Sunday, October 29, 2006

Should you buy Warcraft gold?

Should you buy Warcraft gold? I dunno, there's a few reasons that you shouldn't: 1. It's easy enough to make, at least at mid levels and higher. Buying in gold sort of devalues the game.2. It costs real money.3. It's against Blizzard End-User License Agreement and could get your account banned. Very unlikely for gold buyers, but they sometimes ban gold sellers.4. It makes it unfair on

Thursday, October 26, 2006

How to get gold for your Warcraft mount in one day

Tags: World of WarcraftIt’s frustrating when you get to level 40 and suddenly realize that you only have a couple of gold to your name. Getting a mount is going to cost you 100 gold. Making that in a day isn’t hard if you know where to go and what to look hunt.The Big Iron Fishing Pole is treasured by anybody with advanced fishing skills since it gives +20 to fishing. Depending on the server it

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Burning Crusade Delay Official

Yes, it's official. After several days of rumors Blizzard has now announced that they will "delay release of "World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade" until January, missing the holiday season, to give developers time to polish the much anticipated online video game."You just know that a bunch of programmers are being hauled over the carpet by Blizzard managers.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Lazy Warcraft Gold

Here's a way of making some quick WoW gold if you have a lazy dwarf (or Orc or Gnome or whatever) who hates walking more than a few yards from a flightpath or city. It's reselling limited availability recipes for a profit in the Auction House. All of these are available in cities or a few steps from transport. Just travel around to each vendor (only a gentle stroll needed, I promise) and buy

Monday, October 23, 2006

WoW Fishing Buddy

Here's another must-have UI. It's Fishing Buddy from Sutorix."A full-service fishing add-on. It's a combination of TackleBox, Impp's Fishing Info and a fishing equipment manager all rolled into one."

Sunday, October 22, 2006

93 Warcraft Gold in 30 minutes

I wanted to share with you how I’ve made 93 gold with only 30 minutes work. Ok, to be fair, the elapsed time was about a week, but I only spent 30 minutes max actually doing something.It’s using one of my favorite methods, that of limited availability recipes. The four that I used were:Icy Cloak available from Ghok’kah (Horde) in Dustwallow Marsh and Micha Yance in Hillsbrad Foothills (Aliance

Saturday, October 21, 2006

AH Cross Selling

No, it's nothing like cross-dressing, this isn't one of those blogs.I'm talking about selling in the cross-faction auction houses in Booty Bay, Everlook and Gadgetzan. There are a number of items that are of limited use to Horde characters but very useful to those in the Alliance, and vice-versa. Try and sell them in your local AH and you will get only a pittance – take them to the

Thursday, October 19, 2006

BBC NEWS | Technology | US Congress steps into cyberspace

Now here's a scary thought:BBC NEWS | Technology | US Congress steps into cyberspace: "There is a concern that the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) might step forward with regulations that start taxing transactions that occur within virtual economies"

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

World of Warcraft Guide Brian Kopp's 1-60 Alliance

World of Warcraft Guide Brian Kopp's 1-60 Alliance: "The counterpart to the best 1-60 Horde guide is here. This is the best Alliance guide you will find to powerlevel yourself in 5 days played.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Burning Crusade Boss Videos

World of Warcraft Burning Crusade: Boss Videos "A handful of us are playing World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade well into the morning hours."

60g an Hour

What If You Can Legitimately Earn 60g an Hour And Earn Enough Money For Your Epic Mount In Less Then A Day?Ultimate WoW Guide

MFO: World of Warcraft Horde Power Leveling Guide

Nice Horde levelling guide all the way from 1 to 60. Includes maps and quests. Not as comprehensive by a long way as Joana's guide.MFO: World of Warcraft Horde Power Leveling Guide: "MFO's Horde Power Leveling Guide - this guide is intended for your second toon, not your first and includes tips and quest locations for every step of the way, from level 1 to level 60"If you can spare a few bucks

Monday, October 16, 2006

Joana's 1-60 Horde Leveling Guide for World of Warcraft

Level 60 in under 5 days? This is for Horde only, but Joana certainly knows his WoW.Joana's 1-60 Horde Leveling Guide for World of Warcraft: "My guide contains the same leveling strategies, questing patterns, techniques, and secrets I have used to get the best record time to level 60 on a new server, which is 4 days 20 hours /played! "

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Updated Hands-On - The Two New Races - PC News at GameSpot

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Updated Hands-On - The Two New Races - PC News at GameSpot: "We try out brand-new blood elf and draenei characters in the beta version of one of this year's most highly anticipated games."

Saturday, October 14, 2006

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Preview

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Preview: "Sooo… the great adventure into the Outlands begins. ... It took me TWO FREAKING DAYS to download 2.13GB worth of Burning Crusade installation files "

Friday, October 13, 2006

WoW Money Making Guide

Fairly comprehensive World of Warcraft money making guide for beginners:WoW Money Making Guide: "I wrote this guide to try to help basically two sorts of players: newbies to WoW and players who raced ahead in levels without learning how to make money "

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Save the World... of Warcraft

Read this if you are thinking of upgrading (?) to Vista:The Great Flying Tortoise : Save the World... of Warcraft: " I play World of Warcraft to pass the time if I don't have anything else scheduled to do. It's the only game I play right now, so it weighed heavily in my decision to upgrade to Vista."

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Realmic - World of Warcraft - Money Making Guide Pt. 1

Nice beginners guide to making WoW gold:Realmic - World of Warcraft - Money Making Guide Pt. 1If you’re just starting out whether it be your first ever World of Warcraft character..

Auctioneer made my WoW experience amazing

Article describing success with the Auctioneer addon that I highly recommend:Norganna's AddOns - Auctioneer made my WoW experience amazing: "I have been using Auctioneer for about 3 months now. I want to thank Norganna and his team for making this program that has changed my WoW experience and made it something more than it could ever have been otherwise."

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Gitr’s WoW Blog

The perils of relying on Google for blog traffic.Gitr’s WoW Blog: "I have been wondering why my traffic is 1/3 of what it usually is. I finally did a search for ‘wow blog’ on google, and I’m not there any more!

World of Warcraft Addict’s Blog

Nice review of the South Park WoW episode if you missed it:World of Warcraft Addict’s Blog: I’m sure everyone got a chance to watch the South Park episode last night...

Recipe Searching

I had a question about where to find recipes and patterns on vendors. Here are the direct links on Thottbot:For vendor recipes use:WoW RecipesFor patterns use:WoW PatternsScroll down until you see Vendor as the source. Look for those showing a limited supply for reselling in the AH to make gold.

Wednesday, October 4, 2006

Animation Magazine | South Park Meets World of Warcraft

Animation Magazine | South Park Meets World of Warcraft: "Comedy Central and video-game developer Blizzard Ent. have joined forces to launch the milestone 10th season of the adult animated series South Park. ... Cartman, Kyle, Stan and Kenny come to the rescue when the actions of a renegade player threaten to destroy ... World of Warcraft. "

Sunday, October 1, 2006

Warcraft gamers locked out after Trojan attack

Warcraft gamers locked out after Trojan attack: "Keylogging scammers are once again laying siege to World of Warcraft gamers."

Leaked Footage From WoW: The Burning Crusade

Leaked Footage From WoW: The Burning Crusade: "You might want to hit the mute button and take off your thinking caps before watching, as this footage of the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion,"