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Проданные питомцы помогли детям США


В ноябре и декабре минувшего года компания Blizzard Entertainment провела акцию: половина стоимости проданных за этот период внутриигровых питомцев Пандарен-монах и Коро’тышка должна была уйти на благотворительные цели. Сегодня стало известно, что за 2 месяца было продано около 220 000 питомцев, чья суммарная стоимость составила 2.2 миллиона долларов США. Половина от этой суммы, как и было обещано, отправлена организации Make-A-Wish, помогающей детям США в борьбе со смертельными заболеваниями, и исполняющей желания детей еще в 35 странах мира.

«Наша компания уже давно сотрудничает с фондом Make-A-Wish, и для нас большая честь принимать посильное участие в их благородной работе на благо детей, – прокомментировал событие генеральный директор и соучредитель Blizzard Entertainment Майк Морхейм (Mike Morhaime). – Этим пожертвованием мы обязаны щедрости и великодушию наших игроков, их любви к игре World of Warcraft и готовности поддержать доброе дело».

Торжественное вручение чека на 1.1 миллиона долларов состоялось в ходе специального мероприятия 16-го февраля в городе Ирвайне, штат Калифорния (США), на которое Blizzard пригласило 15 детей, участников программы Make-A-Wish. Фонд Make-A-Wish ставит своей целью исполнение желаний детей с критическим состоянием здоровья, стремится укреплять их силы и дарить им надежду и радость. Организация было основана в 1980 г., когда несколько добровольцев помогли одному мальчику осуществить свою мечту – стать офицером полиции.

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World First Glory of the Icecrown Raider (10) by Exorsus

World First Glory of the Icecrown Raider (10) by Exorsus
A few hours ago, the russian guild Экзорсус (EU-Ревущий фьорд) succesfully completed all the achievements required for Glory of the Icecrown Raider (10 Player) and were rewarded with brand new Bloodbathed Frostbrood Vanquisher 310% Flying mounts. Congratulations to them!

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Pandaren Monk raises $1.1M, WoW TCG, Blue posts

Update 02/18 – The WoW TCG Announcement was from Upper Deck International (UDI), this company is slightly different from Upper Deck (UDE) in North America. UDE has NOT generated a press release on the situation yet and any information about the situation should come from Blizzard. Apparently they are "working with Blizzard to ensure a smooth transition of the brand and its assets so that no one riles up any WoW TCG gamers in the process".

Pandaren Monk Sales raises $1.1M for Make-A-Wish Foundation

Quote from: Blizzard (Source)
On Tuesday, Feb. 16, we were honored to host a special event at our Irvine, Calif. headquarters to mark the donation of more than $1.1 million to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Make-A-Wish Foundation International, two organizations that grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions in 36 countries around the world.

This donation, which was based on 50 percent of the total sales during November and December of the Pandaren Monk pet for World of Warcraft, was ultimately made possible by the World of Warcraft community. We appreciate the support the community showed for this important cause.

As part of yesterday's event, we invited 15 wish children and their families to tour the Blizzard campus, meet with the World of Warcraft development team, and participate in a variety of fun activities. Check out the press release to read more about the event, and visit the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Make-A-Wish Foundation International websites to learn more about these organizations.

The Future of WoW TCG – Part 2
Following Blizzard's announcement a couple of days ago, Upper Deck International finally posted a few more details on how things will evolve for WoW TCG in the next couple of months. Apparently WoW TCG products will be available until the end of March, Spectral Tigers will become very hard to find after that I guess.

Quote from: UpperDeck (Source)
Over the past few months there has been much speculation about the future of the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game and Miniatures Game and due to ongoing discussions, we haven’t been able to provide any clear answers until now.

After long and careful deliberation, Upper Deck International (UDI) will not be renewing its World of Warcraft license agreements with Blizzard Entertainment. We’ve had a fantastic time working on the World of Warcraft brand and feel we have produced some of the most compelling TCG and Miniatures Game products since the turn of the century. Unfortunately, due to gradually declining sales over the past few years and the overall downturn in the economic climate, we have had to make the tough decision to discontinue our World of Warcraft product lines.

