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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Arena Tournament unbalanced because of character builds?

“Many players are fighting for dominance at the ongoing World of Warcraft Arena Tournament and of course, there are some questions that need to be asked, like “”Is the Tournament balanced. “” A member of the WoW Forums posted some observations about the variety of the character builds entered in the said tourney. Blizzard poster Bornakk clarified that the dispersal of class builds (or character specs) really don’t make the Arena unbalanced, as the players get the freedom to choose their own build and gear. He further explained: You are free to create a character of any kind so if you feel a different group synergy will work better it will only take you a few minutes to setup. Players are always looking to maximize their usefulness in some way so there will always end up as some class/spec that is the most popular. Expecting a straight even balance across the board is a little unrealistic but we will continually look to balancing things to provide players with the most options possible. We’ll leave you with a quote from a post by Soulstalker of Illidan: “”Its almost as if they want the tournament to be decided by skill. Hmmm….”" We’ll keep you posted on more World of Warcraft news and info so stay tuned. Paid Character Transfer cooldown unaffected Blizzard has just given World of Warcraft gamers some treat when it announced free character moves to the new Oceanic PvP realm. Since character creation will be disabled in the meantime while the transfer is in effect, gamer Dynamik posed a question regarding the Paid Character Transfer cooldown. Blizzard bluepost Bornakk dropped by the WoW Forums to address the issue of a possible mix-up between the Paid Character Transfer and the Free Character Moves. buy cheap wow gold As you can see from a screenshot of Bornakk’s reply, players don’t have to worry. The Paid Character Transfer feature was introduced to give WoW gamers the freedom to join their friends from other servers.

On the other hand, the free character moves were done by Blizzard to balance high-density servers. ” “It’s time for another music video madness for the usually stoic World of Warcraft crowd. Last time had us headbanging to the tune of “”Pretty Fly (For a Draenei),”" and this time the Rogues grab the spotlight in Blizzard’s new Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain music video contest, featuring their new tune “”Rogues Do It From Behind.”" Interested parties can join in the fun by making a music video of “”Rogues Do It From Behind”" using in-game footage from World of Warcraft. eq2 platinum The submitted videos cannot exceed 50 MB in size, and should be encoded in .wmv, .mov, or .avi formats. Sponsored by Comcast, the music video contest will award the three Grand Prize winners with an iPod Touch 8GB each. The five artistically-inclined people who manage to nab First Place (yes, five First Placers) will each get a cool Logitech G15 keyboard and a World of Warcraft Battlechest signed by the members of the L70ETC. Want to create your own music video. Then hop over to the via link for the complete contest rules and other details. what are servers 3,4,5,6,7,8. wowgold Have you ever come across some oddly named World of Warcraft servers lately. You know, the ones named after numbers (E.g. Server 3, Server 4, etc.). wow gold cheap WoW forum member Whyamisofat has, and the player wanted to know what those were all about. Fortunately, Blizzard blue poster Bornakk offered an explanation. It seems these servers are part of Blizzard’s contingency plan: We continuously prepare ourselves to meet the needs of our player base and part of this means having extra realms available if they are needed. We have put a lot of effort into the growth of all of our realms since the launch of World of Warcraft and we always want to be ready for any situation that comes up. It’s an understandable move, considering that WoW server issues tend to rear ugly heads from time to time.

wow powerlevel While these aren’t exactly the new realms that certain players have been clamoring for, they can at least serve as backup in the event that things go awry. “

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WoW movie: So happy together

“World of Warcraft machinima videos can definitely be a mixed bag in terms of content, quality, and overall message. This one, titled So happy together and made by iveen, is as simple as they come, with the message that speaks of happiness only being found when you’re with that special someone. Not the most original message, but definitely one that really hits you right there. As far as movies about Blizzard’s legendary MMORPG go, this one takes the cake simply because it features one of this blogger’s favorite songs: So Happy Together by The Turtles. Oh, and watch out for the part where the couple walks down an aisle with the soldiers on either side - it’s one of the most well-synchronized scenes we’ve seen yet. The Device has been Modified Before you dismiss this video that mixes the elements of both Valve’s Portal (PS3, Xbox 360, PC) and Blizzard’s World of Warcraft as another “”Still Alive”" stunt, stick around - this is the farthest thing from the cheerfully-ironic song, and instead melds both games into a rather peculiar and admittedly-disturbing combination. From the GLaDOS-installed Mechanostrider to the pirate-hat wearing, portal gun-wielding character, this is one video you shouldn’t miss. Looking at the video, it’s certain that Baron Soosdon definitely knows his stuff. The animation is slick, the cut-aways in time with the music, the surreal color scheme just right and in place with the dark and twisted humor of GLaDOS. We also like the Aperture Science pirate hats featured in this particular movie - maybe we’ll be seeing a real counterpart soon. Here’s hoping so. ” “While playing with a large group of fellow World of Warcraft players is fun, there are those would prefer a smaller, more tightly-knit group. wow geld On Blizzard’s forums, WoW player Hatefly wondered if the developer would be adding more 10-man raid dungeons in the future.

