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Ways To Be Sneaky In PvP Battlegrounds

pokioalse — 2008-08-30T12:03:22+01:00

"As someone with largely non-sneaking toons on World of Warcraft, my experiences in the PvP Battlegrounds vying for a few “easy epics” have included a lot of seeking and searching out ways to be sneaky without any sneakin’ skills. Sneakily Dealing Ranged Damage The first thing I’d like to say about this whole thing is that the World of Warcraft is a magical, mystical place where some physical structures that appear to be in place really aren’t there, in a way. What way. Well, in the way that sometimes there are hills and trees and even parts of buildings that obscure vision for a player but do not effect line of sight for someone mounting an attack on the player who cannot see them. These are the greatest spots in the world, to me, when I PvP. I love to seek those spots out and get myself to them (especially in confusing times) and then see how long it takes for someone to figure out I’m there and do something about me. And of course, if one can Range DPS from that spot and be successful, one can Heal from that spot as well and be equally successful! Where I’ve Found Great Spots If you read my blog very often, you see that I cover a wide variety of angles of the game of World of Warcraft. I get into a whole bunch of different things during my play time, because I’m curious and I enjoy the variety of entertainment that Blizzard offers. So, it won’t be a surprise to you to know that when I do battlegrounds, I do ‘em all. To the point of queuing myself for 3 battlegrounds at once, and leaving one battleground for another’s start-up call if the first one is going too painfully badly (like a WSG where everyone is fighting mid and nobody is running the flag&hellip. So, I’ve found some great spots in pretty much all of the Battleground instances, possibly save Warsong Gulch itself since I put myself on Flag-runner support duty most times and that involves a large degree of “out in the open” practice of self-defense. Favorite Battleground For Sneaky Ranged Action My favorite Battleground on my Mage and Priest who have a slow-fall ability of some sort, is Arathi Basin, because part of my sneak attacks and sneak heals can come in the form of jumping down from the Lumber Mill to the Blacksmith, or from the road down to the Gold Mine flag, which is an assault type that I don’t see being used commonly when I play. But Eye of the Storm has some great spots too - near the flag and near all of the tower bases. Although it’s EOTS where I’ve had fine success standing out in the open healing, and the Alliance folk didn’t do a single thing about me! Should I Make How To Be Sneaky PvP Videos. cheap wow gold I have taken footage of my Priest and my Mage doing battlegrounds while I did some Honor Grinding for gear, but haven’t done much with it. Anyone interested in me turning some of the footage into videos similar to the rest of the Raid-type videos I’ve posted. " "Since she was my 3rd to 70, I was well-prepared for her to ding 70 and put on some powerful gear. mp3 players Not as powerful of gear as someone who’s been running heroics and raiding at 70, or PvPing through their 60s like there’s no tomorrow, but powerful enough to get me starting Heroics as soon as I dinged 70, where most others are still gearing up for Heroics when they hit 70. And of course, I got an epic flyer 45 minutes after hitting 70 as well, so this toon is well-prepared for being a 70 amongst my friends and Heroics PUG mates. Revered With Thrallmar, +Heals Top 1600 I’ve been using Be Imba! for improvement tuning of all three of my level 70 characters, and have used it to help friends direct their improvement goals as well when they asked. world of warcraft gold Slowly but surely, I get the various enchants and gem and gear upgrades recommended by Be Imba!, and my position on the gear-o-meter climbs as I do it. The recent upgrade accomplishment on this toon has been getting to Revered with Thrallmar, buying the Glyph of Renewal healer’s head enchant and the Ancestral Band healer’s ring in order to bring me up to just above 1600 +heals, unbuffed. What’s Next. wow gold This toon is getting to a point where unless I decide I want to “progress” further into raiding, upgrades are now just for fun, and not because I don’t think I can handle the various Heroics. With that said, I do still have goals, because I do enjoy playing this toon and am having a lot of fun in Heroics with her, and PvP is fun as well, especially as a healer when I know I’m making a difference during each battle. I’ve been collecting a Shadow set while I do my Heroics, asking if the rest of the group minds if I roll for off-spec when it’s clear it’s not an upgrade for anyone else in the group, and I’m down to needing only Bracers, a Belt, one ring, and a one-handed weapon and I’ll have a full shadow set. wow gold Of course, I’ve only ever played this toon as shadow to grind from 52-58 when I got frustrated with the lack of BRD PUGs, so it’ll take some getting used to… I’m sure looking forward to WoTLK where, I’ve heard, players will be allowed to set 2 specs and then simply pay the respec fee to alternate between one and the other. That’ll sure help in so many ways! Other than that, wow gold kaufen I’ve collected all but the Ace of Beasts for my Darkmoon trinket… so I guess it’s time to head into LBRS to get keyed, and UBRS to try for that rare drop!! " .

