3.3 Patch Notes: Vanish Gets 1 Second Immunity, Video Contest: Make Me A Gladiator, Rise Of The Dragon

For the month of October and beyond, WOM is doing a new feature "Make Me A Gladiator", named after Bravo's "Make Me A Supermodel".  We are looking for 3v3 arena footages of players who have never made gladiator on their current character before, and genuinely want to improve their game. 

Just record a few of your arena matches (please mix up your wins and losses, preferably against tough match-ups for your comp), slap on your favorite music (optional), and upload it to file front.  No fancy editing is needed, just cut off the wait time and all we are looking for is a 5-7 minute video.  You can PM me with a file front download link of your video as well as an armory link of your character.  I will upload it to GR, stream it, and the WOM bloggers/readers will give you our brutally honest opinion on what you need to do to become a gladiator.  Whether it be key bindings, gear/spec suggestions, teammates, comp advices, etc.

At end of the season, the player who finishes with the highest rating will get a surprise prize.  My very own teammate Niralda the retribution paladin will likely appear in one of the first ever episodes.  He really believe he can be like Furious Gladiator Euneek, just need to be a little more consistent.

Super Early 3.3 Patch Notes: Vanish Gets A One Second Immunity, Improved Barkskin Nerfed

Finally, exactly the way I thought vanish will be fixed!  A guaranteed one second window to land your vanish cheap shot, that is gonna win us a lot of fights.  As rogue/ret/priest, landing a clean vanish cheap shot at the end of our rushdown either makes or breaks the match, being able to pull it off every single time will be critical to our success.  There is not a single 2-3 minute cooldown that can be negated/bugged as easily as vanish, this is definitely a very important step in improving rogue's standing on SK-100.

I am personally really looking for a hot new trinket that makes human racial worthwhile.  Death's Verdict is too hard to get for a non-raider (I have never won a roll in a 25 men PUG, ever).  Can they please make an item level 226 version of Bandit's Insignia and put it in the 5 men instance?  I can retire from WOTLK with that and the new battlemaster's.  Someone said I should get a second Battlemaster over Darkmoon Card: Death, because 256 attack power is superior to the 85 crit rating + proc combined . . . I don't know if I would go that far, but we will see.

Other than that, really no major PVP changes so far.  Pets will no longer be immune to AOE damage, wish they made this change pre-fan of knive nerfs.  It is good to see Blizzard making more abilities/talents behave differently in PVE vs PVP, it is definitely a step in the right direction!

Improved barkskin nerf is delicious.  As rogue/ret/priest, druid is the hardest healer of the four to train, and I am glad they took a hit in the chin against physical damage.  Knowing Blizzard, druid will probably be compensated in other ways, they are probably the weakest healer right now in overall presentation.

Rise Of The Dragon

80 years ago, western countries set up colonies on our home turf like it is their hood (shops with "No dogs and Chinese allowed" anyone?).  Today?  There are more Gucci's in Beijing than New York City.  Rolex opened a shop in Shijiazhuang, a tier 3 Chinese city the equivalent of South Dakota and they sell dozens of watches a month.  Out on the streets of small towns we see the Ferrari/Jaguar switchin four lanes, with the top down screamin out, money ain't a thang.  And keep in mind all of above cost easily 2-3 times more in China than it does here in the states, thanks to the heavy import taxes.

Open up a prestigious media like Forbes or Wall Street Journal, and you will see deep concerns on the Chinese debt, how Warren Buffet wear Chinese suits over Armani's, and how BYD will be dominating the auto market of the future.  Heck, even New York Times is wondering whether autocracy is superior to democracy?  Reaching the top of the Chinese political ladder takes every bit as much strength as becoming the president of the United States of America.  Both require you to be good at a lot of things other than running a country, but at least in China you don't have to appease the unions and the food stamp/medicaid leeches.  The best possible decision for a country is rarely ever the most popular decision.  You can not make efficient policies when your hands are tied by people who only look out for themselves.  The Chinese government is just so much quicker at getting things done.

Without further ado, rise of the dragon, superpower of the east, destined to battle the U.S. in the years to come, like First Hokage vs Uchiha Madara, Naruto vs Sasuke, a battle of fate, a fight of destiny, hopefully none of us will be alive to see it .  . .