According to Hatefly, 10-man raids are more fun and easier to get into than their larger counterparts. Various other Blizzard forum members offered their own ideas and shared their own experience with 10-man raids. For example, Karazhan and Zul’Aman were noted as enjoyable dungeons. lord of the rings online gold One WoW player guessed that Zul’Drak would be the next 10-man dungeon in Wrath of the Lich King. Nevertheless, Blizzard blue poster Bornakk had the final say regarding the matter: “”We do plan to continue making 10 person raid dungeons, we just aren’t quite ready to share information on dungeons that will use this raid size.”" Until then, it seems the best thing to do would be to make the most of what’s already available and enjoyable in World of Warcraft. free character move to new Oceanic PvP realm Blizzard is offering yet another batch of free character moves in between realms for World of Warcraft gamers. This new batch is slightly different from the recent ones they offered though: this one offers a trip to a new Oceanic PvP realm. The realm, called Dreadmaul, will temporarily disable character creation while the free character transfer is in effect. The transfer will last from April 21 until April 28. sell wow gold Here are the source realms where the offer extends: Barthilas Frostmourne Jubei’Thos Thaurissan ” Many players are fighting for dominance at the ongoing World of Warcraft Arena Tournament and of course, there are some questions that need to be asked, like “Is the Tournament balanced. ” A member of the WoW Forums posted some observations about the variety of the character builds entered in the said tourney. Blizzard poster Bornakk clarified that the dispersal of class builds (or character specs) really don’t make the Arena unbalanced, as the players get the freedom to choose their own build and gear.

wowgold He further explained: You are free to create a character of any kind so if you feel a different group synergy will work better it will only take you a few minutes to setup. Players are always looking to maximize their usefulness in some way so there will always end up as some class/spec that is the most popular. Expecting a straight even balance across the board is a little unrealistic but we will continually look to balancing things to provide players with the most options possible. runescape money We’ll leave you with a quote from a post by Soulstalker of Illidan: “Its almost as if they want the tournament to be decided by skill. Hmmm….” We’ll keep you posted on more World of Warcraft news and info so stay tuned.

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Blizzard rejects Uwe Boll’s offer to direct World of Warcraft movie

“A lot of gamers would know Uwe Boll. He’s the guy who directed several movie adaptations for video games such as House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark. He’s also the brains behind the new Far Cry movie. Despite his long history in making movie adaptations of video games though, Boll doesn’t seem to be Blizzard’s prime choice for making the World of Warcraft movie. In fact, as MTV reports, they practically laughed at him when he offered to do so. Boll recently got into contact with Paul Sams of Blizzard to make the movie. Boll relates the reply he got was a flat-out denial: We will not sell the movie rights, not to you…especially not to you. Because it’s such a big online game success, maybe a bad movie would destroy that ongoing income, what the company has with it. World of Warcraft developers ask for Arena wait time feedback Arena wait times have always been a problem in Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. Patch 2.4 looked to address this issue by fixing a couple of things in the queuing system. Now, the developers (more specifically Community Manager Drysc) are asking for feedback regarding the changes to see if they have had any significant effect in the game. From all indications, the developers’ hard work has been paying off as most players on the forums would attest. The wait times are a lot faster in general, although it still isn’t enough to address the Monday night queues which seem to be the most popular time for players to join arena matches. In case you want to leave some feedback for the developers, follow our source link below and log in to the forums to do so. ” “Despite the distinctive divide between Alliance and Horde in Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, members of the same faction can still hurt each other in Arena PvP.

wow power leveling Some wonder why there are extra green and gold colors when it’s possible to just assign red and blue to either faction, and the answer roots back to the arenas. At the WoW Forums, one gnome asked why developers didn’t stick with red for horde and blue for alliance during Arena matches. He was then promptly enlightened, as Blizzard poster Bornakk came around to reconfirm another player’s response. Here’s the post, verbatim: We universally use blue to define the Alliance and red for the Horde on banners and such across the game. buy wow gold Using green and gold allows us to assign them to either faction while still having colors that are distinct enough that you won’t get them mixed up. True enough, we can imagine how disorienting it would be to see factions wearing opposing colors. Arenas in World of Warcraft allow intra-faction competition, making it a usual occurrence to see those of the same kin fighting each other. Painting the Horde blue in exchange of letting it kill its brothers is just harsh. Try the reverse: killing the Eredar twins in reverse order grants more loot The next time you’re out and about in Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, and you’re looking to try something different, don’t be afraid. gold wow You might just like what you get. Such a thing just happened to be the case with the Vodka guild of Mannoroth, who recently found out that reversing the order of the Eredar Twins kills appears to net players more loot. Specifically, one additional epic item and four sunmotes. To do this, it seems, all your raid group has to do is kill Lady Sarcolash before taking down Grand Warlock Alythess. guild wars gold It’s not exactly easy, but Vodka assures people that it’s both doable and fun.

