Around Azeroth: Where the sidewalk ends
by Elizabeth Wachowski 
Sep 15th 2010 at 10:00AM
Why bring this up, you might ask? Well, it gives me an excuse to link to this Robert Burns joke, which I never seem to get to reference in daily life. Also, all the seas "gang" dry seems to be a predominant theme on the 4.0 PTR -- we've gotten several submissions with missing oceans and disappointed fishermen. (Thanks to Zhiva of Anachronos [EU-A] for the pic.)As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I,
And I will luve thee still, my Dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the seas gang dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun!
O I will luve thee still, my Dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Drakkenfyre Sep 14th 2010 9:55PM
Aww, damn. I was going to send in a screenshot like this.
Here's a bug you might want to try on the PTR. Go to where this screenshot was taken (Odesyus' Landing, on Azuremyst Isle) and Slowfall all the way to the bottom of the ocean. Don't worry, the sea isn't actually there. Unlike the water in most of the rest of the game, it simply isn't invisible.
If you run all the way to the edge of the zone, you can mount up on your flying mount, and fly around. But as soon as the chat channel changes back to The Veiled Sea, you will get dismounted.
You can also do this in Quel'Danas, and have the zone change to The North Sea. And if you die here, by fallling, for example, you will pop up in the Blood Elf zone. However currently on the PTR there is a bad bug where if you logout in or near Silvermoon City, the game will crash upon login.
Also, here's a tip. Don't go into the Canals in SW. The water exists at the top. But as soon as you get to the bottom, you fall down, and walk around. Unless someone can port you out or you hearth out, you will drown.
(cutaia) Sep 15th 2010 12:43AM
Haha...I just sent in my own version as well. I'd imagine we'll see a couple of these before she adds them to "the list" along with scoreboards and ninja turtles. :P
Drakkenfyre Sep 15th 2010 8:38AM
Ah, forget it. I will post mine here.
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5118/wowscrnshot091410233616.jpg
J Sep 15th 2010 10:05AM
Never thought I'd see a Rabbie Burns poem here. It warms my tartan heart.
bui Sep 15th 2010 10:08AM
Best WoW glitch ever, if you have a sound cards installed and the on board one running this will make you fall through the world forever. It took 5 GMs and 9 hours of my life to figure out that two sound cards running makes the ground stop existing. Go figure. Which by the way under the world not an interesting place.
Ullaana Sep 15th 2010 10:19AM
Great Burns joke, thanks.
tedleo300 Sep 15th 2010 10:50AM
also a book full of poems by shel silverstein.. man that takes me back a good 15 years when i was in grade school...Our school library's copy was almost always checked out.. A child favorite.
Duulket Sep 15th 2010 11:07AM
I love the Robbie Burns joke.
SunGod228 Sep 15th 2010 11:09AM
I'll tell you the story of Dilbert Daft --
And you know what I tell you is true.
He loved to play World of Warcraft
Almost as much as you.
He played all day, he played all night
Till he grew pale and lean,
From "Goldshire" to "ICC"
And all the zones between.
He played till his eyes were frozen wide,
And his bottom grew into his chair.
And his chin turned into a computer case,
And PC cables grew out of his hair.
And his brains turned into PC tubes,
And his face to a PC screen.
And two knobs saying "On" and "Off"
Grew where his ears had been.
And he grew a plug that looked like a tail
So we plugged in dear Dilbert.
Now we play World of Warcraft
That is how you recruit a friend.
(cutaia) Sep 15th 2010 11:17AM
Nicely done.
/mourn [1. Local]
RetPallyJil Sep 15th 2010 1:12PM
I thought the Burns joke was pretty funny. Stored it away for potential future use!
Bynde Sep 15th 2010 3:04PM
I always liked this.
"The Ballad of Barbara Allen",...The earliest known mention of the song is in Samuel Pepys' diary[1] for January 2. 1666 (edA. Robert Latham & William Matthews, Vol. vii, London: [1972], p. 1.) where he refers to the "little Scotch song of 'Barbary Allen'".
Barbara Allen
In Scarlet town where I was born
There was a fair maid dwelling
And every youth cried well away
For her name was Barbara Allen
Twas in the merry month of May
The green buds were a swelling
Sweet William on his deathbed lay
For the love of Barbara Allen
He sent a servant unto her
To the place she was dwelling
Saying you must come to his deathbed now
If your name be Barbara Allen
Slowly slowly she got up
Slowly slowly she came nigh him
And the only words to him she said
Young man I think you're dying
As she was walking oer the fields
She heard the death bell knelling
And every stroke it seemed to say
Hardhearted Barbara Allen
Oh mother mother make my bed
Make it long and make it narrow
Sweet William died for me today
I'll die for him tomorrow
They buried her in the old churchyard
They buried him in the choir
And from his grave grew a red red rose
From her grave a green briar
They grew and grew to the steeple top
Till they could grow no higher
And there they twined in a true love's knot
Red rose around green briar