A World of Warcraft player was banned from the game for using Logitech's new gaming keyboard. The keyboard allows you to program macro's that can make playing the game easier.  Check out the emails that were sent between Blizzard and the user of the keyboard.  This is some pretty crazy stuff.

This issue is attracting some well deserved attention from WoW gamers, asking the question "..if I do this is it cheating?".  Although Blizzard has published guidelines with regards to bots, scripting and the use of macros there are a substantial amount of loop holes and it seems that the "grey" areas that are not being covered are causing some contraversy.  What about the 150,000 gold farmers and teleport hackers that are simply roaming free in the game?

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With the recent large-scale collapse of the WoW severs in China, players are furious and have threatened to stop playing the game in a mass protest.  In China, the game is operated by a company called The9 Limited, and with the recent massive server disruption wide scale concern is spreading quickly to North America.  Speculation that there could be an issue with the game is sparking some interest in North America, with the fear that this glitch could affect the game world wide and potentially disrupt the service for millions of people.

Zhang Heng, PR Assistant Manager with The9 stated on Monday, "We should first collect relevant data and evidence, and will work together with Blizzard to look into this accident and evaluate the loss... we will provide compensation to those players involved based on the result of the investigation."  Since The9 is only a game operator it is not their responsibility to solve game related problems and this initiative must be taken by Blizzard.  Although the source of the issue has yet to be determined, The9 has stated that once they determine if the outage was caused by a local problem or by a game glitch they would contact Blizzard technical support to resolve it.

Unfortunately, this is not the first time WoW players in China have had to deal with server instability and random disconnects. In September 2005, The9 released a statement saying that, "Blizzard would make effort to improve WoW game servers in order to prevent outage accidents and protect the rights of players. The company will also increase the number of game servers, and enhance the load capacity of game systems."

As of the fourth quarter of 2005, WoW in China hit a peak of approximately 530,000 users, 270,000 being online simultaneously.  This sent The9s 2005 revenues to hit US 26.3 million, leaving them with a net profit of US 8.5 million, which shows just how crucial the operation of WoW is to the firm's growth.

The team over at Blizzard has released a gameplay trailer for the release of Blackwing Lair.  It looks pretty intense!

"The black bragonflight. The mere mention of its name is enough to strike fear in the hearts of even the bravest adventurers. The cunning black dragon and undisputed ruler of his flight, Nefarian, has begun to unfold the final stages of his sinister plan to lead his army to supremacy over all the races of Azeroth. Now, watch a courageous band of heroes challenge Nefarian in his own sanctum at the very height of Blackrock Spire in this latest gameplay trailer of Blackwing Lair!"

Although Blizzard has not posted an official release date, The Burning Crusade Expansion will expand the game by "tremendous bounds" according to the WoW developers. They have added new races, lands, Battlegrounds, professions, items, and much more. Some of the changes they have listed are:

- An increase in the level cap to 70
- Two new playable races, including the magical Blood Elves
- New starting zones in Quel'Thalas and beyond
- The entire new continent of Outland, reachable through the
- Dark Portal
- Many new high-level dungeons to explore in Azeroth,
- Outland, and elsewhere
- New flying mounts in Outland
- Many new and dangerous monsters, including epic world bosses
- Hundreds of new quests

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