Breakfast Topic: Does this topic not value its life

Meet Cro. Cro's just an orc trying to make a living down in Lower City, but apparently it's not as easy to just sell some items and be a vendor as everyone thinks. In Burning Crusade, players were entertained by the ongoing saga of orc vs. fruit vendor -- a tiny little old lady who seems a bit absent-minded at best, and doesn't realize the orc is screaming about her. This began with simple screaming from the orc, who was outraged at the apple cart parked smack in front of his stall, and quickly progressed into a self-perceived war which ended, ultimately, with Cro selling the apples out of the cart and encouraging people to crush them. Lower City was full of this random NPC interaction and storylines, between the Cro saga, Griftah's ongoing struggle to stay in the city's limits, and the continuing adventures of Investigator Asric and Peacekeeper Jadaar.
But let's get back to Cro. I find sometimes when wandering around Dalaran that I miss the orc's frenetic shrieking and paranoia. And then I find myself wondering what would happen if the simple leatherworker, sick of the fruit wagon nonsense, up and moved to Dalaran to try and do business there. What would Cro do? Who would he ally with? Would he berate Marcia Chase until she remembered the stupid secret of the Ghostfish and finally stopped calling it a mystery? Would Minigob Manabonk take some small amount of pleasure in repeatedly turning the bellowing orc into a sheep?
I have no idea but the speculation has been entertaining me for the last half hour or so, so have at it, Breakfast Topic readers: If suddenly relocated to Dalaran, What Would Cro Do?
But let's get back to Cro. I find sometimes when wandering around Dalaran that I miss the orc's frenetic shrieking and paranoia. And then I find myself wondering what would happen if the simple leatherworker, sick of the fruit wagon nonsense, up and moved to Dalaran to try and do business there. What would Cro do? Who would he ally with? Would he berate Marcia Chase until she remembered the stupid secret of the Ghostfish and finally stopped calling it a mystery? Would Minigob Manabonk take some small amount of pleasure in repeatedly turning the bellowing orc into a sheep?
I have no idea but the speculation has been entertaining me for the last half hour or so, so have at it, Breakfast Topic readers: If suddenly relocated to Dalaran, What Would Cro Do?
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Reader Comments (Page 3 of 4)
Anne Stickney Mar 6th 2010 1:18PM
Exactly. When Marcia finally gives up that stupid fishing pole I've been after since the dailies started, I am going to turn around and clobber her with it.
But then, that might just exacerbate the problem...
Tholma Raano Mar 6th 2010 10:48AM
Jadaar and Asric did go to Dalaran and are no longer there, but that's because they're trying to become heroes at the Argent Tournament. :)
jonpugh Mar 6th 2010 11:14AM
Frankly, I got very tired of Cro, as well as the chicken clucking going on between the Scryers and Aldor in Area 52. Griftah was at least amusing, but none of them allowed you to interact with them. I prefer NPCs that interact, like General Marcus Jonathon. If you salute him, he'll salute you back.
In that vein, I discovered an interesting NPC interaction while scouting out Malykriss while doing [The Vile Hold]. You have the ability to throw rocks at the Riders, who remain yellow but still take damage. They're not the real Riders, since you're in a special layer, but they're still elites with 250,000 hp.
I didn't have the patience to kill one, but did knock her down 20,000 hp, 250-500 hp a throw. I doubt they drop anything in this layer, but I'm thinking a group of Lithe Stalkers would be darned amusing. We could all yell "Stone them!" while doing it. The girls would need fake beards of course...
Hollow Leviathan Mar 6th 2010 4:46PM
I killed one of the riders using just the stones. It only took about 10 minutes. They do in fact not drop anything, but it was fully worth the time investment.
I mean
I HAVE CRUSHED A RIDER OF BLOOD, LICH KING! IT WILL NOT BE THE LAST.
Wussah Mar 6th 2010 11:55AM
I don't believe that Granny Smith was the fruit vendor Cro had an issue with. Head out to Nagrand, there's a little island floating over Garadar with a tree on it, you'll find your real fruit vendor there.
Stoneblade Mar 6th 2010 12:02PM
Forget Basic Campfire... Cro Threadstrong for Warchief!
brammage Mar 6th 2010 12:34PM
Cro has my vote.
PictoKong Mar 6th 2010 12:46PM
/vote
jcap1355 Mar 6th 2010 1:22PM
I'm with Cro!
Paisley Mar 6th 2010 1:25PM
Funny this is the Breakfast Topic. I was mourning Cro recently, and have taken to yelling his lines in Dalaran. Sadly, many people do not see to get it.
Ruta Mar 6th 2010 1:26PM
Cro Threadstrong says: DON'T LOOK SO SMUG! I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, BUT LOWER CITY WAS MERELY A SETBACK! DID YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE I WOULD TRUST THE MERCHANDISE TO SOME AGING GREY HAIRED MONGREL? OH NO, NO, NO, SHE WAS MERELY AN INSTRUMENT, A STEPPING STONE TO A MUCH LARGER CART! IT HAS ALL LED TO DALARAN... AND THIS TIME, THE OGRE WILL NOT INTERFERE!
Anne Stickney Mar 6th 2010 1:34PM
cannot stop laughing
Johan Mar 6th 2010 1:32PM
Or maybe he'd not like to get booted out of the Silver Covenant.
"HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO WORK WHEN I CANT REACH 50% OF MY CLIENTELE!?!?"
Undra Mar 6th 2010 2:03PM
"CRUSADER! WHY IS THIS STATUE SPOILING THE DEATH OF THE LICH KING? MY GUILD IS STILL ON SINDRAGOSA AND NOW THEY HAVE NO MOTIVATION TO FINISH! HOW ARE YOU HONORING HIS LAST WORDS BY CONSTRUCTING THIS, CRUSADER?"
RetPallyJil Mar 6th 2010 2:11PM
YOU ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME FRUIT VENDOR!!
Arkmoo Mar 6th 2010 2:13PM
upon reaching Dalaran and finding such limited space to do business he would attempt to take the best vending spots for himself culminating in this...
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=28993#screenshots:id=122388
Emberhorn Mar 6th 2010 2:37PM
I had hoped that things would continue to escalate with each patch, until one day you logged in to find a little old lady shaped chalk outline near the cart and Asric and Jadaar standing over it . Cro would be nowhere in sight and you'd start an epic quest that would involve collecting and analyzing evidence, and pursuing the mad orc all the way to Northrend. It would end in Icecrown Citadel where a grand confrontation would occur where we learn that Cro has driven mad by Arthas using him as a puppet to bring apples to feed his undead army. No doubt that the fight would involve avoiding being crushed by a giant Cro-bomination.
Al Mar 6th 2010 3:50PM
I'm thinking he's travelled far and wide, consulting Troll spell-casters for hidden knowledge. When he has mastered it, he will return and the fruit vendors of two worlds will wake in fright. On that day, all will know the Voodoo that Cro do so well.
icepyro Mar 6th 2010 6:25PM
As someone who came in to the game on 3.1 patch day and as such am not very familiar with it, I now feel compelled to find out more about what it takes to make someone declare war on a fruit vendor.
Thank you all for the lols.
Worcester Mar 6th 2010 8:52PM
I'm not sure if I've just missed them, but there seem to be a lot fewer "Easter Eggs" in Northrend, and even Outlands.
I'm more talking about the secret or interesting places, like the forgotten throne room in Badlands, or the various monuments to real-life people who have passed on.
Am I just missing them because I burned through Northrend so fast?