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| Hybrid Theory: Dear engineers, please build me a walking bank Posted: 15 Mar 2008 01:00 PM CDT Filed under: Druid, Paladin, Shaman, Analysis / Opinion, Hybrid Theory  Welcome to another installment of Hybrid Theory, wherein columnist Alex Ziebart assures the world that he does not, in fact, hate Retribution Protection Paladins. In fact, he raids with a Retribution Protection Paladin. Really. He does. Pinky swear. Bag space. The Blue Crew of Blizzard has made it very clear over the last few years that limited bag space is fully intended. It's viewed as an important aspect of game play. A mini-game, if you will. I must say, being forced into choosing whether you want to keep an item you enjoy or vendor it in favor of that new piece of resist gear that is mandatory for your raid's upcoming boss fight is the worst game ever. Sometimes little vanity items mean quite a bit, like your first epic. A lot of them are just plain neat, like the furbolg outfit maker. Continue reading Hybrid Theory: Dear engineers, please build me a walking bank
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| Posted: 15 Mar 2008 12:20 PM CDT Filed under: Hunter, Patches, PvP, AddOns, Forums, Arena
 Zanzer of Mal'Ganis posted on the World of Warcraft test realm forum that he is displeased with the user interface change that shows hunter traps in the combat log. Obviously this is a PvP related change, as PvE mobs probably don't care if a hunter sets traps or not. The ability to trap is one of the most important features of the Hunter class. Typically players know when Hunters are dropping traps for two reasons. First, there is an unmistakable squatting animation that shows the character setting the trap. Of course you have to have your camera on the Hunter to see the animation. Second, Hunters who are worth their salt lay traps whenever they are able to in the PvP environment. The difference is the combat log now states what type of trap has been dropped. Continue reading Don't do it, it's a trap
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| Alganon Update Interview - Part 1 - Ve3d.com Posted: 15 Mar 2008 11:36 AM CDT
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| Posted: 15 Mar 2008 11:30 AM CDT Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, News items  Initially I was pretty surprised to see the screen shot. After all, this hadn't been happening much. However a couple of days after getting this, I found some gold spam in my chat log as well. I was floored. Now they're back to their old tricks, and even some new ones. Continue reading Gold spammers at it again
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| 'Second Life' gets a life - DePaulina Posted: 15 Mar 2008 10:37 AM CDT
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| Long live PC gaming - DePaulina Posted: 15 Mar 2008 10:36 AM CDT
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| SOE's John Smedley: PC gaming is at its brightest point ever - MMORPG blog Posted: 15 Mar 2008 10:16 AM CDT
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| Blizzard Worldwide Invitational Tickets Posted: 15 Mar 2008 10:00 AM CDT Filed under: Events, Fan stuff, WoW Social Conventions, Blizzard, Expansions, Wrath of the Lich King
Tharfor posted details on the European World of Warcraft forums. Some of Blizzard's executives and members of development teams from Europe, US, China, Taiwan, and Korea will be present to for signings and seminars. This is a great chance to get a peek at Wrath of the Lich King and Starcraft II. The event will also feature game, dance, costume and machinima competitions. For more information on conference events and rules, check out the Invitational's FAQ page.
