BG Hero Tracks Your Battleground Stats

WOW Insider introduces BG Hero, a new tracking site for your battleground stats.
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/14/bg-hero-tracks-your-battleground-activity/

Here is BG Hero's FAQ page for details.  I love their logo, by the way.
http://www.bghero.com/faq.php

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Playing Console Games on PC via HD-720 Box

This company is coming out with a box that plugs into your console, then connects via Wi-Fi to your PC so you can stream games to it.  There is a video of this in action if you are curious.
http://kotaku.com/5359435/play-console-games-on-your-pc-[update]

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AT&T Tells Government Gaming's Not Core Need

Say, isn't AT&T the company that runs the WOW servers?  Blizzard might want to have a talk with the company that says gaming is not a core broadband need.
http://kotaku.com/5359326/att-tells-feds-that-gaming-is-not-broadband

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A Mount Collector Speaks UPDATED

If you enjoy collecting mounts, you will also enjoy reading about Pike's mounts.
http://www.aspectofthehare.net/2009/09/a-very-large-amount.html

More mounts.
http://www.aspectofthehare.net/2009/09/an-even-larger-amount.html

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Hybrid and Dual Specs Effects in Raiding

Altosis sparked a discussion about how useful hybrid characters are in raiding after writing this article that outlines the pros and cons of being able to play several roles with one character.
http://altosis.blogspot.com/2009/09/mains-hybrid-capability-in-bring-player.html

Restokin thinks it is very hard to be good at several roles despite the general feeling we see in-game that being able to do more than one thing well is a good thing in a character.  If you are considering dual speccing one of your characters, you'll want to read both articles.
http://www.restokin.com/2009/09/responsnse-to-altosis-post-about-raid-switchers/

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2v2 Arena Team Mystery UPDATED

Something doesn't add up in the top ranked 2v2 arena team's scores.  WOW Insider lays out the mystery here.  Some Commenters think that this is a glitch at the Armory and not cheating.  Read the comments for help understanding how arena teams work and what some of the abbreviations mean.
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/12/2v2-team-hits-3206-team-rating-3585-personal-rating/#continued

UPDATE:  WOW Insider has written a guide to the rating system used in Arena play.  I suspect some of questions about the top 2v2 team's scores can be answered by the complexity of this system.
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/16/the-colosseum-a-basic-guide-to-the-arena-rating-system/

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About the Argent Tournament

Banana Shoulders has written a Tourists' Guide to the Argent Tournament which you can enter once you have a Level 77 character.  The last link updates the earlier link information to be current as of Patch 3.2 post-Call of the Crusade.
http://www.bananashoulders.com/2009/03/13/the-argent-tournament-tourist-guide-part-i/

http://www.bananashoulders.com/2009/03/16/the-argent-tournament-tourist-guide-part-ii/

http://www.bananashoulders.com/2009/04/20/the-argent-tournament-tourist-guide-part-iii/

http://www.bananashoulders.com/2009/08/04/the-argent-tournament-in-patch-3-2/

By the way, WOW Head has updated their guide to the Argent Tournament to be compatible with Patch 3.2 (date August 2009).
http://www.wowhead.com/?blog=104591
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DPS Warrior Leveling Guide (Arms) Post-Call of the Crusade

Big Hit Box is leveling his arms warrior using Pixelated Executioner's multi-part guide and thinks it is great.  Here are the links posted so far:
Levels 1-9
http://pixelatedexecutioner.blogspot.com/2009/06/arms-warrior-elementary-school-grades-1.html

Levels 10-19
http://pixelatedexecutioner.blogspot.com/2009/07/arms-warrior-elementary-school-grades.html

Levels 20-29
http://pixelatedexecutioner.blogspot.com/2009/07/arms-warrior-elementary-school-grades_09.html

Levels 30-39
http://pixelatedexecutioner.blogspot.com/2009/07/arms-warrior-elementary-school-grades_16.html

Levels 40-49
http://pixelatedexecutioner.blogspot.com/2009/07/arms-warrior-elementary-school-grades_23.html

Levels 50-59
http://pixelatedexecutioner.blogspot.com/2009/08/arms-warrior-elementary-school-grades.html

Levels 60-69
http://pixelatedexecutioner.blogspot.com/2009/08/arms-warrior-elementary-school-grades_28.html

Levels 70-79
http://pixelatedexecutioner.blogspot.com/2009/10/arms-warrior-elementary-school-grades.html

Level 80
http://pixelatedexecutioner.blogspot.com/2009/10/arms-warrior-elementary-school-grade-80.html

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Should Authenticators Be Mandatory for Battle.net Accounts?

WOW Insider thinks so.
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/12/breakfast-topic-why-blizzard-should-make-authenticators-mandato/

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Player Created Mini-Documentary on BlizzCon

Video and commentary here along with a link to a LA Times news story also about BlizzCon.
http://www.wow.com/2009/09/11/fan-created-documentary-about-blizzcon-an-event-for-fans/

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