Month: August, 2009

Faction Leaders and why you should hate them

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Thrall is a noble character, and I guess pretty much everyone who plays Horde agree that he is a good and honorable leader. The other leaders in the Horde (Cairne, Sylvanas, Vol’jin, and that blood elf guy) are not nearly as important.
Alliance on the other hand had a distinct lack of notable leaders. Tyrande Whisperwind is [...]

Tip of the Day

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When playing World of Warcraft make sure you check the “Sound in background” box in Sound options. That way you will hear things like when a boat arrives to its destination, or more importantly when a rogue starts ganking you when you are alt-tabbed and reading a forum thread (or right now writing a blog [...]

Just One More Time?

 

I was running my alt warrior through the Blackrock Mountain when it struck me: come next expansion, this place will be pretty much gone.
Deadmines and Shadowfang Keep heroics have been announced, so they will remain for sure (although they will likely get a little polish). But the other dungeons? Some instances that served as endgame [...]

The Cross Server LFG system on RP servers

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One of the features that were announced for World of Warcraft at BlizzCon is Cross Server LFG, and it’s not coming in the expansion but in patch 3.3.0. Basically it will work like the Battleground system, where players from the entire Battlegroup are drawn together into a game. You queue up for instances in the LFG [...]

BlizzCon Costume Contest – Men’s Edition

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Men’s Edition™ – when detail work or originality doesn’t matter.
The above picture could spawn so many captions that I won’t even ask for them.
I’m not denying it: the main reason I like these costumes is because I find them pleasant to look upon. Exactly why girls look more attractive when dressed up is something that [...]