Tuesday Morning Post: Kawaii edition
by Alex Ziebart 
Aug 31st 2010 at 7:00AM
This past week was not the most exciting week ever. It was a week without a major patch on beta realms and a week without a lot of announcements in general! We still have plenty of great content that you may have missed over the course of the week, such our class columns, our worgen starting zone walkthrough and an assortment of other Cataclysm content. Head behind the cut below for links to all of our top content from the last week.
If you find yourselves especially bored today even after going through the backlog of posts you've missed this week, we have a fun little activity for you! Take the header image of this post, erase Deathy from the love-bubble, and insert other humorous things and link it in the comments below. Please, please keep it clean. You don't want to get banned, and I don't want to see your genitals. Really. I don't. I promise.
If you find yourselves especially bored today even after going through the backlog of posts you've missed this week, we have a fun little activity for you! Take the header image of this post, erase Deathy from the love-bubble, and insert other humorous things and link it in the comments below. Please, please keep it clean. You don't want to get banned, and I don't want to see your genitals. Really. I don't. I promise.
Hot news and features
- The OverAchiever put out a comprehensive Cataclysm achievement FAQ. Want to know what's happening to Loremaster? Check out The OverAchiever.
- Know Your Lore examines Grom Hellscream, father of Garrosh.
- Not in the Cataclysm beta? Curious how the worgen starting quests play out? Our own Michael Gray wrote a full overview of Gilneas. Be warned, there be spoilers!
- The BlizzCon 2010 pet was revealed early last week. Behold, Deathy the Murloc!
- Lichborne talks leveling with a blood spec in Vashj'ir.
- The balance edition of Shifting Perspectives gets into the details of Eclipse. Yes, again.
- Allison Robert tackles the recent feral and restoration changes in the Cataclysm beta.
- Scattered Shots calls Wrath of the Lich King the golden age of pet tanking. Hunters, do you agree?
- Arcane Brilliance's author waxes nostalgic about many of his favorite things that are leaving the mage class in Cataclysm.
- Our protection/retribution edition of The Light and How to Swing It talks gap-closers and empty GCDs. Our holy edition provides a convenient checklist for paladin healers.
- Spiritual Guidance has a PSA for healing priests, educating them on common priest misconceptions. The shadowy edition of Spiritual Guidance discusses the best parts of playing a shadow priest on the Cataclysm beta ... while under the influence of CVS brand cough syrup. Don't medicate and blog, kids.
- Encrypted Text breaks down the essence of the rogue rotation.
- Are you an enhancement shaman without access to Icecrown Citadel loot? Totem Talk teaches you how to gear up in just four dungeons. You resto shaman can analyze Healing Rain.
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors waves goodbye to armor penetration.
- WoW Rookie looks at the Cataclysm zone revamps for the Alliance and what they mean for new players.
- Are you bad at PvP? Do you want to not be bad at PvP? The Art of War(craft) offers up a simple guide for exactly that: being less bad.
- Addon Spotlight picks apart Bati's Healer Grid layouts.
- Ready Check goes back to the beginning of all things with Raid 101.
- Raid Rx asks, "What is up with these location healing spells?"
- 15 Minutes of Fame talks with anthropologist Bonnie Nardi.
- Can you sue a game company for making an MMO too addictive? The Lawbringer knows.
Filed under: Realm Status, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Erzfiend Aug 31st 2010 7:11AM
I really like that image. Any chance of a template being posted without Deathloc in the bubble so's we can put in our own stuff? :D I know it's probably a simple matter of shopping him out but...I stink at Photoshop D:
Erzfiend Aug 31st 2010 7:38AM
Aaaand I totally didn't read the actual post, saying you wanted us to put our own stuff in...Eheheh. It's early. That is my excuse...
Samutz Aug 31st 2010 7:45AM
JPG: http://samutz.com/wowdotcom/wowdotcom-kawaii-blank.jpg
PSD w/ Layers: http://samutz.com/wowdotcom/wowdotcom-kawaii-blank.psd
For the PSD, paste your image as a new layer between the two layers I put in the file, and move it under the bubble.
Samutz Aug 31st 2010 8:03AM
Version with hearts in case someone wanted to keep them:
http://samutz.com/wowdotcom/wowdotcom-kawaii-blank-hearts.jpg
(PSD link above updated with a hearts layer)
Erzfiend Aug 31st 2010 8:49AM
Thanks, Samutz!
wutsconflag Aug 31st 2010 1:17PM
Murloc: The Chin™
Better name than Deathloc. ;)
Jessica Aug 31st 2010 7:17AM
http://i38.tinypic.com/2ujs7xl.jpg
Kaeri Aug 31st 2010 7:51AM
http://i33.tinypic.com/ifpzpd.jpg
Kaeri Aug 31st 2010 7:52AM
Apologies if this double-posts, I didn't get the e-mail first time around.
Samutz Aug 31st 2010 7:50AM
http://samutz.com/wowdotcom/wowdotcom-kawaii-metroid.jpg
Releases today. I can't wait to play it, but unfortunately I have to got to work.
kibbe.zero Aug 31st 2010 7:57AM
You knew it was going to happen:
http://tinypic.com/r/1674ej8/4
Mr Crispy Aug 31st 2010 7:57AM
http://twitpic.com/2jxj9f
Neyssa Aug 31st 2010 7:59AM
http://i34.tinypic.com/67l9ix.jpg
Neyssa Aug 31st 2010 8:04AM
Carefully open it! May contain puppies!
http://i37.tinypic.com/acex6x.jpg
Wabbajack Aug 31st 2010 8:09AM
http://i34.tinypic.com/258t10h.png
KJP Aug 31st 2010 8:28AM
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
Look through your book,
And make me a perfect match
http://twitpic.com/2jxrhi
Himcules Aug 31st 2010 8:28AM
http://i33.tinypic.com/iof3vq.jpg
RetPallyJil Aug 31st 2010 8:33AM
Aww! Lil' Jil is thinkin' of her NPC Sweetiepie!
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s44/agentxxii/PallyLuv.jpg
BigT Aug 31st 2010 8:34AM
http://tinypic.com/r/zxln9e/4
Dane Bramage Aug 31st 2010 9:13AM
how can you not?
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc85/svoldbaek/WoW%20Shotz/wowdotcom-kawaii-deathloc.jpg