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Story of the Week: Baltimore Games Day 2008- A little bit of the old, a little bit of the new: this was the mantra of the devs who came to the Games Day convention, parceling out a few new snippets of info (10 character slots! population caps! expansion in the works!) and regurgitating a lot of older stuff. Many visitors noted that 8 of the classes were unavailable to play on the show floor, including the elusive Black Guard.
Beta Ticker:
- 736,315
- +7,469 from last week
Quote of the Week:
- "Paul runs on love, kindness, and the blood of many elves!" ~ Mythic rep
New WAR Sites & Blogs:
- Like Facebook? Like WAR? Then here you go: The Warhammer Online Facebook page.
- /random might not be new, but it's a great catch-all WAR blog.
- The Captain's Blog covers WAR, Warhammer 40K and Warhammer tabletop.
- The White Tower of Hoeth may be just a blog baby, but it's a hefty baby boy!
- Warhammer Online Gaming Scene told me they were going away, but I guess they're back!
From EA Mythic:
- EA Mythic's Event Calendar -- find out where WAR will be showcased next!
- James Nichols explains who's handling the customer service for WAR in different regions.
- WAR Europe confirms that the Play.com's codes are sent.
- Josh Drescher clarifies what can go on at the Games Day event.
- James Nichols gives us a taste of Warhammer's "fluff" -- one of my favorite MMO features.
- Get the straight scoop on server/realm population caps from James Nichols (with a short follow-up here).
- Jeff confirms that only 16 of the 24 classes were available for play at Games Day.
- Various rule set servers are in the works but nothing definitive, James says.
- EA CEO: WAR won't rival WoW
Misc. News:
- Warhammer Online will be showcased at this year's diminished E3 in July.
- Play.com is still having problems with the whole pre-order situation.
Podcasts:
- ChaosCast Episode 2: Technical Difficulties, Please Stand By
- Podcast of Reckoning Episode 3: What does the newsletter entail?
Articles & Commentary:
- Hardcore Casual deduces: we need WAR already!
- Keen's Korner: Which class looks the most appealing? It's a classy piece.
- Wrenn's take on Warhammer's graphics, over at Warhammer Peaceniks.
- War Noob asks, "...but what if WAR gets terrible reviews?" Will you still play?
- TTH has organized all their zone overviews on one handy page!
- "By the Gods!" at Warhammer Gaming Scene covers the major deities of WAR.
- "WAR for the Win" at Game Zig replies to my "How WAR Can Win" article -- does he agree?
- Book of Grudges digs around in the whole "no official WAR forums" pile. Stinky!
- "MMORPG Burnout and... Anti-Burnout?" at The Greenskin gives us a lovely new gamer definition to memorize.
- Snafzg penned a follow-up, second draft analysis of the recent WHA what-class-will-you-play poll. Great reading, check it out.
- Champions of Stuff throws their hat into the ring as to release and beta speculation.
- Werit (heaven help you if you mispronounce that as "Wart") looks at WAR's ability for a character to level up via PvPing.
- How can you sex up the Hammerer? Book of Grudges has some kinky ideas.
- Order of Destruction wants Mythic to get a commercial out on TV, ASAP!
- Svoald comes up with a few WAR conspiracy theories. I think WAR shot JFK, after reading this.
- /random looks at how we can build a Warhammer server community.
- Dreaming a fantastic dream, The Cogworks thunks up fun ways for WAR to make alt leveling more enjoyable.
- Book of Grudges has some nice Baltimore GamesDay review quotes and info tidbits.
- Read a lengthy GamesDay review at Alpha Guild.
- More Games Day wrap-up at Only-WAR.
- "Some Pretty Good Reasons Why Warhammer Looks Like It Might Be Awesome."
- Book of Grudges debate whether a guy's manhood is threatened by playing a Witch Elf.
- Ten Ton Hammer's started an Orc screenshot gallery -- see how they've changed over time!
- Khaos chooses an army (part 3). Part 3 of what? I feel like I'm loading a computer game with 15 old 5 1/4" floppy disks.
- War Noob asks, "Should all classes move at the same speed?" Personally, I'm hoping to crawl everywhere. Maybe skip.
- Keen examines the server queues hubbub.
- "How to take criticism (from a pro)" reexamines the whole PC Gamer UK article in a new light, responding to this blog post by the author.
- Here I thought I was in Detroit that weekend...
