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HOOOOOOWAAAAH! Nudder tauren tu clomp dem humies! Welkum tu da clan!!!

Hopefully this will answer some questions from our newer members! I guess you could call this PART ONE. To Be a Skullcrusher We are looking for people that are diehard orcs!! People who live and breath being an orc (or even a few of our Tauren and Troll members!). We are a roleplaying guild! Yes, a roleplaying guild! What does this mean? Well, the simplest term is that we create a character, and play that character as if we are actually in that world/mindset of an orc in warcraft! Being a roleplayer is not extremely difficult, but it does take lots of work! You can't get there overnight! It takes lots of patience, practice, and trial and error! The most important part of being a roleplayer, is to HAVE FUN playing your character! Every person will have a certain "view" of how their character acts. Their personality, their likes, dislikes etc... One of the most important things to remember about roleplaying your character is, you can't act as if your character is the mightest warrior, or most powerful warlock (it just doesn't work when you get killed by some low level monster! ) Do I have to be an expert roleplayer to be a Skullcrusher? No! I have yet to meet the perfect roleplayer. Everyone started out at square one at some point! To be a Skullcrusher you have to WANT to roleplay! You have to want to further your roleplaying experience! I have played many many MMORPG's in the past. Each and every one has gotten boring at a certain point. There is only so many times you can get the awesome gear and bash the wicked monsters... then you hit the point where the only way you can further your game experience is through player interractions... or ROLEPLAY!!! We want every Skullcrusher recruit to WANT to roleplay (and we require it!!). This does NOT mean you have to be a roleplaying expert to join the clan. We have rejected lots of applications from people who fill out the application knowing we are a roleplaying guild, and then check the "no" box for role-play understand. A bit more about roleplaying One of the hardest things to remember is you can't control someone elses character. One of the worst mistakes you can make is to perform "character assasination". The easiest way to define character assasination is to ruin the "vision" someone has of their character. This can be done by insults or general mean-spirited remarks to someone (regarding their character). People take their characters seriously, you should too!

Lucky day! Kat blah lutz! Almost as much as Uglutz! har har! If you are keeping trake of our blizzard post section HERE you would see this! Will there be specific role-playing servers? We want to ensure that role-players have the best experiences possible in WoW. This may include having specific role-playing servers (and probably will) but that decision has not yet been reached. Will there be taverns to go to, to hang out in and role play? Some cities have taverns. Will there be a way to retrain talent or skill points? Currently, you can unlearn a skill, but not a talent. Will skills atrophy if they aren't used? No. Once you learn a skill it's yours for life unless you decide to unlearn it. Will the UI be customizable? For those with the desire to customize certain aspects of the UI, they will be able to utilize XML to do so. Will Blizzard restrict the use of common names such as Robert, Jon, Sarah, etc? No, however there will be character naming restrictions which will include trademarked names or names that are offensive in nature. Is there religion in World of Warcraft? No. Feel free to role-play your own beliefs. Will there be ways to make weapons glow or have cool effects in WoW like in WCIII? Yes. There will be many ways to modify your weapons which will change the way your weapon appears. As an example, you might add a fire enchantment that would make your sword glow red and do fire damage. While there aren't any differences in racial visions, will there be ways to modify vision with items? Yes. As an example, engineers can make spy glasses that will allow your character to see farther. Will there be dragons in the game? Yes. Will there be group quests available? Yes, most definitely. Will each member of a group receive a quest reward if they participated in completing a quest? If each member of the group accepted the quest from the quest-giver, each member would also receive the quest reward. Will there be alcohol in WoW? Yes. The affects of alcohol have not yet been decided. What are the different chat options? The chat system is still in development. The current system includes guild chat and a way for players to create their own chat channels. More options are being created. Can you display both the melee damage and chat windows at the same time? Yes. Besides bows and rifles, what other types of ranged weapons can we expect? Throwing axes, throwing daggers, wands and crossbows to name a few. Can rogues use two handed weapons? No, but they can dual-wield. Is there a limit on how much money a character can carry? No. How does group experience work? Group exp is still being evaluated. The current system is in its simplest form with everyone sharing the divided experience for a kill. Will players be able to customize their pet's statistics, abilities or appearances? Pets can be trained and customized. This is still being developed so the amount of customization is uncertain. If an invisible enemy is seen by one person in a group, are they detected by all? No, however there will be ways for those that see the enemy to “expose” them to others. Can you cast a spell while running or falling? There are some spells which can be cast while “on the move.” Will there be sub-classes in the game? Currently there are no sub-classes available in the game. This is being discussed and it's possible that they will be added for higher level characters. Will players be able to have characters on more than one server without paying additional fees? There will be one monthly fee to play WoW and it will apply to all of your characters regardless of what server they are on. What classes have the power to bring someone back from the dead? Priests, Shaman, Paladins and Warlocks all have the power to bring someone back from the dead. Their strength in doing so vary. Will players be able to trade with members of the opposite faction? Currently no, but this is still being decided and will be watched closely in beta. Are hunters the only class that can use rifles? No. Warriors and rogues can train in rifles and many other classes have other types of ranged weapons at their disposal. I'm looking for a guild, is there any place I can go to find one? Glad you asked! Head on over to our new Guild Recruitment Forums! Items which are still being decided upon or that I'm not able to speak about (so no answer available at this time): # Will there be a “family rate” to allow a household to share one copy of the game? # How many servers are expected at release? # Player housing & merchants. # Auction system. # Games in taverns. # What is the death penalty system like? As always, everything listed is subject to change. I will let you all know if/when that happens.

