How to Play as a Ghoul

The Pink Pigtail Inn put out a call on her blog for folks to write about how to play as a ghoul if a death knight has used the Raise Dead spell on you, and she got three great responses.  Her article and the links to the Ghoul Schools are here.
http://www.pinkpigtailinn.com/2010/04/guides-on-what-to-do-if-youre-raised-as.html

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Phishing Emails Cover The Solo MMO Player

The Solo MMO Player's email address used as a Battle.net login is crammed full of WOW-related phishing emails.  This is good evidence that Blizzard's Battle.net system has been compromised and the account logins stolen as this email address has never been used for anything except logging into Battle.net.

The following article says these emails are on the rise, and tells you to open a new browser window and type in the battle.net address to check your account status if you think one of the dozens of emails you get is really from Blizzard.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/30/security-warning-phishing-emails-on-the-rise/

No Blizzard email message to your email login address can be trusted to be real.  Your email login address is not secure, so don't use it for anything except logging into Battle.net. Get yourself an authenticator.  Here's what happens when you don't have one.
http://huntsmanslodge.com/6850/lockout.htm

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WOW Art for Your Computer

Lovely sources of screenshots, wallpaper, etc. from this WOW Insider article.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/26/world-of-warcrafts-wow-art-for-your-computer/

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Why Damage Meters and GearScore Are Evil

Spelled out in two good articles-
http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2010/04/28/damage-meters-corrupt-absolute-damage-meters-corrupt-absolutely/

http://www.wow.com/2010/04/28/spiritual-guidance-the-gearscore-is-a-lie/

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New Pet Tanking Spreadsheet for Hunters

Big Red Rhino has created a new pet tanking spreadsheet using Excel for PC owners.
http://bigredrhino.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/the-spreadsheet/

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The Hunter Does Extreme Solo Runs (with Pet)

The basics for a hunter who wants to solo old multi-player content with an emphasis on choosing the right pet for solo play.
http://outdps.com/2010/04/30/eidotropes-extreme-soloing-basics/

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Hunters in PvP (Basic Stats and Specs)

How the three flavors of hunters change trees when they do PvP.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/29/scattered-shots-pvp-basic-stats-and-specs/

Hunter tricks for PvP.
http://outdps.com/2010/05/05/random-battleground-hunter-pvp-tricks/

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Take Your Orphan to Battlegrounds (Childrens Week)

An excellent introduction to the various Battlegrounds and their strategies for those who are unfamiliar with PvP but are going to try to do the Children's Week achievement School of Hard Knocks.  This is also a very good introduction for folks new to PvP, whether they are working on this Children's Week achievement or not.
http://cynwise.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/the-school-of-hard-knocks/

UPDATE: Cynwise talks about Eye of the Storm with hints how to get through it with your orphan.
http://cynwise.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/an-eye-for-an-eye/

WOW Head has a guide up for all the Children's Week achievements. IThis holiday starts Sunday, May 2 and ends May 9.
http://www.wowhead.com/guide=childrens-week

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Battle.net Integration Before Cataclysm

Blizzard is promising Battle.net integration (i.e., folks logged into Battle.net will be able to communicate with friends also logged into Battle.net, no matter which game or server or faction they are both playing) before Cataclysm hits.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/28/battle-net-integration-before-cataclysm/

No word on when Battle.net security will be improved to meet current industry standards.  Presumably when pigs fly.

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The Greedy Goblin Discovers a Bot

He immediately reported it and since nothing has happened to the "player" in 48 hours, assumes that Blizzard supports boting.
http://greedygoblin.blogspot.com/2010/04/evidence-that-blizzard-supports-boting.html

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