Around Azeroth: The plan
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Aug 22nd 2008 at 10:00AM
Was all of Wrath of the Lich King designed while watching Comedy Central and Adult Swim? New death knights need to kill Mayor Quimby, some mobs drop ground gears (a probable Family Guy reference), and now the gnomes in the Borean Tundra are stealing their plans from South Park. The Wrath questlines are beginning to strongly resemble my DVD collection. Anyway, Namus of Korialstrasz noticed this master plan on the wall of an oil derrick in the geyser fields of Northrend. My question is, why do you even need Step 2? Oil rigs are a great way to profit. At least until the mechagnomes come.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Thornz Aug 22nd 2008 10:25AM
All hail the underpants gnomes!!!
Guido666 Aug 22nd 2008 10:49AM
1. Steal underpants.
2. ???
3. Profit.
Saiforune Aug 22nd 2008 10:41AM
"New death knights need to kill Mayor Quimby, some mobs drop ground gears (a probable Family Guy referenence), "
I'm sorry but family guy's mayor is Mayor west as in Adam west.
Mayor quimpy is a simpsons reference.
So fix please! =D
(AND WOW I DIDN'T INSULT ANYONE IN THIS POST OMG!)
Saiforune Aug 22nd 2008 10:43AM
Even if you read the Wowhead link's comments it's said there.
Sorry the insult could have been a lot worse imo.
pudds Aug 22nd 2008 11:14AM
"New death knights need to kill Mayor Quimby, some mobs drop ground gears (a probable Family Guy referenence)"
"A probable family guy reference" refers to "some mobs drop ground gears", not Mayor Quimby.
Blackhorn Aug 22nd 2008 11:20AM
Nobody suggested Quimby was from Family Guy. The ground gears are. Peter had a segment on the local news called "You know what really grinds my gears?"
Cowbane Aug 22nd 2008 11:21AM
I think he's saying the ground gears are a probable family guy reference, not the mayor part, he even gives a link to the Family Guy episode where Peter get s a job doing a segment called "You Know What Really Grinds My Gears?"
Robert M Aug 22nd 2008 10:48AM
I don't mind the pop culture references, but Blizz has told us this is a return to Azeroth and all it's lore. Sometimes it feels like they are so busy trying to be cute that they forget about the storylines.
Ask anyone what they rememeber about Nagrand? I'd bet most remember the Nesingwary quests and not the storylines involved with the ogres and broken even though they are more relevant to the overall storyline of the game.
Cookie McWeaksauce Aug 22nd 2008 11:49AM
I willfully forgot about the Nesingwary quests as soon as I completed them.
/shudder
The ogre stuff was kinda nifty, if simple. I don't remember the Broken getting a whole lot of actual development in Nagrand, but then, they were never all that interesting to me, anyway.
Doffencrag Aug 22nd 2008 10:49AM
Um... the "probable Family Guy reference" is referring to the ground gears. Not Mayor Quimby. I think they added the "probably Family Guy reference" to clarify the pop culture reference of ground gears.
Doffencrag Aug 22nd 2008 10:50AM
And, of course, the commenting system puts this separately, instead of as a reply to Saiforune.
Robert M Aug 22nd 2008 10:53AM
Ii think the commas are a way of seperating the references
"New death knights need to kill Mayor Quimby, (Simpson)
some mobs drop ground gears (a probable Family Guy referenence),
and now the gnomes in the Borean Tundra are stealing their plans from South Park."
Abies Aug 22nd 2008 12:09PM
The concept of a list where the last-but-one step is "????" and the last one is "Profit!" is not from South Park, it is a much, much older internet meme.
It has been in use on, for example, slashdot.org for a long time.
Nate Aug 22nd 2008 2:29PM
Except it is from South Park and any Slashdot, Digg, 4chan, ... references are to the South Park episode:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underpants_Gnomes#The_Gnomes
Raze Aug 22nd 2008 11:45AM
My God. The pop culture references are getting fucking WORSE.
Let's hope they realize the obnoxious fever pitch they're reaching and tone it down come next expansion.
Balasan Aug 22nd 2008 9:19PM
People use pop culture references because it's funny.
So...
Get a sense of humour?
Craig Ostriyznick Aug 22nd 2008 12:52PM
So what happens to my char named Mayorquimby... is everyone going to be trying to kill me???
lfnotter Aug 22nd 2008 2:30PM
Hehe - That picture sounds like McCain's energy policy in action.
MichelleMuhBell Aug 22nd 2008 9:51PM
lmao.
WIN!
ClicheName Aug 22nd 2008 6:49PM
Actually, the:
1. Build Oil Rig.
2. ????
3. Profit!
Also exists in The Sludge Fen's oil rig.