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Blizzard says bring it on! (aka TTR mayhem take 2)
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Zach Yonzon wrote on 11th March 11pm
Drysc has issued a challenge to the World of Warcraft community to meet Blizzard teams out on the Tournament Test Realm and compete in the 2v2, 3v3, and 5v5 Arena brackets. This follows a relatively successful worldwide brawl over the TTR last Sunday, where WoW Insider fielded a team of its own, although most of the time was spent waiting for the realm to get back online. Blizzard reached record numbers for the TTR tournament, prompting hardware upgrades which will be put to the test on Wednesday, between 5:00pm and 8:00pm PDT.
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John Patricelli wrote on 11th March 9pm
Every Tuesday, Shifting Perspectives explores issues affecting druids and those who group with them. This week John Patricelli, sometimes known as the Big Bear Butt Blogger, continues his discussion of the finer points of bear tanking.
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Enrico S. wrote on 11th March 4pm
Quite a number of players have been asking if World of Warcraft has support for SLI or Scalable Link Interface. For those who aren't familiar with this, SLI essentially has two graphics cards sharing work when rendering a 3D scene. This method is similar to how multi-core processors work together.[View Remaining 3 Paragraphs]
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Mike Schramm wrote on 11th March 6pm
Here's your weekly look at the most popular columns and weekly features from the last seven days of WoW Insider. Miss these the first time around? Don't miss them again.
Know Your Lore: Grim Batol
KYL takes a look at the Dwarven city in the wetlands, and the moral of the story is that the Bronzebeards are awesome! Wait, there's probably more.
Insider Trader: Rounding up patch 2.4 professions changes, part 2
More about what crafters need to know for the next patch.
Encrypted Text: The Lazy Alt's ten must-do Outland quests
Ten quests that you can't miss, even after you've rolled all the way to 70.
Totem Talk: Use the totems wisely
Matthew Rossi lays down all the facts on those wooden sticks in the ground and what they can do for you, even while soloing a Shaman. Another set of great weekly content after the jump.
Blood Pact: Why people hate Warlocks
Um... because it's fun?
Reader UI of the Week: Adoru
A reader cracks open their addon folder for our perusal.
The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Where are the Warriors?
Rossi puts the picture on the milk carton: where have all the warriors gone lately?
Hybrid Theory: What can I do, part 2
The post that started all the prot paladin controversy really just wanted to give you an idea of what your class and spec are absolutely best at.
Know Your Lore: Grim BatolKYL takes a look at the Dwarven city in the wetlands, and the moral of the story is that the Bronzebeards are awesome! Wait, there's probably more.
Insider Trader: Rounding up patch 2.4 professions changes, part 2More about what crafters need to know for the next patch.
Encrypted Text: The Lazy Alt's ten must-do Outland questsTen quests that you can't miss, even after you've rolled all the way to 70.
Totem Talk: Use the totems wiselyMatthew Rossi lays down all the facts on those wooden sticks in the ground and what they can do for you, even while soloing a Shaman. Another set of great weekly content after the jump.
Blood Pact: Why people hate WarlocksUm... because it's fun?
Reader UI of the Week: AdoruA reader cracks open their addon folder for our perusal.
The Care and Feeding of Warriors: Where are the Warriors?Rossi puts the picture on the milk carton: where have all the warriors gone lately?
Hybrid Theory: What can I do, part 2The post that started all the prot paladin controversy really just wanted to give you an idea of what your class and spec are absolutely best at.
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Isaac C. wrote on 11th March 3pm
A few days ago, Blizzard announced the spanking new weapons World of Warcraft gamers can acquire once Season 4 hits the Arena PvP System. However, they've also clarified that a number of price changes will come with the Arena gear as well.
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Charles D. wrote on 11th March 4pm
It seems like some of the posters on the World of Warcraft forums have noted a small inconsistency with some of the new gear found in the latest 2.4 PTR currently being implemented.In particular, poster Sabindeus noticed that the level 141 armor items currently available have rather "dumbed down" stats comparable with the level 128 items being offered at Zul'Aman.
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Krystalle Voecks wrote on 11th March 4pm
As promised earlier, we've brought the sexy back of Reader WoWspace of the Week, just in time for you to enjoy on downtime Tuesday. (Although we make no guarantees about consistent amount of sexy....) This week's submission comes from Violetly, level 70 Blood Elf priest on Mal'Ganis who somehow has managed to show up in the armory twice. Violetly's chief complaint is that we're not doing enough justice to the girly WoWspaces out there -- so she did her duty and sent hers in for us to enjoy! Violetly writes:I have long felt it is my duty to provide WoW Insider with a much needed "girly" WoWspace, so here we are ladies and gentlemen. I have been playing WoW since 2005, first leveling an Alliance hunter to 60 before crossing over to the Horde with the arrival of BC. Violetly has always been PvE shadow for raiding. However, after returning to school to pursue a Master's degree in education, my raiding came to a screeching halt; so to spice things up, I recently switched to PvP discipline. I'm finding discipline to be very entertaining and equally as frustrating for my opponents (even in my welfare epics)!
