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| Wow Test Realms Live! |
 The World of Warcraft public test realms are now live. These test realms allows Blizzard to test new content and features before they are patched to the public realms. They also allow players to get a sneak peek at the content going into the game next patch! One of the features in this patch is the highly anticipated Honor System. The test realms are open to anyone who has a valid World of Warcraft account, so if you want to be one of the first players to try the Honor System, click here to copy one of your characters over to the test realm. Keep in mind remember that experience earned, items obtained, or any changes to your test character will in no way affect your original character on our retail realms, as your test realm character is just a copy of the original. Also, the experience, items, and gold your character gains on the test realm will not be transferred to your character on the retail realms.
Read the test-realm patch notes.
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Saturday 09th 2005f April 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| Sneak Peek at Next Patch |
 GFraizer let us know of a new Sneak Peek at new Patch Content for World of Warcraft to be expected soon includes a preview of new mounts, new armor sets and new weapons!
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Friday 08th 2005f April 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| Grimwell Forsees Wow Doom Projections? |
Grimwell forsees a temporary success of World of Warcraft followed by a decline based on the lifespan of fun the game offers. Hardcore players reach level 60 under two months, and content is released slowly. Read the whole article
" World of Warcraft is a tremendously successful game. Its subscriber numbers are reaching peaks that threaten even the lofty Korean Internet Caf? centered Lineage series. Those of you who are stuck behind overloaded servers, don't despair: I can see WoW's success as being a very temporary thing."
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Tuesday 05th 2005f April 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| Origin of the Tauren, Cenarius and Elune |
We have added the stories from the Tauren Lore found in-game at the hanging-tablets of the Elders Rise in Thunderbluff. You may now read the origin of Cenarius, the Tauren and Elune herself. The story sounds too mythological, but gives a nice twist as to how the Elves changed their believes to worship Elune. A belief that seems shared with the Tauren's believes of the Earthmother. Read the full story at our Wow Lore section or directly to the following page
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Sunday 03rd 2005f April 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| SCMDraft feature: opening W2 maps. |
After the beta site has proven to be a good asset in the continuous fight against bugs creeping into the scmdraft sourcebase, it is finally time to unveil the newest feature.
425 kb
Yes, you will soon be able to load warcraft II BNE maps and edit these
in scmdraft 2, thanks to the similarities between war2 and SC graphics
formats.
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Saturday 02nd 2005f April 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| Blizzard Will Ship 250,000 Copies of Wow to Europe |
 Blizzard will ship additional 250,000 copies of World of Warcraft through Europe stores on April 15th. The 250,000 new units join the over 620,000 already sold, contributing to a total of nearly 900,000 copies of the PC MMO circulating throughout Europe.
The new copies will contain 10-day Guest Passes, which allow players to lend the game to a friend, who can use the pass to try it for a limited amount of time. The Guest pass will stop working after the 10th day. To continue playing, the Guest must buy the game. Upon login, his previous guest character will now resume playing.
Blizzard President Mike Morhaime said: "The success of World of Warcraft has proven our belief in Europe as a strong online gaming market. We are delighted to now be in a position to provide more boxes to retail and to welcome more players into the game."
More details below ...
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Saturday 02nd 2005f April 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| World of Burgercraft |
Although the following funny parody of World of Warcraft's latest server issues is about two-weeks old, we decided to share it to those who missed it, and to keep it up for posterity in case that the Wow Forum prune system deletes it. The parody was created by Gilgamesh@@Alleria realm(Level 60 Human Warrior -- Guild: The Lollipop Guild. This is by far one of the funniest parodies I have ever read. Specially the analogy of Fangtooth the Murloc and Filet-o-fish. It got an amazing 51 pages, 1,936 posts and 309,885 views. Curiosity pays off, so read it and laugh, it will make your morning! Details below . . .
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Wednesday 30th 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| Wow Lore section update |
The book Charge of the Dragonflights located in the Hall of Explorer's League Library talks about the transformation of the Dragon Aspects when the Titans imbued part of their powers into them. You can read the book in our World of Warcraft Lore section.
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Tuesday 29th 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| Wow Patch 1.3.1 |
New Patch 1.3.1 was released today to address certain issues:
Fixed a crash bug that would happen infrequently when teleporting
Fixed UI error that could occur in certain zones
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Tuesday 29th 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| Blizzard: New Wow Downloads section |
 The Official World of Warcraft website revamped the Downloads section in a more organized fashion, by categories. It will be easier to browse the downloads and to find what you wish. Get familiar with the new Downloads section.
Blizzard Wow Team also announced a Two-days Extension on your subscription to compensate the downtime caused by the last patch:
The patch released last Tuesday contained many new features, content, and improvements to World of Warcraft. However, the new patch also contained a few small bugs which caused interruptions in play time for some users. These bugs were quickly identified, and most of them were hotfixed last week. We plan on implementing fixes for the remaining bugs in tomorrow's maintenance.
