Pimp your Authenticator

A while back I bought an authenticator to add an extra layer of security to my Warcraft account. But since it travels everywhere in my pocket attached to my keys, the art work on the front is starting to look a bit damaged. Then while listening to Turpster on the Wow Insider Show offer to sign the BlizzCon authenticator they were giving away and idea struck me. Why not make my own sticker to attach to the front, with unique artwork!


Twenty minutes later I had myself two templates and a handful of custom artworks for my authenticator. These along with some simple instructions I share with you.

1. Buy an Authenticator from the Blizzard Store if you don’t already own one.
2. Visit your local stationary store and buy some sticky labels. The word template works perfectly with the Avery L7163 labels but with a bit of tweaking or if you use the Illustrator template most sticky labels will work as long as it is larger than 52mm by 21mm.
3. Find an image to use on your authenticator. You might want to use a screen shot of your character, some Blizzard concept art or even draw some thing yourself. You may need to revisit this step several times until you find a picture that fits well.
4. Open either the Word or Illustrator template and place your chosen image behind the overlay. Once your happy with the placement print your design onto the sticky label.
5. Using a sharp craft knife carefully cut out the blank spaces and then around the edges.
6. Peel your sticker off its backing and attach to your authenticator.

Download the Word Template

Download the Illustrator Template

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Did you notice something different when you swung by today…?

Yes I have another new banner only this one is good! Really good! The banner was created by a wonderful friend of mine who is an amazingly talented artist and graphic designer. If you would like to see more of her work, visit her Red Bubble page which has an ever increasing collection of t-shirts, cards and artworks which are all available for sale.

Now I know that I have been a bit slack with writing regular articles over the last couple of months but I am making a firm commitment to correct this and write more regularly. I also intend to write more specific articles such as guides and tactics.

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Naxxramas Cleared!

After only four weeks to Wrath entering Naxxramas, Children of Stormwind raiders have completed the instance with the death of Kel’Thuzad last Sunday. With the Vault of Archavon and Obsidian Sanctum already under our belts that leaves Malygos as our only undefeated raid boss. Should we be able to consistently recreate this effort with the addition of downing Malagyos regularly we should be in a strong position to begin the next tier of raiding as soon as the patch is released.


On a related note The Children of Stormwind stand at 66th in the WowJutsu rankings. I strongly believe we can improve on this, perhaps making it into the top 50 soon!

Additionally Ironarm now has four pieces of the tier seven “Dreadnaught Plate”. Considering that even after a year of Burning Crusades Ironarm only ever managed to get two pieces of tier four this expansion is going considerably better.

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