The Classifieds brings you weekly updates on news Oxzwvpdy from around the WoW community. Have guild news or a Random Act of Uberness to share? Is it just us, or are players revving up the retro vibe to record RPMs? From retro and classic raiding to wow power leveling world PvP events, players are chasing away the pre-expansion blues by rocking and rolling some classic Southshore-Tarren Mill action. Case in point: a massive mix-up on Anachronos (EU-A) being organized for next weekend by . "The aim of this event is to enjoy this epicness one more time before Cataclysm flushes Southshore away like Atlantis," write event organizers, "and of course for the generation of players who kinda missed the epic fights in the old days. (Yeah, I had to force some guildies to Google 'Southshore vs. Tarren' because they didn't understand that it's 100% wow cult!)" Organizers are hoping players from both factions will transfer or whip up a new death knight to come relive the epic tug-of-war battles of old on June 11 from 21:00-23:00 server time. Check the official realm forums for more details. As often as we discuss zones and aspects of the game that will be changed in Cataclysm, it hadn't yet occurred to me for some reason that the epic Southshore/Tarren Mill battles of yesteryear will be forever wiped from our slates. If you never had wow gold the chance to submerge yourself in the madness back in the day ... Yeah, this is worth a pool of tears to drown your sorrows in. Talk about pure, addictive, adrenaline-fueled fun ... My first character became a Knight-Lieutenant, in fact, off kills made in the fields outside Tarren Mills. My brother-in-law and I would roust each faction from their respective homes every weekday afternoon to kick off the action, tempting them out with the prospect of an easy kill on the two little clothies scuttling along the roads. ("Easy"? Not for a second; we knew every dirty trick in the book.) I heartily endorse more recreations of these tug-of-war epics before Cataclysm alters the killing fields playing field forever. Let's crack open The Classifieds ...News: Around the WoW community We always enjoy a good guild gag around here, and of Runetotem (US-H) has come up with a fun one: a sound collage of Vent chatter designed to be taken along on your cell phone. "After missing a couple of raids due to RL concerns," writes guild member Mstree, "I decided to make a soundboard of my guildies and the goofy crap they spout in louis vuitton handbags Vent while we raid. Now I can have my invisible internet friends with me where ever I go." We're not necessarily advocating you click over and listen to the mix, which works on Android phones -- after all, another guild's in-jokes are meaningless chatter to the rest of us -- but we thought it was a fun idea for tight-knit groups who enjoy one another's company and guild culture. Play your part in supporting gaming-related research by participating in the latest WoW research study at WoWometry. "I am putting together a personal research study aimed at social dynamics and behavior in game," writes the WoWometry researcher. "Our ultimate goal is to identify the ways player characteristics affect behaviors and success in game. We hope to make this a resource for players to learn wedding dresses about how other players behave in game, what types of guild structures promote success, and provide useful information to players and guild masters that will help them improve their own experience in game." We're not clear which of the surveys listed this one actually is, but the WoWometry setup looks fairly intriguing. Respondents can earn points to enter into a raffle to win game time. The site doesn't ask for account information or other identifying information (including Battlenet email addresses -- you wouldn't give out yours, would you?), and there are no promises of in-game rewards such as gold. Anyone who wins game time will receive a game card code at the email address of their choice, to be applied to any Battlenet account. Sounds worth a shot! Happy anniversary to on Draka (US-A) on their fourth year together. "We were formed after our previous guild merged with a raiding guild by players that just wanted to play at a casual pace," writes aion power leveling their rep. "Since then, we average about 300 characters and have members that enjoy all parts of the game. Our 10-man raid team is currently working on the Blood Queen and we starting to go back and see vanilla/BC content that we missed at the time." (See? More retro events again! See?!) Congrats, TFK, and here's to another year of teamwork and friendship. Random acts of uberness Who rocks your PUG world? Send in rolex Watches your shout-outs to theclassifieds (at) wow (dot) com. Keep 'em short and sweet (150 words or less, please), and be sure to list everyone's character names and home realms or battlegroup. zcy