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Zach Yonzon wrote on 11th March 5pm
Last week, we discussed the matter of twinks and PvP. In many occasions, twinks exist purely to PvP, dominating lower-bracket Battlegrounds with their über-gear. In fact, there is no shortage of twink complaint threads on the World of Warcraft forums. Whatever one might feel about twinks, it's an ongoing phenomenon that shows no signs of letting up. I'm not a big fan of twinkage myself, but it's such a distinct subset of the PvP crowd that I feel compelled to write about it. Twice. Oh, and for the record, I am quite aware that 'twink' is a homosexual slang term. I prefer to think of the Hostess snack, though.
So here we go, the second part of our look at twink PvP. Last week we discussed an overview of the potential items that twinks can obtain... I didn't make a comprehensive list since that's a considerable task. I did, however, give some pointers in the right direction. Considering that Resilience does not exist in lower level PvP, the key stat is Stamina, so get gear with loads of it. There are also ways to improve on gear, particularly using permanent item enchants. The most notorious of these is probably the Nethercleft Leg Armor, which requires Level 60 to apply, but has no item restriction. It might cost a bit of gold because it requires Primal Nether to craft, but the +40 Stamina is well worth it for twinks. Patch 2.4 also promises removing binding on nethers, which may or may not lower prices. For casters, the tailoring equivalents of Golden and Runic Spellthreads are also good investments, despite the 20 stamina hit.
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Amanda Miller wrote on 11th March 2pm
As horrible as Barrens chat and the trade channel can be by times, one of my favorite parts of Sunday's tournament test realm stress test was reading through the chats. Although I'm sure the guys had some pretty great tells, considering their names were more obvious than mine (Insideradam, Insideralex, and Vehn), I did catch some gems of my own.
One thing that was rampant on Sunday was names that were clearly against the terms of service, and of course nasty language. So if any of the photos have blurred-out names, you'll know why! Before you jump through, keep in mind there are a few photos, so the load might be slow. Don't forget to check out my full coverage of the stress test!
Gallery: TTR Stress Test Gallery
As you have already heard, the GMs were out in full force, putting on a show and interacting with the crowd. They were being worshiped, like huge celebrities, and I bet they were glad that they could fly, hover, teleport, and throw the crowd around on a whim. 
At points, a GM would be buried so well that I would begin to suspect that he or she had quietly popped out of the pile, and was watching us and laughing from somewhere sneaky.
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Daniel Whitcomb wrote on 11th March 3pm
It seems like the possibilities of Uldum, in Southern Tanaris, have sparked the imagination of lore fans and adventurers ever since the first person turned in the Discs of Norgannon out of Uldaman. The wealth of Information we recieve from the quest about the intentions of the Titans (those whom the disc calls "The Creators") and the origin of not only the Dwarves, but possibly every sentient race on Azeroth, is tremendous, and Uldum only promises to bring more of it, revealing incredible secrets about the origin of life on this and perhaps other worlds.
Unfortunately, since we apparently need the Plates of Uldum to access it, it remains closed for now, and we're stuck with speculation about what could lurk in its halls. However, today, Drysc commented on the possibilities himself in a forum thread. While all he really confirmed is that they DO plan to open it at some point, it's still more than enough of a bone to get the old speculation machine turning.
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Adam Holisky wrote on 11th March 3pm
I don't get it. I'm 70, have lots of nice purples, know the game well enough, and have even done Onyxia dozens upon dozens upon dozens of times back in the pre-BC days. But why then does she inevitably present a problem for me and my friends?
It's probably because she is bugged. And not just bugged, REALLY bugged.
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Teza wrote on 11th March 4pm
MMOG Subscriptions: WoW has 62.3% market share
This is not really suprising for most of us. According to MMOGChart.com, World of Warcraft has 62.3% market share of MMOG Subscriptions, the closest competitor which is Runescape is really far behind with 6.9%, followed by Lineage 6.6% and Lineage II 6.3%.
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This is not really suprising for most of us. According to MMOGChart.com, World of Warcraft has 62.3% market share of MMOG Subscriptions, the closest competitor which is Runescape is really far behind with 6.9%, followed by Lineage 6.6% and Lineage II 6.3%.
