March 28th @ Shulas' Steakhouse @ 7pm. Should be quite a blast.
You guys from up North can just hop on over across the Lake.

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SUFFOLK: Because here is a man accused of treason:
Pray God the Duke of York excuse himself!

King Henry VI, part II ,Act II, scene I

Siji Ibikunle wrties this look at the evolution of the raiding system in Blizzard's hit game.No matter what you think about World of Warcraft, few can deny that it is an immersive MMO experience that manages to cover the many aspects of the genre with a level of polish that one would be hard pressed to find elsewhere in one package. Whether Aion: 1.5.0.11 Client Updateyou are into PVE, PVP, or RP, you can find it all in WoW at a level that few games are capable of reaching (although, some RPers would adamantly argue that the lack of a housing system is one of the great pitfalls of the game that is yet to be rectified). However, my favorite aspect of the game is PVE; and, further still, raiding. Aion: 1.0.0.3 English Update There is nothing like getting together with 9 or 24 guildies - or maybe even a PUG if you are desperate or not willing to be tied down - and downing the great, big baddies that the game has to offer.As someone who started aion downloadplaying the game during the second expansion, The Burning Crusade, I have only seen some of the evolutionary process that WoW has gone through over the years. However, the one thing that has remained a constant in all my time with the game is the hardcore versus casual raiding debate. This topic has Aion kinah sparked many a flame war in the WoW forums. Casuals believe that they should be able to experience the content that the more hardcore players do because it is part of the game that they are paying for - even if they lack the skill and/or time to commit that the more hardcore players do - and understandably so. During the Burning Crusade, there were long atunement quest chains, nigh insurmountable gear checks, and *gasp* skill - yes, skill - barriers that prevented them from doing so.

The expected wow race changefeature is now active on the Account Management page, at least on the US realms. One of our writers has gone through with the change, and it appears to be working. The charge is $25, five dollars less than the faction change feature released a while ago, and includes a full customization -- gender, name, and appearance if you choose to do them. The race changes do not include the new class combinations yet -- we'll probably have to wait until Cataclysm at least before those become available. It's not live on the EU realms yet either, as of this writing. wow raid.There is also an extended FAQ, which we've posted after the break. This is something that we mostly never expected to happen, right up until Blizzard started saying that it would just a while ago. So at this point, once you roll a character, you're now able to (for an additional charge) change everything about it save for the actual class. It seems unlikely that Blizzard would ever let that happen (given that classes are the fundamental basis of a roleplaying game), but of course we've learned to never say never with them. wow cataclysm odysseyaoc: the iron tower is a new level 78 and up group dungeon that lies in the heart of the Tarantia Commons district and functions as the climax of the epic story from Tarantia Commons. Players pick up from where the story ended in the commons between the conflict with the Wharf Rats, Crows and Daughters.What's New!!Achievements that test your skill in raid and heroic zones in Ruins of Kunark and The Shadow Odyssey. Like to see how far you can get with a few people missing? Think you can do a whole raid with no one dying? How about setting a record for fastest run through a zone?