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С 17 по 21 августа этого года Blizzard Entertainment [hide]примет участие[/hide] в игровой выставке gamescom 2011, которая пройдет в немецком городе Кельне. В связи с этим на официальном сайте MMORPG World of Warcraft опубликован план программы для этого мероприятия.

Желающие смогут принять участие в конкурсе костюмов, став терраном, гоблином или зергом; «достать чешки и зажечь танцпол» в конкурсе танцев, а также поразить всех знаниями игровых вселенных, приняв участие в «квизах» (под этим словом Blizzard, очевидно, имела в виду викторины).

Кроме этого, во время проведения gamescom 2011 будут демонстрироваться показательные матчи StarCraft II, а лучшие гильдии World of Warcraft «For the Horde» и «Ensidia» проведут показательные выступления в рейдах.

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[hide]The Firelands![/hide] is a montage of the new raid instance from [hide]patch 4.2[/hide], called … [hide]the Firelands[/hide]. (So it’s not just a clever name for a movie.) Raid videos aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but this is spectacular first look at the raid animations for folks who haven’t gotten inside the instance yet.

This particular raid video does a great job of spicing up footage with cinematic cutscenes, blending action together, and otherwise focusing on characters and viewpoints. These techniques are especially interesting, because raid videos are usually plain boring. Even someone like me, who loves raiding, can get bored staring over someone else’s shoulders.

Thanks to [hide]Rich Maloy[/hide] from Big Crits for the heads up!

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].

Filed under: [hide]WoW Moviewatch[/hide][hide]WoW Moviewatch: The Firelands![/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 13 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.

This week, Roblinator is back questing in the Badlands, since she’s still not 50 yet. I’ve got a solution to try for the slow questing problem, partially suggested by Kelius. Join us in game or by watching the stream above and participating in the chat after the break.

Update: The stream is now over. You can watch the [hide]replay of punching dragons[/hide] by clicking on the image above.[hide]Continue reading Choose My Adventure Live: Questing in the Badlands[/hide]Filed under: [hide]It Came from the Blog[/hide], [hide]Choose My Adventure[/hide][hide]Choose My Adventure Live: Questing in the Badlands[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 13 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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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.

He befriends those who might be his enemies, yet he is unafraid to strike down those who harm his people, his students, even his allies. Elderly, he has but recently become a druid; his meteoric rise to the rank of Archdruid is a testament to his strength of character and his sincere desire to achieve balance in all things. A childhood friend of Cairne Bloodhoof, in that worthy’s death, he has become the Old Bull of his people, even as Cairne’s son Baine has taken the role of leader.

Today, while Baine rules, it is Hamuul Runetotem who is the heart of the shu’halo, the tauren people. And he does not like what he is seeing.

Hammul does not pretend to perfection, and while he is wise, he admits to all the shocks that flesh is heir to and all the emotion a [hide]shu’halo[/hide] can face dealing with the chaos of the world while attempting to honor the Earthmother.[hide]Continue reading Know Your Lore: Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Analysis / Opinion[/hide], [hide]Lore[/hide], [hide]Know your Lore[/hide], [hide]Cataclysm[/hide][hide]Know Your Lore: Arch Druid Hamuul Runetotem[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 13 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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Every week, WoW Insider brings you [hide]The Light and How to Swing It[/hide] for [hide]holy[/hide], [hide]protection[/hide] and [hide]retribution[/hide] paladins. With the Light as his strength, Durin Mundahl takes on the foes of Azeroth with all the wrath of a retribution paladin. Feel free to send your retribution questions or comments to [hide]durin@wowinsider.com[/hide].

Hello, my Light-wielding brethren. Let me start off by saying that all of this information applies to patch 4.2 and the current state of retribution paladins. In future patches, this information may become outdated. Use your own Judgement when reading. Some side effects may include increases of a few thousand DPS on target dummies and an overall feeling of ecstasy. Working as intended.

After my last article, I got a few emails asking basic questions about retribution paladins and how to play them. I get questions like What’s my rotation?, How is your damage so high?, and Why do you keep pulling aggro? pretty frequently. When I’m not trying to convince my guild it’s the tank’s fault I’m pulling aggro (even though it isn’t), I try to explain to people that the key to doing good damage nowadays comes mainly from cooldown management, much like a lot of other classes — but I’m not writing about mages or warriors here.[hide]Continue reading The Light and How to Swing It: Basic retribution cooldowns — when to pop your wings[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Paladin[/hide], [hide](Paladin) The Light and How to Swing It[/hide][hide]The Light and How to Swing It: Basic retribution cooldowns — when to pop your wings[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 13 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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В рамках выставка [hide]BlizzCon 2011[/hide] пройдет международный финал турнира Battle.net Invitational 2011, а также финал октябрьского этапа турнира [hide]Global StarCraft II League 2011[/hide], сообщает компания Blizzard Entertainment в опубликованном [hide]пресс-релизе[/hide]. В этом году сражения развернутся в StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty и на Арене World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. С обеих состязаний будет вестись бесплатная трансляция, для просмотра которой понадобится учетная запись [hide]Battle.net[/hide].

«В рамках Blizzcon 2011 пройдут два крупнейших киберспортивных соревнования в этом году, — прокомментировал Майк Морхайм, генеральный директор и соучредитель Blizzard Entertainment. — Это, несомненно, будут яркие и захватывающие сражения между лучшими профессиональными игроками, и мы ждем их с нетерпением — как и гости BlizzCon и «виртуальные» посетители».

Напомним, что BlizzCon проведут 21-22 октября этого года в Анахейме, США. Билеты на мероприятие уже полностью распроданы, однако все еще остается возможность купить «виртуальный билет» за $39.99.

