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This Man Has No Eyes, Yet Can Play World of Warcraft
Kotaku Yet does that stop him playing World of Warcraft? No, it does not. Before the incident, Ben was a member of the Chamber of Aspects guild, playing as Hexu, an Enhancement Shaman. And he still is, thanks to the assistance of his online friends, … World of Warcraft Player is Blind But Still Plays |
While I was taking a well-earned break from a particularly demanding PvP session, I got to thinking. I’d been at a gaming society meeting a few days earlier where I had a discussion with a man about my gaming — principally, PvP. Now, I’m a PvP columnist here at WoW Insider, and I PvP a great deal, so when said man told me that PvP “isn’t something women do,” to say I was a little surprised was an understatement.
So I did what any sane girl would do in 2011 — I went and posted about it on Twitter. I went to another session and emerged to quite a response from various ladies all saying that they PvP or that they knew ladies who did and who wouldn’t be particularly happy to be told that PvP wasn’t something women did.
Anyhow, as I was saying, this provoked some thought. I do think there are gender stereotypes in WoW — mostly, that women heal far more than they do anything else and that almost all tanks are men. As an anthropology student, I’m adept at making sweeping generalizations, and I wouldn’t think for a moment that either of these statements are absolute truths.
However, they do raise questions. First, is there any truth to them at all? Are healers really the group in WoW where female players are most well represented? Are tanks genuinely the role least played by women? And do ladies really make up a far higher percentage of the PvE playerbase than they do the PvP one?
And, of course, the burning question underlying all of the above: If so, why?
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Breakfast Topic: What’s behind stereotypes about what ladies play in WoW? originally appeared on WoW Insider on Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Rangers stripped of will to play
Montreal Gazette The kiddie corps defence of Raphael Diaz, Alex Emelin and Frédéric St-Denis was solid, and Price was able to keep his head in the game, even though he had enough time to play World of Warcraft between shots. Meanwhile, can anyone play this game? … |
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Quest for jobs gives computer games specialists everything to play for
Irish Independent The future of game play is now seen as being online, with games such as 'Farmville' and the huge 'World of Warcraft' and 'Second Life' series available only on the web. Instead of going into HMV and buying the game in a box, the user registers on a … |
As you might know from our video tour, the new Darkmoon Faire island coming in patch 4.3 is loaded up with carnival-style minigames you can play with purchasable tickets. Faire-goers can look forward to playing games like Tonk Battle, Whack-a-Gnoll, and Ring Toss, but you have to figure … what games did Blizzard consider before adding the ones we get in 4.3? We started guessing on Twitter, then let the WoW Twitter community take over with the #RejectedDarkmoonFaireMinigames hashtag.
Unsurprisingly, you guys killed it. Here are a few of our favorites from the hundreds of entries we got.
Continue reading Be thankful you don’t have to play these Rejected Darkmoon Faire Minigames
Be thankful you don’t have to play these Rejected Darkmoon Faire Minigames originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Steps to Play World of Warcraft Well
The Vancouver Observer The World of Warcraft is among the most popular game titles on the internet. Arranged in the Warcraft Universe, this game gives an online role playing experience to the players. If you are keen on playing the game but do not know find out how to get … |
Player vs. Blue? Player w. Blue? You choose! Sapperwix on the PTR forums has revealed two PTR events with the developers to take place this week. The PVP event will be today, Nov. 1, from 3 to 6 p.m. Pacific. The PVE event will feature developers queueing for the Deathwing raid using the Raid Finder and will take place on Friday, Nov. 4, also from 3 to 6 p.m. Pacific.
Developer tests like this are an excellent sign that Patch 4.3 is coming soon, so check out our previous coverage for more info. (For my money, I think Blizzard missed some excellent pun opportunities here. Red vs. Blue? Blue’s Queues? The possibilities are endless!)
See the full posts below.
Play against the BluesTomorrow 11/01/11 the mightiest combatants of Blizzard will once again gallantly stride across the blood-soaked soil of Azeroth. That’s right, we’re doing a Play-with-the-Blues Battlegrounds event on the PTRs!
From 3:00pm-6:00pm PST we’ll be queuing for specific battlegrounds, be online and watch for the server alerts to know where to find us.
Hope to see you online!
Play with the BluesOn Friday 11/04/11 we’ll be online from 3:00pm-6:00pm PST and will be queuing up for Dragon’s Soul raids using the Looking For Raid tool. Queue up using the LFR tool to join us. You will know us by our guilds [Blizzard Horde] & [Blizzard Alliance].
Brace yourselves for what could be some of most exciting updates to the game recently with patch 4.3. Review the official patch notes, and then dig into what’s ahead: new item storage options, cross-realm raiding, cosmetic armor skinning and your chance to battle the mighty Deathwing — from astride his back!
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Patch 4.3 PTR: Play with and against the Blues in raids and PVP this week originally appeared on WoW Insider on Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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As we all know, there’s the distinct possibility of a World of Warcraft movie some time in the (relatively) near future. Some people are skeptical, some optimistic. Hopefully, it will be an epic tale, full of the flavor and excitement we all feel every time we log in to Azeroth, not a rehashing of stories we’ve known for ages or a bastardization of the hobby we all enjoy so much. Whether it focuses on Horde or Alliance, there will need to be characters of various shapes and sizes, representing the varied peoples of the World of Warcraft. Gnomes, Humans, Trolls and Tauren, the movie presents the opportunity to show the fantasy genre on a scope unseen thus far.
So who would you cast to play your character? Who brings the smarmy wit of the wily rogue, the cold confidence of the devious warlock or the young but arrogant sneer of the proud paladin on your character selection screen?
Since I get first dibs, as the author of this, I’m going to go ahead and stake my claim. My Human protection warrior would be played by Deborah Ann Woll from True Blood. She brings just the right mix of strength, sexiness, and wide-eyed bewilderment to play my common Stormwind girl-gone-heroine.
Filed under: Breakfast Topics, Guest Posts
Breakfast Topic: Who should play your character in the WoW movie? originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
At BlizzCon 2011, Mike Morhaime waved quite the carrot in front of WoW players: Subscribe for a year, and you’ll get Diablo 3 for free. For those of us who have grown up loving both the Warcraft and Diablo franchises, this is awesome news and probably a no-brainer as far as things to sign up for go.
However, maybe you never really got into the Diablo franchise. Maybe you’ve just been a WoW player and haven’t really considered any of Blizzard’s other franchises. This article is for you. We’ll take a quick look at some of the major features of Diablo and what it has to offer the average WoW player.
Continue reading A WoW player’s introduction to Diablo 3, or why you should play Diablo 3
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A WoW player’s introduction to Diablo 3, or why you should play Diablo 3 originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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