Announcing Turpster's Dingstravaganza, this Saturday on EU Sporeggar
by Mike Schramm 
Jun 12th 2008 at 3:30PM
I never thought it would happen, but I'm eating my words -- Turpster, of the WoW Insider Show (and Turpstervision over on Massively) is going to ding 70 with his Shadow Priest before the expansion. And in fact, he's giving you the opportunity to not only see it, but to take him down right beforehand.Yes, this weekend, right after our live show on WoW Radio (which starts at 3:30pm Eastern, or 8:30pm GMT), Turpster will be hanging out in the Gnome/Dwarf starting area of the European Sporeggar server, and right before he dings, he's giving you and all of the other Gnomes who show up the chance to try and take him out as a raid boss. He's even got a strategy posted, and trust me when I say he's got this all planned out as a real, chaotic, surely hilarious raid fight -- this will definitely be a sight to see. And there's loot in it, too -- if you're one of the Gnomes who drops him, you could nab a Tabard of Flame code or a few other cool prizes.
If you're on the US servers, don't worry -- Turpster has written up a quick and easy guide to get you running on the EU realms (you don't have to redownload anything, all you have to do is make an EU trial account). Should be a lot of fun, and make sure to Fraps or screenshot it if you're there. Tune in on Saturday for the WoW Insider Show live on WoW Radio, and then join us afterwards on EU Sporeggar (roll a Gnome, so Turpster looks like a really big raid boss) to take down the T and then watch him ding 70!
Filed under: Priest, Events, Fan stuff, WoW Insider Business, Humor, WoW Insider Show
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
vlad Jun 12th 2008 3:37PM
who?
Mark Turpin Jun 12th 2008 3:49PM
me
vlad Jun 12th 2008 5:27PM
ah
hai u
lollercakes Jun 12th 2008 3:39PM
turpster should just spec into holy nova and own gnomes =D
Jeenome Jun 13th 2008 1:37AM
I resent that (said the gnome with pink hair) hehe
Lab Monkey Jun 12th 2008 3:52PM
Sounds like a fun and creative idea. Kudos.
Lab Monkey Jun 12th 2008 3:54PM
...of course they won't be able to actually hit you....
robodex Jun 12th 2008 3:58PM
So.... what's stopping a bored level 70 from coming over and crashing this?
Mark Turpin Jun 12th 2008 4:01PM
Hopefully a million wispers from angry gnomes for taking away their phat epic raid boss...then again, if no one turns up, I guess I could always invite a couple of Horde to run protection for us :P
Descentia Jun 12th 2008 4:03PM
So, how do I make an EU trial account without a trial key? o_0
Mark Turpin Jun 12th 2008 4:05PM
If you read the guide given in http://wcradio.com/forum/index.php?topic=3914.0 then it should be fairly simple, as long as you click on the link to "Download a Trial" then you will be fine as you wont require a key.
cjshrader Jun 12th 2008 4:04PM
I was under the impression that you couldn't start a group while using a trial account. Won't this cause an issue? Or do you already have someone on the server ready to set up the raid? (Though I'm not sure if trial accounts can join raids either)
Mark Turpin Jun 12th 2008 4:10PM
The raid doesn't have to be an ingame raid group, it just has to be a group of players fighting together. The problems with the level of players, alliance owned fighting environment and unknown player turn out have made the whole trial restrictions not really come into it. Players will still be able to co-ordinate, and trust me, level 1's and 6's can all hit me with melee and spells (though resists obivously come into play here) I've tuned the encounter with friends and it really shouldn't be a problem to kill me, unless I have some tricks up my sleeve!
Talus Jun 12th 2008 4:05PM
Can some of us roll Dwarf Priests just so the raid has some healers?
Mark Turpin Jun 12th 2008 4:11PM
Yes, I encorage it, Dwarves or Gnomes are both small enough and local enough for them to be good fun choices of character, I don't want to discriminate anymore than I have to already with the level restriction, so any race is fine if you get them there, just think it would look more raid like with the smaller characters.
mike Nov 18th 2008 6:10PM
PLEASE tell me you'll be rocking the winterspring firewater too.
GrumpyGrizzly Jun 12th 2008 4:31PM
I really like the thought you put into the raid boss encounter itself. Make sure to record it so we can all point and laugh at the gnome carnage!
GrumpyGrizzly Jun 12th 2008 4:32PM
BTW, what prompted you to decide to become a raid boss?
Mark Turpin Jun 12th 2008 5:22PM
Becoming a Raid boss is the closest I can get to being a real part of this world of warcraft, a part of a world which we all care and love, becoming history for...nah! I am pretty into myself, quite frankly I think I rock about 95% of the time, the other 5% I am just off the chart. Raid Boss just seems like the next logical step :P
Chopz Jun 13th 2008 5:28PM
are we allowed to be higher than level 1? cos i want to get to level four or so so i hav food, drink and arcane intell and im sure i'll b more likely to hit u then