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by Adam Holisky 
Oct 27th 2009 at 2:00PM
Patrick Stewart doesn't look good in glasses.
Many of you asked...
"How am I going to do the Kalu'ak Fishing Derby when I raid at 8pm on Wednesday night?"
Unfortunately unless your raid cancels or you sit, you're not going to be able to do it. Yes, it's not the ideal situation for you. But think of the people who are never able make Sunday's fishing contest down in Booty Bay; hopefully Wednesday night will work for them. Either way, both events are optional, and having two events means people have greater choices.
The selection of 8pm on Wednesday wasn't a slight on you, it was to help others out. Remember that around 12 million people play the game, only a handful of those raiding every week at 8pm on Wednesday (even if that handful is loud and proud).
Zetathran asked...
"In battlegrounds I see a (*) after people's name/guild name. What's up with that?"
You see that when you're in a battleground, arena, or the soon-to-come cross server instances. It means you're viewing a person from a different server.
Orkchop asked...
"Do you know how well WoW will run on Windows 7? Should I wait before upgrading from Vista?"
Windows 7 runs great with WoW. I've been using it since the free release candidate version a few months ago, and I've never had anything but a great experience. It is miles beyond what Vista was on its best days. You should upgrade, and there's really no reason not to upgrade now.
Some people will claim that you should wait a few patch cycles before making the switch, and while that might have been true for other iterations of Windows, it's not for Windows 7.
I've also written earlier about my experiences with WoW and Windows 7, which offers a bit more insight into this.
Abandon asked...
"What's the deal lately with all the bogus comments with links? Can someone post a link to a keylogging site like this?"
We get a ton of comments. When we see something or have it reported by you all (click the little "!" button in the comment), we take care of it. I enjoy swinging my banhammer at those sites.
Have questions about the World of Warcraft? The WoW.com crew is here with The Queue, our daily Q&A column! Leave your questions in the comments and we'll do our best to answer 'em!Filed under: Fishing, Analysis / Opinion, Events, The Queue
Reader Comments (Page 6 of 6)
Jay Oct 28th 2009 6:02AM
You know they will vote you down for that. :P
Gothia Oct 28th 2009 7:05AM
I am surprised that Adam even voiced an obvious QQ comment. I guess he just wanted us to have someone to throw darts. * Aims for a tear *
JohnC Oct 27th 2009 10:02PM
My question that i hope someone will be kind enough to answer please is regarding grid:
Recently installed it, and i have the background hidden. I have it set to 40 palyer for bgs for when i got to av, but the problem is for bgs such as wsg where there are 10 players it means the grid frame is too large. It creates a frame thats for 40 people, this is a problem as because of where i have my grid half my screen is unclickable as grid recognises it as part of the frame although its techniaclly hidden.
How can i stop it doing this/make grid distinguish between 10/40 player bgs please :) thankyou
Olicon Oct 28th 2009 4:33PM
I want to see someone crash the fishing contest--just hover over the opposing faction's bobble--if they click you, the Booty Bay guard will trash 'em for it, hehe.
Best done with Forsaken, I guess--you can linger around under water just under someone's bobble and "fish" 'em.
Ringo Flinthammer Oct 28th 2009 5:22PM
I haven't seen the answer to this anywhere yet: Do the perma-elementals get a name other than "Water Elemental?"
alpha5099 Oct 28th 2009 6:44PM
I'm probably going to get a lot of grief for asking this. Do you think there's any chance they might change the requirements for The Hallowed? I've been desperately trying to get a Hallowed Helm to complete the meta, but the RNG gods hate me. I know they modified one of the Fool for Love achievements, maybe I'll get lucky and Sinister Calling will switch to either the Helm or the Squashling, not both.
FifthDream Oct 28th 2009 8:35PM
My wife wants me to ask: What's the lore reason we can fly in Outland and Northrend, but not in the old world?
Spooddy Oct 31st 2009 10:13PM
If you turn off XP gain at level 70, would you be able to get the full amount of the money like in BC or will it still be like 5g per quest?
Hatfield Dec 22nd 2009 4:54PM
So, now with Schrammwow and the T both gone from the WoW.com podcast, are new permanent hosts going to be named or are you going to go with a revolving panel for your podcast?