This is pretty amusing, a nice WoW reference in an episode of Stargate Atlantis. Level 75 eh, they must be two expansions down the road 
And don’t forget kids, a true mage speaks his/her mind!
Here’s the video!
Archives for September, 2006
In an article on eastday.com gold farmers defend their actions.
“We call it ‘Gold Farming’,” said Wang Yiwei, “Gold is the virtual currency in WoW with which players can buy stuff just like in the real world. Players can only obtain Gold by accomplishing time-consuming quests, slaying monsters, or starting a virtual business through the game’s trade and auction system.”Wang runs two companies, one in Shanghai and another in his hometown in northeast China, with over 40 employees or “Gold Farmers” as they call themselves. Their job is to play WoW all day long to gather as much Gold as possible, and then sell the virtual money to players in the real world for real money.
Wang said, “A big proportion of WoW players are white-collar workers and students. These people do not have enough time to go through all the time-consuming procedures to obtain the virtual money they need, so we do it for them. We help those people save time, for a small fee.”
Check out this entertaining read.
This is in from the EU Forums -
Update: The Key-Logger which steals account names and passwords continues to circulate. We remind players to be especially vigilant when being directed to external websites and to update the security on their computers.
This account-theft scam is being circulated via email, game forums, in-game chat, and other mediums. We’d like to make the community aware of this scam that involves fake URLs or hyperlinks which, once clicked, will install harmful “key-logging” software, which will then attempt to steal your World of Warcraft account name and password.
The scam comes in many forms, including URLs advertised as links to class guides, gameplay videos, and, in many cases, user-interface (UI) modifications. For these reasons, it is very important that players take caution when being directed to external websites and update the security on their computers accordingly.
A complete guide to avoid being scammed is now proposed in the Game Masters forum. Be sure to check this page.
A user asked about Crowd Control spells regarding The Burning Crusade and Tseric from Blizzard was nice enough to state this…
The current plan is to reduce effectiveness of crowd control spells in Arena combat. I’m not sure at the moment if this will also carry over to battlegrounds, but it is a possibility.
What were looking into is having reduced duration of crowd control spells to prevent extended removal from combat. Outside of a PvP area such as arenas, spells will operate as normal, according to tooltip. Inside a PvP instance, a spell which may have had a 15 second duration will be reduced to a 10 or 5 second duration. The details of duration are not specific, I am merely using these numbers to illustrate the point and intent.
So, while we don’t plan on disabling CC in Arenas, we do have intent to decrease its potential for extended incapacitation.
Thanks
The paid character transfer service is currently experiencing issues which may cause errors when attempting to transfer a character. We are aware and our database engineers are working to correct this as soon as possible. We have recently corrected the issues affecting free character transfers, which are available between 3:00 AM PDT and 3:00 PM PDT Monday through Friday. Due to the recent issues and the transfers currently open on Dath’Remar, we will be extending the transfers until Thursday, September 28 ending at 3:00 PM PDT to help those of you wishing to transfer.
Ok, we have had Sadam, Tom Cruise and many more stars on South Park, but what has been missing, well its not missing anymore and is a clear sign on how big World of Warcraft have become.
South Park The series begins its 10th season at 10 p.m. Oct. 4 on Comedy Central, with seven new episodes. The first includes a riff on the hit videogame “World of Warcraft.”
So remember to watch South Park if you can catch Comedy Central.
According to the official site, the Spanish language version of WoW will be released on September 29, 2006.
France, Paris – 22 September 2006 — Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that the Spanish version of World of Warcraft®, its subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game, will be available at retail outlets in Spain on 29 September, 2006. This version represents the fourth language available to European players, following the original English, French and German versions, which launched in February 2005. The game has been fully localized into Spanish by the Blizzard in-house localization team.
The Spanish version of World of Warcraft will be hosted in Europe and supported by a dedicated Spanish-speaking team based at the Blizzard Europe offices. This will include 24/7 in-game support, offline customer support, a community team and an official World of Warcraft website in Spanish: www.wow-europe.com/es. World of Warcraft is operated in Europe by a local team of more than 600 Blizzard employees representing 24 different nationalities.
This Thursday, September 21, the Video Games Live concert tour will come to the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California. At each tour stop, the talented Video Games Live orchestra and choir perform pieces from popular and memorable games, including a selection from World of Warcraft. At Thursday’s concert, you will also have the chance to meet some of the people behind World of Warcraft, as representatives from Blizzard will be attending the show’s meet and greet..
You can check out the Video Games Live website to learn more about the event, view other tour dates and locations, and order your tickets online here