With some extra loot thrown into the mix, you can see the incentive to make new strategies here. We suggest that well-equipped guilds who’ve managed to take down the Eredar Twins before try this out. cheap wow gold You’ll not only get extra loot, you’ll also be trying something new for your troubles. “

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Infamy

“It’s never good to be known across multiple servers for being a an idiot, but it sure is funny. As Tenryuu stated in his blog, one of our warriors in our guild lost a need roll on Commendation of Kael’thas to a mage. Said mage turned around and posted a “in your face” post for the warrior on our realm forum. I guess the mage felt he was in the right because he even posted screenshots. (The errors and bad typing are his not mine.) next time one of your fully blue geared warriors decides to try and tank heroic mgt, not to mention suck at lvl 70 (idk how thats possible after gaining 70 lvl’s unless you ebay’d your char), want to all message me calling me a ninja and say im a ninja in trade while the rest of us finish the run… dont. i rolled on the commendation of kael’thas trinket for arena, why. because you suck is reason 1, and one epic wont help fix all your blues. im going to be nice, and give links to the screenshots since you want to call me a ninja. but just dont message me ever again, idc if you call me a ninja, go right ahead. you cant get the loot i have from being a ninja you morons. I almost feel sorry for this guy. wow gold People from other servers are coming just to poke fun of him, and the backlash he’s getting from his own server must be horrible. Yet, I can’t help but think, “Karma, baby, karma.” World of Warcraft ‘hidden’ servers list revealed Somehow, some folk managed to extract a huge list of servers dedicated to World of Warcraft, and it quickly proliferated over the various veins of the Internet. It’s a very long list, numbering well over 2000 items, since it includes official Blizzard realms from all over the world (or maybe for UK and U.S.

wow gold only - we’re not so sure). Aside from some “”webrealm”" and Arena tournament servers, we’ve also seen several BG servers, a Northrend realm, and even a few QA test realms. And because the list is long, we’ve simply taken the servers that aren’t accessible by the normal player and placed them here. Their names, including their list positions, are as follows: ” “Blizzard has just given World of Warcraft gamers some treat when it announced free character moves to the new Oceanic PvP realm. wow gold Since character creation will be disabled in the meantime while the transfer is in effect, gamer Dynamik posed a question regarding the Paid Character Transfer cooldown. Blizzard bluepost Bornakk dropped by the WoW Forums to address the issue of a possible mix-up between the Paid Character Transfer and the Free Character Moves. As you can see from a screenshot of Bornakk’s reply, players don’t have to worry. WoW Web Stats The Paid Character Transfer feature was introduced to give WoW gamers the freedom to join their friends from other servers. On the other hand, the free character moves were done by Blizzard to balance high-density servers. World Of Warcraft Paid Character Transfer - Realm Eligibility List A couple of days ago, Blizzard announced the availability of the Paid Character Transfer service for World of Warcraft. world of warcraft gold This new functionality allows you to transfer your character to other realms in order to join your friends or if you’re looking to make new allies. Upon the launch, transfers were allowed to the following realms: Altar of Storms, Argent Dawn, Demon Soul, Illidan, and Warsong. Blizzard promised to scale up the list of realms to accommodate more players. wow gold kaufen True to their word, seven more realms were added to the list. You can now transfer characters to these realms: Arthas Zul’jin Stormrage Dalaran Turalyon Magtheridon Spirestone To start transferring, you just have to log on to WoW account-management section and go to the the Paid Character Transfer section. ” .