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| Posted: 15 Mar 2008 09:22 AM CDT The legendary rune blade Frostmourne was immortalized in Warcraft III, in which it was taken up by Prince Arthas Menethil, corrupting him and leading... | ||
| World of Warcraft skills thwart moose attack - Yahoo! Tech Posted: 15 Mar 2008 09:04 AM CDT
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| Addon Spotlight: Minimap mayhem Posted: 15 Mar 2008 09:00 AM CDT Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Tips, Tricks, AddOns, AddOn Spotlight  In the shadow of an ominous sense of addon doom, I wanted to talk about a problem that some of you may relate with. I have issues with cluttered user interfaces, specifically a messy minimap. I should really consider myself blessed that this one can be near the top of my list. Either my life is boring or I am very much a control freak.I've recently taken it upon myself to combat the rude nature of a cluttered minimap, only to find myself somewhat frustrated by a lack of viable options. I'm going to guess that many of you many be screaming Ace right now. To that, I say stow your bilge, my pretties. The Ace solution fails, which simultaneously surprises me and makes me sad. In my efforts to enforce my Spring Cleaning initiative, I recruited MinimapButtonBag to wipe up the little buttons that surrounded my minimap. This little Ace addon did the job about as perfectly as possible, with one glaring flaw. The little "addon that could" was a memory hog; a beast that defiled my allocated addon memory. The fact that it was stomping around with the same clout as my beloved AtlasLoot Enhanced and the godly QuestHelper irked me to no end. Continue reading Addon Spotlight: Minimap mayhem
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| Arcane Brilliance: Mages hate Warlocks, and then Warlocks drain our hate and kill us with it. Posted: 15 Mar 2008 08:30 AM CDT Filed under: Mage, Warlock, Blizzard, PvP, Raiding, Classes, (Mage) Arcane Brilliance, Arena
Every week Arcane Brilliance strives to deliver a tiny parcel full of Mage-craft to your doorsteps. Not your real doorsteps, that would be creepy. Your virtual interweb doorsteps. This week, in addition to its usual magey goodness, that tiny parcel is pulsating with warlockian evil. You've been warned. In case I haven't been clear on this in the past, I hate Warlocks. I've hated them since I was a child, when a Warlock ate my family. Just kidding, that didn't actually happen. My family is alive and well. In fact, I would say my Warlock prejudices originated as recently as last year, when I hit level 70 and took my first wide-eyed look at the brutal world of end-game PvP. When our own V'Ming Chew (the only decent Warlock I know) suggested that we engage in a little back-and-forth in yesterday's Blood Pact column I was at first reluctant. I worried that halfway though the series of emails we sent back and forth to each other I might realize that I had 8 different DoTs hovering above my head, and a felhound might at some point end up eating my face. That didn't happen. Well, a felhound did eat my face, but that was in a completely unrelated Arena match last night. In fact, I thought the dialog went quite well: we agreed on a few points, agreed to disagree on other points, and nobody got killed. Or had their souls drained from their bodies. Still, and not just because as a Mage it is my job to QQ more, I felt there was more to say. Last week I promised you a look at the Mage/Warlock rivalry, and after the break, I will try to deliver on that promise.
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| Dear Blizzard: Am I your police officer? Posted: 15 Mar 2008 08:00 AM CDT Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Virtual selves, Blizzard
First of all, I really do have to thank you for changing the name of that guy called Longjohnson. Yeah, He sent us this pretty long rant about how it was unfair his name was changed, but honestly, it was a pretty clear violation of the naming policy against inappropriate references to bodily parts or functions (Sorry Jason, I'm only siding with you to a point here. Your character's name needed to be changed). That said, I'll give him this: It is pretty annoying that he was able to then proceed to the Armory and find 19 characters named Longjohnson and 60 characters named Bigjohnson. If a name is impermissible because of being profane or inappropriate on one server, it should count on them all, right? Every server has the same set of naming rules, except for RP servers, which have the extra "appropriate for an RP server" qualifier, so this shouldn't be a problem. Mike has actually observed that enforcement tends to be a bit lax in the past regarding both the naming policy and RP server policy, but I figured it was worth bringing up again. Continue reading Dear Blizzard: Am I your police officer?
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| Does server progression matter? Posted: 15 Mar 2008 07:00 AM CDT Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Guilds, Raiding, Forums  Obviously, the removal of that bit of the Sunwell Plateau isn't particularly devastating or crippling. Its inclusion could actually be crippling for the more underpopulated, raiding-light servers, holding the one or two raiding guilds back from experiencing content simply because they chose the wrong server to roll on. I can understand the removal, but my mind being the strange creature it is used this as fuel to wander to similar topics, my braincells discussing it amongst themselves. Continue reading Does server progression matter?
