Fan sites:

WoW-Serbia.com brings information and previews of the upcoming Tier 9 armor sets, so check it out and be sure to provide them with your thoughts on these sets!

WoWJuju.com brings you a landslide of information and updates they’ve gathered from across the board, including our recently published Warlock Q&A and details on the recently announced Faction Change service and also some tidbits on the upcoming proposed Engineering changes in 3.2.

World of ComicCraft:

What you’re planning will get us all killed!

Who disturbs my Royal powdering session?

Own him! Use the Murder Button!

I’m a warrior dammit!

Other Stuff:

Someone let the Crocolisk loose on the Off-Topic forum (someone really needs to cage that fiend)! Be sure to check out this week’s Friday Thread, for he has promised no Mars related stories are going to be mentioned.

Freshly baked news has come in from Myndflame! For Illegal Danish fans we bring news of a third instalment coming our way. You can read more about Illegal Danish 3: The Ballad of Dirti G, and watch the prelude over at the Myndflame site. Star Craft fans may see the resemblance to a certain trailer, and to compare the two, you can see them side by side here.

TheBurningCrusade.pl have published a short movie about the Midsummer Fire Festival, as well as an article on the subject. You can also take a look at their coverage on the 3.2 PTR patch notes so far, and join in on the analysis here.

We’ve been contacted by everyones favourite Baron this week. No, not Rivendare... Baron Soosdon comes forward with a new offering of machinima goodness. ‘Raid Together, Die Alone 3’ is complete, and features some rather nifty PvE footage from 2005 to present day. A very impressive production and well worth checking out!

Have a magnificent weekend everyone :-)

"You can hide your eyes, you can dim the lights, but they are watching! This is a new time, with a different kind, they are the future.!

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Bomba, stout and proud warrior of the Tauren race, found himself curiously eyeing his potential opponents. Who were the strong ones to watch out for? He pondered this to for a while as combatants from all races of the Horde lined up to enter the contest. Daggers, clubs, axes, swords and fists; broadswords and decapitators; Bomba took in the image of the different fighter types in front of him.

To Bomba, it was easy to tell apart the different fighter types by the arsenal of their weaponry. What bothered him somewhat, though, were the magic users. Aside from different coloured garments and some style differences, it was a much harder thing to tell what they were capable of and what to look out for. The Magicians, for example….. were they the fire type, frost type or the arcane type? Bomba shrugged as he let out a loud sigh. Not that it mattered much; he would simply cleave their skulls before they got a chance to do much of anything. At least, that was the plan.

In front of Bomba was his friend, Lyricisia. She was a druid, the feral type. "How ironic!", Bomba muttered calmly to himself… "A catty personality specialising in cat-fighting". He nourished the thought for a few, then decided to ask her: "So then, are you ready to wreak some havoc?"

Poll Of The Week: What is your favorite Horde female dance?

2009 Regional Finals Forum Coverage

• Regional Finals Index Thread
• Regional Finals Coverage - Friday
• Regional Finals Coverage - Saturday
• Regional Finals Coverage - Sunday

This week on the WoW-Europe Forums:
Opinions are plentiful on the forums. What is your favorite in-game settlement?

This week, Xenoronin brings us Pimp my UI episode ninety-five!

In regards to Arthas’ fate, how would you want it to end?

Guides, Guides and Guides!

Do you want to make levelling more fun?

Holy Paladins, gather around for this 3.1 guide to the holy spec!

Wondering how to get started on raids? Look no further!

...or perhaps you’re wondering how to get started with PvP?

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Fan sites:

WorldofWar.net, always very quick to keep fans informed, have some cool stuff on their site this weeks– just like every week! Check out their new Ravasaur Mount Guide and New Druid Forms video based on the current patch 3.2 PTR content. Definitely worth a look, especially if you’re not yet able to visit the PTR realm yourself! They’re also deep into speculating about Icecrown Citadel – are you as curious as they are?

World of ComicCraft:

Don’t fwoosh me, bro.

Finally, my greatest work! Completed!

Do you know what time it is? Invention time!

Oh, look! It’s captain complain!

Egah! A ghost!

