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Know Your Lore: Orgrim Doomhammer, part 2

by Kris on Oct.01, 2010, under PvP, PvP Bible, WarcraftFormula, WoW, WotLK Secrets, wotlk guide

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The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You’re playing the game, you’re fighting the bosses, you know the how — but do you know the why? Each week, WoW.joystiq.com/bloggers/matthew-rossi/”>Matthew Rossi and WoW.joystiq.com/bloggers/anne-stickney/”>Anne Stickney make sure you WoW.joystiq.com/category/know-your-lore/”>Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.

See last week’s WoW.joystiq.com/2010/09/22/know-your-lore-orgrim-doomhammer-part-1/”>Know Your Lore: Orgrim Doomhammer, part 1.

When talking about the WoW.joystiq.com/2010/09/22/know-your-lore-orgrim-doomhammer-part-1/”>second Warchief of the Horde, a few salient facts must always be discussed.

Orgrim Doomhammer did not drink the demon blood. Frankly, as purely subjective and biased as it may be, I don’t find the idea that, “Oh, well, they were addicted to the demon blood,” is anything like an excuse for what the Horde did in the First and Second Wars. Objectively, the Horde burst through the Dark Portal, murdered everyone in their way (people who had never done anything to them), sacked whole cities, and in general were akin to a plague of gigantic green locusts. It’s not forgivable simply because they willingly choose to slurp down on the ichor of Mannoroth first. Nor is Doomhammer any more laudable for having engaged in those selfsame actions without having drunk. Doomhammer never made even a token effort to parley with the humans. He saw them as vermin to be exterminated so that his people could have their fertile lands for their own, and had the Horde won the war Doomhammer waged across the Eastern Kingdoms, there is no doubt that he would have gleefully put the entire human race and its allies to the sword — and entirely without the “curse” to in any way explain his actions.

Whatever else he may have been — quick to anger, reluctant to challenge his people’s direction as his old friend Durotan did, overly eager to display his own prowess (even if doing so meant becoming as battle-hungry as any blood-drinker) — Doomhammer proved himself to be a superbly able tactician and relentless force both on the battlefield and off it. It must be said that the Horde came within a few hours of totally destroying Lordaeron as it had Stormwind. Pretty much every Forsaken active today would have lost someone to the orcish Horde of the time, and it was only the betrayal of and defection of Gul’dan that ultimately ended the Horde’s chance for final victory.

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WoW Insider Show Episode 158: Orgrimmar Bar Crawl

by Kris on Sep.30, 2010, under PvP, PvP Bible, WarcraftFormula, WoW, WotLK Secrets, wotlk guide

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Every week, we present you with the WoW.joystiq.com/category/WoW-insider-show/”>WoW Insider Show podcast — an hour’s worth of WoW community discussion, covering everything from the week’s top stories here on WoW Insider, to emails from our readers, to what’s been going on with our particular characters in Azeroth.

Along with your hosts, WoW Insider Senior Editor WoW.joystiq.com/bloggers/michael-sacco/”>Michael Sacco and Contributing Editors WoW.joystiq.com/bloggers/matthew-rossi/”>Matthew Rossi and WoW.joystiq.com/bloggers/mat-mccurley/”>Mat McCurley, we also feature rotating guest hosts, whether regular WoW Insider contributors or personalities from other sites.

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Know Your Lore: Orgrim Doomhammer, part 1

by Kris on Sep.25, 2010, under PvP, PvP Bible, WarcraftFormula, WoW, WotLK Secrets, wotlk guide

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The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You’re playing the game, you’re fighting the bosses, you know the how — but do you know the why? Each week, WoW.joystiq.com/bloggers/matthew-rossi/”>Matthew Rossi and WoW.joystiq.com/bloggers/anne-stickney/”>Anne Stickney make sure you WoW.joystiq.com/category/know-your-lore/”>Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.