Exploring Old Azeroth Areas - Darkwhisper Gorge

pokioalse — 2008-08-30T12:00:09+01:00

"As a level 70, one day I decided to go and explore areas I had never visited before, and I started with Winterspring. Figuring everything was going to be frost-resistant in that frosty area, I brought my Hunter instead of my Frost Mage, and I ventured south from Everlook as it was the only direction I hadn’t fully explored in that zone yet. What’s In Darkwhisper Gorge. Darkwhisper Gorge, just south of where the elite 60 big fel demons roam around, there’s a series of tunnels and a series of open areas all connected to one another and sparsely populated by demons of various types (succubi, fel hunters, etc), and with a few spawns of Rich Thorium. But, other than that, there doesn’t seem to be a lot going on down there. I certainly didn’t see anyone on my journey once I left Everlook, which was itself very sparsely populated, being a 50-60 zone (a zone popular at being sparsely populated as everyone tries to get into Outland and leave Azeroth behind)… There were TWO things that I found down there in my journey - other than the Rich Thorium veins which could in themselves be lucrative (but not really worth it for the length of the journey, except that those pop spots haven’t been touched for ages and thus should reset rather quickly afterwards for another harvesting). I found a friendly NPC by the name of Earthcaller Franzahi who doesn’t offer much entertainment, and I found a portal door, blocked by a locked door that didn’t give me any clue as to what key it may need, if any, to open. So, I ask for all those who might know - What’s in Darkwhisper Gorge. Tags: darkwhisper gorge, earthcaller franzahi, exploring, winterspring. " "I’m in a Guild of One, and I’m wondering how many more there are out there who are like me. If you used to be in a Guild of One but went back into a more social guild environment, how long did you stay in your Guild of One. About My Guild Of One After I left the raiding guild I got into back in February, I wandered around guildless for a little while but started to notice that guilded players were, on occasion, behaving oddly towards me as I did some fishing and questing in Zangarmarsh. I started to wonder if, perhaps, these individuals were thinking that I was a Gold Farmer, and they were attempting to grief me as I played. What type of griefing. Well, in less than two days of playing unguilded, I saw no less than four attempts to “train” a bunch of mobs onto me. If you’re not familiar with the term, it’s the name given to the process of gathering up the aggro of a bunch of mobs and then running out of their battle range in such a way that when they go to run back to their reset spots, they run past a target player in battle. If done correctly, the mobs running back to reset will join into the battle with the target player. If the target player isn’t paying attention or is actually a bot with very little human guidance, this strategy can be used to kill a target player, whether they’re Alliance or Horde. So, since I was dual-boxing and dragging my low-60s healing-spec’d Priest through her Zangarmarsh quests by my 70 Hunter with a lot more firepower, I figured the least I could do to avoid being griefed while I quest on my own would be to have a guild tag. buy wow gold But I have non-social goals in World of Warcraft right now - wanting to do more video recording and video editting and PUGs with strangers… all things that will result in more writing in this blog, and more regular socializing out-of-game than in-game. And I don’t want to offend anyone with my lack of conversation in-game, which means to me I shouldn’t put myself into a social guild environment. “Silence Is Golden” is born The decision was made, and a guild name of Silence is Golden was selected. mp3 players I picked up a Guild Charter in Orgrimmar and headed to the Auction House to buy some supplies. 10 minutes later, I rode into the Valley of Trials on my Black War Kodo, and my bags full of … more bags. I advertised on the General line in Durotar that I was looking to buy Guild Charter signatures, and I offered 1g + a 10 slot bag in return for the signatures. world of warcraft gold It took less than an hour to get all the signatures I needed, and the guild was formed in Orgrimmar to complete the cycle of creation. Thank You, *boot* I then headed to the mailbox and sent messages to each of the charter signers, thanking them for signing the charter, and letting them know the guild is not meant to be a “real guild”, and therefore that I wish them luck in their adventures on this realm. I attached another two 10 slot bags or a couple of pieces of green equipment to each thank-you letter, and sent another 5g to each of them as well. wow gold Then, when everyone was logged out the next morning when I logged in, I removed all but my own toons. Benefits Of My Own Guild If you’re feeling more social in-game than I am right now, you’d probably be wondering what benefits there are, other than having a guild tag, to belonging to a guild that is shared with nobody else on the game. First, there’s that Gold Farmer issue - guildless players are viewed with more suspicion than guilded ones. wow gold Even though my guild name isn’t well known, the fact that I’m able to “get into a guild” (ha ha) seems to speak something on its own. The fact that other players won’t have had a poor experience with someone in my guild already will also give me more credibility for an odd reason. Second, there’s the Guild Bank. wow gold kaufen A central place to store items shared by my toons - potions, elixirs, raw materials for professions and the likes - and an easy way to track Auction House profits and repair expenses on a regular basis.

