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Posted on Mar 01, 2010 under cheats |
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Cheats
It’s hard to judge exactly how many players know about GM Island. Some of the older players will remember the flood of trade chat and guild chats whenever a GM was online and visible in GM Island, and those folks who like to mess around with private servers and unexplored places will have at least heard of its existence. However today, with the island being so cordoned off, many players probably are not familiar with the mythical island of the game masters.
GM Island is a piece of land that used to exist in the very upper left hand coordinates of Azeroth, far beyond the reach of players. It exists as an in-game entrance point for Blizzard GMs, and is a relatively mundane place. It has a small keep and a dock, a few trees and bushes, and that’s it.
There was a time when players were able to swim out to the island, and that swim took around an hour of hard work. It involved using a level one character constantly casting renew and other healing spells; and the player had to know exactly where to point themselves or risk being hopelessly lost in the vast oceans of Azeroth. The trick used to get there was similar to the one that allowed players to get to the Isle of Quel’Danas on the patch 2.4 PTR back in 2008. It was also possible to water-walk out there, but not much is known anymore about that method, at least publicly.
After the break we’ll take a look at a few of the features and lore surrounding GM Island, as well as look at some videos. However, please be forewarned that some of the images and videos in this post are from private servers. Enough legitimate in-game footage simply doesn’t exist.
Continue reading A look at GM Island and the Player Jail
A look at GM Island and the Player Jail originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on Feb 09, 2010 under cheats |
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Cheats, Bugs, Guilds, Raiding, Wrath of the Lich King, Achievements
Are you wondering what has caused all the ruckus in the raiding community the past few days? Have you been typing your fingers to the bone since Wednesday night, arguing for one side or the other in forums and chat channels? Whoever you are, or whatever side you’re on, in the still-burning aftermath of Ensidia’s ban, I feel some reflection is needed. Thus, I am going explain, to the best of my ability, what happened to cause such uproar in the raiding community this week. I am also going to, as the title implies, offer my speculations.
Continue reading Editorial: Thoughts on the Ensidia ban
Editorial: Thoughts on the Ensidia ban originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on Oct 12, 2009 under cheats, how to's |
Mute your sound, close your door, put those other windows away, and read every word I’m about to say very carefully because…
The next few words are going to be among the most important you will read in a good long time….
Brad Johnson, one of the biggest names in World of Warcraft and the richest player in the world, just hit me up with an email.
If you don’t already know, Brad is one of the top players around…he’s trained more than 11,000 players with his top secret gold making methods and each one of them is pulling in huge chunks of gold every single day as a result…
So what, you say, why is this the most important thing you’ll read?
Hold on just a second because Brad has just revealed the blueprint for the ultimate new product…
And it is going to make you extremely rich.
Got your attention?…I thought so:
After years of showing the masses how to get rich with his top secret methods, Brad figured out that players don’t just want gold…
They want a path to total domination of gold, PvP and PvE without having to spend hours upon hours each day getting there.
So Brad started searching for the formula that would allow you to get there…
And it all came to a head when he stumbled upon fellow WoW genius, T Dub at the 2008 Blizzcon last October.
T Dub or Tony Sanders (his real name) is equally as well known for his uber top secret and rarely known formula to hit 2200 arena points in just 38 days…
No, I’m not kidding. That’s his real score after 38 days and with no cheats, no trading wins, no exploits…just good hard work and epic knowledge of the system.
Can’t wait a second longer?…Check out these guys new system by following the link below:
http://warcraftworldlive.com/warformula.com
T Dub threw out the fateful suggestion that the two team up and put together the ultimate solution to the problems faced by players everywhere; creating a guide to show them how to make gold, master PvP, raid at the top of their server and master their class. And T Dub was also the one who managed to twist Brad’s arm into giving over his top secret methods to all the hungry players out there.
