Cataclysm beta live stream and Choose My Adventure polls
by Robin Torres 
Oct 6th 2010 at 1:00PM
Note: The stream is of the Cataclysm beta. It and the chat below are full of spoilers. You have been warned.
Update: The stream is now over. You can still click on the above screenshot to view the video.
Hello and welcome to the live version of Choose My Adventure (beta edition). The winner of the polls was Robinemia the Forsaken huntress, so I will be continuing her adventures today. Join me after the break while I narrate, read quests and take requests from the chat room. The show will run for at least an hour and be viewable on video, if you weren't able to watch it live.
The schedule for all of our adventurers can be found on Tuesday's post, and the polls for this week are after the break.
Live stream chat
Polls
The winning name for Prupher (Lisa Poisso's proofreading druid) is Oopsers. I really was hoping for Stet. Oh well.
Peenk the gnome priestess would like you to choose her spec, as she will soon be level 10.
| Shadow | |
|---|---|
| Holy | |
| Discipline |
Worgen druid is what I'll play if female worgen work by next week's stream. But in case they are still broken, please choose the next character. Also, I've put the petless goblin huntress to rest and have created a brand new goblin shaman in her place. So choose Roblinator if you would like to see me play the goblin zones from the beginning.
| Roblinator, the level 1 goblin shaman | |
|---|---|
| Peenk, the gnome priestess | |
| Robinemia, the Forsaken huntress | |
| Night elf mage | |
| Orc mage | |
| Boring human | |
| Another race/class combo (leave a comment stating which one) |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
lisapoisso Oct 5th 2010 11:41PM
Oopsers?
OOPSERS?!?
... you people are slaying me ... SLAYING me ...
Duulket Oct 6th 2010 1:07PM
I wanted Red Pen.
Death Oct 6th 2010 3:55PM
*Looks away like he does not know a thing*
What I thought it was a funny name... *sly look*
jealouspirate Oct 6th 2010 1:24PM
Incoming rant:
You know, every week I see some variation of "boring human" on the polls. This sentiment seems to be all over WoW. "I'm a human in RL, how boring! Lame!". It really bothers me.
I mean, the models (especially male) aren't particularly compelling, but being a human in Azeroth is NOTHING like being a human in RL. Azeroth humans lore is much, much different from life on Earth. Humans in-game fling fireballs and other crazy magical stuff, slay dragons with weapons as tall as they are, fly dragons, fight undead... they do exactly everything all the other races go about doing.
Placing the word "boring" in the poll, whether intentially or not, doesn't exactly encourage people to vote for that option either.
I know no one really cares about my opinion, but this just bugs me every time I see it (not just by you Robin!), so I wanted to speak up.
(cutaia) Oct 6th 2010 1:36PM
Boring Human for warchief!
Molly Oct 6th 2010 2:14PM
I totally understand where you're coming from, and I can believe that humans are much more fun to play than I've given them credit for. But my dislike of them comes from two places: the lack of interesting models does make it "boring" for me to play them; and, as much as I love the rich lore surrounding them, I *really* dislike them for it. The history of humans in Azeroth is, at times, as appalling as our own history. It's a similar reason to the reason I don't play Forsaken -- I find them incredibly off-putting at times due to their motivations.
This is not to say the lore of other races is filled with sunshine and puppy dogs, but the humans have made some really dick moves in the past which make me ill-inclined to play them.
TL:DR -- Humans are uninteresting to some, and I'll probably roll one when I get home from work to see if I can be convinced otherwise :)
Kittens Oct 6th 2010 2:27PM
This!
Calling the human 'boring' every time is going to negatively influence that vote a bit I think. No one wants to see anything boring, and for example a goblin (even if we've seen their starting zone already!) is probably going to win over it. Yet I am sure there are many people that would love to see the human starting zone, the 'boring human' even almost won a week or two ago. The poor human has been in that poll forever and she just can't win, ever :)
I didn't think the human starter quests were boring when I played them, there was some nice new stuff in there. I also hear the Hogger fight has gotten a nice new upgrade, if you ever get to leveling that high!
So I'd like to see this option have a better chance, or, if you reeeeally don't want to play human like it seems, just stop putting the option in there.
Robin Torres Oct 6th 2010 3:23PM
I don't think my opinion is more valid than anyone else's and this is totally an opinion -- like a favorite color, or my passion for Nutella. (Well, OK, people who don't like Nutella are wrong -- if they exist at all.) I find humans boring and I put that on the poll to make it clear that I will be bored playing one and that may not translate well on the stream. In the past, when I have streamed something I found boring, there were complaints and that character was voted off. So consider this a warning label.
That having been said, it still came in a very close second last week right behind Peenk.
Natsumi Oct 6th 2010 4:36PM
Put a label on Goblin that says boring, I've seen that starting zone so many times I don't think I'll even play one when they go live, no matter how many awesome cinematics they give Goblins. Even Robin has streamed it TWICE now (once as a Priest and once as a Hunter). I'm probably not the only one that feels this way here, so if you put up a label on Humans do so for Goblins too.
Hoof Oct 12th 2010 10:23AM
What part of the word "opinion" do you not understand Natsumi? If Robin found Goblins boring, she'd clearly mark it so. If the voters found goblins boring, they'd stop voting for them.
Sorry princess, welcome to the real world where everyone has their own opinion and occasionally, you're going to find yourself in the minority.
H Oct 6th 2010 2:47PM
Troll Warlock!!
catherine Oct 6th 2010 3:03PM
something is telling me that the goblins shaman is winning
Dreyja Oct 6th 2010 3:23PM
Ugh... more goblin. /sigh XD
Ah well I can never make it for the Wed. morning show anyhoo.
Urgata Oct 6th 2010 3:27PM
Have you at Wowinsider/ICFTB thought about how to deal with the coming cap on guild size?
Robin Torres Oct 6th 2010 3:56PM
Yes, we have a plan in place and a post will come out later today describing it.
North Oct 6th 2010 4:36PM
Dying to see Orc mage. So little lore on it and so few people are covering the revamped Durotar.
It makes me sad to see it lagging behind so much in the polls.
Ricohardt Oct 6th 2010 4:54PM
For Peenk: Shadow may be leading right now, but I'm telling you disc dps is really powerful right now. Low levels all you need is a Penance, by 45 all I was using was a couple stacks of smite before Penance. And I soloed the lake monster in Lock Modan at level.
Disc DPS: Because they deserve to be punished.
Malcolm Oct 7th 2010 3:00AM
Robin! I was the Ambrod, Forsaken Warrior apparently bugging you around Sylvanas. You ignored me so I moved on :( I wanted ta' quest.