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Monday, April 14, 2008

With a MP4 player

“The advantage of the MP4 players technology is that the video files are played in DVD quality at less than 1 Mbps (through a broadband connection).”We find it interesting how when a new iPod MP3 players appears the first thing someone wants to do is rip it apart - literally - for the benefit of others. With a MP4 player, one can take videos through an Internet connection and watch them immediately in perfect quality.So when the iPod MP3 player touch appeared dozens of folk had to “”touch”" it and place the results online. Lower MP versions can be played in the player, such as audio MP3 files. Movie and music lovers nowadays are caught up with the release of countless devices that can easily store up to 20,000 songs and 100 hours of video. But we guess the secret of creating an iPod MP3 player touch unbox segment for the Net is not creating the best iPod touch unbox photo or video layout, but the first iPod touch photo or video layout. This phenomenon started during the advent of converting normally large audio and video files into smaller file sizes without sacrificing the quality of the sound or the image.This has led to a slew of quick, shaky camera iPod videos along with the associated nasal ramblings of it’s creator as they turn the camera on themselves, try to think of a few words to say, and then turn it back to the iPod. It used to be that music and video files fill up so much hard disk space faster than one can imagine. When we picked up our iPod MP3 players touch we wondered if we can improve on the unbox video thing just a little bit. Depending on the disk space you have, you would never fully appreciate the limited number of songs and videos provided by a hard disk space filled with these big files.So we gave it a try, but sure enough once we got the damn thing out of the box we had to postpone our little shoot.

The files do not have the capacity to be played on different media players too, so storing them is really hard.It seems our 2 1/2 year-old Mac wasn’t iPod touch worthy. mp3 portable players The MPEG4: MPEG4 is a compressed video produced by the software created by Microsoft called Codec, a software program that can decode and encode digital streams.We fortunately had access to a Win XP box and acouple of days later we were able to assemble the short ditty in the panel to the right. So, is our iPod MP3 players touch unbox video really better than the other guys. MP4 files was created due to the joint effort of a large number of researchers focused on reducing the size of large, cumbersome music and video files into smaller ones to provide more disk space. That’s just a matter of opinion. With this smaller sized format, you now have to option to store more music and video files on your disk space and playing them over different MP4 media players is not a problem anymore.It’s short, but we tended to focus more on the undressing than the actual manipulation of buttons and spouting of tech specs. mp3 mp4 player You just have to download the latest configuration of the MP4 media players to view your MPEG4 files.Call us iPod voyeurs if you must, we just had more fun stripping off the cellophane and… You now have the option of not deleting any of your old video and music files to make way for newer ones.Oh lord! Does that make me an…an iPodophile. The Advantages of MPEG4: With the advent of MPEG4 or MP4, the storage of music and videos on a hard disk has really changed for the better. What will I tell my SanDisk and Archos players.

MP3 PLAYER 8GB MPEG4 or MP4 has been hailed as the prevailing music and video file in the market today. ” “For those waiting on the announcement of the new Zune portables MP3 players, the FCC offers us a preview of the unit on its web site where you will find test results for the Zune MP3 players. The iPod itself encourages the use of the MPEG4 of MP4 files for video and music and nowadays there are some other MP4 players available too. Also available on the site is the diagram to the right, which shows the Zune as a flash unit available in two flavore, an 8GB Zune and a 4GB Zune MP3 players. It was believed that MPEG4 is limited only to video files but this is not so. Microsoft is going to officially unveil the new Zune best MP3 players today or tomorrow, according to the rumors. mp3 player kaufen Music files in the same form may also be made available and this is evident in Apple’s online music store, the iTunes.We’ll keep an eye out and follow up with the full specs. Videos in the MPEG4 format are being sold online in their website and it has reaped a thousand followers to date. ” . Maybe in the few years to come, audio files can also be converted to MPEG4, saving up on the disk space you need. mp3 player This is the reason why Apple’s iPod can store up to 20,000 songs and 100 hours of video with just 80 GB of disk space. There are video converters available online where you could manually convert your own videos to the MPEG4 file format. This can help you considerably save up on disk space and can help you store more files. You can even load them on your own iPod for a more portable use of your music and your videos. The choice is just up to you. ” .

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We find it interesting how when a new iPod MP3 players appears

“Since 2004 we have run our bi-annual iPod Killer Christmas/Summer series.”We find it interesting how when a new iPod MP3 players appears the first thing someone wants to do is rip it apart - literally - for the benefit of others. During this period we have reported on 215 portable MP3 players and in all of that time NOT one single iPod Killer has emerged from the bunch.So when the iPod MP3 player touch appeared dozens of folk had to “”touch”" it and place the results online. This doesn’t mean there aren’t any compelling portables out there, just that none have garnered enough mass market traction to unseat the iPod. But we guess the secret of creating an iPod MP3 player touch unbox segment for the Net is not creating the best iPod touch unbox photo or video layout, but the first iPod touch photo or video layout. The iPod mp3 players touch, for all of its niggling flaws, has set that bar even higher and we are not even venturing into the iPhone and what it is doing in the mobile phone market.This has led to a slew of quick, shaky camera iPod videos along with the associated nasal ramblings of it’s creator as they turn the camera on themselves, try to think of a few words to say, and then turn it back to the iPod. Times are tough for the competiton, but the good news is that they keep trying. So here is the latest bunch of newcomers. When we picked up our iPod MP3 players touch we wondered if we can improve on the unbox video thing just a little bit. They include those stuffed with impressive features (the iRiver W10), ventured into the rhelm of robotics (the Sony Rolly) and offer interesting solutions to battery time (Ecodigital Windup PMP).So we gave it a try, but sure enough once we got the damn thing out of the box we had to postpone our little shoot.

