvP and want another dedicated columnist.
BRK is a “columnist” and generally writes one huge mongo post per week. Our contract - and there is a legal contract - calls for 1000 words but we usually churn out 1500-2000. Our post today - 1:00pm EST, a little early again - is a neat 2001 words. A blogger will be asked for two or three posts per day, in the 400-words range each.
Blogging for WoW Insider FAQs:
Ya get paid. Not enough to cover tuition for a semester but enough for books and an Orangina. Bloggers get $10 per post, so at two posts per day you could bring down $600 per month if you’re really prolific like our editor, Elizabeth.
Ya get slammed. People love to be rude, crude and lewd in the comments and frankly don’t care about hurting feelings. Fortunately, we laugh a great deal at the flamers and derive much pleasure to see them make fools of themselves. But if your ego is fragile and your constitution delicate, you must prepare yourself for the maniacal rantings of the masses.
Ya get shamed. Sometime you make a mistake. When you say that a gorilla’s Thunderstomp stuns mobs and it doesn’t, when you mess up a mathematical formula, when you are positive that something works as Method A but it really works as Method B, your ego takes a battering. Over 3 million people read WoW Insider every month and your mistakes are made public, Big Time.
Ya get praise. The amount of love we’ve received from the readers is enormous. Each “thank you” is worth 100,000 “you sux”. We love getting emails from people who have learned something from our blog and column and are happier for it.
Let us know if you apply. We have been credited with pushing a lot of people into the blogging arena and would be fascinated to see if a new WI blogger was borne from the BRK Ranks.



Guy on 22 Aug 2007 at 5:06 pm #
Beg all you want, I’m not going to do it.
Then again, I am going to be out of a job soon..
Zemulos on 22 Aug 2007 at 5:18 pm #
LOL Guy.
Galoheart on 22 Aug 2007 at 5:18 pm #
If only I was that good a writer maybe I would apply and write for WoW Insider but I don’t think I’m that good. I’ll stay and keep sharpening the knife on my Blog for now untill i’m prepared for all the trolling that happens in the Comment section over there daily on the coloums.
I’m not prepared for the Trolling & Flaming.
tinwhisker on 22 Aug 2007 at 5:22 pm #
Tempting, but I already spam my guild forums with crap. The rest of the world doesn’t need to be subjected to me.
I’ve read WoWInsider for a long time now and I know there’s some crap there already (stemming from bloggers trying to make goals I suspect) but they don’t need any of mine.
Guy on 22 Aug 2007 at 5:31 pm #
PS: I LOVE Orangina.
RabidPoultry on 22 Aug 2007 at 5:33 pm #
mmm Orangina is the bomb!
But as you can plainly see by my posts my grasp of the english language is fleeting at best, but I wish others all the luck.
/nudges guy
For the Pie on 22 Aug 2007 at 6:19 pm #
i wuz gonna aply but my skillz fo’ butcherin the engrish language don’t compare to BRK! (haha u suxxor)
Also, I know the hunter class. Probably not as well as BRK or Shift or Guy or most of the other major commenters on BRK, but I do know how to play the class. I tried pally and warrior and mage and rogue and priest and shaman and i hated them. One cannot deny one’s inner calling.
The only comedy gold I have is when I am not trying. Heck I only took 2nd in a caption contest, and all I got was a T-shirt. (Of course it’s one of the coolest T-shirts but i digress)
BRK shares his knowledge. I don’t agree with everything he says or professes but he’s got a great style and not afraid to get out there in the forefront. (kudos)
Of course, I should probably be updating my blog once a day before I apply to a blog requiring 2x posts per day.
SmoovJello on 22 Aug 2007 at 6:26 pm #
Personally, I wouldn’t mind seeing Shifttusk venture into this ring. He regularly espouses his thoughts in a relatively clear manner and generally knows what he’s talkin’ about.
The fact that I believe I was guilded with him on Mannoroth (if this is the same Shift) briefly has absolutely nothing to do with it :p
As for me…I lack the time, engrish skillz, and playing expertise to run about voicing my opinions on any class.
Korrun @ Crushridge-US
sonvar on 22 Aug 2007 at 6:42 pm #
I’m not sure I’d have enough to write about on a weekly basis nor is my grammar good enough for it.
Kestrel on 22 Aug 2007 at 7:49 pm #
The only problem with the call for contributors to WoW Insider is…I don’t do PvP.
Now, if they ever need someone to talk about “the casual player” I’ll be all over that!
Rizzah on 22 Aug 2007 at 8:21 pm #
Pretty much all I do is pvp … but being that I play WoW casually, I just don’t think I could come close to mustering up 2 articles per day.
@guy
….. you sell mortgages too?