It Came from the Blog got together Monday night for a last minute Day of the Dead Dance Party. We danced, we got dead pets and we traveled to all the old world Horde graveyards.

Paragus and others made some Bread of the Dead for all to share. Rossor (Matthew Rossi) joined us as well for some dancing and tank discussions.

I am still working on the video, but here is a gallery of stills from the dance party:


We'll definitely have a PIlgrim's Bounty event and I'm hoping to fit in a DK Battleground party as well. Join us!

• Where: Falconwing Square on Zangarmarsh (US) realm
• When: Midnight EST (10pm Server time, 9pm PST)
• Who: Any level Horde character
• How: Ask Robinella or any It came from the Blog Lurker for an invite to the guild
• What: We'll be making a video of dancing with Catrina and transforming (so don't do the achievement before the rest of us) as well as completing The Grateful Dead quest.

If you have time to log on before the event and make some pocket money, learn cooking and bake some bread, please do. But we'll have extra cash and bread for those who don't. Of course, you'll only be able to complete The Grateful Dead quest outside of Silvermoon if you are a Blood Elf, but we will travel to other graveyards for other races, time permitting. Or you could just make a baby Blood Elf for this event only -- for those of you not dead set against it. (See what I did there?)

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Hope to see you there!

Last week, the gang from It came from the Blog participated in several Hallow's End activities. We put out the fires in Falconwing Square, pranked Southshore and went Trick or Treating through the Eastern Kingdoms. Levels were dinged (and those that received them were called Dingalings), Achievements were achieved and a dwarf dressed as a troll was rescued.

Here are some screenshots of the fun:



Also, at the beginning of October, It came from the Blog went on an Epic Harvest Brewfestival Ride to honor a hero in Ashenvale. The pictures from this event are long overdue and here they are:



Look for more It Came from the Blog activities in November and throughout the in-game holidays.

Don't forget to join It came from the Blog for some Hallow's End fun today!

• When: 4:30pm EDT (2:30pm Server Time, 1:30pm PDT) Today
• Where: Meet at Falconwing Square on Zangarmarsh (U.S.)
• Who: Any Horde character, any level. There will also be a second part of the event for epic mounted, flightpathed characters.
• What: Various Hallow's End activities in the Eastern Kingdoms.
• How: Ask Robinella or any It came from the Blog Lurker for an invite to the guild.

We will be doing some all level activities for the greater portion of the event and will finish up Trick or Treats in the Eastern Kingdoms with the epic mounted/flightpathed (yes, they will mostly be death knights) players.

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We hope you'll join us!

The Epic Harvest Brewfestival Ride is today!

Those of us who are level 40 and above are going to dress up our Epic Mounts as Brewfest Kodos and ride to Honor a Hero in Ashenvale.

• When: 4:30pm EDT (1:30pm PDT, 2:30pm Server Time) Today
• Where: Meet in front of Orgrimmar on Zangarmarsh (U.S.)
• Who: Any Horde character with an Epic Mount
  
• How: Send a tell to Robinella or any It came from the Blog Lurker to join the guild

We will be earning enough tokens in Brewfest to obtain the ability to transform our mounts and then riding to honor Grom Hellscream. We will then return to Javnir Nashak and complete the one Harvest Festival quest (there is no Achievement).

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See you soon!

What happens when Harvest Festival and Brewfest collide? The It came from the Blog Epic Harvest Brewfestival Ride! On Saturday, those of us who are level 40 and above are going to dress up our Epic Mounts as Brewfest Kodos and ride to Honor a Hero in Ashenvale.

• When: 4:30pm EDT (1:30pm PDT, 2:30pm Server Time) Saturday, October 3rd
• Where: Meet in front of Orgrimmar on Zangarmarsh (U.S.)
• Who: Any Horde character with an Epic Mount
  
• How: Send a tell to Robinella or any It came from the Blog Lurker to join the guild

We will be earning enough tokens in Brewfest to obtain the ability to transform our mounts and then riding to honor Grom Hellscream. We will then return to Javnir Nashak and complete the one Harvest Festival quest (there is no Achievement). If you do not have a high enough level character on Zangarmarsh to participate, there is still plenty of time to make a Death Knight and complete the starter quests.

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We hope you'll join us for the Epic Harvest Brewfestival Ride!

We came. We saw. We drank.

Well, actually, most of us just put Synthebrew Goggles on. Elizabeth Harper and Mike Schramm both attended, and we had a lot of fun with those who were able to make it at that late hour. Some Achievements were achieved, some tokens were earned and some quests were completed. I have chronicled the festivities in the gallery below.

Stay tuned for more It came from the Blog events in the near future!

As promised, It came from the Blog will be getting together to celebrate Brewfest. It's going to be late on a weekday night, so make sure you set your DVR to record Sons of Anarchy or whatever you watch on TV on Tuesdays. Also, I'm sorry for you younguns who can't stay up this late on a school night, but we may have another one on Saturday for those who can't make this one.

Here are the details:

• When: 11:30pm EDT (8:30pm PDT, 9:30pm Server Time) Tuesday, September 29
• Where: In front of Orgrimmar on Zangarmarsh (U.S.)
  
