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Our very own Robin Torres is making the plunge into raiding and is looking for guides that help with the setup and use of the healing AddOn Grid. Being the resource nut that I am, I had a handful of links for her in two minutes. And now I share them with you:

• WoW.com guide to configuring Grid healing AddOn
• Video guide to configuring Grid
• How to configure Grid to track HoTs
• Grid configuration with extra plugins

Some players prefer HealBot over Grid (here's a good comparison of the two) and still others prefer AddOns that do more than just raid heal functionality (PitBull 4, though still in beta.)

Filed under: Druid, Paladin, Priest, Shaman, AddOns, Raiding, The Daily Quest

The WoW.com team will be at BlizzCon in force this year. Between liveblogging the big announcements and resisting the siren call of the Diablo 3 demo stations, we want to talk to you, the loyal readers, and we don't mean just at our 3rd Annual WoW.com BlizzCon Meet Up.

We are planning a special BlizzCon edition of our weekly interview series 15 Minutes of Fame and are looking for some candidates for the column. We are especially interested in interviewing those WoW players who have a unique approach to the game.

Are you the oldest player in the game who doesn't play with family? Are you the youngest and shouldn't be reading this site without adult supervision? The guild leader who does things differently? The guy who plays without the UI/Keyboard/Talents, etc.? Are you famous for something in or out of Azeroth? Should we interview your entire guild at once?

If you think you bring something special to how you play the game and will be at BlizzCon next week, send us an e-mail at 15minutesoffame at wow dot com explaining what makes you a candidate for this special BlizzCon Edition of 15 Minutes of Fame. We'll pick the most interesting stories and contact you to make arrangements to meet during the convention for the interview. If we get enough interesting emails, we may even pick more than one.

Please send your emails by Monday, August 17th to give us time to read through them all and coordinate the interviews. Don't leave your story and contact info in the comments of this post, send them to 15minutesoffame at wow dot com.

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"I never thought of playing WoW like that!" - neither did we, until we talked with these players. From an Oscar-winning 3-D effects director to a custom action figure artist and even a bunch of guys who get together for dinner and group raiding in person every week, catch it on 15 Minutes of Fame.

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Filed under: Features, BlizzCon, 15 Minutes of Fame

Love your Warlock more than your childhood pet? Obsess over DPS charts at the end of every raid? Spend hours scanning Armory profiles of top rated Warlocks to analyze their gear and spec? Read Warlock blogs and Elitist Jerk's Warlock forums on a daily basis? We may have an offer you can't refuse.

WoW.com is looking for a new writer to be our weekly Warlock class columnist for Blood Pact. Every week you will dazzle our readers with your words of wisdom covering everything from leveling guides to raid tactics to PvP strats to major Patch analysis to recommended AddOns for all specs and playstyles. You don't need to play all those ways (we all need a life), but you need to be able to research and write on the topics you don't have personal experience with.

If this sounds like the chance you've been waiting for, you'll find all the information you need to apply on our applications page. Be sure to submit everything asked for. Being able to follow simple instructions is part of the job. You have until end of day, Sunday, August 16th to send in your app before this message is consumed by Hellfire and is no more.

EDIT: Applications are no longer being accepted. We will look at what we received after BlizzCon and will make a final decision by September 1, 2009. If you haven't been contacted by then, you haven't been selected. Thanks.

Filed under: Warlock, WoW Insider Business, (Warlock) Blood Pact

The Midsummer Fire Festival went live yesterday in Azeroth (but with a few glitches that will hopefully be cleared up soon.) With so much to do during this festival, we here at WoW.com we're wondering what your main goal was for this event.

Are you focused on finishing the associated achievements on your way to a proto-drake? Are you using the quests as a way to level an alt or low level character? Farming Ahune for a Scorchling pet? Or perhaps you're enjoying the role-playing aspect of the event or even the thrill of raiding the home cities of the opposition. There's plenty for the casual player, too.

Let us know in the poll below and if you don't see the answer you like, leave it in the comments! Also, if you like to learn how to make the Midsummer magnet in the photo above, check out our World of WarCrafts article with detailed instructions.

Filed under: Events, Breakfast topics

I hit level 80 after only finishing a handful of quest zones in Northrend. Since then I've been running Heroics and dabbling in Naxx raiding. But this week I decided to go back to solo questing for a bit and started the much-loved Sons of Hodir introductory quest line. Now, I see what everyone is talking about. It's a quest chain not to be missed.

