Tuesday Morning Post: Fear and Loathing edition
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Nov 17th 2009 at 7:00AM
So unfortunately, I've had to cancel my plans to get a gonzo lawyer and rent an Impala, but what you gonna do? At least we still have the TCG. Maybe one of these years Blizzard will see the light. In the meantime, we'll just continue toiling away in the WoW.com salt mines here as we dream of the big city. This week, there's plenty of news to work through, and with a 3 AM to 11 AM Pacific downtime, you'll have time. Check out the latest gems we've unearthed for you after the break.
Hot News and Features
- As the 5th anniversary celebration gets underway, now you too can be a Night Elf Mohawk. Even if Mr. T has to hunt you down himself.
- Yeah, you heard it right: Arenas were a mistake.
- WoW.com has a new weekly Comic! Check out the first strip.
- Unsure of what's going on with Cataclysm testing? Check our unofficial Cataclysm Alpha/Beta FAQ.
- Last week, it was Darion Mograine's turn to take your questions for Ask A Faction Leader.
- Check out some of the latest updates to the Patch 3.3 PTR Notes.
- The WoW.com dungeon delving team recently made a run of the Halls of Reflection 5-man dungeon. This video was found.
- Blood Pact takes a look at warlock raid builds for Patch 3.3.
- Spiritual Guidance takes a look at the Val'anyr Proc.
- Encrypted Text helps take the guesswork out of armor penetration and critical strike gearing.
- Totem Talk is taking the express blimp to level 80.
- Scattered Shots covers the final stretch to level 80 as well.
- Arcane Brilliance covers Mage leveling from 41 to Outland.
- Lichborne is rounding up the undead menagerie.
- Raid Rx helps you heal the heroic faction champions.
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors takes another tiptoe through the tricky minefield that is warrior Itemization.
- Patch 3.3 appears to be turning into the patch of shorter cooldowns.
- Sorry, Shadow Priests. Haste no longer affects Shadow Word: Pain as of the latest PTR build.
- Rawr, one of the best 3rd-party character building apps out there, has recently been updated.
- Blizzard's offered a sneak peak at the new Patch 3.3 Quest UI.
- Low level dungeon runners will be getting a few extra rewards from the new dungeon tool in Patch 3.3.
- Lord Marrowgar was up for testing on the PTR recently, and we have impressions of the fight.
- We also have impressions of the fight with the slightly spoilerriffic Icecrown boss, the Deathbringer.
- We also have impressions from the latest round of Queen Lana'thel testing on the PTR.
- Better study your strats. You may have a limited number of attempts to clear Icecrown.
- Be warned, there's spoilers: We have another round of very interesting audio files from the Lich King himself.
- The Quel'delar's stats have been revealed.
- Emblem of Frost gear is up on the Patch 3.3 PTR.
- Another round of Oculus nerfs is coming with Patch 3.3, thanks in part to the dungeon matching system on the PTR.
- WoW Rookie looks at basic addons.
- Ready Check discusses firing, and we don't mean like with guns.
- The Overachiever helps you grab 25 Tabards.
- Speaking of Tabards, do you think the Arathi Basin tabards are the coolest ever, but don't know how to start grinding reputation for one? Check out our absolute beginners guide to Arathi Basin.
- Tom Chilton recently offered some commentary on the pet store.
- Check out episode 10 of season 3 of The Guild.
- The Drama Mamas deal with the dreaded wife aggro.
Filed under: Realm Status, Odds and ends, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Seraph Nov 17th 2009 7:07AM
obligatory I CAN HAS PATCH DAY?
obviously not but you know :D
Evelinda Nov 17th 2009 7:17AM
these blizzard people are all the same... they have no faith in the essential decency of the white man's culture.
Zef Nov 17th 2009 7:21AM
I doubt patch is this week, but the background downloader is downloading a 448MB file saving as wow-partial-1.MPQ.part. Some have reported that Blizzard then pulled it, but my mine is still downloading, no doubt due to the nature of torrents.
Pemberton Nov 17th 2009 7:27AM
"What do we want?"
"ROLLING RESTARTS!"
"When do we want 'em?"
"NOW!!!!!"
Bensal Nov 17th 2009 7:36AM
"We can't stop here. This is bat country!"
intorachel Nov 17th 2009 1:49PM
Hot damn. I never rode in a convertible before!
Skonged Nov 17th 2009 8:02AM
3am to 11am "maintenance" is the patch going live. Lets see the patch go live then I can run heroics for 5 days until I get my tier 9 set for my fresh 80.
Carry me!
jellyphish Nov 17th 2009 8:05AM
"We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the murlocs began to take hold..."
Sleutel Nov 17th 2009 8:30AM
I can't decide if it makes me more sad that you had to link so people would get the Fear and Loathing joke or that you linked to the movie instead of the book.
Ah well, an HST reference is an HST reference.
Reuben Nov 17th 2009 1:07PM
In my humble opinion, the book is far superior to the movie. Johnny Depp, however, did get Hunter right on.
Kyle Nov 17th 2009 9:00AM
btw, for "The Guild" fans... episode 11 is up this morning.
"LAN Off" - http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/video-hub/?ocid=twtguild
ryanfields79 Nov 17th 2009 9:07AM
Good God man, were in bat country!!
Astemus Nov 17th 2009 9:44AM
Gonzo is a form of journalism, not a law practice... Nice try though.
Riley Nov 18th 2009 1:00AM
well, he was Dr. Gonzo, so he was a gonzo lawyer, just in a different way
Jack Nov 17th 2009 9:55AM
"You can turn your back on a person, but never ever turn your back on a drug"
Ranguskhan Nov 17th 2009 10:32AM
"Attend BlizzCon all day, gamble all night, *(and)* sleep never."
"Unfortunately, they were quickly supplanted by howls of pain and anguish as we discovered that it *(was)* just the Las Vegas Convention Center jumping the gun, and that we'll probably still be headed to Anaheim for the next BlizzCon."
"So unfortunately, I've had to cancel my plans to get a gonzo lawyer and rent an Impala, but what *(are)* you gonna do?"
You had three blaringly bad grammar mistakes and you only wrote two paragraphs. I'm usually a very forgiving Grammarian, but Jesus-H-Christ, you're a writer. 3 Errors in 8 Sentences, FFS.
Karl Nov 17th 2009 12:48PM
Blaringly?
Karl Nov 17th 2009 12:52PM
Also, unless you're Emily Dickinson, "Sentence" and "Grammarian" should not be capitalized
Hatfield Nov 17th 2009 10:53AM
One year they held the New England Bookseller's Association trade show at the Borgata in Atlantic City (it was either NEBA or NAIBA, forget actually). And after about an hour's worth of business being done, all of the attendees basically left for the casino floor and the rest of us in the booths were stuck sitting there twiddling our thumbs. The "attend con during the day" part just didn't happen. So, maybe it's for the best. ;)
Shizu Nov 17th 2009 11:06AM
Have you been to Las Vegas in July? I have.
Trust me. This is a good thing. ;)
*hands over cookies anyway*