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Twin Eredars US first kill by Premoniton
A lot of guilds managed to take down the Twin Eredars during the last 24 hours, one of them was Premonition and they got the US First Kill ! Congratulations to them.

WoW Arena Tournament Practice Phase Extended
Quote from: Bornakk (Source)
We have extended the first phase of the Arena Tournament for the First Qualification Round by one week. The practice phase of the tournament will conclude on April 22, 2008 with scheduled maintenance. The second phase of the tournament will begin once scheduled maintenance is complete. For more details and the full tournament schedule for the First Qualification Round, please see the post:

Arena Tournament Schedule




Tournament Q&A
A few more questions related to the tournament, you're getting used to it.
Quote from: Bornakk (Source)
After the qualifying at what point would we be traveling to compete?
Traveling would occur at the live Regional Qualfier events. The top 4 teams from each qualifier round will be invited and flown out to the live regional qualifier event to compete for cash prizes and a chance to be invited to the 2008 World of Warcraft Global Invitational Arena Championships. (Source)

Will mods be used at these locations?
Mods will not be allowed for the live events. (Source)

If we will not be traveling, will mods be allowed in the tournament at all?
Mods that are allowed by the ToU and EULA are allowed for the onlish phase, but as stated above, they will not be allowed at the live events. (Source)

Can you make new teams?
All teams are supposed to be locked down so I believe the ability to create teams is also disabled. (Source)



Wrath of the Lich King and money sinks
According to Bornakk, Blizzard found tons of new ways to make you spend your gold in the expansion, however nothing says if it will be enough to stop the inflation created by the daily quests (especially since Patch 2.4)
Quote from: Bornakk (Source)
Well, there will be things that cost money in Wrath of the Lich King, we have no plans to remove currencies.

Note: This has nothing to do with the purchase and/or process of allowing your flying mount to fly in Northrend.




World of Warcraft Surpasses One Million Peak Concurrent Player Milestone in Mainland China
Yes, that's one million players playing at the same time, see the press release below.

Shanghai, China – April 11, 2008. The9 Limited (NASDAQ: NCTY) (“The9”), a leading online game operator in China, today announced that Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft, the subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) has achieved a record peak concurrency of 1 million, the highest concurrency since the game's commercial launch in June 2005, following the launch of its new expansion pack, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, in mainland China on September 6, 2007.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade is the first expansion pack for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and operated by The9 in mainland China. In addition to continuing World of Warcraft's epic story line, Blizzard Entertainment's Burning Crusade expansion pack has extended the existing game content in a variety of ways, raising the original game to new heights. After the launch of the expansion pack, many existing players returned to the game and numerous new players have also been attracted to participate in the experience. It is no doubt that the epic game content and quality of Blizzard Entertainment's Wo...

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