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Children's Week Guide! (May 2 - 9)
Children's Week
is coming up tomorrow, which means it's time for another
guide
! Time to become parents for all those orphans throughout Azeroth!
http://www.cuckhead.com/guide=childrens-week
The guide has been added to the
Tools > Guides
menu on the top, and you can navigate directly there by clicking the link above, or the adorable image of
Miyari
on the right. :)
If you have comments, questions, or suggestions about the guide, you can post them here!
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Some New Features!
So those who are paying close attention will have noticed some ninja fixes around the site recently!
I thought I'd take a moment to point some of the cooler ones out:
We now have
class
and
race
pages in the database menu! These give you a simple, straightforward place to look when you're trying to find abilities, talents, quests, trainers, item sets, or anything else related to a specific class or race.
We've added a "Disenchants into" filter to item searches! Now you can do searches like, "
all tailoring-crafted items that d/e into Nexus Crystals
".
Character tooltips like
this one
now include titles!
We've added a "Deprecated" filter to items so you can look for
items that aren't in the game anymore
.
You can now see the
latest blog comments
under the "Tools > Utilities" menu.
We've tweaked the
Profiler
menus! You can now see the Profiler dropdown under your username in the t
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Powered by Wowhead Page Updated
We've made some updates to our
Powered by Wowhead
page!
Some developers and bloggers have known for some time, but the script that powers Wowhead tooltips can be used for a lot of things beyond just creating popups for your Wowhead links—we support items with enchants or gems on them, set bonuses, random enchants, and more. And now we've added a handy guide to help you implement them on your own site!
Head on over to the page to see:
http://www.cuckhead.com/powered
Remember, if you're looking to have your blog or guild site featured on that page, just contact us at feedback@cuckhead.com!
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BFF Report Episode 24: Farmville?
A little while ago,
The Escapist
held a showdown for game developers called
March Mayhem
. Those of you who participated may have noticed that our beloved
Blizzard
made it precisely as far in the standings as...
Zynga
?
This week,
Mike B aka Fony
takes us into the deep, dark depths of Facebook gaming to teach us what this whole
Farmville
thing is all about!
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Some Celestial Steed Numbers
So I was speaking with
Draknorr
, who has been doing some math about the release of the
Celestial Steed
mount pictured to the right.
His friend entered the queue for a mount, and at the time the queue was at almost exactly 100k, and the stock ticked from 91% to 90% as he watched. When it ticked down to 89%, there were 46k in the queue. That's around 54,000 mounts for every 1% of the total stock—or, I would guess, about 5 million total mounts.
So this means that every 1% of the stock, they've sold 50k mounts at $25 a piece. That's $1,250,000. At the time of this writing the queue was at 88%—making that $15,000,000 so far—
and that's just in the United States.
Holy cow.
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Cataclysm: Vashj'ir Preview
The Cataclysm updates are coming fast and furious now, with Blizzard releasing a preview of the
Sunken City of Vashj'ir!
Vashj'ir is a level 78-82 zone in Cataclysm, which will bring us to the very depths of the sea—and face to face with Queen Azshara herself! Prepare to fight on board ships and submarines (anyone else hoping to see giant turtles again?), and do battle with both the naga and...the vrykul?
You can find out more about the Sunken City of Vashj'ir on the official
Cataclysm preview website
!
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/features/vashjir.html
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Class-Themed Twitter BlizzChat on Friday, Apr 16
Just in time for the storm of changes announced in the
Class Change
posts this week, Blizzard will be holding another
Developer Chat on Twitter
this Friday!
http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23BlizzChat
Just like before, to submit a question you will need to tweet using the
#BlizzChat
hashtag between
5:00 PM
and
6:00 PM
(Pacific time) on Friday, April 16, 2010. During the chat all questions will be posted on the forums due to the character limitations of Twitter.
Read on after the break for the original post! The full BlizzChat history is available
here
, and remember—if you want a specific question asked, feel free to let us know and we'll ask the best ones.
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Say Hello To Our Little Friend
Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to introduce
Koper
, the latest addition to our development team!
Koper is our new development intern. He's from Milan, Italy, he's the former developer of
WoWPanda
, and when he isn't trying to figure out the mysteries of Wowhead code, you can usually find him playing
QuakeLive
.
Everyone please give him a very warm welcome. :)
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Mage Class Changes in Cataclysm!
It's midnight, which means it's time for the
mage changes
!
Hold onto your hats, because they've dropped some (living?) bombs on us this time. It looks like mages are getting...Bloodlust?
Come read the full rundown after the break!
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Hunter Class Updates in Cataclysm!
Edit: Additional posts, as well as some corrections in the original post.
And bright and early, here comes Nethaera with the hunter post!
What do you think, hunters? This is a big one, considering the resource mechanic change, and Blizzard and Wowhead both want to hear from you!
The complete rundown is after the break!
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Rogue Class Changes in Cataclysm!
Edit: More updates! See below!
As expected, the
Rogue post
has just gone up!
The Rogue changes especially have had a lot of people salivating, so what do you think? Do they live up to your expectations, or are you disappointed?
