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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 love the new map animation, and I love the fact that it works when you’re checking your mail, too. Although I still don’t quite understand what the heck I’m looking at. Is that a treasure map? Some weird island? Outland? Maybe some sort of weird Rorschach test?

Good question. While I’m puzzling out possible answers, why don’t we take a look at a few posts from around the blogosphere that also attempt to figure things out?

[hide]Falling Leaves and Wings[/hide] attempts to define an exceptional player from a druid’s [hide]point of view[/hide].

[hide]The Bossy Pally[/hide] discusses some thoughts on five things that make a [hide]good guild leader[/hide].

[hide]Blessing of Kings[/hide] examines dev interaction with the community and the [hide]Ask a Dev series[/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: Examining and defining[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:00:00 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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This [hide]Breakfast Topic[/hide] has been brought to you by [hide]Seed[/hide], the AOL guest writer program that brings [hide]your words[/hide] to WoW Insider’s pages.

We’ve all had that friend — the real-world model citizen who ninja loots a purple and gets gkicked from your guild, leaving you to deal with your game community while trying to find out what came over your RL buddy.

I was in a similar situation many years ago. A friend of mine joined our raiding guild. He was a nice guy, but in game, he frequently taunted others, even on Vent. He openly told others to ignore the guild leader’s wife during raids because she wasn’t the raid leader (though she was a class lead and usually ended up leading the raid when the guild leader was dealing with loot). When I tried telling him that his actions didn’t seem like him and that he was doing things that undermined our guild structure, he simply said, «It’s a game. These people aren’t real.»

Suffice to say, I don’t play with him any more, but I also don’t talk to him in real life anymore. He was kicked from the guild, and then he and asked me to leave. I told him that while he was a good friend in real life, I felt that the way he acted in game didn’t match up to who I saw him as, and I told him I’d like to keep our friendship based in reality. Didn’t hear much from him after that.

Have you had a friend who turned into an online jerk? What happened? Were you able to save the friendship, or did in-game drama lead to real-world problems?
Filed under: [hide]Breakfast Topics[/hide], [hide]Guest Posts[/hide][hide]Breakfast Topic: When RL Jekylls go in-game Hyde[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:00:00 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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Половина игроков MMORPG World of Warcraft [hide]не получила[/hide] обещанную компенсацию в 4 000 очков чести, которую Blizzard Entertainment планировала выдать вчера во время технического обслуживания. Напомним, что таким образом разработчики хотели исправить свои ошибки в коммуникации и информировании пользовательской базы после окончания 9-го сезона PvP (об этом [hide]мы сообщали[/hide] ранее).

Blizzard обещает провести внеочередное техническое обслуживание в ближайшее время и раздать очки чести оставшимся пользователям.

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В продажу поступил новый роман Кристи Голден (Christie Golden) «[hide]Thrall: Twilight of the Aspects[/hide]», [hide]сообщает[/hide] официальный американский сайт MMORPG World of Warcraft. В этом произведении рассказывается о том, как бывший Военный вождь Орды борется с последствиями глобального Катаклизма.

«Когда Азерот был юным, благородные титаны назначили пять великих драконов охранять молодой мир, — говорится в сообщении. – Каждый из них был наделен частью космической силы титанов. Вместе эти могучие драконьи аспекты взяли на себя обязательство сорвать попытки любых сил нарушить безопасность World of Warcraft.

Но больше десяти тысяч лет назад появился предатель – обезумевший аспект Смертокрыл разрушил силу и единство драконов. Его последнее нападение на Азерот, известное как Катаклизм, оставило мир лежать в руинах. Центром нестабильности является Водоворот, где бывший лидер Орды Тралл и другие шаманы сражаются в попытке удержать мир от окончательного падения».

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World Joyland hungers.

If you love Chinese knock-offs — and I know you do — you’ll love this bit of news: World Joyland, the famed and unlicensed World of Warcraft theme park in Changzhou, China, is now open for business. The people at [hide]Shanghaiist took a tour[/hide] of the place, taking myriad pictures of their experience.

In actuality, the park is less of a WoW rip-off and more of a Blizzard rip-off. It includes a Starcraft-themed area named «Universe of Starship» in addition to its World of Warcraft area, which is named «Terrain of Magic.»

What kind of rides does the place have? Well, Shanghaiist detailed one of them:

Our first ride was an exciting little number called Splash of Monster Blood, and they’re not kidding about the splash. We’ll just say this much: trying to act cool by refusing the buy a sky blue poncho on your way in is a giant n00b stamp.

The ride was, as its sign board attests, a «beast-bloody journey» (a.k.a. your standard amusement park log ride affair.) After clicking and chugging up a tunnel full of orcs and monsters, you are then plunged down into water that manages somehow to smash you from both the front and the back simultaneously.

While World Joyland may have skimped on the official licensing — China is much cooler with copyright infringement than we Americans are — we’re pretty sure they didn’t skimp on anything else while building the place. The place is probably totally safe and not covered in lead-based paints. Right? Right?

The news is already rolling out for the upcoming [hide]WoW Patch 4.2[/hide]! Preview the [hide]new Firelands raid[/hide], marvel at the [hide]new legendary staff[/hide], and get the inside scoop on [hide]new quest hubs[/hide] — plus [hide]new tier 12 armor[/hide]!

Filed under: [hide]Blizzard[/hide], [hide]News items[/hide][hide]Unlicensed World of Warcraft theme park opens in China[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:00:00 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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This [hide]Breakfast Topic[/hide] has been brought to you by [hide]Seed[/hide], the AOL guest writer program that brings [hide]your words[/hide] to WoW Insider’s pages.

