Season Eight Arena Teams' Composition

The makeup of the most successful season eight arena teams (both 3v3 and 5v5) with a discussion of what this means in terms of team strategy.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/16/blood-sport-season-eight-team-compositions/

Here are the team stats from Arena Junkies.
http://www.arenajunkies.com/showthread.php?t=154325

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Addons for the Visually Impared UI

WOW Insider is doing a column about UI featuring various reader's examples.  This week's example shows addons used by someone who needs extra large text and the author recommends other addons that don't take up so much room.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/16/reader-ui-of-the-week-jakes-larger-ui/

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Blizzard and The Law: A Series

I'm going to consolidate all the WOW Insider columns about legal issues and WOW here.  Search on "law" or "legal" to find this summary.  I've also added other articles about WOW and the Law that aren't part of the series.

The new legal column at WOW Insider has started with this article about "the magic circle" which is the world of games and play separate from the real world and in which players consent to what happens as long as it doesn't violate game rules.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/01/the-lawbringer-wow-and-the-magic-circle/

The WOW Insider legal columnist looks at privacy and how it works in WOW. It isn't as straightforward as you would think.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/08/the-lawbringer-contracts-and-the-achievement-tracker/

The WOW Insider legal column takes a look at the issues around banning players, mostly the contract between Blizzard and WOW players.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/15/the-lawbringer--contracts-and-player-bans/

Is is possible to get Blizzard to modify your game play provisions?  Maybe.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/22/the-lawbringer-unconscionability/

European Law and Contracts
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/01/the-lawbringer-know-your-legal-lore/

More on the same topic
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/09/the-lawbringer-euro-ver-my-head-contract-law-edition/

Blizzard and the Gold Selling Ban (from the legal aspect)
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/16/the-lawbringer-legal-gold-sales-not-a-blizzards-chance-in-hel/

Gold Sellers and Contract Law
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/22/the-lawbringer-interfering-with-gold-farmers/

Why Gold Selling is a Crime
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/05/the-lawbringer-gold-sellers-are-criminals/

Copyright Law and WOW
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/26/the-lawbringer-copyrights-and-wow/

http://www.wow.com/2010/05/17/the-lawbringer-scope-of-copyrights/

Purchasing Versus Licensing Software and Why This Debate Matters
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/24/the-lawbringer-purchase-vs-license-cage-match/

End Use License Agreements
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/31/the-lawbringer-license-v-purchase-sgt-joe-friday-edition/

A history of MDY versus Blizzard which is really about the Glider bot program that MDY offered to get around Blizzard's scanner Warden programs.  Although Blizzard won on most counts, this is still under appeal.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/07/the-lawbringer-the-history-of-blizzard-and-mdy-glider/

Questions from the above MDY vs. Blizzard case with answers-
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/14/the-lawbringer-mdy-v-blizzard-q-and-a/

Another milestone in the MDY vs. Blizzard case.  (This site is all about video games and the law so explore further if this is a topic of interest.)
http://www.gamerlaw.co.uk/2010/12/thoughts-on-wow-glider-appeal.html

Battle.net has a new Terms of Use Agreement (Patch 3.3.5)
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/21/the-lawbringer-new-battle-net-tou/

Why Blizzard won't Sell Gold (note that this is a stand-in columnist while the regular legal writer takes the bar exams)
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/29/the-lawbringer-why-youll-never-buy-gold-from-blizzard/

Rookies' Guide to the End User License Agreement (EULA)
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/11/the-lawbringer-a-rookies-guide-to-the-eula/

Part Two of Rookies' Guide to EULA
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/17/the-lawbringer-rookies-guide-to-the-eula-part-2/

Lawsuits Over Game Addiction
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/27/the-lawbringer-this-mmo-is-too-addictive-im-suing/

Rookie's Guide to Terms of Use (TOU)
http://www.wow.com/2010/09/02/the-lawbringer-a-rookies-guide-to-the-tou/

Fan Fiction (and Fair Use, Parody and Critique)
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/09/17/the-lawbringer-the-trouble-with-fan-fiction/

Ways to Get Into Trouble with WOW in Trade Chat
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/01/the-lawbringer-5-ways-trade-chat-can-get-you-in-trouble/

Machinima
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/08/the-lawbringer-blizzard-and-machinima/

Real Money Transactions (eBay)
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/15/the-lawbringer-real-money-transactions-and-some-ebay-history/

Karthias Talks Terms of Use
http://systemicbabble.com/society-politics/terms-of-use-legal-blackmail/

Matthew Discusses Blizzard's Starcraft 2 Hacker Lawsuit
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/24/the-lawbringer-buying-precedent/

Three WOW Criminals
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/29/the-lawbringer-consequences-2010/

About the California case trying to limit sales of violet video games.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/12/the-lawbringer-schwarzenegger-v-ema/

