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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard, News items, WoW Rookie, BlizzCon, Wrath of the Lich King, Rumors, Worldwide Invitational

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This has been an exciting week for World of Warcraft news and rumors. Blizzard has been hosting two major events Blizzcon and the World Wide Invitational. These events are a hotbed of information about WoW and other Blizzard Entertainment games. Here at WoW Insider we work hard to keep you on top of all of the latest developments in our beloved game. I’m sure you were aware, but this past weekend saw Blizzard’s World Wide Invitational in Paris, France. Let’s take a look at the kinds of information that we receive.

We did not get the piece of information that I was most hoping for: A release date for Wrath of the Lich King. Not even a beta date. Now there are a number of websites that have pre-order dates for Wrath, but none of them can be trusted as an actual estimation. We will get our new expansion “when it’s ready.” Blizzard is the only trustworthy source of this information. We will get that bit of information out as soon as it’s available from the source.

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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gamers on the Street, Wrath of the Lich King, Worldwide Invitational

Gamers on the Street logs onto U.S. servers to get the word from the front on what’s going on in and around the World of Warcraft.

Are you spending Monday digging through the pile of Wrath of the Lich King news from this weekend’s Worldwide Invitational in Paris — or is today (and the remaining months leading up to the expansion’s release) just another day in the World of Warcraft for you? We popped on to Warsong server this morning, where Stormwind was positively bristling with activity: guild and Arena team recruiting, a PuG for Zul’Aman forming, plenty of spam for various heroics, and a healthy number of twinks going about their Old World business.

I had expected to encounter a fair number of players who weren’t aware of this weekend’s deluge of Wrath news - or who plain didn’t care - but instead, I was met with nothing but enthusiasm. So I pulled up my trusty 3-bubbles-of-xp, level 1 warrior to the steps of the bank to visit with Zidona, a Night Elf Rogue I’d noticed vigorously recruiting (in Spanish Portuguese, from his home in Brazil) for fresh blood for his guild, Viral.

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Filed under: Tips, Factions, Guides

Some of the best rewards in WoW can only be achieved if you have the appropriate level of reputation with a specific faction. Whether you’re a brand new WoW player or a freshly-minted level 70 dipping your first toe into the endgame, you need to educate yourself about reputation (or “rep” as it’s usually called). Fortunately, here at WoW Insider, we have a lot of tools that can help you find your way through the rep maze to the piece of loot you desire.

For new players

WoW Rookie: Introduction to Reputation
New players should start with this article to learn what all the terminology means and how rep affects your gameplay.

WoW Rookie: Azeroth Reputations
This article is the next step in understanding rep and how it works for the world of Azeroth. Since you should start worrying about rep long before you hit level 40, this article shows you how to start preparing for getting your first mount — especially if the one you hunger for is not your toon’s racial mount.

Breakfast Topic: Reputation grinding
Here you can see what your fellow players have to say about what it’s like to grind rep after level 60.

For new level 70s

Ask WoW Insider: Do you optimize your rep grinds?
Advice from us and other readers on how to streamline your rep grinds in Outland.

Faction frustrations eased in Wrath
A preview of how rep may change in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion.

Rep calculators

Here are a couple of rep calculators we’ve reviewed.

• Liquidor’s rep calculator
• WoW Reputation Calculator

For extra credit

WoW Rookie: Pre-Burning Crusade engame reputations
This is a good primer on how rep worked prior to the release of The Burning Crusade expansion. Rep grinding in Azeroth after level 60 is not overly relevant now, but you may still be curious as to how it worked.

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