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Blizzard has announced that they have opened the new PVP server Gul'dan! Yay! Maybe I'll get PK'd less! Heh probably not I'm the worst PVP'er ever.

But more exciting that even that is A New Contest Announcement!

Are you an aspiring filmmaker? If so, you're in the right place! The World of Warcraft Movie Contest sponsored by Xfire is a great way for up-and-coming directors to show off their moviemaking skills. We're looking for players to create movies, set in Azeroth, in three main categories: Dance, Comedy, and Drama. The content requirements for the movies are open-ended, as long as they're created in game.

This contest runs from December 14, 2005 to January 21, 2006. Five prizes, such as Xbox 360 Premium game consoles, XFX GeForce 7800 GTX video cards (PCI-Express), and Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum sound cards, will be awarded for each of the three categories listed above. In addition, 10 prizes will be awarded for special categories, including: Best Picture, Best Dialog, Best Editing, and Best Music.

You'll have to click on that picture below the dialogue for rules and prizes. Good Luck!

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Arrgh! Oh wait, Awen already said that! Well, I'll double it and ask for a
parrot!
MMORPG.com has
developer journal #5 for Pirates of the Burning Sea. I wish I could be a pirate...
minus the grungy teeth thing and getting sea-sick. But a plumed hat would be
cool... right?

Hello, everyone. My name's Raymond Wood, and I'm a mission designer
for Pirates of the Burning Sea. I joined Flying Lab earlier this year and
have been having a great time shouting "Arrrrr" at all my coworkers.
Normally, mission designers build PvE missions and combat encounters, but
recently I was lucky enough to lend my mission expertise to one of the coolest
parts of the PvP system.
Our first design goal when we sat down to work out the details of the PvP
system can be summed up in one word: “Relevance.” Too many games
place PvP on the borders, as something that happens at the edge of the map
between players who aren’t necessarily tied in to the rest of the game.
Often, PvP takes place in areas that are wholly separated from the main geography
of the game. That isolation makes the player versus player struggles seem
less exciting to us, so our first decision was to place the PvP in places
players go, places they care about. In Pirates of the Burning Sea, the hottest
PvP areas will be right in the middle of the map, where players live and trade
and do missions.
We’ve written about PvP port battles before as the centerpiece of our
four-sided RvR conflict system. Today, I’m pulling the curtains back
to show you how they actually work. Let’s say you’re a stout-hearted
English naval officer. Your forces have raided enough Spanish shipping to
put the port of San Juan into contention, and you’ve contributed enough
to win one of the 25 British tickets into the port battle. (The battle works
the same way when pirates raid foreign ports or when nationals suppress pirate
ports, but the rewards and the effects on the port are different.)

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Marvel Entertainment, Inc., NCsoft Corporation, NC Interactive, Inc., Cryptic Studios, Inc. Settle All Litigation

AUSTIN, Texas, December 12, 2005—Marvel Entertainment, Inc., NCsoft® Corporation, NC Interactive, Inc. and Cryptic Studios™, Inc. are pleased to announce today that they have amicably settled all claims brought by Marvel and all claims brought by NCsoft, NC Interactive, Inc. and Cryptic Studios, Inc. The parties' settlement allows them all to continue to develop and sell exciting and innovative products, but does not reduce the players' ability to express their creativity in making and playing original and exciting characters. Therefore, no changes to City of Heroes® or City of Villains'™ character creation engine are part of the settlement. The parties have agreed that protecting intellectual property rights is critically important and each will continue aggressively to protect such rights in accordance with all applicable laws. While the terms of the settlement were not disclosed, all parties agree that this case was never about monetary issues and that the fans of their respective products and characters are the winners in this settlement.

It's never about the money...

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Arrrgh Mateys! Get out the rum and take a seat for some easy reading! *delicate cough* Alright then.. Pirates of the Burning Sea put up two new developer logs late last week. You can see them Here. However, I'm going to spare your tired little eyes and tell you in a gunshell (get it.. gunshell) what they say.

1. They've sent out the first wave of beta invites. Didn't get one? Yeah.. me either and I'm bitter. They're using the same build that they've sent investors. Let's hope it's good. I want to get my swashbuckling on.

2. I realllly don't know what he's talking about Here. It's about 20k Perforce check. Anyone's guess.

So in conclusion, I'd like to play this game. So should you.

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