While I was questing away in Icecrown, I had some guildies running Ulduar 25, others running Outland 5-mans, a few in Battlegrounds and a low level alt or two stuck in the old world. And this got me thinking, just how far are you, gentle readers, into WoW? Are you slow and steady, experiencing all it has to offer? Or are you downing Freya on your 6th level 80? Cast your vote below.

Clearly I can't cover every option in this simple poll, so if one of these choices doesn't explain your situation adequately, cast your vote by leaving a comment below.

Filed under: Polls, Breakfast topics

It's been a long time coming, but Patch 3.1 Secrets of Ulduar has arrived and with it comes a long list of shiny, shiny features. Ready for new content? It's got Ulduar, the prison for Yogg-Saron and his floating brain of death, plus more epic loot than all of The Burning Crusade raids. It comes in both 10-man and 25-man versions, and each boss has a Hard Mode for you crazy kids trying to get your hands on the new Legendary healing mace.

Oh, and did I mention the new related Ulduar Achievements? Revamped Noblegarden with its own meta-Achievement? Dual specs? The Argent Tournament? Swimming mounts?! The list goes on and on.

So tell us, which of the new features are you most looking forward to today.

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Patch 3.1 is live and it takes us into Ulduar, delivers us dual specs, and brings significant changes to all the classes! We've got you covered from top to bottom with our Guide to Patch 3.1 and the official patch notes!

Filed under: Breakfast topics

We've been churning out reams of text on Secrets of Ulduar going live later today, but who doesn't love some shiny pictures to go with it. Just pick your favorite one and pretend you're there until the servers come back up. You can even get on the phone with your guildmate and pretend you're on Vent arguing about how the Hunter just ninja'd the new legendary healing mace.

Gallery: WoW 3.1 PTR: Ulduar

Gallery: Tier 8 Armor

Gallery: Patch 3.1 Dual Spec walkthrough

Gallery: Patch 3.1: The Argent Tournament

Gallery: Argent Tournament racial weapons

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Filed under: Galleries

We here at WoW Insider are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

• Foofy's Cupcake Factory has posted the fourth installment of their Moonkin Raiding basics video series. This installment covers the pros and cons of Solar Eclipse Moonkin spell rotation.
• The AddOn creator Tekkub has written idHitThat, a new mod that will show you in-game what your attack and defense values are against an opponent three levels higher than you. (via Swiftmend)
• Warcraft Econ has a lesson in money making concerning Leatherworking Leg Armor Kits.
• Twenty-five man raiding gets all the love, but Spinksville enjoys non-Heroic raids just as much and lists 11 Reasons to run 10-Mans.
• The Tanking Tips blog thinks it's time to go back to basics and whips up a Tanking Stats 101 guide.

Submit a guide, post, podcast or resource for inclusion in TDQ and we'll consider it for a future post.

Filed under: Druid, Leatherworking, AddOns, Raiding, Making money, The Daily Quest

We here at WoW Insider are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

• The solo-oriented WoW Alone blog details 12 Tips to Completing the World Explorer Achievement. You'll have to scroll down the post to get to the tips.
• The Ailis in Hunterland blog has posted A Guide to Gearing Your Enhancement Shaman for Raiding. This is the first of four planned posts.
• Zaltu at One Rogue's Journey tackles two reader submitted questions: the importance of being poison hit-capped and gemming for Expertise.
• Mystic Chicanery looks at the history of Warlock class balance and where it's headed in 3.1 including best specs, best pets, spell hit rating and AddOns.
• The Shadow Weaving Priest blog has a three part series on Discipline Priests:
• How to assess Disc Healing
  
• Overhealing and the Disc Priest
• Calculating Shields and Absorption

Submit a guide, post, podcast or resource for inclusion in TDQ and we'll consider it for a future post.

Filed under: Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, Fan stuff, Achievements, The Daily Quest

We here at WoW Insider are on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.

Today I'm spotlighting a wonderful Warlock forum, The Warlock's Den. Here is but a small sample of the excellent guides available on the site:

• Analyzing WWS for Warlocks
• Recommended AddOns for Warlocks
• L80 Hit cap explained with Gear, Enchant and Gemming suggestions
• Pet Macro Guide
• +SpellDamage explanation

There is a great deal more so head on over if you're looking for guides, tips and suggestions on becoming a better Warlock.

Submit a guide, post, podcast or resource for inclusion in TDQ and we'll consider it for a future post.

Filed under: Warlock, Fan stuff, Forums, The Daily Quest