Explorers' League Journal: Cloaks and Daggers
Welcome to the Explorers' League Journal, our weekly recap of news and events from around Azeroth. Each week we'll cover a variety of topics including patch notes, hotfixes, contests, helpful guides, and recent blue posts to keep you up-to-date on the latest game and community developments.
Find out what happened last week below. If you missed our previous entry, you can check it out here.
Headlines
From the latest developer blogs to updated PTR patch notes, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods.
Dev Watercooler: Content for the Casual 85
Poll: What’s Your Level of Secondary Profession Expertise?
Memories of Blizzard Video Contest -- Vote Now!
Arena Pass: Ranked Ladder Begins
Patch 4.2 PTR Notes (Updated June 13)
Survival Guides
If you're a new player looking for advice on how to get the most out of archaeology, cooking, first aid, and fishing, be sure to read through our latest "New Player Tips" blog.
New Player Tips: Second to None
We've also just stickied some new guides written by your fellow players in the Rogue Discussion forum:
Comics
Check out the latest hilarity from The Daily Blink, GUComics, and our Blizzard Comic Contest honorable mentions!
Plumbing as a Primary Profession
Music and Machinima
Featured this week in the world of music and machinima are three original World of Warcraft-inspired melodies created by the lovely RavenSylphe, a stunning video introduction to MasterVertex's new character, Mistrose, and a look at Cataclysm’s environment graphics through the eyes of Wowcrendor.
(Be sure to check out RavenSylphe’s other compositions: Sands of Creation and Into the Deep!)
Are WoW Cataclysm Graphics Good?
(Like this video? Then be sure to check out its predecessor, Are WoW Graphics Bad?)
Fan Art
New Warcraft Fan Art (updated 06/09)
Tauren Deathknight -- by Shiramune
Calith - Cataclysm Raider -- by Zeon-in-a-tree
Day of the Dragonqueen -- by PepperWolf
Nap of the Wild -- by Viking-Heart
Death Knight Elysis -- by KimiSz
Warcraft: My Heart Sleeps -- by fenikkusu
RwlRwlRwlRwl (Murloc Plushie) -- ALEXisDESIGNs
Stay classy, Azeroth. See you next week!
If you have any suggestions for community-created comics, guides, artwork, machinima, realm events, or forum posts that we should feature, please feel free to send us an email at WoWCommWatch@Blizzard.com. Include a link to the content and a brief description of why you think that item should be featured, and you may see it in the next Explorers' League Journal!