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So the town’s bet shops wasted no time before putting odds on their boards for this summer’s World Cup in Brazil, which is expected to be the most bet-upon soccer tournament in Vegas history. Betting interest in the sport – and therefore, handle – has been growing steadily with each quadrennial. “The handle should just go through the roof, bigger than any World Cup ever as far as betting goes,” Adam Pullen, senior trader at William Hill U....

The IIHF rewards those who performed at the highest level at their tournament with the IIHF Directorate Awards. There is one for Best Forward, Best Defenseman and Best Goalie. At the 2023 tournament, Canada’s Connor Bedard won Best Forward, in addition to being named tournament MVP, as he helped Canada to win gold. Czechia’s David Jiricek was voted Best Defenseman, earning a silver medal with the team as well. Slovakia’s Adam Gajan earned Best Goalie honors....

Players won’t have to deal with this sluggishness for long, though, because World of Warcraft’s game director, Ion Hazzikostas, said in a Q&A that the developers are going to be reworking these cooldowns. The global cooldown is a period of downtime that follows almost any ability cast in WoW. The GCD helps prevent players from being able to spam abilities at will, and historically offensive cooldowns, abilities that make players more powerful for a brief period of time, have been off the GCD....

Though World of Warcraft has been recreated in Valheim and other mediums, the growing complexity has made large-scale projects focusing on newer areas more tedious than ever. Thankfully, Minecraft’s 3D sandbox gameplay remains perfectly suited to the task and building these tributes piece-by-piece. Plenty of Warcraft zones are already immortalized in this fashion, but the latest addition to the list recreates one of the four Covenant sanctums. RELATED: Call of Duty Fan Recreates Weapon Using LEGO...

Simaia discovered a file called “unitsexconstatntsdocumentation.lua,” which has four different gender options: male, female, both, and none. Historically, UnitSex indexes have only been used for armor set database binary files–a function that allows a single armor set to have a different design on male and female characters. However, this UnitSex index is on the documentation side, meaning it can be used by WoW’s character creation options, the barber shop, and quest text and dialogue....

Though the Dragonriding feature in Dragonflight has most players obsessed, there are still plenty of excuses and opportunities to use traditional mounts. The ottuks tied to the new Tuskarr faction of Iskaara are an adorable addition to the game, and the previously elusive Otto belongs to this mount family. Of course, the one thing Otto has over his ottuk brothers is the rather simple yet undeniably cool fact that he wears sunglasses alongside the player....

While the situation in Battle for Azeroth was already shaky despite Blizzard’s attempts to stop the bleeding, the underlying issues that caused the faction imbalance in the first place snowballed in Shadowlands to such a degree that the developers were forced to introduce cross-faction play to World of Warcraft in the upcoming patch. RELATED: World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Removing Race Restrictions on Three Classes Alliance players were already struggling to complete high-end content compared to their Horde peers, and Twitch streamer Asmongold’s failed return for Zereth Mortis was a damning indictment that the once proud Alliance faction was now on life support....

According to Shacknews, the team in charge of maintaining the original Nostalrius server has handed their project over to another fan-run group, Project Elysium, who will be opening the proverbial doors on December 17 at 9 a.m. PST/12 p.m. EST. Project Elysium will change little about how the original team handled Nostalrius, allowing players to carry over their original characters to the new server. Also unchanged is the game’s state, set at the last patch before the first major expansion to the game, allowing veterans to enjoy the game in pristine condition....

In the middle of this fight, though, the opening notes of “Jeremy” by Pearl Jam came on. It was then that I took to the fight with more vigor and kicked some Alliance fanny. For those who don’t know, which is most of you out there, in my mind, there are three types of music: jazz, blues, and Pearl Jam. The remaining music I listent to is just extra. But, listening to the Mighty Ones, that is Pearl Jam in the vernacular, got me wondering about music and World of Warcraft....

