Patch 1.12 is Live...

...and my server isn't. Well it is now, but it was kind of sketchy there for a while.

Cross-Realm Battlegrounds
- For the first time in the history of World of Warcraft, you will be
able to face off against players from other realms in the
Battlegrounds. PvP Battlegrounds link Alterac Valley, Warsong Gulch,
and Arathi Basin so that players from several realms will be
combined into one huge matchmaking pool. Replenish your mana,
sharpen your blades, and get ready for some brand-new challengers!

The cross server battlegrounds are finally here, and as predicted there are a ton of old and new PvPers queing up again. Hopefully this means the couple of times I get to PvP with my old crew we'll actually have some matches now rather than simply rolling all over everyone. I really truely do hope this cross-realm battlegrounds will re-invigorate the PvP scene as it has been dead on my server for quite some time.

The other thing of note related to PvP in this patch..

World PvP
- The stage is set for intense, objective-based land battles as Horde
and Alliance vie for control over important strategic positions and
resources around Azeroth. Head out for Silithus and Eastern
Plaguelands to engage the enemy on the field!

I have spoken to a number of people who are less than enthusiastic about this change, particularly because it looks to just be another free buff for the dominant faction on PvE servers. This could quite possibly turn out to be the case, but personally I'm hopeful this will mean when some friends and I go looking for some world PvP we won't have to kill guards for 30 minutes in order to find it.