Real ID Security Problems

Because of a security flaw in Real ID, addons can now expose your real name.  Details here.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/06/security-flaw-allows-addons-to-expose-full-real-life-names-witho/

By the way, Blizzard is going to use the Real ID system in their forums to cut down on trolls as real names will now be exposed.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/06/official-forum-changes-real-life-names-to-be-displayed/

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Interview with The Greedy Goblin (Undergeared Guild)

Frosthelm interviews the Greedy Goblin about his Undergeared guild, set up to prove that it is skill, not gear, that takes down bosses. Undergeared runs instances in blue gear only and are about 3/4 of the way through ICC.
http://www.warcrafthuntersunion.com/2010/07/frostheim-interviews-gevlon-of-undergeared/

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Guild Raid Management System: Pods

Rohan proposes a formal raid management system he calls Pods.  This allows guilds to set up 10- and 25-man raids that always have folks available.
http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/2010/07/pods-raid-force-management-system.html

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New Foot Pedal Peripheral (Tap Chat)

The foot pedal peripheral is now available at the Blizard store (second link) and at the manufactuer's website (third link).  NOTE: it is currently sold out both places.  This USB device was designed as a voice chat hot key activated by a foot.  I don't know if it can be adapted to other uses, but I hope so for the sake of disabled gamers.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/05/world-of-warcraft-tap-chat-now-available/

http://us.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100001062

http://us.store.creative.com/Sound-Blaster-World-of-Warcraft-Tap/M/B003BQKCUI.htm

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Signs That One Should Drop Out

Signs one should drop out of your current dungeon finder raid:

1) The healer inquires as to what sort of vanity pet your wolf is.
2) Your wolf draws more aggro than the tank.
3) The tank falls off a cliff.

Sadly, all these happened to the Solo MMO Player this weekend....

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Learning Data Mining in Your Spare Time

If you are curious about data mining, you'll want to read Zardoz's explanation of how he is improving his data mining skills.
http://armorydatamine.wordpress.com/2010/07/05/teach-yourself-datamining-in-21-days/

In the article, Z mentions an article by Chris Lewis on predicting a toon's class by looking at their items.  Of course experienced players can do this in their own heads, but perhaps not with such accuracy.  It's an interesting read for the math folks, regardless.
http://eis-blog.ucsc.edu/2010/04/mining-the-world-of-warcraft-armory/

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Soloing that Vanity Pet (Mojo)

How to solo getting the frog vanity pet as a Level 80.  Thanks to Birdfall for pointing this out.
http://warcraftpets.com/guides/pets/solo_farming_mojo.asp

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Starcraft II in 3-D

1Up is reporting that Blizzard plans to patch Starcraft II after it releases so that it can be played on 3-D monitors and televisions.  There's no word on what type of stupid glasses you'll have to wear.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3180243

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Help Finding the Real Beta Invite

Help figuring out whether that Cataclysm invitation is real.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/03/breakfast-topic-are-you-in-or-out/

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Level 80 Mage Basics

A bit about how a mage works at level 80, with recommended enchants, heirlooms, etc.  This article is notable for a paragraph or two with tips for solo mages.  I should point out the author plays a Holy Paladin mostly, although he runs alts.
http://blessingoffish.wordpress.com/2010/07/03/hand-me-downs-mage/

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