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Looking Back at 2009 and Forward to 2010
Here we are, folks, right before the start of not only a new year but also a new decade. Hopefully, next year will provide us with new opportunities, new inventions, maybe even new resolutions—although, on second thought, I've really yet to meet someone dedicated to carrying out a New Year's resolution—and hopefully more happiness to everyone around the world.
Today we should take some brief time to look back on the year 2009, and take a moment to remember all the changes in our lives. It could be something as simple as getting a car. Or maybe you have a memory from something WoW-related, be it inside or outside the game itself.
What is your best memory of 2009?
Remember, you can include something WoW-related! And
what are you looking forward to when 2010 comes?
I've included a reflection of my own here, as well as one of
Togikagi
's. If you're interested in seeing the reflections, they are immediately after the break. :)
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World of Warcraft Magazine 40-Page Preview
The fine folks over at Future US have been working on getting the first volume in the new
World of Warcraft magazine
ready for release. Now it's finally time to see the fruits of that labour!
They've released
40 pages
(out of 148) of the magazine for everyone to read. It contains all kinds of interesting stuff from the table of contents of the full magazine to several pages dedicated to companion pets. Also touched on are stories from the past from early beta of the game, the Zombie Invasion, there is even articles on all three play styles (tanking, DPS and healing), and much more.
http://cde.cerosmedia.com/1M4b2f964fedde4012.cde
If that's enough to make you want to get the magazine itself (I know it is for me!) you can head over to their
official site
and order it for yourself.
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Raiding as an Arcane Mage
I've recently started raiding heavily with an Arcane Mage, and I have to say, I'm loving it.
With
, threat management is as close to a non-issue as it could possibly be, and with the potential max DPS of
spam, there's an entirely different mini-game that emerges.
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Merry Christmas to All...
...and to all a good lizard.
I thought the forum regulars might be happy to know that this year, my wife got me the sweatshirt pictured at the right for Christmas.
I hope your celebrations are just as good. :)
For those of you who are unfamiliar with our own little miniature Wowhead meme: it began
here
and continued
here
.
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Happy Holidays from Wowhead!
As a way of thanking you all for your awesome contributions, our very own Grand Master Artist
Noxychu
has created a little
wallpaper
for you. You know, since all the new cool features weren't enough of a present. ;)
Featuring, from left to right:
Malgayne
,
Miyari
,
Skosiris
,
Noxychu
, and
PoeticDragon
.
The image is available in many popular resolutions so you can download whichever one best suits your needs.
Standard
:
1024x768
|
1280x1024
|
1600x1200
Widescreen
:
1280x800
| 1440x900[/
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Happy Holidays From Blizzard
With the Holidays upon us Blizzard has released a
wallpaper
based on the artwork featured on this year's Blizzard holiday card. It is a beautifully done piece of art done by Samwise featuring a rocket ship being flown by an orc,
Heavy Murloc Egg
surfing on the side and a
Pandaren Monk
hanging onto the back.
You can download it here:
http://us.blizzard.com/_images/frontpage/en-us/misc/holiday2009.jpg
"4-DA-HORDE!!!"
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6th Battlecry Mosaic Tile Unlocked!
Yet again another tile for the Warcraft Battlecry Mosaic, which you have seen us post about recently
here
, has been unlocked. The picture count reached
6,470
today, along with the tile that was unlocked a new piece of art was also made available -- this time, it's a
piece
out of the White Wolf RPG Book (Alliance Player's Guide) that depicts a steadfast night elf druid standing proud.
There are still
13,530
pictures that need to be gathered before the mosaic can be completed. So why don't you head over to the official
Battlecry Mosaic
site and submit a picture?
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wowanniversary/battlecry/
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New Feature: Completion Tracker (Beta)
Update
(Feb 9, 2010): Several changes includingsupport for character titles!
View announcement
Wowhead's latest feature has just entered beta: the
Completion Tracker
!
You can now use the
Wowhead Profiler
, in conjunction with the
Wowhead Client
, to keep track of a ton of handy new data, including:
Quests
you've completed
Mounts
and
companion pets
you own
Recipes
you know
You can track all this info, show off how much you've completed, see what you're missing, and even link people to your recipe lists! We thought you'd like to play with this new toy, so
let us know what you think
!
For more info on how it all goes down, join us after the break!
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Share Links on the Blog!
Christmas is coming a few days early this year—check out all the goodies you get!
We've added
Share
links to the blog! You can now share stories from the Wowhead Blog with your friends on any social networking or news-sharing site you wish, just with a simple click!
The default menu has links to
Delicious
,
Digg
,
Facebook
,
Google
,
Reddit
,
Live
,
MySpace
,
StumbleUpon
, and
Twitter
—but if your site of choice isn't mentioned there, you can always use the More button for an handy, searchable list that's too long to mention here.
Why don't you try it out to share some of the cool features we're releasing today? :)
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Updated Site Navigation!
In your effort to navigate here, you may have noticed that Wowhead has made some tweaks and updates to our
site navigation
!
We've consolidated a few items, added a few new ones, and moved some things around. Don't panic! Here's a run-down of where everything is:
Database
– All of the database information is right where you left it. We also now have a link there to the
New Items
page, so you can automatically see a quick list of all the new items in each patch. Menu items have been reordered by relevance/popularity. Additionally, we made the "Random Page" button directly available from any database-related page so you can click it repeatedly for hours of fun.
