Hey everyone, with the new season starting I am sure a lot of you are looking to get into some groups for honor farming and/or rated BGs. I just want to throw out a quick reminder for those that don't already know; there is a US cross-realm battleground LFG chat channel set up over on the quakenet IRC network that is open to everyone. Here is the info:

To access the LFG chat via a web browser:
Horde - http://webchat.quakenet.org/?channels=battlemasters
Alliance - http://webchat.quakenet.org/?channels=battlemasters_a

To access the chat via an IRC client:
Horde - us.quakenet.org port 6667 #Battlemasters
Alliance - us.quakenet.org port 6667 #Battlemasters_a

The horde chat was very successful during Cata, often having 100+ people active during prime time, it will take a few days for it to get going again for the new season, so if you hop in and there aren't many people just be patient! The alliance hasn't been as popular and could certainly use some community support to get it running like the horde one. Both channels are actively moderated to prevent the kind of spamming you see in trade chat.

Public Voice Servers:
I have public 50 slot Ventrilo and Mumble servers set up that anyone is free to use for cross-realm battlegrounds. I set these up to give cross-realm groups easy access to voice chat without having to find and borrow someone's guild vent or spend 20 minutes adding skype contacts.

Public Vent Server: voice10.dallas.hypernia.com Port: 3874
Public Mumble Server: voice09.dallas.hypernia.com Port: 64768

You can even create private temporary channels for your group over on the mumble server, so there is no need to worry about some random person jumping into the channel and disrupting your group!

I hope everyone finds these community utilities useful, if so help spread the word about them! The more people there are using these the easier it will be for everyone to find and fill groups! I look forward to seeing you all in some BG's!