We also have the various oddities we like to include just for giggles.It seems our 2 1/2 year-old Mac wasn’t iPod touch worthy. mp3 portable players Sony Rolly The Sony Rolly is definitely a unique beast for a digital audio player and that alone should garner it quite a bit of attention for the holiday season.We fortunately had access to a Win XP box and acouple of days later we were able to assemble the short ditty in the panel to the right. So, is our iPod MP3 players touch unbox video really better than the other guys. For those who haven’t caught the YouTube video the egg-shaped Sony Rolly dances to the tunes you are playing on it. That’s just a matter of opinion. Well a sort of a dance/roll/flap series of motions that at times seem like absolute folly and at other times like creative fun.It’s short, but we tended to focus more on the undressing than the actual manipulation of buttons and spouting of tech specs. mp3 mp4 player The way the Sony Rolly gyrates across the floor implies a certain degree of sophistication of what is essentially a music driven robotic.Call us iPod voyeurs if you must, we just had more fun stripping off the cellophane and… You have to give it points for that as not every robot has to vacume the floor while it slides across it.Oh lord! Does that make me an…an iPodophile. The Rolly comes with 1GB MP3 players of memory and has built-in Bluetooth (as wired speakers aren’t exactly going to work while the Rolly is twisting about your kitchen floor). What will I tell my SanDisk and Archos players. MP3 PLAYER 8GB There are two external stereo speakers that also pump out the tunes. ” “For those waiting on the announcement of the new Zune portables MP3 players, the FCC offers us a preview of the unit on its web site where you will find test results for the Zune MP3 players.

Battery life is rated at five hours. Also available on the site is the diagram to the right, which shows the Zune as a flash unit available in two flavore, an 8GB Zune and a 4GB Zune MP3 players. The cost for the Sony Rolly is a steep $350, though the Rolly has enough kitch culture appeal to be both a hot, though short-lived, christmas toy as well as a pop culture trivia question in the year 2019. ” “Today MP3PlayerBuying introduce a kind of MP3 player which have very special appearance. Microsoft is going to officially unveil the new Zune best MP3 players today or tomorrow, according to the rumors. mp3 player kaufen CNEThas reviewed the Oakley Thump 2 (256MB, black/grey) MP3 Player Sunglasses and gave it a ‘Very good’ rating, 73.7 out of 10.We’ll keep an eye out and follow up with the full specs. They write The good: Music player built into sunglasses for cordless listening; plays MP3, AAC, WMA, WMA DRM, and WAV tracks; up to 1GB MP3 players of storage; multihinged earbuds allow for a perfect fit with most users; USB 2.0 connection. ” . The bad: Doesn’t come with wall charger or hard case; poor battery life; advanced playback controls are hard to remember; high price; music can be easily heard by those around you. mp3 player The bottom line: The Oakley Thump 2 is a great choice for athletes who want portable tunes minus the headphone cord. ” .

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The Cowon iAudio 7 packs up to 8GB MP3 player of memory

The Cowon iAudio 7 packs up to 8GB MP3 player of memory, but it ain’t exactly the thinnest player on the market with its 3.0′ x 1.4″ x 0.7″ form factor.”We find it interesting how when a new iPod MP3 players appears the first thing someone wants to do is rip it apart - literally - for the benefit of others. Still the small 1.3″ 260K TFT LCD display is an improvement with regards to video playback than the the OLED screen of its predecessor the iAudio 6.So when the iPod MP3 player touch appeared dozens of folk had to “”touch”" it and place the results online. like its L2 and D2 brethren the iAudio 7 supports the FLAC and OGG codecs for you folk out there who want better than MP3 players, while supporting open format alternatives. But we guess the secret of creating an iPod MP3 player touch unbox segment for the Net is not creating the best iPod touch unbox photo or video layout, but the first iPod touch photo or video layout. “The new SwiMP3 MP3 players is revolutionary in that it relies on bone conduction of sound.This has led to a slew of quick, shaky camera iPod videos along with the associated nasal ramblings of it’s creator as they turn the camera on themselves, try to think of a few words to say, and then turn it back to the iPod. When the device is placed on any bones of the skull (i.e. When we picked up our iPod MP3 players touch we wondered if we can improve on the unbox video thing just a little bit. the cheek bones or the mastoid tip) it leads to vibration of the fluid in the inner ear.So we gave it a try, but sure enough once we got the damn thing out of the box we had to postpone our little shoot.

