WOW: Numbers drop, trial improves. :)

So, ActiBlizz announced that they have had a dip in subscribers recently (about 5% - but thats half a million active accounts!) thats bigger than most other MMORPG's even have.

Now - they have changed the trial - free to play... forever - with a level 20 cap. That gives a good chance for folks who want to play the game to try it out and get a feel for the game and the classes without a timeout. I likey this! I you aint played, go get the trial. Now! :) I see this bringing a chunk of new players in - a good move from ActiBlizz.

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So much to post about...

I may have been quiet lately, but I actually have an excess of post ideas and I just cant get organised to get them down on... keyboard.

There are many aspects of the forthcoming patch that interest me, I have been listening to past episodes of The Instance and have a lot to chat about there, my Instance Episode catalogue has more in but the back-episodes have dissapeared from the website so I dont see the point in continuing until I can get access to them to continue downloading and listening to the episodes.

Amongst all this there have been random topics to discuss, such as healing strategies, tanking, my screenshot library to share and more.

Watch this space, I might pick something and roll with it soon!

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Flintlock comics

If you have not caught these in your time, I suggest going over to here and having a damn good look... The flintlock comics is by far, at least in my opinion, the best wow comic around. Well, when I say around, I mean in existence - the actual story for it stopped being written a few years ago - but the archives are still well worth a read :)

There are clear references to this character in the game that have been put in - Hellfire Peninsula - you get his pants working for the goblins there, and in Cataclysm you get to actually work with the potentially homicidal Flintlock.

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A movie: "Are Wow graphics good"

Found this movie on Wow Insider and just had to link - makes me wanna roll a new char and just amble around on an RP server enjoying the scenery ^.^

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The Instance, ah - the joys :)

I have been listening to some old episodes of the instance as I go about my rounds, driving from site to site as part of the internship. I must say, it has been a good giggle. The news may be old - but the entertainment value is as good as ever. As is the nostalgia value. 

I have been putting together some notes from the shows as I go, as a while ago I decided that it would be awesome to get a list of episodes with nice short decriptions and bullet points of the main content that can be referenced, as well as other info like hosts, run time, and links to the episode blog and audio file.

I now have the latest 4 on my HTC, ready for my trip to Glasgae tomorrow. God help me, I been struggling coping with the drive to/from edinburgh... I better hit the sack!

-V