Reader Cody informs us that before the release of the
Burning Crusade, a Mage who knew what they were doing could blink past the portal to the Deadmines and end up in this interesting alter-universe. With the floating trees and moving rocks, it was thought to be a possible test zone for the Emerald Dream. And, since it doesn't seem to be accessible any longer, we may never know.
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Tags: around-azeroth, emerald-dream, world-of-warcraft, wow
Filed under: Screenshots, Around Azeroth
Sep 13th 2007 at 10:00AM 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dekulink Sep 13th 2007 10:06AM
You can't get there anymore?! I can't believe I put off leveling a mage just to get there...
dsimon Sep 13th 2007 10:12AM
Does anyone else ever get the impression that this column is filler? More rogue articles plz k thx bai.
Kahja Sep 13th 2007 11:01AM
lol rogues
Nails Sep 13th 2007 11:03AM
it's not filler, its a series of 1 post per day, showing screenshots that people send it
here's one of them...
with a little commentary underneath
Hollywood Ron Sep 13th 2007 11:11AM
Yes, more articles about hitting 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3 repeatedly for the rogues.
Gary Combs Sep 13th 2007 11:44AM
Oh how I did enjoy going to this place a few times. It really was interesting to explore. I haven't bothered to check if it was still possible to get there or not, I thought I heard something about them fixing the bug in a previous patch way long ago. I showed some of my IRL friends which enjoyed it as well. If you missed out on this place, there are some cool videos of it somewhere i'm sure.
ASP Sep 13th 2007 12:18PM
@2 feel free to submit one, or is it easier just to make fun of others who contribute to this site.
Angelus Sep 13th 2007 1:10PM
lol @2 T_T more nubcake. Stop making rogues look like retards. k thx bai.
Justin Sep 13th 2007 1:23PM
I was repairing WoW one time and it scanned a bunch of files labeled Emerald Dream...so you never know.
Skarlette Sep 13th 2007 1:57PM
A, er...friend of mine...yeah, that's it, a friend...blinked through the gate and instance portal into Zul'Aman a couple days ago. Only part of the first temple is there, then it just abruptly cuts off into unfinished terrain.
You can ride around the southern part of the Ghostlands, along the north side of EPL, and north to the Duskwither Spire in Eversong. However, by that Spire and by the Windrunner village in Ghostlands are invisible walls that you can't blink through, so you have to port yourself out when you're done exploring. But hey, you're a mage, that's not exactly a problem. ;)
At one point if you explore around enough (watch out for the fatigue water but you can get around by staying right up against the cliff) you enter a zone called "The North Sea" with its own general and local defense channels. A sneak-peek at WotLK? I think so!
YPEELS40 Sep 13th 2007 1:59PM
going here on a live server is against terms of service. dont ask me why blizzard put it there in the first place..
you also can get there by doing a long wall jump in the room where Van Cleefs boat is.. Its a bit harder but still does the job.
Paul Sep 13th 2007 3:11PM
wait, so back when it worked, how did the mage get in exactly? did they just blink in to the deadmines? because i swear i've done that before
Elizabeth Harper Sep 13th 2007 4:07PM
Well, for as many negative comments this feature gets, people send me TONS of screenshots (the screenshots I'm posting now were originally sent to me mid-August, and I usually skip three or four shots in my mailbox for every one I post). This isn't meant to be in-depth content, but an interesting new screenshot to look at once a day, every day, with a couple of lines of description.
I think it serves its purpose and a lot of people enjoy it, but if you only want to read more content-heavy stuff, you don't have to read these, much less comment on them. :)
Elizabeth Harper Sep 13th 2007 4:10PM
P.s. yes, there are data files for the Emerald Dream in the game at present. They've been there for quite a while now, and I no longer speculate that they suggest an impending release.
Corrodias Sep 13th 2007 5:19PM
Ah! We should send screenshot files directly to that email address, then?
Dan Sep 13th 2007 7:39PM
@5: That's not fair! I use at least four different buttons... ¬.¬