And they didn’t stop at that…
They created a system that will show you exactly how to get where they are in the game…all the way to the top…
And so, how exactly can you get this package?…
First off, you’d better be quick. I’ve heard that things will be limited and the guys don’t want to sell too many…
If you want in on the ground floor, you need to be among the first ones on board.
This is happening right now and you need to decide…
Are you in… or are you Shoveltusk fodder?
http://warcraftworldlive.com/warformula.com
Posted on Sep 22, 2009 under cheats |
Filed under: Cheats, PvP, Wrath of the Lich King, Battlegrounds, Rumors
We’ve gotten a bunch of tips recently that claim some very e-famous PvPers are botting in BGs. If you aren’t familiar with the term “botting,” Dictionary.com provides us with the following definitions of bot:
- Bot:
-noun
the larva of a botfly.
- Bot:
-noun (Australian Slang)
a person who cadges; scrounger.
- Bot:
-noun
a device or piece of software that can execute commands, reply to messages, or perform routine tasks, as online searches, either automatically or with minimal human intervention (often used in combination): intelligent infobots; shopping bots that help consumers find the best prices.
Continue reading High-Rated PvPers do the robot
High-Rated PvPers do the robot originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on Jul 04, 2009 under cheats |
Filed under: Hunter, Cheats, News items, Humor
As the holiday weekend rolled around, we started to get a number of tips that Hunters were successfully training themselves a…Worgen pet? Worgen?!? How was this level of cool allowed into the game without anyone knowing about it until now?
Well, it turns out that the Worgen pet is in fact a very clever use of game mechanics somewhat akin to those used by Hunters in order to tame the (now sadly vanished) Grimtotem Spirit Guide. Garwal, a warg NPC in northern Howling Fjord who can turn into a Worgen as part of a questline (the link is the Horde version, but it’s the same for both Horde and Alliance) can actually be tamed and kept in Worgen form if the timing is right. Mania’s Arcania has a look at the process used here, which involves a little math, a little guesswork, and the strategic use of Wyvern Sting.
Continue reading Hunters discover “new” Worgen pet
Hunters discover “new” Worgen pet originally appeared on WoW.com on Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on Jun 29, 2009 under cheats |
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Cheats, Guilds, Blizzard
As previously reported, there were accusations that US guild Exodus used an exploit to obtain the World First of the last unclaimed Hard Mode in Ulduar — Alone in the Darkness. As it turns out, these accusations were true and blue poster Daelo posted on the official forums that the Yogg-Saron encounter was hotfixed on all servers to prevent this from happening in the future. Owing to this, Exodus’ kill is no longer recognized by some achievement trackers.
Contrary to some reports, however, Exodus released a statement on their website that members of their guild were not banned, clarifying that Blizzard meted out a 72-hour suspension for their abuse of game mechanics. They argue that the encounter wasn’t beatable to begin with, similar to the C’thun fight in Ahn’Qiraj before it was fixed, prompting the exploit. In the same statement, Exodus also points at Ensidia’s arguably hypocritical stance of complaining about the abuse considering Ensidia used similar questionable methods to achieve other World Firsts. Serennia mentions this behavior in his column at wowriot, as well, bringing into question Blizzard’s apparent double standard when meting out punishment.
Exodus punished for exploiting Yogg-Saron encounter originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on Jun 09, 2009 under cheats |
Filed under: Priest, Items, Analysis / Opinion, Cheats, Odds and ends, Phat Loot Phriday
Here’s an offhand, one that works pretty well for Priests.
Name: Ironmender (Wowhead, Thottbot, Armory)
Type: Epic Off-hand
Damage/Speed: N/A
Abilities:
- +54 Stamina, +47 Intellect, +45 Spirit
- Improves haste rating by 36 and spell power by 74.
Continue reading Phat Loot Phriday: Ironmender
Phat Loot Phriday: Ironmender originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on May 20, 2009 under cheats |
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Cheats, Features, Raiding, Interviews, [1.Local]
Reader comments – ahh, yes, the juicy goodness following a meaty post. [1.Local] ducks past the swinging doors to see what readers have been chatting about in the back room over the past week.
The [1.Local] PuG was in rare form this week, postulating theories and pontificating on issues ranging from the Martin Fury scandal to whether or not Ulduar difficulty and loot is on target. We highlight not one but two in-depth posts on the lore behind the Horde/Alliance relationship, each with extensive reader reaction.
This edition of [1.Local] also spotlights fresh reaction from Karatechop, the player at the epicenter of the Martin Fury brouhaha. What does he think about all the hullabaloo over his banning in the wake of his use of a GM-only item that came into the hands of a guildmate? Karatechop responds to the pages of comments on our exclusive interview with him about the incident. All this and more, after the break.
Continue reading [1.Local]: The theory, debate, controversy and scandal edition
[1.Local]: The theory, debate, controversy and scandal edition originally appeared on WoW.com on Sun, 03 May 2009 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on May 20, 2009 under cheats |
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Cheats, Features, Bosses, Achievements
In reading the commentary on the site concerning the brouhaha surrounding Martin Fury and The Marvel Family’s steamrolling of raid content, there were a lot of assertions made that left an impression on me, but the overwhelming feeling I had coming away from it was the players were treating it as a TOS issue when ultimately it’s not. For obvious reasons, Blizzard doesn’t spend a lot of time creating specific rules for what happens when players get ahold of items that are not officially supposed to exist. I do, however, believe it to be a moral issue.
Was Karatechop wrong to use the shirt, or just wrong past a certain point?
Someone made of stricter stuff than myself would probably say that it was wrong to use the shirt at all, but I have to admit — I don’t have it in me to condemn Karatechop’s initial impulse to try it out. GM items don’t officially exist for players; we know about them only because they’ve been data-mined, and you’d have to be a fairly frequent habitué of Warcraft fan sites to have any inkling that they’re in the game at all. If I’d been in Karatechop’s position, like many players I would’ve believed that Martin Fury was a joke when I first saw it. Who honestly expects to run across an item like that, let alone one that was mailed to a guildie’s level 13 Warlock? I don’t believe Karatechop was wrong to try the shirt when he had no reason to believe it was anything other than a joke or some bizarre glitch.
Continue reading The Azeroth Ethicist: Special I.W.I.N. edition
The Azeroth Ethicist: Special I.W.I.N. edition originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 05 May 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on May 20, 2009 under cheats |
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Cheats, Odds and ends, Blizzard, Account Security
We’ve covered the topic of Warden in the past, and you’ve probably already got an opinion on what it does to your computer system. Blizzard runs the Warden program alongside your WoW client, and while it runs it examines what else is running on your system — if there are any third party programs (either hacks or cheat programs) interfering with the client, it lets Blizzard know, and shuts down the client. The obvious privacy concern here, of course, is that Warden is basically watching what you do outside of the game. And while Blizzard has maintained that the program is simply meant to check for hacks and cheats (they also say that no personally identifiable information is sent back to them, though IPs and other network information definitely are), there’s always a chance that Warden could see you doing something you don’t want it to.
Computerworld’s Security section has a nice long article on all of the implications of Warden, especially in one of the more sensitive areas of security: the workplace. While most of us probably won’t ever play World of Warcraft at work, there are certainly companies where installing and playing the game at certain times is appropriate. And it’s probably in those situations where Warden could be its most dangerous. If you trust Blizzard with your information, then you’ll have nothing to worry about. But if you don’t know what Warden is sending back, there’s always a chance that it could be something more sensitive than you’d like.
Of course, there is a hard and fast solution to this: don’t play World of Warcraft on computers that have anything you wouldn’t want shared with Blizzard or anyone else. As Computerworld concludes, it’s a choice-and-consequences kind of thing. Warden is up and running every time you play WoW, for better or worse — if you don’t want it watching what you’re doing, the only guaranteed way out is to not play World of Warcraft.
Computerworld on Blizzard’s Warden at work originally appeared on WoW.com on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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