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Blue Rune Circles in SexyMap

I've been getting lots of questions asking me about my mini-map addon that I use in my videos. Its called SexyMap, and its fast become a staple of my interface. Sexymap may look like it would take a lot of system resources, but it uses spell effects through the in-game engine to achieve its fancy graphics. This gives it a lot of built-in options that have a very low overhead. I've been using the default preset "Blue Rune Circles". There are about a dozen beautiful presets to choose from. If you are feeling creative, you can make your own using several various in-game textures, effects, and more. Do you dig the Route 66 symbol? There's a map for that, just add your own effects. Want your map to have druid appeal? There's a map for that too. Sexymap does much more than just look sexy. Its highly configurable with a lot of rich features. It also controls the graphics for the "armor man" that shows you when your armor and the graphics used for vehicle passenger information. You can move these frames around, as well as the minimap itself. Perhaps my favorite feature is the ability to control built-in and addon buttons. So many addons throw their own button on the minimap and I don't want to dig through their config to move hide it. Sexymap takes complete control of all of these buttons. Sexymap allows you to move anything on the minimap, including the built in things like the calendar button, clock, mail icon, battleground queue, and more. In addition, you can set up three levels of visibility: show, show on hover, and hide. If you show a button, you will always see it. I like to use this for things like the clock and new mail notification, which I like to see all the time. Hover buttons are shown only when you mouse over the map, so I use this for things like the calendar and most addon configs that I regularly use. I hide most addons buttons, as I usually use something lie broker2Fubar to put them on Fubar, or pull them up using a script command. I don't need a graphical button cluttering my interface if I can type /dbm and get the same menu and I open the config only once every few weeks. There is lots in here, including built in coordinate support, detailed pings showing who pinged and reporting to chat, a HUD that other addons can plug into, and more. I suggest you download it and play with it yourself! Grab it on Curse or your favorite addon repository. I give it a 10/10 for ease of use, high customization, and wide appeal.