MMO-Champion 2017 Recap and Giveaway

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MMO-Champion 2017 Recap
It's been an exciting year for MMO-Champion, and we've been busy launching new site features, expanding our coverage of the Blizzard universe, and welcoming new members to our growing community. Let's take a look back at what we've accomplished in 2017 as we start off the new year on a high note.

Security Updates
MMO-Champion recently enabled SSL support for all users! This was previously only enabled only on pages that collected payment information, but now works across the entire site.

If you want even more security on your account, you can enable two-factor authentication on your account and use Google Authenticator (Android / iOS) or Authy to secure your account. Be sure to hold on to your recovery codes, as that is the only way to remove two-factor authentication from your account.


MMO-Champion 10 Year Anniversary
Earlier this year, we reached a monumental milestone: MMO-Champion's 10 year anniversary. In addition to a variety of giveaways, community members were able to share their favorite MMOC memories, reminisce on the last 10 years of World of Warcraft news, and even test their MMO-Champion knowledge. Whether you've been a part of the site for years or you're brand new, thank you for spending some of your 2017 with us.

MMO-Champion Premium
MMO-Champion Premium launched in November of this year, and it was primarily developed as a way for the community to support the site and browse MMO-Champion ad-free. Premium also includes a custom forum title and a new forum badge, all for just $0.99/month or $8.99/year. We'd like to thank everyone who has taken advantage of the program thus far, and we're excited to continue adding cool new perks to the Premium program in the future.

BlizzCon 2017
At BlizzCon, the MMO-Champion team was able to say hello to community members, conduct exclusive developer interviews, and hand out a lot of MMO-Champion stickers. Thanks to everyone who took the time to say hello! Your support throughout the years has meant a lot, and we're excited to continue expanding the site in 2018.

Popular Posts
Below are some of the more popular posts on the site this year.

• [Jan 3] Diablo 20th Anniversary Event - A celebration of Diablo's 20th Anniversary included Treasure Goblins, the Cow Level, Twelve-String Guitar and more!
• [Jan 10] Patch 7.1.5 - Patch 7.1.5 went live after everyone was back at work in January.
• [Jan 16] The Nighthold - The Nighthold opened in January, giving players access to Tier 19 Armor sets.
• [Jan 19] Patch 7.2 PTR - Patch 7.2 hit the PTR soon after Patch 7.1.5 went live.
• [Jan 20] Class Mounts - Patch 7.2 added Class Mounts, locked behind Breaching the Tomb and your Order Hall campaign. Most classes had spec specific mounts variants.
• [Jan 21] Tier 20 Armor Sets - Patch 7.2 also added the new Tier 20 armor sets, with many inspired by the Tier 6 armor sets.
• [Feb 6] WoW Token to Battle.Net Balance - Blizzard allowed players to convert their WoW Token into Battle.Net Balance.
• [Mar 7] Mists of Pandaria Timewalking - Mists of Pandaria Timewalking finally launched, allowing players to purchase Yu'lei, Daughter of Jade.
• [Apr 3] Mage Tower Complete - The Mage Tower was completed, allowing players to attempt the solo Artifact challenge that rewarded new Artifact appearances.
• [Apr 11] Riddler's Mind-Worm - The WoW Secrets Discord found the Riddler's Mind-Worm mount.
• [Apr 19] Anduin Broken Shore Cinematic - Anduin and Varian appear in this cinematic.
• [Jun 11] Deaths of Chromie Scenario - Chromie needed your help to save herself from assassination! This was a solo scenario with replayability and transmog rewards.
• [Jun 18] Tomb of Sargeras - Tomb of Sargeras opened in June, allowing players to obtain Tier 20 Armor sets.
• [Jun 29] Tier 21 Armor Sets - Patch 7.3 added the new Tier 21 armor sets.
• [Jul 10] Black Temple Timewalking - Patch 7.2.5 added the first Timewalking raid: Black Temple!
• [Aug 17] Trial of Style - Trial of Style allowed players to compete by creating transmog sets for a theme, rewarding tokens that allow players to purchase different ensembles.
• [Aug 29] Patch 7.3 - Patch 7.3 added a new raid, dungeon, invasion points, Artifact updates, spell effect updates, and more!
• [Sept 2] Lucid Nightmare - The WoW Secrets Discord discovered the Lucid Nightmare mount.
• [Sept 20] Patch 7.3.2 PTR - The first Patch 7.3.2 build brought us a map that revealed The Wound in Silithus.
• [Oct 5] Battle.Net Social Features - Appear Offline was finally added to the Battle.Net Desktop App.
• [Oct 23] New Character Races - Patch 7.3 added new Character Races from Battle for Azeroth to the game files.
• [Nov 15] WoW's 13th Anniversary Event - Old world bosses returned, with item level 900 loot that could Titanforge.

MMO-Champion Giveaway
We wanted to thank all of you for your support with a giveaway! This time we have 15 x Mystic Runesaber mounts + 3 Month MMO-Champion Premium bundles.

Rules

• To enter the giveaway, reply to this post with your favorite MMO-Champion news post of 2017 and region.
• This contest ends Friday, January 5th 2018 at 11:59 PM CST.
• Winners will be selected on January 8th.
• Winners will be contacted by PM on the site. There is no email alert by default, you will need to log in and check your PMs.
• A note will be added to the front page of the site when winners have been contacted.

[Chubark]

My favorite posts always have to be the Blizzcon/Expansion annoucements, what with the absolute flood of information and the timely reporting of it all. US

[yuvalal]

Good luck all. EU

[Deragon0416]

I Love the Expansion announcements and the Data-mined stuff US

[Flamestripe]

in 2017, one of my favorites was the Anduin cinematic from the broken shore, these character development scenes are always the best and add more depth to the game, and when im not maining ally this xpac its nice to still be able to see it

US

[Kuthe]

My favourite announcement was the BlizzCon recap or the discovery of the Lucid Nightmare mount puzzle.

US Realms.

[Deleted]

Generally the posts about every major / minor patch with the detaled recap of all changes, I found them really useful
EU

[Soulwind]

The Blizzcon coverage posts, but since I've got to pick one, I'll just say the recap.

EU.

[vagoo]

For me it would be the expansion announcement.
EU

[Munjica]

My favorite posts are about upcoming content, your data mining is the best. EU

[Sora3]

For me its the Riddler's Mind-Worm thread.

EU

[Gylrah]

I love the data-mining for all the new patch or expansions.
EU

[GrimMeteor]

I've been excited for the new allied races for sure, plus all that tasty transmog to come from BfA!

My region is the US, godspeed everyone

[bmjclark]

The blizzcon recap post is my favorite.

US realms

[feacs]

expansion announcement.
EU

[Sigfodr]

My favourite post was the expansion announcement.
US realms

[Grimalkin of Old]

Classic realms announcement post. Thought it's a clever trolling at first
(EU)

[Anathaema]

I love anything that has to do with datamining, so my favorite posts are the datamines ones.

EU region

[Deleted]

my favorite post is: New Character Races - i hope in mix gameplay with new expansion!

EU realm

[Alergig]

Riddler's Mind Worm or Lucid Nightmare posts were very entertaining and best to follow - for me it showed how is Wow community strong and able to work together

EU realm