A Christmas Party

While hiding from the Warcraft guild, on one of my dozen “hiding from the guild” alts, I passed through Stormwind and overheard this noob begging for a mage portal to Darnassassass:

Christmas

Now c’mon! If you’re going to name your character Christmas, you’ve got to expect joke responses to EVERYTHING. Christmas shouts, “LFM for a party.” Punchlines: Will there be presents? Did you invite Santa? Can I grope the receptionist?

How about the priest rezz macros? “Resurrecting Christmas” Sounds like a Hallmark Holiday Special starring Wilford Brimley, which is probably just the sort of television programming that would appeal to a humorless Warcraft character named Christmas.

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Warcraft Real Life Character Quiz

STOLEN, without regret or guilt, from plaguelands and Krones, Quiz Galaxy – What is your real-life World of Warcraft Race and Class? So I tried to answer this thing to get a priest or druid result. Y’know, totally contrary to what my real answers would be … la la la, I like to help people, I’m all about people, saving people sounds great to me, etc. … and I still pull Rogue as the result. There’s no fighting destiny.

Be a Pusher

I sure hope Blizzard isn’t trying to imply that this is somehow a gift to me, longtime subscriber:

Dear World of Warcraft Subscriber,
It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since World of Warcraft first opened to adventurers. As a thank you for your loyalty, we’d like to present you with 3 special coupons that you can use to purchase gift copies of World of Warcraft for only $19.99 after rebate. Just click on the link below to print your rebate coupons, purchase a World of Warcraft retail box at your favorite retailer, and mail back the completed rebate forms, along with your original receipt. It’s that simple.

That’s not a thank you. Free is a gift. Free is a thank you.

$19.99 is a pitch.