UG! All Skullcrushers please visit the following site and register for the forums! Remember to set up your profile to reflect you are in the Skullcrusher Orc Clan! http://only-wow.com/ I suggest you all bookmark that site and view it often! It is the best Roleplay fan site around! The community there is great, and they do a great job of getting news out from WoW.

Here are some answers to a few of the questions posted within the forums: Will patches be released around the world months apart as has been the case in some other games? Blizzard is striving to have patches released simultaneously all around the world. From time to time there may be some delays, but it's anticipated that these delays would be minimal. What (if any) will the guild perks be? # Customizable Guild Tabards # Private Guild Chat Channel # Guild Dungeon Instances There will be other non-tangible perks associated with being in a guild such as having a large social network, being able to raid in zones that require more than one group working in unison and the ability to help each other with trade skill items. While guild housing is something that the development team wants to add to the game, at this time, they don't believe it will be ready at the time the game ships. What are the racial traits? # Currently, I've only got the answer for three of the races:Dwarves: Find Treasure & Frost Resistance # Humans: Additional Skill Points # Undead:Underwater Breathing, Immune to Charm, Fear & Sleep and Shadow Resistance Because Paladins need to use a skill to wield swords, will they be able to get their sword skill as high as their hammer skill? Yes. Will players have the ability to change factions (from Horde to Alliance)? No, but it will be possible to learn languages and communicate with players of the opposing faction. Quest Loot vs Crafted Items – which is better? The development team is working very hard to balance this. There will be better items in each. For example, at level 5 you might quest for the “best” boots in the game and the “best” gloves will be crafted. Whereas at level 7 the “best” boots would be crafted and the “best” gloves will be quested for (best meaning better stats for that level/race/class). As a shape shifter, what forms can a druid take? There will be many forms available to druids, at this time I can tell you three of them: Bears, Cats & Aquatic (similar to a sea lion). Will there be Epic Quests? Yes! We're calling them Life Quests. Can players change the way their guild emblem will look? # Yes, players will be able to modify their emblems as follows: Select a Symbol # Select the Color of the Symbol # Modify the Border # Select a Color for the Border # Select a Color for the Background Will quests vary in difficulty? Yes, at each level there will be quests that vary in their degree of difficulty. Of course easier quests will give lower experience and/or lesser items whereas the harder quests will give high experience and/or more desired items. There will also be “elite” quests in the game. Elite quests will yield much more experience then normal quests and the rewards will be exceptional as well. It will generally take a group (or in some cases, groups) of people to complete an elite quest. Will Horde & Alliance players be able to group together? At this time, No. What classes can duel wield? Rogues can naturally duel wield, under certain situations other melee classes will be able to as well. (Sorry can't disclose what these “certain situations” are at this time.) Will there be items/spells to increase underwater breathing durations? Yes, both spells and items will be available to increase underwater breathing beyond the 90 seconds. # Items which are still being decided upon or that I'm not able to speak about (so no answer available at this time):RP & PvP Servers # Progression Past Level 60 # Brewing # Hunter Fighting/Focus Information # Estimated Time to Max a Character As always, everything listed is subject to change. I will let you all know if/when that happens. ~Kat

