For last week’s Shared Topic, Pndrev of Primetime Casual came up with a highly imaginative and very actual topic: Worldcup Warcraft!

With the football world cup approaching quickly, nations around the globe get hyped up in a frenzy, waving flags, painting their faces in national colours and generally acting crazy.

In contrast to that, the rather serene atmosphere of Azeroth, where everybody is waiting for something big to happen, something Cataclysmic. Now imagine: What if, instead of laying waste to two continents, Deathwing actually came up and said “Let’s determine which race of Azeroth is best once and for all – by having the World Cup of Warcraft!”

Faction rivalries are set aside, each race is on it’s own, supporters are flooding to the capitals and embarking in ships to see their teams play.

Which race would win the Cup, and how?
Which crowd favourite dark horse would face them in the finals?
Which seemingly unbeatable team gets sent home after a devastating and surprising defeat in the first round?

Note: For fluff reasons you may include Worgen, Goblins, Murlocs, Dark Irons, Gnolls and whatever else seems to make up a large enough demographic while being reasonably intelligent.

Read all about it from

Jaramon at DeathCoil.org

Chyllyphylly at /elfis

Calsong at MindSpike

Pndrev at Primetime Casual

MelfinatheBlue at The WoW Noob

This upcoming week’s topic is about PvP and leaders in the battlegrounds. In every battleground, one person is appointed leader. Should that person have the responsibility to lead the group? What if the leader is inexperienced with pvp and battlegrounds? Should someone take over? Let the discussions begin! Then be sure to post a link to your post in the thread at Blog Azeroth.

Curious about upcoming topics? Check out
When should a healer let someone die?
What has WoW taught you?
RP a scene with your Favorite Mount

The Cataclysm is getting closer with each passing day and our Shared Topics have become increasingly more and more about the expansion. This week was no different as Spinks from Welcome to Spinksville! suggested we talk about things we believe need to change, or, erm, die in a fire with the rest of old Azeroth.

Cataclysm is coming! The old world is going to be destroyed and remade.

Which town, quest, NPC, or zone really needs to be purged with fire, in your opinion? Will you enjoy dancing on the ashes of a particularly hated quest giver? Or is there some zone you avoid like the plague (plaguelands excluded) where being nuked from orbit could only improve the experience? And why do you hate it/them so much?

Wanting stuff to die in a fire are:

Zan from Altoholics Anonymous

Morynne from Marks 365

Glassofwater from Not So Overpowered

Ecclesiasticaldiscipline from Ecclesiastical Discipline

Windsoar from Jaded Alt

Saga from Girls Don’t Play WoW

Ardol from WoW Philosophized

Chyllyphylly from Nerfed (although the link seems broken at the moment…)

Anexxia from Bible of Dreams

Dragonray from Arcane Ramblings

Calsong from Mind Spike

Antigen from Haz Mace, Will Raid

Sindei from Six-Inch Heals

Herculano from Herc the Merc

Manroth from At Runtime

Tarinae from A Healadin’s Tear

Flairn from The Cognisance Council

This upcoming week’s Shared Topic is another very current topic, but completely different from Cataclysm. It’s Fifa World Cup, Warcraft style! Bring some of the World Cup fever to your game by blogging on how the World Cup would pan out if it took place in Azeroth, then be sure to post a link in the thread at Blog Azeroth!

Curious about other upcoming Shared Topics? Check out
Battleground Leaders
When Should a Healer Let Someone Die?
What has WoW taught you?

And as usual, we’re always looking forward to seeing new topic suggestions, so if there’s a topic you’d love to see discussed across the blogosphere, don’t be shy! Suggest it in the Shared Topic forum at Blog Azeroth.

It’s that time of expansion! Where you don’t want to do anything more exciting than running circles around Dalaran until the next addition to the game is released. Yet some of us still manage to find the motivation to go on, and keep our interest in the game. Want to know our secrets? Check out all the responses to Jaedia from The Lazy Sniper’s Shared Topic suggestion!

With Cataclysm only months away (we can assume), a lot of players are finding themselves bored with current content. How do you, your friends, and/or your guild conquer the pre-expansion slump?

Participating were:

Manroth from At Runtime

Variantavatar from Variant Avatar

Ardol from WoW Philosophized

Ringo Flinthammer from Flinthammer Hall

Herculano from Herc the Merc

Ecclesiaticaldiscipline from Ecclesiastical Discipline

Anslym from Totem Tossing

Ophelie from The Bossy Pally and the Giant Spoon

Evensong from Healing Through Stupid

Sindei from Six-Inch Heals

Gweninu from Out of Ammo

Windsoar from Jaded Alt

Anexxia from Bible of Dreams

Nesithan from Life After

Angelya from Revive and Rejuvenate

Calsong from Mind Spike

Just as a reminder to everyone taking part in Shared Topics, make sure you link back to either the topic suggester or the relevant thread at Blog Azeroth or both in your Shared Topic posts. (I used this week’s links as an example.) Shared Topics are shared, so spread the love to your fellow participating bloggers!

And if you’re reading this and saying “I have a blog but I’ve never done a Shared Topic…”, then you should do a Shared Topic! This week we’re staying in the Cataclysmish department as we discuss what needs to die in a fire in the expansion. Join in by posting about it and reporting back to the thread on Blog Azeroth. If you don’t have a blog but would still like to say a few things about it, feel free to answer in a comment to this post, to next week’s Shared Topic roundup or to the post of your favorite participating bloggers.

What other topics are coming up? Check out:
Worldcup Warcraft
Battleground Leaders
When should a healer let someone die?