It came from the Blog: Mother's Day event
by Robin Torres 
May 5th 2008 at 9:15PM
You are cordially invited to join It came from the Blog for a very silly event on Mother's Day. We are going to pay tribute to the women who brought us into this world by going to the place where she is mentioned daily: The Barrens. I know, she's not exactly mentioned with respect there. But the thing about Ur Mom jokes is that they are jokes. No one in Barrens Chat has actually met your mother, let alone done that with her. And it's time we exact a little revenge for our dear mothers and show that they (and we) have a sense of humor about it.
So go to Zangarmarsh server and make an Orc Female with a name that includes some form of "mother" in it. I made one named Mutti, which is the German word for Mommy. No, I'm not saying my or your or anyone's mother looks like an Orc Female. And I don't think my mom ever sported a belly shirt, let alone a mohawk and a nose ring. These females will not be representing the way your mom looks, but instead her inner warrior (or shaman or whatever).
More details are after the jump.
So go to Zangarmarsh server and make an Orc Female with a name that includes some form of "mother" in it. I made one named Mutti, which is the German word for Mommy. No, I'm not saying my or your or anyone's mother looks like an Orc Female. And I don't think my mom ever sported a belly shirt, let alone a mohawk and a nose ring. These females will not be representing the way your mom looks, but instead her inner warrior (or shaman or whatever).
More details are after the jump.
The meeting time will be at 4pm Server Time (6pm Blog/Eastern Time) so that you have plenty of time to take your Mom out for brunch or at least make a very nice, long phone call. We'll gather at the Valley of Trials and make sure everyone is in the ICFTB guild and the raid and run together to the Crossroads where we will make our stand... up comedy jokes. We'll show Barrens Chat how it's really done.
So collect all of your Mother jokes -- PG rated or cleaner please. We are going for funny or ridiculously corny, rather than crude. Jokes should be said in Barrens Chat during the event and the best will be (completely subjectively) judged by me. Winners will be spotlighted in a gallery to be posted the week after the event. Your Orc-Mom picture will be displayed along with your Mom humor. No actual prizes will be given, though I may have some ice cream leftover from Children's Week.
Let's break it down:
- When: Sunday, May 11, 3pm Pacific (4pm Server Time) (Edited to change from March to May)
- Where: Valley of Trials, Durotar (Orc/Troll starting area)
- Server: Zangarmarsh (U.S.)
- How: Make a level 1 Orc Female of any class with a version of "mother" in the name, for example: Mymama, Urmom, Robinsmom, etc. then send a tell to Mutti for guild/raid invites.
- Bring: Your sense of humor.
Come join WoW Insider for a tribute to Moms and the jokes they inspire.
Oh, and if you are looking for pictures from the fun we had for Children's Week, they'll be up sometime this week.
Filed under: Events, WoW Insider Business, It Came from the Blog
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Everilas May 5th 2008 9:32PM
A Mother's Day event...in the Barrens.
I almost missed the irony in that.
Cinemaniac1979 May 5th 2008 9:36PM
So I have the coordinates on my time machine set for Sunday, March 11, but March 11, 2008 was a TUESDAY.
Can you please specify the year? I throw out my old calendars on January 2nd.
Thanks.
Robin Torres May 5th 2008 9:39PM
Doh! Fixed.
John Allison May 5th 2008 10:58PM
Barrens Chat... I am unfamiliar with the mother jokes. On Tichondrius, we've replaced your mother with Chuck Norris.
Lori May 5th 2008 11:41PM
Sorry, I'm all full up with characters on Zangarmarsh but I'll be there with my ICftB one.
Also:
"So collect all of your Mother jokes -- PG rated or cleaner please."
I don't ever remember hearing one of these. This will be interesting.
Janelle May 6th 2008 11:28PM
I'm there!
cutty May 6th 2008 12:47AM
Its a gorgeous thing to see an actually game that pulls real world events into its world. World of Warcraft has always had a great eye on bringing new things to the game which come from the real world around us.
wow accounts even tho taboo is actually bringing a legit side to the mmo account business. But sometimes you wonder if maybe if it isn't so taboo because so many people actually use company's like this.
Fellhorhn-Uldum May 6th 2008 6:44AM
My mom is a Lock. Striking fear into the hearts of many!
WarriorDragon May 6th 2008 7:39AM
Sounds interesting...
Offtopic now... Robin, I think I've camped your druid before >.> Laggerspine FTW
Robin Torres May 6th 2008 10:50AM
I'm not surprised. I'm easy prey with my low-end gear and lack of PvP skillz. I hope you had fun! :)
WarriorDragon May 6th 2008 2:01PM
I kinda feel bad, but its hard to kill stuff as a resto shammy at times :P
JParris May 6th 2008 7:54AM
This sounds fun! I'm definitely going to take part, I think.
One questions: Does it HAVE to be an Orc? I'm ust not a huge fan of the Orc models. :\ But if it HAS to be an Orc, I'll suck it up and make one. Haha
Robin Torres May 6th 2008 10:54AM
Well, I do think it would be more fun if we all were Orc Females. It's not like you have to play her to 70 or anything. You can delete her after the raid is over.
Boven May 6th 2008 11:14AM
I hope you stop off on your way through Durotar to visit Misha Tok'ren on her lonely little farm. Since her son was eaten by crocolisks, I don't think she's gonna be getting any flowers for Mothers Day.