Flying Mount and Robot Pet at Blizzard's Online Store

The Celestial Mount and the Lil XT robot pet are now for sale at Blizzard's online store.  Details like pricing for these in-game digital items here-
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/15/celestial-steed-lil-xt-now-active-on-the-blizzard-store/

There's a queue 70,000 80,000 140,000 people long in the U.S. store.  Do the math.  Blizzard made a mint.  Expect more such items in the future.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/15/queue-for-celestrial-steed-and-lil-xt-is-above-70-000/

If you are curious about the Celestial Mount and the robot pet, there are videos here.
http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2010/04/celestial-steed-buyable.html

UPDATE:  My favorite comment about Blizzard's selling of digital items is at the link below.  I believe folks aren't complaining about buying such expensive digital items now because kids are overrunning WOW. Thoughtful adults are not purchasing such things, especially in such a down economy, but there are few adults left playing the game.
http://www.massively.com/2010/04/16/anti-aliased-shut-up-people-come-buy-my-horse/#comments

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Elitist Armory, Better than Gear Score?

Rilgon (hunter) thinks Elitist Armory is a better way to evaluate gear than Gear Score and he loves EA's Raid Experience calculator. Here's why:
http://www.stabilizedeffortscope.com/?p=1453

Here's the link to the Elitist Armory website in case you need more information:
http://elitistarmory.com/

A bit more about Elitist Armory.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/05/04/elitist-armory/

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Another Hole in Blizzard Security? UPDATED

This tale exposes yet another hole in the Blizzard security system:  the fact that your private information is on file even after you delete your characters and stop paying to play.  The idea to change your personal information to fake stuff if you stop playing seems a good one to me.
http://www.brigwyn.com/2010/04/14/i-drink-your-milkshake-i-drink-it-all-up-a-tale-of-blizzards-information-in-security/

"Ultimately, keeping an account secure is the responsibility of the user and not that of Blizzard." If you don't have an authenticator, go get one right now!  Here's the link to the Blizzard store (US),

http://us.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100000822

and to the Blizzard store (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America), plus 

http://us.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100000823

a link to the download for a mobile authenticator on your smart phone.

https://us.battle.net/account/support/mobile-auth-download.xml

UPDATE:  Eddie's discovered how to ask Blizzard to wipe your personal information from their files when you leave the game permanently.  Short version:  "You can request your personal private information to be deleted by sending an email toprivacy@blizzard.com or sending a letter to Blizzard Entertainment Privacy Policy, Attention: Privacy Policy Administrator, at 16215 Alton Pkwy. Irvine CA 92618-3616."  The long version is below:
http://www.brigwyn.com/2010/04/15/an-update-on-your-privacy-and-blizzard/

Thanks for following up on this important issue, EC.

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Moonkin Raiding Rules UPDATED

Tips from Gray Matter to make your moonkin druid a better raider.
http://graymatterwow.blogspot.com/2010/04/general-rules-of-raiding.html

UPDATE:  Graylo realized he omitted tips on how to stay alive from the above.  Here they are.
http://graymatterwow.blogspot.com/2010/05/surviving-as-moonkin.html

UPDATE #2:  The moonkin raiding basics video series, all listed in the right hand column.
http://www.youtube.com/user/FoofyMoonkin

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Lore from Wrath of the Lich King

If you are interested in the back story of the game, you'll want to read the multi-part article on WOW Insider about the lore in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/14/know-your-lore-the-lore-reveals-of-wrath-part-one/

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