However the Class rotations table has not yet been filled in, as rotations at the moment are rather pointless due to the summer holidays. We have been having a lot of trouble filling the raids for the 25 man because of that.
I have to make up for this by easing the the Rotations (as I never know whom will be available for a raid at the moment) and set up a few weekly 10 man runs instead. Holding on to the 25 man Sunday run in hope that we may fill it.

I would also like to give a reminder of the Raid Add Ons and keeping them up to date. I have noticed lately that a lot of you come to raids, without having the right add-ons installed or they are out of date. So please there is all the information you need along with links on site here so there no excuse not to have the right add ons up and running before the raid starts. These add ons are necessary for raiding with UNITY, and by not being organised before the raid holds everything and everyone up.

Another Handy application is WowMatrix for keeping Add-ons up to date.

Blizzard has launched a 'Recruit-A-Friend' campaign for World of Warcraft, offering up a free exclusive mount and other goodies for those who participate.

To get at the good stuff you have to stick the details of your mate in the recruit-a-friend page over at the official WoW site and the ball will start doing its rolling thing. If your friend opts to upgrade from the ten day free trial to a retail copy and pays for 60 days of play then you get the mount. The mount in question is called the Zhevra (it's a mish-mash of zebra and unicorn) and is only available to those who participate in the scheme. Participants can also get 30 days of free play.

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Okay, so Blizzard hasn't (yet) announced an iPhone version of World of Warcraft. But if you do play WoW on PC and own an iPhone, there's a new app you should download.

It's called Warcraft Characters, and it lets you view avatars, basic info, stats and combat data for all your WoW characters - with the information being cached on your iPhone so you can proudly boast about your Level 68 Blood Elf to friends.

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Blizzard makes reasonable efforts to make sure World of Warcraft accounts are secure, but in a world of keyloggers, network sniffers, Trojan horses, and plain-old bad passwords, it's not exactly uncommon for a WOW player to have his or her account accessed without permission, then find that everything their in-world character had that was remotely sellable was…gone.

To help combat the problem, Blizzard has announced it plans to offer a Blizzard Authenticator token for World of Warcraft accounts: the token will generate a short-term six-digit security code whenever a user presses a button. The user must then use that code along with their normal account name and password in order to log into the account. The token doesn't replace the security questions Blizzard associates with each account, but helps ensure that only users who physically have the correct token can access an account.

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It may be the most famous MMORPG in the world, with over 10 million subscribers to the game, but according to a leading psychiatrist in the treatment of online game addiction, some World Of Warcraft users are more ashamed of being addicted to it than online porn.

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If in-game screenshots just aren't doing it for you anymore, perhaps you should consider immortalizing your favorite virtual avatar in an oil-based portrait courtesy of the illustration team at Mondolithic Studios.

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Don't know who Leeroy Jenkins is? See here

Are you currently accepting advertising on your website wow-unity.wikidot.com?

Thank you,
Gary
Marketing Manager
ZTMC, Inc.

I personally visited wow-unity.wikidot.com. If you have received this information in error, or are not interested in accepting advertising on your site, simply respond to this email with "do not contact".

We have responded already with a 'no thank you' as we are keen to keep the UNITY community website free from Adverts.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=138018&page=1

Also MMO-Champion has a link to a 10 minute preview movie:

http://www.mmo-champion.com/

Major highlight for guilds like us: all 25-man dungeons will also have a 10-man mode with exactly the same content. Also, vehicle combat!

San Dimas, CA (PRWEB) May 9, 2008 — WarcraftMillionaire.com has just launched it's first product, Warcraft Millionaire:The Blueprint to One Million Gold, a complete gold making solution for the world's most popular MMORPG. World of Warcraft players across the globe have provided substantial feedback in recent months and WarcraftMillionaire.com owner, Brad Johnson has listened, dedicating himself to providing the world's most complete WoW gold guide, designed to integrate the top gold making techniques from multiple strategies into a thorough package of tips, strategies, and resources.

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It might seem counterproductive to leave a computer game unattended and allow an automated "bot" to play the game for you, but many World of Warcraft (WoW) enthusiasts have been using an authorized tool known as the Glider to stay connected to the game 24-7.

WoW producer Blizzard Entertainment and Vivendi Games, Inc. sued Glider creator Michael Donnelly and MDY Industries in February for intellectual property violations, but D.C.-based interest group Public Knowledge said Monday that Blizzard has no grounds on which to sue Donnelly for copyright violations.

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Lynnwood man makes a living selling 'World of Warcraft' characters

By Justin Arnold | Herald Writer

LYNNWOOD — It's 9 a.m. and Korgak the orc is commuting to Stranglethorn Vale for work.

Vince Knight — aka Korgak — is playing an orc rogue character on the "massively multiplayer" online game called "World of Warcraft."

On a good day, Knight can gain five levels — gaining experience and gold — for his online character. Unfortunately, it isn't going to be a good day.

No sooner has he jumped off a blimp into the lush, digital jungle of Stranglethorn than the green-hued Korgak is "ganked" or attacked, by a high-level night elf hunter.

Korgak dies.

"It ain't easy being green," Knight says with a sigh and begins the long journey back to his virtual corpse.

For Knight, it's just another day at the office.

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There have been a few adjustments the last few days as we feel our around the site. Like for most of you I am pretty new at this.

There are few things I need to note about how we are using the DKP.

1- DKP has been in effect in U N I T Y since Sunday the 13th of April, that is for the people that do not read in the game mail I spam and are unaware of what is going on *sigh*.

2- We do not give DKP points for attendance or a deduction on items in Karazhan. With the exception of T4 this will be the only items deducted from your points.

3- You will notice that all attendance of the raids (such as Gruul or Mag and up) have a value and you will receive points for attending.

4- However the loot in Gruul and raids up are worth points so watch what you spend them on =)

5- It is up to the individual, to keep check on what they have spent or not in the raids they attend so they are aware of how much they have to spend.

6- We have started all main raiding characters with a 15 point starting bonus, this will be added and reduced over time as you purchase Items. Alt's however have zero starting points, with the option though that if that class is in demand for a raid and you are forced to attend you will have the choice to add the points from that raid to either your main or the Alt that attended the raid.

Please, If you haven't registered at the site already, go and do so.
*I you have registered I hear there is a bug in the activation link from the default email that was sent to you, (even though that seems to be sorted out now) don't despair your membership will have registered anyway.

There is more to come as we sort things out.
A few of the topics mentioned in the Officers meeting tonight will be;

• DKP adjustment for Iregular raiders
• DKP adjustments for those that are on a rotation with others in their class.

So stay tuned!!
Ok that is it for now =) Itty

We had some hints that this would happen soon and now WoW Insider has confirmed through anonymous sources that the next expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, is in closed alpha status, and that various players are being invited to check it out, under a strict NDA.

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…allows guilds or groups of friends to share an in-game event calendar. The guild can post raid events and members can post events for dungeons they need to do quests for. Additionally, players can provide feedback to the event's sponsor saying that they will or won't be attending an event.

Once installed Group Calendar replaces the minimap current time tooltip and sun & moon icon. This can be used to open the UI or it can be opened using the /calendar command.
_{From Curse.com website}

Download Group Calendar here

…you have until 07 April 2008 to install and become familiar with Group Calendar

"Armed with a trusty axe, killer riffs, and a ton of attitude, the guitar-wielding bard is the second hero class to be introduced in the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King expansion for World of Warcraft. The bard excels both as a solo performer and as part of a solid group lineup, able to front in a number of roles as varied as his musical repertoire.”

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