Mages Can No Longer Name Water Elementals

Blizzard says that being able to name a water elemental is a bug that has been fixed.  Mages are unhappy.
http://mischiefmagicandrocketscience.blogspot.com/2010/11/mischief-water-elementals-no-longer.html

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/afk, a Film About Soloing Onxyia

The movie premiers tonight.  This is a bit about it.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/19/premiering-tonight-afk-film-offers-laughs-epic-gaming-scenes/

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Description of Gnome and Dward Starting Area (Cataclysm)

Gnomes
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/19/wow-rookie-cataclysm-gnome-starting-area/

Dwarves
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/12/03/wow-rookie-cataclysm-dwarf-starting-area/

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Lich King Leveling Now Easier (and DaIly Quest Gold Bug)

Blizzard has reduced the experience needed to level in Lich King from 71 to 80 by 20%.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/18/wrath-experience-needed-to-level-reduced-by-20/

By the way, the daily quest gold rewards have been halved but this is a bug.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/18/daily-quest-gold-rewards-slashed/

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Thorough Descriptions of Patch 4.0.3a Contents

This morning WOW Head posted a link to a forum posting listing what has changed or been added in Patch 4.0.3a.  WOW Head also summarizes the main changes, including some the forum posted omitted, at the end of this article.
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=174221

Here's the original forum posting by Sammew.  The comments add to the list as well.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1021054423#1

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Group Behavior

MMOs have other people in them.  And where you have other people, you have other people whose behavior is going to annoy you no end.  The Pot drew my attention to a post by Tamarind about how people act in the dungeon finder.  Just what is acceptable behavior in groups?
http://www.mmomeltingpot.com/2010/11/righteous-orbs-on-acceptable-standards-in-group-settings/

Blessing of Kings looks at this controvery, explaining how Frostheim set it off and his reactions.
http://blessingofkings.blogspot.com/2010/11/outvoted.html

Here's the article in full.
http://www.righteousorbs.com/?p=2711

The only thing you can do about it is laugh, to tell you the truth.  Tam knows this and posted a quick audio of "The Charge of the Light Brigade" reworked as a raid.  For those who know the Tennyson poem, this is hilarious.
http://www.righteousorbs.com/wp-content/uploads/charge-of-the-light-brigade.mp3

And he's not the only one laughing at group behavior.  Here's Jasyla's take on how to fit in while doing dungeon finder raids.
http://www.cannotbetamed.com/2010/11/17/lfd-how-to-fit-in/

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Cataclysm Changes Tailoring

How tailoring will change when Cataclysm hits.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/17/insider-trader-tailoring-in-cataclysm/

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Cataclysm Achievements and Tabards Summary

WOW Insider talks about the changes to current achievements and the new ones coming when Cataclysm hits in this article.  Tabards are also mentioned as well as the changes to the Insane in the Membrane achievement.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/18/the-overachiever-cataclysm-achievements-faq/

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OnLive Console Edition Goes on Sale Tomorrow

It hooks up to your TV and Internet connection and allows you to play games without a computer.
http://kotaku.com/5692959/the-future-of-video-games-goes-on-sale-tomorrow

An unboxing.
http://kotaku.com/5694600/unboxing-unlives-streaming-pc-gaming-console

Early adaptors will get a free micro console.  Details here.
http://www.1up.com/news/onlive-founding-members-eligible-free

UPDATE:  The monthly rate starts in January 2011.
http://www.1up.com/news/onlive-introducing-monthly-plan-january

UPDATE #2:  The rumor mills stays OnLive is going to add streaming video to try to compete with NetFlix.
http://www.1up.com/news/report-onlive-introducing-video-streaming

UDPATE #3:  OnLive says it's not competing with NetFlix and the above comments were taken out of context.
http://www.1up.com/news/onlive-no-agenda-compete-with-netflix

UPDATE #4:  OnLive has a patent on cloud gaming.  Lots of implications....
http://www.1up.com/news/onlive-scores-landmark-patent-cloud

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Problems: Boredom and Bugs

Darth Solo lists all the bugs he's found in Patch 4.0.1, some of which were fixed in Patch 4.0.3 according to the comments.
http://wowalone.blogspot.com/2010/11/patch-401-bugs.html

Adam is just bored by the pre-Cataclysm Elemental Invasion.
http://thenoisyrogue.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/give-me-strength/

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