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Many moons ago, an old hardened dwarf tank stepped up to take on the mighty Gruul in his lair. What this tank did not realize was that it was not Gruul that was the real danger, but the plethora of pets and other melee that surrounded Gruul and helped take him down. It was a lengthy battle and just when the team could smell the sweet scent of success - BAM! - the tank was dead, killed by multiple hasted-attacks from Gruul the Dragonkiller. The healers sighed - unhealable damage and tank death ...

Reposted from http://securingwow.blogspot.com/2010...-pathetic.html

One of the things we usually don't put much thought into is password selection. Usually it is a loved-one's name or an easily remembered string of characters. Unfortunately, a poor choice of password can dramatically increase the chance of your game account being hacked.

In an analysis performed by Imperva of 32 million leaked passwords from rockyou.com, it was found that nearly ...

Social Blogging protocol points to regular updates to one's own Blog, something I've been unable to properly come to terms with. Several starts to promising ideas have been made, but just like many of Blizzard's towns in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, starts have been made with barely any actually reaching completion. Here I am to start yet another - Blogarde.

Over the recent weeks, battle has been done with the oppressive Random Number Generator. ...

When the WotLK expansion was released, it sold 2.8 million copies in 24 hours. An analyst believes that 5 million copies were sold in the first month. Blizzard stand to make some very healthy sales revenues with the upcoming Cataclysm expansion.

Speculating for a moment, let's say that they sell 5 million copies of Catyclysm within the first month @ $40 per copy. That's a very cool $200m in 30 days for Blizzard and the game stores. Basic finance, specifically the net present value of cash flows, ...

Reposted from http://securingwow.blogspot.com/2009...-warcraft.html

Is a member of your family or close friend crazy about a game called World of Warcraft? Do they lock themselves in their room, playing the game for hours and refusing to take phone calls or talk to you? It's time to investigate this seemingly strange behavior by drawing parallels to the universal sport of soccer.

What is the World of Warcraft?

World of Warcraft ...