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| Posted: 15 Mar 2008 06:00 AM CDT Filed under: Machinima, WoW Moviewatch In his 16th video, Maëvah takes a cinematic approach to PvE. He uses music from War of the Worlds (2005) as the soundtrack for his battles. While not the biggest fan of this genre, I really enjoyed the randomness of the credit song and dance! [Via Warcraftmovies.com] Previously on Moviewatch ...
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| Posted: 15 Mar 2008 05:30 AM CDT Filed under: Tips, Guilds, Odds and ends, Humor, Raiding  Corrosiveaffy on WoW LJ wants to know if there are any good ideas out there for guild ranks, and I can tell her that there are tons. There's the standard "rookie," "officer," "raider," and "veteran," but it seems like some guild ranks are even more creative than the guilds they're named after. I've seen all kinds of stuff, from "larva," "pupae" and "queen," to the old "padawan," "jedi" and "master" mentioned in the comments. One guild I was in way back just had two ranks: most people were "peons," and the GM was the only "king."Usually it's funniest when they tie into the guild's name somehow -- I like the example of "The Nouns of Adjective" from the LJ comments, where the GM is called the "Pope of Punctuation." I know there are some more excellent ones out there, but whenever people fish around for them, they seem a little hard to come by. What are some of the best guild rank names you've seen?
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| Posted: 15 Mar 2008 04:00 AM CDT Filed under: Screenshots, Around Azeroth, Galleries  Do you have any unusual World of Warcraft images that are just collecting dust in your screenshots folder? Because we'd love to see it on Around Azeroth! Sharing your screenshot is as simple as e-mailing aroundazeroth@wowinsider.com with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could be featured here next! Remember to include your player name, server and/or guild if you want it mentioned. We prefer full screen shots without the UI showing. And please, no more sunsets. This means you. I'm not kidding, yours is not the exception. No, really. Sigh.
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| Another blow in the keylogging experience Posted: 15 Mar 2008 03:00 AM CDT Filed under: Odds and ends, Blizzard, Forums
 Thank you all for the encouragement I received in response to my recent keylogging experience. As a whole the experience was just dreadful. As I mentioned on last week's WoW Insider Show podcast, I am still afraid every time I log in that I will get the "The information you have entered is not valid" error. For the most part things have settled down, but the fear remains. The worst part of the keylogging episode was that my Shaman was transferred from a PvP to PvE server. After about a week in limbo my beloved Tauren was returned to her proper place. I was extremely relieved. Unfortunately that's the only thing on my account that Blizzard was kind enough to restore. They refused to return any of my gear or gold and did nothing about the items ninjaed from the guild bank. I appealed their decision with several emails. Those appeals were ubiquitously denied despite logical arguments and heart-filled plights. I thought it was all over, for better or for worse. I got more bad news in my email box the other day: Continue reading Another blow in the keylogging experience
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| Upper Deck Introduces Traitor Cards for the WoW TCG Posted: 15 Mar 2008 02:30 AM CDT Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, News items, WoW TCG
Continue reading Upper Deck Introduces Traitor Cards for the WoW TCG
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| Breakfast Topic: Faction Pride Posted: 15 Mar 2008 02:00 AM CDT Filed under: Horde, Alliance, Analysis / Opinion, Virtual selves, Breakfast topics
 I remember the night of January 15, 2007. I stood outside a game store in the bitter cold anxiously awaiting the doors opening so we could get our hands on a shiny new copy of the freshly launched Burning Crusade. There were probably thirty people there, and of course the conversation was all about World of Warcraft. The air was tense between proud members of the I play Horde. I've been known to wear a t-shirt that says "Real Women Roll Horde." I've tried playing Continue reading Breakfast Topic: Faction Pride
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| Counter-Strike: Map Packs - Techtree.com Posted: 14 Mar 2008 10:26 PM CDT
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| More Signs Point To Cryptic As Star Trek Online Developer - Kotaku.com Posted: 14 Mar 2008 07:09 PM CDT
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