Da Bloody Twenty - September 4

Da Bloody Twenty is a weekly countdown of the 20 most interesting, well-written or weirdest Warhammer Online articles and posts… to me.

Twenty...

Welcome to the Community: Hammer of War Online, The Tower of Dreams, The North Tower, Realm vs. Realm, and Online Games are a Niche Market!

Nineteen...

Preorder Red Alert 3, become a Warhammer bear.

Eighteen...

"Lending a Helping Hand" @ Ten Ton Hammer - Destruction helps an old lady cross a stream.

Seventeen...

"On the Masculinity of Elves" @ The North Tower - Thick or thin, the only thing that matters is their total extermination.

Sixteen...

"The Sound of WAR" @ Champions of Stuff - What tunes go with which career?

Fifteen...

"The Ballad of Breakin' Iron" @ The Book of Grudges - I have my doubt the Ironbreaker will be all that when it comes to tanking popularity, but here's hoping they're right!

Fourteen...

"Destruction = Noobs?" @ The Greenskin - Has the most favored faction lost their minds?

Thirteen...

"Fixing the Black Guard" @ Archmagery - It's broken? Since when?

Eleven...

"Has Mythic set a new standard in pre-release community relations?" @ Warhammer Vault - If Paul Barnett isn't serving me freshly-squeezed orange juice for breakfast every morning, the answer here is "no!"

Ten...

"Top 10 Things To Do While Waiting For Open Beta" @ Warhammer Tank - #2 is so true...

Nine...

"Waaaghammer Edition" @ No Prisoners No Mercy podcast - A very enthusiastic, funny podcast promoting WAR.

Eight...

"What is the riddle of hardcore?" @ Book of Grudges - Buck the trend, be casually awesome!

Seven...

"Five Impressive Warhammer Online Features, From A Fan" @ MTV - Nothing new, but it's good solid geeky love.

Six...

"Doom and Gloom for PQs and Scenarios" @ Hardcore Casual - It's a good wakeup call for the Chicken Littles out there.

Five...

"WAR vs. WoW pt. 1: WoW will hold WAR back" @ Fires of WAR - FOW takes Blizzard to task and gives WAR fans some hope.

Four...

"A Fireside Chat With WAR Server Types" @ Overly Positive - I'd like to think they're stretching their feet out on a rug made from the fur of a hundred elf scalps.

Three...

Jeff Hickman's PAX Blogs @ Ten Ton Hammer - I have a blog too, Jeff, and if you get bored of TTH's dreary template, come over here and dance in the flowers!

Two...

"BigCast PAX '08" @ Big Download - A huge interview with Paul Barnett, Jeff Hickman and Josh Drescher!

One...

Mark Jacobs: "If we don’t succeed with EA behind us, the Warhammer IP behind us, with one of the most experienced teams in the industry, that’s not going to be good for the industry. We need to show the world that it’s not just Blizzard who can make a great game, and that the audience is absolutely willing to try new things and to play a game other than WoW." @ MTV Multiplayer