Interview with Top 10 Man Guild Leader

Pwnwise interviews the general manager of the top world-wide 10 man guild, Vox Immortalis.  Interesting to see how it is organized, how they recruit and their raiding schedule, how they come up with strategies to get through content quicker than anyone else, how they deal with latency, and to see some of the videos the guild has made.  The discussion of why they use Mumble instead of Ventrilo may interest guild members.  I found this interview insightful and interesting.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/04/25/interview-with-world-1-strict-10-guild-vox-immortalis/

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WOW Head Database Improvements

WOW Head has added new filters and pages to their database.  This article lists and explains the new features.
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=153764

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Obtaining Leveling Gear Through PvP

Many long time players know good gear is available without too much effort through PvP in Battlegrounds even for lower level charaacters.  Psynister spells out the process here with examples of great gear available for purchase with honor points gained by investing time in Warsong Gulch.
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/amazing-leveling-gear-for-free-ish/

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Speed Run Tips

How to do speed runs.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/23/heroic-speed-runs/

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Navigational Awareness

Help learning how to navigate the various instances for those who are getting there just through the dungeon finder.
http://www.thehuntersmark.net/2010/04/22/know-where-youre-going-how-lfd-killed-navigational-awareness/

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Lich King Lore

Two articles about the lore the Lich King expansion reveals in-game.  There are spoilers within the articles, so if you don't want to know, don't go here.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/14/know-your-lore-the-lore-reveals-of-wrath-part-one/

http://www.wow.com/2010/04/21/know-your-lore-the-lore-reveals-of-wrath-part-two/#continued

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Rogues and Their Cooldowns

All about rogues and their offensive and defensive cooldowns.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/21/encrypted-text-the-cooldown-class/#continued

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Things No One Tells You

WOW Insider lists various things that stump players because they aren't well explained, things like how to drop a profession, how to find trainers, flight masters and mail boxes, how to evaluate items you could disenchant, and how to use trinkets in macros.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/22/wow-rookie-tips-and-tricks-for-rookies/#continued

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Blizzard, Their Website, and Interacting with Players

The Pink Pigtail Inn has been talking about Blizzard's lack of interaction with the blog-o-sphere.  This discussion is morphing into one about Blizzard's website and their interaction with players in general.  There are no recommendations here, and I do understand the time and effort maintaining an updated site takes, but the vibrant community built by and for WOW players is a backhanded critique of the lack of interest Blizzard has in providing accurate and updated information about a complex game they profit from.
http://www.pinkpigtailinn.com/2010/04/does-blizzard-suck-at-communicating-and.html

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Lich King 25 Man Strategies

Pwnwear pointed me towards this guide to running the Lich King 25-man from the Non Elitist Raiding Diary.  It is geared toward raid leaders.
http://nonelitistraiding.blogspot.com/2010/04/lich-king-arthas-menethil.html

Pwnwear has his/her own guides to the Lich King 25-man.  This is a supplement to the above article.  It covers the action between the main parts of the fight.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/04/23/lich-king-movement-between-phases/

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