Totem Talk: Prelude to restoration’s new talents

Back at the beginning of April, we were treated to the Cataclysm preview for all of the classes. Many people were excited, some were disappointed, but everyone had news to digest. This past week has seen the Cataclysm friends and family alpha start and since then, we have seen a plethora of leaks: everything from images of the changes to old zones and new instances up to some data-mined information about female worgen. Needless to say, it has been a pretty busy week.
Natarumah’s Writing Mania.

Well yes, I have a blog, mentor yung’uns I encounter now and then and meanwhile try to get my raiding together (which is hard, since as of this weekend my PC chose to write me a suicide note and go quietly into the electronic afterlife)…but there’s more!
World of Warcraft Official Magazine
First off, I managed to get a great opportunity to write a column for the offical World of Warcraft magazine, which is not only a great way to get my writing across to many interested people, but also give me an introduction into the goings-on of magazine writing, editing and internal communication. It’s been quite a blast, it’s a damn shame it’s already done, because I have a million more pieces like this to write, and they’re not always fitting with the theme of Twisted Faith.
It was suppose to be Tech Tuesday

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I feel really bad about being so late. Today’s post really should have been “Today’ and not tonight. And like I always try to do, I wanted to make a new them and call today Technology Tuesday!
What’s Technology Tuesday? Well it’s the day where I look around at some of the cool technology that’s out there getting ready to shape our world. You know, like does someone actually have a hover board hidden in their garage?
Or maybe, there’s really a secret Skynet being developed and only one poor soul has the presence of mind to give us some advanced warning.
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Free Limited Loyal Crocodile Giveaway!
MMORPG.com and FunCom are pleased to present you with special gift offer! Using our gift keys you will be able to claim the Loyal Crocodile, a social pet that will follow you on your journey both in the original game and as you traverse the expanses of Khitai in the new Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer expansion pack. The Loyal Crocodile can only be claimed by using the exclusive, limited number of keys. Get yours now while supplies last!
And the winner is…
lawman30
Grats man! You’ve just earned yourself a cute Lil’ XT pet.
After looking over the submitted ideas for the Celestial Steed Mount Contest, I determined lawman’s made the most sense. All of your ideas were interesting, but lawman’s I felt was practical and creative.
I think coordinating in-game activities is great, if you have the time, but there’s no way I can swing something like that. I like the scavenger hunt, taming missions, etc… but I didn’t want to hold a contest where there was a “race” so to speak. Maybe I’ll do something like that later on, but for now I like the essay contest.
World of Warcraft: Trying the Waters: Role-Playing
Given the fact that you are perusing the pages of a website solely focused on the MMORPG genre, I will accept that you undoubtedly have a love of this addictive, opiate like, social life consuming, bone chillingly brilliant entertainment source. From World of Warcraft through to Eve Online, this is a genre that devours our free time with reckless abandon; its depth is our undoing, its many facets of game play- our mistress. My personal love affair with MMORPGs started with the game EverQuest at the turn of millennium; since then I have enjoyed the grind, the questing, the exploring, the player battling- I have joyously reveled at it all except for one element; an element in the very title of the genre; an element almost intrinsic to the experience: Role-playing.
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – Call of Crusade
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Name: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Release date: December 14, 2009 Platform(s): PC and Mac OS X Publisher: Activision Blizzard Developer: Activision Blizzard
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World of Warcraft Gold Secrets Guide – Reviews of the Best Wow Guides
If you are new to playing World of Warcraft and still in the early teen levels, you probably can’t help noticing how much better off other players at your level appear to be. Dressed in fine robes, armor and loaded with gear they strut around Stormwind or Orgrimmar as if they own the place. You can’t help feeling out of place in your crumpled shorts and dusty leather jerkin. Now the difference between you and these guys, friend, is that they have learnt the secret to making easy wow gold and you haven’t.
Now the key to playing World of Warcraft with any degree of skill are twofold: learn to level faster and learn the secrets to making gold fast. That way you can shop on the Auction House for all the best gear, bags and potions which will allow you to speed through the early levels and on to your first mount.
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Yes, the title of this post is shamelessly stolen both from David Bowie and Jim Butcher’s latest Dresden Files installment. Butcher, by the way, is my favorite current fiction author, and he must be doing something right as his last several books have all topped the NYT bestseller list upon release.
However, the Changes referred to here, of course, are all about the the Cataclysm looming on our Wow horizon.
If you haven’t seen some of the changes planned for the next expasion, start at MMO-Champion.com. For class-specific info, there’s quite a bit at Elitist Jerks, as usual. Consider’s unholy thread at EJ has links to his alpha involvement and the Cata EJ discussion threads.

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