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I don’t play World of Warcraft anymore. The doctor ordered me not to. Suffice to say that I actually started reading about TweetCraft 10 hours ago, and then ended up watching the entire BlizzCon ‘08 PVP tournament replay.

However, if I did play today, I’d definitely appreciate the ability to tweet in-game. Waiting for 25 people to come together for a raid, or standing in front of the battlegrounds gives you a lot of time to kill, and what better way to do it than to tweet your heart away?

Now you can. TweetCraft, a Twitter plugin for World of Warcraft been in the works for a while, and although it’s still not the easiest thing to install (read the full instructions and some background here), it’s fully functional.

Basic features, beside in-game tweeting, are the ability to queue tweets for later, upload in-game screenshots through TwitPic, autotweet certain events such as entering an instance (for the love of God, please don’t use this option), and the ability to connect with other AddOns which can also register events and set them to autotweet.

If you’re worried about breaking Blizzard’s terms of service, it’s a bit of a gray area, but you’re probably safe. From the FAQ:

“Is this a violation of World of Warcraft’s Terms of Use or the new AddOn policies?
As far as we know, no. We do not do any internal memory reading or other hacks to the Warcraft client. You could argue that it’s possible to follow a Twitter user that would add advertising in-game which would violate the addon policy for in-game advertising, but the onus is on the user of TweetCraft to ensure the people they friend don’t write messages (Tweets) that violate Warcraft’s AddOn policy. In short, it’s up to each person to ensure they’re following Warcraft’s terms of use. “

However, since it is, in part, a third-party app, it’s always wise to wait for official word from Blizzard before you install it.

There are some bad news, too: it doesn’t work on Macs, as it requires an external, Windows-based application to run while you play.

Download TweetCraft here, check out an introductory video below, and remember; if you need a shaman, PVP-specced, has a job but will probably get fired after reactivating his account, I’m back at Burning Legion (EU) (;.

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Tags: twitter, world of warcraft

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A much-needed win at Yankee Stadium gives the M's a .500 record on their road trip from hell, which now proceeds to Boston. After Jason Vargas left because he was suffering from flu, the bullpen (Batista, Lowe, Aardsma) threw five scoreless innings. Ichiro continued his mastery of C.C. Sabathia with two hits, including a 2-RBI double. M's 40-38, 3.5 GB. Box score. Next game Fri @ BOS, 4:05 p.m.; King Felix vs. Wakefield.

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• Starting Monday, Susan Enfield will take on her role as Seattle Public Schools' new chief academic officer. Now if only we knew her stance on high school math.
• This Saturday, you won't find a cheeseburger on the grill at Hillside Quickie's. But you will find tofu at their 4th Annual Vegan BBQ Buffet. We will add this to the "Only in Seattle" column.
• Nothing gets the HazMat trucks up and running like a good ol' chemical spill. This morning, the Seattle Fire Departments responded to--and cleaned up--10 gallons of muriatic acid spilled inside one the rooms at PacSci.
• What do you get the first Thursday and Friday of each month? ART WALKS! Lots of non-traditional art, photography, and paintings--and don't miss the crazy-ass wearable (?) jewelry found in Pioneer Square tonight.

Seattle weather guru Cliff Mass has some unsettling news: May 20 to June 30 was the driest such period in the 116-year history of Seattle weather-record-keeping.

Seattle got a mere .18 inches of rain--not enough to chase a whiskey--deblitermashing the previous record by a full .1 inch! Suck it, 1934.

Someday, perhaps, we brave residents who endured these 40 days in the desert will be memorialized with a plaque on the docks of Puget Trench, or a mural at the bike path around Green Ditch.

Now, in order to stop a citywide exchange of fleece and stocking caps for safari suits and pith helmets, we must point out that June itself was only seventh-driest on record.

Our .18 inches of June rain was a veritable deluge compared to the .03 that fell in June of 1922. (Our grandfather said about that month: "It was so dry, the cows gave evaporated milk. Dry, I tell ya!" Wait, sorry, that was Rodney Dangerfield.)

So this could be just a BBQ-friendly blip on the overall climate radar. Nevertheless, it's one that has Smokey the Bear on alert. "We are going into the normal summer dry season with very low soil and surface 'fuel' moisture values and the potential for big wildfires is greatly enhanced," writes Mass. Eep.

This is indeed, as one prophetic Seattleite has put it, "what happens when you cut down all the trees."

Today federal law enforcement agents announced that after a 14-month investigation they have dismantled a large Seattle drug trafficking ring, one that's been dispensing methamphetamine and cocaine into the state from Jalisco, Mexico.

And here we were worried about Mexican-borne swine flu.

Under the code name Operation Arctic Chill, federal agents grabbed their 35 warrants and went to town on drug raids. In total 31 people were arrested, and 19 pounds of methamphetamine, a quarter-pound of cocaine, 22 vehicles, 23 guns, and $600,000 cash were seized.

Sounders striker Nate Jaqua, the reigning MLS player of the week, stands accused of rape, according to the Courthouse News Service.

A former University of Oregon soccer player claims Jaqua picked her up at Rennie's Landing (a very meat market-y bar near the U of O campus) and brutally assaulted her while walking her home. Unsettling (alleged) details in the link above include an act usually associated with R. Kelly.

This makes two rape accusations in the Sounders' brief history. Jaqua's partner in the Sounders front line, Fredy Montero, was also accused earlier this season. Prosecutors declined to pursue the allegations, however.

The accusation against Jaqua is a civil case, not a criminal one; the woman is seeking monetary damages due to the suffering she claims to have endured as a result of the alleged attack. Left unclear is whether the woman reported the attack to police when it occurred--having never heard of the case before, we're fairly confident that no criminal charges have ever been filed against Jaqua as a result of the incident. (Not that that's exculpatory or anything, just sayin'.)

Randall Vogt, the attorney for the young woman accusing Jaqua, previously received national notice for arguing that a father who beat his two-year-old son to death should be acquitted due to "post-traumatic slave syndrome."

We're thinking it's probably a good thing that this didn't come out before yesterday's game at Portland, we fear to consider what the chanters of the Timbers Army would've made of it.

Expect some sort of general denial and/or "let the legal process work" type of statement from the Sounders and Jaqua shortly.

Via Slog.

It's getting so we don't even know Ballard any more. We were just making Ballard fishermen jokes to a friend who moved there, and he invited us to join the 21st century already in progress. Besides the new condos, bars, and restaurants, they have a "bodega" now (called Snacks!). Our friend IM'd us: "there were 3 fixies chained up out front when i went in to buy my mexican coca-cola." And that's when our computer exploded from recursive meta-hipsterism.