No new WoW accounts in China

On 02.08.10, In WoW, By WoW.Com

Reuters reports that Netease, the company that operates WoW in China, has stopped accepting new accounts and has reapplied to GAPP (General Administration of Press and Publication) for permission to release The Burning Crusade. The article does not mention if this was voluntary, or if this was part of the ruling that was scheduled to be handed down in January.

For those unfamiliar with this story, Netease was told to cease WoW operations last year by GAPP and the Chinese Ministry of Culture stepped in and contradicted the ruling. Netease has continued taking new accounts until now, while waiting for the decision of these governmental bodies. Assuming Netease can finally get approval to release The Burning Crusade, they will still need to apply for permission to release Wrath of the Lich King. At this rate, the rest of the world will get Cataclysm before mainland China sees Northrend.

The timing of this is unfortunate, considering that Lunar Festival begins next week. Lunar Festival is based on Chinese New Year.

We’ll keep you posted as this seemingly never-ending drama continues.

[via Joystiq]

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It came from the Blog: Love is in the Blog

On 02.08.10, In WoW, By WoW.Com

Love is in the air and that means it’s time for another It came from the Blog get-together:

  • When: 5:30pm EST (2:30pm PST, 3:30pm realm time) Saturday, February 13 2010 (Show up at 5pm EST for the Meet and Greet)
  • Where: Court of the Sun fountain, Silvermoon City Zangarmarsh U.S.
  • Who: Any Horde character, any level.
  • What: Love is in the Air daily quests.
  • How: Ask Robinator, Robiness or any It came from the Blog Lurker or above for an invite to the guild.

As you can see, we are also going to be having a pre-event mixer. Many of our bloggers will be showing up for a meet and greet a half an hour before the event. They will be chatting with readers and posing for photos to be posted on the site. So show up early if you wish to hangout with some of the WoW.com staff.

If you have any questions about It came from the Blog, like why Horde or why U.S., please see our FAQ.

We hope to see you there!

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The Lawbringer: Contracts and the achievement tracker

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Welcome to this week’s episode of the Lawbringer! Each week we’ll dive into the intricacies of law and the World of Warcraft. Your mission, should you chose to accept it, is to slay demons of ignorance for the benefit of your fellow denizens of Azeroth. Demons of ignorance slain: 1/4782*.

*Number of ignorant demons may be subject to nerfing.

So last week I introduced y’all to a bit of legal theorizing about how law and WoW might mix if they got pugged together. (Hint: not very well.) Y’all also were clamoring for my dissertation on gold farming. I want to give a big thank you to commentator Arnold for his excellent suggestions for improvements to make, and I promise I will be making those corrections soon. This week we’ll be moving into some more concrete topics, prompted by a email from my mailbag:

The new armory prints out date and timestamps for every little move you make in game. Run a heroic, it will show the date and time for every boss you kill. I didn’t mind when it printed a date for achievements. But such fine-grained detail being so publicly available is .. invasive of privacy.

This is an excellent issue, Wendy, and a subject of much qq-ing on the forums. However, before we can look into what privacy Blizzard may be invading, we need to understand our relationship with Blizzard; to do that, we need to look at a bit of contract law.

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The Lawbringer: Contracts and the achievement tracker originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Call for Posts: What I want to see at BlizzCon 2010

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Last week we did a test run of our Guest Writer program asking our Twitter followers to write an article giving five tips to DPSers running random heroics. Our test run was a success (the winning article will be published later this week), and we’re now ready to begin allowing everyone to have the chance to become a Guest Writer on WoW.com!

WoW.com runs the program through Aol’s Seed. You can find out more about the program in our announcement post about the Guest Writer program, and at our newly re-vamped Contributing to WoW.com page. This week we’re looking for contributions from writers telling us what they want to see at BlizzCon 2010. We’re looking for between 75 and 150 words, and we’ll select 3 to 7 entries for publication on WoW.com. If your entry is selected, you’ll be paid $10 through Seed. Last week we found out that BlizzCon could be returning to the Anaheim Convention Center and that Jay Mohr is hosting again.

In order to get started read up about the program, sign up, and then submit your paragraph over on the article page (you can’t see the article page unless you have a Seed account). We are accepting submissions until 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday February 14th. Please follow all instructions exactly. US residents only right now, although we’re told our international friends will be able to submit work through Seed soon.

Good luck!

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Call for Posts: What I want to see at BlizzCon 2010 originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Queue: Fluffy

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Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com’s daily Q&A column where the WoW.com team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky will be your host today.

