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This week we announced how YOU can join us at “The Raid” Pre-Screening & Blizzcon After-Party being planned for October 23rd at 9PM at House of Blues, Anaheim. To snag your tickets, join us LIVE every Sunday between now and September 26th, and send a PM to the chat moderator with your best shot at…

I want to see “The Raid” Pre-Screening because…

The entries will be read during the FFA portion of the show, and a winner will be picked LIVE.

Be creative!
Be spontaneous!

And, You Must Be:

• Over 21
• In the Anaheim area on October 23rd
• Logged into Ustream
• Have a valid e-mail account
• Ready to attend one kick ass party!

Space is limited. Entry is not guaranteed.

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Yes, this is a Green Day reference, and it fits because I am really ready for September to be over with. By the end of September, I hope to have Halo:Reach, and NHL 11. (BTW Madden 11 on the 360 is a lot of fun, but I digress.) I hope to have my infant son, Caleb, (he is 5 weeks old) sleeping a little better during the night. By that time I also hope that I have a little more money floating around courtesy of student loans.

Most importantly to the readers of this blog, BlizzCon will be right around the corner at that time. I can’t wait to participate in the coverage! This is going to be a blast, and I hope that you come to Rawrcast for your BlizzCon needs. Read more…

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Remember when the Achievements System was controversial? Remember when players were broken into camps, either for or against, screaming the implications of the incoming system throughout trade chat? It seems that the anti-Achievement voices have died with a whimper as all of the implications of said system have come to pass over the past few years and changed the face of WoW as we knew it.

I’d wager that the biggest change to the game  was a change in player motivations. Let’s use Battlegrounds for an example. Previously, players would run Battlegrounds to earn Honor Points in order to purchase more PVP gear so they could be more competitive in BGs. Player motivations were always clear; kill as many players as possible and master the objectives of the Battleground to win (there is some debate here about whether the second motivation motivated anyone at all…at least Alliance side). Read more…

It has been an exciting week here at Rawrcast! Stomp has been busy finalizing plans for Blizzcon, and ironing out Rawrcast’s planned coverage of events. We are pleased to announce that we are helping to plan “The Raid” Pre-Screening event & Blizzcon After-Party in Anaheim this coming October! Keep listening to Rawrcast, and all of your other favorite World of Warcraft and gaming websites for your chance to win a ticket to this EXCLUSIVE event! A full list of the podcasts and websites participating will be posted on JoinTheRaid.com.

We also announce this week that we have launched our IndieGoGo.com Campaign, and started offering incentives in an effort to secure funds for our Blizzcon trip and coverage of the events. Full details can be found there, or at Rawrcast.com/Blizzcon! We have exciting coverage planned for Blizzcon, but we can only get there with your support. So, please take a moment to Support the Rawr!

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Helllo Rawrcast readers…Cornelious here bringing you another installment of Under the Hood.

As I stated in my last post I continue to keep myself busy overclocking and benchmarking hardware for DogHouse Systems but I’ve (finally) been able to eliminate a number of stresses in my life and it should be much easier to schedule my time moving forward. This week I want to take a short while to bring up a few points involving the friendly household dust bunny. Dust (in bunny form or otherwise) builds up in our computers for a number of reasons, some of which are: a dusty home/room, smoking, pets and poor case airflow and filtering.

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When it comes to the new talent trees, there are 3 types of people in the World… of Warcraft.

• The people who love it
• The people who hate it
• The people who couldn’t care one way or the other

For the purpose of this post, we’ll say goodbye to the 3^rd group. Don’t take it personally, however in this situation your opinion doesn’t add weight to either side of the spectrum. I still love you.

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Healing has been one of the biggest wake up calls in my WoW playing career. To call it an eye-opener would be an understatement of enormous proportions. Never before have I been so impressed with all of the quality healers I’ve played with in the past, so critical of my own play or so frustrated with players sleep walking through the game.

Before we get too deep into my personal healing insecurities and the failures of others, let me give a shout out to all of the wonderful healers who have time and again shown patience and restraint through countless dungeons and raids. The job of healing is both thankless and incredibly stressful. So in a word, Thanks to all of the fantastic healers I’ve played with in the past and continue to play with. Read more…