WRUP: What a long, strange trip edition
by Elizabeth Harper 
Apr 25th 2009 at 9:00AM
Though not everyone 'fessed up to it in this week's WRUP, I'm pretty sure there's a simple, one-word description for what we'll all be doing this weekend: Noblegarden. Ulduar's been out for weeks now, but Noblegarden is going to be brand new this year. And while not everyone may admit to running around hunting colored eggs, the proto-drake that awaits us at the end of this long, strange trip is getting closer every holiday. So what does the WoW Insider team admit to playing this weekend?
- Adam Holisky: My girlfriend and I will be paying good money to take a small white ball out to a very flat field filled with holes and swing at the aforementioned ball with a very hard metal stick. I'll then come home and try to earn another thousand gold over the weekend.
- Alex Ziebart: Ulduar 25. Wednesday night we cleared up to where we left off last week, so we have Sunday night and Monday night free to kill new bosses. Very exciting!
- Allison Robert: The game is still crashing my computer too much to properly enjoy doing much of anything there. I'll be writing a special edition of the OverAchiever for Noblegarden while wondering if I'll actually get to enjoy the actual in-game event.
- Daniel Whitcomb: I'm plugging along on the Argent Tournament, and I should finish out my Gnomeregan champion status at some point this weekend. I'm also thinking of buying a pair of heirloom shoulders and powering my Druid through to 80, but I am torn between grabbing Feral or Healer shoulders, so I may just run heroics until I can afford both. Also, I'm getting into Wintergrasp some, if only to grab the Mammoth for achievement purposes.
- Eliah Hecht: I gave my Warlock a new spec (and Cold Weather Flying) as a level 77 present, so I'll be Incinerating my way to my fourth level 80 character.
- Elizabeth Harper: Noblegarden!
- Elizabeth Wachowski: I'm still running into the getting-disconnected-every-few-minutes problem, so I'll probably be playing Oblivion and watching my boyfriend accidentally blow himself up with grenades in GTAIV.
- Jennie Lees: I'm going to be playing a lot of in-game Peggle.
- Matt Low: Ool-doo-ar. Perhaps some sleep here and there too.
- Matthew Rossi: Between continuous bouts of bad news I'm running Ulduar -10, having cleared up to Yoggy in 25 man this week. Hoping for a full clear of 10 this weekend, and then we can start on hard modes. I'm also re-playing Jade Empire because I like to kick things in the face but society frowns on it.
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Retropally Apr 25th 2009 9:16AM
Nice post Elizabeth, I'll be going through "real life coursework" noblegarden, fishing dailys and wintergrasp...and a bit of sleep too.
I really like the way you've got other people at wowinsider to say what they are going to be doing, can you do this more often?
Balius Apr 25th 2009 11:23AM
The feature's done once a week. Check the WRUP tag, you can see past weeks. Usually, the poll is after the jump, though, so you see the opening paragraph and have to open the article to see more.
Rai Apr 25th 2009 9:42AM
I hate that peggle addon so much.
Because it is amazing.
Riley Apr 25th 2009 10:21AM
Jade Empire is possibly my favorite (Single player) rpg ever, Bioware needs to get around to making a sequel, and make the game longer this time
Riley Apr 25th 2009 10:22AM
no
and wtf did this guy say? i honestly can't translate the post
offday Apr 25th 2009 11:03AM
I've been playing a little Donkey Kong Country on the SNES.
I'm also still trying to catch that darn sewer rat.
Azizrael Apr 26th 2009 6:16AM
I'll be combining finishing off my guild's first Naxx 10 run (Military Quarter is on notice) with compulsively playing the UFC Undisputed 2009 demo that came out on PS3 and 360 on Thursday, so like Rossi I will also be kicking people in the face.
Azizrael Apr 26th 2009 6:19AM
I actually posted this 24 hours ago, but for some reason got a confirmation email to my spamtrap address that I totally missed. Ah well.
Anyway, update - we hit Kel'Thuzad some time after midnight, following a 1shot of Sapphiron on what was the first visit for at least half of us, and on the third attempt we wiped with 19k hp left... causing most of the raid to swear in Swedish and log out.
Tonight we dine on lich soup.
Blarger Apr 25th 2009 11:27AM
How come Mike Schramm is never on here?
Balius Apr 25th 2009 11:26AM
I'll be doing what I've been doing, dailies on several characters, and other, non-game stuff. Noblegarden's on the list, but I have no idea what to expect from the event that I've never seen before.
I'd also like to work on my feral druid's equipment, but there's only so much time in the day.
Balius Apr 26th 2009 7:13AM
Well, Noblegarden was easier than I expected, and I finished the whole thing in a few hours. Huzzah, I guess.
Krotukk Apr 25th 2009 12:36PM
Golf? Come on, man. Go look up George Carlin's view on golf and see if you look at it the same way again.
Cadychan Apr 25th 2009 1:14PM
Getting that print for Child's Play as finished as possible. Then gym trips both days. Then...hopefully I can at least SEE Noblegarden? ;__;
stephanie Apr 25th 2009 2:01PM
Definitely lots of Noblegarden, more Argent Tournament dailies, and maybe some homework in between.
RetPallyJil Apr 25th 2009 3:00PM
Noblegarden, jousting, complaining that my faction was left out of the tournament.