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Manticore
@manticorefalco.bsky.social
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She/her, but grew up with pockets. 🏳️‍⚧️

#GameDev on Classic WoW - Senior Quality Analyst (Blizzard Entertainment)

Personal Account - Opinions are my own and do not reflect my employers. I also don't talk about my work here.

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manticorefalco.bsky.social
Case in point.
A screenshot from Horizon: Zero Dawn. The perspective is partway up a rocky mountainside looking down into a small valley that has a fast morning river running through it. Snow covers nearly every flat surface, though grass peeks up through the snow on the valley floor on the other side of the river.
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Inspired by a house that I saw in WoW, I made a greenhouse in my homestead in GW2.
A greenhouse on the side of a log cabin with a dirt floor. The log wall is to the left, with blue glass making up the other walls. Some of the windows have latticework decorations. justting out from the wall is a lattice of a different design that extends a decent ways into the greenhouse, closing off a small, private nook. There is a hammock in the middle. To the right is a large potted tree with hints of another potted tree behind it. Against the far glass wall is a pair of tables with various mid-sized potted plants on it and piles of burlap sacks under and beside them. A view of the other half of the greenhouse, with the log wall on the right this time. At the extreme left is the potted tree from before. In the back against the far wall is a pooted ... giant thistle? With a blue trunk and purple leaves, and a potted fern-like plant. A door leading outside is on the left.
November 16, 2025 at 2:11 AM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
Post your favourite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
Mathesar from Galaxy quest. He appears to be a middle-aged man with uniformly pallid skin and jet black hair, with a receding hairline. He has a vague, befuddled expression on his face, with a slight smile.
November 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
My god this game is pretty. #guildwars2
This is a screenshot from Guild Wars 2. A elfin plant woman sits on top of an orca/manta ray hybrid a few feet above dark ble water. Above her is a dark blue bioluminescent cave roof that looks almost like the night sky. At the top of the image is a giant root with a pale blue glowing effect backlighting it.
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Reciprocal Block idiots always make me laugh.
This is a DM from Listifications. Text: @msmangajojo.bsky.social has added you to the "Cheeto Man Lovers" custom feed list."
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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As mentioned, I've been playing a lot of GW2 lately; I've been really enjoying my Galeshot ranger (the new elite spec added with the Visions of Eternity expansion.
Sylvari woman in leather armor. Sylvari are plant people, so her "skin" is green and she has pointed ears. Her hair is a ponytail made of leaves. She's wearing leather armor made of a number of strips of l.eather hanging down from her shoulders and belt. Her torso is covered by a bustier that leaves her neckline and sides of her midriff exposed. She is wearing a leather headband. She is also wearing a dark blue cape that appears to drape over her shoulders (though that's really part of the top), with some blue highlights on her skirt, boots. Her gloves are mostly blue with red-gold highlights. She has a quiver peaking over her right shoulder, and a longbow extends above her head and past her left arm.
November 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
Mogget being adorable.
A black cat is lying on a carpet near a sliding glass door. He is lying on his right side with his stomach visible and facing the camera. His fore paws are curled slightly over his stomach. He's looking at the photographer.
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 AM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
I am amused at the way it seems like they're replying to each other.
A pair of Bluesky posts. On bottom, "2h ago" Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com "knocked back three martinis and ranted about genetic archaeology, how's your evening going" On top: Eric Michael Garcia, @ericmgarcia.bsky.social 1h ago "Gave a big presentation, worked on a presentation for next week, did interviews for a big piece I am writing and sent out some important emails for work. Time for some ice cream."
October 29, 2025 at 5:21 AM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
A picture of Manticore in a black Guild Wars 2 Guardian class themed T-shirt, a green and black World of Warcraft demon Hunter themed bowling sorry, a pewter gray Final Fantasy 14 Paladin Soulstone necklace, and a Lord of the Rings Online one ring necklace.
October 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
Dinner tonight. 🤤
Fettuccine with meatballs in marinara sauce, topped with mozzarella. On the side is sauteed spinach with red and orange bell peppers.
October 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
New fit for my rogue!
A female dracthyr is standing against a snowy slope. She's in her visage form, so she looks like a human woman with small horns and subtle scales on her cheeks and browridge. She's wearing dark, shiny black leather thigh-high boots with a pair of silver buckles. Above that is a plaid black miniskirt; the black is much lighter than the boots. Look, she's a miniature dragon in human form, she doesn't care about the cold. Above that is a black padded vest on top of a red and white undershirt. The vest is the about the same shade as the skirt, and is held shut with 3 leather straps stretching across her abdomen. She's wearing a red neckerchief on top of the red undershirt. She has a wide leather belt with a larger steel buckle. On the right side of the belt is a small pouch, and on the left is a long rapier. You can just see a small backpack over her shoulder.
September 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
High stress the to the day, but now I'm in bed with a purring cat cuddling my face.
Manticore, a white woman with bags and large purple glasses, is lying down on bed. Yup can only see the top half of her face, as an adorable black cat is lying down across her torso,with his paws hanging off her shoulder, and is blocking the rest.
September 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
