The drama of DKP

Filed under: Tips, Virtual selves, Guilds, Odds and ends, Raiding
Donnyman is going through an issue with his guild that many a guild has faced before: the drama of going to DKP. Especially lately, it seems like lots of guilds are aiming to make the jump to DKP: because the endgame is relatively easier lately, [...]

Sleeper Cartel hosts Spring Break 2009 in Sholazar Basin on Saturday

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Events, Fan stuff, Virtual selves, Guilds, Odds and ends, Raiding, RP

Our good friends in Sleeper Cartel over on Perenolde are having yet another server party — Spring Break 2009 is taking place not in Cabo, but Sholazar Basin! As with all of these player-run events, it certainly sounds like fun: [...]

The Queue: Progression

Filed under: Patches, Analysis / Opinion, The Queue
Welcome back to The Queue, WoW Insider’s daily Q&A column where the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.
I would have had this written and posted earlier in the day, but I was too busy refreshing the [...]

WoW Insider on PixelatedLIVE tonight

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Podcasting, Fan stuff, Virtual selves, Wrath of the Lich King

Bummed that, unlike last week, our podcast is back on Saturday this week? Worry not — we’ve got a special dose of WoW Insider podcastery goodness midweek for you. Tonight, over on PixelatedLIVE’s Ustream page, they’re broadcasting a special World of [...]

Blizzard posts early Arena Tourney standings

Filed under: Paladin, Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, PvP, Death Knight, Wrath of the Lich King, Arena

Aratil has posted the early US standings, and Vaneras has posted some early EU Arena tournament standings (the actual tournament doesn’t end for a few weeks yet, so it’s far from over) on the forums. Strangely enough, while RMP [...]

WoW Moviewatch: Max Payne Noir Undercity – Chapter 1.

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Machinima, WoW Moviewatch
Warning: Long movie is long!
While I’m clearly a WoW junkie nowadays, I wasn’t always that way. On the list of games which defined my life as a geek, the classic “Max Payne” was top among them. That detective-noir feel and epic “Bullet Time” just went a long, long [...]

Encrypted Text: Why patch 3.1 won’t transform Rogues

Filed under: Rogue, Patches, PvP, Raiding, (Rogue) Encrypted Text
Every Wednesday, Chase Christian of Encrypted Text invites you to enter the world of shadows, as we explore the secrets and mechanics of the Rogue class. This week, we discuss why we’re not seeing many changes in patch 3.1.
In a recent blue post by everyone’s favorite lead [...]

Around Azeroth: In the midnight hour

Filed under: Screenshots, Around Azeroth, Galleries

Late-night WoW players have a very different gaming experience from those who play during prime time. The night shifters, time-zone oddballs, and insomniacs of a guild or a server tend to form a special bond. One by one, people log off to go to bed or to work, until at [...]

Bornakk winks at new Children’s Week content

Filed under: Items, Events, Fan stuff, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Wrath of the Lich King
Bornakk, you sneaky little… Over on the forums, when someone brings up the PTR achievements we’ve seen for the newly revamped Children’s Week, he just kind of snickers and avoids the topic. And while that may mean that he’s just ignoring [...]

Breakfast Topic: Manners

Filed under: Breakfast topics
One of my guildmates ninja’d the Large Satchel of Spoils from the Obsidian Sanctum the other day. Technically, it was his run, he organized it, and he was Master Looter. Because it was his run, you could argue, he could do anything with the loot. But that’s just ninja talk. The truth [...]