Kat blahs! Dis wut her blah: What are the modes of transportation that are available to each race? Not limited to the following: (land/air) # Human: Horse/Griffin # Troll: Undetermined/Wyvern # Night Elf: Large Cat/Hippogryph # Orc: Wolf/Wyvern # Dwarves: Ram/Griffin # Undead: Undetermined/Giant Bat # Gnome: Undetermined/Griffin # Tauren: None: Plainswalk/Wyvern *Warlocks will have the ability to summon Nightmares as their mounts.

HOOOOOWAHHH! Me gunna skribulz on dat ting!

Balandar spent much time today and yesterday writing a great profile script for our site! First, THANKS BAL! For those of you who have not seen it yet, it can be accessed by going to our main WoW page, and on the links on the right, you will see a "Bliz Post" link. Contained there, is a list of posts by Blizzard staff that is recorded there based on keywords that bal has used. Most of these keywords have to do with gameplay, or orcs and classes. Keep watching there! I have already found a wealth of information posted on there in one day!

Only-WoW has a nice list of some of Kat's answers to community questions on the forums. You can view the link http://only-wow.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=351 for the complete thread, or view the recap here:

We have begun to link ourselves to other WoW fan sites to get our name out more. There really doesn't seem to be an over abundance of orc guilds out there, especially orc roleplay guilds! Other new happenings: www.skullcrusherorcs.com might be coming our way soon. You never know

Iz uki. We teech lat tu blah betur. If lat nub lern to blah betur, lat gunna hab tu kleen me bagronk! HAR HAR!

Ug der! Welkum tu da clan skribulz ting. Me nub rogue or dat oder ting, but me gunna look.

Ug der. Me hab ben getting lutz ob skribulz frum urks askin me qweshtuns. So, me hab desided tu do sumptin nu. Me gunna do a skrubulz ebery week fur latz! Me gunna call it, Uglutz blahs! Dis iz da ash (first) week ob me blahing! Heer iz a skribulz sum urk sent tu me. Deer Uglutz, Me hab qweshtun for lat. Howz kum da skullcrushers nub letz da dedies intu da clan? Me hab lutz ob dedie fwends. -disgruntled urk- Disgruntled urk, Wut wrong with lat? Lat iz nub an urk. Lat tink lat su smart? Lat iz a dedie. But, me a guud urk, so me gunna gib lat advise. Ash (first), lat nub skribulz tu me agan. Me nub wanna heer frum dedies. Uki? Dub (second), we nub letz da dedies intu da clan cuz dey stinkz, und dey nub tu smart. Dat guud nuff reason fur lat? Deer Uglutz, Me am old urk agh me kan nub clomp so guud anymoor. Me lub tu clomp humies agh me so sad dat me can nub clomp dem now! Wat shood me do? -Da old urk Old urk, Why lat so pushdug? If lat waz bubhosh urk, lat wuld die wit a bang! Me advise tu lat iz tu find a bubhosh humie city wit lutz ob bubhosh humie warriors agh run up tu it yellin HOOOOWAHHHH! Me nub tink lat will get tu clomp dem befor dey clomp lat, but wat da hell, it betur den being a pushdug! Har har Uki, dat be nuff skribulz frum pushdogs. Me had nuff fun fur tuday.

Check out the new World of Warcraft preview over at Gamespy Pretty interesting stuff!

Ug! Welkum tu da Skullcrushers yung vuduka. We glad tu hab lat wit uz! HOOOWAH!