The comprehensive study was released Wednesday by FlightGlobal, the online website of century-old aerospace magazine Flight International. Among the highlights seen in the research was that the U.S. possessed far more aircraft than its top competitors Russia and China. At some 13,266 fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, the U.S. was “the clear leader in air powers terms” and accounted for a quarter of the entire world’s fleet. The Pentagon’s “also retains a clear lead” in all six categories, which included combat aircraft, special mission aircraft, tankers, transport aircraft, along with combat helicopters as well as training aircraft and helicopters....

He did not come to the ballpark in search of tickets, because the prices on the secondary market would be far out of his reach as a freelance artist. It was with another purpose that Bradbury was across 126th Street from the ballpark, to show support for the Mets that should last long beyond the end of their championship clash with the Royals. MORE: How the Mets can climb out of a 2-0 hole | Best World Series Game 3’s...

Blizzard has been quick to respond to the attack by lowering the populations per server and introducing new stability fixes, but they also hope gamers can be patient. They acknowledge that the launch of Warlords of Draenor was supposed to be an exciting time, but unfortunately some real world circumstances got into the way. Warlords of Draenor is an exciting expansion for WoW, if only because it raises the level cap and adds new content into an already packed game....

This was an achievement beyond the wildest dreams of any player, fan, or person affiliated with the small Mediterranean country. Croatia had reached the World Cup final, defying all pre-tournament expectations and predictions. Now a date with destiny and an opportunity to make history awaits. It has been exactly 20 years since Croatia’s ‘golden generation’ suffered severe disappointment with a 2-1 semi-final defeat to France in the 1998 World Cup....

After a month of non-stop action that saw 63 games played, the 2018 FIFA World Cup final will see Croatia take on France. Billed as the dark horses before the tournament kicked off, Croatia have done well for themselves in reaching the final for the first time ever. Croatia’s previous best performance at a World Cup was in 1998 when they finished third thanks to Davor Suker’s Golden Boot-winning performances....

One of the region’s temporary residents of course saw off the Scandinavians this weekend, but England’s game against Colombia provided a truly memorable moment for the Omnisport contingent as we took in the penalty shoot-out drama alongside some vocal and gracious South Americans. There was time for an appallingly inaccurate prediction, dodgeball in Repino and American football on Krestovsky Island. Saturday concluded with the vocal and defiant locals seeing Russia’s unexpected run ended by Croatia....

The FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (called Adidas Golden Ball for commercial reasons) is given to the tournament’s best player and was officially introduced in the 1982 edition of the World Cup held in Spain, with Italy’s Paolo Rossi winning the inaugural award. The shortlist for the award is drawn up by FIFA’s technical committee with representatives of the media deciding the winner through a voting process. The current holder of the Golden Ball is Lionel Messi, after helping Argentina to a second place finish in Brazil four years ago....

Whether that was an actual quote said by the man himself, or a sassy line added by a writer for the movie based on him - aptly named ‘Miracle’, is not what we are here to discuss. What we are here to talk about is, in fact, the accuracy of the words. As the World Cup has boiled down to its final four, we have in our hands something we haven’t witnessed - Neither Germany, Argentina nor Brazil in the semis....

The eight teams learned their fate in the final qualfying phase in Tuesday’s draw, which also paired Northern Ireland against Switzerland, while Croatia take on Greece. Italy 20/1 to win World Cup Sweden are looking to book a place in Russia 2018 after missing out on the last two editions of the tournament and host four-time winners Italy for the first leg of their tie. The first team out of the pot, Northern Ireland, will have to navigate two legs against the Swiss to travel to a first World Cup finals since 1986....

Captain Virat Kohli’s role in these victories has been understated but is immensely significant. His captaincy has matured at the right time. He still wears his heart on his sleeve but has tempered his passion with cricketing maturity. Here are the three important ways that the Indian captain’s leadership has evolved for the better. 1. Batting with an eye on the bigger picture Kohli is the best batsman in the world, period....