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Friday, July 27:
LotRO Lorebook adds Google ... -- by Trooper
Thursday, July 05:
New features already? -- by Trooper
Tuesday, June 19:
Raid Attunements for SSC an... -- by rollie
Wednesday, June 13:
Shores of Evendim is live! -- by Trooper
Wednesday, June 06:
Shores of Evendim date anno... -- by Trooper

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Friday, July 27

LotRO Lorebook adds Google Mapping

Posted by: Trooper | Time: 11:00 am (PST) | Category: LotRO Azzor

The Lorebook has been developing slowly, but there's no denying that when they put something new up it's very nice! The most recent addition is a Google Map for the entire game world. Check out the example they did of Frodo's journey to Rivendell.

Thursday, July 05

New features already?

Posted by: Trooper | Time: 8:41 pm (PST) | Category: LotRO Azzor

Over on the official website, they're already talking about what's in store next. As if Monster Play isn't enough variety, now they're developing Session Play! Here's a bit from the official story:

"Session Play is a new system that allows you to play as a character other than your normal character. These characters do not have permanence, so you don't keep them like you do your Free Peoples or monster play characters. You could play as a Ranger, a Troll, or... a chicken. It's an opportunity to explore Middle-earth from a different - and sometimes unexpected - viewpoint."

You can read the full Sneak Peek here.

Tuesday, June 19

Raid Attunements for SSC and TK Dropped

Posted by: rollie | Time: 1:54 pm (PST) | Category: World of Warcraft

In an out of the blue post, Tigole posted that you will no longer be required to do the attunement quests to enter Tempest Keep or Serpent Shrine.

After a lot of thought and deliberation, we've decided to remove the attunement requirements to enter Serpentshrine Cavern and Tempest Keep: The Eye. While many of our attunements in the Burning Crusade have been good progression checks, a few of the attunements have turned out to cause unnecessary stress on guilds either doing the content or attempting to do the content. With Black Temple and Battle for Mount Hyjal thriving, we want to encourage (rather than prevent) new guilds and raid groups to attempt Serpentshrine and TK. We are going to leave the current attunement quests in the game so that players can still engage in the challenge and the lore of those quests should they choose to. At a later point, we are considering adding a final reward step to those quests as well (that way those who have already completed them would not miss out on a *new* reward).

This is pretty big news and fairly shocking news at that. Discuss the impact here

Wednesday, June 13

Shores of Evendim is live!

Posted by: Trooper | Time: 9:15 pm (PST) | Category: LotRO Azzor

It's here, folks! If you haven't started patching yet, I suggest you do so now, it's a *huge* patch! I started to post some highlights of the update, but as you can see from the link, there's *plenty* to read while patching. In addition to the new content, many player issues and bugs have been addressed, some tuning has gone on and everyone gets a little something done to their class.

http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=67623

Read up and enjoy your journey into the new area of Middle Earth - I'll see you there!

Wednesday, June 06

Shores of Evendim date announced!

Posted by: Trooper | Time: 10:26 am (PST) | Category: LotRO Azzor

WESTWOOD, MA - June 5, 2007 - Today, Turbine, Inc. and Codemasters Online Gaming announced the details of the first free update for subscribers to The Lord of the Rings OnlineTM: Shadows of AngmarTM, the #1 selling PC title in North America, Germany, UK and France. Book 9: Shores of Evendim, the first of many planned free updates to the world of Middle-earth, introduces an entirely new landscape region, over 100 additional quests, the battle for Helegrod raid, nine new monsters and major enhancements to monster play and the music system. The Lord of the Rings Online has been enthusiastically received by many gaming critics, including The New York Times, USA Today, Yahoo!, PC Gamer, GameSpot and Game Informer in the US as well as The Sunday Times, The Guardian, CVG, Eurogamer, PC Juegos and 4Gamers in Europe.

"The Lord of the Rings Online has taken the world by storm and we're thrilled with the community's response to the game," said Jeffrey Anderson, president and CEO of Turbine, Inc. "Shores of Evendim offers an enormous amount of content that delivers even more value to our subscribers."

David Solari, Vice President and General Manager of Codemasters Online Gaming, commented "We are ecstatic to unveil the first in a long line of planned free updates to The Lord of the Rings Online. In just over six weeks, thousands of players have already experienced the world of Middle-earth."

As the Fellowship prepares to leave Rivendell, Aragorn must re-forge Narsil, the Sword of Elendil. Gandalf has asked for help in Aragorn's search of the lands of Evendim for an ancient jewel that once belonged in the sword's hilt. This powerful relic must be recovered before the Dark Lord Sauron finds it. Players are challenged to secure the valuables of the abandoned city, defy Angmar's encroaching grip on Annúminas, and aid Aragorn in his quest to re-forge Narsil.

