Blizzard Splits with Korean Partner

Blizzard is ending their relationship with their Korean e-sports partner just before Starcraft II hits.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3179004

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Cataclysm Changes: Points and Badges

Blizzard has just announced changes to the PvE badges and to the PVP points system that will be implemented when Cataclysm hits.
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=154140

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Survival Hunter Specs

Part one of a series about Survival Hunters.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/26/scattered-shots-survival-101-part-1/

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A Bust

FigurePrints, the company that does 3-D statues of your characters, is now offering smaller busts.  Smaller version, smaller price tag.

http://www.wow.com/2010/04/26/figureprints-announces-busts/

Here is the company website.

http://www.figureprints.com/

Another company does posters or mouse pads of your characters.

http://www8.printwarcraft.com/homepage.html

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The Drawing Addon UPDATED AGAIN

Draw graffiti all over your raid using the Augmented Virtual Reality (AVR) addon.  This article talks about whether this is really useful or just another thing to help you avoid knowing a raid, and whether this is something Blizzard will ban.
http://www.ixobelle.com/2010/04/avr-addon.html

UPDATE:  Patch 3.3.5 will make this mod unusable.
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/20/blizzard-to-break-the-avr-mod-in-patch-3-3-5/

Reaction to this.  Apparently this mod makes the game easier for folks who are hard of hearing or who are vision impaired. I can see why Blizzard would want to keep them out of the game.  [Glares at Blizzard.]
http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2010/05/21/a-fond-farewell-to-avravre/

UPDATE #2:  WOW Insider reacts to the ban.
http://www.wow.com/2010/05/28/ready-check-avr-is-dead-what-did-we-learn/

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Cataclysm's Raid Progression UPDATED

Blizzard has announced the rules for raiding for Cataclysm.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/26/cataclysm-raid-progression-refinements/

UPDATE: A clarification of how raid progression will work.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/26/cataclysm-raid-progression-update/

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Interview with Top 10 Man Guild Leader

Pwnwise interviews the general manager of the top world-wide 10 man guild, Vox Immortalis.  Interesting to see how it is organized, how they recruit and their raiding schedule, how they come up with strategies to get through content quicker than anyone else, how they deal with latency, and to see some of the videos the guild has made.  The discussion of why they use Mumble instead of Ventrilo may interest guild members.  I found this interview insightful and interesting.
http://pwnwear.com/2010/04/25/interview-with-world-1-strict-10-guild-vox-immortalis/

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WOW Head Database Improvements

WOW Head has added new filters and pages to their database.  This article lists and explains the new features.
http://www.wowhead.com/blog=153764

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Obtaining Leveling Gear Through PvP

Many long time players know good gear is available without too much effort through PvP in Battlegrounds even for lower level charaacters.  Psynister spells out the process here with examples of great gear available for purchase with honor points gained by investing time in Warsong Gulch.
http://psynister.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/amazing-leveling-gear-for-free-ish/

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Speed Run Tips

How to do speed runs.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/23/heroic-speed-runs/

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