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Daily Column
Loading... putting the 'Mo' in MMOG.
First, the Ten Ton Pulse, your finger on the beating heart of the MMOG industry.
If the Top 10 isn't enough, we also show the Top 20 and Top 50 lists as well, available to everyone on our homepage. (What is Pulse?)
- Warhammer Online - 200 BPM
- World of Warcraft - 92 BPM
- Age of Conan - 61 BPM
- Stargate Worlds - 8 BPM
- Tabula Rasa - 8 BPM
- EVE Online - 8 BPM
- Lord of the Rings Online - 6 BPM
- EverQuest II - 5 BPM
- Vanguard - 4 BPM
- Star Trek Online - 3 BPM
We have one last day of appointments here at the Leipzig Games Convention. If you haven't yet viewed the new Warhammer Online Cinematic Trailer then do yourself a favour and watch it today. It was a WAR versus WoW show on many fronts, including who could deliver the best trailer.
Our exclusive Age of Conan: Expansion Revealed Video has also been posted for our Premium Members as has our Age of Conan: 'State of the Game' Video with Erling Ellingsen and Thorbjørn Olsen which is available to everyone.
Free-to-play fans will appreciate the RuneScape HD Concept Artwork and our video of Acclaim's Dave Perry giving his keynote speech.
It has been a very long, tiring week, but well worth the trip. We still have over 20 exclusives to post before our coverage is complete. Have a great weekend! I'll be back Monday.
The Loading Forums await you. Do you feel the need to contact me personally with naughty pictures or derogatory comments? Here's my E-mail.
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Ten Ton Hammer Epic Thread of the Day [Thanks Karen Hertzberg]
Sometimes
their funny; sometimes they're flaming;
sometimes they're clever. Whatever this one happens to be, it's
our Epic Thread of the Day.
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From our Warhammer Online Community
"Open Beta Begins Sept 7th"
Our
Warhammer Online community is one of the coolest around--we guarantee
it. But as the game nears open beta and launch, all sorts of new
virtual faces begin to crawl out of the virtual woodwork, and next
thing you know we have a social experiment on our hands. We stuff these
threads into our unmoderated free-for-all forum, "Da Threadz Wot is WAAAGH!" From there, we can either stare at them through a microscope or poke at them occasionally for our own amusement.
It started innocently enough when our friend Jaspers posted that he'd found news that Warhammer's open beta would begin September 7,
complete with linkage. Within three posts, our newer friend madluls
(suggested tagline: With a name like madluls you know it's got to be
troll!) showed up. Anarchy ensued, and went on all afternoon until
resident forum hero, Annatar, stepped in to save the day. You'll have
to read the thread if you want to behold this man's epic forum skillz.
Unfortunately, he got the thread back on track and stripped away all
our fun.
Awesome Quote from the Epic Thread:
"This is your warning Annatar. If you are going to continue to post
intelligently, on topic, and with purpose, we're going to have to adjust
your privileges."
- RadarX (Our WAR Site Lead)
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Do you have a favorite Epic Thread? Let us know!
Guiding You to the Next
Level... [Thanks Karen Hertzberg]
Let there be no doubt; our community site teams work hard
to put out quality guides to help you get the most of your gaming
experience. And now we've got your weekly guide to the guides. Here's a
recap of the information and updates published on our community sites
last week.
Age of Conan
- Sanctum of the Burning Souls
- Dark Templar Combo List, Lvl 20-39
- Dark Templar Combo List, Lvl 40-59
- Dark
Templar Combos, Lvl 60-80 - Priest
of Mitra Spell List, Lvl 41-60
Lord of the Rings Online
Tabula Rasa
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
World of Warcraft
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[A big thanks to Phil Comeau for putting together the links and Real World News.]
10 new MMOG hand-crafted articles today! 126 in August! 2110 in 2008!
New MMOG Articles At Ten Ton Hammer Today
Leipzig GCDC 2008
- [New!] Age of Conan: 'State of the Game' Video with Erling Ellingsen and Thorbjørn Olsen
- [New!] Age of Conan: Expansion Revealed Video - *Premium Content*
- [New!] Warhammer Online Cinematic Trailer
- [New!] RuneScape HD Concept Artwork
- Stargate Worlds: Beta Update
- World of Warcraft: WotLK Screenshots
- MMORPG Don Daglow: 'What's Next in Gaming' Keynote
- EVE Online: Exclusive Economics Interview with Dr. E.
- Acclaim's Dave Perry: The Future of Games
Images/Video
Previews
Op/Eds
Community
Guides
Hot Content - Or, what I took a fancy to
- Leipzig GCDC 08 - Age of Conan: 'State of the Game' Video with Erling Ellingsen and Thorbjørn Olsen
- Leipzig GCDC 08 - Age of Conan: Expansion Revealed Video - *Premium Content*
- Leipzig GCDC 08 - Warhammer Online Cinematic Trailer
- Leipzig GCDC 08 - Stargate Worlds: Beta Update
- Leipzig GCDC 08 - World of Warcraft: WotLK Screenshots
- Leipzig GCDC 08 - MMORPG Don Daglow: 'What's Next in Gaming' Keynote
- Leipzig GCDC 08 - EVE Online: Exclusive Economics Interview with Dr. E.
- Leipzig GCDC 08 - Acclaim's Dave Perry: The Future of Games
- STO vs. KOTOR Online - The Ultimate Sci-Fi Showdown
- World of Warcraft: BlizzCon Lottery Explosion
Real World News
-
Fun way to lose weight: Turn dieting into an RPG [Courtesy of Kim T.!]
'World of Weightcraft' and 'Blubberhammer Online: Age of Anorexia' rumoured to be in the works -
Man fired upon, flees on unicycle [Courtesy of Justin W.!]
His 52 friends were spotted leaving the scene in a VW Beetle -
Corrupt judging at the Olympics discovered
Corruption in the Olympics? Why, I never heard of such a thing.
Have you seen some Real World News that you think
Phil can fail to make even remotely funny? Send it in!
Thanks as always for visiting TenTonHammer.com.
- John "Boomjack" Hoskin and the Ten Ton Hammer Team
