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Azeroth is Uniting to Support Child’s Play!
A few days ago I received a mail from Stompalina of Rawrcast about the 1st annual Azeroth United. Don't forget that every dollar count, you can easily donate by using the ChipIn widget below. (Payments are made through Paypal)

<div align="center">Rawrcast: World of Warcraft Podcast - 60-day World of Warcraft Game Card
Sideshow and Syrana – 30-day World of Warcraft Game Card and 2009 Blizzcon Authenticator
Unbearably Hot – Custom, one of a kind, handmade bracelet themed after the Hearts, Hands, and Voices charity event. Sure to be a Blizzcon conversation starter!
3point.com: Warcraft Stein - Artwork by amazing World of Warcraft illustrator James Zhang.
Raid Warning Podcast: Steel Series World of Warcraft Gaming Mouse
SwagDog: 3ea. $100 Gift Certificates and Weekly 25% Off Codes for all contributors. You can get your code from your favorite Azeroth United Unity Member.
J!NX Clothing Company - $25 Gift Card, Talking Murloc Plush Toy, and J!NX Keychain
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Ten (10) Hearts Giveaways - As a “Thank You” for your $10 donation to Child’s Play, you will be entered into the Filled Hearts Giveaway where TEN lucky contributors will WIN a gift basket filled with donations from these sponsors…

Curse Networks – Get your hands on one of these great items: mouse pad, USB flash card that are super slim and fit in your wallet they are the size of a business card! OR a Premium Curse Subscription for 12 months
Azeroth United – Snag one of many assorted WoW TCG Loot Cards
Geek Girl Diva of Entertainment Earth: $25 Gift Certificate
J!NX Clothing Company - $10 Gift Card and J!NX Keychain

Together, we are aiming to make Hearts, Hands, and Voices the biggest charity event that Azeroth has ever seen!"

Patch 3.3 PTR Notes - 11/10 Update
The Patch 3.3 PTR notes have been updated once again.
Quote from: Dresorull (Source)
Update: 11.10.2009

Druids: Gift of the Earthmother note clarified
Paladins: Sanctified Light (changed reverted based on update to Lay on Hands)
Rogues: Murder
Items: Glyph of Victory Rush note corrected

http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/...ns/idruids.gif Druid
Restoration

Gift of the Earthmother: Redesigned. This talent now increases spell haste by 2/4/6/8/10% and reduces the base global cooldown of Lifebloom by 2/4/6/8/10% instead of its previous effects.

http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/.../ipaladins.gif Paladin

Sanctified Light: This talent now also has a 33/66/100% chance to prevent Lay on Hands from causing Forbearance when Lay on Hands is used on others.

http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/...ns/irogues.gif Rogue
Assassination

Murder: This talent now provides a flat damage increase of 2/4% against all targets, instead of only targets which do not appear in Icecrown.

http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/.../iwarriors.gif Warrior

Glyph of Victory Rush: This glyph now increases the critical strike chance of Victory Rush by 30%, regardless of the percentage of the target’s remaining health.

Reminder: WoW Battle.net Conversion Coming
If you didn't convert your WoW account to a Battle.net one, you probably can't play WoW anymore at this point. Visit the American Battle.net or the European Battle.net websites to do it now!
Quote from: Bornakk (Source)
A few months ago, we unveiled the Battle.net account, our new way for players to log in to World of Warcraft and future Blizzard games, sign up for upcoming beta tests, shop the online Blizzard Store, and more with just one username and password. This was just the first step in the rollout of the brand-new Battle.net; in the future, players will be able to use Battle.net to participate in cross-realm chat in World of Warcraft, create real-life friends lists, communicate across different games, and a whole lot more.

In preparation for the launch of these new features, on November 11, 2009, all current World of Warcraft players will be required to merge their World of Warcraft accounts with a Battle.net account in order to log in to the game. As our way to say “thanks” for taking a moment to go through the process, existing World of Warcraft accounts that upgrade to Battle.net (including those that have already switched over) will receive a brand-new penguin in-game pet. Starting on November 11, all World of Warcraft players will need to log in to the game using a Battle.net username and password, and anyone who wishes to create a new World of Warcraft account will need to start with a Battle.net account.

Creating a Battle.net account is simple and free. To merge your existing account with a Battle.net account, visit http://us.battle.net . For more info, check out the Battle.net site or read the FAQ: http://us.battle.net/faq/index.html

Account conversion: http://us.battle.net
FAQ: http://us.battle.net/faq/index.html

Blue posts
Quote from Blizzard staff
Random Dungeons and Heroic Lockout
It's not that you don't get saved to a Heroic dungeon when using the Random Option in the tool; rather, the Random Option will ignore your Heroic lockouts if you continue to use it, though it will attempt to weight the chance of being randomly selected for a Heroic dungeon to which you've been saved lower than those to which you have not, provided there are enough people in the queue to fill a group for an alternate instance without making you wait an excessive amount of time for a dungeon you have yet to do. (Source)

5-Man Dungeons Loot Quality
We tend to provide better loot for forward progression, not the other way around. So you'll see better loot in the three Icecrown Citadel five-player wings (which will include the chance to embark upon the epic quest line to obtain Quel'Delar) given that the dungeon is tuned for higher gear levels than Oculus, just as you see better loot in Trial of the Champion than existing Wrath of the Lich King dungeons today. I'd prefer it if you didn't call it an act of laziness either, as there are plenty of new items with unique art being added in the 3.3 content update.

In any event, given that Oculus will award Emblems of Triumph in patch 3.3, two Emblems of Frost if it's your first Heroic dungeon of the day run via the Random Dungeon option in the Dungeon system, and two additional Emblems of Triumph if you complete the Heroic dungeon via the Random Dungeon option each time after that, you're technically provided access to better rewards -- and a faster accumulati...

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