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World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

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"the story of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm?

While the attention of the Horde and Alliance remained fixed upon Northrend, an ancient evil has been lying dormant within Deepholm, the domain of earth in the Elemental Plane. Hidden away in a secluded sanctuary, the corrupted Dragon Aspect Deathwing has waited, recovering from the wounds of his last battle against Azeroth, nursing his hatred for the inferior creatures that infest the surface realm...and biding his time until he can reforge the world in molten fire.

Soon, Deathwing the Destroyer will return to Azeroth, and his eruption from Deepholm will sunder the world, leaving a festering wound across the continents. As the Horde and Alliance race to the epicenter of the cataclysm, the kingdoms of Azeroth will witness seismic shifts in power, the kindling of a war of the elements, and the emergence of unlikely heroes who will rise up to protect their scarred and broken world from utter devastation.

The face of Azeroth is altered forever as the destruction left in Deathwing's wake reshapes the land and reveals secrets long sealed away. Players will be able to re-experience familiar zones across Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms, rewrought by the cataclysm and filled with new opportunities for adventure.

new features coming with this expansion.

Some of the new features of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm include:

Two New Playable Races: Adventure as one of two new races--the cursed worgen with the Alliance or the resourceful goblins with the Horde.
Level Cap Increased to 85: Earn new abilities, tap into new talents, and progress through the path system, a new way for players to improve characters.
Classic Zones Remade: Familiar zones across the original continents of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms have been altered forever and updated with new content, from the devastated Badlands to the broken Barrens, which has been sundered in two.
New High-Level Zones: Explore newly opened parts of the world, including Uldum, Grim Batol, and the great Sunken City of Vashj'ir beneath the sea.
More Raid Content than Ever Before: Enjoy more high-level raid content than previous expansions, with optional more challenging versions of all encounters.
New Race and Class Combinations: Explore Azeroth as a gnome priest, blood elf warrior, or one of the other never-before-available race and class combinations.
Guild Advancement: Progress as a guild to earn guild levels and guild achievements.
New PvP Zone & Rated Battlegrounds: Take on PvP objectives and daily quests on Tol Barad Island, a new Wintergrasp-like zone, and wage war in all-new rated Battlegrounds.
Archaeology: Master a new secondary profession to unearth valuable artifacts and earn unique rewards.
Flying Mounts in Azeroth: Explore Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms like never before."

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/cataclysm/

Here is some info from the site enjoy.

Dolond "The Dark Sith" Rathmore

Son of Reb

Of the House of Rathmore

in service of MoK/TAG

Winning Essay

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As everyone knows, TAG's own Mercieta composed a winning essay for the WoW Cat Beta contest. Grats to Merc and lucky beta key members! Essay below!
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With the upcoming beta of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, many people, and guilds are hoping to get a spot to see what is in store for the new expansion. Among these are the fine folks of Total Aggression Gaming. Total Aggression should definitely be considered for receiving one of the prized beta key packages offered by Blizzard. Many reasons for this consideration include Total Aggression's experience in the MMORPG field, including World of Warcraft. Total Aggression Gaming consists of mature members who enjoy playing with each other and enjoy a great game.

Total Aggression has had much experience in the MMORPG field, including way back in the field with Anarchy Online, other games included Everquest, Star Wars Galaxy (even before SoE), Vanguard, and more recently Age of Conan, Champions Online, as well as Star Trek Online; not to mention just about every other MMORPG in between. Bo may know baseball and football, but not as much as Total Aggression Gaming knows MMORPGs. Although the name changed, Total Aggression has been with Warcraft since its release almost six years ago, and many of its members were even in it's beta. Total Aggression is definitely looking forward to what is in store with the next expansion.

Total Aggression's members may have different backgrounds and tastes, but all are mature and like playing a great game. Total Aggression's players would definitely enjoy, and appreciate access to the Cataclysm beta.

TS 3 Upgrade

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All users must download the latest version of teamspeak 3 from www.teamspeak.com as TAG is now officially on the TS3 client for voice users. Please read documentation on TS3 and watch instructional videos provided by the Teamspeak Team on the www.teamspeak.com website. The ports have changed! You will need to access member forums or speak to division leadership to access the new voice server.

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STO & World Records?

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Near London? Like cosplay? We're working with the folks at Guinness to try to break a world record. Read on to learn more.

Namco Bandai Partners, the Distributor of Star Trek Online, in association with Atari, will attempt to set a world record for the ‘largest gathering of people dressed as Star Trek characters’ on February 14th at 1.00pm on London’s Millenium Bridge to help celebrate the arrival of brand new MMO, Star Trek Online.

