Once upon a time, in a previous millenium, there was a great series of single-player roleplaying games called Ultima. They were relatively open world compared to their competitors, and so it is not surprising that the series culminated in one of the first mass market MMORPGs, Ultima Online. Unfortunately once they acquired the brand, EA didn’t treat it all that well

No, this isn’t about how you can literally buy a raid slot, much like Gevlon did many months ago.

Dodge the drama and become that player everyone wants in their group with the Drama Mamas . Lisa Poisso and Robin Torres are real-life mamas and experienced WoW players — and j ust as we don’t want our precious babies to be the ones kicking and wailing on the floor of checkout lane next to the candy, neither do we want you to become known as That Guy on your server

The very first time I made a character in World of Warcraft was way back during the original beta — I made a night elf. And then I logged in for the first time, and was immediately assaulted with visual eye-candy that has kept me entertained for over five years. But on top of the graphics, there was the music — something about the soundtrack just gelled the whole thing into a game I really, really wanted to continue playing

Of all the Terran units I find that the Hellion needs the most work.

No matter what group you are a part of, how many friends you have, how established you are in the group, and how much everyone loves your character, you will get left out of RP . Other people will write stories in which you will not participate, and they will be awesome and amazing, and you will want to play too, but you won’t be invited, even if you ask. People will leave RP gatherings to do things “in private” and you will get left behind at the bar with nothing to do.

H ey Gang! So yeah…

A Guide to the Basics of Guild Leadership Guild leadership can be tough in World of Warcraft. Not only is it hard to get a guild off the ground but it can be even harder keeping the guild happy and drama free.

I recently came across a player in World of Warcraft who was wearing a guild tag of .

Drama-free should be your ultimate goal for a good loot council With so many players raiding in World of Warcraft there is also a greater necessity for a solid loot distribution system.

There have been many Addon stories that will live through World of Warcraft’s history and beyond, as cautionary tales, expressions of visions or the refinement of a segment of the MMO genre that, rapidly, is becoming the norm in most games.

The Drama Mamas are real-life mamas and experienced WoW players — and j ust as we don’t want our precious babies to be the ones kicking and wailing on the floor of checkout lane next to the candy, neither do we want you to become known as That Guy on your server. How to handle that sticky situation? Ask the Drama Mamas at DramaMamas@wow.com .

H ey Gang! So if you’re like me, you’re probably so burned out from running the Daily heroics that your brain has exploded all over your keyboard. Spontaneous Combustion! BAM! The situation that most everyone’s still in is a couple of different things: A) You still need Frost Emblems for gear B) You still need Triumph Badges for gear C) You have absolutely nothing else to do with your time D) You are a masochistic person and enjoy the pain that it brings because it makes you feel alive Well, what ever combination you’re situation is right now, you still need to force yourself to run them. Most of the time, if you bring a buddy, it makes it 10x better

At the end of the summer last year I had this crazy idea: to make a TV show about a raiding guild. I was inspired by the relationships and interactions in my current guild and how much they impacted me personally — both good and bad

Every Monday Scott Andrews contributes Officers’ Quarters , a column about the ins and outs of guild leadership.

Imagine you are the president of your local garden gnome painting club. The club meets regularly for sessions where the members sit together and paint garden gnomes. Every year there is a charity event, with the painted garden gnomes being sold for charity after an exposition

Tamarind from Righteous Orbs founded a World of Warcraft guild for the blogging community , called Single Abstract Noun on the EU RP server Argent Dawn, Horde side. There is also a US chapter . I joined the Euro side with a Tauren shaman, now level 4, and owning 67 copper pieces.

Am looking for a new country to live in. Am thinking maybe Finland – I love Australia, but this internet censorship thing is really concerning. Especially when our politicians are already hiding a specific cloud tags on their own site by editing ‘borrowed’ ( link is the the code writers blog request for the minister to remove the code from his site) code to to avoid the phrase “ISP filtering” appearing.

We’ve all heard by now the changes Blizzard is planning for gear and stats in Cataclysm . While the stat changes are going to dramatically change how many classes work, causing many players to panic, as a healing priest my general impression was “nothing to see here; move along.” I then took a sip of my tea and resumed playing shuffle board . That’s not to say nothing good is coming to us though..

I sensed a disturbance in the force. As if millions of unsatisfied WoW bloggers cried out in terror before being silenced. Okay, so maybe it wasn’t as dramatic but I wanted to offer up some advice to both bloggers and guildmasters about guild stuff that gets blogged.