Beginning June 13th, heroes can adventure to the Shores of Evendim, the first of many free updates to The Lord of the Rings Online.

Tuesday, June 05

Forums re-worked

Posted by: Trooper | Time: 11:35 pm (PST) | Category: LotRO Azzor

Over the past couple of days I've been going over the forums and setting up new ones. Ok, 'going over' is being kind; I deleted everything except for General Discussion and set up new forum sections. There was a lot of spam-bot traffic and some general off-topic discussion that was way out of date so a new start was in order.

So drop in, say Hi, and let me know what you'd like to see here at the Lord of the Rings Online section of Azzor!

Saturday, June 02

A new chapter for Azzor

Posted by: Dalgar | Time: 3:02 pm (PST) | Category: Site

Volon and Dalgar started the Azzor Network in January 2005. Arising from the great communities we had at wow-news.net and wow.warcraftstrategy.com, the goal with Azzor was to further our excellence within the WoW community and expand into new games the community was interested in. From events like WoW Idol to our many exclusives (the BlizzCon coverage and China coverage to name a few), Azzor has smashed any goals for what we hoped it would achieve. With the help of an amazing staff and community, we have made great strides on our flagship WoW site and expanded the Azzor network into 7 other games.

Beyond Azzor, this community has worked together to start the first and largest World of Warcraft streaming video service in WarcraftCinema.com. We have played an integral role in the anti-gold-selling effort through the creation of NoGold.org.

Unfortunately, due to real life commitments, we (Volon and Dalgar) have not kept up with the expectations of this community over the past few months. We feel we have been letting down staff members and everyone else by not doing what is necessary on our part to retain Azzor's excellence and promising future.

We don't see ourselves being able to commit what is necessary for this community in the near future. We both love Azzor, but it is with mixed feelings that we announce new leadership today.

Rollie, from warcraftrealms.com, has purchased the Azzor Network and has working plans to move forward with the site consistent with what we all expect from this community. We (Volon and Dalgar) really feel that bringing Rollie on board is the best way to continue the Azzor tradition we have grown to love.

We will allow him to introduce himself, but please give him your full support as we all work together in Azzor's newest chapter. We (Volon and Dalgar) could never leave this community, and we'll be sticking around as well to help make the latest chapter in this site's history the best yet. We hope you will too.

-Volon and Dalgar

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Saturday, May 19

StarCraft II announced!

Posted by: Volon | Time: 7:01 am (PST) | Category: Blizzard

And the next Blizzard game is....

StarCraft II

So, the big surprise is here: StarCraft II got announced by Blizzard in South Korea. The place was the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul where lots of people went crazy when they saw this CGI-trailer and a gameplay demonstration by the developers.
A release date has not been announced though, the official site has just gone live.

Watch the trailer on WarcraftCinema.com:
- StarCraft II Trailer
- StarCraft II Artwork Trailer

Download the trailers (sponsored and hosted by WarcraftCinema.com):
- StarCraft II Trailers (zipped)

Sunday, December 24

Merry Christmas

Posted by: Volon | Time: 8:25 am (PST) | Category: Site

We wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Have a great time!

Holiday Goodies from Blizzard:
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Thursday, June 29

Azeroth Ad Contest

Posted by: Dalgar | Time: 6:41 pm (PST) | Category: WarcraftCinema

A Z E R O T H ___ A D ___ C O N T E S T
- A WarcraftCinema Contest -

We are pleased to announce WarcraftCinema's first WoW Machinima contest: Azeroth Ad Contest! Over $700 in prizes to be given away!

The Challenge:

Create a 30 second video advertisment related to Warcraft, using WoW footage. Your commercial should advertise a WoW product, event, or organization. Some ideas:

Horde Enlistment Bonuses, Join Today!. "An Army of One."
Take a taste of "Auntie" Bernice Stonefield's mouth-watering Pork Belly Pie. "Now with zero calories!"
Enjoy delicious, soothing Noggenfogger. "Because you only live once."
Visit Lion’s Pride Inn. "Where swords, polearms, and beer coexist."
Take a vacation in scenic Dun Morogh. Tour working mines, visit historic Ironforge, and ride in an authentic Dwarven Steam Engine! "Paid for by the Ironforge Chamber of Commerce. We are not liable for any torture, maiming, or death you may experience."
Elect your fellow Tauren, Chief Hawkwind, to the Hordish Parliment on August 7th! "Because despite what they tell you, size actually does matter..."

The Prize:

Who needs a prize? Smile Just participating and being a part of your community is a ton of fun! For those of you driven to aquire more worldly possessions, we aim to please. Over $700 in prizes are to be given away, including such items as ZBOARD™ World of Warcraft® keyset, Razer Krait™, and World of WarCraft Atlas Gift Pack (Hardcover)

[ Get all the details here! ]

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