World of Wracraft Trading – Advice For The WoW Rookie

(Great post from WoW Insider.  BTW – their site is a great world of wracraft resources.  You definitely got to check it out.  See link at bottom of post for their full article.)
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(Personally, I find the trade chats intimidating.  I keep to myself mostly and worry my wracraft skills in trade aren’t up to par so just let it go.  This is stupid and you should get over it if you have the same problem.)

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Worlds.com Lays Claim to MMOGs

(Wonder where this will end up.  Use the link at the bottom of the page to read the full article.)

Worlds.com claims to hold a patent for the idea of virtual worlds that dates back to 1995 and that could quite literally apply to every 3-D online world currently in existence. In fact, Worlds.com has already taken one MMOG heavyweight to court: Korea-based NCsoft, the company behind games like Lineage and Guild Wars. And while legal expert Ben Buranske, contacted by Business Insider, says the wealth of “prior art” will make the case tough to prove, World.com’s court of choice, the Eastern District of Texas, is notorious for handing heavy damage awards to plaintiffs in cases like this. Nintendo was recently ordered to pay $21 million in damages after a jury in the district found the company had violated 12 patents relating to its controllers held by a small Texas company called Anascape.

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Deaths of gamers leave their online lives in limbo

(Below is an interesting article from Peter Svensson published by the Associated Press. There is a link at the end of this excerpt where you can read the full article.)

Click here to read about the method I used to go from level 26 to 79 in just 7 days. (Without having to grind, search for mobs, or chase down useless quests!)

NEW YORK (AP) — When Jerald Spangenberg collapsed and died in the middle of a quest in an online game, his daughter embarked on a quest of her own: to let her father’s gaming friends know that he hadn’t just decided to desert them.

It wasn’t easy, because she didn’t have her father’s “World of Warcraft” password and the game’s publisher couldn’t help her. Eventually, Melissa Allen Spangenberg reached her father’s friends by asking around online for the “guild” he belonged to.

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World of Warcraft Leveling Tips to Help You Hit Level 80 Fast

The game of World of Warcraft is ever expanding with the release of patches, and content for the game. The latest expansion the Wrath of the Lich King allows players to level from 70 to 80 now which for many players has added some needed freshness to the game. Though there are a number of guides out there to help you level up to 80 faster, However I feel that leveling can also be done without a guide so I wanted to focus on a few World of Warcraft leveling tips that can help you do just that.

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