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[hide]Wowcrendor[/hide] presented this video to us with a bit of a grin, since it focuses on more than just WoW. It’s called [hide]How to Win at Let’s Plays[/hide], and it looks at a series of common commentary videos you can find all over YouTube. Don’t worry if you’re shy about other games — there’s plenty of WoW in here.

I look at this video as a cautionary tale for folks who want to create their own video game commentaries. («Let’s play» is just a reference to that kind of video.) In a moment of painful epiphany, I realized that Wowcrendor pretty much nailed it with this piece. I’ve seen at least a dozen of every example he presents.

A good Wowcrendor video is when you finish it, you can’t decide whether to laugh or cry.

Interested in the wide world of [hide]machinima[/hide]? We have new movies every weekday here on [hide]WoW Moviewatch[/hide]! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an email at [hide]moviewatch@wowinsider.com[/hide].

[hide]WoW Moviewatch: How to Win at Let’s Plays[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide] | Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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[hide]Choose the adventures[/hide] of Robin Torres as Roblinator the goblin shamanator, or join in with [hide]It came from the Blog[/hide] on Zangarmarsh (US-PVE-H) every Wednesday at 1 p.m. EDT.

Here we are at the young side of a PVP bracket … again. Join us either in game or by watching the stream above and participating in the chat after the break. Also, we have polls and whining. So click through!

Update: The stream is now over. If you would like to watch the [hide]video replay[/hide], please click on the image above. The BG queues were very short today, so it’s constant dying action.[hide]Continue reading Choose My Adventure Live: Level 50 to 54 PVP[/hide]Filed under: [hide]It Came from the Blog[/hide], [hide]Choose My Adventure[/hide][hide]Choose My Adventure Live: Level 50 to 54 PVP[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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Every week, WoW Insider brings you [hide]Spiritual Guidance[/hide] for [hide]discipline[/hide], [hide]holy[/hide] and [hide]shadow[/hide] priests. On Wednesdays, shadow priesting expert [hide]Fox Van Allen[/hide] comes out to trap and inject his prey with sweet, warm, shadowy poison. Fox encourages all potential prey to [hide]follow him on Twitter[/hide].

When I was just a little Fox kit, my parents bought me a pretty bitchin’ [hide]Fisher-Price castle playset[/hide] at a garage sale. It had a little drawbridge, a prison, and even a trap door. It also had a dungeon to put a dragon in. It was the most awesome thing ever.

I used to play with it all the time down in our basement. One day, I had just reached my hand into the castle to grab one of the misshapen figurines when I felt a weird, hair-raising tingle. My hand had just collided with a spider web teeming with newly hatched spiderlings. I freaked the hell out and spent the next 10 minutes scrubbing my hand with soap.

Twenty years later, it’s time for revenge. The second boss of the Firelands raid, [hide]Beth’tilac[/hide], is an ugly spider that spawns massive amounts of Spiderlings. This time, though, I’ve got a solid AOE strategy. I’m ready for them — and you can be, too.[hide]Continue reading Spiritual Guidance: Beth’tilac and proper shadow priest AOE[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Priest[/hide], [hide]Raiding[/hide], [hide](Priest) Spiritual Guidance[/hide], [hide]Cataclysm[/hide][hide]Spiritual Guidance: Beth’tilac and proper shadow priest AOE[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You’re playing the game, you’re fighting the bosses, you know the how — but do you know the why? Each week, [hide]Matthew Rossi [/hide]and [hide]Anne Stickney[/hide] make sure you [hide]Know Your Lore[/hide] by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.

When blood-crazed, willing slaves to demons who had sold their race and their world for power assaulted Azeroth, it was the humans who fought them. It was humans who lost ground, family, mothers and fathers and homes to stem the tide of orcish bloodlust and save Azeroth from their evil. There is no question of this. If the humans had lost the Second War, Azeroth would have been destroyed just as Draenor was, sucked dry of life. It was also a human’s arrogant decision that she knew best that led the lord of the Burning Legion himself to invade her body, possess her unborn son, and twist his gifts and powers to evil, to contact Gul’dan and lead to the First and Second Wars. If not for humans, the orcs would have died on their dried-out, fel-poisoned planet, and no one would have ever heard of them again.

Humanity could be said to be the best and the worst of Azeroth. Short-lived, humans possess as much or more talent for every field of endeavor as any race on the face of the world. They equal or surpass orcs and trolls for savagery in combat. They match or overmatch high and blood elves for sorcery. Their priests command the Holy Light, as do their paladins. Humans have been spies, diplomats, scholars, warlords and simple men and women of the soil. In part one, we talked about the rise of the [hide]Seven Nations of humanity[/hide] following the troll wars.