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Enrico S. wrote on 11th March 11am
A number of World of Warcraft players have reported more than a few bugs in the Sunwell Raid on the Public Test Realm. The developers from Blizzard have taken all this good feedback and have been working on a fix for all the problems. Unfortunately, this also means that the instance had to be closed until all the issues are resolved.[View Remaining 3 Paragraphs]
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Dan O'Halloran wrote on 11th March 12pm
This week's round up of WoW-related posts on our sister site Massively covers many different angles of the MMO universe dominated by World of Warcraft. You can click on the links below or subscribe to a special WoW-only Massively feed.
New MMOs breaking the combat mold?
In many ways, the dominant style of MMO combat we see in games today, particularly in the Everquest and World of Warcraft vein, is a direct descendant of tabletop gameplay. As much as that model has served us well over the years, some, like JoBildo over at TTH, believe that the future of MMO combat is almost upon us, and once we see the light, we'll never want to go back.
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New MMOs breaking the combat mold?In many ways, the dominant style of MMO combat we see in games today, particularly in the Everquest and World of Warcraft vein, is a direct descendant of tabletop gameplay. As much as that model has served us well over the years, some, like JoBildo over at TTH, believe that the future of MMO combat is almost upon us, and once we see the light, we'll never want to go back.
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Sean Forsgren wrote on 11th March 12pm
Each week, the Tuesday server down-time gives us all a little time away, which I often spend contemplating the state of my User Interface. As a semi-pro (long on semi, short on pro) addon enthusiast, this often means I visit various addon sites for updates and to peruse the new and exciting developments since my last visit. Although I am meandering towards automatic updates, because it makes me feel so connected, I still enjoy browsing what's new in the world of addons. However, sometimes I start to wonder if life would easier without addons. I could spend less time worrying about updates, memory footprints, configuring addons and a potentially cluttered UI. I would not have the same power to make changes to the look and feel of World of Warcraft, as well as the opportunity to change my game play. With so many alts, and my known commitment issues, I need to add variety to grinding. What, then, for the freedom of giving it all up and just playing the game out-of-the-box?
I have actually begun converting as many addons as I can to the Ace system, just to see how it turns out. I had recently seen a decline in my system's performance, and suspected an addon had gone rogue. I'm happy to report that so far, my Ace conversion is going very well. (More on that in the future). During this time of trials, I was forced to decide which addons I simply could not live without. Could I even play without my beloved mods? Would I have to keep at least a couple of must-haves?
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Alex Ziebart wrote on 11th March 12pm
We all have our favorite races, whether we actively play them or not. Personally, I have a thing for playing Humans and I desperately want to play an Ethereal one day. At the very least, have an Ethereal presence in Wrath, even a small one.[View Remaining 2 Paragraphs]
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Dan O'Halloran wrote on 11th March 1pm
Some have accused this trailer of being a blatant ripoff of Fury. But I have to be honest with you, I don't mind if it is. I love me some action-based World of Warcraft machinima. The author said his longer piece will be available in April and when it is, I'll be there to check it out.
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Tim Y. wrote on 11th March 9am
If you're wondering why you haven't caught sight of Silas Darkmoon or the rest of his travelling troupe in the World of Warcraft MMORPG, you're not the only one.Kuma and other WoW players are wondering about the same thing, given that the Darkmoon Faire was not at its usual spots at the Mulgore, Elwynn Forest and Terokkar Forest despite the event being scheduled for March 10 to 16.
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Mike Schramm wrote on 11th March 11am
Axel on LJ points us to an easter egg on the Official WoW page that I can't help think must be fairly old, but I've never seen it before, so here you go: highlighting text under the Warlock and Warrior listings on the class page reveals some funny flavor text.
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Matthew Rossi wrote on 11th March 11am
Twice a week, our writers will tell you more about themselves, and let you get to know them and the characters they play a little better. Click here to read more About the Bloggers.What do you do for WoW Insider?
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Alex Ziebart wrote on 11th March 10am
Over at OCRegister, a news website for Orange County, there's an interesting little glimpse at Blizzard Entertainment's new HQ. While we don't get a full tour of the place, we do get a number of photos and some fun details.[View Remaining 3 Paragraphs]
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Dan O'Halloran wrote on 11th March 11am
Warlock Rigo of the Dragonsblight realm was on a Karazhan raid with his guild Dragonsbane. Unfortunately, when it came time to face down Nightbane, the raid didn't do so well. Soon the only left standing was a lone Paladin desperately waiting out his bubble cooldown while the undead dragon considered its options.
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Dan O'Halloran wrote on 11th March 10am
The 28th episode of the WoW Insider Show included myself, blogger Amanda Dean, Druid columnist John Patricelli and Turpster in an hour of lively discussion on this week's hot topics. Stories covered included:
- The debate raged on over when, or even if, is it acceptable to go afk without notice?
