Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, Instances, Humor, Bosses, WoW Insider Show

Should be a great show tomorrow on the podcast, as we welcome two terrific WoW bloggers to the table. In one place together for the first (second? third?) time ever, both Daniel “BigRedKitty” Howell (who has his own very popular, very well-done podcast, by the way, if you haven’t heard it yet) and John “BigBearButt” Patricelli will be in attendance. And we’ll be talking about, as usual, all the biggest stories from the past week in Warcraft, including how the new Kara boss is going (and almost gone), whether Karazhan itself is too easy these days, and that whole class forums megaton yesterday (that turned out to be a dud, more or less). And we’ll cover the end of the zombie event, too, and whether or not it worked the way Blizzard planned it to, or if they cut it short early because of all the griefing.

The show will air live at 3:30pm Eastern (time zone calculator) over on our Ustream page. Lots of people have had questions about how to get the show lately (and of course, it hasn’t helped that our feed is going through some growing pains), but all of your questions should be answered in our last podcast post. And we’re working on the quality issues, too — I can assure you that the recording issue has been fixed, so no more tinny voices this week.

But you don’t want to wait until the recording anyway — join us on the Ustream page tomorrow (or just come back to this post — the stream is embedded after the break), and you can chat with us and other listeners live, as well as vote in polls and participate in a rumored “aftershow” that’s been popping up after we’re done recording lately. See you tomorrow!

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Filed under: Shaman, Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Expansions, (Shaman) Totem Talk, Wrath of the Lich King

So, what’s the score with Elemental as a spec? Why, Mister Rossi, have you been so assiduously avoiding any discussion of it?

Well, in part it’s because I don’t really like playing as an elemental shaman. It’s a personal preference issue: when I’m DPS, I like to be up in mob faces, not standing back casting spells. My default spec for when I’m not enhancement is restoration, if only because I seem to be able to keep people alive fairly well with that spec and usually healing is at a premium. But I would have no difficulty in admitting that not only am I not particularly enthused with elemental (unlike Mike Schramm, one of our big elemental boosters) I’m also not very good at playing one. So speccing elemental this week and testing out the spec was to some degree like asking Wayne Gretsky to go figure skating: sure, the guy can skate, and skate well, but he’s really not known for that particular kind of skating. Still, I did it, and I have to say that as is always the case when I do it I found the spec much less agonizing to play than I expected. It’s actually pretty fun. (Yes, I use basically the same gear as I do when I go resto now, which means my crit sucks, but I’m not going to blow all my badges on elemental gear just to test the spec.)

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Totem Talk: Elemental, my dear Watson originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Events, Breakfast topics

Happy Halloween, everybody! The World Event happening today IRL is the basis of our favorite game’s Hallow’s End festivities. This is the day when we are officially allowed to knock on strangers’ doors and hope their Innkeeper will give us some treats. This is also when we can dress up as, well… anything, really, and not have anybody look at us funny. This is actually a great opportunity to do a little bit of cosplay even if you’re not really into that kind of thing. I mean, why not dress up as your favorite WoW character? In fact, some people thought that was such a great idea they decided to make Warcraft costumes for everybody.

What do you have planned for this Halloween? Will you be dressing up as a Warlock in Tier 5? Or maybe an Orc with the Arcanite Ripper? If you do plan on dressing up as somebody — or something — from Warcraft, don’t forget to send in your pictures! While some of you might still have some last minute Hallow’s End Achievements to pursue, I hope you get it early today so you can go out for what usually is a fun-filled night in many places. This is one of the few times that I’d actually recommend not playing the game for a little while. I mean, RL tricky treats and flimsy masks have got to be on everyone’s agenda, right? Ending the day not plastered on Dos Ogris might be an Achievement for some, while I certainly hope nobody gets Out With It outside the game today. Whatever you have planned for Halloween, we at WoW Insider hope you have a blast!

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Filed under: Herbalism, Items, Tips, How-tos, Walkthroughs, Economy, Leveling, Guides, Making money, (Professions) Insider Trader, Inscription

Insider Trader is your inside line on making, selling, buying and using player-made products.

This week’s edition of Insider Trader will stand as an introduction to becoming a scribe. After covering some of the basic information you will need to know, I will walk you through the leveling process until you reach the 100th skill point.

I will also discuss Minor Inscription Research and glyphs in detail, ensuring that you can make informed choices when choosing how to level your inscription. In the coming weeks, I will continue with the guide until the new maximum, 450.

Hop on through the break to learn how to boost your scribe’s levels quickly and cost-effectively.

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The in our annual pumpkin carving contest have been selected – congratulations to the winners! The level of creativity and competition is increasing every year, with 2008 fielding the deepest pool of entries yet. Enjoy our where you can view the winning entries and the 18 honorable mentions.

If you want to view some past pumpkin-carving contest winners, you can see them here:
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Myndflame has been brewing up a little something special in time for Halloween. Just when you thought it was safe to walk the streets of Orgrimmar, something even scarier is afoot.

When Thrall realizes his old Hallow’s End costume isn’t quite as scary as he once thought, he digs out the “Costume Companion”, a crafting book for “Orcs who can’t scare real good”. Will Thrall be able to redeem himself throughout the community by creating his scariest costume ever?

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