There's a lot going on in the MMO community this week, so hopefully this special feature will help you track down anything of interest to you. Community Watch will cover not only the Curse community, but also the communities of the official game websites. Let's get started with some of the stuff going on in the Curse community!

Curse Forums

• While not an extremely new thread, see if you can beat BigBoyBattle's played time in "Think You Can Beat My Time Played??"
• We're going to be continuing our "Recommended AddOns" feature from our Patch 2.2 Portal, so if you'd like to suggest one of your favorite AddOns as something to be added to the list, do it in our forum thread!

Curse Blogs

• While it's not an MMO, Gears of War set a new standard for quality in console shooter graphics. With that in mind, I was very excited to hear about it coming to the PC. Head over to "Gears of War coming to the PC!" to read more about it.
• Matticus questions the use of DKP in instances like Karazhan in "Loot Management Week: Karazhan".
• Meteo provides the monthly Free-to-play MMOs coming in his latest blog entry, "New f2p mmo games coming October 2007".
• Indelible talks about the advances in gameplay Tabula Rasa is making with "Tabula Rasa - The Next Big Step".
• Tuller gives us a recap of 2.2 and what it did to AddOns, as well as his thoughts on some things happening in the AddOn developer community in "WoW 2.2".
• Matticus updates us on his recent WoW adventures in "Busy schedule, 1% wipes not fun".
• Ever wondered about the PvP in Voyage Century, or wanted tips on battling it out with other pirates within the game? Meteo has a great writeup on just that in "The Art of Sea Battle".
• Indelible goes over the state of MMO's in "It's Just a Glorified co-op".

History of Arthas and Illidan

If you haven't played Warcraft III before, then these two videos should help you better understand Arthas and Illidan. Sylvictus has created recaps of what happened to both of them during Warcraft III campaigns. Check them both out over at GameTube: Rise of the Lich King and Rise of Illidan Stormrage.

I'm So Sick

This video is absolutely amazing; Drysc featured it in the Community Spotlight on the official WoW website, and for good reason. I highly encourage anyone reading this to watch the video at least once. From there, you'll probably watch it another two, six, or ten times before all is said and done and you've realized the masterpiece that is "I'm So Sick" by Baron Soosdon.

You can find it over at the Myndflame website in streaming format.

SoE Community

The SoE forums have a lot of great activity going on and not only that, there are also some fantastic player spotlights across the various games SoE offers.

EverQuest

• The Forum Hodgepodge
• Meet the Community
• The EverQuest Hall of Fame

EverQuest II

• Treasure Chest
• Community Spotlight - Damaja

Star Wars Galaxies

• Galactic Showcase - The ITAS Retribution
• New Player-Written Guides
• Fan Art Gallery Updates

Vanguard

• Keeping up with the Community
• Player Spotlight

Guild Wars

• Guild of the Week: GWOnline Guild
• Tournament Match Reports

Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar

There are two new features up on the LoTRO website and while they're not entirely community-related, it's always nice to know the background on areas and NPC's in the game. To that end, be sure to check out both Exploring Middle-earth: Tinnudir and Characters of Middle-earth: Barliman Butterbur.

There's also a new Screenshot of the Week for Tabula Rasa. You can either head over to the official site to see it, or check it out here on Curse.

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Community Images

Want to submit your screenshots for Community Watch? Send us an email at community@curse.com - titled "Community Watch Images" - and provide links to what you'd like to see featured!

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Finally, this week's feature video - Kael'thas Tactical Guide by Tamzin.

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