UDI World of Warcraft products will be available until the end of March. Upcoming products such as the Class Starter Deck, Wrathgate Booster, Souls of Vengeance Starter, Deluxe Starter and Booster will not go into production.

We know this is disappointing news for all World of Warcraft fans and want to thank players and retailers for their ongoing support over the years.
Being part of such a great and passionate community has truly been a privilege.

We are currently working with Blizzard Entertainment to facilitate a smooth transition as they work on their own plans for a World of Warcraft Trading Card Game.
Further announcements on this transition will follow over the coming weeks.

We will be pulling out all the stops to send off the UDI World of Warcraft lines in style. Look out for special events at your local gaming store with some of the greatest prize support ever and a final opportunity to complete your collection.

Joeri Hoste
Category Manager Trading Card Games
Upper Deck International

Carl Crook
International Marketing & Community Manager
Upper Deck International

Blue posts

Quote from Blizzard staff
Are we done with game balance changes until Cataclysm?
We're not done until Cataclysm actually ships. (Source)

Housing
While this originally came up before I was around, I think this has been answered at some BlizzCons since then. While we think this could be a fun idea, we also like the idea of seeing a lot of people in cities and don't want to make main cities feel like ghost towns – if you need an example of this head to Silvermoon (yeah, that's a cheap shot, I know). So for now this idea remains an interesting idea but we'd have to make sure it fits into the game well and meets our expectations which are pretty high for something like this.

[…] It's generally a better idea to keep the world filled and alive than empty, yes. It's also hard to say that letting people run off to their own cabin to relax in peace will really be a big bonus to the game for the vast majority of the playerbase. We'll see how things go in the future though. (Source)

Phylactery of the Nameless Lich (Normal / Heroic)
The Phylactery of the Nameless Lich's proc is a little underbudget and we plan to correct that in an upcoming patch. (Source)

Death Knight (Forums / Talent Calculator)
Glyph of Disease bug – Icy Talons not active after a disease refresh
The intent is that the Glyph of Disease counts as Frost Fever for the purposes of activating Icy Talons. The issue you describe is a technical limitation which prevents it from working this way. It's something we definitely want to fix, though I don't have a time frame to provide at the moment for when this fix will occur. (Source)

Druid (Forums / Talent Calculator)
Glyph of Wrath Suggestions
Glyph OF Wrath: Increases the cast time of Wrath by 0.5 and increases damage by X%
I understand the intent and it's clever in a way, but we would be hesitant to introduce a glyph that would actually be a bad glyph for players who weren't capable of benefiting from a bunch of haste. There are some glyphs with a kiss / curse vibe, but usually not this severe, and with a curse that really isn't a curse when you consider that it lets you benefit more from haste in the long run.

It might make more sense if you tucked it away where only endgame focused players could reach it (like an idol that dropped off an ICC boss), but even then it would almost need a warning label explaining what it was trying to do. (Source)

Warlock (Forums / Talent Calculator)
Destruction Spec
We know that Destruction is a little low on damage at the moment and needs a bit of help which we hope to deliver before Cataclysm. As usual we can't make any guarantees on when or if this will happen for sure though. (Source)

Altoholic, Blue posts, For The Horde Wallpaper

Blue posters are fairly silent these days, hopefully it won't be long before we see a couple of announcements, keep in mind that a new minor patch is on the way and we will probably hear about it very soon.

Addon Review – Altoholic
Today I'll highlight an addon I've been using a lot lately: Altoholic. Basically, this is the ultimate tool for anyone who spends too much time logging in and out of the game to check if something is or isn't on an alt. It lists pretty much every info you could need about your characters and you will never have to go through all the chars on your account to find who is exalted with the Ebon Hold, or who has 300 Stone Keeper shards in his stash.