Hey boss, there’s another raid groups incoming...

Other Stuff:

Herculean Productions have informed us that Episode 6 of the Chronicles of Leeroy has been released! This episode is "Stranglegank Vale" – the party ventures into Stranglethorn Vale and meet up with Celeste, a level 1 ALLIANCE Mage! What on Azeroth will happen next? You just have to check it out to see - very heartily recommended.

Come and watch Evilseedid multibox 4 Hunters and a Priest! Can apparently be quite entertaining.

Imagine Stratholme, but with completely different sounds and music! No need, listen and watch it here. Come along and drop your feedback here in the forums.

Havesa magnificent weekend everyone :-)

"Still,the Scythe of Elune was surely granted to her as a boon by our goddess, and it is unsettling to me that it has fallen out of her servants' hands.

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As the 2009 Warcraft Regional Finals approach, we are excited to announce that the tournament will be streamed live* on the official Regional Finals homepage (starting at 14:00 CEST on Friday June 26th through to Sunday June 28th). You’ll be able to follow the thrilling competition by watching the event live and shoutcasted by Rob Simpson from the Blizzard eSports team and three special guests from the ESL: Stuart "TosspoT" Saw and Daniel "LilLD.C" Claesson for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, and James "2GD" Harding for World of Warcraft Arena.

We will also be offering live coverage throughout the event, including news reports, articles and live updates from the Forums. Visit the Regional Finals website for more information!

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The Apothecaries of the Royal Apothecary Society have been invited to a gathering of various leaders and dignitaries of the Horde, where they have been requested to share their analysis of a new strain of the Scourge Plague.

Master Apothecary Faranell steps forward and everybody in attendance at the gathering immediately quiets down. He slowly turns his head from left to right, staring intensely at everyone, one by one, until all who are present are both tense and showing undivided attention. He then begins to speak in a voice from beyond the grave:

"The frontlines may have been pushed back in our favour, but the Scourge is far from defeated! The scourge is a very powerful and deadly enemy, which feeds and gains in strength from our fallen ones. Its ability to infiltrate even the safest of our settlements to refill their ranks is even more... concerning."

Master Faranell slowly moves to the other end of the chamber where there are several cages containing specimens of more or less living Orcs, one more deteriorated and rotten than the next. He focuses his attention on the specimens and continues to speak:

"This new plague is quite ingeniously fiendish... and quite potent as well. I would recommend that you do not move any closer unless you seek to become one of them!"

He quickly turns around and stares intensely at everybody in the room who was nearing the cages for a better look. Once they have stepped back, master Faranell turns his attention back on the specimens and begins to share his findings:

"This plague has several stages, where the last one is when the victim will be completely beyond saving!

The 1st stage is when the victim becomes infected, often by coming in touch with any bodily fluid from another infected, be it sweat, blood, tears, and so forth. During this stage the plague is quite dormant and hard to detect, since victims are often completely unaware that they are infected. At this point however, victims may feel more tired or weaker than usual.

The 2nd stage is when the outbreak happens and the victim is crippled by fever and fatique. It is usually during stage 2 that the plague is discovered, and then it is often too late to make attempts of quarantine. During stage 2, the victim will lose the body’s fat reserves; the victim will sweat and cough profusely and may also bleed from multiple orifices such as the mouth, nose and ears.

The 3rd stage is when the victim starts to turn. At this point the victim goes insane or feral, and communication will no longer be possible. The victim’s flesh will show signs of decay and rot, muscles and internal organs will have deteriorated and the skin will often be covered in boils. It is in this stage that signs of life will disappear and the body will become cold as a corpse.

The 4th stage is when the victim has turned and has become reanimated into a ghoul, or in more rare cases, a plague spreader.

This plague is different, as conventional means of healing will not cure the victims, but only delay their suffering. A well treated victim will eventually turn, albeit slower than if untreated. Healers that are normally immune to diseases are not immune to this plague, and although we are not sure why, we expect some type of magic to be involved. The only known "cure" we have so far is fire! To burn the victims is the only way to prevent them from turning.

A cure and vaccine must be developed gentlemen, if not then it is only a matter of time before the Scourge has won... questions?"