He is the father of the modern Horde. His name became the name of the great city built by the orcs. He found in the son of his oldest friend a protegé who would lead his people, and he passed his family’s greatest treasure down to ensure that prophecy was satisfied. To his people, he was one who never forsook them. No attempts to run away from the consequences of their actions, no dissembling — simply forthright, pragmatic action. Alone of the Blackrock Clan, he refused the taint of the demon blood, yet found himself marked by it as it spread through his people. Called the Backstabber because he killed his direct superior, Blackhand the Destroyer, he ruled the Horde until its final defeat at Blackrock Mountain.

To his enemies, he was death. He beheaded his own chieftain and seized power in one brutal moment, crushing any opposition by the swift assassination of his enemies.He destroyed Stormwind and nearly brought down Lordaeron. He killed the majority of the warlocks of the Shadow Council and removed the position of Warchief from the role of a puppet ruler, leading the Horde in truth. He asked for no quarter and gave none. He countenanced the capture and forced breeding of the dragon queen WoW.joystiq.com/2008/07/10/know-your-lore-alexstrasza-the-lifebinder/”>Alexstrasza and her consort Tyranastrasz, using the juvenile dragons as mounts. He allowed Gul’dan to live, even though he suspected treachery, because the old warlock promised him a weapon that could counter the magics of the humans. He was never one to put his conscience ahead of what he saw as his duty; even as he suspected the orcs were being lied to and manipulated, he took part in the slaughter of the draenei. In the end, his own pragmatism cost him the victory in the WoW.joystiq.com/2010/01/20/know-your-lore-the-second-war/”>Second War, as the treacherous Gul’dan proved that placing victory above all sometimes means giving someone too much rope — Gul’dan’s betrayal of the Horde in its moment of victory effectively destroyed all of the hard work of its Warchief.

Orgrim Doomhammer, last of the Doomhammer line, Warchief of the Horde, chief of the Blackrock, was an orc, give him all in all. You shall not look upon his like again.

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WoW Insider Show Episode 157: Unwelcome Mat

by Kris on Sep.24, 2010, under PvP, PvP Bible, WarcraftFormula, WoW, WotLK Secrets, wotlk guide

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Every week, we present you with the WoW.joystiq.com/category/WoW-insider-show/”>WoW Insider Show podcast — an hour’s worth of WoW community discussion, covering everything from the week’s top stories here on WoW Insider, to emails from our readers, to what’s been going on with our particular characters in Azeroth.

Along with your hosts, WoW Insider Senior Editor WoW.joystiq.com/bloggers/michael-sacco/”>Michael Sacco and Contributing Editors WoW.joystiq.com/bloggers/matthew-rossi/”>Matthew Rossi and WoW.joystiq.com/bloggers/mat-mccurley/”>Mat McCurley, we also feature rotating guest hosts, whether regular WoW Insider contributors or personalities from other sites.

We know that we haven’t posted a show in about two week — and we’re sorry for that. Some technical measures beyond our control prevented us from having our podcast feed and software work correctly. Now that the domain switch is done and everything is finally working again, we’ll bring you one episode today, another this weekend, and then the regularly scheduled one next week. Thanks for your understanding!

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Know Your Lore: The Council of Tirisfal and the last Guardian

by Kris on Sep.19, 2010, under PvP, PvP Bible, WarcraftFormula, WoW, WotLK Secrets, wotlk guide

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The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You’re playing the game, you’re fighting the bosses, you know the how — but do you know the why? Each week, WoW.joystiq.com/bloggers/matthew-rossi/”>Matthew Rossi and WoW.joystiq.com/bloggers/anne-stickney/”>Anne Stickney make sure you WoW.joystiq.com/category/know-your-lore/”>Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.