Rounding Out the Gathering Professions for Self-Sufficiency

pokioalse — 2008-08-30T11:57:34+01:00

"I’ve been feeling somewhat bored in the past little while, not really wanting to get ready to go out and grind solo on quests while my guild friends are still at work, so I’ve quietly putzed around and made some changes/advancements to my professions on my toons: 63 Hunter drops Leatherworking and picks up Herbalism, then levels it to 300+ in a couple days of running around Azeroth on my epic mount. 24 Rogue drops Herbalism and picks up Leatherworking to go with his already-present Skinning skill 42 Mage skills up fishing from 80 - 180, then drops Mining and picks up Skinning, grinding up to 175 in a few hours spread over a couple of days 16 Druid levels cooking from 80 to 225 35 Priest levels cooking from 200 to 275 Levelling skinning on my Mage has been surprisingly fun, as has raising my fishing skill been, and both for the same reasons: I’m going into areas I’m highly overpowered for and anything that dares challenge me is downed in the magicks of ice, fire and arcane. Respec’d to Frost, Decent For Skinning Grinding Knowing I would be doing a lot of skinning, I decided to spec away from my Presence of Mind-levelled Arcane spec and this time I went completely into Frost. My impression of this so far is that it’s great! The points in frost wind up slowing down my opponent more when I fire off my Frostbolt (compared to the old spec), and I notice that my Arcane Missiles and Fire blast don’t hit for any less than they did when I had more points in their trees, so the result is this: Mob is slower in approaching me, meaning my Arcane Missiles don’t get interrupted because I don’t get hit, and despite having all my points in Frost-related things, Arcane and Fire things still hit nice and hard in terms of damage. Right now I’ve skilled up my Skinning far enough that I can skin up to level 38 or so, so my views about how effective Frost is in general for my mainly PvE mage remains to be fully examined, but so far I’m liking it, for sure. Self-sufficiency To The Max The main reason why I made some of these Professions switches with toons over level 35 was to improve my self-sufficiency and money-making ability. I find myself not really interested in buying herbs and skins from the Auction House, partially due to the costs but mostly due to the availability. It’s so much easier if I have the gathering profession myself, and simply make use of my bank and storage toons to hold the materials until I decide to mass-mail them to the toon with the appropriate production profession. Ultimately, cash isn’t the main reason for this, but I do expect that my cash reserves will do well and keep growing over time, and being able to buy things like Epic Land Mount training for all my toons as they hit 60 will be no problem. Flying Mount Training. I’m not sure about that, but frankly, by the time I start getting toons to 70, I just might have a whole wad of cash laying in the coffers. I’ve already got a pretty decent nest-egg from which sending 200g to a toon that just hit 35 and wants to level professions with AH-bought materials isn’t painful at all. Just like real life, I don’t tend to spend very much cash on the game, and instead tend to gather it. Unlike real life, however, I can actually go for a few weeks in game without doing anything more than Auction House work (ie: no farming, etc) and STILL earn a whole whack of cash. mp3 players I wish I could figure out how to do that IRL without spending a huge amount of time educating myself first… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avoid Getting Hacked! Follow these easy steps to protect your online accounts from being stolen - including your World of Warcraft account! 10 Day Free Trial Re-activating your WoW account or starting a new one. Learn how to get a 10-day Free Trial! 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There’s other Horde people there, and probably a few Alliance toons as well (I can’t tell anymore, Horde-side Blood Elves and Pallies in general just confuse me in telling the sides apart without paying strict attention). wow gold There’s a group of three Hordies, all PvP flagged, playing together. A 45 Mage, 47 Hunter and a 45+ Rogue, I believe. I stay away from what they’re killing so we don’t have competition issues, and then I get a whisper: “y r u not mass killing. wow gold ” I didn’t respond. Mainly, because I’m a Frost Mage Noob and hadn’t even attempted much AOE grinding except in dungeon situations where the mobs are already occupied by the tank. And of course, being a level 45 ‘noob’ I didn’t want to invite abuse from the fellow mage who obviously had a better handle on this than I did (and I watched him, he did). wow gold kaufen In my standard introverted way of handling things, I hearthed out and spent a wee bit of time doing research on YouTube for some Frost Mage AOE grinding videos. At some point I looked up a list of recommended AOE grinding areas (I’ll link it here later) and adjusted my training path according to it.

