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The Classifieds brings you weekly updates on guild recruiting, rankings, splits and merges, progression and more. Have guild news or a Random Act of Uberness to share? E-mail TheClassifieds@wow.com. Remember back during the holidays, when we had a nice cozy Breakfast Topic chat about the fellow who’s been spotted schlepping his entire iMac to the local Panera Bread to play WoW? Sharp-eyed reader Paul discovered a followup article at Gizmodo, featuring five questions with the Panera Bread WoW Man. It’s no headline news, but it’s an interesting peek into how a fellow WoW player gets his fix. Let’s open up The Classifieds … Recruiting Starting from scratch: <Whiz Bang> (US Staghelm-H), founded by two Vanilla/BC/Wrath vets, is leveling a new set of characters to 80 and invites aspiring raiders age 18+ to get in on the ground floor; a little further along are <Riders of Unholy> of EU Dragonblight-A, now recruiting all classes for a new raiding team. Second 10-man team and building for 25-man: <Unabashed Noobery> on US Kilrogg-A is looking for

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Obviously today’s news from Apple of the iPad is the hottest thing since, well, the iPhone. One of the big things Apple was showing was the OpenGL 3D games on the iPad. OpenGL is the technology that allows advanced 3D graphics and games to function (DirectX is the Microsoft Windows equivalent, although OpenGL works on Windows too). For a long time people have been clamoring over the ability for WoW to run on an iPhone, and the iPad looks like the ideal touch device to let it run on. And many of you began writing into us as soon as the iPad announcement was made, asking if we knew about WoW running on the iPad. The answer is no, we have no information, and there is no indication that WoW will run on the iPad. The armory app should work automatically (as well as all your other iPhone/iPod Touch games), and there is certianly room to make the armory app even better on the iPad — but we don’t even know if such a plan is in the works yet. The iPad, especially with its dirt cheap data plans for $14.99 and overall cheap starting price of $499, can obviously have an impact on

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It’s fortunate that Edtin of Ysondre is a shaman. He’s fallen into a water tank while running heroic Steamvault, and without Water Breathing, he’d be sunk (horrible pun intended.) Still, he’s going to eventually run out of fish scales, and then we’ll get to see whether those saltwater tanks preserve corpses as well as formaldehyde. Do you have any unusual, beautiful or interesting World of Warcraft images that are just collecting dust in your screenshots folder? We’d love to see them on Around Azeroth! Sharing your screenshot is as simple as e-mailing aroundazeroth@wow.com with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could be featured here next! Remember to include your player name, server and/or guild if you want it mentioned. Please include the word “Azeroth” in your post so it does not get swept into the spam bin. We strongly prefer full screen shots without the UI showing — use alt-Z to remove it. Please, no more battleground scoreboards, Val’kyr on mounts, or pictures of the Ninja Turtles in Dalaran.

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Savras of <The Keepers> on Wyrmrest Accord captured this tender moment in Booty Bay, about to be completely ruined by the blood elf ninja pouncing down from above. The stale fish on the dock can’t be too much of an aphrodisiac either. How many years have those things been sitting there? Do you have any unusual, beautiful or interesting World of Warcraft images that are just collecting dust in your screenshots folder? We’d love to see them on Around Azeroth! Sharing your screenshot is as simple as e-mailing aroundazeroth@wow.com with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could be featured here next! Remember to include your player name, server and/or guild if you want it mentioned. Please include the word “Azeroth” in your post so it does not get swept into the spam bin. We strongly prefer full screen shots without the UI showing — use alt-Z to remove it. Please, no more battleground scoreboards, Val’kyr on mounts, or pictures of the Ninja Turtles in Dalaran. Older screenshots can be found here.

