Fansites

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>Do fansites even matter anymore? | 4/8/2004 4:02:30 PM GMTDT





Do fansites even matter anymore? Of course they do. While the official Blizzard WoW sites are excellent they are not the end-all and be-all of the wow universe. There's a ton of great and interesting content you can't get on the official site. And remember, what I've collected here is just a brief survey and a hint at what's to come. Many fansites (like mine) aren't in the beta, many that are in beta are still gathering data and holding off implementing great content until Blizzard finalizes their core systems.



Want to know what's comming up in the latest patch?

wow.hunlock.com/?start=notes (http://wow.hunlock.com/?start=notes) (shameless plug)



Find out what the devs are saying?

wow.ethrex.com (http://wow.ethrex.com)



Play what if with a WoW Skills Browser?

wow.stratics.com/content/...lsbrowser/ (http://wow.stratics.com/content/statistics/gameinfo/skillsbrowser/)



Explore the cartography of WoW?

www.worldofwarcraftatlas.com/ (http://www.worldofwarcraftatlas.com/)

or maybe see the maps with dynamic resources

db.wowvault.ign.com/locat...launch.php (http://db.wowvault.ign.com/locations/map-launch.php)



Browse and Search Items in WoW?

worldofwar.net/items/ (http://worldofwar.net/items/)



Watch beta players play wow?

www.taurentotem.com/cam.htm (http://www.taurentotem.com/cam.htm)

www.warbucket.com/wowtv/ (http://www.warbucket.com/wowtv/)

membres.lycos.fr/triex666/temp.jpg (http://membres.lycos.fr/triex666/temp.jpg)

wow.warcraftstrategy.com/betatv/ (http://wow.warcraftstrategy.com/betatv/)

www.worldofwar.net/wwntv/elly (http://www.worldofwar.net/wwntv/elly)

www.worldofwar.net/wwntv/rush (http://www.worldofwar.net/wwntv/rush)



Get a RSS newsfeed for your guild/fan site or browser plugin.

www.hunlock.com/forums/rss.php (http://www.hunlock.com/forums/rss.php) -- Nomads of Warcraft

wow.ethrex.com/rss.php?m=20 (http://wow.ethrex.com/rss.php?m=20) -- Ethrex (Developer Posts!)

wow.ethrex.com/news.php (http://wow.ethrex.com/news.php) -- Ethrex (Blizzard News!)

wow.stratics.com/php-bin/rss/raw.php (http://wow.stratics.com/php-bin/rss/raw.php) -- Stratics

wow.warcry.com/scripts/news/rss/19.rdf (http://wow.warcry.com/scripts/news/rss/19.rdf) -- Warcry

www.blizzplanet.com/backe...hp?purge=1 (http://www.blizzplanet.com/backend_mod.php?purge=1) -- Blizzard Planet

www.warcraftwars.com/foru...l;type=rss (http://www.warcraftwars.com/forums/index.php?board=2;sa=news;action=.xml;type=rss) -- Warcraft Wars



Find out how WOW works on a modem?

www.worldofwar.net/journals/?id=615 (http://www.worldofwar.net/journals/?id=615)



Get WoW to work on Linux?

www.blizzplanet.com/forum...1148" (http://www.blizzplanet.com/forum211/viewtopic.php?p=1148#1148)



Get WoW screens for your windows startup?

mrlex.cjb.net/ (http://mrlex.cjb.net/)



Learn how to be a tailor?

www.warcraftgaming.com/wa...0403012116 (http://www.warcraftgaming.com/warcrafted/articles.php?article=20040403012116)



Need over 500 more screenshots?

www.wow-ra.com/WoW-RA-Fil.../index.php (http://www.wow-ra.com/WoW-RA-Files/gallery/index.php)

wc3.ogresnet.com/html/wow/view.php (http://wc3.ogresnet.com/html/wow/view.php)







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Homer (http://www.pusboil.com/magcman.wav)

http://www.angelfire.com/home/pearly/homer/homer_woo.jpg</p>

[guice666]

Fansites will always matter. You don't expect Blizzard to give full details of their games? That would spoil the fun. I expect that the Blizzard site will have everything you need to know for lower level content but then will dwiddle of in content as you get higher level leaving that stuff to be discovered and leaving that content for Fansites.




<div style="text-align: center">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://www.gpcentre.net/tools/css/eqsig.css">
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<td colspan=3 id="sl">This game has warped my fragile little mind. (http://www.gpcentre.net/)</td>
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<span class="nM">Sithr (http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=2572)</span>


<span class="sN">65th Iksar Transcendent</span>
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<span class="n">Xield Da`Margorach (http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=1301)</span>

<span class="sS">54th Teir`Dal Heretic</span>
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<span class="n">Lvarin Geirtu`Dal (http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=1302)</span>

<span class="sS">34th Tu`Dal Bard</span>
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<span class="nA">Zabies (http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=3367)</span>


<span class="sA">57th Iksar Luminary</span>
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<span class="nM">Chronology (http://www.chronology-guild.org/)</span><span class="nA">Retired</span>

<span class="sr">Mithaniel Marr</span>
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<span class="nA">Rryn (http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=186874)</span>

<span class="sA"> 24th Iksar Beastlord </span>
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I looked through all of those and felt very unsatisfied...



Of course maybe its because I have an insatiable desire to actually play this game and reading about it just makes me mad. Heh, what the hell am I gonna do till it hits the shelves, Play basketball?


Homer (http://www.pusboil.com/magcman.wav)

http://www.angelfire.com/home/pearly/homer/homer_woo.jpg</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub147.ezboard.com/bmonklybusiness43508.showUserPublicProfile?gid=kar mhundredfists>Karmhundredfists</A>* http://home.comcast.net/~justanotherbody/Karm.JPG at: 4/10/04 12:23 pm

[The Yanger]

I dunno, their wc3 and diablo 2 sites are pretty damn comprehensive, they don't have every NUANCE but it has WAY more than the average player will ever need to know, and usually they have links to the sites that have the things for the truly hardcore (like breakpoints for increased attack speed or block percentages in diablo 2)


http://www1.iswest.com/theyanger/blizzismean.gif</p>

I agree guice, I just cut and pasted this as a comprehensive list of fansites.



As of the present their website for WoW has almost no information but that is of course because its not finished and the games in beta <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif ALT=":)"> .



I would think that they wouldn't have that kind of comprehensive data on their website simply because of the exploratory nature of MMORPGs, the joy of discovery and whatnot.


Homer (http://www.pusboil.com/magcman.wav)

http://www.angelfire.com/home/pearly/homer/homer_woo.jpg</p>

[guice666]

The WoW site has alot of information, if you know where to look (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/).



While it definatly isn't complete, it's sure enough to keep you busy for several hours reading.




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[Lizzardlee]

Not many game companies go all out like bliz does either (like The Arreat Summit for diablo2). I'm having a real good feelin about WoW right now.


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