How To Win Alterac Valley - Horde

pokioalse — 2008-08-30T11:55:04+01:00

"Back in January I wrote an entry about getting into the Alterac Valley battlegrounds as a Horde player, and how much of a challenge winning has been seen to be by the vocal Horde population on the forums and in other discussion areas. I mentioned Preform AV Enabler there as a way us Hordies could band together to make a more cohesive team that, hopefully, with the right leadership and followership, could actually win AV more often than lose. Then, Patch 2. 4 came out and us Hordies were pushed back in our starting point, further south on the map than we had been before, and coordinated play became even more important. So, I recently made a video about AV, Preform AV Enabler, how to use it and how to find it, so more people could get in on the premades on their own realm. Then, just a few days ago, Simply Tatang commented on that January AV entry and gave a link to their own blog where they had an entry about a specific strategy that can work for Hordies now that Patch 2. 4 has pushed our starting point back! I thought this was a great time to share both Simply Tatang’s posted strategy, and my video about using the Premade AV Enabler addon. I believe the combination of the two should lead you to many victories, as long as your Premade has enough reputation to get rid of AFKavers and others who Honor farm without participating in the battleground. If your reputation sucks on the realm, I can’t help getting people to listen to you But that’s a whole ‘nuther entry I won’t delve into. " "These days I’m working predominantly on my Mage and Warrior toons, with a smattering of playing on my Hunter to farm various things and disenchant whatever I’ve bought from the Auction House for mats resale, and regular time on my primary bank toon to keep up with the current Auction House trends and general recipe-reselling. Warrior Advances to 45, Training At 50. I got my Warrior to 45 yesterday, and then continued to grind through quests in Tanaris for a while and now I’m halfway to 46. Apparently at 50 I can train my professions to 375. I’m not sure if that’s my primary professions as well, or if it’s just the secondary ones of Fishing, Cooking and First Aid. mp3 players While I’ve been levelling my Warrior and Mage I’ve made a few new “friends” for my friends list - folks who were soloing the same quests I was and we teamed up together to get them done more quickly, etc. Thankfully, I didn’t run into anyone who 1) wanted to talk a lot or 2) wanted to leech on to me to get me to help them with other quests once we were done the two or three we worked through at that time. My Preferred Progression of Friendship On Warcraft, Guild Recruitment I am definitely someone who likes a slow ramp-up to actual “friends” status on the game… I like my first party with someone to last under an hour and for me to then go on and go about my business after our party has parted ways. world of warcraft gold Then, I like to call upon that person in two or three days and offer to quest with them again in the area they’re already working on. Then after that, in the next few days or week I like to invite them into a dungeon party that my guildmate friends are a part of. After those three times of working together, I know pretty much whether that person will be someone I invite regularly to things that are going on, or whether I keep them “just in case” or whether I ditch them entirely. wow I guess at some point after that third or fifth party, that’s when I’d let them know that we’re recruiting casual, relaxed, independent players into our small, tight-knit guild, and if they’ve got some alts who are looking for a guild, to let me know since I’ve enjoyed partying with them. Generally, people are already in guilds when I group with them on my 45 Warrior, so going for their alts is less “rude” than appearing to try to poach good mid-range players from an active guild. If they like our guild better, they can bring all of their toons over. wow gold If they don’t (because we’re too casual and they have more progression goals generally), they can leave and still be called upon periodically to join parties. After all, friends don’t have to be guildmates Bottomscanner Trigger Adjustments, Selling Enchanting Materials The first week or so that I used Bottomscanner, I didn’t play around with any of the /btm configuration settings. Then at one point, I decided to make the minimum guestimated disenchant profit be 1g (10000c since the config works in copper, not gold), and I switched the minimum guestimated resale profit to be 10g. wow gold kaufen Both changes were to reduce the number of “hits” when I was scanning, hopefully reducing to higher quality profits (low volume, high profit). Then, last weekend I was doing a scan while trying to get some cleaning done in my apartment and there were SO MANY hits that I basically couldn’t leave my computer - every time I took a step away, DING! another hit. Most things had a 90%+ percentage of disenchanting into Dream Dust and Vision Dust, with very little disenchanting into other things. wow power leveling Sure, the profits are nice, but I have limited bank space and need my sanity when scanning, so I altered the minimum DE profit to 2g. Now the things I’m disenchanting have a much higher chance (ie: 20% vs 2-5%) of breaking down into things like Greater Nether Essence and Greater Eternal Essence - and they sell VERY VERY well.

