“You know, Throgg,” Lolegolas said. “I have to admit that you’ve vastly improved. I understand it’s very difficult for plate-wearing people to avoid fire, given the magnetic qualities possessed by Azerothian flame. But in the last few weeks, you’ve done a remarkable job not jumping into local bonfires.”

“It is this,” Throgg said, holding up a book labelled WoW Insider. “This is a WoWhead.com/item=57431″>Strategy Guide. It tells you important stuff like, ‘WoW.joystiq.com/category/ready-check”>Do not stand in fire,’ and, ‘There is cool video called WoW.joystiq.com/2010/09/23/WoW-moviewatch-blind/”>BLIND.’ It’s also got some of the best WoW.joystiq.com/bloggers/michael-sacco”>hair care tips in Azeroth.”

“I’m not sure that really qualifies as loot, Throgg,” Lolegolas said as he drew a nail buffer across his fingernails. “And certainly not any kind of awesome loot.”

“Little elf,” Throgg said, “you’re the one who brought it up. I’m more surprised you’re not all, ‘Oh my god, you can read?’ Where did you learn commenting skills?”

“I learned it by watching you!” Lolegolas cried plaintively.

WoWhead.com/item=57431″>Strategy Guide
Type: Off-hand

• 3 Intellect
• Improves hit rating by 3 (0.92% @ level 25)

How to get it: Win a WoWhead.com/quest=25669″>Rumble in the Lumber … Mill
How to get rid of it: The strategy sells for 12 silver and 26 copper.

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Xfire user Zilas just uploaded what we believe to be the cinematic detailing the end of the goblin starting zone Kezan. Frankly, it’s amazing. There are spoilers for the end of the first part of the goblin starting experience, so be warned.

Blizzard has, once again, topped itself in terms of cinematic quality and expression outside of its general pre-rendered cinematics. Hopefully the worgen transformation movie is just as awesome.

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Blizzard has come through with its WoW.joystiq.com/2010/07/16/blizzard-responds-to-common-real-id-concerns/”>promise of updated and more expansive options for its controversial Real ID feature, connecting Blizzard’s games through use of real names as identifiers. The new options allow you to opt out of being listed in the “Friends of Friends” of other users, to deactivate the ability to be seen in Starcraft II’s Facebook feature, or to turn off Real ID altogether.

To change your Battle.net privacy options, log in to your account’s Battle.net management page and select Settings, then Communication Preferences.

Now all we need is an “go invisible” feature on Real ID, like most instant message clients have, and I’ll be a happy Real ID user.

The full announcement by Nethaera is below:

WoW.com/media/2010/02/blizzimg4.jpg” style=”border: 0px none; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 3px;” /> Nethaera — New Battle.net Privacy Settings

We’d like to make you aware of the new Real ID-related privacy options we’ve introduced to Battle.net. These options provide Real ID users with additional tools for customizing the service based on their preferences, enabling the ability to opt in or out of the Real ID “Friends of Friends” and “Add Facebook Friends” features or to turn off Real ID altogether.

Real ID offers an optional, convenient way for keeping in touch with real-world friends you know and trust, whether they’re playing World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, or one of our future games. The “Friends of Friends” and “Add Facebook Friends” features provide you with even more options to stay connected while you play by making it easier for real-life friends to locate each other on Battle.net. You can easily enable or disable these features through your Battle.net privacy settings by logging in to your Battle.net account at http://www.battle.net/.

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The song White and Nerdy probably doesn’t need much introduction. It’s by Weird Al, if you need to look it up. However, I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that most of our readership has some familiarity with the lyrics. I wouldn’t even be surprised to find out someone has the lyrics tattooed on his or her body. (And if you do, please send pictures.)

Gunther has created a machinima to go along with the song, which makes this a perfect blend of nerdy and White and Nerdy. The upside is that this is a great head start into the world of machinima. The downside is that now I have the song stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

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Welcome back to WoW.com/category/the-queue”>The Queue, WoW Insider’s daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Adam Holisky, senior editor at WoW Insider and webmaster of a new quick-and-dirty MMO news site, will be your host today.