Tools
– This tab now contains the
Profiler
, as well as old standbys like the
Talent Calculator
,
Item Comparison
and
Hunter Pet Calculator
. We've also added a section for written content, including the
Patch Notes
pages (which are always the handiest patch notes because they're full of Wowhead links :D),
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Wowhead on Facebook!
We wanted to wait a little while before we announced this, to make sure we had secured the custom URL, but it is now official: You can now find Wowhead on
Facebook
at
http://www.facebook.com/Wowhead
!
Now you have another way of getting directly in touch with the staff. You can post on our
wall
, check out
photos
we've posted, we might even have a
video
or two!
Plus, we'll be using Facebook to post
sneak previews
of our upcoming features! You never know what you might find, so come and meet us there!
http://www.facebook.com/Wowhead
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New Database Page: World Events!
Here at Wowhead the developers are working hard in order to release the new features you folks have been waiting for, and today we have a new feature on the database to show you all: the World Events page!
Each World Event page is like any other database page. It contains any and all data—i.e. items, achievements, quests, or titles—pertaining to the event (where applicable), and a place to leave comments as well as submitting screenshots. You can also
search
for world events.
In the Quick Facts box, you'll find information on how long the event will be running and a link to Wowhead's guide to the event (usually written by
Miyari
).
The entire World Events page is divided up into four sections for ease of use:
Holidays
,
Recurring Events
, and
PvP Events
.
As we go, we'll be adding articles at the top for the individual world events. Aside from that, the only things missing are
your comments
, so now's your chance to get going! Feel free to also leave any comments about this
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5th Battlecry Mosaic Tile Unlocked!
Yes! Another tile has been unlocked for the
Warcraft Battlecry Mosaic
, which you saw us post about
last
at the beginning of this week. The picture count reached
5,018
which unlocks the new tile but also unlocked a piece of art -- this time, it's a piece done by Samwise which depicts the gathering of the tribes as seen on the cover of the Warcraft RPG book "Manual of Monsters".
We've already reached 1/4 of the way there, but we still have
14,982
pictures to go. So why don't you head over to the official
Battlecry Mosaic
site and submit a picture?
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wowanniversary/battlecry/
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Q&A With Tom Chilton at Champions' Carnival in Taiwan
Tom "Kalgan" Chilton, the Lead Game Designer for World of Warcraft, was in attendance at the recent
Champions' Carnival
in Taiwan.
While he was there he had a
Q&A session
with players at the event and some of the questions covered current and future armour tiers to the future of arenas and even a little about Cataclysm.
Read on after the break for the full Q&A.
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Algalon vs. Arthas?
You know, I've long since glossed over the concerns of various power levels of bosses in WoW. The fact that
two
random
worms
somebody caught in the hills of Northrend can kick the butt of
C'Thun
stopped bothering me a long time ago, so I don't think that's the problem I have with the placement of the
Algalon
fight.
So, with the fight with Arthas finally on the horizon, I've been thinking a lot about the road leading up to it: specifically Ulduar, and the fight with Algalon the Observer, and something about it just rings false with me.
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Interview With Samwise: Pandaren Brewmaster Deluxe Figure
As most of you might know
Sam "Samwise" Didier
is the art director over at Blizzard. In this interview they talk about the process in designing the exclusive
Pandaren Brewmaster Deluxe Figure
and they also mention pandarens past, present and future.
If you really like pandareans or just like looking at Samwise's artwork (I know I do!) you can read the interview after the break.
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Upcoming Contest: Wowhead Pride!
Are you a Wowhead user? What about a Wowhead fanatic? How long ago was your "Joined On" date? Do you have every frontpage title memorized? Were you beta testing the talent calculator when all those other scrubs didn't know which end of a rocket was which?
Well now's your chance to prove it!
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Interview With Lead Game Designer Tom "Kalgan" Chilton
Over at
wow.gamona.de
, an official German fansite, they had a chance to have a chat with Tom "Kalgan" Chilton who is the Lead Game Designer for World of Warcraft. They touch on a lot of things including everything from player housing (no it's not in the plans) to Cataclysm and the the future.
There is even mention that there may be a
content patch before Cataclysm
but it won't be like a major content patch and could contain class balance fixes, bug fixes, implementation of new Battle.net features, and maybe even a new raid boss? A new Wyrmrest Temple boss? Who knows.
Read the whole interview using the link below!
http://wow.gamona.de/media/interviews/exclusive-interview-with-world-of-warcraft-lead-designer-tom-chilton/
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Fourth Tile Unlocked In The Warcraft Battlecry Mosiac
As most of you have undoubtedly seen us report on (
here
,
here
, and even
here
) the
Warcraft Battlecry Mosiac
has once again reached a new milestone of
4,618
pictures for the project. Since this reaches another 1,000 images since the last update they've unlocked another tile and some new artwork has also been unlock-this time, it's is more concept art but of Ironforge!
We still have
15,382
pictures to go out of the
20,000
goal, so why don't you go out and take a picture with your factions emblem and post it on the official
Warcraft Battlecry Mosaic
page.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wowanniversary/battlecry/
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Winter Veil 2009 Guide!
Miyari has posted our complete guide to
Winter Veil 2009
!
We've packed up our things and moved on over to our own guide page this year, so don't be alarmed that this is a short post! If you have comments or questions, feel free to post them here and they'll get answered quickly.
http://www.wowhead.com/?guide=winter-veil
Please note:
The actual event doesn't begin until
9 AM tomorrow
(realm time), so there may be some stuff we need to edit as soon as it goes live. We'll be updating the guide as we go!
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