Star Trek fans are invited to attend dressed as anything Star Trek related, from an ‘Andorian Ensign’ to a ‘Zakdorn strategist,’ and adjudicators from Guinness World Records will be present to log the record attempt and ensure that everyone present is dressed in full Star Trek attire.

The best dressed fans on the day will win exclusive Star Trek Online prizes including lifetime subscriptions worth over £150 and recently released digital version of the Star Trek movie.

“This should be an absolutely fantastic fun filled day and definitely one all fans of Star Trek should get involved in,” said Lee Kirton, Head of UK PR Namco Bandai Partners. “This is the chance to become part of history with a ‘World Record’ for the largest group of dressed up Star Trek characters in one place. Namco Bandai will also have a bunch of fantastic prizes up for grabs on the day for the best dressed ‘Trekkers’ and some prizes for just being part of the day should make it a trip worthwhile!”

Gaz Deaves, Gaming Editor of Guinness World Records 2010 Gamer’s Edition, said: “Star Trek has such a huge following around the world, and its legion of fans deservedly has a reputation as one of the most committed groups in Sci-Fi fandom. It will be a great honour to adjudicate the first official world record attempt of this kind.”

Gamespy STO Review

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Welcome to the first of a three-part feature on Cryptic Studios Star Trek Online. In this first entry, we'll be tackling how STO handles the story and questing game, aka the PvE (Player versus Environment) content. Check back with us soon for features on the PvP system and on STO's endgame.

Star Trek Online drives content in two different ways. Firstly, it strives to make the player feel that they are taking part in one of the movies or television shows. Secondly, the game will always direct the player along by presenting a variety of content options. The idea is to never have the player come across one of those "what do I do now?" moments that inevitably lead to shelving the game and moving on to more directed (and ultimately more fun) alternatives.

The primary story-driven PvE content comes in the form of Episodes. These should take roughly 45 to 75 minutes per episode and take place across multiple mission maps, offering a mix of both space- and ground-based action.

The five-act dramatic structure is the template behind nearly all of STO's episode designs, just as it was for most of the television shows. While the episodes aren't all structurally built around five different maps, the format provided Cryptic with an easy template to follow, and the episodes should mimic the feel of the shows.

Flexibility is key to how things are structured. The idea is to make all of the technical stuff going on behind the scenes painless, so you never have to worry about player matching, getting locked out of your missions, and so on. You can always rejoin an episode if you leave before it's done, even if you jumped into an episode to help someone else. If they leave, it still works for you. You may not get credit for your personal mission, but there's no need to kick you out if someone leaves. In fact, there's a whole system of secondary mission rewards in place to provide incentives for players to replay story content while helping others.

At any given time you're free to set the main story aside and just do some exploring, which is where Cryptic's Genesis System comes into play. Genesis procedurally generated thousands of maps, including terrain, system maps, interiors, and so on. The idea here was to create the feeling that you'd never visit the same place twice while trekkin' through the vastness of space. Episodes have their fair share of conflict written into the storylines, so exploration content goes after the other feel of Star Trek, the part that isn't always about phasers and bloodshed. If you remember the episodes where the captain would help local populations with their problems, you have the right idea.

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Klingons CHILL OUT!

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Hey guys / ladies. It's no secret that 6 major Klingon fleets (that I know of) have shut down and spread members throughout several fed fleets. I wanted to post here for a couple reasons. Primarily to hopefully keep as many Klingon fleets from shutting down as possible and also to make my own fleet available to lost players who may feel pressure to go Fed simply because of the entirely overboard negative press Cryptic is getting on the Klingon race.

There are lots of conspiracy theorists out there in the MMO Media and individual players who claim "doom & gloom" and are crying wolf over the recent Klingon information releases. Don't get me wrong, some of the media is getting it right but it's really easy to tell who is writing reviews and opinions based on experience and who are writing them based on a standard "the world is ending read my article" system. Be selective about what you read, consider the source always. Some websites will let anyone write a review!

I feel the need to point a few things out.

First, what in the world qualifies me to make some of the comments I'm going to make? I've been running Total Aggression Gaming for 11 years. We are a multi-game online community, arguably the first of our kind. We have been supporting multiple games new and old for many years and have a roster of members who have been in TAG / MoK since 1998. We as an organization have played almost every single game which had multi-player support on PC since our formation. If you poll TAG/MoK you will find a significant percentage of our player base has been together for more than 5 years and hundreds of them for more than 8-10.

