Weekly Review (4/5 - 4/11)

发布者 Neutronimity

Hey there, the FIFTH Weekly Review now has appeared! We are very proud to have been keeping this program alive. =)
We would like to announce two things: First of all, our previous editor BigRedWilly had to step down due to real-life obligations. Though we are sorry to see him go, we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors. We would however like to introduce our new Editor, Queggy!

News:

Blog - Lore and Roleplaying Forum! by Malgayne, the Voice of the Wowhead! He now announces a brand new forum board for all those dedicated to lore and roleplaying! Finally, after being long overdue, we can now RP our characters. =D
Blog - Legendary Healing Mace Info on MMO-Champion by Malgayne, the Voice of the Wowhead. So we finally get some more info about the new mace, though exact item stats yet are unknown.
Blog - Girl's Don't Game by Malgayne, the Voice of the Wowhead. According to a link therein, World of Warcraft is the most commonly played game for girls. Check the link inside the post for more information.
Blog - Rest In Peace, Dave Arneson by Malgayne, the Voice of the Wowhead. He reports that Dave Arneson, a major creator of Dungeons and Dragons, peacefully passed away from our world. Still, we will remember him and not forget all what he has done. Rest in peace Dave.

In Game:

Thread - Undergeared/-skilled players gearing way too easy? by Sibling2. He seems to be annoyed be the mass of freshly dinged level 80's already earning the end-game raiding gear. Perhaps those players should put more in building up their character? What do you think?
Thread - Your first gold piece. by Appi. This is a thread to dig up your long and forgotten memories about the first gold coin you got.

Suggestions:

Thread - New Idea, Old Content by RogueDante. He suggests adding another Azeroth landscape—which would be accessible via a Caverns of Time portal—where everything happens to be reverse (Horde -> Alliance; Alliance -> Horde; etc) and the old dungeons can be revisited at higher levels.

Theorycrafting:

Thread - Running a Casino by n4ru70h4x0r. He plans to run a casino and asks how the playing mechanics could be improved.

Guides:

Thread - Helpful Threads by Gryphon, the Spam Buster. So Wowhead seems to be drowning in stickies a little. Due to that he's made a thread collection with links to the several topics which will help out newer players. That doesn't mean you should stop contributing to the forums! Apparently Gryphon has done similar thread collections for every of the Class Boards and the other major boards.
Thread - Raiding/Instances/Dungeons for Dummies...your input by Rizzymynizzy. This is going to be a long thread full of tips for gameplay and behavior for a young Death Knight.

Continued below.

发布者 Neutronimity

Lore and Fan-Fiction:

Blog - Nordic Northrend by ArgentSun, The Ambitious. So he wrote a large compilation of the lore background behind the Old Gods and other creatures and compares them to the real gods and goddesses of Nordic and antic cultures and mythologies. A good example is Brynhild, Brunnhilde/Brunnhildar which is a clear reference to Brunhild in the antic German tale, Das Nibelungenlied or The Song of the Nibelungs. This is just one of many references to the various stories of the old European cultures.
Thread - Ashbringer and Naxxramas Lore by killerpet. This is a detailed summary on the changes and the history from the Second War near Blackrock Mountain to the current time period with Naxxramas being situated in Northrend.
Thread - Old Gods, Old Gods... by ArgentSun, The Ambitious. This time it's about whether to call the Old Gods a race or not, due to their rareness (most theories assume that only 5 exist... perhaps more could be on other planets...?) With additional info from this thread, Origin of a Species: Old Gods by Shalice. ArgentSun, thrown off by the info page on Ulduar, now tries to figure out which role the Old Gods play in the World of Warcraft.
Thread - Project Lore Episode 17 - The Culling of Stratholme by mystadio. This time the Project Lore team is heading over into the Caverns of Time . . . see what will happen.
Thread - Project Lore Soloing - Dorkins Does Dailies by mystadio. Project Lore has introduced a new topic for the videos: Soloing. The links are inside the post.
Thread - The Scourge Invasion (Open RP) by Queggy. As of now, the Lore and Roleplaying forum now has opened its gates to a mass of dedicated roleplayers and Queggy promptly created his first roleplaying thread: The Scourge Invasion. Inside you will find an introduction.
Thread - Who here RP's Give me your descriptions! by Lougara. The RP threads are mushrooming up in seconds! This one is a collection of descriptions for characters whom users are roleplaying with. Maybe you would like to add your own?
Thread - The Histories And Lore Behind The Other Races by Sagramor. Inspired by Queggy's lore compilation (remember History and Lore Behind the Races (RP)?), Sagramor has added more lore background and info about the less known races of Azeroth, Old Gods, Titans, and Dragons among them.
Thread - What Not to Do: A Brief Guide to RP threads by Queggy. He has set up a basic guide for everyone who wants to start out in Roleplaying. It includes the aspects of handling yourself and watching the limits.
Threads - The Pandaria Series - Volume 1: What's The Name of That Drink? and The Pandaria Series - Volume 2: Of Course He's Gonna Open It. by Sagramor. This is gonna be a new user written storyline! After Spidermonkey had stopped, this was just right in time!

Off Topic:

Blog - Sci-Fi MMOs? by Malgayne.
Thread - You cannot "delete" a WoW account. How would you quit forever? by LoqueNahak. This is a discussion on the WoW marketing strategy used by Blizzard, hoping to have as much customers as possible.
Thread - Where Blizzard is Taking WoW? by Samnite. This is an essay on the way Blizzard is handling their own creation, World of Warcraft.
Threads - Weekly Debate #3: Capital Punishment by MyTie. The the latest Weekly Debate is about whether it is reasonable killing a criminal for justical revenge or not. What do you think? And this thread by Queggy, The Sumali Pirate Situation, just fits to the current discussion: which actions should be taken, which not?

And because it's our fifth Weekly Review, we would like to ask our dear readers:
What do you like about the layout? What looks ugly? Should the quote boxes be removed? Anything else? Do you have certain suggestions on what to include in the Weekly Review?

We apprectiace all kind of feedback! Just post them below!
Remember, folks: If you have any feedback or comments you'd like to give, or if you feel a thread should be added to next week's Wowhead Weekly Review, send them all to MasterOfDisguise@Arideni.com. (MasterOfDisguise-- do you feel unchallenged? :P I'm also open for suggestions.)

The next W-R will appear the following weekend! Stay tuned!

And many thanks to Queggy!

发布者 Queggy

发布者 Arideni

I think the introduction should be the first thing up there and the Comments? box at the bottom -- except there is already one there, so it's redundant. :-P

发布者 Neutronimity

Arideni-- how'd you mean by comments? I don't see any.

Weekly Review (4/5 - 4/11)

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