WoW Insider Show Episode 13: Review of every patch from 1.2 to 2.3

Posted Nov 26th 2007 3:02PM by Dan O'Halloran

Though we had a long list of news items from the past week to cover on Saturday's podcast, we threw it all out the window. Instead we honored WoW's 3rd Anniversary by covering every patch since launch. Relive three years of new content additions, class revamps and expansion mudflation with me, Krystalle Voecks and Turpster.

This special podcast had to run an extra 30 minutes for a grand total of an hour and a half in order to get through all the patches!

We also snuck in a quick discussion about the Shatner and Mr. T WoW commercials. Krystalle adds in her own Top 5 list of celebrities she feels should star in future WoW commercials and what race/class they should play. I don't think anyone disagreed with her number one pick (hint: not Chuck Norris.)

If you missed the live podcast, you can now hear it stream on WoW Radio's site. Join us this Saturday for another live episode covering all the hot issues in our beloved World of Warcraft.

Breakfast Topic: Favorite patch

Posted Nov 25th 2007 8:00AM by Dan O'Halloran
Filed under: Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Podcasts, Podcasting, Breakfast topics

In honor of the 3rd Anniversary of the North American launch of WoW, we devoted almost the entire WoW Insider Show yesterday to talking about all the highlights since launch. We went patch by patch and talked about what we remembered from each. It was great fun to relive the memories.

For those of you who don't listen to our weekly podcast on WoW Radio every Saturday at 3:30pm EST, it will be downloadable tomorrow or Tuesday. In the meantime, I thought it would be great to take a poll to find out what your favorite patch was since launch.

I'm intentionally leaving out the original game launch and Burning Crusade launch.

Favorite Patch

1.2 Maraudon, Gurubashi Arena Event1.3 Dire Maul, More Action Bars, Outdoor Dragon Raid Targets1.4 PvP Honor System, Elemental Invasions1.5 Alterac Valley & Warsong Gulch1.6 Blackwing Lair, Darkmoon Faire1.7 Zul'Gurub, Arathi Basin1.8 Dragons of Nightmare, Silithus, Druid Revamp1.9 Ahn'Qiraj, Linked Auction Houses, Paladin Revamp1.10 Weather Effects, Priest Revamp1.11 Naxxramas, Keyrings, T3 Armor1.12 Cross Realm Battlegrounds, World PvP, Rogue Revamp2.1 Black Temple, Druid Epic Flight Form, Nether Drake2.2 Integrated Voice Chat, Mac Movie Capture2.3 Zul'Aman, Guild Banks, Increased LevelingVote

Vote on the above and tell us why below!

It's WoW's birthday and you may be getting the gift

Posted Nov 24th 2007 8:56AM by Dan O'Halloran
Filed under: Blizzard, News items, Contests

As we mentioned yesterday, it was World of Warcraft's 3rd anniversary of their North American launch. In celebration of the birth of the 800-pound gorilla of MMOs, Blizzard wants to give you free loots.

The first week it's $100 J!nx gift certificates. In the second week it's World of Warcraft action figures. And for the last week they are handing out an Apple iPod Touch and 2-year WoW subscriptions to five lucky winners.

There are, of course, eligibility requirements, but the basics are that if you have an account in good standing and are 18 or over then you are automatically entered in for a random drawing every day. Check out their official rule page for all the details.

When it comes to contests, nothing beats just showing up to qualify. And who wouldn't want to have their subscription paid for?

Put on your party hats - today is WoW's 3rd bday

Posted Nov 23rd 2007 8:49PM by Dan O'Halloran
Filed under: Odds and ends, Blizzard, Humor

Three years of subscribing, questing, farming, enchanting, disenchanting, guilding, deguilding, raiding, wiping, crashing, rp'ing, pvp'ing, min/maxing, faction grinding, level grinding, key grinding, mount grinding, token grinding, epic mount grinding, repairing, upgrading, socketing, reporting, ignoring, voice chatting, instancing, trolling, flaming, unsubscribing and resubscribing.

Not to mention Barrens chat, Chuck Norris, Toyota Tundras, Shatner, Nihilum, server queues, omgwtfbbqs, nerfs, un-nerfs, buffs, debuffs, level cap raises, talent shuffling, guild drama, cyberdrama, Brewfest drama, fishing tournaments, population imbalances, keyloggers, outdated AddOns, forum petitions, uberguild notoriety, Leeroy Jenkins, Jeopardy, Community Manager burnout, Blizzcon mania, ninja looters, drama queens, bank robbers, afkers, market manipulators, pre-mades, bugs, glitches, dot shockers, pewpewpewers, qqers, class hate, class buffs, off-spec ascendance and core spec bitterness.

And people wonder where we find so much to report on.

Happy Birthday, World of Warcraft from the WoW Insider team.

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