- The latest rollbacks on the PTR for Warlocks and Shaman and why players shouldn't be ready to quit over temporary tests on that server Blizzard so cleverly dubbed the Test server.
- The effects of the Lifebloom nerf and how Blizzard may have not seen the results they were looking for.
- Amanda Dean talks about introducing her Mom (hi Amanda's Mom!) to WoW and how she is handling her first few levels in Azeroth
- Each participant on the show gave their personal opinion on what playable race they would choose if a new one were introduced to the game.
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Eliah Hecht wrote on 11th March 10am
WoW is a fairly good-looking game, especially when compared to some other MMOs, but let's face it: it hasn't had much of a change to its graphics quality since its release in 2004, and you can tell. To give you an idea of how pretty it could be, Youtube user qelss has rendered several models from WoW with more light and some additional filters; you can see one above, and more on his profile page. As MMO-Champion notes, these are fan-made and not previews of anything, but it's still fun to look at the gleaming swords and armor.
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Amanda Dean wrote on 11th March 9am
The arenas have been a nearly constant source of conflict for many players. It seems that many creative schemes have been used to inflate ratings in the pursuit of gear and glory. The developers implemented personal ratings to combat ill-gotten gains from a single slot buyouts and high-rated team sales. It seems that the latest fad for ratings boost may be queue dodging.
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Amanda Dean wrote on 11th March 9am
Yesterday we began the primary election to name a leader for the Alliance . So far it's a close race between Highlord Bolvar Fordragon, King Magni Bronzebeard, and High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind. Lady Jaina Proudmoore stands out as a highly regarded write-in candidate, and may well win her way to an independent nomination of the final ballot.
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Amanda Miller wrote on 11th March 8am
Well, it is maintenance day again. Tuesday is the Hump Day (i.e. Wednesday) of WoW players everywhere. The realms are down, and the children are home from school on March Break (at least in Canada). Fortunately, this past week has been a busy one, and there is plenty of material for you to catch up on while you're bemoaning the maintenance, scheduled from 5:00 a.m. PST to 11:00 a.m. PST.
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Jay P. wrote on 11th March 8am
The screenshots below were the ones provided by player Tonyc when he reported on what seemed to be a bug on his Tier 6 gear. These are the Lightbringer Breastplate and the Lightbringer Shoulderbraces.
The curious thing is that they still have spell socket bonuses in them. He was concerned whether this was a bug or not. He assumed that this was a bug that wasn't addressed by Blizzard when they where changing the sets.
Apparently, Community Manager Hortus dispelled this certain musing with this response. He said, "We do not change existing socket bonuses on items because of a technical limitation on the socketing system."
Well, ain't that good news for every Retribution Paladin in World of Warcraft? This is certainly something that you guys could really use to your advantage in the game. It's still better than nothing, right?
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MMO-Champion wrote on 11th March 6am
Sunwell items recolors
I think it's not a big surprise to say that the 2.4 Patch introduced a lot of new item models in the game, most of them aren't used more than once but there is actually tons of different skins available for all the weapons added in each patch. Patch 2.4 items aren't an exception and Blizzard added a few color variations for each weapons added to the game, you probably won't see most of them in game, recolors are mostly here for :
Thanks a lot to endarion for all his work on the screenshots.
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I think it's not a big surprise to say that the 2.4 Patch introduced a lot of new item models in the game, most of them aren't used more than once but there is actually tons of different skins available for all the weapons added in each patch. Patch 2.4 items aren't an exception and Blizzard added a few color variations for each weapons added to the game, you probably won't see most of them in game, recolors are mostly here for :
- New items using old models (Arena weapons, or just loot from future dungeons/encounters)
- Weapons used by NPCs and recolored to fit their style.
- Nothing, 90% of the recolors are here "just in case", you'll never see them in game but they still look nice.
Thanks a lot to endarion for all his work on the screenshots.
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Jay P. wrote on 11th March 5am
One aspect of gaming is that the sound effects a game have should stay as true to reality or as faithful to it's original purpose. As we've said before, a gun should make sounds like that of a gun when being used.Apparently, in World of Warcraft, there's a distinct sound defect being made by the guns. Ufakefe from the Frostmourne reported that his gun had a minor bug. It was producing sounds very much similar to the bows in the game. Such an odd bug, we must say.
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Ryan A. wrote on 11th March 5am
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Ryan A. wrote on 11th March 4am
One World of Warcraft player over at the MMORPG's forums is saying that his account got hacked not in the game itself, but through logging into the official community website. The player added that his unit got infested by a keylogger. So the question is this: Can keyloggers designed to hack WoW account pick up the words you type even when you're not in the game?
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