He was the last Guardian and one of the most influential people in Azeroth — but he never meant to be either one. Of all of the myriad and varied heroes in World of Warcraft, there is one man who is responsible for the majority of the events we see in Azeroth today. This man was solely responsible for the presence of orcs, responsible for the Horde, responsible for the ever-evolving conflict between Horde and Alliance. He was responsible for the original destruction of Stormwind, for the death of WoW.joystiq.com/2008/01/17/know-your-lore-anduin-lothar/”>Anduin Lothar, WoW.joystiq.com/2008/04/04/know-your-lore-the-wrynn-dynasty/”>King Llane Wrynn and many other heroes whose exploits didn’t make it into the annals of history. He was responsible, indirectly, for the corruption of WoW.joystiq.com/2007/02/23/know-your-lore-arthas/”>Arthas and the subsequent death of King Menethil, the razing of Stratholme and the rise of the Scourge. He arguably has more blood on his hands than any other being in Azeroth.

And yet he was also responsible for the first tenuous threads of peace stretched between Alliance and Horde. He was responsible for the rise of some of Azeroth’s greatest heroes — he was the man that made Varian Wrynn who he is today, he was the man who turned Thrall from an orc with dreams of peace for his people into a leader of action. He was responsible for saving Azeroth from being razed and torn asunder by the Burning Legion. He was a man of many talents, and a man of many regrets. His name is WoWhead.com/npc=15608″>Medivh.

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15 Minutes of Fame: Behind the scenes at WoW.com

by Kris on Sep.09, 2010, under PvP, PvP Bible, WarcraftFormula, WoW, WotLK Secrets, wotlk guide

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From Hollywood celebrities to the guy next door, millions of people have made World of Warcraft a part of their lives. How do you play WoW? We’re giving each approach its own WoW.com/category/15-minutes-of-fame/”>15 Minutes of Fame.

Who are the people who write all this stuff, and how did they come to start writing about World of Warcraft every day? Being a WoW.com writer is admittedly a pretty cool gig. Readers WoW.com/2010/08/30/the-queue-me-myself-and-everybody-else/”>ask us what it’s like on a regular basis. Giving a single, accurate answer, however, would be a mighty difficult proposition. Some of us are full-timers, while others pen a single column each week; some of us spend most of our time behind the scenes, and some remain constantly before readers’ eyes. Despite being scattered all across the world, we come together every day (well, it’s more like a waxing and waning, 24-hour cycle) in the WoW.com chat room (war room? newsroom? Pandora’s box of geekery and chaos?) when we’re working. Being on the WoW.com team is a little like being part of an incredibly tight guild, whose members manage to share not only World of Warcraft and many other interests in common but also their workdays, as well.

Although we do have an old, outdated series WoW.com/tag/about-the-bloggers”>knocking around somewhere that looks at members of the blogging team, we thought it was about time to give you a fresh look behind the scenes at WoW.com. Without further ado, let’s meet a tiny sampling of the people who work at WoW.com:

  • WoW.com/bloggers/zach-yonzon”>Zach Yonzon pens WoW.com/category/the-art-of-war-craft/”>The Art of War(craft) every week and creates many of the graphic images you see on our home page, guides and posts.
  • WoW.com/bloggers/matthew-rossi”>Matthew Rossi, one of the most seasoned hands on the WoW.com crew, is our resident WoW.com/category/the-care-and-feeding-of-warriors/”>warrior expert who also writes about WoW.com/category/know-your-lore/”>game lore and general news.
  • WoW.com/bloggers/michael-sacco”>Michael Sacco, a senior editor, started writing at WoW.com after working at Blizzard itself.
  • WoW.com/bloggers/alex-ziebart/”>Alex Ziebart started out as a weekend blogger and is now a senior editor.
  • WoW.com/bloggers/fox-van-allen”>Fox Van Allen joined WoW.com early this year and writes the WoW.com/category/spiritual-guidance/”>shadow priest portion of our priest column.
  • WoW.com/tag/lisa-poisso”>Lisa Poisso (that’s me) started out writing the professions column three years ago and now works behind the scenes as an editor and turning out several weekly columns.

