The second season of the fast paced player-versus-player ladder, the Arena, will begin on June 12, 2007 coinciding with a small patch. With this new season, team ratings will be reset to the default 1500, allowing all teams to once again compete for top honors with a fresh start. Blizzard have posted additional information on the new season in their PvP forum.
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With the latest patch, “The Black Temple”, it is now possible to ignore and report players who are spamming you by right-clicking the character’s name in the chat interface and selecting “Report Spam”. If a spammer acquires many of these reports, his or her account will be completely silenced for a short period. During this period, our game masters will investigate the submitted reports and may take additional action if it is warranted. Read more about this feature in Blizzard’s Squelch FAQ.
Blizzard happily announced the release of “The Black Temple,” the new content patch for World of Warcraft! Read the highlights of the Black Temple patch in this post below:
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Children’s Week is celebrated once a year in Orgrimmar, Stormwind, and Shattrath City. The week-long celebration is a time to give back to the innocents of war: the orphans! In your adventure to fulfill some of those poor kids’ wishes, you will find inner peace apart from blood and battle and maybe even a little reward - learn more about this special in-game event and its new rewards on Blizzard’s updated Children’s Week information page.
The World of Warcraft Developers have finally confirmed that Patch 2.1 will go live tommorow, May 23rd, 2007. During the Dev chat earlier today they’ve commented on many player questions and concerns, including raid experience, class roles and much more. I suggest you read though it so you know what you can expect to happen in WoW in the coming months!
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The Temple of Karabor was the center of draenei worship until its priests were slaughtered by demonically corrupted orcs. In the massacre’s aftermath, the warlocks of the Shadow Council seized the structure and gave it a new name: the Black Temple. Once ruled by Magtheridon, it is now home to Illidan. The Betrayer awaits challengers to his rule deep within this ancient structure. To gain more information that would help in planning a successful strike against the Black Temple’s occupier, watch this trailer or read through this preview of what awaits such challengers in the upcoming patch.
This is a direct quote from the Blizzard website:
In our continued efforts to combat cheating in World of Warcraft, more than 114,000 accounts have been closed across Europe in the month of April for the use of ?bot? programs. The banned accounts were taking part in activities that violate the World of Warcraft Terms of Use, specifically, using unauthorised third party programs to automate game-play. Such behaviour not only negatively impacts the game?s economy, it diminishes the achievements of those who play legitimately.
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Upperdeck Entertainment brings the excitement of the Darkmoon Faire to Frankfurt in the first stage of its European tour. Offering tournaments in the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game, demonstrations for novice players, and a variety of other displays and entertainment, the Darkmoon Faire promises to be a great day, both for lovers of card games, and for those who want a cool place to hang out with their guild mates.
The change list for Patch 2.1 was already absolutely enormous, but Blizzard has confirmed more changed for this upcoming patch. The patch is expected to go live somewhere in the coming weeks, though the exact time is at the time of this writing yet unknown. Please find the list of new changes for Patch 2.1 below.
The World Series of Video Games has begun their 2007 season with $750,000 in cash prizes! This year, World of Warcraft’s 3-vs-3 Arena will be featured as a premier event in competitions around the world. Registration is now open for two tournament locations: Louisville, Kentucky (June 21-24) and Dallas, Texas (July 5 - 8). For more information please visit: http://www.thewsvg.com. We wish the best of luck to all participants!
