The frustration is still building. With good reason I might add. Let’s look at the latest skirmish with this play by play.
Forum Troll: Stop milking the cow Blizzard! Give us a date, or to hell with you!
Nethaera: It’s never nice to curse people. Information will be given at the appropriate time, not before. Yes, [...]

Gotfrag posted an interview with Kalgan mostly focused on Arena. Here are some highlights.
The idea of “eSports” has been a big part of Blizzard’s corporate strategy, what impact do you think eSports has on the success from a business side for Blizzard and other game developers? We understand that Blizzard has established a dedicated eSports [...]

Tauren rogues lol. Slorkuz was brave enough to go in depth with his look at Warlocks in the arena. So he’s hitting Rogues now. I happen to like rogues a lot (though never taken one past 40) so I found this little write up pretty useful. He goes into the different combos for a Rogue [...]

So as usual people are QQing about this or that but the one thing that separates all those complaints from this one, is a Blizzard CM (that apparently plays a Warlock?) goes into a really long rant about the different viable Warlock arena teams. So to all my PVP locks this one’s for you. (src) [...]

I have to admit this one had me laughing. Go Trevor- NO TREVOR NOOO!

As always you know nothing is final until the game is on store shelves but for the most part this is pretty much set for the expansion.
It means on realm X, you can have only 1 Deathknight. On realm Y, you can have only 1 Deathknight. But technically, once you have a character to unlock [...]

I was going to report this yesterday but I wanted to let the thread grow a bit and get more of Nethaera’s special touch to it before I spread it here. There are a lot of really good questions that will most likely make it into the official FAQ for the expansion regarding Death Knights, [...]

You can ask me a question that will probably be featured here on the site by using the Contact El Spooner link located on the right menu bar.
I got an email today from a reader asking two pretty good questions. Both of which involve PVP to some degree. They came from a J. Rundell who [...]

There has been some confusion regarding the changes to Arena Team and Personal rating calculations in patch 2.4.2 for those players with 100% participation on their team so we’d like to clarify how the system works now.
The adjustment to a team’s personal rating can vary based on the average personal rating of the other team [...]

So I figured Sunday morning, “I’m going to sit down and play the game today, seeing as how I write about it every day of the week and yet lately I get maybe all of a whopping hour a day to play uninterrupted.” Yeah that wasn’t mean to be. Some little bitches need to learn [...]

Here you go folks, I’m pretty curious to see what Vallant has up his sleeve. His pea sized brain was reading a Hunter guide (I’m trying so hard to not make a Huntard joke right now) so maybe he respec’d to Beast Mastery?

This is a GREAT set right here. Anybody that cares enough about PVP to be remotely competitive should follow this ongoing series closely. This installment is all about the restoration spec druid (which is pretty freaking common and strong in most arenas and battle grounds)
It goes into explicit detail on all of a druid’s tricks [...]

So this is just for the Hutners out there. Blizzard clearly doesn’t have to explain themselves when they make a class change, hell most of the time they don’t and say something like “The developers felt this change had to go through and we don’t have any plans at this time to XYZ”
However with the [...]

For some reason when I decide to PVP in the morning before work, I always end up getting 7 wins in a row regardless of which BG I join. This morning’s helping was Arathi Basin. Yet later in the day (most notably when school is out) the odds are completely 50/50 a win or loss. [...]

To help clear up any misunderstandings here is a list of all the undocumented changes that have gone through with Patch 2.4.2
Hunter

Scare beast isn’t instant and still have its 1.5sec cast time, even if the tooltip still says “Instant” this is an intended change and the tooltip will be reverted back to 1.5 sec [...]

These are both great ideas; some actual motivation for engaging in world PVP aside from a small zone buff or some easily replaceable items. It’s a great idea and leads to MANY different scenarios when you can have a buff for your entire faction across all of Northrend. As well if the idea holds true [...]

A lot of what’s in the interview has already been posted by me earlier today but here are some high points I don’t believe I covered. It’s A LOT of information to process today.

Karazhan showed Blizzard that 10-man raids could work, and were good for more casual players/small guilds; on the other hand, more hardcore [...]

Finally some more detail on the biggest part of the expansion (from a gameplay POV) that I am looking forward to. Lake Wintergrasp.

The new vehicle technology, which introduces physics and handling characteristics - including inertia, turning circle, grip and suspension bounce - to land and airborne vehicles and special mounts. (Eurogamer.net)
It also allows for up [...]

Hey everyone, just a little eye candy for you get your jollies off when you should be taking the next customer in queue but forget that guy he seems like a jerk anyway. Let DLC and Teh Gladiators make it all better.

It’s the ugly part of the Arenas. One more importantly that was unavoidable for Blizzard. Most readers know my stance on the complete joke and enormous let down the Arenas have been for me and many other players. But at least Blizzard is showing the capability to learn from it’s mistakes and take a factor [...]

There are tons of leaked items on the PTR files that WOWDB has managed to snag. There have been mishaps left and right of GMs giving out season 4 gear instead of Season 1 to players around the world. So when exactly will we be seeing the 4th and final Arena season for the Burning [...]

It’s a novel idea, I like it a lot actually but it isn’t something we already have with the Arena System. Group duels (such as you’re in a party and you can right click the leader of another party to have a group duel) are doable as well in the world arenas. When you’re grouped [...]

The DonLolo z Wladem Team on the EU-Burning Legion server (Bloodlust Battlegroup) reached 3000 Arena Team rating in the 2v2 bracket. It’s a team made up of a Holy Paladin and a Subtlety Rogue. Noksil, a human paladin, is the first player to reach 3000 Personal Rating. It kind of strikes me as odd though [...]

It’s Tuesday. We all know what this means. Here’s a brief list of things you can do to pass the time for all my fellow East Coast players that will find themselves able to login sometime around 1:00 in the afternoon. The ones in bold are what I’m doing!

Browse this website for all the videos [...]

Well it’s a story that won’t die folks. That’s a good thing too because if not then we wouldn’t get to see the pretty now would we?
In response to all the hype about the Season 4 gear sported by a certain druid, more screenshots and information has been released. I’d like to thank Teza one [...]

I’ve been following this comic for a while now since I first saw their site when they only had 10 comics up. Teh Gladiators are rounding their 19th comic so far and the story/art is actually pretty good. I like to read into the funny a bit and kind of point out that at least [...]

There’s a pretty big argument going on that the face of PVP has been changed forever and I agree. I posted about it much earlier but here are some more details reitterated for the sake of anybody who might have missed it. I like my PVP, I like world PVP and fighting in the battlegrounds. [...]

And they’re OFF!
2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament Phase 2 Has Begun
Phase 2 of the 2008 World of Warcraft Arena Tournament’s first qualification round has begun. Tournament participants have had ample time during the practice phase to hone their strategies, try various team compositions, and gain experience playing with their team. It’s now time for [...]

In lieu of all the other changes to the arena coming up in Patch 2.4.2 they have added another rule. If a team does not enter an arena match that is starting they will lose points equal to the amount that would have been deducted if they had played and lost. This change makes it [...]