Our informants advised us of a large Horde force building up in Kargath. We knew that allowing this force position in front of BRS would take us out of the fight (zoning into bad guys = death).

We zoned out and set up an ambush at the entry to BRM. Unfortuntely the Horde force which we learned at this point was Team Ice had good scouting/Intel also and did not fall for it.

The stage was set as Team Ice set up their battle lines in Searing Gorge out in the open. DIE slowly advanced on their position...... slowly so as to load the graphics and reduce the possibility of lag locks.

What followed was likely the best battle I have been involved in. Both sides had organization, strategy and it could have gone either way. Several minutes in we were still asking "are we winning?" It was not one of those retarded fights where everyone just spammed AOEs and whoever lagged the least won. Rogues were behind the lines harrying the softies whilst the heavy hitters made clear lines up front.

In the end I don't know why we won as opposed to them or what we did different, but it was for sure a hella War and we did not come out unscathed. I guess Team Ice has proven they are self sufficient as a Horde guild and are the ones to watch not needing the rest of their team to fight battles for them. This was the second time a Horde guild has fought us solo....the first also being Team Ice.

Four years have passed since the aftermath of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, and a great tension now smolders throughout the ravaged world of Azeroth. As the battle-worn races begin to rebuild their shattered kingdoms, new threats, both ancient and ominous, arise to plague the world once again.

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Features:

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· Choose from three server types and find the one best suited for your own playing style: Normal, Player versus Player, and Role-playing
· Join the Horde or the Alliance as one of 8 playable races
· Encounter many familiar and new Warcraft characters and monsters.
· Learn the continuing story of Azeroth by completing a wide variety of challenging quests.
· Journey through an epic world filled with dungeons of different styles and depths.
· Explore 6 huge capital cities, which serve as major hubs for the races inhabiting them
· Practice various professions to help locate reagents, make and enhance custom items, acquire wealth through trade with other players, and more
· Purchase tickets for travel along a number of air routes flown by creatures such as Gryphons and Wyverns. For global transportation, travel by Boat or Goblin Zeppelin
· Once a certain level has been achieved, players can choose to purchase permanent personal mounts
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Required Operating Systems

Windows System/OS (98/ME, 2000, XP):

800 Mhz or higher CPU.
256 Megabytes or more of RAM.
32MB 3D Graphics card with Hardware Transform/Lighting (such as a GeForce 2 or better).
4 Gigabytes or more of available hard drive space.
DirectX 9.0c or above.

Mac System/OS:

933 MHz or higher G4 or G5 processor.
512 Megabytes RAM or higher. DDR RAM recommended.
ATI or NVIDIA video hardware with 32 MB VRAM or more.
4 Gi gabytes or more of available hard drive space.
MacOS X 10.3.5 or better.