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I Love Microtransactions in MMOs

Blizzard decided to enter the world of microtransactions today and launched 2 mini-pets (non-combat) in the Blizzard Store : the Pandaren Monk and Lil' K.T. And suddenly the Internet exploded with a mix of cheers and anger, the comments at Wow.com being just a sample of the mixed reactions. First...

Posted to The Shapeshifter (Weblog) by ActiveNick on 11-04-2009
FigurePrint of my Shapeshifter

After yesterday's long blog post, I figured I would steer clear of the massive wall of text and show you pretty pictures instead. I present you with pictures of my FigurePrint of Shalansay , who is my main character in World of Warcraft. "Shal", as my friends call me, is a level 80 feral...

Posted to The Shapeshifter (Weblog) by ActiveNick on 10-01-2009
Are Your Guild Officers Fit to Lead?

Disclaimer : This obviously controversial (and long) blog post is not directed at any specific guild officer or leader I know. I have been a guild officer and council member myself on a few occasions and the observations in this post are based on my experiences as a member of approximately 15 guilds...

Posted to The Shapeshifter (Weblog) by ActiveNick on 09-30-2009
Maintenance Tuesday "I have a Real-Life": MMO Games I Want to Play

It's Maintenance Tuesday again. For us MMO players, it usually means our servers are down for maintenance, restarts or patches. This is certainly true for WoW, and Star Wars Galaxies (which I used to play, and still do on occasions) also has its maintenance on Tuesdays. I guess it's a standard...

Posted to The Shapeshifter (Weblog) by ActiveNick on 09-29-2009
Brewfest Tips to get the Brewmaster Title

Greetings fellow WoW players and achievement whores Brewfest has been running for a week now and I figured it's not too late to share a few tips I have for all of you about Brewfest and reaching the Brewmaster title. Hope this helps: If you are not sure what to buy and if you can get the title, do...

Posted to The Shapeshifter (Weblog) by ActiveNick on 09-28-2009
ActiveNick Guest-Hosting "The Blueberry Workshop" Podcast with Rilgon

I know some of you listen to some WoW podcasts like The Instance, Rawrcast or the WoW Insider Show (see my sidebar for great WoW podcast selections). There are a LOT of WoW podcasts and there is a new one primarily targeted at hunters called " The Blueberry Workshop " by Rilgon. He's recorded...

Posted to The Shapeshifter (Weblog) by ActiveNick on 09-27-2009
What is going on with this blog???

Yeah, I created this site a couple years ago, and the blog a few months back, and didn't do much with either. Busy schedule, priority changes, too much WoW, you know the drill. Anyways, all hope is not lost. I'm in the process of securing an upgrade to Community Server, which is used to power...

Posted to The Shapeshifter (Weblog) by ActiveNick on 09-02-2009
Join the Mountain Dew Game Fuel Promotion

You can earn tokens to buy cool stuff, have a chance to win prizes and can earn an exclusive non-combat pet for World of Warcraft!!!! JOIN NOW!!!!! According to the GameFuel_Admin on the DEW forums : " In-game pet - I can't say much about this yet, but the feature will be available in a few...

Posted to The Shapeshifter (Weblog) by ActiveNick on 05-19-2009
Naxxramas Bingo!

Following in the footsteps of A Dwarf Priest who brought us Karazhan Bingo back in The Burning Crusade, I bring you: Naxxramas Bingo! Why? For the same reasons... while I'm sure there are plenty of players who have never seen inside the halls of Naxxaramas , most level 80's have stepped in there...

Posted to The Shapeshifter (Weblog) by ActiveNick on 05-05-2009

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