Thus swimmers can enjoy clarity of sound with the SwiMP3 MP3 players device that was never before possible.It seems our 2 1/2 year-old Mac wasn’t iPod touch worthy. mp3 portable players Bone conduction hearing is a safe, well-established hearing mechanism in humans that the SwiMP3 MP3 players leverages to enhance aquatic activity.We fortunately had access to a Win XP box and acouple of days later we were able to assemble the short ditty in the panel to the right. So, is our iPod MP3 players touch unbox video really better than the other guys. Finis’s application of the technology brings an entirely new level of experience to swimmers, either while working out or taking a leisurely swim. That’s just a matter of opinion. Back in October 2004 we reviewed the SwiMP3, an MP3 player designed for the swimming pool.It’s short, but we tended to focus more on the undressing than the actual manipulation of buttons and spouting of tech specs. mp3 mp4 player For those who think this was designed for fatuous homeowners just looking for an unusual toy for the pool think again.Call us iPod voyeurs if you must, we just had more fun stripping off the cellophane and… The SwiMP3 is for athletes and the health conscious who regularly do laps around the pool, a great way to get in shape, but one that can be monotonous in large doses.Oh lord! Does that make me an…an iPodophile. In our review we found that the original SwiMp3 did a fine job of relieving that monotony thanks to the use of bone conduction to transmit the music to the brain under all that water. Nearly three years later Finis has come up with an update to that original water portable. What will I tell my SanDisk and Archos players. MP3 PLAYER 8GB The SwiMP3 MP3 players V2 works the same as V1, but streamlines things a bit by incorporating the player’s electronics within the cheekphones themselves. ” “For those waiting on the announcement of the new Zune portables MP3 players, the FCC offers us a preview of the unit on its web site where you will find test results for the Zune MP3 players.

Finis has bumped up the memory, but oddly only to 256MB MP3 players from the original’s 128MB MP3 players. Also available on the site is the diagram to the right, which shows the Zune as a flash unit available in two flavore, an 8GB Zune and a 4GB Zune MP3 players. To be honest, we thought 256MB MP3 players was light back in 2004 when we reviewed the first model. Microsoft is going to officially unveil the new Zune best MP3 players today or tomorrow, according to the rumors. mp3 player kaufen With flash memory prices significantly down since then it is a little surprising the memory was only boosted to one quarter of a gig.We’ll keep an eye out and follow up with the full specs. The price has dropped to $199, making this player a must have for any kid on the high school swim team.”"The Pirate Bay is one of the web’s most popular BitTorrent sites, but the BitTorrent corporation itself would like to possess greater control of its technology. ” . Last year, after the BitTorrent client was passed as the most popular by several other apps including Azureus and BitComet, they purchased the rising µTorrent to regain the lead. mp3 player Most recently BitTorrent inc. chose to to close the source of some of the protocol’s latest enhancements in a move meant to firm up the company’s control over the protocol. This latter move did not play well with the folks over at Pirate Bay who are concerned it will give BitTorrent inc. too much control over the eponymous technology.

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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

What are your thoughts on DKP

“Dragon Kill Points (usually abbreviated with the acronym “DKP”) designates a kind of currency which is earned by participating in endgame raids, and spent by acquiring loot from endgame bosses. The term DKP is also frequently used to designate raid-level loot system in general. The most popular systems for endgame loot distribution are point-based (and thus DKP systems). The very first endgame loot distribution system was developed by the guild Afterlife in 1999 and named for the original two EverQuest end bosses, both of whom were dragons This week my guild is starting to use DKP, I helped set up the site and using it with decay seems like the best option for getting plums when there are 25 people. What are your views on DKP and does your guild use it, want to use it or do you have horror stories of it. How to increase my HP. I wish this was going to be a how to, but it’s really a question, What is the best way to increase my hit points. I recently went into an instance with guilies and yes they are 70’s but is the hit points between 60 and 70 that high. I’m sitting at like 3400 HP, I’m made sure most my gear has high agility and my Cit is like 16% but do I need to rethink some of my gear and work toward a higher HP, being a rogue with only 3500HP I can sometimes get hit once or twice and I’m eating dirt.. wow gold any suggestions. ” ” Noob Question, from Me, When in an instance and you die a couple times, just how do you repair. I had no idea, Sunday afternoon I’m in an instance with some of the guild mates and when you’re doing AQ20 with 10 people and not everyone is 70, and you have a noob like me, bad things start to happen.

