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Open beta will end on nov 17th. All of the servers will be wiped. The retail will come out on the 23rd.

Racial traits for all races will become available with the upcoming patch. Each race receives at least four traits, including several passive traits and an active ability. Take a look at what is available  HERE !
-Helcon on www.worldofwarcraft.com

Much to the excitement of everyone, the release date to the much anticipated game, World of Warcraft, has finally been released today. Found at the official site, http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/, the information states that the game will be released November 23, 2004.

Or to quote it directly…

Blizzard is pleased to announce that in fewer than three weeks, World of Warcraft will begin hitting store shelves throughout North America. Starting on November 23, players will be able to pick up a boxed copy of the game, or the collector’s edition, and finally begin playing! See the press release for further details.

The countdown is on!

Blizzard announced yesterday that the Closed Beta will be ending today, Friday 10/29. This means that the stress test should be starting shortly!

The closed beta test is coming to an end. This Friday, October 29, at 3:00 PM PDT, the closed beta servers will go offline as we prepare to run another stress test. All active closed-beta accounts will remain active, and closed-beta testers will be receiving an email with instructions on what to do to continue playing in the stress test.
We will post more information about the stress test in the days ahead, so please stay tuned to WorldofWarcraft.com.

We also want to take this opportunity to thank the closed beta testers for their months of dedicated testing and hard work. Thanks to all of your suggestions and bug reports, World of Warcraft is closer than ever to being ready for launch!

We are happy to announce that we will soon be accepting applicants for the World of Warcraft Open Beta Test for North America. The open phase of beta will give people a chance to enter Azeroth and play World of Warcraft before the game is released. More details will become available in the days ahead, so stay tuned.
- Ordinn on www.worldofwarcraft.com

Yay, open beta is coming, lets hope in a week or so.

The forums were relatively calm today, here are some interesting forum tidbits.

-Your “server region” is decided by where the billing information comes from.

“Importing the game from the United States will not grant access to the North American servers. You will need a valid North American billing method in order to play in that region. We recommend, however, that you play on the servers in your region.

I cannot say when the planned solution for those who want to connect cross-regionally will occur; I have only been told it will be after European release. ”
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-Caydiem put some monthly payment rumors to rest.

“We have not yet decided on a monthly fee. When that information becomes available, we’ll share. ”
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The forums should pick up in discussion tonight. I will be sure to update you all in a few hours.

Hello, Aline, your local forum watcher here, bring you up to date news on whats going on over at the WoW Beta Forums.

-There will be arenas around the world, where GM events will take place. These events will contain players fighting against many different tiers of monsters that the GMs create.

“We are planning to do various types of events run in conjunction with the GM team, similar to what you just described, however an automated system. (As far as I know)”
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-The LFG system is going to have a revamp soon.

“We’ll be sure to bring it up today and hopefully have an answer for this (I’m wondering too) by the end of day today. ”
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-”Force servers” were recently explained in more detail by Tyren.

“”Forced servers” probably wasn’t the best way to word it.

Servers will be region specific. Players in North America will initially be able to play on North American servers, and European players will initially be able to play on European servers, and likewise for Asian players.

We are working toward allowing players in different regions to play on the North American servers, should they choose, after the European launch of World of Warcraft. ”
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I will bring you more updates as they are posted on the boards.

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“Email invitations were sent out this evening welcoming the first round of testers to the World of Warcraft European closed beta. We would like to congratulate all the European testers who received invitations, and thank you for helping us test World of Warcraft!” – Ordinn from www.worldofwarcraft.com