Innovation, Blizzard Style

Innovation is hard.

The Turtle Smiles

I hope this clears up any confusion or frustration you may have about this situation, the only thing I have left is that I would like to take this time to remind you of our stance on Defrauding or Attempting to Defraud a GM, Kiranth

Is it just me, or does Auryk's avatar have a shark smile?

Prokofy Neva vs. Broken Toys

I wonder if there's a corollary to Godwin's Law that explains all of the Stalin references in this epic thread..

Is it so hard to understand that maybe, just maybe, sandbox and theme park-style games can co-exist? You may like one type more than the other, but that doesn't mean that everyone else is wrong and as bad as Stalin/Hitler/whatever.

But then again, this is the Internet. And when duty calls, we must do our part.

Nerf fire, buff shoes!

Fire is totally overpowered, it burns my shoes!

Ni Hao

There's a new WoW music video maker in town, and the first track is out. No wonder that Nyhm likes it enough to make a guest appearance.

Anyone who stops people grinding through constant killing is corpse camping!

This comment and other gems are available at the latest trainwreck in action, courtesy of the Defias Brotherhood forums.

This story is as old as the PvP servers themselves, but it deserves retelling. A boy meets a girl. The boy and the girl go and blackmail people. They gank someone. The gankee refuses to pay up, fight back or leave. They gank him again. The gankee posts on the forums. The feeding frenzy begins

Learn From the Masters

Bask your eyes in the ultimate in raid specs.

Raiding is from Satan..

.. and other insights are now available, courtesy of WoW Insider. A prime example of hilarious WoW Drama.

You gotta know who's the boss..

A gnome explains the fundamentals of a relationship to all those silly females.

Damn you Faxmonkey!

Some time ago the mages' Spellsteal was nerfed. Buffs that we stole used to take into account our spell damage. While it was fun stealing aggro from bear tanks with 1.7k ticks with the Astromages' Fire Shield, Faxmonkey found an another mob with Fire Shield in a much more interesting location. Alterac Valley. Soon afterwards, the nerf arrived.

Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny

GMs sang out in immaculate chorus.
Down from the heavens descended Overlord Saurfang,
who delivered a kick which could shatter bones
into the crotch of Bolvar Fordragon,
who fell over on the ground, writhing in pain,
as Magni changed back into Stoneform,
but Saurfang saw through his clever disguise,
and he crused Magni's head in between his thighs..

Creepy Gnome

Gnomes are evil! Evil I tell you!

The Face of True Evil

Forget Illidan, this is the face of true evil.

My RP is better than your RP

For those who want to satisfy their morbid sense of humor, there's two hilarious threads in the Defias Brotherhood forums.

First, there's a thread about a serverwide plotline involving the opening of the Dark Portal. The thread quickly got hijacked when one guild claimed that they have already been to Outland, courtesy of the 25 beta keys Blizzard sent them. Then other people said that it was impossible, because nobody can enter Outland on our server yet. The thread got derailed, and the rest is history..

..at least until the flames were fanned again. This trainwreck is still ongoing, so set up camp and get your marshmellows ready. Maybe you'll get to see some survivors crawl away from the flames while you're enjoying your snacks.

RP, lol

What follows is a clearheaded, comprehensive discussion about the state of roleplay in World of Warcraft.


..just kidding. If you are still unconvinced, the nice folks at Something Awful have found some more samples.

Maltrake

Maltrake,
originally uploaded by Shalkis.

Ah, Blood Elf diplomats. Such grace and elegance. I'm going to have so much fun with these guys.

Joking about suicide

For some reason, this guy had trouble convincing the police that he was just kidding after he threatened to kill himself after getting banned by Blizzard. Could it be that if he had killed himself, Blizzard would have been sued because of neglicence? Naah.. I'm sure it's just Blizzard bullying poor innocent players.

Symbolically cast... in a bad light

The Pig's significant other gives him an important lesson on WoW masculinity, while the Pig himself is trying to get accustomed to his new identity as John Elfovich.

Roleplaying is serious business

This one is blatantly stolen from Warcraft Weekly, but still.. Roleplaying is serious business.

Elves!

Someone doesn't like elves.