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The World of Warcraft Official Magazine has historically featured blurbs from players on all kinds of subjects, and now they want even more of them for upcoming issues. It could even be your quote that makes it to its hallowed pages! Players from both the United States and Europe have the opportunity to contribute their thoughts on a variety of topics, including advice for new 85s, tips for Battle for Gilneas and Twin Peaks, opinions on the hardest raid for its time, and more. Links for U.S. players are below, and links for EU players are after the cut.

Get a Quote in the Official WoW Magazine

The Official World of Warcraft magazine is looking for a few good quotes, and they could be yours! Hit any of the below threads for a variety of topics, give your best tip, hint, or response, and you could be quoted in a future issue.

Have at 'em:

Do you have any gaming superstitions?
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2301732824

Where's the craziest place you've played WoW from?
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2301722702

Blackrock Depths memories.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2301732829

What was the most difficult raid for its time?
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2301732828

What advice would you give someone that just hit 85?
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2301732827

Battle for Gilneas and Twin Peaks tips.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2301632945#1

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Man-- as if Blizzard really needed something like this to happen. Shamans are already unhappy with patch 2.4, and in replying to a relatively well-written and well-founded thread on why that is, EU CM Tharfor drops this bomb:

The stats don't show a lack of popularity for shaman, they just show a ridiculous popularity for other classes.

I am taking that out of context a bit-- Tharfor is basically saying that Shamans are in the right place, and it's other classes that need to be balanced on to them (and Thundgot later wants it clarified as "certain" other classes-- Druids and Warriors specifically). But as if the Shaman forums weren't enough of a firestorm, that statement has set off a whole other explosion of complaints. People are even asking if a statement like that is supposed to reflect Blizzard's feelings as a company or just Tharfor's as a CM.

I feel for Tharfor-- at least he wrote a lot on the subject, and at least he stepped up to talk to shamans about this, even when I'm sure the other CMs were tired of banning people after dot-shock. But this Shaman issue isn't a problem that can be talked out on the forums-- serious changes need to be made in game. From the missing Shaman review before BC all the way up to the new Stormstrike icon in 2.4, Blizzard has done very little to cure the basic problems with the shaman class (totem length and mobility, and mana management), and posting statements like the one above isn't helping.

We've all heard the "50 DKP minus" guy (it's become nothing less than a WoW classic), but imagine if all of that took place inside a chat channel, and you've got this (a lot of the text is not safe for work, if you aren't supposed to read cursewords at work) A more stunning display of angry raidleading I have never seen. This guy has more ways to say "you suck" then there are to actually wipe a raid.

And that's why it's so great. I think my favorites are "this is MC level sh*t," and "I don't care how you did it in your guild-- your guild sucked, that's why you're in my guild." Seriously, almost everything on this page is comedy gold: "Just pull and let god sort it out." Dives was funny, but I think Sebudai is my new favorite raidleader.