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Choose the adventures of the WoW.com staff as we level our characters in <It came from the Blog> on Zangarmarsh (US-H).

It looks like we’ll be heading to Stranglethorn Vale by an overwhelming majority. As for Matthew Rossi’s mage, you voted to have him keep it. Technically, there were more votes for other classes if you add them together. So I gave Matt the option of switching to druid (the winner of the other classes) or remaining a mage. He chose to keep Andrenorton.

The schedule changed a teeny bit since it’s a holiday week.

• Anne Stickney as Annephora, the troll warrior, will be on Tuesday at 1 a.m. EDT (which is Monday at 11 p.m. Zangarmarsh time)
• Christian Belt, as Selfloathius, blood elf warlock: Tuesday, 11:30 p.m. EDT
• Michael Sacco as Sahko, the orc warlock: Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT
• Elizabeth Harper as Faience, the troll shaman, and Robin Torres as Robinemia, the undead mage: Wednesday, 11 p.m. EDT
• Amy Schley as Patent, the troll rogue: Thursday, 10 p.m. EDT
• Fox Van Allen as Foxlight, the blood elf paladin: Friday, 8 p.m. EDT
• Matthew Rossi as Andrenorton, the troll mage, Michael Gray as Grayfields, the tauren hunter, Adam Holisky as Adammentat, the tauren druid, and Gregg Reece as Yakkowakko, the orc warlock, will be making appearances as they can

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If you want to join in on the fun of Choose My Adventure, please join us on US Zangarmarsh-H in <It came from the Blog>. Ask Robiness, Robinemia or any member online for an invite. Guild ranks of Lurker or above have the ability to invite. You are all welcome as long as you play by our simple rules, that can be summed up with “Don’t be a Funsucker!” Also, please see the guild FAQ for the most common questions.

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Choose My Adventure: Andrenorton lives originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 31 May 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You’re playing the game, you’re fighting the bosses, you know the how, but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.

WARNING: The following post contains small spoilers for Wrath of the Lich King. Players who are still playing through the expansion and wish to avoid spoilers may want to avoid this post. In addition, theories behind the new Cataclysm race/class combinations will be discussed.

The dwarves of Azeroth have had a somewhat rocky start politically speaking — the War of the Three Hammers caused a rift between the three major dwarf clans that looked as though it would never be repaired. However, current events as well as revelations regarding new class combinations suggest that the dwarves may not remain as fractured as they’ve been in World of Warcraft’s history.

When we left off last time, it was to an introduction of the woman pictured above — Princess Moira Bronzebeard, daughter of King Magni. Why is she so important, you may ask — well Moira’s been in the clutches of Emperor Dagran Thaurissan, leader of the Dark Iron clan since World of Warcraft’s launch. How’d she get there? Why isn’t she dead? What’s Magni doing about all of this? Let’s take a closer look at Moira and her role in what could possibly be upcoming conflicts.

Continue reading Know Your Lore: Current Alliance politics — the dwarves, part two

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Know Your Lore: Current Alliance politics — the dwarves, part two originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 31 May 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Welcome to Scattered Shots, written by Frostheim of Warcraft Hunters Union and the Hunting Party Podcast. Each week, Frostheim uses logic and science mixed with a few mugs of Dwarven Stout to look deep into the hunter class. Got hunter questions? Feel free to email Frostheim.

Arthas Menethil, the Lich King, the ultimate boss of Wrath, is now within your sights. I don’t care that Ruby Sanctum is coming out; the Lich King is it. He’s been haunting you ever since you stepped foot in Northrend, popping up here and there to check on your progress, being amused by you, threatening you, chasing you down long hallways. Now after clawing your way up Icecrown Citadel, you finally stand before the Frozen Throne and Arthas himself. It all comes down to this.

It’s going to be a bad day for one of you.

The Lich King is the most complex and demanding fight in ICC. It requires a moderately high DPS throughput, with lots of target switching and burst DPS, situational awareness and unforgiving positioning requirements. With a 15-minute enrage timer, this fight has it all.

Join me after the cut as we take a look at the hunter-specific roles within the Lich King encounter. As always, we are assuming you have an understanding of the encounter mechanics, and we are focusing on tricks and tips for hunters. If you are unfamiliar with the encounter, please check out the WoW.com Lich King tutorial video.

Continue reading Scattered Shots: Hunting the Lich King

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Scattered Shots: Hunting the Lich King originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 31 May 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Every Monday evening, WoW.com brings you a long list of WoW podcasts that were published the week (and weekend) before. If you don’t see your favorite podcast listed, just let us know in the comments. Be sure to leave a link to it, and we’ll pick it up next week.

All podcasts and content belong to their owners. WoW.com is not responsible for what you hear, and some of the content may not be safe for work.