Now, we look to their destruction.[hide]Continue reading Know Your Lore: The humans, part 2[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Analysis / Opinion[/hide], [hide]Lore[/hide], [hide]Know your Lore[/hide][hide]Know Your Lore: The humans, part 2[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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WoW Insider’s on a [hide]Daily Quest[/hide] to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

I don’t play Minecraft, although [hide]some people[/hide] have been telling me I ought to play. I’m not sure I get what exactly it’s all about — and between that and general time constraints, I just haven’t been interested in giving it a try. But man, when you see what people can do with the thing, it’s kind of awe-inspiring, isn’t it? Like the replication of Darnassus shown above. It’s amazing how much detail you can get out of what look like virtual Lego bricks.

Today, we’ve got a random smattering of posts from around the blogosphere, including one involving Darnassus, lovely zone that it is.

[hide]Info about the World of Warcraft from the Altaholic[/hide] (and isn’t that a mouthful?) points out some nifty spots in [hide]Darnassus for RP[/hide].

[hide]The Ready Check[/hide] has an ultra-handy guide for [hide]soloing Firelands raid trash[/hide].

[hide]Dragonsworn[/hide] talks about the tricky balance between real life and gaming when you have a [hide]little one to consider[/hide].

Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our [hide]WoW Resources Guide[/hide] for more WoW-related sites.

Filed under: [hide]The Daily Quest[/hide][hide]The Daily Quest: What is that all about, anyway[/hide]? originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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Every week, WoW Insider brings you [hide]Shifting Perspectives[/hide] for [hide]cat[/hide], [hide]bear[/hide], [hide]restoration[/hide] and [hide]balance[/hide] druids. This week, it’s not like we’re doing dailies for our health.

Mmmm. Fresh meat gear, nicely charred by all that flame-broiling action in the Firelands these days. High time to update our gear lists!

Stat priority for bears in [hide]patch 4.2[/hide] remains armor, stamina, agility, mastery, crit, expertise, hit, and haste. Rather than rehash territory we’ve already covered in [hide]our first set[/hide] of [hide]bear gear guides[/hide] for Cataclysm, the lowest piece I’m going to list in each slot is the best available piece from 5-mans, reputation, or the new Molten Front vendors. If you’re starting from absolutely nothing and need some ilevel 333/346 gear to tide you over, I would recommend the previous bear guides. Otherwise, your goal should be to get to at least the lowest piece in each slot on this list.

As always, I’m bypassing PVP gear because so much itemization is wasted on resilience. However, if you want to use it and you’ve got a better piece than would otherwise be available from PVE, knock yourself out. This week, we’ll cover the helm through boot slots, and next week, we’ll tackle rings, trinkets, weapons, and relics.[hide]Continue reading Shifting Perspectives: Gearing a bear druid in patch 4.2[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Druid[/hide], [hide]Analysis / Opinion[/hide], [hide](Druid) Shifting Perspectives[/hide][hide]Shifting Perspectives: Gearing a bear druid in patch 4.2[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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Each week, WoW Insider and [hide]Mathew McCurley[/hide] bring you a fresh look at [hide]reader-submitted UIs[/hide] as well as [hide]Addon Spotlight[/hide], which spotlights the latest user interface addons. Have a screenshot of your own UI that you’d like to submit? Send your screenshots along with info on what mods you’re using to [hide]readerui@wowinsider.com[/hide], and [hide]follow Mathew[/hide] on Twitter.

Welcome back to Reader UI of the Week, WoW Insider’s community UI spotlight feature where you bare your interface soul to me and I tell you that your action bars could use some work and maybe to move things off to the side of your screen. This week, I don’t get to do either of those things, because Ardor’s UI impressed me with its clean layout and [hide]kgPanels[/hide] organization.

Here’s a dumb admission: More than once, I’ve made the observation (while reading the [hide]new Thrall book[/hide]) that I’ve imagined what was going on in the book as an in-game scenario — user interface included. Maybe it is just natural for me to layer the WoW UI on top of everything WoW-related at this point. It wasn’t intentional, mind you, just something that happened and I sort of caught accidentally.

Where would Thrall put his minimap, anyway?

Gallery: [hide]Reader UI of the Week gallery[/hide][hide][/hide][hide][/hide][hide][/hide][hide][/hide][hide][/hide][hide]Continue reading Reader UI of the Week: Set things straight with Ardor’s UI[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Add-Ons[/hide], [hide]Reader UI of the Week[/hide][hide]Reader UI of the Week: Set things straight with Ardor’s UI[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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Sometimes you’d like to know that there are other MMOs out there, right? It’s not all WoW, all the time! Our sister site [hide]Massively[/hide] can provide you with everything you need to know about all of the other MMOs around — past, present and future.