The complete rundown, as usual, is after the break!
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StarCraft II Collector's Edition Includes a WoW Mini-Pet
The StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Collector's Edition has been
officially announced
!
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/press/pressreleases.html?100408
The box will cost $99.99, and will include a number of awesome bonus items, but the most interesting is a
WoW Mini-Pet
of the Terran "Thor" unit! For those of you who haven't seen them, that's one of these:
A few people have wondered—will this unit interact with the Grunty pet from the
Heavy Murloc Egg
, and the zergling from the
Zergling Leash
? Only time will tell!
The full rundown of all the items included is after the break.
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Warrior Class Changes in Cataclysm!
Edit: More updates to the thread below!
This morning brought us Bornakk's
Warrior post
!
Lots of changes in here, including talents to let you DW 1-handed weapons in the Fury tree, and the return of the
Heroic Leap
ability. The general pattern and the goals of the developers in their changes is starting to emerge. What do you think?
The rundown is after the break!
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BFF Report Episode 23: StarCraft 2!
In all the excitement about
Cataclysm
, we nearly forgot about
StarCraft 2!
Fortunately,
Mike B aka Fony
hasn't—he's been busily crunching away at the SC2 Beta, and he has the 1 - 14 win/loss record to show for it!
Interested in seeing it for yourself? Check out this week's BFF Report!
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European Contests Extended!
We've had a few technical difficulties with this contest, resulting in the contests being closed to new entries all morning!
The reasons behind the problems are all very complicated, technical, and difficult to explain (I entered the dates wrong), but in order to make sure that everyone has a chance to enter, we are
extending the contest!
You now have until
Midnight, April 8th
to enter to win for the last drawing! See the links below to enter!
All times are in PDT (GMT-7).
Wir hatten einige technische Probleme während des Wettbewerbes, die dazu führten, dass man sich den ganzen Morgen über nicht für die Verlosungen anmelden konnte!
Die Ursachen waren komplizierter technischer Natur und schwer zu erklären (einfach gesagt, ich habe die Zeiten falsch angegeben). Um allen Interessierten eine C
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Shaman Class Updates in Cataclysm!
Edit: Further posts have clarified some of your questions. Check after the break for the updates!
Nethaera has posted the shaman changes on the official forums!
A lot of interesting changes here, including a full explanation of the bonuses afforded by the
Mastery System
. Let's hear from the shamans in the audience! Awesomeness? Outrage? What's it going to be?
We'll be adding the full details to our
Cataclysm Guide
shortly. You can read the full text after the break!
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March Site Update Recap!
It's April, which makes it a good time to take a quick look back at
some
of the new stuff we've rolled out in the last few weeks!
http://www.cuckhead.com/?whats-new
We've launched two new contests, one in the
UK
and one in
Germany
!
Our
Noblegarden
guide has been posted!
You can now passive-aggressively help your friends with
LMWHTFY.com
!
We've linked loot chests with boss pages! Now when you go to
Malygos
's page, the loot from
Alexstrasza's Gift
will appear automatically!
We've added a
button which lets you increase the level cap on the
talent calculator
to 85!
We've made some updates to the
stat weights
—removed them from beta, shown them by default, and added a handy toolt
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Noblegarden Guide! (Apr 4 - 11)
Noblegarden
is coming up this weekend, which means it's time for another
guide
! Time to go egg-hunting with your friends, scarf down some candy, and celebrate the joy of spring!
http://www.cuckhead.com/?guide=noblegarden
The guide has been added to the
Tools > Guides
menu on the top, and you can navigate directly there by clicking the link above, or the adorable image of
Miyari
on the right. :)
If you have comments, questions, or suggestions about the guide, you can post them here!
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New Item: Hellfire Kickin' Taco Supreme
We uncovered some
exclusive
news for you! By digging deep into the game files, we managed to uncover a new item added in patch 3.3.3:
!
This item was apparently unlocked in the maintenance earlier this week, and according to our latest information, the tacos drop from
Loremaster Skosiris
in Shattrath City. If you manage to survive long enough to bring him down, he has a 100% chance to share one of these delicious tacos with you!
So far no one has managed to pick some up in-game yet. If you're the first, be sure to submit a screenshot—and don't forget to run the
Wowhead Client
to get us the data!
In light of this great tribute to the
Overlord of Tacohead
himself, we've decided to rename the site in celebration.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to
Tacohead
!
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New Contests: UK and Germany Only!
Edit:
This is not an April Fool's joke! We're really having these contests!
We're running
two brand new contests
—one in the
United Kingdom
, and one in
Germany
!
For those of you who missed the chance to participate in our previous contests because you weren't located in the US, now's your chance to win a brand new
Killer Xeno Pro Network Card
! Just click through to the contest pages below to see all the details. Remember, you have to be in the UK to enter the UK contest, or in Germany to enter the German one!
Edit:
Dies ist kein Aprilscherz! Wir veranstalten diese Wettbewerbe wirklich!
Wir veranstalten
zwei brandneue Wettbewerbe
—einen für Großbritannien und e
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