Today’s Queue is dedicated to snow. May all your flakes be fluffy.

Xan asked…

“Kind of a lore question… I understand that resurrection type spells are part of game mechanics, but as far as lore goes, is there such a thing as resurrection, and if so would your standard run of the mill (ie: low level) Priest, Pally, etc, have this capability?”

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Blood Pact: Affliction 101

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Blood Pact is your weekly warlock digest brought to you by Dominic Hobbs. “I suppose you may stay as my guest for the time being. But you must be on some pressing business–perhaps you’re here seeking lost power? Maybe I’m mistaken. Maybe corruption isn’t too far away from you after all.” ~ Tabetha

You may have noticed a certain theme of class articles cropping up on WoW.com recently — various pieces giving a brief introduction to one spec or the other. While they are fairly basic guides, don’t be mislead by the titles, they are not “lol” articles, they’re one-on-one (except maybe the mage one). This week on Blood Pact I felt it was time to take a look at affliction. We’ve spoken about it many times and with great fondness but never really focused on it. As with the other lol articles this is not intended to be an in-depth guide but a taster or intro to the build. A “starting point” if you like. So, open your notebooks and turn to page 101, let’s get started.

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Blood Pact: Affliction 101 originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lich King weapon drop changes

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Although this probably won’t affect too many of us in the near future, Blizzard is already tinkering with many of the stats supplied by the Lich King’s weapon drops. A community manager on the Korean site posted about upcoming changes to one Lich King-10 and four Lich King-25 weapons, and Boubouille’s posted a translation with help from user Locriani. A lot of raiders had been surprised at the itemization decisions, and as a raiding healer, I’ve seen a lot of commentary concerning the uninspiring presence of Mp5 on the Royal Scepter of Terenas II. Blizzard’s specifically addressing these concerns.

The following is the list of changes Blizzard’s planning to make to Lich King-25 weapons:

We’re not sure when these changes are going to go live, but we’ll update you when they do.

EDIT: The changes have been confirmed by Ancilorn on the EU forums now as well.

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Officers’ Quarters: Multiple personalities

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Every Monday Scott Andrews contributes Officers’ Quarters, a column about the ins and outs of guild leadership.

Sharing accounts is an issue that I’ve talked about in the past (and I’m sure, in some people’s opinions, beaten to death). Previously I’ve covered a few different situations. First there was a general question about the issue, which I answered back in 2007. Then there was an officer who shared his account with his girlfriend (which is still a terrible idea in my opinion). Finally, a guild leader’s account was banned because he bought it from another player, and his guild’s progression subsequently skidded to a halt. As if those examples weren’t enough to convince you that account sharing can cause a lot of problems, here’s another one:

Recently, my fellow guild officers and I decided to kick a member from our guild, which also caused three other members to leave. The person who we initially kicked from the guild had asked our guild leader for a BoE Epic item in the “Ask an Officer” tab of the bank. Our guild leader responded by saying he’d ask the officers about it before handing the axe out.

Not less than an hour later he asked another guild member to take it out of the guild bank for him. Being a good guild member, they asked the guild leader if it was okay. It was instantly perceived as being an attempt to ninja the item from the bank by trying to avoid the guild leader.

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Officers’ Quarters: Multiple personalities originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Insider Trader: Advanced Trade Skill Window

On 02.08.10, In WoW, By WoW.Com

A tradesman without tools would be challenged to create any final product. WoW isn’t much different. If you’re looking to master multiple professions across multiple toons, and make the most of your crafting time, you may eventually consider picking up a mod or two to help you.

I was recently introduced to Advanced Trade Skill Window by a guild mate who, like myself, has multiple characters with many, many professions. The idea in my alt farm is that I’m trying to produce myself any final product I might need. This includes enchants, reagents, and even the transmutes required to produce gems. As we were chatting about this kind of set up, she immediately filled me in on the basics of ATSW. Gregg first looked at ATSW for AddOn Spotlight back in October. But considering how helpful it is to profession-hounds, I wanted to spend a little more time with it now.

Advanced Trade Skill Window replaces your standard in-game trade skill windows. Whenever you hit the action button for your profession, Advanced Trade Skill Window will automatically open. Right off the bat, you’ll get one of my favorite benefits of the mod. The screen is much, much bigger than the native interface, which gives you a lot more room to scroll through your recipes. But, obviously, there’s a lot more to the tool.

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Insider Trader: Advanced Trade Skill Window originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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