Features

  • Languages supported: enUS, frFR, deDE, esES, ruRU, zhCN & zhTW.
  • Account-wide data summary:
    • Characters’ talents: Full talent trees margin-bottom: 0;”>
    • View containers (bags, bank, keyring) of all alts, on all realms.
    • Guild banks : You have 10 alts in 10 different guilds on the same server, all of them with access to a guild bank ? Not a problem, you can see them all here.
    • E-mail: allows you to see which alts have mail without having to reconnect them. The addon will tell you when mail is about to expire on a character. Threshold configurable (up to 15 days). Multiple realm support as well. Mails sent to a known alt (one you've logged on at least once) will be visible in the addon without having to reconnect it.
    • Equipment: See the equipment of the current realm's alts in one screen. Very useful when purchasing stuff for your alts at the AH. Multiple realms supported. Right-clicking any equipment piece will allow you to find an upgrade, this feature is similar to the official wow armory feature, and is quite performant, even though it doesn't match the accuracy of the official one.
    • Search: the most important feature of the addon, it uses an AH-like frame to display search results. You can either search bags on the current realm, on all realms, or a loot table. The loot table is a table based on AtlasLoot, but which contains only item id's, and therefore keeps memory usage minimal.
    • The Search menu allows you to find items based on their name (even partial), level, type or rarity, almost like at the AH. It is also possible to search known recipes.
    • Quest Log: See the quest logs of all your alts, as well as an indication of which alts are on a specific quest. Clicking on a quest link in the chat log will tell you which alts are on that quest.
    • Suggestions: Currently, only profession leveling suggestions are available when mousing over your current level in a specific profession. Suggestions are based on the leveling guides posted on the official US forums (credit goes to their respective authors). The addon also suggests you where to quest/grind xp depending on your character level. Suggestions were also added for the most recent factions. More to come later.
    • Auction house: You can see which auctions/bids you've placed with an alt without being logged in or being at the AH.
    • Professions: You can browse all known recipes in a thotbot like frame (see screenshot).
    • Mounts & Pets of all your alts.
    • Achievements are tracked for all you alts (see screenshot).
    • Guild Members: a list of your connected guildmates, along with their alts (if they're using Altoholic too), and their average item level. Clicking their AiL will also allow you to "remotely" inspect their equipment.
    • Guild Skills: a list of altoholic users in your guild, along with their alts and direct profession links. All professions are available in one click.
    • Guild Bank tabs: a list of altoholic users and the time at which they last visited the guild bank. If you haven't visited the guild bank for a few days, you can remotely update your local data without going to a capital city.

    Blue posts

    Quote from Blizzard staff
    Big Love Rocket Droprate
    The drop rate for this mount is indeed lower than 1-2% and that is intentional. We are okay with the number it is at right now and will continue to see how things for this event. (Source)

    Sticking with the same role
    I'm not entirely sure what the goal of this thread was, but World of Warcraft is a game with a variety of play styles that are there for players to play and experience as they see fit. Just because you started out as a healer (or whatever else) doesn't mean you need to stay that way forever. It is hard to really argue that doing the same exact thing for 5+ years won't be taxing in some way.

    I know some people who love healing and in the situations where they end up DPSing (like when dropping down to two healers in a raid or something) they complain a bit that they don't have as much impact on the raid. There are also the healer types that have nothing but healing specs since they want the responsibility of taking care of the raid and don't want to put that in someone else's hands (these people also tend to get especially irritated when these other healers are causing problems that they wouldn't have done themselves). Then some others may end up being "forced" to heal a fair amount to help out the group and any good guild I've been with tries to prevent the situation where that one person ends up carrying the load week in and week out with no end in sight.

    What I'm getting at here is just to remind players that if you aren't in the mood to do something anymore, try out something else. Whether that's Battlegrounds or a hunter or changing to that other spec you haven't had a chance to try out yet, give it a try and see how it goes. You may find a new style to play for the next few years or you may end up being good buddies again with your original play style. (Source)

    New Wallpaper: For the Horde!
    Blizzard has just added a new wallpaper to the World of Warcraft Wallpaper Gallery featuring some sporty scenes of snowboarding in the Storm Peaks. Take a moment to check out this snowboarding orc in action!