Around Azeroth: Mission improbable
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Sep 19th 2009 at 10:00AM
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Justin shaw Sep 19th 2009 2:08AM
All I have to say is HOW?
LilBanshee Sep 20th 2009 2:07AM
Two days ago it was Thrym in the argent tournament and now it's King Jokkum in stormwind. The first was highly unlikely to be possible through simple kiting, and the second is outright impossible via kiting, although conceivably possible through some sort of glitch with mounts and portals. As someone else noted, theres even a person standing on a shelf in the image, which is also impossible.
Does anybody else suspect something funny is going on here? For example a private server or simply a GM temporarily spawning mobs in odd places and otherwise messing around with things for his own amusement? The GM himself could be the one submitting the images to wow.com for his 15 minutes of fame while using pseudonyms to protect himself from Blizzard retribution.
hervoheebo Sep 20th 2009 3:48AM
Uh, no. It was taken on a live server, EU Aerie Peak to be exact. I've got a whole bunch of screenshots and I uploaded a few here:
http://i35.tinypic.com/2evw1vb.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/2e32xj9.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/2vl7a79.jpg
And by the way, its not impossible at all to get on the bookshelf, all you need to do is some clever jumping with the chandelier nearby.
Hampster Sep 19th 2009 4:09AM
If I had to guess I'd say mind control (or rather mind control cap) then port to SW.
For the record you can make yourself hostile to the Sons of Hodir. I've killed their king a few times for making me do those disgusting dailies for four weeks.
lord_mortimer Sep 19th 2009 10:41AM
Technically, it's not the NPC (http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=30105) in these two screenshots, but actually it is a the King Jokkum vehicle you ride on during http://www.wowhead.com/?quest=13010, you can even see it on the screenshots, on each of them you can make out a Gnome on the head of King Jokkum.
My best guess is that the players who took these screenshots used a Hearthstone or Portal or something to port to their home cities while they were using him as a vehicle for the quest.
Incidenty, there is no way to move mobs from one continent to another in WoW, they cannot take ships and will not go through player portals.
lord_mortimer Sep 19th 2009 11:04AM
Actually, I just remembered how I once had it happen that I was moved somewhere random while still on a vehicle. It was when I was summoned using a meeting stone.
While it could have been done some other way that I am not aware of, one way to do this is to be summoned by a Warlock's summoning stone and while you are in the vehicle you just accept the summon, but remain in the vehicle for a bit after arriving at your new destination.
Angusailde Sep 19th 2009 11:04AM
Okay, yeah, that makes a lot of sense.
Frank Sep 19th 2009 11:02AM
sweet merciful heavens, HOW??
themightysven Sep 19th 2009 11:08AM
well, it may not be photoshopped, but it was definitely done with a computer
Treeston Sep 19th 2009 11:19AM
I see what you did there.
tmwise97 Sep 19th 2009 11:32AM
Did anyone notice the guy standing on the bookshelf on the far right?
Jason Sep 19th 2009 1:40PM
Just saw that because of your comment. That's...suspicious...
Tryst Sep 19th 2009 11:32AM
Sadly, these day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtsFyq3WMXA are over...
cowfodder Sep 19th 2009 12:42PM
Epic is the only word to describe that. Even as a horde player I thought that was funny.
slyman.is.god Sep 19th 2009 3:20PM
that was incredible :D
Tri Sep 19th 2009 4:43PM
That was insanely awesome ^^
PsyWulf Sep 19th 2009 2:09PM
Kay,is the Lich King there? if not FOAD
ROB13 Sep 19th 2009 3:41PM
What? I don't see a Lich King in that picture....