You know how I often make a point of emphasizing that my judgements about this or that are contingent? It's so times like this won't be so embarrassing. Short form: I'm enjoying WoW at the moment and looking forward to the upcoming expansion pack. This will be long, so going behind a cut tag.

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Someone beat the challenge. WoW-knowledgeable readers may have fun looking at his Armory entry. A little commentary ensues.

Kripparian is a troll hunter, and it's not surprising in the slightest to me that a character of that sort would be the first to do it. I think I commented earlier on the advantages any hunter gets, starting with the pet, a ( Read more... )

The sudden popularity of the Ironman challenge approach to WoW has had the side effect of reviving interest in other kinds of player-chosen challenges, too. While browsing links to threads about them, I came across reminders of players trying pacifist leveling, which is just what it sounds like - going through the game without killing anything. ( Read more... )

Okay, if you play WoW, and you have any character with the capability of flying in Kalimdor, and you haven't gone to check out the newly accessible high plateau in northwestern Mulgore...do. Don't read what lies under the cut tag. Go see it for yourself. The area I'm talking about is way, way in the northwestern corner of the zone, and it's well ( Read more... )

One of the most entertaining guild recruitment messages I've seen in some time:


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The Lunar Festival is underway, three weeks of honoring the ancestors of various races, seeing a bunch of sights, and collecting some nifty threads. It's one of my favorite things in WoW; WoW Insider has a good guide with some screenshots and general explanations. Here are some of the elders as seen by Caradoc the paladin and Shausya the druid.

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Thanks to mention from a couple of friends, I checked out the current version of the LiveJournal app for iPad, and like it a lot. I recommend it. Its friends list display is very good, and it looks worthwhile for composing; I expect to be using it a fair amount this year.

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To recap: At this point, your character has taken part in the unsuccessful defense of their kingdom against a worgen invasion, and against the undead masters behind the worgen invasion, and become a werewolf, and spent years in savagery, and finally gotten pulled out in part because the grateful king remembers their heroic sacrifices. Thus far part ( Read more... )

Gilneas City: Greymane Court, Cathedral Quarter, Light's Dawn Cathedral
Level 4-5

Warcrafting: Gilneas, 1 ended with this question: Just how serious about preparing for rebellion were Crowley and his followers, anyway? We'll pick up there.

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I was pretty excited about the worgen as I read Cataclysm previews. Victorian gothic horror? Yes, please! Executive summary: they're everything I'd hoped for, and then some.

This is the opening cinematic you see when bringing a new worgen into play:

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