PlayOn, the blog for a research center studying trends in MMORPGs, has created a guild name generator. They studied thousands of guild names and realized there was a method behind 90% of name creation. So they wrote a program that followed those methods and the results are...well, mostly hilarious.

Here are some other ones randomly generated for me:

Pack of Pretty Pretty Shadows
Path of Ninth Bearded Samurai
Knights of the Ankle Devastation
The Blood of Cucarachas Reborn
Champion of Apple Dumpling Squashers
Ronin of Fuzzy Pink Raiders

Click here to generate your own list of unintentionally humourous names. If your interested in the methodology behind the program, PlayOn has an article that explains how they built the program.

Via WorldofWar.net

PlayOn has been collecting some interesting data on PvP in World of Warcraft. And while I'm not sure any of the information provides grounds for conclusion, it's certainly interesting to peek at. Both of these charts take into account sample data from 128,477 unique characters across 5 realms (one RP, two PvE, and two PvP) during one week in October. Above is their chart of average PvP rank for each class -- as you see, shaman takes the top spot and priest the lowest, but there's relatively little difference in rank between the two. (Perhaps suggesting that any class can be competitive with effort? Or simply that more shamans, warriors, and mages PvP?)

Then we have average PvP rank for time played. Unsuprisingly, those attaining rank 13 are nearing 80 hours a week of playtime (for reference, the Daedalus Project suggests the average MMO player spends 20 hours a week in game), while those at rank 14 are dropping closer to 60 hours (possibly a sign of no further play efforts after reaching the maximum rank).