Adventures in Beta: Mr. Pinchy saves fishing
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Jan 4th 2007 at 2:50PM
Fishing is widely considered the most boring secondary profession. You sit there, you wait for the bob, you click. You sit there, you wait for the bob, you click. The most you usually get are lucrative stonescale eels and the occasional bolt of runecloth. But sometimes, fishing can throw up something so awesome you have to bow down to its glory.
Enter Mr. Pinchy.
Roopert of the "OMG Zone Out" guild fished up a Mr. Pinchy in a deserted area of Outlands in November. Mr. Pinchy, named after Homer's pet lobster from the Simpsons, grants the bearer three wishes on a two-day cooldown. The wishes can turn out good ... or very, very bad. On the good side, you can receive a crawdad non-combat pet, a "Benevolent Mr. Pinchy" temporary combat pet, a box of potions, or a free two-hour death-proof 1200 health buff! If Mr. Pinchy is not in a good mood, however, you might have to fight a level 60 or 70 version of him.
I'm glad that Blizzard is throwing some neat, funny stuff into professions like fishing -- and I may have to get a Mr. Pinchy of my own someday when I really need that 1200 health.
(Note: I know the picture is of Dr. Zoidberg. I couldn't find a Mr. Pinchy screencap, and more Dr. Zoidberg is always a good thing.)
Filed under: Fishing, The Burning Crusade
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
c0rreia Jan 4th 2007 5:05PM
LOL! That's awesome! I got two "The 1 Ring" from fishing at Orgrimmar and Thunder Bluff :)
Ado Jan 4th 2007 3:30PM
I believe you are looking for
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/8137/cute.jpg
I agree... fishing is boring. I now just started leveling it on my 60 mage who does herb/alch. I've just bought the stonescale's up until now, but now that I'm caught in the pre-bc doldrums, and PVP is losing it's flair (haven't seen a horde pug in a week), I finally took up fishing. Hopefully I'll land a Mr. Pinchy someday. :)
crsh Jan 4th 2007 3:27PM
Small pick of Mr. Pinchy here: http://www.thottbot.com/beta?sp=33059
Oldbear Jan 4th 2007 3:40PM
Our guild (Terenas-H) is the "Planet Express", I was Zoidberg up until a new promotion to Hermes a few nights back...
Jamus Jan 4th 2007 10:19PM
I have a scorpion pet named Pinchy!
Raynia Jan 4th 2007 7:46PM
Oldbear, pleeeease tell me Zoidberg is the lowest rank available. It just wouldn't be Futurama if Zoidy is above anyone.
oldbear Jan 4th 2007 9:26PM
No, Zoidberg is not the lowest... Fry is, then Zoidberg, then Bender, then Hermes, Leela, and one Professor (I think - I can't log on at work to find out).
Jellodyne Jan 22nd 2007 11:52AM
As a low level (20) newb I'm here to tell you that fishing can be exciting and profitable. I go 'sport fishing' down off the coast of Stranglethorn between the westfall lighthouse and Booty Bay. What makes it a sport is all the '??' level hostiles who see YOU as bait -- I can only swim through here, if I were walking I'd be toast in a hurry. What makes it profitable is all of the mithril bound trunks you can fish up from floating wreckage pools and to a lesser extent from the fish schools. I'm pulling the occasional level 30-40 green and (once) blue items out of these things, not to mention all the leather and mageweave cloth and whatnot. Oh, sure this stuff is cast off debris for all you level 64 types, but it's good for a few gold at the AH.