I probably died 3 times before anyone else so my armor was starting to turn red, I was wondering what I could do, but there weren’t any NPC close, so I shrugged it off and still played but kept my distance, yeah range shots with a rogue just aren’t as fun.. Suddenly we have 2 wipes in a row and I hear one of the guildies say over Vent, “hey is there an NPC close to repair. wow power level ”, With my armor at ZERO! I listened! A reply comes back, no but I have a couple repair bots in my bag.. What. What is a repair bot. I guess at level 300 you can get a recipe to build a [Repair Bot] but many engineers didn’t create them because they were so expensive. wow gold Now after patch 2.3 the price has come down and you create 5 instead of one. As an engineer at level 250, this is one of the things I will make sure I always have created and in my bag once I hit that level. This bot could make or break an instance. Not only does it repair but you can also sell items to it and buy many NPC items including the highest ranking shot and arrows. With this bot you could easily become someones best friend. ” “When hitting 60, it seems the only thing I could think of is getting my faster mount, At about level 50, I figured it was going to be around 600 Gold so I started saving. wow power leveling I would be at about 700G, buy some gear, food and things off the AH, but always kept my gold around 550+. So the day comes, I ding 60, YES time for my mount, Zone home, Fly to SW and make the run to the trainer.

All the while broadcasting in guild chat that I had finally hit 60, I’m getting my mount. The trainer and I happen to be friends, she works for someone I’ve done some quest for and my rep helped also, so my total for training and the horse come to 595G, yes! I have 598G, I buy my mount and I’m happily on my way, riding around, faster than light (well faster than my other mount I named Light). Once I get tired of riding around, I figure what’s next, I’m 60!! oh yeah, skill training, I visit the rogue trainer and I guess he’s not really my friend, because for some reason he will not train me… What. wow level up Skill Training cost gold. I had totally forgotten, you get so use to just going up, clicking on all the training and not thinking that it’s taking your gold as you train. Fine, I’ll sell stuff on AH, go to the bank, pull out a ton of junk that’s been sitting in there.. I’m sure you see where this is going.. What. Gold to sell stuff on AH.. HELP!!! After many many laughs at the noob on Guild chat, a fellow guildie loaned me 100G to help me along.. I felt sooo stupid! (specially after writing about how can 70’s not have gold)It hasn’t taken long to remake that 100g but I may wait another week to repay him, I want to get a nice nest egg set before giving it back (which he said I didn’t have to but I will, even if it just goes in the guild bank). I guess this could be counted as Noobie Example Read more here: .

Getting Kicked out of my Shatt Home

” Just a quick couple notes: When you choose your faction in Shatt, go check where your HearthStone is set to, believe me, it sucks to Hearth home and guards are suddenly trapping you and kicking you out of the city! Another note, comes from the WoW forums: Ok this has annoyed me for god knows how long. call me a noob, call me what you will, but it is extremely annoying the amount of times I’ve arrived in the inn in shat aldor or scryer and i’m 90% of the time facing the wrong way. always trying to run out of the inn and end up in the inn instead of shat city. ok i may be petty for saying this but does anyone else get annoyed with this or is it just a case of “get over it dude” and move on =) Elphie kindly answered: Stand where you want to be when you hearth in. wow gold Talk to the innkeeper and get a new hearthstone. Your position when you hearth in is based on where you were standing when you get the set hearthstone spell cast on you. Hope that helps! I’ll be fixing that tonight for myself! ” “Last night I didn’t have alot of time to play but started into Outlands for some questing when I get another tell from my GM asking me about my rep with different factions in Outlands. After which we spent the next hour kissing up to many a furry creature in the forest. I’m learning more and more just how important Rep in this game is, not really for progression in the game but for weapons and armor you can’t beat it. wow power level The mysterious part of Rep is that some quest you can only get while friendly, but once you hit honored, that quest is gone.

By finding the correct quest while you have the correct rep standing can give you that extra 800-1200 rep points you may need down the line. Last night by playing the Rep game, back and forth, partialy completing parts of quest, turning others in at the correct time, I was able to get the [Hardened Stone Shard] which is one kick butt dagger. The last couple days have made me rething all the faction turn in quest, instead of selling all the turnins on AH, I may start to see how they can help me in the long run. ” ” Saturday night I login to find I’m still in the low 61’s (like someone was suppose to be leveling me while I was asleep) Eash quest I was taking in Outlands were taking awhile and I needed to feel some fast XP before the 61 slump hit me. wow gold So I decided to clear out my quest log of left overs that are not in Outlands. My first stop was Silithus, here I had 2 quest to finish, I figured, I’d blow through them and then head to the rest of my quest log, but that’s not what happened. While walking around Silithus my GM sent me a tell asking why I was there, after explaining everything, he offered to come to Silithus and help me out. So began the next 3 hours of doing just about every quest in the area. wow power leveling Along with a history lesson on how these beast use to be elites and how the boss used to be a large raid and now it’s 2 man (did I get DKP for that. ) All these quest brought me to 30% till level 62. So on Sunday we spent an hour or so turning in rep for all the city factions (which I hadn’t done), and argent dawn rep points, which took some time just to get friendly with then, since I had all but skipped the pleaguelands when leveling.