Dear god, this image really drives home just how much larger the Enterprise or even the Midway class carriers were compared to the old Essexes.
4 US Aircraft carriers at dock at Alameda Naval Air Station. From Left to right: USS Coral Sea, a modernized Midway class Carrier. USS Hancock and USS Oriskany, modernized Essex class Carriers. USS Enterprise, the first nuclear powered Aircraft carrier. The Enterprise is noticeably longer and wider than Hancock or Oriskany. Her flight deck is visibly wider than even Coral Sea, though at this angle it's not clear that Enterprise is about 120 feet longer than Coral Sea.
September 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
There we go!
A dracthyr rogue in her visage form. She looks like a fairly curvy dark-haired human woman, but she has dark blue scales that frame her eyes, pointed ears, and small, barbed horns that stick out of her heads. She's a rogue, so she's wearing a fairly dark outfit, but she has a red neckerchief around ... well ... her neck.
September 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
The Vault likes me today.
A screenshot of the bottom row of the Great Vault in World of Warcraft. Each item is Hero 1 rogue set gear.
September 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
...I'm wondering where I fall on the spectrum.
4 World of Warcraft characters in the Ohn'aranan plains campsite. From left to right: A black humanoid dragon wielding a rapier, and a dagger with black and silver armor, a female draenei (a pale blue skinned, horned humanoid) with red armor and a flaming scythe and a winged, semi-feathered wolf ... thing behind her, another female draenei in red, gold, and black armor which is a plate robe and with a flaming shield on her back, and a third female draenei with steel-grey plate on top of dark-grey scale. ...look, until I discovered the wonder of being your own flying mount, I really liked Draenei.
September 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
...someone has much to answer for.
I'm in an ethereal-themed delve in World of Warcraft. In the screenshot is a sandstorm-themed rare named "D'rude," which is almost certainly a play on the song Sandstorm by Darude.
August 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
My favorite spawn that I made in Hallowfall still exists! I thought that it got stomped by the Radiant Flame!
August 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
I did a thing to my rogue.
A dark dracthyr in dragon form. She's wearing a fair bit of armor. She's standing in front of the same eco dome, though the angle is more from the left than head on as before. A female dracthyr visage. She's wearing dark clothes with a red neck kerchief. She has a rapier on her left hip and has small horns. An Eco Dome of K'aresh is in the background.
August 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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lol
It's a bluesky profile for Thomas Chatter Williams. Beneath the name and Bluesky handle is two labels: 'User blocked by "Jesse Singal Followers Blocklist"' and 'Troll'
August 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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I always miss this girl when I'm not playing FFXIV. FFXIV really isn't the game for me in a lot of ways, but I was playing it through a lot of important self-discovery so she remains very important to me.
An image of a Miqo'te in plate and chainmail in FFXIV. She has light-brown skin with black hair and red highlights done up in a ponytail with bangs down to her eyebrows and locks framing her face. She also has leonine ears the same color as her hair with an elaborate earring on her left ear. Her outfit, as mentioned, is plate with some chainmail on her gauntlets. The plate appears fairly realistic as far as fantasy armor goes. Underneath the plate is a navy blue tunic and pants. There's a complex series of belts on top of it. She has a white cloak hanging off of her shoulders.
August 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
I'm sorry, but while she may not be a BB, I'm a major Alaska stan. Absolutely gorgeous cruisers.
A picture of USS Guam from World War 2. The Guam was an Alaska class Large Cruiser.
August 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
Yay! I just dinged level 100 on Paladin and was able to wear the chestpiece that I'd been looking forward to!
A brown-skinned female Miqo'te from FFXIV. She's holding a cruciform hilt sword in her right hand up high, with a shield held behind her on her left arm. Her armor is a segmented breastplate and tassets, with a wide leather sash from her right shoulder down to her left hip. Her arming coat and pants are a deep, almost navy blue. She has a white cloak draped over her shoulders.
June 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
manticorefalco.bsky.social
I usually main bard too, but she started life as a gladiator/Paladin!
A female Miqo'te standing in a stone plaza. The plaza is lightly dusted with snow. The miqo'te is holding her right hand out high and to the side, to the point that she's leaning into it. She's wearing a heavy, intricately embroadered coat that extends down to her kneeds. Under the coat is a deep red overshirt, with a lighter white undershirt underneath it. She has an intricate earring dangling from her left ear. There is intricate jewelry on the coat and holding the overshirt closed. She is brown-skinned, and her hair is dark with deep red roots. She has cat-like ears with dark down covering their outsides.
June 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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PLUS LOOK HOW AWESOME SHE LOOKS!
A Draenei Rogue stands on a platform in Azj'kahet. the rogue is looking to her left. The rogue's skin is blue, hair so dark blue it's almost black. She wears a tunic and jack combo with several layered parts: a dark brown padded leather vest jacket with black sleeves and deep red panels over an open red waistcoat, which is in turn over an off-white closed jacket, which is finally over a dark brown tunic the same dark brown as the vest. Her pants are black, and she wears no boots over her hooves. She has a scarf around her neck that's a bit lighter than the red detailing on the jackets. Her jacket is cinched around her hips by a thick, dark brown leather belt, which has a large, dull brass buckle. There's a pouch of some kind affixed to the belt over her right thigh. She has a long rapier with a dull brass hilt. As a whole, the outfit is very dark but with a reddish feel to it.
May 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM