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by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Oct 21st 2008 at 9:30AM
Is this the Tuesday that will finally fix all the patch-related problems? No? Well, I suppose we can all play Fable II/Dead Alive/Oblivion for the fortieth time instead. Or you can join in this week's Caption This! contest.
The winner of the last contest, which featured three little gnomes, was Naram, with "Millhouse Manastorm long dreamed of his first night out of Arcatraz." Repeat winner Swordchucks came in second with "Gnome mating rituals are rich and varied, owing primarily to the race's three genders: male, female, and pink pigtailed incarnate of evil. Most non-gnome researchers on the topic quickly go mad." Congratulations, and to the victors go the spoils!
Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down. And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there, to tell you how to participate in this week's contest. I post a picture during Tuesday maintenance. You write a humorous caption for this picture by Friday, October 24 at 11:59 PM EST. It could be a funny description of the situation or a quote that you imagine the characters in the screenshot saying. Examples of previous winners can be found here, here and here. Leave your captions in a comment on this post, and keep it clean -- if Blizzard would warn you for saying it in-game, don't enter it in the contest. During the weekend, I e-mail the post to our list, members of the WoW Insider team respond with their favorites, and ten (or so) of those favorites will be chosen for the final vote. On Tuesday morning, we put the top choices up for a public vote in a new post. Voting ends Wednesday, October 29 at 11:59 PM EST. After the voting, we notify the winners. If they respond to our e-mail and confirm that they're eligible to win, we mail out their prizes.
Let's show the people our fabulous prizes! First place winner gets a 60-day game card, worth approximately $30. And in honor of old-school raiding achievements, the second-place winner will get his choice of a More Dots! or Ding! Grats shirt from J!NX, worth about $20.
However, to win you have to be eligible -- and to be eligible, you have to be a U.S. or non-Quebec Canadian resident at least 13 years of age. Sorry, EU, Oceanic and other readers, but legal restrictions make it impossible to include everyone. The official rules for the contest can be found here. Read them or be stuck in tree form for all eternity!
This picture, featuring a most unusual farm, comes from the official WoW screenshot archives. A larger version can be found here. Good luck!
Filed under: WoW Insider Business, Contests
Reader Comments (Page 3 of 23)
Obi Oct 21st 2008 9:50AM
A Tauren, a Forsaken and an undead with a sombrero walk out of a barn...
Tattul Oct 21st 2008 10:18AM
"Strangely, Farmer Pablo never questioned how his undead wife gave birth to a Tauren."
Ecmnesia Oct 21st 2008 9:51AM
Blizzard announces a new class for the next expansion: Dirt Farmer.
Rabidtrout Oct 21st 2008 9:52AM
The good, the bad and the ugly
Torac Oct 21st 2008 6:54PM
Yo MTV Cribs, this is your boy D-Bonez, my wife S-melly and my son Charles.
Jooji Oct 21st 2008 11:16AM
"I'm Rick James, betch."
mogin Oct 21st 2008 9:53AM
Sings "Ole McDonald had a farm e i e i o , and on this farm we had a ........ WAIT 1 MINUTE!!!!!! IM A COW
Avestheman Oct 21st 2008 9:53AM
An extreme fondness for taxidermy... one of telling signs of Mad Cow disease.
Racche Oct 21st 2008 9:53AM
Old Bessy was as good as steak until Farmer Jim figured out he could be used to shovel his own manure.
JonnyC Oct 21st 2008 9:53AM
Suspects were taken into custody and identified as the elusive goldfarmers, the Jinglepocket Gang. From left to right Tack Jinglepocket, Elysa Cantrell, Zan Jinglepocket. - Alterac Mountains Police Department
Gatherer Oct 21st 2008 7:31PM
"He followed me home, can I keep him?"
Nadrysta Oct 21st 2008 9:54AM
Ma never had the heart to tell Pa about that time with the milkman. The fact that his brain had rotted away only helped her keep her secret.
Epineguy Oct 21st 2008 10:08AM
Thank you Mario! But your princess is in another castle...
Tribble Oct 21st 2008 9:55AM
"The Farmer and the Cowhand should be men."
Bunraku Oct 21st 2008 9:56AM
Tauren: Hey baby, I really dig you. Haha, get it? Because I have a shovel and I like you.
Undead Female: *Chuckle* You are so cute!
Undead Male: [under his breath] Hitting on my daughter... I knew I should have sold him for those magic beans!
Yeng Oct 21st 2008 9:56AM
Come and listen to a story about a Scourge named Dead,
A poor goldfarmer, barely kept his family fed.
Then one day he was shootin at some n00bz,
And up through the ground came a bubblin crude.
Oil that is, black gold, Tauren Mills tea.
Well the first thing you know ol' Dead's a millionaire,
Kinfolk said "Dead move away from there"
Said 'Lordaeron is the place you outta be'
So they loaded up the tauren and moved to Undercity.
Underground, that is. Toxic pools, Sylvanas Windrunner.
Well now its time to say goodbye to Dead and all his kin,
And they would like to thank you folks for not droppin limbs.
You're all invited back again to this locality,
To have a heapin helpin of their hostility.
Undead Hillbillies that is. Cast a spell, Take your jaw off.
Y'all come back now, y'hear?
mogin Oct 21st 2008 9:57AM
farmer Joe thinks "taste like chicken?"
Jozareal Oct 21st 2008 10:32PM
Man I know they have been cracking down on migrant farm work. But really two dead guys and a cow... Maybe that border fence was a bad idea...
thepitt Oct 21st 2008 9:57AM
The Sadie Hawkin's dance was any easy choice for Maradeth who had always wondered if it was true about Taurans and the size of their....... shovels.
alex.rushing Oct 21st 2008 10:00AM
"Tired of paying farmhands wages for room and board? Now with the amazing ZOM-B brand undead laborer, not only do you not have to pay your employees, but we guarantee that they'll work 24-hours a day, 364 days a year.* Talk to our sales representative about our 2-year anti-rotting warranty today**!"
*ZOM-B brand undead laborer is guaranteed Hallowe'en off under international treaty.
**2-year anti-rotting warranty does not protect against mobs with pitchforks, angry loved ones, or Ret paladins trying out Divine Storm.