I run an Archon Wiz as well! I can't see myself doing any other build except for ubers. Just a couple things I'd personally change even though with your DPS compared to mine you might not need it ( Damage converted to life, instead of Living Lightning use Mistral Breeze (best for keeping resetting your Archon), and instead of Diamond Skin (not needed at all) switch to FN Deep Freeze because it bumps your dps huge for 15 seconds and then you transform to Archon and deal a PT of dmg
I'll be mainly playing with my friends but since most of them will fall off once Inferno hits I could possibly use a team.
send me a pm if you want my credentials because I don't want to go into it for all to see! Let's just say for sake of time that I've made over $3000 from playing competitive games
To use myself as an example, I've currently got 31 upvotes for 222 posts (not counting this one), which is ~0.140 upvotes per post. Since I was curious, I just did some spot-checking and that seems to be a relatively high ratio among random male users I sampled (which was a very small sample size of about 20 users). Since she used herself as an example, succubus_queen currently has 53 upvotes for 252 posts, which is ~0.210 upvotes per post, and which is also ~50.6% more upvotes per post than I have. Actually, she has slightly more than that because I just upvoted her for a thoughtful response she made to a question I asked her in another thread.
Now, here are some possible explanations:
1) Her posts are more well-written than mine.
2) More people agree with what she says than with what I say
3) Topics in which she posts get more eyes than those in which I post
4) She tends to post in threads earlier than I do and thus her posts are more visible and are seen before people move on
5) More people skip my posts because I tend to be longwinded
6) She's been around longer and has posted more than I have and thus has more people who recognize and like her than I do
7) She's more active on this site than I am (she has 12 friends in her list to my zero, for example)
8) The numbers are screwy (She's got 853 active posts but her count only shows 252, so are off-topic not counted the same way, and if not, are upvotes?)
9) She's a woman
Probably all of those are factors to some extent. I don't think that anyone ever thinks, "she's a woman so I'll upvote her." At most, I think they just notice her avatar / forum name, notice she's a woman and then pay more attention to her because that's what guys do. Regardless, I think that's a very small factor in her overall stats. The fact is that she's an intelligent, interesting and polite poster, and that, imho, has far more to do with the upvotes she has than does her gender.
None of us can know for sure why people do what they do and you make very good points! I agree with you 100% BUTTTTTTT and that's a big butt I am not talking about just succubus as I am sure you are well aware! You are using her as an example and maybe she (and a few others) is (are) the exception to the rule.
Check the link I posted as a good example. Barely posts or new to the site has a few friends already. has a bunch of up votes.
The only way to really find this out is by making a female account (with nice pic) on this site and still be the same person. I f'n guarantee you that the female account would get more up votes. Let's be real!
The PvP players that want hostility back are the douches that just went around killing people that weren't PvP geared. They probably weren't either so now that they actually have to farm and play against people that actually want to PvP they are most likely fuming... But on the other hand the new douches in D3 will be those people that don't gear for PvP on purpose to make their team lose...
There are plenty of people with constructive threads with upvotes so this is just an arugment made to bring out flamers/Trolls and the likes which I find kinda sad. I mean you know the response you will get and this isn't based on the so called "facts" caise I'm pretty sure you haven't looked at peoples posts and actually done some propper data mining or math. Aka you are purely trying to start a flame war or start a pretty pointless argument based on what you saw in a few profiles and there is hardly any way this can contribute in anyway but negative.
Personally I don't mind votes and I really couldn't care less about gender considering this is the internet and I would treat them like anyone else.
You seem to think I really care (which I don't). I just am a keen observer of human behaviour and found it funny so I posted about it. I checked a bunch of peoples profiles (past and present) that I've seen post very interesting and well spoken arguments but they had very few votes (for whatever reason).
I expect people to post both positive and negative things. I just want people to provide a point with voting them up and that's why I made this thread! Either "Yes, I'm a horny gamer that votes up hot girls" or "I voted them because they posted a funny or insightful post that got me interested and so I voted them up"
I expect people to be mature and honest in this thread but yes you have flamed pretty hard Which I don't really want but I knew it was coming so thank you because you have activated my trap card! MuahahAHHAhaaha
I found it interesting that I look at some of the legit gamers' profiles on this site and they have 2 votes on their profile but then I look at some of the ladies (or claiming to be) profiles and they have something stupid like 50-60-100 votes making them excellent but then I see what topics they post most on (off-topic most of the time).
So what gets them your votes? Is it the fact that they provide good insight into this game or this site? Or is it because they're girls (maybe good looking even)?
I'm not hating on the girls by all means because I love my girl and think women are beautiful! I'm not hating on girl gamers because that's awesome! I just find it funny that horny gamers vote them up!
The only thing I would change is the Ice Armour to Energy Armour. You're not going to be much use to the Monk if you're dead. Plus you already will have a lot of slow from Blizz n Meteor so and hopefully you wont be getting close enough to the monsters to make your Chilling Aura work effectively. I would say Chilling Aura is for a more close combat or melee Wiz. Take the extra defense, you'll need it for Inferno!
I think RoF would be better utilized in PvP since it only slows the first target you hit. I think taking Disintegrate (gatta think of a short form for Disintegrate) with Volatility rune is perfect for PvE! It also hits anything in that line of fire which RoF does not (the beam ends when it hits and enemy). It sucks because I really like RoF and would like to use it more but I'll have to stick to using it in PvP.
GL to all
Keep in mind if you get your APS/CC/CD high enough WoF seems to do more dmg than Disint.
If an admin stumbles on this thread delete it please
send me a pm if you want my credentials because I don't want to go into it for all to see! Let's just say for sake of time that I've made over $3000 from playing competitive games
None of us can know for sure why people do what they do and you make very good points! I agree with you 100% BUTTTTTTT and that's a big butt
Check the link I posted as a good example. Barely posts or new to the site has a few friends already. has a bunch of up votes.
The only way to really find this out is by making a female account (with nice pic) on this site and still be the same person. I f'n guarantee you that the female account would get more up votes. Let's be real!
proof?
Lmao we'll see who's name is known once this game is out and I kick most peoples asses in PvP
P.S. I argue because it's debating in a heated way! Passion in life is the best way to have fun! Have passion in everything you do!
P.P.S. Thanks for the shout out! I'm lower to the bottom because I'm more important than most
You seem to think I really care (which I don't). I just am a keen observer of human behaviour and found it funny so I posted about it. I checked a bunch of peoples profiles (past and present) that I've seen post very interesting and well spoken arguments but they had very few votes (for whatever reason).
I expect people to post both positive and negative things. I just want people to provide a point with voting them up and that's why I made this thread! Either "Yes, I'm a horny gamer that votes up hot girls" or "I voted them because they posted a funny or insightful post that got me interested and so I voted them up"
I expect people to be mature and honest in this thread but yes you have flamed pretty hard
So what gets them your votes? Is it the fact that they provide good insight into this game or this site? Or is it because they're girls (maybe good looking even)?
I'm not hating on the girls by all means because I love my girl and think women are beautiful! I'm not hating on girl gamers because that's awesome! I just find it funny that horny gamers vote them up!
and here comes the hate
briiiiiiing it onnnnnnn!
RoF at 7:32: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brG7hSRkRD0
Dis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_c4x6aQAG8