, humans and night elves? In the eyes of Silicon Knights founder Denis Dyack it does. During an interview conducted by videogaming247, Dyack weighed both Blizzard's World of Warcraft and CCP Games' EVE Online on what he considered the superior MMO game.

Dyack admitted to trying out WoW for nearly a month when he told himself, "You know, I've got to stop this". He then came the conclusion that compared to EVE Online, the latter had more depth in terms of content and gameplay. Here's a quote from Dyack regarding his opinion on the Sci-Fi MMO game:

I was really, really big into EVE Online. I love EVE Online, and actually for me personally I actually think it s a better game. I know it s a lot harder core, but the depth of it s unparalleled and I love it. But I have to stop, force myself to stop playing those games because it takes so much time.

He was also relieved about finally finishing the development for Too Human. He said that this meant he now has time to play games of all sorts. Anyway, that apparently is his two cents regarding what he considers the better MMO title.

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• EA Mythic GM says Warhammer won't be a WoW Killer

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Drink and be merry in World of Warcraft's Brewfest event

Bring out those beer steins and get ready to join in one of the most festive events in Blizzard's World of Warcraft. This year's Brewfest promises to be yet another fun-filled time to enjoy all the fermented fruits of the harvest - all without the hangover.

The main Brewfest festivals will begin this September 20 and will run all the way until October 4. The venues for the horde and alliance factions will be held at Orgrimmar and Ironforge respectively. You also can expect smaller beer gardens to be set up in all the other main cities across the game world.

Classic events such as Ram Racing and the Barkers Quest will be making a comeback, although veteran drinkers can also expect a few new events to pop up during this time. Belbi Quikswitch and Blix Fixwidget will also be offering a new set of Brewfest prizes for any tokens you win during these special events.

Whether you choose Thunderbrew, Barleybrew, or the Ogres as the poison of you choice, it's all good clean fun during the upcoming Brewfest event. Keep an eye on this spot for more updates regarding the World of Warcraft event.

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First, take the path from Kharonose city to gnomeregen. When the letters appear
announcing you are in gnomeregan, STOP. Turn around. There should be a big hilkl
by you, where the mountains are restricting you. Turn that way and easily make
your way up the mountian. Stop when you get the giuant drop off. slowly ease your
self off the edge, but nudging both your mouse buttons slowly. After you fall,
you should grab some of the edge going down, giving you time to heal, cause you
need your full health. Soon, if you made it to the bottom, then walk over and try
to die. When you release your spirit, you will be in Wetlands. Just rez at the
spirit healer. (Dont include these parenthesis in the final draft, but if you
need a demonstration, look me up on the server 'The Forgotten Coast' and make
an alliance. Add Thedutchess to friends and then talk to me if i am online.)

If the Gay-dar rings, don't buy it. This is what the conservative Christian investment firm, The Timothy Plan, warns for parents planning to get games for their kids. Apart from the usual gaming no-no's, such as sex, violence, and substance abuse, the investment firm also flags games with homosexual content as inappropriate and unsafe for minors.

For this, The Timothy Plan hands out a list of the 30 "most offensive" games on the market. They maintain a "Do Not Buy List" for morally responsible consumers, against publishers that trade in abortion, porno, anti-family entertainment, and vices. They evaluate games on these eight categories: Sex, Nudity, Gay & Lesbian, Violence, Language, Drugs, Alcohol, and Game Addiction. They also specified if games have "demonic" content.

The usual suspects are all here: Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) and Saint's Row 2 (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) (both of which have a check mark on seven of eight categories - even gay content), Fallout 3 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC), and Age of Conan and World of warcraft to name a few. If they're such phobes about gay content, I'm surprised they didn't tag Manhunt 2 with a gay title.

They made a lot of comments that made me laugh, here are a few of my favorites:

• God of War II: "This game has a sex mini-game. During the "game," you press one of the four main PS2 buttons when indicated, which causes the women to moan louder, helping them reach climax." Now that's a detailed review!
• Saints Row 2: "Homosexual Encounters: …Characters like Randy the Tranny were used in marketing the game."
• BioShock: "Strong Language: Strong profanity including the f-word , as well as numerous others we prefer to not include in this report." wow, that's some hardcore swearing! Not to self: Get BioShock.
• Manhunt 2: "Strong Language: Strong Language: The game's first two words are "Holy F k."
• Blitz: The League II: "Suggestive Themes: Females appear in miniskirts with thong underwear only to be spanked by players during touchdown celebrations."
• Bully: Scholarship Edition: "Homosexual Encounters: Gay achievements such as over the rainbow can be reached on the Xbox 360 when you kiss 20 boys."
• Army of Two: Homosexual Encounters: (not mentioned): Somewhat homo-erotic undertones between the two main characters are present.

Well, I guess they're not looking forward to joining FLAG, but hey, this was worth a few laughs. If you wanna see the full pdf, just click on the source link below

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More on censorship and game ratings:

• Porn game company to bypass ESRB, Sony, Ninty, MS; to create own adult game industry
• Parental advisory: 5 Best Kid Friendly Games '08
• Parental Advisory Group: MK vs. DC is family-friendly

Source: wow.qj.net

This is the gold mine right here. Literally. The wow gold Pig blog is running a contest for 500,000 wow gold. We ve gotten wind of it, thanks to tips (and tweets) from the community, and so went further to fish out more info about it.

Apparently, the contest goes like this: you register, you enter a name for their wow gold Pig Twitter mascot and, if your entry is chosen, you win 500,000 in-game gold for World of warcraft. Easy as pie, yes?

We got in touch with their representative Nick Gardner, and here's the lowdown on this contest.

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QJ: Hi Nick. First things first, who are you and what do you do?

Nick: I m your friendly neighborhood blogger at wowgoldPig.blogspot.com. When I'm not doing that, I'm usually raiding or otherwise lounging around somewhere in Azeroth…

QJ: Can you walk us through the contest?

Nick: Sure. The contest you are referring to is called Name Twitter Pig . To join, just visit our blog site, enter a winning name for Twitter Pig and walk away with half a million wow gold. It couldn't be easier.

QJ: That sounds pretty simple. However, the maximum amount of gold a World of Warcraft character can hold is 214,748 gold, 36 silver and 47 copper. How is the winner supposed to collect it all?

Nick: That's the best part of the contest! Initially we struggled with that limitation as well, and almost settled for a measly 50,000g giveaway. But we really wanted the community to have some fun with this promotion.

And since community is such a big part of online gaming, we decided it to let the winner nominate ten (10) WoW characters. Each character will receive 50,000g. So the winner will be in a position to gift gold to guild mates, friends, family, or simply store it on alts.

QJ: Do contestants have to buy anything?

Nick: There s no purchase necessary. Just good old fun for everyone!

QJ: How did the Twitter connection come about?

Nick: We are all active members in multiple online communities and games. And we particularly like the real time aspect of Twitter. It's fun to participate and it's different than a blog site, which feels more like a turn based form of community. Twitter's WoW community is large and robust and we want to be part of it. This contest is just one example of how we try to contribute to the community. It's fun!

QJ: I guess fun is the operating word on WoW Gold Pig?

Nick: You betcha.

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And so went our little chat. If you re a World of Warcraft gamer, don t miss this chance and join the contest today. For more on the contest details, just head to the source linked below.
Good Luck!

Source: wow.qj.net

World of Warcraft Arena Season 4 will end soon

It seems like it was only yesterday when it started, and now it's almost at an end. According to Wryxian of the World of Warcraft forums in Europe, Season four of the Arena will end in less than two weeks, on October 14.

Once Season 4 ends, teams and ratings will carry over so that players still get to earn points and purchase gear until Wrath of the Lich King launches on November 13. Also, note that October 14 is only a tentative date, as Wryxian explains:

We re currently planning to end the fourth Arena season on October 14, 2008, and as always — this date could easily change.

This Arena Season is only ending in respect to the ladder, meaning we'll be taking a snapshot of the season's ladder and then go through our normal process to determine who is eligible for the end-of-season rewards. This process should take approximately one week.

It's very important for players who feel that they may be eligible for the arena-specific title and/or Armored Nether Drake to refrain from transferring their character to another realm between the date outlined above, and when the end-of-season rewards are physically awarded.

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's line of thought).

However, running parallel to Hideo Kojima's statement yesterday (about MGS4 being impossible for the Xbox 360 because the game wasn't designed for the 360 in the first place), J. Allen Brack and Tom Chilton of Blizzard both agree that WoW was always intended to be played on the PC.

In a recent interview with Videogamer, they both reiterated the fact that WoW won't be heading for consoles.

Brack says that WoW was "designed to have a keyboard and a mouse" and that the controls are really - to use Kojima's word from yesterday - optimized for a PC control scheme. Brack continues: "If you think about mapping those controls and all those different type of buttons that you have to a console without a keyboard for chatting, it's a very challenging proposition."

Chilton, likewise, explained that it's not a worthwhile endeavor to bring WoW to consoles;

It's really not that we have anything against consoles," Chilton said. "I mean we love console games also. And I'm sure there will be a successful MMO sometime on a console. So it has nothing to do with that. It's just more like a square peg round hole thing for our game. It just wasn't designed with that in mind.

But then… when Videogamer raised the point that Funcom will be bringing their Age of Conan to the Xbox 360 - and that they've got some technology to map the keyboard buttons to a 360 controller - Chilton simply replies that he thinks that WoW wouldn't be "a very good experience playing like that."

While the PS3 has the upcoming Wireless Keypad, and the 360 its Chatpad, they aren't all that big, y'know. As Brack said, it'll be a very challenging experience indeed.

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• Leipzig: new PS3 Wireless Keypad announced
• Xbox 360 Messenger Kit now going for only US 19.99

Source: wow.qj.net

QJ Giveaway: Get yer Free Realms beta keys here!

Everybody loves getting in on a game early, and what better way to do that than with beta keys? Since we love you guys so much, we're giving away the Free Realms PC beta keys we have in our possession so that you can go and explore the game's extremely open world before anyone else.

But wait! What is Free Realms anyway? It's a new highly-anticipated free-to-play MMORPG from Sony Online Entertainment that lets you do pretty much whatever you want to. Wanna race? Go. Wanna hang out somewhere like the beach? No problem. Wanna go around fighting stuff? Why not?

Excited? Keep an eye here and on the QJ.NET forums for further instructions. The giveaway will officially start tomorrow, and we have plenty of keys to give out. Premium members will get first dibs on the beta keys, so sign up now if you wanna make sure you get one.

Source: wow.qj.net

At the end of WSG after all 3 caps, sometimes
you cannot leave the BG and will eventually disconnect. If your
scoreboard says '-2s till battlegrounds will close', you know your game
is bugged. *You need this to happen before you will be able to do the
dupe*





* You can then exit out of the scoreboard.


* Trade your friend and put in the amount of gold.


* You log out and log back in. *Not the person you traded the gold to*


* Your friend with the gold will finally get disconnected. You both will have the same amout of money!





-You have to be next to each other when the game ends.


-I have not tested with items, only with gold.





For the BG to get bugged like this it basically needs to crash. It happens very rarely but it does happen.





Which of you accepts, trader, receiver or both?


Both of you accept and then only the trader logs off and logs back in.





Do you log off with the trade window open? or closed?


Does not matter.





Does the reciever leave the trade window open while you log off, or close it?


Does not matter.





Does the reciever do ANYTHING after the trader logs off? or stands still until disconnect?


Stand still until disconnected.

Online Entertainment gave us a couple of beta keys so that people can try out their upcoming Free Realms MMORPG, and already, we've been able to roll out the first batch of keys to our lucky QJ.NET readers - congrats guys, you know who you are!

There are more beta keys strung up on our belts and chains, so if you guys missed the announcement yesterday, don't sweat. Everyone's still more than welcome to join in on the fun. We're giving you a chance to take Free Realms out for a spin and get a headstart on this baby before it gets released for the PC.

To give you guys a bit of a primer, here's a full 10-minute developer walkthrough of the free-to-play MMO to get you started:

For all you guys who still want to join in the party, you can head to the QJ.NET forums for more info on how to grab hold of a beta key. Before you know it, you'll probably have your own key by the end of the day! Keep it right here for more updates and announcements about this beta key giveaway!

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This is the gold mine right here. Literally. The wow gold Pig blog is running a contest for 500,000 wow gold. We ve gotten wind of it, thanks to tips (and tweets) from the community, and so went further to fish out more info about it.

Apparently, the contest goes like this: you register, you enter a name for their wow gold Pig Twitter mascot and, if your entry is chosen, you win 500,000 in-game gold for World of warcraft. Easy as pie, yes?

We got in touch with their representative Nick Gardner, and here's the lowdown on this contest.

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QJ: Hi Nick. First things first, who are you and what do you do?

Nick: I m your friendly neighborhood blogger at wowgoldPig.blogspot.com. When I'm not doing that, I'm usually raiding or otherwise lounging around somewhere in Azeroth…

QJ: Can you walk us through the contest?

Nick: Sure. The contest you are referring to is called Name Twitter Pig . To join, just visit our blog site, enter a winning name for Twitter Pig and walk away with half a million WoW gold. It couldn't be easier.

QJ: That sounds pretty simple. However, the maximum amount of gold a World of Warcraft character can hold is 214,748 gold, 36 silver and 47 copper. How is the winner supposed to collect it all?

Nick: That's the best part of the contest! Initially we struggled with that limitation as well, and almost settled for a measly 50,000g giveaway. But we really wanted the community to have some fun with this promotion.

And since community is such a big part of online gaming, we decided it to let the winner nominate ten (10) WoW characters. Each character will receive 50,000g. So the winner will be in a position to gift gold to guild mates, friends, family, or simply store it on alts.

QJ: Do contestants have to buy anything?

Nick: There s no purchase necessary. Just good old fun for everyone!

QJ: How did the Twitter connection come about?

Nick: We are all active members in multiple online communities and games. And we particularly like the real time aspect of Twitter. It's fun to participate and it's different than a blog site, which feels more like a turn based form of community. Twitter's WoW community is large and robust and we want to be part of it. This contest is just one example of how we try to contribute to the community. It's fun!

QJ: I guess fun is the operating word on WoW Gold Pig?

Nick: You betcha.

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And so went our little chat. If you re a World of Warcraft gamer, don t miss this chance and join the contest today. For more on the contest details, just head to the source linked below.
Good Luck!

Source: wow.qj.net

Conservative Christian Investment Firm flags gay content in games

If the Gay-dar rings, don't buy it. This is what the conservative Christian investment firm, The Timothy Plan, warns for parents planning to get games for their kids. Apart from the usual gaming no-no's, such as sex, violence, and substance abuse, the investment firm also flags games with homosexual content as inappropriate and unsafe for minors.

For this, The Timothy Plan hands out a list of the 30 "most offensive" games on the market. They maintain a "Do Not Buy List" for morally responsible consumers, against publishers that trade in abortion, porno, anti-family entertainment, and vices. They evaluate games on these eight categories: Sex, Nudity, Gay & Lesbian, Violence, Language, Drugs, Alcohol, and Game Addiction. They also specified if games have "demonic" content.

The usual suspects are all here: Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) and Saint's Row 2 (Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3) (both of which have a check mark on seven of eight categories - even gay content), Fallout 3 (PS3, Xbox 360, PC), and Age of Conan and World of Warcraft to name a few. If they're such phobes about gay content, I'm surprised they didn't tag Manhunt 2 with a gay title.

They made a lot of comments that made me laugh, here are a few of my favorites:

• God of War II: "This game has a sex mini-game. During the "game," you press one of the four main PS2 buttons when indicated, which causes the women to moan louder, helping them reach climax." Now that's a detailed review!
• Saints Row 2: "Homosexual Encounters: …Characters like Randy the Tranny were used in marketing the game."
• BioShock: "Strong Language: Strong profanity including the f-word , as well as numerous others we prefer to not include in this report." Wow, that's some hardcore swearing! Not to self: Get BioShock.
• Manhunt 2: "Strong Language: Strong Language: The game's first two words are "Holy F k."
• Blitz: The League II: "Suggestive Themes: Females appear in miniskirts with thong underwear only to be spanked by players during touchdown celebrations."
• Bully: Scholarship Edition: "Homosexual Encounters: Gay achievements such as over the rainbow can be reached on the Xbox 360 when you kiss 20 boys."
• Army of Two: Homosexual Encounters: (not mentioned): Somewhat homo-erotic undertones between the two main characters are present.

Well, I guess they're not looking forward to joining FLAG, but hey, this was worth a few laughs. If you wanna see the full pdf, just click on the source link below

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More on censorship and game ratings:

• Porn game company to bypass ESRB, Sony, Ninty, MS; to create own adult game industry
• Parental advisory: 5 Best Kid Friendly Games '08
• Parental Advisory Group: MK vs. DC is family-friendly

Source: wow.qj.net

, humans and night elves? In the eyes of Silicon Knights founder Denis Dyack it does. During an interview conducted by videogaming247, Dyack weighed both Blizzard's World of Warcraft and CCP Games' EVE Online on what he considered the superior MMO game.

Dyack admitted to trying out WoW for nearly a month when he told himself, "You know, I've got to stop this". He then came the conclusion that compared to EVE Online, the latter had more depth in terms of content and gameplay. Here's a quote from Dyack regarding his opinion on the Sci-Fi MMO game:

I was really, really big into EVE Online. I love EVE Online, and actually for me personally I actually think it s a better game. I know it s a lot harder core, but the depth of it s unparalleled and I love it. But I have to stop, force myself to stop playing those games because it takes so much time.

He was also relieved about finally finishing the development for Too Human. He said that this meant he now has time to play games of all sorts. Anyway, that apparently is his two cents regarding what he considers the better MMO title.

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Related articles:

• Video: Denis Dyack talks about Too Human, the value of game storylines
• EA Mythic GM says Warhammer won't be a WoW Killer

Source: wow.qj.net

World of Warcraft PTR 3.0.2 arriving soon
While World of Warcraft's Public Test Realm has taken the backseat in favor of the Wrath of the Lich King beta, it doesn't mean Blizzard has totally ignored the test server altogether. The European servers have recently been wiped to make room for the new 3.0 build of the PTR, according to Blizzard poster Tigole.

Tigole also mentioned that some patches were on the PTR for over two months already and should receive some major testing once it goes live. In addition, 3.0.2 will be sure to arrive some time before Wrath of the Lich King 2.0.1, similar to when the pre-Burning Crusade patch was implemented a month before the actual expansion was released.

Since there are still a lot of people trying out the WotLK beta, this means people who want to test out the new updates in the PTR will have a lot of free space on the Realm to do so. Also, Tigole mentioned that none of the classes are done, so anyone willing to sign up for the PTR will be more than welcome.

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Source: wow.qj.net