Around Azeroth: Down the hatch
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Nov 20th 2008 at 10:00AM
To [Locke]: Dude don't go there, I heard it's like full of elites.
[Locke] whispers: I've got a party, we should be cool. You want in?
To [Locke]: I'm telling you it's a bad idea. It's got the numbers on its side! 4 13375? 4 13375? This is not a good thing. The last time we saw those numbers we got chased halfway across Un'Goro by that damn polar bear! I think something kited it down there!
[Locke] whispers: Look, Jack's agreed to actually heal for once. We can't wait much longer. Are you coming or not, Hurley?
To [Locke]: If the rest of the guild is in, I'll go, but if the tank dies I'm running out.
[Locke] whispers: K. Bring a Seaforium Charge, none of us has the key.
Thanks to Smokeu of <Undead and Fabulous> on Crushridge for this pop-culturelicious screenshot, and to my LOST-watching boyfriend Jon (aka Grottu of Moon Guard) for helping me with the details.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Rene Nov 20th 2008 2:39AM
In beta, when you were hovering over it, you could actually see the "real" numbers (4 8 15 16 23 42) in the tooltip. This was pretty unusual, because while there are tons and tons of cultural references in WoW, they were never that direct like this one. On the live servers, the numbers have been changed to "5 9 16 17 24 43" still making it a pretty obvious reference to LOST, but without copying the element from the show 1:1. Another possible explanation would be that ABC has a trademark on the numbers (which wouldn't be surprising really).
zappo Nov 20th 2008 11:41AM
You can't trademark numbers. Intel tried that with the x86 processor line, which is why the 586 and beyond started the pentium brand.
Trugzilla Nov 20th 2008 10:07AM
Nice captions :p
As for the numbers, I am pretty sure they are from a real string of numbers a bunch of para-science types came up with to calculate the time based on certain values till the end of humanity. Aka woowoo fun :p
Rem Nov 20th 2008 10:24AM
Ahahaha, I lol'd. ;)
JLocke Nov 20th 2008 10:28AM
I swear I dont member saying that in General chat? Could have sworn I was looking for dynamite to blow that sucker up, we found a level 83 elite polar bear and we wooped its butt
Btw Jack got agro from over healing and Id let him take one for the team :)
Gomboss Nov 20th 2008 10:39AM
Wow.
Hmm... any know know where the hatch is located?
Kuroyume Nov 20th 2008 11:04AM
i would like to know too
zappo Nov 20th 2008 11:42AM
You'll know when Norend thinks it's time for you to know.
Blackhorn Nov 20th 2008 11:53AM
I'm going to guess it's on.. an island.. somewhere.
Dightkuz Nov 20th 2008 1:40PM
Looks like somwhere in Sholazar Basin
Valkoon Nov 20th 2008 10:54AM
Very well done.
vak Nov 20th 2008 11:25AM
winnings! :D
Agate Nov 20th 2008 11:34AM
I'm kinda disappointed to see this posted on WoWInsider: I discovered the Hatch by accident during the beta, and it was a "HAHA!" moment that I hate to see spoiled for everyone else.
As for where it is, Professor Halliwax left strict instructions that that information *must* be kept secret, for the safety of everyone in Northrend. The consequences should its location be revealed to the Hostiles are too dangerous to risk.
Cow Nov 20th 2008 12:12PM
This one is totally lost on me.
Zuldim Nov 20th 2008 12:16PM
http://www.lostpedia.com/wiki/The_Hatch
Exust Nov 20th 2008 3:09PM
I would actualy like an quest hub whole refering to lost... Abc would like that comercial i bet... maybe they haven't paid enough so blizz changed the numbers, or in other way...nobody cares...
I just would like "What is Haunting Sholazar Basin" with you making sound in jungle to call smokey, once you do it you have to run away and live enough, come back to "Lohn Jocke" when you are finished...
And than other one "One Bullet is not enough?"... Find Polar Bear in the jungle and kill him. Take this one bullet i can give you no more... And then that bullet takes him like 10%hp and "noes" moment comes...you kill him and hand in quest...
And than another "Catch is in Hatch" where you have to loot enough dimanite from local humanoids and in next chain quest blow up the Hatch... Where you get another Npc with quest for you... "Danger before the eyes" where you have to warn few npcs in certain time cause there is danger coming for them...
et cetera... I would rly like that
drumcore26 Nov 20th 2008 3:11PM
I love it! I love Lost and can't wait to see the in-game reference. Thanks for the heads up!
Lemons Nov 20th 2008 8:23PM
This would be cool if I didn't hate Lost because it's the most stupidly confusing show on TV, maybe in the history of television!
It's like every mystery they solve only spawns more mysteries. It's a vicious cycle, one I can only see ending if one of the characters wakes up in his/her bed and says "Oh, thank god, it was all just a horrible dream." And then he/she would go to a shrink about and be put in a mental institution for even dreaming about something so convoluted and crazy.
Alaror Jan 10th 2009 12:46PM
It will not be ending that way. The creators have already said that it will have a "realistic" ending (how they can pull that off I don't know lol!), and they specifically mentioned that it won't be a "Oh good, it's only a dream" type thing.
Personally Lost is my favorite show on TV. I like a good mystery, and I think they've done a superb job with it.