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[hide]BioWare hopes SWTOR lasts for decades[/hide]

Those of you worried about The Old Republic’s longevity (all three of you) can rest easy, according to BioWare. Game director James Ohlen told Comic-Con attendees that the company hopes the game will stand the test of time. «And our goal — this being an online game that we’re hoping is going to last for decades — we’re going to be, obviously, adding more to the galaxy map as the game progresses,» Ohlen said.

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[hide]Chinese couple sells their kids to pay for online gaming[/hide]

According to ABC News, a Chinese couple has been apprehended for selling three children to bankroll their online gaming activities. Li Lin and Li Juan sold their baby daughter for approximately $500, as well as two sons for $4,600 each. The Sanxiang City News reported that the couple were turned over to authorities by Li Lin’s mother. The newspaper also stated that the couple was unaware that they were breaking any laws.

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[hide]Beta test weekends set for Star Wars: The Old Republic in September[/hide]

An investor report from Electronic Arts shows that the game will be opening up special beta weekend events for players to get a glimpse of the game starting in September. While the report doesn’t say if these tests will be open or closed, they certainly bring to mind the beta weekends that RIFT popularized, with a limited number of players but a great deal of freedom in access.

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[hide]Scott Hartsman says gold farming hurts our games more than we know[/hide]

Trion Worlds General Manager Scott Hartsman shared a glimpse of just how hard gold buying activities hit games and how concerned he and other studio execs are about the proliferation of credit card fraud that results. Your favorite game studio’s paying out fraud fees to MasterCard and Visa has more of an impact than you think.

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[hide]Massively Speaking Episode 157[/hide]

Massively Speaking, Massively’s MMO podcast, returns this week with Shawn and four very special guests from the Massively team: Eliot Lefebvre, Brandon Felczer, Larry Everett, and Matt Daniel. Topics include Allods Online’s newest patch, Star Trek Online’s Season Four launch and the latest Engineering Report, SWTOR’s collector’s edition contents, and much more!

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[hide]Massively’s week in review[/hide]

Don’t let WoW Insider do all of the talking when it comes to Massively’s best content of the week. The Massively staff themselves have picked out what they think is the best content their site has to offer, in their own weekly roundup.

Filed under: [hide]MMO Roundup[/hide][hide]MMO Roundup: Selling children for gaming[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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Every week, WoW Insider brings you [hide]Totem Talk[/hide] for [hide]elemental[/hide], [hide]enhancement[/hide] and [hide]restoration[/hide] shaman. Want to be a sultan of swing healing? A champion of Chain Heal? Totem Talk: Restoration, brought to you by Joe Perez (otherwise known as Lodur from [hide]World of Matticus[/hide] and co-host of the [hide]For the Lore[/hide] and [hide]Raid Warning[/hide] podcasts), shows you how.

For the last few weeks, we have been covering the various bosses of the Firelands raid. [hide]Beth’tilac and Rhyolith[/hide] were taken down, [hide]Shannox and Baleroc[/hide] have been toppled, [hide]Alysrazor and Majordomo Staghelm[/hide] were retired early. This week, though, will not be about Ragnaros — at least, not quite yet.

This week, I thought we could talk about a wonderful little zone drop and how it shapes up for restoration shaman. I also thought we could talk about the tier 12 two-piece set bonus for restoration shaman and how useful it is in heroic dungeon and raiding environments.[hide]Continue reading Totem Talk: Restoration shaman, axes and mana concerns[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Shaman[/hide], [hide](Shaman) Totem Talk[/hide][hide]Totem Talk: Restoration shaman, axes and mana concerns[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]

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If you follow WoW account security, then you’ve probably heard about (or personally encountered) a [hide]recent change[/hide] to the way Battle.net authenticator devices work. Basically, when you log into the game, the client attempts to determine if you’re logging in from your «home» computer or at least a computer you use regularly. It uses several factors to make this determination, such as your MAC address and your IP address. If the information doesn’t indicate that the login is taking place from a safe machine, it’ll prompt you for your authenticator code. If it is a safe computer, then you’ll only be asked for your code randomly, once a week or so.

The change, aimed to make authenticators less of a hassle for those who log on from the same computer quite a bit, caused an odd uproar on the official forums from players who were worried that this change somehow made their account less secure. Addressing these concerns, Blizzard Community Manager Zarhym announced today that Blizzard is working on [hide]providing an opt-out option[/hide] for this convenience feature.

Details were scarce since, as Zarhym noted, Blizzard hasn’t quite nailed down specifics yet, but he assured players that it’s something Blizzard’s been looking into since the authenticator change was first announced.

The full announcement post and followups are after the break.[hide]Continue reading Opt-out option incoming for recent authenticator security change[/hide]Filed under: [hide]News items[/hide], [hide]Account Security[/hide][hide]Opt-out option incoming for recent authenticator security change[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]