WoW and Pop Culture

I was shocked - absolutely shocked - when a guildie who had recently acquired a passion for the television show Lost (my personal favorite) and been around Sholazar Basin told me that he had never noticed the Hatch in Bittertide Lake with the Lost numbers listed on it. When I first laid eyes on it I knew immediately what it was and laughed out loud at the ingeniousness of the in-game joke; a tropical island with a hatch, etc.

This got me thinking about what other 'Easter Eggs' and in-game jokes that I may have never noticed might be out there - and boy, are there plenty. Here's a pretty good listing of them: http://www.wowwiki.com/In-jokes_and_references/games,_TV_and_movies.

Some of these you've probably come across and recognized them for what they were, but some might have gone right over your head, like they did mine.

Cataclysm

Well, the rumors are running rampant about the expected announcement of the next WoW expansion at BlizzCon this weekend (World of Warcraft: Cataclysm).

Perhaps the most comprehensive set of rumors is on MMO-Champion (http://www.mmo-champion.com/index.php?topic=92919.0) , but if even half of what I've read is true, then Azeroth is going to look very different once the expansion loads. Better grab those screen caps while you can!

Wait, which way...?

I hope Luela doesn't mind me having just a little fun at her expense, but she, myself, Ertris, Atiajulii, and Chet were running heroic Nexus today when she got killed. The fight ended and she was running in, and the poor girl got turned around - many times. She must have realized she went the wrong way when she ran into that 81 leet Dragonkin (lolz). Anyway, Luela's famous (infamous?) sense of direction strikes again!

Let the Battle Be Joined!

So I was just messing around on my Undead Rogue this weekend, when I happened to fly over Chumz, the guild leader of Red Dawn (Human Mage), the arch-enemy of my Horde guild, in the Storm Peaks. Before I could get to the ground and stealth to act on our guild's standing kill-on-sight order (for any members of Red Dawn), he had hearthed his butt on out of there.

But since we knew he was on, our GM logged-onto his Alliance spy toon to find out where he'd gone. Turns out he must have hearthed to Dalaran, then gone to Borean to help out some guildies, because there were three of them in that region. Like good members of the Horde, about 7 of us formed-up and flew on out there to do a grid search.

I managed to stumble upon him again, apparently helping out with the Harold Lane quest (why an 80 mage and an 80 hunter needed to help a 78 shaman on this quest I'm not sure), and then it was ON. We flew in and wiped he and his buds without mercy, and picked em off on rez as they tried to skulk away. However, the call had gone out and more Red Dawner's flew in, and we proceeded to rumble for the next 90 minutes just east of Amber Ledge. About the best PvP fun I've had playing WoW - just a giant furball of all races and classes beating on each other :)

Meet the Guildie, 1st Edition

Okay, okay, I am going first so no one can be afraid of being the first...

Name: Nosnum
From: GA (Atlanta)
Age: 40
Toons: Nosnum, Philipjfry


Where did "Nosnum" come from: Its my last name, reversed :)

What's your main and why did you choose it? Nosnum is my main. I chose to play a mage because I’m lazy and ranged DPS is the way to go for lazy peeps. He’s a gnome because they have the most subtle dance moves in the game, aaawwwww yeahhhh!

How did I come to choose Hydraxis as a realm? Got tired of my big brother Ert begging for me to come bail him out of all the tight spots he found himself in.

When I'm not playing WoW I'm... working, kicking my dog, or beating my kids. I also enjoy a good book, Braves baseball, and fine Bavarian wheat beers

Words of wisdom: don’t eat yellow snow, never eat at an Italian restaurant in Bangalore, India, and never never ever visit a website spelled out in bodies in Stormwind

Trial of the Crusader

So I ran the new 3.2 Trial of the Crusader instance (on reg) last night and discovered that 3 of the bosses for the achievement can only be done on heroic (I guess I know what I'll be doing tonight).

Its nice to see all of the skill acquired in jousting with Champions is finally being put to good use, though this is only done in the first part of the instance, and the rest of the fight is on foot, as per a regular instance.

All in all, its a quick dungeon, and there's some decent loot even on regular mode. If you don't have any tier gloves or starter epic weapons, bop in here and you can pick some up fairly easily.