Around Azeroth: A world of pure imagination
One of the first Wrath of the Lich King screenshots ever run in this feature was from Crystalsong Forest, and it graced my desktop as the background for months. This pic, submitted by Edithzor of <ExclusivE> on Dreadmaul, manages to make the normally hideous proto-drake model look graceful and, dare I say it, coordinated with its environment.
Do you have any unusual, beautiful or interesting World of Warcraft images that are just collecting dust in your screenshots folder? We'd love to see them on Around Azeroth! Sharing your screenshot is as simple as emailing aroundazeroth@wow.com with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could be featured here next!
Remember to include your player name, server and/or guild if you want it mentioned. Please include the word "Azeroth" in your post so it does not get swept into the spam bin. We strongly prefer full screen shots without the UI showing -- use Alt Z to remove it. Please, no more battleground scoreboards, Val'kyr on mounts or pictures of the Ninja Turtles in Dalaran. Older screenshots can be found here.
Do you have any unusual, beautiful or interesting World of Warcraft images that are just collecting dust in your screenshots folder? We'd love to see them on Around Azeroth! Sharing your screenshot is as simple as emailing aroundazeroth@wow.com with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could be featured here next!
Remember to include your player name, server and/or guild if you want it mentioned. Please include the word "Azeroth" in your post so it does not get swept into the spam bin. We strongly prefer full screen shots without the UI showing -- use Alt Z to remove it. Please, no more battleground scoreboards, Val'kyr on mounts or pictures of the Ninja Turtles in Dalaran. Older screenshots can be found here.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Gamer am I May 12th 2010 10:05AM
Living there, you'll be free, if you truly wish to be.
Tomatketchup May 12th 2010 11:14AM
If you wanna view paradise, simply look around and view it.
Anything you want to do it, want to change the world? There's nothing to it.
Actuality May 12th 2010 10:10AM
What?? I find the proto drakes to be one of the more beautiful flying mounts in the game.
Especially when mine sniffs the air and looks the other way and grins. It's so freaking adorable!
Hollow Leviathan May 12th 2010 5:47PM
I much much prefer proto-drakes to so-called normal drakes, whether netherwing, red, or any other variety.
Scilk May 12th 2010 10:26AM
I've never really liked proto-drakes, they look clumsy and are always in garish colours. This one however looks quite nice with the darkened hues and multiple distinctive colours, it almost makes me want to get a (dark) prismatic proto-drake, almost.
Felix_rew May 12th 2010 10:40AM
Imaginatioooon....Imagination, Imagination, Imagination, Imaginatioooooo-ooooo-oooon
Ringo Flinthammer May 12th 2010 10:43AM
I like that the more primitive dragons have to beat their way through the skies, instead of effortlessly gliding along. Some colors (blue, rusty, red) are clearly better-looking than others (green, violet, yellow), though.
Tokkar May 12th 2010 10:49AM
"First", huh? Isn't that geek-speak for "Hi, I have no life, nothing whatever to contribute and mistakenly think that I'm being clever. Could you please ban me now"?
Tokkar May 12th 2010 11:11AM
GAH!!! Ignore this...it was a response to a "FIRST" poster.
I know, I know...don't feed the trolls...
BUT WHEN YOU HAVEN'T HAD YOUR COFFEE YET AND THE FIRST THING YOU SEE IS "FIRST!" AND...huffpuff...why yes, I do need to back away from the keyboard for a moment. Thank you.
Konungr May 12th 2010 11:20AM
Oh, C'Mon, Is this screaming PERFECT AVATAR SCREENSHOT to anyone else? Okay the drake's head may be a little off but that looks pretty close to something that could have come out of James Cameron's World.. Great Shot, I love it, I think I'm going to add it to my WoW-Screen Wallpaper Collage.
Fletcher May 12th 2010 11:22AM
The protodrake is not as pretty as my netherwing, not by a long shot. It's not the Jaguar of cars, it's ... um ... the Soviet People's Tractor of ... cars? It's big and gnarly and ugly, and gets where it's going with the maximum amount of brute force and the minimum amount of aesthetics. How can you not love it?
Given that this is Crystalsong, though, I'm pretty sure that the screenshot would have been better with a *purple* protodrake.
Artitian May 12th 2010 12:08PM
Damn, now I'm going to be watching Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory youtube movies all day.
Vaeku May 12th 2010 1:07PM
I like the song, but there's this one commercial, I forget for which company, that plays that song. And it's on all of the time.
Vaeku May 12th 2010 1:16PM
Hah, write after I wrote that the commercial came on. Damn you AT&T!
GormanGhaste May 12th 2010 12:14PM
Sigh, still trying to hatch one of those...
Rafe May 12th 2010 12:25PM
I'm surprised to see so many people down on proto-drakes. Their animations are so much smoother than normal dragons, I find. Normal dragons look so awkward on take off, for instance. I couldn't wait to finally trade in my netherwing for a red proto-drake. The dragon mounts in this game pretty much look like the dragon from Shrek. . .
SkwidSpawn May 12th 2010 2:44PM
I'm sorry, but hot pink and chartreuse are SOO Burning Crusade.