- Werit looks at DAoC to speculate as to what incentives WAR might feature in getting people to play the underdog faction.
- The White Tower examines Destruction's apparent domination in the gamer mindset.
- "Early Access? Bring it on!" Book of Grudges declares.
- Only-WAR goes to Games Day 2008 and brings back a personal tale of love and laughter.
- Bo from The Greenskin looks at the graphical style of different MMOs -- and why some connect.
- Wrenn looks at AoC and speculates how it might affect WAR.
- War Noob looks at the three most popular WAR forums, and explains why you should care.
- How incredible, exactly, will WAR's end game RvR be? WAR Gaming Scene reports.
- War Noob doesn't want WAR to be as popular as WoW, and he has good reasons for it.
- "Can Warhammer Online kill the powerleveler?" Honestly? I don't think so.
- WAR City Sieges FAQ at TTH
- Tobold looks at the server population issue and decides nobody can play.
- Hardcore Casual says "RELAX!" about server population queues
- TTH's Top Ten Insights from Games Day 2008.
- Another convert -- Gordo is joining the WAR side of the force!
- CyberVic analyzes the Zealot gameplay video from Games Day 2008.
- Book of Grudges asks, "Do we really need different server rulesets?" I, for one, would like to see a banana ruleset.
- Gear v. Skill. Who will win? Who will get the girl, and who will cry themselves to sleep at night on their huge pilla?
- JeuxOnline looks at how WAR might distinguish itself from the rest of the MMO pack.
- Order Strikes Back: Swordmasters of Hoeth. About darn tootin' time!
- One word: ZERGHAMMER!
- TTH looks at how the human race has evolved in the past year (in WAR, of course).
Databases & Forums:
- Warhammer Vault has upped their guild database to an impressive 520+.
- Another week, another awesome Forum Watch at The Greenskin!
Videos:
- The Cogworks has a cute chicken gameplay video to watch.
- Games Day 2008 Q&A Part 1
- Marauder gameplay
- Engineer gameplay
- Guild Vendetta interview: Part 1 and Part 2
- WAAAGH!
- Paul Barnett at Dreamhack
- Dark Elf Sorceress @ The Captain's Blog
Fun & Games:
- Play the WAR slot machine!
- The Secret Life of Mobs new comic -- "The Inquisition"!
- Interview with a Witch Elf at Order of Destruction.
- There's a great new goblin fan art over at Warhammer Vault.
- In "Werit captures a Greenskin!", a dwarf and a greenie face off in a hilarious battle royale.
- Gene Simmons in WAR?
- Keen shows off a reader-submitted Spore Squig!
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Werit Jun 19, 2008 at 9:54 am
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Thanks for putting this together, as always 
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Scarybooster Jun 19, 2008 at 11:00 am
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Awesome! Great news post. Gameday was good info and Youtube shots this week. Can't wait for E3. Thanks again Syp for putting it all together!
Dave Jun 19, 2008 at 11:46 am
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When do you sleep, man?! Do you secretely have an army of oompa loompas scouring the web for your news section?
Aikau Jun 19, 2008 at 12:24 pm
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brainclutter Jun 19, 2008 at 12:40 pm
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I stand in awe of your awesome.
Malavar Jun 19, 2008 at 12:47 pm
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Thanks for the linkage to WAR Gaming Scene. And yes I'm a victim of my own circumstances! I was going away but then people seemed interested in my viewpoints, so I decided to keep it up.
Just an additional note. Of course of all mornings, something seems to be currently messed up with my site's permalinks. No idea what. Trying to resolve it. In the interim I'm going to make all posts viewable from my homepage.
Just an additional note. Of course of all mornings, something seems to be currently messed up with my site's permalinks. No idea what. Trying to resolve it. In the interim I'm going to make all posts viewable from my homepage.
Malavar Jun 19, 2008 at 1:16 pm
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Found the problem. Permalinks working on my site again.
Syp Jun 19, 2008 at 3:24 pm
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Thankee guys, it's always fun to put these together!
Rick Jun 19, 2008 at 4:23 pm
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Thanks for the link, Syp! Impressive list, I wish I had time to read it all. I barely have time to post a couple blogs a week these days. I blame the WAR beta First, I can't talk about what I WANT to talk about, and second, I'm busy playing every chance I get.
First, I can't talk about what I WANT to talk about, and second, I'm busy playing every chance I get.
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