Around Azeroth: Epic fail, parachute style
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Oct 13th 2008 at 10:00AM
This poor dwarf in Sholazar Basin has discovered that you should never task a gnomish engineer with building any sort of life-saving device. Otherwise you get things like parachutes with "Warning: May contain giant holes that get you caught in trees" and MREs that have a quarter chance at turning you into a murloc. I will say one thing -- with a fifty percent success rate, those goblins make a damn good defibrillator. Could I buy one of those for our ambulance, please? It would make my day job easier, and I'm pretty sure the mats are still cheaper than a Zoll monitor.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Avestheman Oct 13th 2008 10:13AM
Ha!
Elmo Oct 13th 2008 10:55AM
that happens all the time when they remember Operation Market Garden around here.
those things just can't be steered right.
evankimori Oct 13th 2008 12:37PM
Actually most parachutists carry some sort of cutting device to remove the chute from themselves or at least disentangle if they run into trees. Most ways, with a little ingenuity: if you get snagged by a tree, there's ways to cut yourself free and at least get to a stable branch and possibly find a way down depending on the tree cover and height.
This poor guy looked like he died on the way down. Probably hit a branch or something or ran out of oxygen. The poor bastard :(
Tomah Oct 13th 2008 3:09PM
No, he's perfectly alright, he just dropped his knife in the confusion of being shot at by Venture Co. airplanes, or somethin'. He's one of your first questgivers in the Basin, and sends you on to Mr. Nesingwary.
"For the love of the Light, [lad/lass], have [Nesingwary] send someone to cut me down!"
Unfortunately for Muzzleshot, Nesingwary says NOTHING at all about helping get him down. In fact, one of the questgivers sends you out to find an object around where he's stuck, meaning they're aware of where he is, and just haven't done anything about it.
Nesingwary: A Real Jerk.
Birk Oct 14th 2008 2:15PM
...I swear Im from Minnesota...
My wife and I, we crash landed here...
...The hot air balloon....with the smiley face....
Medeni Oct 13th 2008 2:56PM
TOMAHHHH!
SoE represent!
-Arke