Around Azeroth: A mounting feeling of humiliation
The designers spend a lot of energy making sure that mounts are pretty cool-looking. I mean, you wouldn't want to make a mount that no one on earth would be seen riding, would you? Say, an Azerothian equivalent of a Wagon Queen Family Truckster? Shanzan of on Skullcrusher (US-H) has discovered just such a thing. While riding through Storm Peaks on the back of his drakeform guildmate Gherit, he found out the hard way what happens if the mount has done the Hodir quest line and the rider hasn't.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
razion Mar 1st 2011 10:22AM
Well you know what they say, failure is in the eye of the beholder...
Ronin Mar 1st 2011 10:45AM
That is just too hilari-- er, humiliating.
Scooter Mar 1st 2011 10:47AM
I have a challenge for the readers!
Take yourself, a potion of illusion, and a buddy with the sand drake mount and stand right outside the village. Have the drake holder transform and the other drink the potion so he matches the drake holder. Now both of you walk in.
Try various combo's of being inside and out and seeing what you end up with. Bonus points if your a mage with mirror image!
Gath Mar 1st 2011 11:04AM
lol i hate maintenance day, and worst? i hate orcs and taurens yuk ...taurens remind me of very overweight teenagers with chocolate stuf all over their mouths and always doing something stupid like texting their gf on the same couch, or doing some stoooopid mooo dance on WoW...i so hate taurens, the way they look, act, move, talk and laugh is to me, so disgusting, I may as well, watch my old man fart, puke and pick his nose an' eat it as to watch a tauren on WoW, it's just as entertainingly gross, and is one of the most disgusting images that couls ever enter ones head...i wanna puke jus' thinkin' about it. :) sry, i'm not at fault for the disgustingness of taurens on WoW.. it's only my worthless opinion :) and fodder for any cannon fire, while wow is down :( a GM once spawned Humar for me :)
epicboyz Mar 1st 2011 11:13AM
wow... just, wow... 0_o
cygnus Mar 1st 2011 11:41AM
Is he trolling?... or... I'm not sure what;s happening.
Scooter Mar 1st 2011 1:18PM
@cygnus
Definite troll. You can tell because you find yourself caring less about him as a person after reading his post. Or the fact that his post is entirely unrelated to the article.
Harvoc Mar 1st 2011 1:31PM
Yea, this is definitely a troll. I checked out his profile and all of his comments are impossible to read because of grammar and spelling issues and they're totally unrelated to the article he responded to.
Ronin Mar 1st 2011 6:33PM
Maybe they're not a troll-- maybe they're just _really_ immature?
Navigator_Black Mar 2nd 2011 2:28PM
I would do anything for the Family Truckster mount! Generally I really don't like the mounts in WoW, especially the fliers, but if I could get a Family Truckster I'd be all over that.
Wiser Mar 1st 2011 11:53AM
People still play WoW? Now that's humiliating.
Actually, what's even more humiliating is that Blizzard is focusing on making mounts look good instead of adding classes and gameplay mechanics...LOL. That's why I quit WoW back in 2009, Blizzard is a joke now with Vivendi and Activision running it.
razion Mar 1st 2011 12:05PM
You know what's even more humiliating? A guy who comes back to a WoW-related blog, and thereafter berating a system he can't even make constructive ways to improve himself, and even further only goes on to say he quit the game, despite leaving a comment a WoW-related blog.
You are a sad, strange little man. And you have my pity.
Harvoc Mar 1st 2011 1:32PM
Eh, my pity's too good for him.
Mel Mar 1st 2011 6:47PM
Go back to RIFT. That's exactly the kind of bullshit I had to read over and over during the beta. This, the more than sorry state of RIFT's rp-servers, and the rampant misogyny of the community is the reason why I won't give Trion a single cent as long as they won't get their asses into moderation mode.
Mahram Mar 1st 2011 1:04PM
ROFLMAO! It's ALMOST as good as Bears on Camels in HoO.
Almost.
The only thing that beats bear-on-a-camel is rocket bear.
Tri Mar 1st 2011 5:19PM
Looks like running wild's early stages xD
Grovinofdarkhour Mar 1st 2011 5:26PM
Wood-paneled station wagons FTW!!!
Evelinda Mar 2nd 2011 2:31AM
when the mount and the rider have both done the quest chain, do they both turn into hyldnir? so you have a big hyldnir with a little hyldnir on top? because that would be even more hilarious.
Whiplashmtb Mar 2nd 2011 8:17AM
Yeah, it was a good time. This picture doesn't give you the full effect. When we were flying, Gherit "The lady" had the "Swimming" animation. And It looked like I was humping her arm and was trying to fling me off.
-Shanzan