{"id":1506,"date":"2010-08-28T08:59:45","date_gmt":"2010-08-28T15:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2010-08-31T14:04:08","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T21:04:08","slug":"around-azeroth-beta-edition-lessons-unlearned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/around-azeroth-beta-edition-lessons-unlearned\/","title":{"rendered":"Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Lessons unlearned"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wow.com\/photos\/around-azeroth-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.wow.com\/media\/2010\/08\/aa-inthefire-580.jpg\"  alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>We all know that the first rule of raiding is &#8220;Don&#8217;t stand in things.&#8221; (The second rule is &#8220;Don&#8217;t tick off the tank unless you want to find yourself fleeing for the entrance at a high speed.&#8221;) Across the multiverse, hundreds of overcaffienated raid leaders are clawing at their computer screens, screaming at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wowarmory.com\/character-sheet.xml?r=Boulderfist&amp;cn=Hampster\">Hampster<\/a> of Boulderfist to <em>stop standing in the motherloving fire. <\/em> Little do they know that Hampster is not about to doom the whole raid, but is instead just relaxing on the flaming torch of a statue in <em>Cataclysm. <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/\".$GLOBALS[\"HTTP_HOST\"].\"\/photos\/around-azeroth-2\/\">Around Azeroth<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/\".$GLOBALS[\"HTTP_HOST\"].\"\/photos\/around-azeroth-2\/#3306505\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.wow.com\/media\/2010\/08\/aa-inthefire-1024_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/\".$GLOBALS[\"HTTP_HOST\"].\"\/photos\/around-azeroth-2\/#3303050\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.wow.com\/media\/2010\/08\/aa-heronblue-1024_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/\".$GLOBALS[\"HTTP_HOST\"].\"\/photos\/around-azeroth-2\/#3298591\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.wow.com\/media\/2010\/08\/aa-beinggreen-1024_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/\".$GLOBALS[\"HTTP_HOST\"].\"\/photos\/around-azeroth-2\/#3294367\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.wow.com\/media\/2010\/08\/aa-youknow-1024_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/\".$GLOBALS[\"HTTP_HOST\"].\"\/photos\/around-azeroth-2\/#3287133\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.wow.com\/media\/2010\/08\/aa-dooms-1024_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"4\" border=\"1\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.wow.com\/media\/2010\/07\/aa-anelsewhere-580_thumbnail.jpg\" style=\"margin-right: 5px;\" alt=\"\" \/> <em>Want to see your own screenshot here? Send it to <a href=\"mailto:aroundazeroth@wow.com\" target=\"_blank\">aroundazeroth@wow.com<\/a>. We strongly prefer full-sized pictures with no UI or names showing. Please include &#8220;Azeroth&#8221; in the subject line so your email doesn&#8217;t get marked as spam, and include your name, guild and server if you want to be credited. <\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wow.com\/category\/around-azeroth\/\" rel=\"tag\">Around Azeroth<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wow.com\/2010\/08\/28\/around-azeroth-beta-edition-lessons-unlearned\/\">Around Azeroth Beta Edition: Lessons unlearned<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wow.com\">WoW.com<\/a> on Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:00:00 EST.  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