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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.

Reader UI of the Week is an interesting experience for me. There are moments of awe, moments of sadness, and (more than you probably would guess) moments of utter perplexity. Today’s submission from Steppinrazor features a peripheral that many players have been asking me to do a spotlight on: the [hide]Razer Nostromo[/hide]. Once developed by Belkin, the Razer version is the updated model, still created in partnership with Belkin but featuring spiffy new features.

Many people ask me about peripherals like the Razer Nostromo, and while I would love to have an answer for them about the usefulness of something like the Nostromo, I can’t give the best account. I’m a keyboard and mouse guy, through and through. However, there is nothing on the books that says I can’t bring in someone who seems to know what he’s doing with a peripheral as versatile as the Nostromo.

If you’ve got an interesting UI setup that features peripherals out of the keyboard-and-mouse box, let’s see them! Email your UI along with an explanation of your addons, setup, and other details to [hide]readerui@wowinsider.com[/hide]. The community will love you for it, I promise.[hide]Continue reading Reader UI of the Week: Peripherals take center stage with Steppinrazor’s UI[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Add-Ons[/hide], [hide]Reader UI of the Week[/hide][hide]Reader UI of the Week: Peripherals take center stage with Steppinrazor’s UI[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Tue, 12 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 Totem Talk for [hide]elemental[/hide], [hide]enhancement[/hide], and [hide]restoration[/hide] shaman. [hide]Josh Myers[/hide] once tackled the hard questions about enhancement, but has recently expanded his sphere of responsibility to all DPS specs for shaman. And no, two-handed enhancement is still never coming back.

[hide]Sarah Nichol[/hide], our most recent elemental columnist, has been kidnapped by patriarchal Daleks loyal to Lord Voldemort after losing the Game of Thrones. Due to this, I, [hide]Josh Myers[/hide], enhancement shaman extraordinaire, have agreed to take on the Defense Against the Dark Arts-esque position of elemental columnist. Please welcome me as your benign, bovine overlord.

Now for why you’re really reading: [hide]Patch 4.2[/hide] hit approximately two weeks ago, and the game has changed for elemental shaman everywhere. Bringing us the Glyph of Unleashed Lightning, useful tier bonuses, and a [hide]legendary stat stick[/hide] that would make Gandalf jealous, 4.2 is looking to be the best patch of the expansion for elemental. Not that that’s hard, considering the competition.[hide]Continue reading Totem Talk: A fresh take for elemental shaman in patch 4.2[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Shaman[/hide], [hide]Analysis / Opinion[/hide], [hide]PvP[/hide], [hide]Raiding[/hide], [hide](Shaman) Totem Talk[/hide], [hide]Cataclysm[/hide][hide]Totem Talk: A fresh take for elemental shaman in patch 4.2[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Tue, 12 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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Every week, WoW Insider brings you [hide]Lichborne[/hide] for [hide]blood[/hide], [hide]frost[/hide], and [hide]unholy[/hide] death knights. In the post-Cataclysm era, death knights are no longer the new kids on the block. Let’s show the other classes how a hero class gets things done.

With [hide]patch 4.2[/hide] live, raiders have the [hide]Firelands[/hide] raid to get through, but casual players and non-raiders need not despair. You have your own little patch of Firelands to tackle, with a robust set of dailies that have the potential to unlock new gear upgrades. This week, we’re going to take a look at those gear upgrades, as well as some other stuff you can do to get your gear upgraded without killing a single boss in the new Firelands raid. Most of the stuff we’ll be discussing is ilevel 365, which means it’s only barely an upgrade (or possibly even a sidegrade) from ilevel 359 stuff — but if you’re still wearing ilevel 333 or 346 stuff, this should mean a pretty big leap in power for you.[hide]Continue reading Lichborne: Grab some new patch 4.2 pre-raid gear for your death knight[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Death Knight[/hide], [hide](Death Knight) Lichborne[/hide][hide]Lichborne: Grab some new patch 4.2 pre-raid gear for your death knight[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Tue, 12 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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The tauren have witnessed great change within their own society and culture with the coming of the cataclysm, from political upheaval and great sadness to unbearable loss. With the death of [hide]Cairne Bloodhoof[/hide], the tauren people turned to his son, Baine, with reverence and hope that he would lead in his father’s footsteps and be as great a high chieftain. With the ascension of Garrosh Hellscream to warchief and the bonds that held the orcs and the tauren together stretching thinner, Baine must work through his troubles and the troubles of the tauren people and help hold the Horde together.

Baine Bloodhoof: As Our Fathers Before Us by Stevie Nix (not [hide]Stevie Nicks[/hide]) begins with Durotar in dire straights. The goblins, now fully members of the Horde, have gummed up the Southfury river and made the water undrinkable. Garrosh has come to Mulgore to work with the tauren to begin water shipments to Durotar of fresh, clean water. Attacks on these water caravans, now frequent, pose a huge threat to the survivability of Orgrimmar. Hamuul Runetotem does not let his emotions get in the way as he confides in Baine that his love for Garrosh is lax. Baine insists that despite Garrosh’s foolishness, the tauren are to remain as members of the Horde, just as his father had wanted.

Check out the full story, Baine Bloodhoof: As Our Fathers Before Us, for some intriguing and action-packed new lore about our favorite tauren’s son and his rise to chieftain.[hide]Continue reading Baine Bloodhoof leader short story now available[/hide]Filed under: [hide]Lore[/hide], [hide]Cataclysm[/hide][hide]Baine Bloodhoof leader short story now available[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Tue, 12 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]