Baby, it's cold outside

pokioalse — 2008-08-30T11:53:12+01:00

"Beta tester and frequent submitter Landon has sent us yet another great shot of the Storm Peaks area, which has been temporarily closed to beta testers. This particular shot is of the Thunderfall area, where storm giants and some humanoids (dwarves. ) are fighting it out through eternity. The big question here is this: what caused a cold snap so severe that it froze the combatants in motion. An ice mage with too much +damage gear. Reverse spontaneous combustion. Until the zone is unfrozen for more beta testing (ha ha, it's a terrible pun), we won't know for sure. All I know is that I suddenly have a strong desire to reread Thud! This image came to us straight from the Wrath of the Lich King beta -- and we'd love to have your beta screenshots, too! If you have anything our readers might like, beta or not, sharing it is as simple as e-mailing aroundazeroth@wowinsider. com with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could be featured here next! Remember to include your player name, server and/or guild if you want it mentioned. We strongly prefer full screen shots without the UI showing -- use alt-Z to remove it. And here's a question: how is this one beta shot, one live shot cycle playing for you guys. " "I approached our hunter in residence, Daniel Howell (you might know him as BigRedKitty), with this question. Here's what he had to tell us: I have not run an instance with a pet-tank, mainly because Growl -- a Hunter pet's #1 aggro-generation spell -- is a mess. Having used pet-tanks against various elites in Outland, I am fairly confident that a Tenacity-pet will be able to tank a 5-person instance boss, assuming the appropriate heals and aggro management are coordinated by the rest of the party. However, until Growl is fixed, this really cannot be conclusively proven. For more of your beta questions -- and our beta answers -- read on! But if you're the sort who wants to avoid spoilers, turn back now. We're aiming to avoid major story spoilers, but this feature is all about beta content and we can't talk about the beta without giving a few things away. Many commenters have asked about pet respec costs. Again, from BRK: Yes, respecing your pet has a gold-cost. In the beta, a pet-respec costs the same as a character-respec, 1 copper. [This is probably a temporary measure to allow everyone to test different talent specs. ] However, when a Hunter levels (i. e. dings), the currently-equipped hunter pet has all its pet-talents points reset. This does not apply to the hunter's stabled pets, though. Protego asked. Will a tick bird respawn on a Rhino if it's killed or leaves the Rhino when you mount then dismount. And yet again, from BRK, also our resident humorist: My Rhino never had a tick bird and has never spawned a tick bird. Perhaps I'll find a Rhino that has a tick bird and see if there's a difference. What I can say about Rhinos is this: They fit in all banks, auction houses, and inns. PTR patch notes, 2.4.3 They will occasionally not de-summon when the hunter gets on a flying mount, and thus become Flying Rhinos. Rhinos love mailboxes. Being a good WoW-neighbor and not parking your Rhino on mailboxes is an active process on the part of the hunter. Parallel-parking a Rhino is tricky. * A Night Elf can sit under a Bestial-Wrath'd Rhino. Rhinos ""stomp"" underwater; they cannot swim. It is usually easier to just put your Rhino on ""Stay"" outside then try to bring him indoors. mp3 player A parked Rhino garners lots of attention from passers-by, in all forms: /love, /pet, /hug, etc. A Rhino is not a Clefthoof. Saying otherwise is an insult to Rhino-dom. world of warcraft gold More than life itself, I am dreaming of. wow an Armored Rhino. * And parallel-parking a Rhino is no joke; I do it all the time. One just can't hop on a boat and let your Rhino commandeer the whole bloody thing. wow gold He must positioned appropriately, allowing for the comfort and pleasure of the rest of the passengers. Same thing at an inn. If you have the beta and have been to the Alliance port in the Borean Tundra, just outside the inn are two huge crates. wow gold The space between those crate is Rhino-sized, and that cannot be a coincidence. Robert M. had a couple of questions for us. wow gold Are there any plans for other wings of the Caverns of Time. You're in for a pleasant surprise. There is a new level 80 wing to the Caverns of Time, known as The Culling of Stratholme. No surprise: you get to hang out with Arthas. Do we know any rewards for the achievements.