wow level up Ding! 62 finally. Now I should be albe to move a bit quicker through Outlands. I’ve completely cleared my quest log of anything but Outlands quest, cleaned the bags and banks of 40 left over quest items I had, which is nice to have all that space back and now I’m moving on, heading back through the portal a new rogue. ” .

Helping Your Alt

“Question: How long have you gone before sending help to your alt. Last night I decided to roll my first alt, even though I’m not at 70 on my main, I still wanted to see how Hunters played, So I roll a Night Elf hunter and go on my marry way of killing and leveling. First thing I notice is wow, my bag is getting full pretty darn quick, even at level 2 I was quickly filling it up, yes I could trash the grays, but I had planned on selling everything, this way my main doesn’t have to send anything to my alt. Running back to the starting area, I couldn’t find anyone to sell my good to, I’m sure i missed them but I wasn’t going to spend the time looking all over for them. wow gold I’m now at level 3 and level 4, bags are full, no need for money yet but i’ve already had enough.. Log off.. Logging into my main, I hit the AH, buy 3, 16 slot bags and start to hit send when I think, hummm I may need some gold in the near future, so slap on 10 G and hit send. All the while in my head I’m seeing my self on the way to a twink (ohhh nooo). Logging back into my alt, I soon realize not only is there noone to sell my stuff to, but there are no mail boxes in the starting area. It was time to move on to an area with a mail box any way, I had completed all quest in the starting area and had hit lvl5. Moving on to a town, the first thing I did was get my mail, equipt my bags and (hanging my head in shame) by equ from a vendor in town that was better than what I was using.

wow power level At least it was still my level of equipment and now some uber stuff bought off the AH (which could still happen so I won’t preach against it:) ) So as you can see, I lasted about 30 minutes before sending the kids money, how long have you waited. Have you started a toon on another server just for this reason. And if you do send your alt stuff to you set limits, or is it what ever they need, the alt gets. ” “Last night I decided to play with a couple macros, doing some reading, I saw that you can do everything from change gear, use trinkets and use spells. Since I use an addon to change gear, I didn’t need that, but the other things interested me. wow gold After reading on the WoW Forums and BorkWeb some different examples of what you can do, I jumped right in and started my macro experience. My first try I wanted a macro that would, when I’m in stealth, I would pick pocket my target, activate my 2 trinkets, and then attack with one of my skills. This doesn’t work, OK it worked but I would pick pocket and when I activated my trinkets, I would be unstealthed, which defeats the entire process. Moving on, I decided to break my macros up, one for trinkets, one for stealth pick pocket and attack and one for hack and slash. The trinket macro was easy, just use the trinket spot on your character: /use 13 /use 14 Next I worked on my Pick Pocket, again a very easy macro: /cast Pick Pocket /stopcasting /cast Cheap Shot Then the hard part, How was I going to make my hack and slash macro, after further reading I saw a command called /castsequence in which you add what ever attacks you want in a row and then each time you mash that button it will do the next attack and better yet if you use the .

icon, it’s suppose to show the next attack you’ll use along with the cooldown timer. wow power leveling Sounded exactly what I wanted. /startattack /castsequence reset=target Sinister Strike, Sinister Strike, Sinister Strike, Sinister Strike, Sinister Strike, Eviscerate Not exactly what I used but close enough. My first problem was I started to test it and as i’m mashing the button I see nothing happening, then I notice I’m completely spamming my guild channel with the entire macro like 10 times. Yes I was called a noob! I had a space in fromt of one of the slashes and it decided I wanted my guild to know what I was trying. wow level up Second problem, My icons never changed, so it only showed me my first attack and didn’t change after that, so I was flying blind on cool downs. Final and biggest problem, You don’t always want the exact same attack, for a rogue, you may sometimes miss or not get a CP for an attack, in which then you want to wait or add another attack, it takes the smart out of the attack and really isn’t much fun either. I ended deleting the last macro and keeping the first 2, I’m not sure how often I’ll use the trinket one (I always forget the extra help) but the pick pocket/attack macro is nice, one button to do a couple things, I can then take over the attack from there and do what I need to do to bring the beast down. “

February 2010
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