In a post entitled BOE Vortexes a SLAP in the FACE to CRAFTERS Solarissa of Korgath claims that changes on the public test realm for patch 2.4 would devalue the efforts of crafters. She says that allowing players to purchase or farm their own materials would greatly reduce profits for crafters who have invested vast amounts of time in farming materials for their epic patterns, such as the Belt of Blasting. Instead of hefty auction house prices, they would receive meager tips for their crafting efforts. Disenchanted crafters believe that this change would make it so there is no way at all to earn money with trade skills.

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We've already speculated a bit on whether Blizzard's been slipping some early WotLK stuff into the 2.4 patch files with Holyform, but World of Raids and a tipster of ours by the name of Verth have dug up something that's definitely straight out of Northrend: a Tuskarr Male.

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All the World's a Stage is a source for roleplaying ideas, suggestions, and discussions. It is published every Sunday evening.

Sometimes it can be difficult make your character feel really authentic. Very likely, you work in an office in real life, for instance, and perhaps you daydream of burning up all your paperwork. You certainly don't cast hellfire and summon demons to wreak havoc upon the world, so naturally you have no personal understanding of how a warlock would really behave.

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It's not the size, it's how you use it. Apparently, Patch 2.4 in World of Warcraft is laced with what WoW Insider has dubbed the Elixir of Giant Growth.

Weaponry in Patch 2.4 have been enlarged to almost double its size. While the reasons for this is unclear, the intimidating effect of the enlarged weaponry is pretty cool.

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Patch 2.4 supplies a great amount of solo content along with the new 5-man dungeon and raid zone, but there is one thing that you should remember stepping onto the Isle of Quel'Danas: This content is not the same difficulty level as everything else we've done so far.

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MMO gamers beware, a new Trojan virus has been discovered, infecting your Windows system, and able to spread itself through any portable storage device. The virus, named Mocmex by Computer Associates, is able to steal passwords for online games.

The Trojan has been reported to be a powerful little bugger that roots itself into your system, bypassing firewalls, and avoiding detection from antivirus programs. So far, Mocmex is only known to attack Windows OSs.

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Two bosses will enter... but only one will get to leave! Every week at WoW Insider, we pit two of the baddest bosses in the World of Warcraft against one another in a fantasy death match -- in the end to emerge with a single boss of bosses, victorious above all others. And the best part? You get to tell us who walks away the winner and who doesn't get to leave our arena at all.

Today, the terror of the Black Temple, Illidan Stormrage throws down against Ahn'Qiraj's double trouble, The Twin Emperors. Who will survive to move on to the Final Four and who will face defeat at the hands of a superior foe? Read on for the details and the chance to cast your vote

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Just this weekend I did something I never expected I would do: Spent 5,000 gold on epic flight. On my main? Oh no, I've had that for months now. I spent 5,000 gold on my alt. My alt! Good gravy!

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Vis Maior once again adds another PTR first by slaying the Eredar Twins, Lady Sacrolash and Grand Warlock Alythess (courtesy of worldofraids). If you were fortunate enough, you were one of the 1300+ viewers of their live stream when they killed the 4th boss of the new Sunwell raid instance. The loots were:

Band of Ruinous Delight
Grip of Mannoroth
Shroud of Redeemed Souls
Sin'dorei Pendant of Conquest
Essence of the Immortals

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From the WoW machinimator that brought you 300 Moonkins comes Voyage, a mixed-media adventure. Voodooray blended music, machinima, and clips from both music videos and real movies to create an alternate reality. In fact, it's so convincing that he had to post what he did to it for us to believe him!

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Player Natala of The Shining Dawn guild on Quel'Thalas was on a Karazhan run when he spied this far away gryphon roost. He used his Far Sight ability to get us a closer look at it. As far as we know, it is unused and remains a mystery other than one lore reference Natala cites: it was used frequently by Medivh and Khadgar in the novel "The Last Guardian". Does anyone else know if this obscure flightpath serves any purpose?

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It's Sunday morning on a holiday weekend, and we've got the funny stuff. From a star-struck quest to an inventive new attack, to some puns that backfire, this week you're sure to be entertained.

Thanks to Andrew for the tip on Awkward Zombie's first WoW-themed comic, due to the artist having recently subscribed to WoW. Check out Swindling Kindling!

Also check out Grimfate's mage envy with this Comic Contest Honorable Mention!

Clutch Time from Action Trip.

Dark Legacy Comics presents Keydar isn't Punny.

From Extra Life comes Questing of the Stars.

Shakes and Fidget visit A New World. Check out get buffed for more comics.

GUComics wants you to Stop Crying.

LFG #121.

Silent...Deadly from Ding!

If you've already picked out your favorite, make the jump to give it your vote!

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I have a friend who doesn't play WoW, but his roommate does. As a psychologist, my friend is a more astute observer of individual behavior than I am. At lunch one day, he theorized that we tend to play World of Warcraft with the same attitude that have in the real world. On this surface this statement seemed to be correct. People in game and in life vary from kind, helpful souls to nasty boorish trolls.

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A few hours ago, Vis Maior killed the 4th boss of the Sunwell Plateau - The Twin Eredars.

Loot
Grip of Mannoroth
Sin'dorei Pendant of Conquest
Shroud of Redeemed Souls
Band of Ruinous Delight
Essence of the Immortals

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Vis Maior once again adds another PTR first by slaying the Eredar Twins, Lady Sacrolash and Grand Warlock Alythess (courtesy of worldofraids). If you were fortunate enough, you were one of the 1300+ viewers of their live stream when they killed the 4th boss of the new Sunwell raid instance. The loots were:

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If you're an active player of Blizzard's World of Warcraft, there's a high chance that you guys have encountered a bug or two. For Nahd from The Underbog realm, she posted her own experience.

She commented that Peacekeeper Jadaar, who is currently in the World's End Tavern, is still talking about Griftah being exiled, but Griftah is back in Lower City.

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Eredar Twins Preview

After a GM deathtouched Brutallus, Vis Maior guild was able to reach the Eredar Twins (4th boss in Sunwell) and have some tries on them: Lady Sacrolash and Grand Warlock Alythess.

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Hackers seem to be trying more and more ways to get legitimate accounts out of players hands and working to steal and farm more gold, but if you think they've had some sneaky schemes in the past, you ain't seen nothing yet. Our colleagues at Massively have a story that's both amazing and disturbing at the same time.

A lot of geeks found a digital photo frame under the tree this year. Seems like a good idea, I'm sure a lot of us have a pretty large collection of digital photographs stored on memory cards and flash drives that we just haven't quite gotten around to printing for display.

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