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In this special Worldwide Invitational wrap-up edition of BlizzCast, we briefly recap some of the events at
the recent WWI in Paris, and then move straight into a discussion with Diablo III Lead Designer Jay Wilson.
We quiz him on how the development team is evolving the classic series — and then dive into a discussion
of some recent hot issues surrounding the upcoming sequel. .

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It’s not an iPhone Armory app, but Blizzard did release some official content for your mobile phones. They’ve set up a mobile.blizzard.com site, at which you can buy wallpapers and ringtones from WoW and the other Blizz franchises. At this point, you’re probably asking yourself one question: can I get a murloc gurgle ringtone? The answer, thankfully, is yes. Yes you can. (Though I can’t guarantee it’s a good idea.)

There is a big catch: the ringtones are priced at $2.99 each. Yikes. I know ringtones are big business, and I know Blizz is all about the tie-ins, but this is foolishness. Who would pay this over recording an MP3 and sending it to their phone? The wallpapers are $1.99, which is equally dumb for something I could just as easily screenshot off Blizz’s concept art pages and email to my phone. Also I can’t find the USA or Canada on the list of countries; it seems, at least at the moment, that these are not available here.

It’s a shame that these are so oddly expensive, and that they’re not even available in the US, because some of them are pretty well-done. It would be awesome to play the WoW intro theme when my guildies text me to go raid. I guess I’ll just have to make my own ringtone for it.

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It’s not an iPhone Armory app, but Blizzard did release some official content for your mobile phones. They’ve set up a mobile.blizzard.com site, at which you can buy wallpapers and ringtones from WoW and the other Blizz franchises. At this point, you’re probably asking yourself one question: can I get a murloc gurgle ringtone? The answer, thankfully, is yes. Yes you can. (Though I can’t guarantee it’s a good idea.)

There is a big catch: the ringtones are priced at $2.99 each. Yikes. I know ringtones are big business, and I know Blizz is all about the tie-ins, but this is foolishness. Who would pay this over recording an MP3 and sending it to their phone? The wallpapers are $1.99, which is equally dumb for something I could just as easily screenshot off Blizz’s concept art pages and email to my phone. Also I can’t find the USA or Canada on the list of countries; it seems, at least at the moment, that these are not available here.

It’s a shame that these are so oddly expensive, and that they’re not even available in the US, because some of them are pretty well-done. It would be awesome to play the WoW intro theme when my guildies text me to go raid. I guess I’ll just have to make my own ringtone for it.

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Filed under: Events, Fan stuff, WoW Social Conventions, Blizzard, Contests, BlizzCon

Videogame Price Charts (who?) has compiled a list of seven videogame conventions to attend before you die. Unfortunately, the list seems unattainable by design, as they want you to attend E3 before 2007, but besides last week’s Leipzig Games Convention and this weekend’s upcoming PAX, Blizzard’s own BlizzCon is right there on the list.

We’re not sure why you’d want to go to BlizzCon if you didn’t happen to be a fan of Blizzard’s games, but then again, who isn’t a fan? They list the legendary costume contest and the chance to try out PC games as reasons to go (along with meeting your guild — I did all three at BlizzCon last year), though they forget all of the great Blizzard panels and the entertainment offered at each ‘Con (where else can you see Level 70 ETC, besides, you know, in-game).

Especially since it’s going to be bigger than ever this year, there’s no question that BlizzCon is going to be awesome. And even if you weren’t able to grab a ticket (we’re hearing just now that lottery winners are being notified), we’ll have everything you need to know and see from Anaheim this October right here on WoW Insider.

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In this special Worldwide Invitational wrap-up edition of BlizzCast, we briefly recap some of the events at
the recent WWI in Paris, and then move straight into a discussion with Diablo III Lead Designer Jay Wilson.
We quiz him on how the development team is evolving the classic series — and then dive into a discussion
of some recent hot issues surrounding the upcoming sequel. .

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To celebrate the Latin American launch of World of Warcraft on Friday, July 25, we held a midnight signing
at the Blockbuster Pilares in Col. Del Valle, Mexico, followed by a two-day event at the Plaza Satélite mall
in Estado de Mexico featuring 3v3 Arena competitions, leveling contests, and more. We’d like to thank
everyone who took the time to join us — and if you couldn’t make it, we hope you enjoy this
.

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To celebrate the Latin American launch of World of Warcraft on Friday, July 25, we held a midnight signing
at the Blockbuster Pilares in Col. Del Valle, Mexico, followed by a two-day event at the Plaza Satélite mall
in Estado de Mexico featuring 3v3 Arena competitions, leveling contests, and more. We’d like to thank
everyone who took the time to join us — and if you couldn’t make it, we hope you enjoy this
.

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, PvP, (Arena PvP) Blood Sport, Arena

So. Arenas. How have your Arena campaigns been coming along? Lately, we’ve been encountering a lot of melee teams in our bracket. Melee has been enjoying a rise in popularity since Season 3, when Armor Penetration made its debut in Arena gear. Of course, with Armor Penetration stats maintaining status quo across the board in Season 4 while Armor values went up, this has become less of a factor. Nonetheless, the melee pain train continues to chug along, with more double melee teams having a strong showing in 3v3 and of course the popular triple melee Cleave setup in 5v5. For the most part, any team comp with two or more physical DPS classes is technically a Cleave team.

Melee in 5v5 was popularized by Serennia in his Warrior / Rogue / Enh. Shaman and 2-healer set-up which he tried to dub ‘Trifecta’. Trifecta never stuck, of course, so Cleave became a more popular term coming both from the Warrior ability and the fact that a target descended upon by multiple melee will feel like she’s being cleaved in half. More than a few clothies have cried foul, and some have accused such comps as being brainless, skill-less, and — pardon me quoting the term — “gay”.

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Guilds, Odds and ends, Instances, Raiding, Ask WoW Insider

I’ve just rejoined an endgame guild (my Hunter just recently hit 70), and while I used to run Heroics pretty often on my Shaman with my old guild, my new guild is much smaller — while I like them a lot, they aren’t as much into running instances as I am, so endgame instance runs are few and far between with them.

So I’m left to PuG Heroics on my own, and I’m having the same problem deviate_delight is: getting into PuG Heroic groups isn’t proving to be easy. I’m a good player, and my gear is pretty good (OK, to be truthful, it’s probably a little low, and I just need to keep running non-Heroic stuff a little more until I get luckier with loot drops), but for some reason, I’m having a tough time making my way into Heroic groups.

So let’s put the question out to you readers: any advice for players like me and d_d on how to start Heroic dungeons without guildies to run with? Anyone have a strategy for getting a good, regular Heroic group together, or how to make it so that Heroic runners seek you out when they need a DPS (or tank or healer or whatever you are)? Heroics are great places, full of good loot and badges and all kinds of things that can help immensely with the endgame, but with the wrong people, they can really ruin your day. How can we get a group that works?

Previously on Ask WoW Insider…

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You’ve heard from Wordaen and Tyrandor. Now Azuarc begins his travels throughout Northrend, keeping a record of the things he does to whet your appetite for the coming expansion. Read today’s installment, detailing the changes to the user interface and the other adjustments to the game Az had to account for before making the journey to Northrend, including browsing the achievements window and figuring out where the Stormwind barber shop was.

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