Around Azeroth: Pocket full of kryptonite
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Feb 28th 2009 at 10:00AM
Do you have any unusual World of Warcraft images that are just collecting dust in your screenshots folder? We'd love to see it on Around Azeroth! Sharing your screenshot is as simple as e-mailing aroundazeroth@wow.com with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could be featured here next!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MusedMoose Feb 28th 2009 10:16AM
Wow. I wish my Comcast connection gave me the power of flight.
But seriously, that's pretty damn cool.
Balasan Feb 28th 2009 10:43AM
Actually it isn't.
The flying animation is exactly like swimming - think Kaelthas 25 man. But that is swim at normal speed.
Try swimming at 280% speed.
That's right. You'll end up looking like a frog on steroids or something. Highly entertaining, but not really cool.
physis Feb 28th 2009 1:07PM
The animation speed doesn't increase... so even though you are zooming about you look like you are calm about it. This happened to me on the PTR a few days ago during a lag storm and I flew about for about 5 minutes just because it was so fun to watch. You look like Peter Pan when you do it, and since the animations are all in place, it works very well as a flight form. I'm hoping Blizzard implements [Fairy Dust] or some similar item in the future -- if only to see what /trade chat would do with that comic material.
Balasan Feb 28th 2009 7:23PM
Last time I played the game was 6 months ago, so I guess they probably fixed it. I concede.
Lazar Feb 28th 2009 10:46AM
You can get the same swimming in mid air effect if you are a druid and fly to Brunnhildar Village in your swift flight form.
It's very funny each time I pass that area and start swimming in mid air.
Ilnara Feb 28th 2009 11:05AM
Little miss, can't be wrong.
Shardrell Feb 28th 2009 11:30AM
You poor bastards on Comcast.
Avadann Kedeth Feb 28th 2009 11:35AM
Wow, was that an Ozma reference? If so, I'm impressed.
Keyra Feb 28th 2009 11:57AM
Spin Doctors
"Pocketful of Kryptonite" - hit album, released 7 years earlier than Ozma's using the phrase.
Bramzart Feb 28th 2009 11:38AM
I used to be able to achieve this effect by getting on my Flying Carpet, then mounting up on my Headless Horseman mount. It was pretty funny--I had a flaming horse on a flying carpet! If I would then get off the carpet but stay on the horse, it would give me the "swimming/flying" effect. Of course, anyone else who looked at my screen saw me on the horse.
Then they went and made the carpet just like a mount, and sadness was born.
Alchemistmerlin Feb 28th 2009 1:21PM
It's comcastic!
SaintStryfe Feb 28th 2009 6:51PM
I had this happen to me before. I even filmed it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6IPq__czpk
Elrox Mar 1st 2009 6:35PM
haha ye title made me smile :) Pocket full of Kryptonite by Spin doctors :)
Great album tbh ;)
Grimtar Mar 4th 2009 11:42PM
Thats levitation, Holmes.
Now if only she had the power to move you...