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TAG Spreads It's Wings In The World of Atreia - New Aion Division

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TAG is proud to announce the addition of Aion Online to it's growing list of official MMO divisions. The new Legion is growing it's ranks on the server Israphel and dons the time-honored name "Total Aggression Gaming". For more information about TAG, the Legion and how to join, please visit the Aion general forums.

SWG Update 11

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At a Glance

Game Update 11

Star Wars Game Update 11
Publish Notes, June 23rd, 2009

Highlights

Empire Day: We're bringing back the event from last year and have added many new features to ensure it is as exciting if not more so, than our past three events. Enhancements were made to the entire event from last year.

Bounty Hunter: In this update we have changed Carbine expertise line to effect both carbines and pistols. You will find that deadly strikes now effect pistols as well. We have made changes to allow Relentless Onslaught to work with pistols.

Community Requests: Introducing the ability to wear backpacks with all Jedi robes. In addition to this update head-wear can now be worn with elder Jedi robes.

Empire Day

This year the tension heats up between the Alliance and the Empire. Both factions are recruiting members to help post propaganda and tear down whatever propaganda the other side managed to post. Entertainers are recruited to boost the troops' morale, while Traders are hired to help keep supplies flowing to the front lines.
Darth Vader will be making appearances in Theed every 15 minutes.
- Darth Vader will be handing out badges to 3 to loyal Imperial players every time he arrives.
- To attain the badge, select the Bow radial option on Darth Vader.
- Imperials seeking Empire Day quests and events can go to Theed and seek out:
  - Major Brenn Tantor for Recruitment and Anti-Propaganda Events (Naboo -5395 4465)
  - Droid Kaythree for Trader and Entertainer Quests (Naboo -5536 4372)
  - Mara Jade for Combat Quests (Naboo -5534 4369)
Princess Leia will be making appearances in Coronet every 15 minutes.
- Princess Leia will be handing out badges to 3 to loyal Alliance players every time she arrives.
- To attain the badge, select the Bow radial option on Princess Leia.
- Rebels seeking Remembrance Day quests and events can go to Coronet and seek out:
  - Captain Derlin for Resistance and Vandalism Events (Corellia -187 -4112)
  - Major Carlist Rieekan for Trader and Entertainer Quests (Corellia -188 -4115)
  - Wedge Antillies for Combat Quests (Corellia -243 -4150)
Both Ceremonies have been expanded upon and improved.
- There are now Imperial and Rebel naval flybys at the end of the ceremonies.
- There are new Imperial and Rebel fireworks at the end of the ceremonies.
- Sentries have been placed to help keep order.
- More troops are participating in the ceremonies.
New rewards have been added to the Celebration Coordinators for purchase by players participating in the events.
Both the Emperor's Statue and Yoda's Fountain display the player's eligibility for a badge from Princess Leia and Darth Vader.
Both the Emperor's Statue and Yoda's Fountain have new gifts for players.
All 2008 issues with choosing of players for badges have been fixed.
Neutral players can participate in Kiosk events for the faction of their choice.
Neutral players can participate in Entertainer and Trader quests for the faction of their choice.
A player may switch faction to complete the other factional content but can only receive one Champion badge from Princess Leia or Darth Vader.

Star Wars: The Old Republic (E3 2009 Trailer)

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Hey Taggers! Check out the new cinematic trailer for one of the most highly anticipated MMOs ever, "Star Wars: The Old Republic", released at E3 2009.

View it in HD 720 !

From Gamespot

Star Wars: The Old Republic Impressions - Combat, Bounty Hunters, Smugglers, and Gameplay

E3 2009 is well underway at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and one of the most highly anticipated--and mysterious--games on display has finally revealed itself. Star Wars: The Old Republic is being shown in playable form for the very first time to the press here at E3, and the game looks great. From what we can tell, it'll have all the best elements of BioWare's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic single-player game, updated with all the best features from BioWare's more-recent games since then (such as Mass Effect). And, of course, it'll have online multiplayer for you and your 1, 000 closest friends.

Bug Fixed

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The "Invalid Session Resubmit Form" bug has been dealt with. To insure you have no trouble in the future, you should take the following steps.

Using Firefox AND Internet Explorer, please delete the browsing history and all cookies for BOTH BROWSERS within the browser while you do NOT have the TAG website up.
Using Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup in ALL Vista Versions and ALL XP Versions you need to perform a complete disk cleanup, including all temporary files of all types.
For all MAC users, please perform the same steps. This only applies to OS10+ users.

This will cause a forced replacement of all TAG related files on your hard drive and of course remove any bunk DNS entries left over from the former server. The problem had to do with reverse DNS and was an issue I was able to resolve at the fire wall level, however to benifit from the change I made you need to perform the steps above.

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