Call for Posts: Write a Breakfast Topic!
by Alex Ziebart 
Mar 17th 2010 at 9:00AM
You can find out more about the program in our announcement post about the Guest Writer program, and at our Contributing to WoW.com page. As mentioned, we're looking for all of you to write Breakfast Topics in our usual conversational style, asking the community for their thoughts and opinions on whatever WoW-related topic you'd like. Entries should ideally be between 200 and 500 words, though there is some wiggle room in either direction. Only the best submissions will be accepted.
In order to get started read up about the program, sign up, and then submit your article (you can't see the article page unless you have a Seed account). Unfortunately, we are currently only able to take submissions from individuals living in the United States, but hopefully we'll be able to accept international submissions in the future. We are accepting submissions until 11:59 p.m. EST on Wednesday, March 24th. If this round goes well, we will take more contributions later.
Good luck, and have fun!
Filed under: WoW Insider Business, Guest Posts
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Neyssa Mar 17th 2010 9:22AM
Why is the United States so unique that Europeans cannot participate in this contest? Or are you just afraid of the owerpowered competition? :)
Zalvi24 Mar 17th 2010 9:53AM
is not that we are afraid of you Europeans, we just want to make sure we get a fair chance at contest without have to worry of you europeans using saronite bombs to win faster.
Neyssa Mar 17th 2010 10:04AM
Fair chance... like banning us from even participating?
BigBadGooz Mar 17th 2010 10:12AM
Cause you drink room temperature beer and say things like brilliant.
Al Mar 17th 2010 10:16AM
AoL probably crashes when confronted with 'colour' style spelling. And irony, that confuses Americans even more.
I'd say it also prohibits Oceanic players, but we all know they don't exist.
(Hopefully the self-deprecation doesn't crash the filter.)
Robin Torres Mar 17th 2010 12:49PM
It's not us, it's Seed.com. They just aren't setup for anything outside the U.S. yet.
Besides, we just talked about this in workchat: You get better chocolate (under the same name even), better beer (ditto) and what's this I hear about Green Tea Kit Kats?
You guys will continue to be cooler and eat better while the U.S. peeps can use Seed.com... for now. Then later, when it goes international, you'll still be cooler and eat better AND will be able to contribute articles.
Hmmm... doesn't seem quite fair.
Clydtsdk-Rivendare Mar 17th 2010 3:31PM
GREEN TEA KITKATS?
/drool
Chris Mar 17th 2010 3:39PM
Unfortunately the Green Tea Kit Kats are Japan only... :(
And, just like red wine, you don't drink good beer chilled, and certainly not ice cold. Having it warmer opens up the flavours. Of course with crap beer you want it as cold as possible - from my experience I'd advise freezing Bud and sucking on the ice cube. That way you get drunk and you can't taste a thing!
Peter Mar 17th 2010 5:45PM
Sorry mate. I've had my fair share of imported European beers (imported to Australia), and unless non exported European beers are explicitly brewed to suit a colder climate or room temperature is still chilled (either wouldn't surprise me) than the best imported euro beer I've had still taste horrific when warm.
However, if I knew of any good, internationally prevalent euro beers that taste better warm, I'm all ears.
Mind you, as I'm sure you could understand, at least half of the allure of a beer in Australia is that it is arctic cold, which makes it so much crisper, dryer and refreshing.
BritishBulldog Mar 17th 2010 6:42PM
Being steriotyped is the only drawback of being awesomely awesome.
Spiffing.
Namy Mar 17th 2010 7:25PM
Americans don't say brilliant?! Is this true? Cold beer hurts my teeth :((
Robin Torres Mar 17th 2010 8:23PM
Never judge beer/food by what gets exported to your country. The natives get the REAL stuff.
Chris Mar 17th 2010 8:47PM
Peter,
Well it firstly depends on your definition of 'room temperature'. Houses over the years have gotten much warmer. Here in the UK the average room temperature is creeping up towards 20C, and from my trips to the USA, they seem to like their rooms even hotter. Stiing around the house sweating in shorts and t-shorts when there's snow on the ground outside is just wrong.
In terms of drinks 'room temperature' is much more like 10-14C, which was the average temperature of a room in the mid 19th century, when people really started to seriously rate (and drink and pay for) good wine (and eventually beer). qf The Bordeaux classification of 1855, which explains why a 1989 Chateaux Petrus will cost you £2,500, and on from the Chateaux next door will cost you a tenth of that.
In terms of beer, here is a short list of my favourite beers, all of which taste much nicer at 10C than they do at 2 or 3C
Badger Tanglefoot
Palmers Copper
Orkney Dark Island
Hogs Back TEA
Greene King IPA (and this is proper IPA, not the over-hopped garbage I get served in the Mid-West)
There is a simple rule - if it comes in a frosted glass, or out of the taps at 2-3C or makes your front teeth hurt when you drink it, it's got something to hide.
If you're drinking for enjoyment, pick something to put in your body that's going in darker than it's going to come out.
However, if you're throwing enough beer down your neck to make the heifer at the end of the bar skinnier before you make your 2am approach, stick to the wife beater (aka Stella)
Ishammel Mar 17th 2010 9:24AM
Poor old Rossi - right after his fantastic Breakfast Topic comes this kick in the teeth!
PS. I'm from the UK and am jealous that I can't submit an article... I have the perfect one... :(
(cutaia) Mar 17th 2010 12:14PM
Just convince an American to send it in for you. Beat the system!
Darky Mar 17th 2010 9:33AM
I'm thinking something to do with sea mice, just sayin'...
Fletcher Mar 17th 2010 9:33AM
New Zealander here with a bar full of rage at your restrictions!
Al Mar 17th 2010 10:21AM
Too easy a 'joke' to skip - are you saying 'bar' or 'baaa'?
Ryan Mar 17th 2010 9:36AM
It is a pet peeve of mine when something claims to be international or global (see World Series, Dungeon Fighter beta.) when it's in truth limited to North America.
It does nothing to dispel the belief that residents of the U.S.A. are ignorant of other countries.
That and youtube videos of your beauty queens explaining their view on global politics
Tyr Mar 17th 2010 9:40AM
...what?
There's probably a very good legal reason why they can only accept participants from the States. I'm still mad I can't join in though. >:3