The WOW Insider article says that this is the definitive article on the California case.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6191/video_game_regulation_and_the_.php

Self-Regulation in the Video Game Industry
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/19/the-lawbringer-self-regulation-and-the-video-game-industry/

Account Security
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/03/the-lawbringer-account-security-and-you/

Dangers of Addons That Auto Update (More Account Security)
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/10/the-lawbringer-the-dangers-of-addon-auto-updaters/

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Managing Friends Lists and Nameplates

If you have unwieldy friends lists and are looking for tools to manage them, you'll want to read No Stock UI's article about addons to manage these lists.
http://www.nostockui.com/2010/02/friend-list-management-in-world-of-warcraft-can-too-facebook-sort-of/

If you hate the standard nameplates and need something more transparent and less bulky, Dreambound has some suggestions.
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2010/02/nameplate-mods.html

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Contracts and Banning Players (A Legal Look)

The WOW Insider legal column takes a look at the issues around banning players, mostly the contract between Blizzard and WOW players.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/15/the-lawbringer--contracts-and-player-bans/

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For the Solo Hunter

This article focuses on the beast mastery hunter build as it is best suited for soloing in the author's opinion.  There are tips and videos, builds for hunters and their pets, and consumables and glyphs that are recommended to help hunters and their pets solo a variety of content. There are also links to guides and videos to help solo hunters.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/15/scattered-shots-extreme-soloing/

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How Warlocks Can Tank at a Distance (ICC)

Why and how a ranged tank works when you are a warlock playing that role in the Blood Prince Council section of Icecrown Citadel.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/15/blood-pact-tanking-the-blood-prince-council/

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Holy Paladins and How Intellect Effects Spells

The WOW Insider columnist talks about how intellect effects throughput and longevity in their healing spells.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/14/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-its-all-intellects-fault/

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Lich King and WOW Lore

Full of spoilers in case you are waiting for the movie (sure) or want to see this unfold as you play the game.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/14/know-your-lore-the-lich-king/

Where to read up on WOW lore in general. (Part one)
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/22/know-your-lore-lore-101-part-1/

Same series (Part two)
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/22/know-your-lore-lore-101-part-2/

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Roleplaying in WOW: A Collection of Links

Basics of role play.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/03/all-the-worlds-a-stage-roleplay-101-basic-mechanics-of-role/

Ways to play as a vampire in-game.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/14/all-the-worlds-a-stage-how-you-can-be-a-vampire/#continued

Ways to play as a werewolf in-game. (This is an equal opportunity blog.)
http://www.wow.com/2010/03/28/all-the-worlds-a-stage-roleplaying-the-wolf/

How to role play a character who doesn't fit into other role players' world.
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/16/all-the-worlds-a-stage-odd-man-out/

Hints for roleplaying romance in-game.
http://thephysicianslog.blogspot.com/2010/02/roleplaying-romance-5-tips-for-aspiring.html

http://www.wow.com/2010/03/21/all-the-worlds-a-stage-intimate-relationships-between-characte/#continued

http://thephysicianslog.blogspot.com/2010/03/lets-talk-about-sex-baby.html

Hints on using NPCs in roleplay.
http://toomanyannas.com/feature/off-limits-blizzard-npcs-in-roleplay/

Here's hints on how to set up a roleplay group.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/21/all-the-worlds-a-stage-forming-a-roleplay-troupe/

The Physician's Log says you really don't need an elaborate backstory to role play...
http://thephysicianslog.blogspot.com/2010/02/developing-character-no-backstory.html

UPDATE;  Role Play in Cataclysm
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/11/all-the-worlds-a-stage-cataclysm-class-changes-and-their-impac/

UPDATE AGAIN:  How to end a character you are tired of.
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/30/all-the-worlds-a-stage-ending-your-character/

Another update:  Why it isn't not always a great idea to use a major NPC in your backstory.
http://toomanyannas.com/ask-anna/ask-anna-lore-characters-in-backstory/

Guides to Roleplaying Grief
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/18/all-the-worlds-a-stage-effectively-roleplaying-grief/

The difference between In Character and Out of Character.
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/15/all-the-worlds-a-stage-cheating-and-the-ic-versus-ooc-divide/

Don't Overplay Emotions
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/29/all-the-worlds-a-stage-robot-devil-tells-you-how-to-portray-em/#continued

One Night to Role Play
http://www.wow.com/2010/09/12/all-the-worlds-a-stage-one-night-to-roleplay/

How to Role Play as a Gnome Despite the Stereotypes
http://toomanyannas.com/feature/on-roleplaying-as-a-gnome/

Using Professions to Enhance RP
http://wttrp.com/2010/08/26/apprentice-journeyman-and-grand-master-storytelling-using-professions-to-embellish-rp/

Tips on Finding RP
http://forthebubbles.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/quit-your-bitching/

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