Mr. T promotes the Mohawk Grenade
by Mike Schramm 
Nov 16th 2009 at 2:40PM
Not only is the Mohawk Grenade real and in-game, but Mr. T put it there. That's what we learn in this new commercial, a sequel of sorts to the old "Night Elf Mohawk" joke a long while back. Not only is T (not The T, just T) decked out in a Murloco's Taco's T-shirt, but he shows the in-game item in action. It's how he makes the World of Warcraft look good.
I love it -- well done, Blizzard. Great kickoff to the holiday marketing season, and it's awesome that they've got the commercial (which we assume you'll soon see on television) promoting the actual in-game item in a quality way. Sure, The Old Republic and a few other MMOs might be knocking on WoW's door, but who wouldn't want to play a game where you can throw a grenade and make people look like Mr. T? Maybe this is where all those newbies will be coming from.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
Justin Nov 16th 2009 2:46PM
This. Is. Epic.
MightyBurebista Nov 16th 2009 4:08PM
Oh no, this is a step above epic...
As we say in Power Metal, this is GLORIOUS.
Alexander Nov 16th 2009 2:46PM
This is pure and epic win!
(cutaia) Nov 16th 2009 4:39PM
It's really awesome and hilarious for us fans who understand the joke...but I'm just confused about what this commercial is supposed to communicate to "potential" players. You'd have to hope they already know something about the game and remember the first Mr. T commercial for this to even make any sense, wouldn't you?
Monica Dickey Nov 17th 2009 7:43PM
I think most people have a vague idea of what WOW is and that it's popular, so having Mr T back it in a nonsensical way and having the words TRY IT FREE is enough...
Either way... Mr T is so WIN.
larry raines Nov 17th 2009 7:47PM
@"monica" you are a dude. Get off these male-orientated sites with your blonde pic and your links to dating sites.
Everyone can see through your crap. Obviously you like and know allot about videogames, but know nothing about cars and just go to those sites to chime in. What chick on earth talks about wireless video game adapters? none, thats who.
Dude, how much do you get paid when people click through to that dating site?
Andrew R. Nov 16th 2009 2:47PM
This just made my day and every day for the rest of my life.
Wilder Nov 21st 2009 11:52AM
All I can do is laugh.
CaffeineRage Nov 16th 2009 2:53PM
I wonder, when we fight the Lich King are we going to have the Prince of Darkness help us? Most likely not, but it would be funny.
epicboyz Nov 16th 2009 2:57PM
We need more celebs ingame that give fun things like this... just think, Shatner could use his druid magic to make flowers follow us around or something and Ozzy could give us a heavy metal buff that makes us mosh
snowleopard233 Nov 16th 2009 3:10PM
Ahem. William Shatner is a shaman :P
He’s a sort of…CONDUIT…for the elements.
epicboyz Nov 16th 2009 3:31PM
brain fart... WTB edit button
Maus Nov 16th 2009 2:55PM
pure win.
jfofla Nov 16th 2009 2:57PM
I used to work for Extreme Makeover Home Edition, and Mister T made an appearance at a house we were building. He is a great guy, and I am a big fan.
I love Blizzard using this!
@ Mike Star Wars knocking at the door? Please....
Netherscourge Nov 16th 2009 2:58PM
WoW is in the throes of it's own death. Silly nonsense like this is just another kick to the gut of the founding fans of the game.
Give me Heroic Molten Core with 40+ raiders and I'll be much happier.
The commercialization of WoW has destroyed it's credibility as a legit MMORPG IMO.
Go ahead and grey this comment out - you know it's true.
Mathaios Nov 16th 2009 3:02PM
NERDRAGE+QQMOAR.
Leviathon Nov 16th 2009 3:03PM
Doomsayers like you always amuse me.
Jax Nov 16th 2009 3:04PM
Commercialization?
ITS A PAY FOR GAME. How much more commercial can you get?
Quiz Nov 16th 2009 3:08PM
WoW has always been a commercial game. There's been no commercialization. You pay for it.
Also, it's not in any "death throes" but continues to grow and make massive amounts of money for it's company (see, commercial enterprise, WoW, above).
Anyone who did the original MC with 40 people would never want to go back to that mess. 40 person raids are too damn unwieldy.
Your comments make little or no sense and you just sound ignorant and nostalgic for something you imagine was a lot better than it really was.
But you're still paying for a subscription, no doubt, and you're still reading and posting on here. You can always quit if you don't like it; but don't expect a successful company to change things for the sake of a tiny dissatisfied demographic of Vanilla Wanna-be's like yourself.
Rahmen Nov 16th 2009 3:12PM
I was reading these comments just waiting until I came across a negative one. It's amazing to me that you honestly say it's ruining the credibility of WOW as a legit MMORPG. Are you kidding me? What, you want it to be so hardcore because then it's more real and important? You know it's not real right? You didn't get famous raiding Molten Core, you're not cool BECAUSE you raided. It's a game, Blizzard has a couple billion reasons as to why it 's successful. What would you say is legit? Cuz far as I can tell, there's not a definition of a legit MMORPG, there's not a MMORPG grading system other than subscribers and blizzard is still doing alright with that one. Do you really have nothing better to do than gripe over something fun? Please dude, seperate your ass from the indent in your chair and go outside. I promise there won't be a dragon waiting to eat you. Have fun with the game, if it's not hard enough for you, go find something that is, like running a mile. The game is fun, things like this make it fun. MMORPG = massively multiplayer online role playing GAME. It's a game, not a trial by fire. Relax.