In a followup to a story we posted last Saturday evening about WoW.joystiq.com/2010/09/25/amazon-just-sent-out-a-bunch-of-emails-about-cataclysms-release/”>Amazon spamming everyone who pre-ordered with shipping updates, Amazon’s now done it again. This time, Amazon is saying that the Cataclysm Collector’s Edition will arrive for those who pre-ordered it sometime in January. We don’t consider Amazon a good source for release date information, but with the sheer number of people sending us tips about it, we find it’s important to acknowledge and report it.

There is still no official word from Blizzard on the release date, and the only way we can attempt to get it out of them is to say, “Please?” Maybe give the blues some flowers, ask them what their favorite dishes are … (Not that we’re gonna cook it for them, but we’ll order it from Zanzibar.)

Maybe then they’ll tell us the release date.

Finnegan asked:

Is there any word on what’s happening with the paladin and warlock epic mount quests?

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WoW.joystiq.com/category/addon-spotlight/”>Addon Spotlight focuses on the backbone of the WoW gameplay experience: the user interface. Everything from bags to bars, buttons to DPS meters and beyond — your addons folder will never be the same. This week, we’ll dress you up in my love, in my love, all over, all over.

WoWhead.com/npc=36597″>The Lich King. WoWhead.com/npc=15727″>C’Thun. WoWhead.com/npc=33288″>Yogg-Saron. WoWhead.com/npc=25315″>Kil’jaeden. These are the enemies of Azeroth. Old tier armor sets. Holiday tchotchkes and outfits. Cool-looking shields. … These are the enemies of your bag space. Outfits, roleplaying gear, sets for all of your different roles — this stuff starts piling up! Luckily, there are a whole host of addons out there designed to keep your outfits and gear sets in perfect order.

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Beta tester Sukey writes, “It is very frustrating to be an up-and-coming trade princess. Between the hangers-on and the paparazzi, how is a girl suppose to get her party on? Time may equal money, but thank goodness I am all fabulous.”

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“Hold, lad. There’s an inscription on the fret bar …”

The newest Guitar Hero game isn’t doing so hot critically, but maybe we can blame that cool reception on the fact that there’s a rather familiar icy zweihander hanging out as an unlockable “guitar” in the game’s instrument store.

This marks the second time we’ve seen Frostmourne in an Activision game (the first being WoW.joystiq.com/2009/05/02/WoW-reference-found-in-wolverine-game/”>its appearance in the Wolverine game). It’s also not the first time we’ve seen WoW references in the GH series: WoW.joystiq.com/2008/06/25/i-am-murloc-free-download-for-guitar-hero-iii/”>the Elite Tauren Chieftain song “I Am Murloc” is available as downloadable content for Guitar Hero 3. Clearly, Activision is big on brand recognition. As long as it doesn’t go the other way around, I’m fine with little cross-promotions like this — though, to be honest, if we’re going with the “axe” theme for guitars, I think I know WoWwiki.com/Gorehowl”>a weapon that might’ve fit the bill just a little better.

Thanks for the tip, Valek!

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Blizzard puts an immense amount of time and thought into every piece of tier gear (at least, you’d hope it does). For those of us who raid (even casually), it’s the armor set we’ll see our characters in the most. You get a blue drop out of a heroic, and you might replace it in a few weeks. You get a piece of tier gear, and … well, the only thing that’s prying that out of your hands is an even better piece of tier gear.

That said, our datamining friends over at MMO-Champion have released some terrific finds today — the tier 11 sets for druids, rogues and warlocks that so many of you will be wearing just a few months after the Cataclysm release. The druid set, which seems to turn you into some manner of electrified bird-man, is absolutely gorgeous. Warlocks get a nice, evil-looking set that comes complete with skewed horns. As for rogues … well, somewhere out there, there’s a rogue who roleplays as an Arabian ghost — and man, is he happy today!

Though the full warrior set is not yet in the Cataclysm beta files, MMO Champion did dig up the warrior tier 11 helm, so the WoW.joystiq.com/bloggers/matthew-rossi/”>Matt Rossi posse gets a sneak peek at its gear as an added bonus. The video for the druid tier 11 is above; rogues, warlocks and warriors will have to follow me after the break.

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