Category: World of Warcraft
A collection of Oddities, Rants, and other funny things about the World of Warcraft
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Location: Fenris Isle, Silverpine Forest Faction: Horde Hey kids! Remember the four Wizards that started Hogwarts in your favorite series of books? Yea! There was Godric Griffindor, and Helga Hufflepuff and a servant of the Lich King… Wait. What? Yes, apparently long before there was Hogwarts, Harry, Ron or Hermoine there was Thule Ravenclaw, a…
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Location: Ratchet, The Barrens Faction: Neutral Now this isn’t the first time I’ve spoken about the wonderful Goblins. I’ve spoken about their efficient use of amazing machines with the Venture Company in comparison to say Orcs. But despite what the Goblins have in technical abilities, I often have to wonder about their choices in aesthetics. …
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Location: Telaar, Nagrand Faction: Alliance Most races in the World of Warcraft have naming conventions. These are normally common traits that you would find in first or last names. They create a sense of grouping that you can easily understand. Such as Blood Elves having names with apostrophes in them (Kael’Thas, Lor’themar, etc) or Gnomish…
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Back before Wrath of the Lich King had even hit store shelves, Blizzard made a lot of talk about how it wanted to correct certain mistakes from The Burning Crusade. Blizzard, the ever evolving, was learning! This was something I’ve always admired in their dedication to the magnum opus of a MMO. Granted, not everyone…
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LOCATION: Any town the Headless Horseman tries to burn. FACTION: Neutral Orphans. They’re everywhere it seems. In the spring we have to deal with Children’s Week, where we lug this hapless kids around all of Azeroth. Not just Azeroth, but Outland and Northrend now too. In the fall we have to save their orphanage from…
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LOCATION: Zul’Aman, Ghostlands FACTION: Horde Since the early Blood Elf quests, there has been an on-going battle for the lands of Quel’thalas between the members of the Amani trolls and the Blood Elves. This has been going on since the Second War. The Amani has a massive empire just to the east of Quel’Thalas (Currently…
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LOCATION: Silvermoon City, Eversong Woods FACTION: Horde Ages ago I criticized the cats of Silvermoon, contemplating their purpose in the chic empire of the Blood Elves. Well, my friends, I have an answer. They. Are. Supervisors. No joke. The cats are the once who keep the brooms in line. Just take a look at the…
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Location: Splintertree Post, Ashenvale Faction: Horde Far to the back of the horribly designed Splintertree Post (Come on, would it be that hard to consolidate the entire place in a sensible fashion? You got some of it in the walls, some of it outside of the walls, and even more of it on the other…
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Location: Booty Bay, Stranglethorn Vale Faction: Neutral Now, don’t get me wrong. I like Booty Bay. Yes, I know, I spent hours slaughtering their Bruisers and leaders to get a fancy looking hat, but in the end, I really do enjoy their city. It’s a one of a kind place. Look at almost every other…
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Location: Near the Westfall Brigade Encampment, Grizzly Hills Faction: Neutral Tired of slaughtering legions of undead monstrosities? Exhausted from battling the endless waves of Blue Flight? Well, how about a trip down memory lane with some children’s cartoons? That’s right. In the midst of the war zone of damnation and suffering that is Northrend, the…
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