• Who: Any Horde character
• How: Send a tell to Robinella or any It came from the Blog Lurker to join the guild

While any level is invited to participate, you will have more fun if you have a decent amount of cash on hand. Therefore, you may want to get a Death Knight out of the starting zones or play your lowbie until you've filled your purse in the days before the event..

For those of you who are wondering why Horde, why not your server or any other questions about WoW.com's guild, please see our FAQ.

If you are into virtual public drunkenness, we hope you'll join us for some brew, sausage and ram riding. There are more details after the break.

Those awesome folks at SwagDog, who sponsor our Guild of the Month Contest, have released a new guild icon shirt design that is much simpler than their original one. Some folks like Alex really like it, and since the man has good taste, chances are you guys just might, too. That's not the only good news, though. The deal is that those guys at SwagDog have given WoW.com readers a sweet 15% discount when ordering one of these babies (the shirt, guys, the shirt). All you have to do is use the promo coupon wowicon15 when you checkout.

The bad news is that that code is just good enough for today, the last day of SwagDog's cool 48-hour WoW.com promo. These shirts are fully customizable, and even though they're supposed to be guild icons, you can actually customize your own design using one of the game's many fun icons. While skulls and crossbones or dragons and axes might be cool, you can just as easily use a crying bear for that kawaii factor. Or a beer mug. It's Brewfest, after all. What're you waiting for? You've only got a few hours left! Get hopping, people!

This past week, SwagDog (sponsor for our Guild of the Month contest) released their newest custom t-shirt design: The Guild Icon shirt. Whereas their Guild Tabard design is a little busy (with your muscled nerd chest being graced with a guild standard of sorts), their new design is more simplistic in comparison. Your guild icon is front and center, laid atop your faction's icon. Your character's name, race, class and server are listed in white at the bottom, and your guild name across the top. If you so choose, it looks like you have the option to leave your guild and character name blank if you really want the icon to pop. The icon itself has a really cool stone texture to it, like it's been carved out. You can check out a close-up sample of that behind the cut below. This is honestly much closer to my ideal guild t-shirt than anything I've seen yet. The simple design just seems better to me.

If you agree, you're in luck! For the next 48 hours, SwagDog and WoW.com are giving you 15% off your purchase if you use the coupon code wowicon15 at checkout. Even if this is something you normally wouldn't wear, you could consider it preparation for BlizzCon 2010. No, they haven't officially announced it, but you just know it's going to happen. Plus, from the picture up above it looks like these shirts have magic powers and put the wearer into a state of rapture and/or nirvana. That's pretty cool. I'd take 15% off of nirvana.

Ye not be forgetting It came from the Blog's Pirates' Day parrrty!

• When: 5pm EDT (3pm Server Time, 2pm PDT) Today
• Where: Meet in Orgrimmar in front of the bank on Zangarmarsh U.S.
• Who: A Horde character, any level
• How: Send a tell to Robiness or any It came from the Blog member to join the guild

Be ye in league with Bloodsails? The Booty Bay guards arrrr sleepin' off a bit too much brew, so ye can join in on the parrrty. Aaargh the guards be wide awake and feisty.

Drag yer carcasses to Orgrimmar early, else ye will be travellin' to Booty Bay on yer own. Thar will be no summonin' fer lazy landlubbers. Ye have been warned.

Avast me hearties! It nears time for Pirates' Day! Yarrrr!

Come celebrate Pirates' Day with It came from the Blog. Here are the details:

• When: 5pm EDT (3pm Server Time, 2pm PDT) Saturday, September 19th
• Where: Meet in Orgrimmar in front of the bank on Zangarmarsh U.S.
• Who: A Horde character, any level
• How: Send a tell to Robiness or any It came from the Blog member to join the guild
• What: We'll get a pirate costume and an Achievement.

We'll run from Orgrimmar to Ratchet together and then take the boat to Booty Bay for the festivities. All races and levels should be able to get to Org with little trouble. Tauren can take the zeppelin from Thunder Bluff and Blood Elves can take the teleport from Silvermoon to the Undercity and then the zeppelin from Undercity to Orgrimmar.

So get there before 5pm EDT if you want to run with the guildies. All latecomers can just meet us at Booty Bay.

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BlizzCon is upon us today. WoW.com and the Joystiq network are pulling out the stops unlike any year before. There's a total of 15 staffers on the ground during the convention this year, representing the entire Joystiq Network (WoW.com, Joystiq, Massively, and Big Download). We're going to be brining you non-stop coverage throughout the day. And while there could very well be 20 or so posts on WoW.com alone in the next 24 hours, there's only a few places where you need to look to find it all.

• WoW.com's BlizzCon Guide – Everything that happens about the World of Warcraft at BlizzCon will be listed there. I'll be updating this everytime we get something new in.
• The Joystiq Network BlizzCon Page – Coverage of everything that's not posted directly on WoW.com: Diablo III, StarCraft II, and any unannounced games that might just be announced.
• WoW.com's Twitter – Expect to hear lots from myself, Mike, Alex, and the rest of the team. Let us know your questions about the con and we'll try to find you answers!
• WoW.com's Side Bar – See that nifty "BlizzCon Live Blog Schedule" on WoW.com? That's when our writers will be blogging live the various panels. When the live blogs are happening they'll be the top post on our site, and when they're done you can access them by links that will appear there.

Good times had by all! And don't forget to say hello to anyone wearing a WoW.com shirt. We might just have a surprise for you!