Back when I first made my main on my server, it was around Halloween and I was looking at costumes. A beer wench costume caught my eye, and it became the inspiration for my name. Much later when achievements and many titles were introduced, I learned of the [hide]Salty[/hide] title and knew I had to get it. Salty just goes so well with a wench name; I always go back to it after wearing a new one for a few days.

Names are a very key part of the game — from the creation screen, titles, pets, renaming scrolls for pets, guild names, and paid guild/character name changes. You can now even pay gold to change your warlock demon’s name, if you wish.

Either I’m not very creative or I just like to honor the beast, but if I tame a rare creature that comes with a name, I rename it back to the original. It would be neat if there were an option to either keep the name or rename it, since some names you can’t emulate exactly.

There are some creatures out there that I wish could be named or renamed — a mage’s water elemental, for example. It would be nice if something that is with you from day one could have a unique name, similar to warlock demons and death knight minions.

What was your inspiration for your name? Is there a title that was a perfect fit? Have you renamed any of your pets, demons or mini-pets, or do you keep their original names? Do you wish you could name something but can’t yet?
Filed under: [hide]Breakfast Topics[/hide], [hide]Guest Posts[/hide][hide]Breakfast Topic: What’s in a name[/hide]? originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:00:00 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]Dragon Slayers[/hide] was created by Erunno for the Slovene community. The video is an homage to the Slayers anime, in case you don’t recognize the style. English speakers can press the CC button on the YouTube player to see and read the subtitles.

The animation in this video blew me away. Not only are the graphics smooth and convincing, Erunno did an outstanding job adapting a traditional anime style to WoW art. This really is a beautiful video to watch, and my hat’s off to Erunno for his incredible skills.

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: Dragon Slayers[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 20 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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Welcome back to [hide]The Queue[/hide], the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. [hide]Alex Ziebart[/hide] will be your host today.

My [hide]plea for rain on Monday[/hide] actually worked. Who knew I held that kind of power? Except it’s still hot as heck, and I demand more. Give me your rain, people. All of it.

Marco asked:

The Flamewalkers in the Firelands resemble the naga quite a bit. Is there any natural link between the 2 races? Are they related in some way? Or did blizzard take the easy way and model them after the naga’s skeleton and design to save time?[hide]Continue reading The Queue: Waking flames[/hide]Filed under: [hide]The Queue[/hide][hide]The Queue: Waking flames[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:00:00 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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Оружейная World of Warcraft (WoWArmory) будет переработана, [hide]сообщает[/hide] компания Blizzard Entertainment. В настоящее время ведется активная работа над новым открытым программным интерфейсом WoW, который заменит существующий вебсайт Оружейной.

«В течение последних нескольких месяцев мы активно сотрудничали с нашими партнерами и фан-сайтами, чтобы облегчить для них процесс перехода с сайта Оружейной на новый ресурс, — говорится в сообщении. — Поддержку старой версии Оружейной, а также приложения WoWArmory для сети Facebook планируется прекратить 2 августа».

Когда разработчики прекратят поддерживать приложение для Facebook, оно исчезнет из списка приложений в этой социальной сети, а созданные при его помощи ленты новостей будут удалены.

Blizzard рассчитывает, что «внедрение нового программного веб-интерфейса будет способствовать появлению еще более широкого спектра продуктов, созданных игровым сообществом – таких, например, как приложение WoWArmory». Им будет «очень интересно посмотреть, что нового смогут придумать разработчики ПО и веб-дизайнеры, располагая информацией о новом интерфейсе».

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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]StarCraft MMO mod gameplay video released[/hide]

What if the year’s most noteworthy MMO release wasn’t a mega-budget corporate theme park but a crazy-detailed mod produced by a tiny team of fans? A lot of gamers out there would love to see a StarCraft-flavored MMORPG, and modder Ryan Winzen is in the process of making that dream a reality with StarCraft Universe.

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[hide]RIFT’s first State of the Game address[/hide]

Trion Worlds has never been shy in talking about RIFT’s upcoming content, especially considering how fast and furious said content’s been flying down the pipe. However, the studio may have topped itself as it gave its first State of the Game address, opening up about the title’s history to date and both the near and far future of the team’s plans.

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[hide]SWTOR Studio Insider dives into opening cinematics[/hide]

About once every four weeks, BioWare gives us a backstage look at what it takes to put together the monumental MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic. These articles are simply called Studio Insider. This week, Senior Video Editor Brian Arndt tells us all about putting together the unique cinematics every player will see the first time he or she logs into SWTOR.

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[hide]LucasArts releases an official statement to Star Wars Galaxies fans[/hide]

For a majority of MMO players, the announcement that Star Wars Galaxies was shutting down came as no surprise. However, many SWG loyalists have been extremely upset by the turn of events, blaming everything from the hacks on Sony earlier this year to the impending release of Star Wars: The Old Republic. A statement from LucasArts puts all of that to rest.

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[hide]Massively Speaking Episode 156[/hide]

Massively Speaking, Massively’s MMO podcast, returns this week with Shawn and Rubi covering the week’s MMO news, including Black Prophecy’s North American launch, DCUO’s newest DLC, Darkfall 2.0, CCP’s partnership with Nexon, The Secret World’s info explosion, and this little game called Planetside 2.

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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: StarCraft Universe, SWTOR cinematics, and more[/hide] originally appeared on [hide]WoW Insider[/hide] on Wed, 20 Jul 2011 10:30:00 EST. Please see our [hide]terms for use of feeds[/hide].[hide]Permalink[/hide] | [hide]Email this[/hide] | [hide]Comments[/hide]