Win beta keys in Wowhead olympics
The Olympics are on both in Azeroth and in real life right now. And Wowhead has gotten into the spirit of the games: they're offering users the chance to win one of five lovely Wrath of the Lich King beta keys! What do you have to do for a chance to get your hands on one? Simply go to the contest thread in the Wowhead forums, and post your idea for an Olympics-themed achievement. An example given is "High Dive: Fall 65 yards or more into water, without suffering any fall damage."
Winners will be chosen randomly from the thread, one per day for the next five days (starting tomorrow). A few caveats:
- You have to have a US WoW account to use the beta key (sorry, European readers).
- Only one entry per person – you can put in multiple ideas if you want, but just put them in one post. This will not raise your chances of winning.
- Achievements must have an Olympic theme.
- Only entries go in the contest thread.
- Don't post on multiple Wowhead accounts, or the folks at Wowhead will feed you to Magmadar.
- Be nice – don't steal other posters' ideas.
- Be creative; spammy entries will be deleted.
That said, go forth and compete! Good luck.
Filed under: Contests, Wrath of the Lich King






Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Feanora Aug 8th 2008 8:20PM
And once again, as a EU user, I'm a sad panda. Meh, good luck to you US guys who enter, I'm pretty much resigned to the fact I'm not getting a beta invite. :)
bluebottleblues Aug 8th 2008 8:37PM
Would be nice if you got your hands on some EU keys.
Chris Anthony Aug 8th 2008 8:51PM
Like the Frostmourne contest (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/05/07/draw-frostmourne-win-fabulous-prizes-if-youre-european/) or the WOW Insider Show contest (http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/07/25/wow-insider-show-is-giving-away-a-wwi-beta-key-tomorrow/)?
Afrigginhobbit Aug 8th 2008 8:43PM
Master of the Hurdle: Jump whilst running for at least 10 miles (who said being a master hurdler was easy!?).
Thatd be one i could see being in the game, i mean, who HASNT spend
hours upon end questing, jumping to each destination....i know i
have.
maxw27 Aug 8th 2008 8:46PM
Triathlon Runner: You have taken X amount of Swiftness Potions.
Wrestler: Defeat 5 monsters of your level or higher unarmed.
Extreme Cyclist: Build a a swift motorcycle.
Number One Boxer: Defeat 10 players of your level or higher in a duel unarmed.
Olympic Swimmer: Swim 10 kilometers.
Eliah Hecht Aug 8th 2008 8:49PM
Don't post here, guys, post on Wowhead :)
jtrain Aug 8th 2008 9:04PM
Holy...51 pages and counting. I'd hate to be the intern that had to go through all the posts....
Chris Anthony Aug 8th 2008 10:06PM
Sadly, it's just a random qualifying comment, not the best comments. So the poor intern just needs a random number generator.
TecnoBrat Aug 9th 2008 1:01AM
That would be our moderators :)
I'm having fun going through and deleting non-olympic themed ones.
107 pages now .. wait 108!
(PS: Gnome tossing, gnome throwing, gnome kicking, gnome punting ... all been done ... a lot.)
Ian Talavera Aug 8th 2008 9:38PM
Equestrian riding WoW style
"Gnome Jumping on mounts"
gnomes line up in diffrent lengths from on another and the Jockeys (WoW players) have to jump them without touching them or screwing up.
Fleed Aug 8th 2008 9:47PM
I think mine is good but it's surely gonna be lost in the thousands of posts.
kunukia Aug 8th 2008 9:57PM
Woot! I entered. Thanks for the heads up!
Super Guest Man 9000 Aug 8th 2008 10:34PM
In the spirit of fencing:
"Foes Foil: Perform 5 parries in a row"
Foil is a type of fencing blade as well as as meaning a counter to something.
mushoo Aug 8th 2008 11:10PM
Mine from the contest:
Firewall Pole Vaulting: Succesfully log onto the WoW US servers from Mainland China.
Olympic Catch: Toss a Heavy Leather Ball back and forth between yourself and a friend 50 times.
Judo: Have an unarmed combat skill of 375, and kill 75 enemies that give experience, using only your fists.
Special Olympiad: Die within 15 seconds of rezzing, 4 times in 10 minutes.
Monne Aug 8th 2008 11:30PM
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING (Arathi Basin): Land the killing blow on three different opponents in one match while they are swimming in the water.
Riub Aug 9th 2008 1:27PM
World Record!: Beat the World Record (one hour) for racing around all of Kalimdor!
Champion Archer: Don't have any of your ranged shots miss on targets that equal your level, for 1000 consecutive shots.
Zep Aug 9th 2008 12:43AM
So...mm...
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Zep Aug 9th 2008 12:44AM
Darn filters...
I was saying...
How do they know if you use multiple accounts?
TecnoBrat Aug 9th 2008 1:02AM
We will know ....
Talauris Aug 9th 2008 5:12AM
Probably IP adresses