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Choose My Adventure: Patent and Foxlight

by Kris on Sep.09, 2010, under PvP, PvP Bible, WarcraftFormula, WoW, WotLK Secrets, wotlk guide

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WoW.com/category/choose-my-adventure/”>Choose the adventures of the WoW.com staff as we level our characters in <WoW.com/category/it-came-from-the-blog/”>It came from the Blog> on Zangarmarsh (US-PvE-H).

I’m so sorry I never had the stream last week as promised. I got sick, then The Spawn got sick and we had to go visit Great Grandpa who was sick. Boo! (The Spawn and I are fully recovered and Great Grandpa is well cared for.) You may have also noticed we didn’t have our usual polls on Friday. That’s because we are going to have them on Wednesdays from now on. Our adventures will be recapped on Mondays, which begins today with the return of Foxlight and Patent after the break. Ch-ch-ch-changes! But first, the schedule:

Schedule

  • Adam Holisky as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Adammentat”>Adammentat, the level 62 tauren druid, will play on Monday at 10 p.m. EDT.
  • Robin Torres as Robinemia, the Forsaken huntress: Wednesday, 11 p.m. EDT. Note: This will be streamed.
  • Amy Schley as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Patent”>Patent, the level 29 troll rogue: Thursday, 10 p.m. EDT
  • Anne Stickney as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Annephora”>Annephora, the level 42 troll warrior, will play on Saturday at 1 a.m. EDT (which is Friday at 11 p.m. Zangarmarsh time).

Adventurers who play when they can

  • Fox Van Allen as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Foxlight”>Foxlight, the level 25 blood elf paladin
  • Lisa Poisso as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Prupher”>Prupher, the level 11 tauren druid
  • Michael Sacco as Shockbroker, the goblin shaman
  • Christian Belt, as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Selfloathius”>Selfloathius, the level 16 blood elf warlock
  • Robin Torres, as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Robinemia”>Robinemia, the level 29 Forsaken mage
  • Matthew Rossi as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Andrenorton”>Andrenorton, the level 17 troll mage
  • Michael Gray as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Grayfields”>Grayfields, the level 17 tauren hunter
  • Gregg Reece as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Sandwichdoc”>Sandwichdoc, the level 16 troll shaman

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Choose My Adventure: Polls for pets and next week’s stream

by Kris on Sep.08, 2010, under PvP, PvP Bible, WarcraftFormula, WoW, WotLK Secrets, wotlk guide

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WoW.com/category/choose-my-adventure/”>Choose the adventures of the WoW.com staff as we level our characters in <WoW.com/category/it-came-from-the-blog/”>It came from the Blog> on Zangarmarsh (US-PvE-H).

Prupher, the level 11 tauren druid, would like you to choose a vanity pet to accompany her on your adventures. Please suggest level-appropriate ones in the comments below and we’ll have a poll for the favorites next week. The poll for next week’s stream is after the break.

Schedule

  • Robin Torres as Robinemia, the Forsaken huntress: Wednesday, 11 p.m. EDT. Note: This will be streamed.
  • Anne Stickney as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Annephora”>Annephora, the level 42 troll warrior, will play on Saturday at 1 a.m. EDT (which is Friday at 11 p.m. Zangarmarsh time).

Adventurers who play when they can

  • Fox Van Allen as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Foxlight”>Foxlight, the level 25 blood elf paladin
  • Lisa Poisso as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Prupher”>Prupher, the level 11 tauren druid
  • Michael Sacco as Shockbroker, the goblin shaman
  • Christian Belt, as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Selfloathius”>Selfloathius, the level 16 blood elf warlock
  • Robin Torres, as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Robinemia”>Robinemia, the level 29 Forsaken mage
  • Matthew Rossi as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Andrenorton”>Andrenorton, the level 17 troll mage
  • Michael Gray as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Grayfields”>Grayfields, the level 17 tauren hunter
  • Gregg Reece as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Sandwichdoc”>Sandwichdoc, the level 17 troll shaman

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Know Your Lore: High General Turalyon

by Kris on Sep.08, 2010, under PvP, PvP Bible, WarcraftFormula, WoW, WotLK Secrets, wotlk guide

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The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You’re playing the game, you’re fighting the bosses, you know the how — but do you know the why? Each week, WoW.com/bloggers/matthew-rossi/”>Matthew Rossi and WoW.com/bloggers/anne-stickney/”>Anne Stickney make sure you WoW.com/category/know-your-lore/”>Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.

