The start of any expansion is a rough time for PvP. I only have two expansion packs to draw on here, but they both followed the same pattern

The Problem Last week Big Bear Butt issued a call for Blizzard to end Prohibition and start selling gold to players . The theory is that by offering players a safe and legal method of purchasing gold, Blizzard will greatly damage the economic incentive of hackers and goldsellers, reducing the damage that hacked accounts are doing to the game.

If you’ve played a hunter for any significant amount of time, you’ve probably at least heard of the jump shot.

Huge upset victory in the biggest WoW Arena tournament of 2010 thusfar… One of the biggest events in competitive World of Warcraft Arena play has come to an end, as the ESL Season IV World Championships came to a close.

The Warcraft Econ Hall of Fame is a column featuring the few elite players that have hit the World of Warcraft gold cap of 214,748 gold 36 silver 46 copper.

I had a lot of fun in World of Warcraft this weekend, leveling up my paladin from 68 to 71. I found that the Dungeon Finder would let me do random Wrath of the Lich King normal dungeons starting from level 69, so I ended up getting my first emblem of triumph before even reaching level 70, which given the fact that you can’t use them before level 80 is somewhat silly. But compared to the really, really bad loot Blizzard hands out as reward for the random Burning Crusade dungeons, the emblems are an improvement.

I’m not sure whether I’d consider it a very fair reputation, but it definitely seems like roleplay servers have a reputation for not excelling at PvP. Aethros of Cenarion Circle defies that stereotype, with his team of 3v3 scoring 33rd ranked on Whirlwind battlegroup. Only a few weeks into the newest season, Aethros is already toting a personal rating of 2401.

15 Minutes of Fame is WoW.com’s look at World of Warcraft personalities of all shapes and sizes — from the renowned to the relatively anonymous, from the remarkable to the player next door.

So do you like to travel and have an affinity for blasting your opponents to dust in space? If so then perhaps the Alliance Tournament is for you.

Reader comments — ahh, yes, the juicy goodness following a meaty post. [1.Local] ducks past the swinging doors to see what readers have been chatting about in the back room over the past week . We don’t usually pick up comments from Breakfast Topics

The Future of World of Warcraft: TCG Quote from: Zarhym ( Source ) As some of you may already be aware, we will not be renewing the World of Warcraft: The Trading Card Game license with Upper Deck. We want to assure you that we are committed to supporting the TCG, and players can look forward to new content and strong organized play support in the near future.

We recently broke the news that Upper Deck would no longer be producing the WoW TCG , and Blizzard poster Zarhym has popped by to say that they still have plans for the TCG : “As some of you may already be aware, we will not be renewing the World of Warcraft: The Trading Card Game license with Upper Deck.

We recently broke the news that Upper Deck would no longer be producing the WoW TCG , and Blizzard poster Zarhym has popped by to say that they still have plans for the TCG : “As some of you may already be aware, we will not be renewing the World of Warcraft: The Trading Card Game license with Upper Deck. We want to assure you that we are committed to supporting the TCG, and players can look forward to new content and strong organized play support in the near future. We will share additional details about the game’s transition to a new partner as soon as possible.

If you are reading this blog then the chances are excellent that you have more than a passing interest in video games. That’s well and good, and serves as common ground for a conversation, but sometimes it becomes a little too easy to see a blogger or guest as a one dimensional creature, driven by gaming and not much else.

T oday’s Patch Notes Update brought do you by Miss Medicina .? For avoidable damage, you’re on your own.? For everything else, there’s Miss Medicina.? Full patch notes are, as always, here . As usual, I’ll just cover the changes that are important to me and my classes with my own thoughts scribed to the side

Patch 3.3.2 Notes Quote from: Zarhym ( Source ) World of Warcraft Client Patch 3.3.2 The latest test realm patch notes can always be found at http://w ww.worldofwarcraft.co m/patchnotes/test-rea lm-patchnotes.html The latest patch notes can always be found at http://w ww.worldofwarcraft.co m/patchnotes/ Dungeons & Raids Icecrown Citadel Frostwing Halls, the final stronghold of the Scourge and their Lich King, has been added. Halls of Stone Brann Bronzebeard has been getting into shape and now feels comfortable walking faster when escorted.

IEM World Championship Final groups announced myMYM The ESL has released the groups for the IEM World Championship Finals for Counter-Strike, QuakeLive and World of Warcraft . The groups for each tournament ..

Twisted Nether Blogcast interviewed Tristan from The Elitists Podcast  who while is accomplished in many things. He is also a member of a male only progression based guild. He explains in the interview that the main reason, for the existance of this guild ’s “Men only ” policy seems to be that it’s the men who cannot behave clear headed when women are involved, and it ‘protects’ women from the behaviour of the males in the guild.

Pix’s Note: Today’s entry is almost obscenely short. I’m currently suffering from what I call “Jordanitis,” where I have a start point fixed in mind, an end point fixed in mind, an idea of what’s going to occur somewhere in between, but no (or a very convoluted) map from start point to end point (like the entire Wheel of Time series). I’m going to take this weekend to try to plot the map a little better, but for the people who’ve been chomping at the bit for the next installment (Happy now, Siasha?), here you go.

Epic Crafting: Gunship Battle A very interesting read, especially if you like to learn more about the way the development team designs raid encounters! Quote from: Zarhym ( Source ) As the confrontation with the Lich King draws nearer, fire erupts in the skies above Icecrown Citadel. Skybreaker and Orgrim’s Hammer, the flag-flying gunships of the Alliance and Horde, clash near Deathbringer’s Rise — but it wasn’t too long ago that they were just ideas on paper. Read on to find out how our development team built this airborne assault: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/gunship-battle.xml Deadly Fireworks: Building Icecrown Citadel’s Gunship Battle The frozen earth of Icecrown roils with throngs of the undead Scourge, reanimated bodies so numerous that there are few physical locations where the Horde and the Alliance can build their camps and strongholds.