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Recently, a commenter on a post mentioned that I use a similar screenshot for a lot of my The Care and Feeding of Warriors posts. I looked over it, and he was right: since I race changed to draenei, in fact, quite a few of the screenshots have been silhouetted, facing downwards shots that I often take just because I am playing my character and suddenlt stop and say “wow, that’s cool” – I’m not a terribly sophisticated visual thinker (for that, I go to my wife, who has a landscape artist’s eyes and a remarkable grasp of light and nuance) but I know what I like. One of the reasons I like playing draenei and tauren are connected to the classes I like to play: shamans, warriors and DK’s are the only classes I’ve consistently gotten to max rank, and in all of those cases I tend to play large characters. When race change became available I agonized over it (silly as that is) even though I’d always said I’d go draenei because I’d grown so accustomed to the way my human character moved, and watching old avi files of Burning Crusade

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Reader comments — ahh, yes, the juicy goodness following a meaty post. [1.Local] ducks past the swinging doors to see what readers have been chatting about in the back room over the past week. Is it just us, or does it seem a little warm in here? The news was popping here at WoW.com at the tail end of the week, and the reactions in [1.Local] were explosive. In what turned out to be a freaky Friday indeed, WoW.com posted not one but three articles peering behind the scenes at account security concerns. Those of you who like to know how the movie ends before you even take your seat can cut right to the final scene — but for those who prefer to savor the whole, winding saga over a bucketful of popcorn (with plenty of butter and salt), let’s take it from the top. Blizzard giving serious consideration to mandatory authenticators It all began on Friday with a post uncovering that Blizzard is giving serious consideration to requiring authenticators on all accounts: “According to our sources, while this policy has not been implemented yet and the details are not

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New around here? WoW Rookie points WoW’s newest players to the basics of a good start in the World of Warcraft. For links to all our tips, tricks and how-to’s, visit WoW.com’s WoW Rookie Guide. Level 80: You’re reached the beginning of the end. It’s never been easier to take your character to epic levels of gear and adventure. Whether you’re five-manning for its own sake or gearing up along the path to raiding, we’ve got the tips to help you make the most of your level 80 group experience. If you’re so new to level 80 (or still working your way there) that you’re not sure what to tackle and where to turn first, read Level 80: Now what?. Once you’ve got a handle on the available options, it’s time to tackle the wide world of Wrath’s five-man instances. Group like a team player Get group experience on the way up. Before the advent of the Dungeon Finder, it could be difficult to find a group to run pre-level 80 instances with level-appropriate players. Now? There’s no excuse for reaching level 80 without grouping

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Reader comments — ahh, yes, the juicy goodness following a meaty post. [1.Local] ducks past the swinging doors to see what readers have been chatting about in the back room over the past week. Think you’ve got what it takes to make it through another year in the company of the denizens of [1.Local]? Work your way through the comments on these recent favorite posts at WoW.com — not only the comments listed here from the “Best of” roundups, but the comments on the original posts, too — and we’ll talk. Cataclysm, Cataclysm, Cataclysm July 2009 was one long paroxysm about Cataclysm. dextros: I was sad to see the Worgen pets vanish; for a time, every hunter in our raid group had one. =D Sargenus: Ahh. The masks! I remember getting into a fight with a friend who apparently -knew- Goblins and Worgen would NEVER be a playable race and told me to stop dreaming. I guess you can tell, I mock him every day after BlizzCon. Heartfelt connections One of the most touching pieces that’s ever appeared on WoW.com ran this past August, as

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Want to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women? Blood Sport investigates the entirety of all-things arena for gladiators and challengers alike. C. Christian Moore, multiple rank 1 gladiator, examines the latest arena strategy, trends, compositions and more in WoW.com’s arena column. Listening Music: Zero, by the Smashing Pumpkins. I knew I wanted to feature the pumpkins today, I just didn’t know what song. I sifted through maybe twenty or thirty songs. I thought about featuring Cherub Rock, Bullet with Butterfly Wings, Today, and The Everlasting Gaze, among others. 1979 was out of the question – it feels like too much like Sesame Street to me. In the end, it came down to Zero or Eye. I wanted to feature the Ghost in the Shell video of Eye (NSFW), but it’s got a little cartoon nudity in it, so that’s why we’re going with Zero today. Last Week: Part III of our beginner’s arena guide. We discussed very basic arena strategy for many popular specs of each class. Last week’s column is pretty long

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