He saved his people.

Not many people can say that, but High General Turalyon can. On the slopes of Blackrock Mountain, when the greatest warrior the humans of the world of Azeroth had ever produced went down to dusty death, one man turned shattering defeat into hallowed victory. That man was Turalyon, paladin of the Order of the Silver Hand, strategist of the combined forces of the Alliance of Lordaeron during the Second War. It was Turalyon’s hand that raised Lothar’s broken sword in outrage over orcish perfidy. It was Turalyon’s voice that roused the fury of the Alliance at the sight of the dead hero. And it was Turalyon’s will that broke the orcs once and for all, that drove Doomhammer to his knees in defeat.

Turalyon beat the Horde at Blackrock Mountain. Turalyon led the Alliance to the very site of the Dark Portal, where Khadgar destroyed its physical form. And beyond that, it was Turalyon who led the WoW.com/2007/03/02/know-your-lore-the-alliance-expedition/”>Alliance Expedition beyond that same portal, to face the shaman Ner’zhul and his twisted ambitions. Turalyon’s forces managed to seal the Dark Portal and prevent Ner’zhul’s destruction of Draenor from affecting Azeroth, and in so doing, possibly saved the world entire.

Since then, no word has of his ultimate fate reached those he led, saved and left behind. It is indisputable that this paladin is one of the greatest heroes of his people, possibly even the greatest paladin who has ever lived. (With all due respect to WoW.com/2007/10/31/know-your-lore-uther-the-lightbringer/”>Uther, Turalyon’s record is unambiguous in its greatness.) Yet Turalyon never felt himself to be great. Struggling with doubt every day of his life, convinced the death of Lothar was his fault, he endured and pressed on, steadfast unto the edge of death and perhaps even past it.

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Choose My Adventure: Polls for next Cataclysm beta stream

by Kris on Aug.30, 2010, under PvP, PvP Bible, WarcraftFormula, WoW, WotLK Secrets, wotlk guide


WoW.com/category/choose-my-adventure/”>Choose the adventures of the WoW.com staff as we level our characters in <WoW.com/category/it-came-from-the-blog/”>It came from the Blog> on Zangarmarsh (US-PvE-H).

Note: Above is the video of the live stream that occurred Wednesday night. It is pretty much one big Cataclysm beta spoiler video. You have been warned.

Well, Robinka the dwarf shamanka turned out to be a complete yawn. I take full responsibility for not being able to fake enthusiasm for a quest area that is more concerned about food collection than lore. Peenk the gnome priestess was nothing but fun, however. This week I will be polling for next Wednesday’s stream. More details on that after the break.

Adventurers who play when they can

  • Fox Van Allen as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Foxlight”>Foxlight, the level 25 blood elf paladin
  • Lisa Poisso as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Prupher”>Prupher, the level 11 tauren druid
  • Michael Sacco as Shockbroker, the goblin shaman
  • Christian Belt, as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Selfloathius”>Selfloathius, the level 16 blood elf warlock
  • Matthew Rossi as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Andrenorton”>Andrenorton, the level 17 troll mage
  • Michael Gray as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Grayfields”>Grayfields, the level 17 tauren hunter
  • Gregg Reece as WoWarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Zangarmarsh&cn=Sandwichdoc”>Sandwichdoc, the level 16 troll shaman

If you want to see more of our adventurers, please write them a letter in the comments and I will make sure the letters get to them.

Turn the page for the polls.

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