Our team continues to work hard to provide our players with the best play experience possible, and we realize that extended, unscheduled downtime is frustrating. Therefore, all World of Warcraft players will receive a two-day time extension for the downtime caused by last week's patch. This extension will be added to players' accounts early this week. We apologize for any inconvenience, and we once again wish you all good luck in your adventures in Azeroth!
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Monday 28th 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| The Art of Storytelling in World of Warcraft |
Chris Metzen speaks with Rob Sachs of Day to Day on National Public Radio about the art of storytelling in videogames. As part of a Day to Day series of personal profiles, Chris talks about his capacity as the creative director of World of Warcraft and of his experiences working at Blizzard Entertainment. Click here for more details and for an audio link to the interview.
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Friday 25th 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| Blizzplanet: Wow In-game Lore books |
 We just added some of the lore that players can find everywhere in World of Warcraft locations like Southshore, Booty Bay, Scarlet Monastery and Darkshire. These books contain official lore of past and present of World of Warcraft. You can read the story of Medivh's mother as a Guardian of Tirisfal that defeated Sargeras, the story that tells the trolls found the Well of Eternity and evolved with its magics becoming Night Elves in The Two Empires story. Or the story of how the Titans created Azeroth and the defeat of the Old gods. We added 22 books of Wow lore for your enjoyment. You can access the books in our new Wow Lore section at the navigation bar.
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Friday 25th 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| World of Warcraft on National Public Radio |
National Public Radio, heard by millions of listeners across the country, recently profiled World of Warcraft on air and online. Reporter Robert Holt gave World of Warcraft a rave review on the program All Things Considered, and wrote a follow-up review on the NPR website. Go here to read the review, which claims that World of Warcraft is the best of all MMORPGs. You can also find a clip from the recently-aired All Things Considered segment via the web review.
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Thursday 24th 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| EA blames Wow for 13% Quarterly Share drop |
Reuters -- EA Games blamed their quaterly losses on the success of World of Warcraft, GTA and Halo 2; and weak performance of older games and shortages of game consoles that spur new game sales. EA reported a share drop of 13% on Q4. P.J. McNealy, an American Technology Research Analyst said: "It certainly doesn't bode well for the rest of the sector". That translates to questioning that . . . if a colossus like EA Games is facing trouble, all other smaller developers in the game industry might have serious losses. You can read more Here
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Thursday 24th 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| New Patch Today! |
At 5:00 AM PST, Blizzard will initiate the Scheduled Maintenance and the new promised Content patch will be released. Dire Maul and two outdoor raid bosses: Azuregos(in Azshara) and Lord Kazzak(Tainted Scar in Blasted Lands) will be available. Meeting Stones located near Instance zone-in will now make it easy to search and find a group. Dungeon group caps are introduced. Most dungeons will only have 10 players maximum cap, except Onyxia at 40 and Blackrock Spire with 15 raid players. Diremaul will have a cap of only 5 players. There is an extensive Patch note with all the new additions, and bug fixes.
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Tuesday 22nd 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| King of Stormwind in Alcaz |
 UPDATE 4-17-06: This content is Outdated as of Patch 1.9
The King of Stormwind is no longer in Alcaz Island. He has been moved, and now a Gnome lvl 62 is above at the house. The Gnome is related to the Opening of the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj. Therefore, the info below is incorrect. This newspost created in 3-2005 is now a year older than the update.
Many fans are wondering what happened to the King of Stormwind. Others ask why a child is now King. The Missing Diplomat quest starting in Sentinel Hill (Westfall) along the storyline of the Defias Brotherhood, reveals that the Diplomat is really the King of Stormwind. The Defias Brotherhood leader Vancleef had a grudge with the King. After Warcraft 2 events with the invasion of the Orcs through the Dark Portal, the repairs to the Stormwind city were not properly paid to the Masons who helped rebuild the city. Vancleef created the Defias Brotherhood in an attempt to steal from the rich. In vengeance, the King was kidnapped while traveling to Theramore to visit Jaina Proudmoore. Due to the disapperance of the King and to not cause chaos in the deteriorating politics of Stormwind, the King's child son was proclaimed King. Mysteriously, Lady Prestor became councelor for the Child King. In Warcraft: Day of the Dragons novel, written by Richard A. Knaak, Deathwing(one of the five dragon aspects) posed as a human named Prestor. He got into the politics of Alterac City and he was engaged to marry Arthas's sister, in an attempt to dominate the Lordaeron Kingdom. Rarely enough, a Lady Prestor councels the child King. It was revealed that Lady Prestor is really Onyxia in disguise. What is intersting is if there is any connection between Onyxia, the Defias Brotherhood and the Naga.
