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The Two-Handed Sword

June 19th: Xfire Presents the WoW Classes Debate

Transcripts of the sixth Xfire Debate Club meeting are online!

Read the Main Floor (Special Guests) and the Open Debate (Xfire users) transcripts.

 



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On June 19th, 2007 at 6pm EDT (3pm PDT / Midnight CEST), Xfire will host the sixth session of the Xfire Debate Club: The Two-Handed Sword with special guests from top World of Warcraft guilds and sites.

Which Class Needs to be Nerfed?

Attend the Xfire Debate Club on June 19th and get to know what the WoW global experts think of the character classes topic!

What are the best & worst classes? In what environments? What should the game developer do to make WoW a better world to play in?

At the Xfire Debate club, industry insiders, experts, and hardcore gamers battle for the final say on your favorite gaming topics.

At the same time, you can attend the Xfire users open debate to exchange your opinions with other users.

Of course, if you miss the debate for any reason, you can always come back to this page after it's done to access the transcript.

Show your support: visit the sites of our guests!

Elizabeth Wachowski
Moderator for this meeting of
The Two-Handed Sword


Elizabeth Wachowski is a blogger for WoW Insider. She studied journalism and political science at the University of Wisconsin and worked as a reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal. Today she lives in Raliegh, North Carolina and has just finished her EMT certification. Look for Elizabeth on WoW Insider, on the soon-to-be-revamped ComicMix, and in-game on the Magtheridon server. She is not actually still wearing Bloodfang.

More info: wowinsider.com

Guillaume "Skosiris" Cournoyer

Skosiris is the Chief Architect Officer (CAO) for Wowhead.com. He's responsible for a lot of the major design of the website. Skosiris has been playing World of Warcraft since the very beginning and is a huge Warcraft fan. In his free time, he loves to camp noobs in Duskwood with his level 70 Warlock. (Just kidding!)

More info: wowhead.com

Philip "Mek" Curry

Philip is 25 years old, living in Edinburgh in the UK but tends to move around a lot. He buys / sells / rents property for a living which gives him a lot of free time for gaming. Philip has been playing WoW as a shaman since release. He's currently one of the two guild masters and raid leaders of the horde guild Curse on Vek'nilash EU PvP server. Philip has been a dedicated online gamer for about 11 years starting with QW/Q3/CPM and now he's only playing WoW.

More info: www.curse-guild.org

Maxime "Teza" Perignon

Maxime "Teza" Perignon is the founder and editor-in-chief of WorldofRaids.com, known as the largest raiding hub of World of Warcraft where you can share your experience and seek for advice. He is also known for launching the widely known World of Warcraft Curse-gaming addons database, and can be found playing as the class leader rogue of Curse guild on Vek'nilash (European server).

More info: worldofraids.com

Terry "Ming" White

The most infamous player in the history of World of Warcraft, Ming's super popular blog has always been the center of attention and controversy. A hero of the rogue class who worked relentlessly to protect his beloved underlings, Ming has joined forces with Amped to launch Gameriot.com in a valiant effort to market WOW as a true e-sport and bring pride to the entire community. Will you hate him or join him?

More info: www.gameriot.com

Stefan "Zeksy" Baudin

Zeksy is the leader of SK Gaming's WoW Arena team, currently playing a healing specced dwarf priest. Have been a member of the infamous PvP guild Warders since 2000 and been one of Europe's finest PvPers in D2, DAoC and WoW since that.

More info: www.sk-gaming.com

Brian "Tiz" Gustafson

My name is Tiz, I am a Orc Warlock and I have been a a member of Team Ice on the Illidan server for well over a year. When the arena system came out we created a team called The Hukhukhukhukhuk's. We held the #1 spot on our battlegroup in the 5's category for the entire season, progressed to the San Diego Regionals, and placed first place.

More info: www.flowgaming.net

John "Nuvas" Liao

My name is Nuvas, I am an Orc Shaman and I have been a member of Team Ice on the Illidan since it was created. When the arena system came out we created a team called The Hukhukhukhukhuk's. We held the #1 spot on our battlegroup in the 5's category for the entire season, progressed to the San Diego Regionals, and placed first place.

More info: www.flowgaming.net



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Transcript Archive

WoW: The Burning Crusade
(Jan. 31st, 2007)

The Future of Counter-Strike
(Feb. 28th, 2007)

WoW: Life after Level 70
(Apr. 11th, 2007)

Censorship in Games
(Apr. 26th, 2007)

The Console War
(June 7th, 2007)

WoW: The Character Classes
(June 19th, 2007)

In-Game Economies
(Aug. 21st, 2007)

The Future of Gaming
(Sept. 14th, 2007)

Women in Gaming
(Oct. 25th, 2007)

Best of Gaming 2007
(Dec. 5th, 2007)

Gamers' Holiday
(Dec. 20th, 2007)

Independent Games
(Jan. 25th, 2008)