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The probably most interesting Daily Blue is the Arena Tournament Rules Clarification, which states that Canadian residents are not required to pay the Entry Fee to enter the 3vs3 tournament, instead they may write a 250 word typewritten essay "comparing the video gaming culture in Canada to the video gaming culture in the United States".
 Arena Tournament Rules Clarification
We're collecting feedback and questions regarding the Arena Tournament realm and registration process, and we'll be providing a FAQ in the coming days that should address most of the larger questions.
In the mean time we've prepared clarification for the rules specific to our Canadian players, the essay, and what's required to register:
Canadian residents are not required to pay an Entry Fee in order to enter. Instead, Canadian residents have a choice of entering the Tournament by either submitting a 250 word typewritten essay or paying the $20.00 entry fee (per qualification round). If a Canadian resident chooses to write the essay to enter the Tournament, the essay shall be a typewritten essay on 8 ½ x 11 inch paper comparing the video gaming culture in Canada to the video gaming culture in the United States. The essay should be mailed to the following address: The North American Blizzard Entertainment Arena Tournament, P.O Box 18979, Irvine, CA 92623. Essay entries must be received no later than March 31, 2008 in order to be eligible, and should include the name, address, and the account name of the World of Warcraft account that they intend to use for the Tournament. The account specified must be an active retail Burning Crusade account, and must be registered and played from Canada (excluding Quebec). Essay entrants represent and warrant that the essay is their original work and does not infringe the rights of any third party. By entering, essay entrants hereby grant, without further consideration, all right, title and interest in and to their essay to Sponsor. No corrections or adjustments to the entry materials will be accepted either during or after the signup period.
Latency in Battlegrounds - 3/26
We are aware of the high latency being experienced in some battlegroups and we're in the process of attempting to find a resolution as quickly as possible. We will continue to track this issue and report any updates within this thread.
Hotfixes for the Week of March 24 - 30
This thread will remain updated throughout the week of March 24 - March 30 with any notable hotfixes.
Hotfixes applied and active:
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Players are no longer able to accept the quests "Blood for Blood" and "Blast the Gateway" without first completing "The Missing Magistrix"
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Felblood Initiate respawn rate significantly increased
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It's dynamic spawning, so it doesn't need to be toned down ideally.
The server looks at all of the mobs that are linked (initiates are linked in this case) and as soon as a threshold is passed it kicks in and starts respawning them immediately. Once things cool down, that threshold may never be hit, in which case the dynamic spawning never kicks in.
Sunwell Event: Will low populated realms be punished?
Each phase includes an "auto complete" time, in which case the next phase will automatically begin if your realm is falling behind. It's around double the amount of time for it to auto complete as compared to what we estimate an average realm will finish each phase in.
ETA Till New Badge Vendor?
While it's going to differ for each realm we expect it to take about a month for the the "Anvil" to be taken, and the new badge vendor that accompanies it to become available.
Participating in all of the Shattered Sun Offensive-related daily quests contribute to your realm's progress in taking back each section of the island.
2.4: Void Reaver changes
Void Reaver intentionally no longer targets or faces players that he casts Arcane Orb on. This was done to fix a bug.
There is a bug in that there is currently no combat log message for him casting Arcane Orb (just the impact message), causing boss mods to not work. This will be fixed in a future patch.
Bug: Display issue with instance timers
There's an issue that's causing the "raid reset time" message to display incorrect lengths. There haven't been any changes, it's simply a display issue. I'm not sure at this time if it's an ongoing issue or if it was a temporary error. We are working to resolve the issue on the server side.
Spawn time for mobs in the Blood Quest at Throne of Kil'jaeden
Looks like we should be able to hotfix their respawn rate, no worries, it's in the pipe.
Fixing combat log spam when you zone
How to stop framerate lag due to refiltering when you zone:
Issue: When you zone from an instance to the outside world, the combat log goes through a massive loop, pasting every combat log message in the last 5 minutes.
Why would I want to do this fix?
· You have framerate issues when zoning
· You have recently been in a combat sessions where there are many combat log events (e.g. raid boss encounters)
Instructions
1. Select the “Everything” tab
2. /script Blizzard_CombatLog_CurrentSettings.settings.showHistory = false
This will prevent all combat log messages from being re-filtered when you zone.
Side-Effects:
This will also prevent you from seeing old messages with the “Everything” tab.
How to Undo:
If you accidentally set this on the wrong tab, select the broken tab and type:
/script Blizzard_CombatLog_CurrentSettings.settings.showHistory = true
These settings will be saved when you logout.
Bug: Troll off-hand weapon is too small
This is a known issue with Troll off-hands and Undead main hand weapons, it will be fixed in a future patch.
Bug: Polymorph pig quest not giving the poly
We are aware of this issue and looking to get it fixed.
Please contact a GM if you have completed the quest and they will make every effort to help you.
Bug: Elune Stones
We are aware of this issue and it is being investigated.
Bug: Battleground name/server display issue
This is indeed a bug.
A fix is in the works for this issue.
Bug: Holy Light macro getting stuck
Thanks for the report, our UI specialist was able to use your macro to reproduce the issue and it is being worked on.
Bug: Shaman Clearcasting (Focused) sound missing
We're aware of this issue, the fix didn't make it into the last 2.4 build but it should be fixed in an upcoming patch.
Hand of A'dal post patch: order importance
The order should not have any effect so long as you complete all of the requirements.
The new Tauren weapon scaling is not a bug
This is not a bug but an intended change.
Sheathed weapons being too big is not a bug
Sheathed weapons on Female Humans and Male Dwarves getting larger is not currently considered a bug.
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