world events
Darn You, Broomsticks and Marionettes
Monday, November 2nd, 2009 - 17 Comments
I’m growing to believe that Blizzard loves to tease us players with awesome, world event-inspired items, then steal them away just as we’ve grown accustomed to them. Case number one: Synthebrew Goggles, the beer goggles of the WoW world, which when I equipped made everyone look ... More
Brewfest 2009: Festivities Extended for 2 Extra Days
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 - 9 Comments
I know, I know. I gave Brewfest a hard time when it first started up. On top of my frustrations with blurry screens and fatigued rams, Blizzard was working through some bugs that prevented players from properly using their mugs to bonk dwarves attempting to ... More
Shiver Me Timbers! Pirates’ Day Be Comin’ fer Ye Saturday
Friday, September 18th, 2009 - 10 Comments
Yarr mateys, landlubbers and scallywags! This Saturday be the grandest, greatest o’ world events in all o’ Azeroth. Why, I’m talkin’ about Pirates’ Day, o’ course. Ye may recall that last year the fearsome Dread Captain DeMeza an’ her crew shipped in t’ Booty Bay ... More
Out of the Comfort Zone and Into the Arena
Thursday, July 9th, 2009 - 20 Comments
I’m not much of a PvPer. Sure, I play on a PvP realm. I hate the Horde (or Alliance, depending on which character I’m playing). I dabbled in battlegrounds. But in MMOs in general, I have never really gotten into the Player vs Player aspects ... More
Fond Memories: The Gates (And Raids) of Ahn’Qiraj
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 - 31 Comments
One of the coolest things of vanilla WoW was the release of the first Old God’s lair, Ahn’Qiraj. Blizzard made a huge deal of the event, going so far as to completely re-design an original zone (it was basically unused at release). The developers added ... More
Patch 3.2 Achievements Reveal New Holiday, More
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 - 28 Comments
Patch 3.2 is finally available on the PTR, which means that players will be able to find out all sorts of fun information about what changes lay ahead for us. Most of the changes are covered in the patch notes, but MMO-Champion found a bunch ... More
Much Ado About Mounts
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 - 37 Comments
I’m not sure if it’s the recent holiday events, the new achievements system, or something that has been here all along, but it seems the whole world is going crazy about mounts. People want them, want to show them off, and are going to extremely ... More