• All Things Azeroth David Tennant’s Digits
  
• Blue Plz! 28 May 2010
• Rawrcast Sausage Fest
  
• Twisted Nether Blogcast Cyngularly Cynwise

Continue reading Weekly Podcast Roundup: May 24 through May 30, 2010

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Weekly Podcast Roundup: May 24 through May 30, 2010 originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 31 May 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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World of WarCrafts spotlights art and creativity by WoW players, including fan art, cooking, comics, cosplay, music and fan fiction. Show us how you express yourself; email lisa (at) wow (dot) com with your not-for-profit, WoW-inspired creations.

Yes, that is what you think it is: Thrall, created entirely from fuzzy-wuzzy pipe cleaners. Thrall is one of the latest creations from Toepher, who made this representation of his own druid that we showed you back in February. Since then, the Lich King has also joined the fuzzy family of figures.

Although he’s only been making WoW pipe cleaner figures for about six months now, Toepher’s been twisting up crafts for most of his life. “Whenever I would go grocery shopping with my mom, we would make our way over to the produce department; there, I would grab a fistful of twist ties,” he recalls. “I started out with making stick figures and usually arm them. After a few years of this and the advancement of the complexity of my twist-tie figures, my mother thought it would be a good idea to introduce me to pipe cleaners. I haven’t looked back since.”

Continue reading World of WarCrafts: Piping fresh crafts

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World of WarCrafts: Piping fresh crafts originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 31 May 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Every Monday, Scott Andrews contributes Officers’ Quarters, a column about the ins and outs of guild leadership. He is the author of The Guild Leader’s Handbook, available this spring from No Starch Press.

Here at Officers’ Quarters I receive a number of e-mails every week that don’t get featured in the column. Sometimes they are too personal and the sender requests that they do not appear on the site. Others are topics I’ve already addressed. Some are questions that don’t require a long and detailed response and thus don’t have quite enough depth to merit an entire column. This week I am featuring a few of these latter e-mails with the common theme of loot. If you think the topic requires more discussion than I’ve given it, tell us about it below!

Culling the Strong

Scott,

I am a part of a raiding guild which has been having a lot of growing pains. I have been with this guild for several years and many of the new players that we get are very poor players in general. I can often out dps someone in my same class running with my spec who has better gear. My guild has a loot policy which gears the lower dps players first in an effort to help progression, even if they have better overall gear than me.

Continue reading Officers’ Quarters: Mailbox roundup

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Officers’ Quarters: Mailbox roundup originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 31 May 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Bloodvein is taking a swing at satire and WoW social commentary with WoW Celestial Steed – Public Service Announcement. This video can feel a little frantic as it moves between three different scenes. At first, you have a gnome dutifully begging his mom for the money to buy the star pony. The second scene includes an odd blood elf wearing a gnome mask makes some claims and statements about the steed. Then, lastly, Amazing Horse by Weebls makes a return to machinima, courtesy of Bloodvein.

This video is obviously meant to be commentary on the ongoing discussion about whether owning as Celestial Steed qualifies its rider as being a “newb.” I’m not sure if Bloodvein is trying to respond to specific other videos, although there have been a few released like Nub Tales episode 1. It’s awesome to see machinimators taking part in community dialogue in a way that informs the player base, expressing opinions and feelings about things happening in the game. Hopefully, we’ll see more of this kind of thing in the future.

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WoW Moviewatch: WoW Celestial Steed – Public Service Announcement originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 31 May 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The latest Cataclysm screenshot from Blizzard is shown above, featuring a look at the Charred Vale in the Stonetalon Mountains. No major climate changes here. It’s just the Slightly More Charred Vale now.

If you’ve missed any of the previous Cataclysm screenshots of the day or you want to see a hi-res version of today’s screenshot, check out the gallery below.

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Cataclysm screenshot of the day originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 31 May 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While searching Northrend for a new pet, hunter Manoz of <Able Company> on EU Haomarush-A stumbled upon this beautiful ice bear skin. But sadly, nothing Manoz did was able to attract the bear’s attention enough for her to be able to tame it. Maybe if she put her head in its mouth …

Do you have any unusual, beautiful or interesting World of Warcraft images that are just collecting dust in your screenshots folder? We’d love to see them on Around Azeroth! Sharing your screenshot is as simple as emailing aroundazeroth@wow.com with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could be featured here next!

Remember to include your player name, server and/or guild if you want it mentioned. Please include the word “Azeroth” in your post so it does not get swept into the spam bin. We strongly prefer full screen shots without the UI showing — use Alt Z to remove it. Please, no more battleground scoreboards, Val’kyr on mounts or pictures of the Ninja Turtles in Dalaran. Older screenshots can be found here.

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Around Azeroth: Iceland originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 31 May 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This weekend is very special to many Americans as we celebrate Memorial Day. Originally a holiday to honor those killed during the American Civil War (aka War Between the States, War of Northern Aggression, The Freedom War or simply “The War”), it has become the day to decorate the tombstones of our loved ones, especially those who have lost their lives in battle. If going out to the local cemetery isn’t really your thing though, you can celebrate this holiday in Azeroth.

Below is a list of the various quests that have you visit the graves of the notable and lesser known heroes:

Continue reading Breakfast Topic: Memorial Day

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Breakfast Topic: Memorial Day originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 31 May 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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