Happy Tuesday Morning, everyone. I took a small road trip this past weekend, which means I'm doing a lot of last minute scrambling to get ready for BlizzCon before my plane leaves. If you're in the same boat, I salute you as a comrade-in-arms. If you're staying home for BlizzCon, have no fear. We'll keep you up to date.

That said, we still have a few days until the con goes down. Why not make the wait shorter by catching up on WoW news? We have articles on stuff you'll want to know to get ready to watch or attend BlizzCon, as well as the latest news, hotfixes, and guides for getting ahead in WoW. As of this writing, maintenance has only been announced for connected realms, but even if you're not from one of those realms, now's a good a time as any to take a break, right? Read on.

Hot news and features

• Blizzard has trademarked the name Warlords of Draenor.
• Read up on the latest hotfixes for October 29, October 31,
• Rossi has five things he wants from the next expansion.
• Check out the latest updates on US Connected Realms.
• Connected Realms could be causing temporary character disappearance.
• BlizzCon banners are already hung in Anaheim.

• The BlizzCon 2013 schedule app is now available for iPhone and Android.
• The BlizzCon live raid will feature Method going up against Midwinter.
• Blink 182 will close BlizzCon.
• Remember, no streaking at BlizzCon.
• The player highlights for the Hearthstone Innkeeper's Invitational continue.
• Looking to sharpen your Hearthstone skills? Try these brain teasers.
• The newest faction short story, Over Water, is now available.

Class news and guides

• Lichborne suggests trying out some tanking now that the expansion's winding down.
• Encrypted Text examines the possible downsides of dual speccing for rogues.
• Scattered Shots offers a hunter wish list for patch 6.0.
• The Care And Feeding of Warriors discusses threat management for DPS warriors.

Dungeons, items, professions, PvP, and more

• Want to know how to use crowd control? Want to know what crowd control is? We have a guide for you.
• Rossi offers an argument for preserving Raid Finder.
• Adam discusses the possibility of buying high level characters.
• Olivia argues for convenient content.
• OpenRaid has added some new features.

Odds and ends

• Know Your Lore looks at the current state of orcish leadership and brews up a few new theories about the Old Gods and the true nature of Azeroth.
• WoW's showing up in the newspaper funny pages again.
• The World of Warcraft Gold Survey is back.
• 15 Minutes of Fame interviews Panser.
• This Starcraft 2 mod brings Warcraft models to Starcraft 2 custom maps.
• The classic Blizzard game Blackthorne can now be downloaded from your Battle.net account.
• Blizzard has announced the 2013 pumpkin carving contest winners.
• J!NX is putting all their Warcraft gear on sale to celebrate BlizzCon.

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