Starcraft 2 Videos

If you are curious about Starcraft II, Kotaku has posted two of five tutorial videos that explain how the game is played.  This article also has links to the other three videos in the series.
http://kotaku.com/5592293/what-you-need-to-play-starcraft-ii

Speaking of Kotaku and Starcraft, Kotaku thinks Blizzard should stop making games and start making movies.  Evidence is this brand new Starcraft II trailer.
http://kotaku.com/5593086/kerrigan-returns-to-finish-the-job-in-starcraft-ii-ghosts-of-the-past

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How To Do A Group Battleground

Running a Battleground with a group of friends is called "premades."  Here is a bit about how they are organized and how they work.  The article helpfully lists restrictions that apply to each battleground, too.  Good article.
http://forceinbalance.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-to-run-premade.html

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The Art of Pulling in Five-Mans

The lack of skilled tanks is obvious.  After all, the Solo MMO Player had a second tank fall off a cliff while in a dungeon finder raid this week.  WOW Insider columnist Allison Robert has started a two part series on how to pull during a five-man.  The first article is about assessing the situation before a pull.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/20/shifting-perspectives-pulling-101-assessing-the-group/#continued

The next article is about the pulls as they are happening.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/27/shifting-perspectives-pulling-101-deeper-into-the-dungeon/

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Attention Starcraft Forum Users

With Starcraft II coming out July 27, the old forums will be erased according to a blue posting.  If there are articles you want to keep, you have to back them up, then repost them after the new Starcraft II forum opens.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/20/the-daily-blues-2/#continued

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ICC Raid Buff Now 30%

Per WOW Insider.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/20/icecrown-raid-buff-now-at-30/

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Confirmation We Spent Way Too Much Time on WOW

The story of the legendary Ashbringer sword, whose mention in-game set off a frenzy to find it.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/20/the-urban-legends-of-warcraft-ashbringer/#continued

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Tidbits about Curt Schilling's New Game

It will be called Kingdoms of Amalur:  Reckoning.  More information here.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3180477

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Is Activision Planning Console Game Subscription Fees?

There is some evidence that Activision is planning to charge a subscription to play Modern Warfare 2 online.  Since the game has been out a long time, this is unlikely but perhaps they are thinking of using this for a new Call of Duty game with Black Ops coming out this fall.  After all, Activision has made no secret of their envy of xBox Live fees.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3180442

However, Activision says no subscription fees are planned in a response to the story above.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3180466

http://www.1up.com/news/activision-denies-plans-charge-online

I believe in the tooth fairy, too.

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More Opinions on How Cataclysm Will Effect Guilds

Cataclysm and the small guild-
http://birdfall.blogspot.com/2010/07/guild-perks-or-what-does-this-mean-for.html

Will Cataclysm stunt your guild's growth?
http://www.mmomeltingpot.com/2010/07/editorial-feature-will-cataclysm-stunt-your-guilds-growth/

WOW Head has a new guild perks page to help figure out how this will work.
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=163763

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Extended Maintenance For ALL Realms Tomorrow

The list of realms that will have 24 hour+ maintenance downtime is here.  No word on how long other realms will be down.
http://www.wow.com/2010/07/19/24-hour-maintenance-for-select-servers-on-tuesday/#continued

UPDATE;  All realms apparently are still down until 6 p.m. PDT due to problems with the authenticator server.  Can't log in until this is fixed.

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