Helpful and fun websites for WoW

Here are some websites that are useful or just alot of fun. Be sure to check out the original World of Warcraft homepage too for news, official forums, and the ever helpful armory.

Warcraft Databases:

- Wowhead: An official Warcraft affiliate. Full of info on anything in game, including gear, items, creatures, loot, and crafting
- WoW Wiki: All the lore and storyline information you will ever need.
- Thottbot: A classic site that has been around long before Quest Helper, known mainly for its collection of quest walkthroughs.
- Allakhazam: Another classic site similar to what you might find at Wowhead.
- Realm Stats: A site that maintains current realm populations, with alliance to horde ratios.
- Wow-Heroes: Similar to the Warcraft Armory, this allows you to see the profile of your character, including gear, achievements, and a hero score.

News:

- MMO-Champion: Excellent site to keep up with Blizzard posts and news (i.e. Patch notes).
- Wow Insider: A popular blog with news and articles on the current state of WoW. It contains sections for each class, written regularly by their staff writers.

Addons:

- Curse Gaming: Great collection of add-ons to help out in-game.
- WoW Interface: Similar to Curse, some prefer this over the other.
- CT Mod: One of the first interface mods ever created, a personal favorite of mine.

PVP:
- Arena Junkies: The interwebz best resource on PVP. Check for the best builds and compositions here, to augment your Alliance killing potential.
- BG Counter: A site that maintains current win/loss ratios for horde and alliance battlegrounds and arenas.

PVE:
- TankSpot: A site dedicated to tanking, and a very good resource for fights and mechanics.
- Elitist Jerks: The premiere site on warcraft theorycrafting. If you want to know how to maximize your character's potential, this is where all the math behind the recommendations begins.
- State of DPS: Utilizes world of logs to determine which DPS classes currently are putting out the most damage at the current time. Breaks raid encounters DPS down as well.
- WowPowerScore: Ranks players and guilds worldwide based on their PVE achievements and raid progressions.

Humor:

- The Daily Blink: A very funny and innovative webcomic site. Author makes amazing use of photoshop to poke fun at current issues.
- Teh Gladiators: Popular comic strip of WoW.
- Dark Legacy Comics: Another popular comic strip.

Pets:

- Petopia: Site dedicated to all the possible hunter pets in game, complete with abilities, skins, and locations.
- WarcraftPets: A fun site with everything you need to know about every vanity pet and companion in the game.

Crafting:

- Wow-Professions: A very nifty website with guides on leveling any profession, from simple gathering to complex end-game recipes.


*Please feel free to let me know of any other of your favorite websites, and I'll be sure to add them to the list.