TalonBot
09-01-2009, 04:21 PM
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.wow.com/media/2009/08/characterachieved.jpgWhile we were all wildin' out at BlizzCon (http://wow.com/blzzcon-2009) last week, reader Peter G. sent us a little note about a Facebook app he's been working on called Achieved (http://apps.facebook.com/wowachieved/) that will take your achievements and insert them into your various Facebook (http://facebook.com) feeds however you like. If you want to go the whole nine yards and have your wall plastered with a story whenever you ding an achievement, you can do that, or if you just want to leave it as a small box on your profile page, you can do that as well. The app allows you to leave your actual character name out of the post (if for some reason you're not comfortable with sharing it with all your friends), and there's even a paid option: if you can throw in at least $.99 Canadian, the app will update straight from the Armory (http://www.wowarmory.com/) without any help from you to refresh (normally, I guess, you've got to log in to Facebook to get updates).
I like the app's minimalism more than anything else -- it doesn't show character information or any flashy graphics, just updates people on what you're doing with achievements. The app has a really active changelog (http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=111378859407), too (Peter is working hard on updating it pretty often, it seems), so if you have a request, you can always throw it in the pot and you might even get it granted. It's not quite as comprehensive as some of the other WoW Facebook apps (http://www.wow.com/2007/06/05/show-your-characters-on-facebook/) out there (http://www.wow.com/2009/02/10/15-minutes-of-fame-hearthstone-for-facebook/), but if you want a quick way of showing Facebook friends what you're up to in game without excessively spamming them on every little ding or gear upgrade, give it a look for sure.
Filed under: How-tos (http://www.wow.com/category/how-tos/), Fan stuff (http://www.wow.com/category/fan-stuff/), Virtual selves (http://www.wow.com/category/virtual-selves/), Odds and ends (http://www.wow.com/category/odds-and-ends/)
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I like the app's minimalism more than anything else -- it doesn't show character information or any flashy graphics, just updates people on what you're doing with achievements. The app has a really active changelog (http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=111378859407), too (Peter is working hard on updating it pretty often, it seems), so if you have a request, you can always throw it in the pot and you might even get it granted. It's not quite as comprehensive as some of the other WoW Facebook apps (http://www.wow.com/2007/06/05/show-your-characters-on-facebook/) out there (http://www.wow.com/2009/02/10/15-minutes-of-fame-hearthstone-for-facebook/), but if you want a quick way of showing Facebook friends what you're up to in game without excessively spamming them on every little ding or gear upgrade, give it a look for sure.
Filed under: How-tos (http://www.wow.com/category/how-tos/), Fan stuff (http://www.wow.com/category/fan-stuff/), Virtual selves (http://www.wow.com/category/virtual-selves/), Odds and ends (http://www.wow.com/category/odds-and-ends/)
Achieved shares your achievements on Facebook (http://www.wow.com/2009/09/01/achieved-shares-your-achievements-on-facebook/) originally appeared on WoW.com (http://www.wow.com) on Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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