The US PTRs are now live. Thank you all for your patience.

The PTR realms are still offline while we troubleshoot the new configuration. We will update when the realms are available.

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Hortus
Blizzard QA
Random does not mean fair, and past results do not influence future occurrences. - Corbenn

The US PTRs are now live.

The following realms will be brought down for maintenance beginning at 5:00 AM PST, February 27. All realms should be back up and available for play by approximately 6:15 AM PST.

Agamaggan
Azshara
Baelgun
Dark Iron
Detheroc
Emerald Dream
Greymane
Kalecgos
Lightninghoof
Maelstrom
Malfurion
Moonrunner
Nazjatar
Sargeras
Staghelm
Twisting Nether
Ursin
Wildhammer

We will be offering free character moves from selected high population realms to lower populated realms, assisting in population dispersal. The ability to move a character on the selected source realms will become available on Tuesday, February 26 at 12:00PM PST, and are scheduled to run until Tuesday, March 4 at 12:00PM PST.

In the event that a realm meets our transfer goals before the scheduled end date, the transfers to that realm will be disabled. We highly recommend that if you are planning to ...

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Yes but how useful is a transfer service if people don't use it?

Maybe Blizzard needs to rethink their re-balancing strategy.

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And if people do use it as our internal information shows? ;-)

The following realms will be offline past the maintenance window. We do not currently have an ETA on when they will be back online but our team is working to restore all realms as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience during this time.

Area 52
Arthas
Auchindoun
Azgalor
Azuremyst
Blade's Edge
Bleeding Hollow
Blood Furnace
Bloodhoof
Coilfang
Durotan
Elune
Exodar
Ghostlands
Lothar
Madoran
Magtheridon
Mannoroth
Medivh
Shattered Halls
Shattered Hand
Skullcrusher
Stormrage
The Scryers
The Underbog
Trollbane
Velen
Warsong
Zangarmarsh
Zul'Jin

The Special Mounts page (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/mounts/special.html#misc) has been updated with a new 39 shot Spectral Tiger Screenshot Gallery (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/mounts/spectral-gallery.html).

We're constantly on the lookout for eye-catching screenshots of World of Warcraft. Check our current collection topics and submit your screenshots here for consideration to be featured in one of our galleries.

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/community/submission/screenshot-form.html

We just added a new wallpaper to our World of Warcraft wallpapers section: http://www.wow-europe.com/en/downloads/tcg-wallpapers.html

This week's wallpaper features the gnome warrior hero, Fillet Kneecapper Extraordinaire, as he gazes out over the bodies of his opponents.

This wallpaper features some amazing artwork from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game (http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow/en/). Head over to the Upper Deck Entertainment website now to learn more about the game (http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/wow/en/howtoplay/default.aspx), see more art, or even download some demo decks.