Using treadmills to Race across Azeroth

pokioalse — 2008-08-30T11:50:06+01:00

"The Wii Fit board was the first object to be linked to character run speed in WoW. Now, the folks at Mana Energy Potions have raised the ante -- they connected a pair of treadmills to their computers, and set about gauging just how possible it is to run like your character. They took a couple steps to simulate the run speed. They measured the land-speed of your average WoW character. Then, they set up a pair of treadmills to tap forward on their accounts -- everytime they moved a certain treadmill distance, their keyboard would pulse ""W"" to move forward. They dressed up in some silly costumes to make sure their event was as realistic as possible, or maybe just to make the pictures funnier. And then. they ran from Shadowglen to Darnassus. The results. The experience darn near killed 'em, apparantly. They tried a few other things -- drawing a sword while running, eating, and drinking. None of it went particularly well. And while they finished the run, the pair aren't looking forward to doing it again. The author describes it as ""sheer brutality. "" Final result: your character in WoW is in much better shape than you are. I am shocked and amazed. Still, if I had the carpentry skills to build their rig, I think I might take my Warrior out for a jog to help get in shape. this wouldn't get you exercise while playing WoW. you'd never run for more than 5 minutes at a time, & that would be even less once u got a mount & flight paths. go outside. these guys can barely run 6 mph for 5 minutes. that's only about half of a mile. what a couple of pansies. average human WALKING speed is 4 mph. that means any one of us should easily be able to walk the distance they ran in only 7. 5 minutes. ever been late for a final & had to run across campus. good job, you've proven yourself to be more physically fit than these two losers. and about the characters being more athletic than normal humans. buy wow gold ahh, duh. they're supposed to be heroes, not fat slobs. cheap wow gold they are ready, willing, & able to fight giant fucking monsters all day, every day, and you're impressed by their cross-country running skills. what a joke. " "Belfaire already explained previously that Blizzard's okay with the idea of multi-boxing, whether it's for PvE use or even to compete in the Arena. mp3 In the same Eurogamer interview that discusses the new phasing technology, Tom Chilton reinforces that Blizzard is ""content to endorse multi-boxing to some reasonable degree. "" Eurogamer was focused on the possible abuses of Blizzard's Recruit-a-Friend program, and the speed with which players can create and level new accounts. Chilton says that if someone wants to drop the bucks on a new account -- not only the retail fees, but also the subscription cost -- then Blizzard's okay with that. wow gold J. Allen Brack immediately brings the discussion back to a point I've previously made -- the idea is really to help players get ready for the new expansion. You can bring in a friend or family, and get them to a level where they can play with other friends very quickly. wow gold They want new players to be able to ""roll a Death Knight and be ready to go. "" Now, Chilton did say the endorsement only goes to a ""reasonable degree. "" I suspect if we see vast abuse of multi-boxing in multiple areas of play, the endorsement might quickly be repealed or re-focused. wow gold But, for now at least, Chilton has confirmed Belfaire's statement -- Blizzard's okay with multi-boxing That sounds great.