Put on your party hats - today is WoW's 3rd bday

by Dan O'Halloran Nov 23rd 2007 at 8:49PM

Three years of subscribing, questing, farming, enchanting, disenchanting, guilding, deguilding, raiding, wiping, crashing, rp'ing, pvp'ing, min/maxing, faction grinding, level grinding, key grinding, mount grinding, token grinding, epic mount grinding, repairing, upgrading, socketing, reporting, ignoring, voice chatting, instancing, trolling, flaming, unsubscribing and resubscribing.

Not to mention Barrens chat, Chuck Norris, Toyota Tundras, Shatner, Nihilum, server queues, omgwtfbbqs, nerfs, un-nerfs, buffs, debuffs, level cap raises, talent shuffling, guild drama, cyberdrama, Brewfest drama, fishing tournaments, population imbalances, keyloggers, outdated AddOns, forum petitions, uberguild notoriety, Leeroy Jenkins, Jeopardy, Community Manager burnout, Blizzcon mania, ninja looters, drama queens, bank robbers, afkers, market manipulators, pre-mades, bugs, glitches, dot shockers, pewpewpewers, qqers, class hate, class buffs, off-spec ascendance and core spec bitterness.

And people wonder where we find so much to report on.

Happy Birthday, World of Warcraft from the WoW Insider team.

Tags: 3rd-anniversary, 3rd-birthday, world-of-warcraft

Filed under: Odds and ends, Blizzard, Humor

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Izzy Nov 23rd 2007 10:57PM

Hard to believe that I have been playing that long.

Medros Nov 23rd 2007 8:55PM

I wondered when you would get to this. I podcasted it this morning, and after the whole day of seeing nothing here, I decided to send you a tip. Glad to see others note this momentous date. Best wishes to Blizzard on this day, they have made a game still worth playing 3 years out.

-Medros
http://www.allthingsazeroth.com/

Rabbit Nov 23rd 2007 9:26PM

Happy Birthday, WoW!

Valdris Nov 23rd 2007 9:37PM

This site doesn't report, it reblogs. Pay-by-post is the worst way to pay a team of amateur journalists who just bite content from real bloggers (the guys who aren't being paid). Nobody wonders where you get your content.

But hey, happy birthday WoW!

barb dybwad Nov 28th 2007 5:19AM

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plz see feeturz list, kthxbai

Medros Nov 23rd 2007 9:44PM

In all honesty, this is the site I get a lot of my content for my shows from, as they are willing to wade through the forums when most would rather just wait for it. They also, generally, give credit where it is due.

Dan O'Halloran Nov 23rd 2007 9:47PM

Hey Val, if you think we don't write any original content of our own, I invite you check out any article listed in the FEATURES sidebar. It's some of our most popular stuff.

As for "reblogging" we are also a news aggregation site and make no claim of ownership to the material we take the time to find and report to you.

And yes, we are paid by the post. We believe that paying our writers allows us to set certain editorial standards and maintain them.

But hey, Happy Birthday WoW! (oops, did I just reblog myself there?)

dekulink Nov 23rd 2007 10:11PM

Happy birthday WoW!

And Val, I had a bunch of things to say to you but Dan pretty much got it.

I guess I'll just sum it up in these words: Die in a giant, flaming turkey.

Bildo Nov 23rd 2007 10:32PM

Lord, everyone knows the blogosphere is a circle-jerk. I'm just happy when a site like this or Massively links to me... which could happen more, you know... :P

Man, 3 years. So many frustrations, but so many great times too. The good far outweigh the bad.

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