Papa Lou's Power Leveling

The second in a series produced by Aion Online's developer and Rooster Teeth about playing MMOs.

http://kotaku.com/5521044/the-not+so+real-dangers-of-power+leveling

Here is the first video, about buying gold.  It's not as funny as #2 but at least they are trying to reach the game players.

http://na.aiononline.com/board/notices/view?articleID=235&page=2

Thanks for the laugh, Kotaku!

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Big Bear Butt Explains Holding Aggro

BBB talks about pulling aggro and holding aggro, and talks about addons that help you understand what is going on whether you are a tank or your role is DPS.  The comments section has a lot of helpful information and further details.
http://thebigbearbutt.com/2010/04/21/chasing-bear-aggro/

Sadly, I don't think Big Bear Butt is kidding when he says he's thinking about giving up blogging.

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Blizzard Bans WOW and Diablo Players UPDATED

Kotaku alerted me to this posting on the Blizzard forums about the company's recent banning of 320,000 players for "violating the terms of use."
http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=24401612571&sid=3000

More details from 1up.com
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178923

UPDATE: Discussion about the cheating and the effect Blizzard's not doing anything about hacks for a long time had is in the middle of this article.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/24/1-local-chariots-and-cheats/

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PvP Basics for the Holy Paladin

An introduction--
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/18/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-holy-pvp-basics/#continued

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Love (and Hate) For Lil XT

Gordon took time out from Flying Spitfires to point us toward this article about the other virtual pet for sal ethis week at the Blizzard store, the little robot called Lil XT.
http://tagn.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/lil-xt-reactions/

There's a download to silence it, too.
http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info16491-SilentXT.html

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Warhammer Online Databases and Sites

For the player who wants to spend recess in Warhammer Online, here are resources.

This site has everything about the game, including a crafting guide (apocathery, talisman making, butchering, cultivating, scavenging and magical salvaging).  The first link is to crafting, the second the main page about Warhammer Online.

http://war.allakhazam.com/wiki/Category:Crafting_%28WAR%29

http://war.allakhazam.com/wiki/

I've found two databases to search for specifics.
http://www.wardb.com/

http://warhammer.db.mmosite.com/

There is also a wiki.
http://warhammeronline.wikia.com/wiki/Warhammer_Online_Wiki

And there is a daily news site.
http://www.warhammeralliance.com/

The basics of macros and scripting.
http://imtalkingames.com/2010/05/warhammer-online-the-basics-of-macros-and-scripting/

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Starcraft II in Korea Rated Adults Only

Kotaku is reporting that Starcraft II is going to be rated Adults Only in South Korea.  Activision can appeal the rating in the next 30 days.
http://kotaku.com/5519324/starcraft-ii-hit-with-adults-only-rating-in-korea

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MMO Documentary (Part One)

Thanks to Tobold I have a link to the first episode of the documentary.
http://current.com/participate/vc2/92368016_mmo-future-shock.htm

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Instructions and Tips for Getting the Deathcharger Mount

In case you are too cheap to spend $25 on a sparkling pony.
http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2010/02/deathcharger-farm-or-easier-than-it.html

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Spellsteal and How It Works (Mages)

How spellsteal works for Mages.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/17/arcane-brilliance-stealing-spells-for-fun-and-profit/#continued

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