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In the follwoing section of The Ancient Gaming Noob, articles are related to World of Warcraft. The Ancient Gaming Noob blog is a collection of my thoughts and experiences in online gaming. I write about things that happen to me plus stuff that happens in the industry, like the launch of a new game or an expansion, or the closure of a game.
The Ancient Gaming Noob » World of Warcraft
4d ago
The Site Shall I complain about WordPress.com a bit? Sure, let’s do that! It isn’t as though they made any huge mistakes this month… unless you count their continued adherence to the idea that their block editor is at all a good idea… it is just that they keep changing things, small things, for the ..read more
The Ancient Gaming Noob » World of Warcraft
1w ago
Today is the day… isn’t it? Well, if it isn’t, it is close enough for me. World of Warcraft is now 20 years old. The Blizzard press site has an official statement on the 20th anniversary of the game. For two decades, millions of World of Warcraft players from around the world have considered Azeroth ..read more
The Ancient Gaming Noob » World of Warcraft
1w ago
As I stated in a previous post, I am not at all planning to play the WoW Classic 20th Anniversary Edition that just launched. That said, my curiosity was piqued by the plan to roll out just three servers per region for this event. So I just had to try and log in when the ..read more
The Ancient Gaming Noob » World of Warcraft
1w ago
Anniversary Classic, Sudden Classic, Reformed Classic, Classic Classic, whatever you want to call it, it launches today officially as World of Warcraft Classic: 20th Anniversary Edition. I do find it a bit odd that they are immediately playing up the progression to Outland and The Burning Crusade as part of this, given the less than ..read more
The Ancient Gaming Noob » World of Warcraft
2w ago
As part of the 30th Anniversary Warcraft Direct presentation last week there was a tail end video teaser that had an adventurer coming in the door and settling into their chair with the tag line “Your next adventure begins at home.” Blizzard was straight up telling us that player housing was coming to Azeroth… with ..read more
The Ancient Gaming Noob » World of Warcraft
2w ago
Blizzard did a big Warcraft Direct presentation yesterday… which I missed because some of us have day jobs you know… but even before I was able to dig into the videos and such I ran into the 2025 roadmap for WoW Classic and went… well… wow! First up is that Cataclysm Classic will be lingering ..read more
The Ancient Gaming Noob » World of Warcraft
3w ago
We got ourselves together and ready to go on Sunday afternoon, but the question was what should we do. I will say, straight up, that Cataclysm is wearing on me a bit. I mean, maybe I have broadcast that some already, but let me confirm it here. The expansion doesn’t have a hold on me ..read more
The Ancient Gaming Noob » World of Warcraft
1M ago
The Site Another October. Not that October is bad. But it is kind of the gateway month before the holidays. August saw a lot of traffic, there was a dip in September, then things have started to build up this past month promising a good holiday season. Does that matter? Probably not. I mean, I ..read more
The Ancient Gaming Noob » World of Warcraft
1M ago
We had done the Headless Horseman for the day and run another battle for Wintergrasp, which we had won, having dodged the Horde pre-made group again, and were looking for something to do. We had a short group, so we were not going to be able to face any heroics ourselves and we never fill ..read more
The Ancient Gaming Noob » World of Warcraft
1M ago
Hey, you want to buy a $90 Brutosaur mount? The 20th anniversary celebrations are kicking off for World of Warcraft, which is also being joined to the 30th anniversary of the Warcraft franchise as a whole, and Blizz wants you to be able to celebrate the milestone in any number of ways, including handing them ..read more