I'm considering switching to FIOS. I'm at the point in WoW where the only things I can possibly do to improve my performance are 1)hardware upgrades and 2) Internet upgrades.

Currently, on Comcast, I'm at 300+ latency during the evenings. I'd like to get this as low as possible and was wondering if anyone has any experience with Verizon FIOS. Hit me with some numbers like max download rate and, more importantly, WoW latency.

http://www.mmorpgs.com/Kunzite/guide/guide.php?pageid=19

Read it and learn it.  Some great tips in here for you guys on how to pick up some extra gold quickly and well within the ToS.

I guess imitation is the most sincerest form of flattery.  I'm both proud of this, but at the same time... I dunno:

http://www.covenant-guild.us/

Now, when I built this site I initially used a skin that I've adapted and updated to meet our needs.  The fact that these pages are using a similar skin isn't a big deal.  It's a pretty common occurance in the content management system world.

It's just that... well, I actually edited a lot of the template files and CSS files myself to tweak it to what we (and they) have now.  I don't know how they got those very custom changes to reflect in their site.  Examples of this are the side listing RSS feeds at the bottom of the page, the wowjutsu badge javascript block, item rollovers, etc.

There's also a LOT of, well, let's call it "inspiration" in their actual content and layout. The pinned Addon post, "handbook", gallery titles, and this little gem at the top of the front page of both our sites:

"If you're new here, register and come by the forums and say "Hi". Check
out our articles, blogs and all the various things we have going on. If
you're new, these links may help you: Apply to guild, View raid calendar, Download the addon pack, View all recent site activity."  Those are Garreth Words. 

Hey, this isn't WoW related, but our site gets a lot of traffic from people in the Northwest, so it might do some good.  My friend got his stuff stolen while at a concert recently.  It's not really the stuff or money that was stolen so much as his Microsoft ID badge that's the most important.

Read up on his cragslist announcement here: http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/laf/707426563.html

The wording alone in the craigslist post is worth it.  Check it out, help a brutha out.

Great timing on this WoWInsider Article:

http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/05/26/spiritual-guidance-discipline-yours...

Let's see if you can take Kenric all the way to 80 with Disc ;)

I'm going to be building a new machine in the next few weeks.  The following are the pieces of hardware I'm looking to pick up:

http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishLi...

 Could our more technically-inclined members go over that list and hit me with some feedback?  I generally buy a generation behind to pick up a better deal.  

I've been playing wow on an athlon64 3400+ with an Nvidia 6800GT since day one and I think it's time to finally upgrade ;)

Edit: updated with new link to the wishlist