The King of Stormwind-- Varian Wrynn, is found in a catacomb sewer system located in Alcaz Island, in Dustwallow Marsh. The Alcaz island is heavily proteced by Hydras level 61 Elite and Naga level 60 Elite. Surely, there most exist some connection between Onyxia and the Naga. Onyxia might possibly have deceived the Defias Brotherhood on her Human disguise, easily explained. But ... what is the connecion between Onyxia and the Naga? Strangely, the Naga look reptilian. It would be interesting to keep learning more Chris Metzen's Warcraft Lore. In War of the Anciens: Well of Eternity novel-- by Richard A. Knaak-- it is mentioned that the Councelor of Queen Azshara was named Xavius. In Warcraft 3's Lore from the Player Manual-books, Deathwing was once named Xaxius by Ancient Elves. Is there a coincidence or was Deathwing posing as an Elf councelor to gain control of Queen Azshara and the High Elves? More importantly, Was Deathwing's intention to bring the Burning Legion into the world 10,000 years ago to cleanse and destroy everything?
Here are the screenshots of the King of Stormwind and the entrance to the Sewer System where he is held prisoner. When you find the prison gate, turn to your right. There is a deep water dive and a hidden underwater tunnel that leads into the King's Prison.
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Saturday 19th 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| Azuregos: More Uber Item Drops |
Kasie, a Tauren Shaman lvl 60(Archimonde Server) reports new item drops from Azuregos the blue dragon raid event from Public Test Servers. The new items are: Puissant Cape, Fang of the Mystics, Typhoon(sword), Leggings of Arcane Supremacy and Unmelting Ice Girdle. Check their stats Here
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Saturday 19th 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| New Warcraft Action Figures |
Blizzard announced the release of 3 new Action figures featuring the Horde. Hopefully, we will get some Alliance love with a line of action figures. The previous series have been mostly focused on Warcraft heroes. This time the new series seem to focus on a merge of race/classes. Click the images below for a bigger image:
- With its voodoo-based powers, the Troll Priest is adept at entering the minds of enemies and mending the wounds of allies.
- The Tauren Shaman seeks to preserve balance among the Four Elements and calls on the awesome powers of nature to defeat foes.
- A deadly magic-user, the Undead Warlock taps into destructive energies and summons fearsome demonic minions for the cause of the Forsaken.
  
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Saturday 19th 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| Meeting Stones: How they work? |
Ordinn replied a thread concerning the Meeting Stones new feature to be included in the next content patch:
I have one quest left in RFD, and it's a huge pain to get anyone to go there. So... do I go to the stone and add my name? Then go off and quest on the other side of the world where my other quests are? Do I wait? Are people ported to me?
No one is "ported." You click on the meeting stone and it will automatically try to place you in a group. If there are no groups immediately available you can go quest to your hearts content. As soon as a group is available it will add you, and at that point you will have to travel back to the instance.
Does the meeting stone scan the "LFG" channel for the keywords or quests pertaining to that instance? Does the stone respond to people saying "LFG RFD" in Ogrimmar? If I'm next to RFD do I get an update in chat?
No. Players have to click on the meeting stone in order to be placed in a group. As for an update - you will automatically get placed in a group if one becomes available
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Saturday 19th 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| Azuregos Dragon killed in Test Servers |
 Angelo, a level 60 Paladin on the PvP Test server, reported that Azuregos -- a dragon raid event -- has been killed. He provided some screenshots showing the death of the colossal blue dragon and a screenshot of the Rare purple item it dropped. Casters should take a look to this awesome dagger that offers 10+ Intellect, 51.7 damage per sec, speed 1.50, Equip: Improves chance of 1% of critical strike with Spells and Equip: Restores 4 mana every 5 sec. Good job!
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Saturday 19th 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| WCRadio interviewed Caydiem |
Athalus, host of WCRadio, interviewed Caydiem -- World of Warcraft Community Manager -- on Saturday March 12 at 7:00 PM in a 2-hours show to discuss about Battlegrounds, among other topics. Visit WCRadio Here. If you have iTunes or Winamp make sure to click this link to listen to the recorded interview ready for download:
http://www.wcradio.com/caydiem.html
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Saturday 19th 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
| World of Warcraft to launch in Taiwan |
Blizzard Entertainment has nnounced that World of Warcraft will launch in Taiwan in cooperation with Taiwanese partner, Soft-World International Corporation. For full details on this announcement, please read official press release here.
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Saturday 19th 2005f March 2005 |
Posted by Medievaldragon |
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Blizzard has announced six new Job Openings for any who fills the requirements. The new openings are:
WCRadio will interview Richard A. Knaak tonight Saturday, April 2 ... live on radio at 7:00pm EST / -5GMT. Make sure to have Winamp or iTunes to listen to the interview by entering the following broadcast URL: 
