Posts with tag last week

Monday, November 27th
Breakfast Topic: Queues, queues everywhere!
Around Azeroth takes a break to sit on the Theramore docks.
Forum Post of the Day looks at the stupid little wishes you'd like to see implemented to improve the game.
I've been around so long...
Blizzard takes this banned player's suicide threat seriously.
The problem of sharding in WoW.
Disabled players in the World of Warcraft.

Tuesday, November 28th
Breakfast Topic: So you want to be a guild leader?
Around Azeroth wonders why we can't be friends.
Forum Post of the Day brings us an interesting post about guild rules and US law.
WoW Moviewatch brings us all the way to the Edge of Real Life.
Blizzard brings us an exciting new page of game-related statistics.
A guide to the factions of the Burning Crusade.
"Before the Storm" patch going live on December 5th.

Wednesday, November 29th
Another week, another GuildWatch!
Breakfast Topic: Are you looking forward to next week's patch?
Around Azeroth takes us into the heart of Ironforge.
Forum Post of the Day drags us into a lengthy discussion on the benefit of guild halls (or lack thereof!).
Patch 2.0.1 bug list.

Thursday, November 30th
Downtime for select US realms today.
The WTF factor and the Burning Crusade.
Breakfast Topic: Weird stats.
Around Azeroth presents some Dwarf on Dwarf action. (Hint: it's not what you think.)
Showdown: Van Cleef vs. Arthas.
WoW Moviewatch: I don't think so!
Forum Post of the Day: Is this against the ToS?
Blizzard at Dreamhack 2006 this weekend!
What do you think -- is ten character slots enough?
The coming addon apocalypse.
The Belkin N52 gamepad reviewed.
Select free realm transfers.

Friday, December 1st
Breakfast Topic: Dealing with downtime.
Around Azeroth takes us along for a test of faith.
WoW Moviewatch: QQ more, warrior.
Goodbye DHKs, hello world PvP!
Looking good while leveling is never wrong.
World of Warcraft Battle Plan vol. 4.
Forum Post of the Day wonders if we need to pay to play.
More beta expansion changes.
Phat Loot Phriday: Robes of Insight.

Saturday, December 2nd
Breakfast Topic: Biggest problem with Warcraft today.
Around Azeroth takes us behind the scenes.
Forum Post of the Day wonders about single player instances.

Sunday, December 3rd
Breakfast Topic: What will you be playing in the expansion?
Curse Gaming's gotten a site revamp.
Around Azeroth brings us the lore behind Demon Fall Canyon.
WoW Moviewatch: Maeiv Shadowsong lives!

Last week's Last Week in Warcraft.

Patch 1.12
Patch 1.12 goes live!

The Burning Crusade
Will we see BC before 2007? (And am I the only hopeless optimist here?)
The Burning Crusade alpha test - already in progress?
The Burning Crusade leaks begin, with possible information on paladin, mage, warlock, and rogue talents.
Interesting rumored rogue talent trees.

Breakfast Topics & Discussion
What do you think the best player grouping for the expansions arena PvP matches will be?
With 1.12 due to be released this week, what are you looking forward to in the patch?
What other games do you play when the servers are down?
What do you think of patch 1.12?
Was there one piece of loot that always eluded you?

PvP
Don't expect arena PvP to be a spectator sport.
Cross-realm battlegrounds are a hit!

Contests
A comic contest honorable mention.
Win a piece of custom character art.
Another comic contest honorable mention.

Blizzard News
Two new US realms opened.
Get ready - Blizzard is planning yearly expansions for us.
The new official forums are now live! Check 'em out!

The Week's Maintenance
Extended Tuesday maintenance for US realms.
Further extended maintenance for US realms.
Downtime compensation for several US realms.
The usual patch day excitement.
Missing characters on several US realms.
Extended European maintenance.
Wednesday maintenance on several US realms.

Guilds
In this week's GuildWatch: raiding is serious stuff.
Death & Taxes take out the Four Horsemen in a world first!

Raids & Dungeons
Raiders respond to the announced change to dungeon caps.

Tips & Tricks
Essential addons for the discerning level 60.
A guide to frustration-free instances.

Other Items of Interest
In Moviewatch, we have bubble hearth.
Roleplaying Azeroth as a living world - are you up to the challenge?
Phat Loot Phriday presents - the Amberseal Keeper.

The Burning Crusade
The debuff limit is rising again - this time to 40 debuff slots per creature. Wow!
A very nice compilation of information on the Burning Crusade courtesy of Schwick on the EU realms.
More details on the arena PvP system we'll see in the expansion.

WoW TCG
Reports from GenCon.

Breakfast Topics & Discussion
With the power of the Caverns of Time, why aren't we changing history?
Bow is me. Why do vendor arrows stop at level 40?
Has Blizzard filled all the class roles - or is there room for more?
Now that we know what the Draenei and Blood Elf mounts are going to be - what's your favorite?
You must have an opinion on this one - what is the best or worst class to PvP against?
My first epic! What was yours?
What sort of background music accompanies your Azeroth experience?
What do you want to see in the expansion? Any features that will make or break your decision to purchase it?
The downtime kept me away from my weekend plans, but perhaps others managed to get some things accomplished!

PvP
An interview with Blizzard designer Tom Chilton on the coming PvP changes.
Despite the fact that the honor system will be completely re-envisioned in the expansion, old school PvPers will be able to keep their titles.
Should Blizzard end twinking for good?

Contests
Comic contest honorable mention - the life of an auctioneer.

Blizzard News
Two new US realms arrive with an update on paid character transfers - new realms will now have six transfer-free months rather than three.
Is your Warcraft login information more valuable than your credit card information? It may be.
You have a friend request from C'thun - an update on Blizzard's adventures in MySpace.
Hardware upgrades are on the way for players on European realms.
Voice actor Tony Jay, who did the narration voiceovers for World of Warcraft, passed away this week.

The Week's Maintenance
Emergency database maintenance on several US realms Monday night.
Tuesday maintenance was extended for several US realms in order to perform hardware and ISP maintenance.
Tuesday maintenance was stretched beyond the stated extended maintenance period for many US realms.
Temporary weapon buffs (wizard oils, sharpening stones, etc) were causing a loss of permanent weapon enchants (when the enchant was applied after the temporary buff) - and a rolling restart was needed to fix the problem. And a follow-up on the situation.
There was extended downtime for a set of 20 US realms over the weekend, starting on Friday evening, continuing into Saturday and Sunday.

Guilds
In this week's GuildWatch - the attack of the ninjas!

Raids & Dungeons
High-end guild Death & Taxes responds to the news of the 25-player dungeon caps in the expansion .

Tips & Tricks
Missing the obvious - and some obvious things not to miss.

Other Items of Interest
World of Whatcraft? Colbertcraft!
Apple - keeping your kids safe from Azeroth, one night elf at a time.
Players from the Zul'jin sever stage a protest at GenCon.
Create your own Warcraft items.
Immortalize your character with custom artwork.
The Synthetic Worlds Initiative ventures into Azeroth.
This week's Phat Loot Phriday introduces the very cool-looking Dragonbreath Hand Cannon.