Today in WoW: Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011
by Adam Holisky 
Oct 6th 2011 at 11:59PM
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Blizzard Service Awards: Swords and Shields Ceremony
Several times a year, Blizzard employees around the world gather to celebrate the five-, ten-, and fifteen-year milestones of their friends and colleagues with a ceremony where each recipient is honored with their service award. We now present a gallery with examples of awards that have been handed out over the years in recognition of the hard work, great resolve, and unwavering dedication that has helped make Blizzard the company you know today.
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Check out the gallery now!
Upcoming Holidays
We now approach that special time of year when the denizens of Azeroth come together to celebrate good times and remembrances in many ways. Holiday events include opportunities to complete quests, participate in unique activities, and earn achievements that are only available once per year. Here is a list of all the festive in-game events through the rest of the year.
Darkmoon Faire -- Sunday, October 2 through Saturday, October 8; Sunday, November 6 through Saturday, November 12; Sunday December 4 through Saturday, December 10.
Hallow's End -- Tuesday, October 18 through Monday, October 31.
Day of the Dead -- Tuesday, November 1 through Wednesday, November 2.
Pilgrim's Bounty -- Sunday, November 20 through Saturday, November 26.
Feast of Winter Veil -- Thursday, December 15 through Monday, January 2.
Darkmoon Faire -- Sunday, October 2 through Saturday, October 8; Sunday, November 6 through Saturday, November 12; Sunday December 4 through Saturday, December 10.
Hallow's End -- Tuesday, October 18 through Monday, October 31.
Day of the Dead -- Tuesday, November 1 through Wednesday, November 2.
Pilgrim's Bounty -- Sunday, November 20 through Saturday, November 26.
Feast of Winter Veil -- Thursday, December 15 through Monday, January 2.
WoW news from other sites
- MMO-Champion Patch 4.3 - PTR Build 14809
- Wowhead News Hunter Tier 13 and Visual Retrospective
- Hunter tier 13 armor set and retrospective revealed
- 2011 Global Writing Contest deadline reminder
- Addon Spotlight: Raiding essentials for healers
- World of WarCrafts: How-to crafts roundup
- Scattered Shots: State of hunter DPS
- BlizzCon 2011 schedule of events
- BlizzCon 2011 schedule app available for Android, iPhone
- World of Wardrobe: Slinking around Serpentshrine for tier 5
- 15 Minutes of Fame: Will you be at BlizzCon?
- An end to mailing heirlooms?
- WoW Moviewatch: The Device Has Been Modified
- The Queue: Mnozil
- Around Azeroth: Hugs, not pugs
- The OverAchiever: Littlest Pet Shop
- Breakfast Topic: Did you accomplish your Brewfest goals?
- Happy and hateful birthday, Demon's Souls!
- A Game of Thrones: Genesis review: Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
- The MMO Report: Taunting beta-testers edition
Today in WoW brings you the preceding days's WoW and gaming news. Also of community interest: our podcast listing, staff blog and Twitter listings and WoW websites and blogs (all part of our Guide to WoW Resources). Find out what's going on in the WoW player community every week in The Classifieds.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kurrgan Oct 7th 2011 1:46AM
Isn't it Thursday?
Donhorn Oct 7th 2011 2:00AM
Let's do the time warp again!
Nick Oct 7th 2011 3:23AM
"Oct 6th 2011 at 11:59PM"
It is now, you're clearly over a minute late to the party though!
Tre Oct 7th 2011 5:04AM
OMG there must be somrthing wrong with us Oct 6th was also Thursday for me.........
Nick Oct 7th 2011 6:37AM
ahha, I now see the mistake. My bad. I havent seen a today in wow post where someone didnt moan about it being "yesterday" in wow.
Apologies to you all.
Donhorn Oct 7th 2011 2:02AM
"Holiday events include opportunities to complete quests, participate in unique activities, and earn achievements that are only available once per year. Here is a list of all the festive in-game events through the rest of the year.
Darkmoon Faire -- Sunday, October 2 through Saturday, October 8; Sunday, November 6 through Saturday, November 12; Sunday December 4 through Saturday, December 10."
lol, says once per year, lists Darkmoon Faire first. Gotta love it.
RetPallyJil Oct 7th 2011 2:26AM
Seriously, I'd walk up to a random stranger on the street and hit them in the face (twice) for one of those shields.
Trushot Oct 7th 2011 3:23AM
Perfect example of how Blizzard loves Alliance. I don't see and horde shields......
SamLowry Oct 7th 2011 6:45AM
Err, yeah. And that obviously explains why the funniest quest in the game is Horde-only, why the worgen storyline inexplicably stops dead while the forsaken keeps rolling on, and why the default here and just about everywhere else is Horde. Just check out the screenshots featuring each columnist's character and it's almost always Horde.
Fletcher Oct 7th 2011 3:57AM
I blame the Infinite Dragonflight. Clearly we must kill Adam Holisky and loot the purples from his body to restore the timelines.
Alexbroadxhead Oct 7th 2011 7:03AM
I hate to go off topic, but why have you guys stopped tweeting all of the new posts, I haven't received one since september 23rd. The tweets made me happy. Nothing like a little wow in my news feed to block out all the facebook bs
Donhorn Oct 7th 2011 1:55PM
I've been getting them. Are you checking from an external Twitter application? From time to time they run into issues and need to be updated or just reinstalled.
The last tweet from WoW Insider I see is from an hour ago.
http://twitter.com/#!/WoWInsider/status/122345275338653697