The Daily Quest: I put on my robe and tinfoil hat
by Anne Stickney 
Feb 18th 2011 at 4:00PM
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.
Remember that old April Fool's Day gag from 2007? No? Well, I do. And I'm still waiting on my schematic. Some day ...
Today, we've got a few choice posts from around the blogosphere surrounding crazy theories that may or may not just be paranoid speculation. Please be certain to close your curtains and make sure your wireless network is secure before accessing this information. Because you never know who's watching.
- Big Bear Butt has a wild theory about the Grimtotem and their possible allies. Exclusive!
- Be Healed! has some unsettling information regarding the true "Big Bad" of Warcraft. Shocking!
- Tales From the Void ponders the future of a tankless, healerless World of Warcraft. Say what?!
Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment, and you may see it here tomorrow! Be sure to check out our WoW Resources Guide for more WoW-related sites. Filed under: The Daily Quest
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Enthis_17 Feb 18th 2011 4:13PM
One of the npc's in the tin foil hat article is named cata.
THE CONSPIRACY CONTINUES!!!
Zakarii Feb 18th 2011 4:16PM
I had never seen that before... I got a kick from the image with the hat in action on the Draenei. Any Tin Schafer fans should know what I mean.
Zakarii Feb 18th 2011 4:18PM
Sorry for the double post, but I can't resist the urge to point out the comments in /s in the pics and the name of the Dwarf in another pic... The Dwarf is named Sparta and the picnic pic has "this is madness" in /s... Uh oh.
The hat is working!!!
Drakkenfyre Feb 18th 2011 4:39PM
Did you get the joke in the Netherstorm one?
http://www.wowpedia.org/images/6/65/Tinfoilhatsculder.jpg
The old "No S in Lab" irritatation.
"LFM for slabs!"
"There is no S in Lab"
kingoomieiii Feb 18th 2011 5:59PM
That, and all the names are jokes from 300.
Sunblot
Shadowfight
Helldiner
Aaron Feb 18th 2011 4:31PM
Robe and wizard hat FTW!
Aaron Feb 18th 2011 4:50PM
Gotta find a way a better way when I'm theerrrrrreeeeeeee.
jsin1276 Feb 18th 2011 5:09PM
Where is the Horde love at???
Ostentaneous Feb 18th 2011 5:39PM
Freaking livejournal... grey text on a black background and dark pictures.
Eirik Feb 18th 2011 6:56PM
Livejournal got voted down?
Ellendor Feb 18th 2011 7:18PM
What would happen if they simply adjusted the group sizes? if you add an extra dps making a group consist of 6 instead of 5 members it should also drastically reduce qeue times
omedon666 Feb 18th 2011 8:34PM
It's clear that the sheer volume of players Blizzard continues to draw into WoW is being bottlenecked by the obviously and vastly rarer intuitions that would lead a new player (or heck, even seasoned players) to tank or heal. These are "responsibilities" that seasoned gamers are (sometimes grudgingly) used to, but how do you tell someone new to MMOs, a demographic Blizzard is playing to now more than ever, "awesome, glad you love our game, sadly you're either going to have to claim some responsibility to lead, or wait for the few willing to do so, to continue any further"? You just don't. You tell them to "get social" and find not just "more friends" (the packaged statement) but "the *right* friends" (the truth).
The "holy trinity" is both the selling point of WoW, as well as its Achilles heel. It has grown beyond "one in every 5 will want to lead" size, and making that one in 6, or 7 isn't going to work either.
Think of this: even with 3 DPS needed for one tank, the queue disparity of "less than a second" to "X number of minutes" is just staggering to consider. Altering those numbers one way or the other isn't going to address it, there needs to be a siphon-off point where those that want to feel progress, and like grouping, as a true "damage dealer" go to lessen that pressure on WoW: a trinity game playing to the communities of old that would support the idea. Who generates that siphon point is the big question, and you have to wonder if that will be "Titan".
themightysven Feb 18th 2011 7:43PM
hmm, the real big bad of WoW are the Spirit Healers. eating all our entropy they are!!
omedon666 Feb 18th 2011 7:59PM
Hehe, I was just thinking "oh oh oh! I did a tinfoil hat themed blog entry this week! I should link it to this TDQ!... only to find it *part of* said TDQ! Thanks for the plug! :)
omedon666.livejournal.com
G-Lamb Feb 18th 2011 9:50PM
Maybe if they introduced a tank payment system... like say each month if you tank X number of instances you get x amount of gold as a reward, or bonus VP or JP, it would make more people who can spec tank actually spec tank.
Obviously set the number of instances you have to tank to atleast 50? so thats about 2 a day.
omedon666 Feb 18th 2011 10:12PM
Clearly you've never worked with the guy who "doesn't like tanking, I'm just here for the [currency], so keep up".
No one should be playing for any reason not spelled F-U-N.
Dawn Moore Feb 18th 2011 10:03PM
Nice title Anne =)
Runzwithfire Feb 19th 2011 1:57AM
If your talking Tinfoil Hat Editions, might I recommend Rades post over at Orcish Army Knife looking at Garrosh, Demon Blood and Sylvanas' Master Plan - it's a good read XD
Thomas Higgins Feb 20th 2011 5:30AM
Good link. The whole speculation about Sylvanas becoming Warchief is just scary.
Comito Feb 20th 2011 8:18AM
Thanks for the link, awesome possible outcome in the future, and how the in game events for this would be awesome!