Tuesday Morning Post: Entire team is hipsters edition
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Apr 5th 2011 at 7:00AM
That said, you did not come here to investigate the inner life of this humble blogger; you came here for the latest and greatest in WoW news, delivered to you by the finest group of video game hipsters to set hands to keys. This week, we have another round of rolling restarts starting at 5 a.m. Pacific. While you're waiting for your server to cycle, why not check out the news? We have our usual roundup after the break.
Hot news and features
- Blizzard had its usual slate of April Fools' jokes this year.
- Check out the patch 4.1 PTR note updates for March 30.
- Same-faction rated battlegrounds are coming to the PTR.
- City-specific fishing quests have also been uncovered on the PTR.
- Blizzard's released an official explanation of the upcoming patch 4.1 guild challenges.
- New heirlooms have shown up in the patch 4.1 PTR game files. In addition, patch 4.1 will bind hierloom items to your Battle.net account.
- Check out the patch 4.0.6 hotfixes for March 29.
- Lead Systems Designer Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street talks about interrupts.
- Our new column WoW Archivist unearths patch 0.9.
- Are you following WoW Insider on your favorite social media outlet?
- You still have a few more days to apply to WoW Insider's April Guild of the Month contest.
Class news and guides
- Totem Talk looks at restoration pre-raid gear and stats and elemental addons, as well as some enhancement shaman Q&A.
- The Care And Feeding of Warriors presents the third part of Rossi's Cataclysm tanking discussion.
- Scattered Shots opines on hunter haste.
- Shifting Perspectives looks at tanking and healing the new Zul'Gurub as a druid. We also have a look at addons and UI tweaks for the balance druid.
- Spiritual Guidance continues its shadow priest guide to Blackwing Descent and offers a healing priest guide to Cho'gall.
- Lichborne has a blood tanking 101 guide.
- The Light And How To Swing It looks at essential retribution addons and enhancing your protection paladin's gear. We also have more holy paladin advice for Bastion of Twilight.
- Encrypted Text looks at the trials and challenges of dual-speccing your rogue.
- Raid Rx discusses the art of the wipe.
- Blood Pact redesigns warlock pets.
Items, dungeons, professions, PvP, and more
- Addon Spotlight looks at raid leader tools and some of the answers from the UI-focused version of Ask the Devs.
- WoW Rookie helps you win at Tol Barad.
- Gold Capped looks at the possibility of changes to milling and prospecting. We also discuss the fine art of undercutting.
- The OverAchiever looks at getting Outlands mounts.
- Ready Check discusses boss positioning.
Odds and ends
- 15 Minutes of Fame hangs out with El's Extreme Anglin'.
- Check out the latest installment of Safe Passage.
- Know Your Lore takes a look at the Zandalari, patch 4.1's new villain. We also continue to look at the recent history of Outland.
- The Drama Mamas untangle the lies.
- The Lawbringer answers more of your questions.
- The best thing video games ever taught me was not to tease the octopus.
Filed under: Realm Status, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Calicia Apr 5th 2011 7:28AM
How many hipsters does it take to change a lightbulb?
1. It is a really obscure number and you have probably never heard of it.
2. Who cares? The light bulb was better before it changed.
3. At least 5 to scrape enough change together to buy the light bulb in the first place.
4. However many Pitchfork says it takes to change a light bulb
5. Who cares? it’ll just be another tired rehashing of the way Lou Reed changes light bulbs.
6. Only 3 when they did it at the black cat, but this time through town it took 9 for some reason.
7. Nobody changes lightbulbs since they signed with that major label.
8. Two. One to change it in an ironic fashion and one to get it.
9. Who can tell through these fake hornrims and manicured scruff?
10. *sigh* I have this joke on vinyl.
BadAndyMk3 Apr 5th 2011 7:53AM
Why is pabst associated with hipsters?
I know that it IS from all the hipster jokes, but... why?
Calicia Apr 5th 2011 8:13AM
Hipsters have an insatiable desire to "ironic"* and like thrift store clothing they see the elevation of cheap PBR to trendy status as the height of irony.
* Air quotes used because they are such trend whores that they ceased being ironic a long time ago.
matt Apr 5th 2011 8:31AM
i drank Pabst before it was cool
quasarsglow Apr 5th 2011 8:43AM
Paying premium money for watered down swill is ironic.
Somewhat un-like raaaayaaaain on your wedding day.
thebitterfig Apr 5th 2011 3:56PM
In the spirit of charity, PBR does sponsor a lot of hipsterish music events (possibly post-initial-irony), and it is often regarded as one of the better swillish macrolagers (ie, compared to Coors, Bud, Miller, etc).
Yeah, I think that's crap, too.
Now, Teacher's Highland Cream, on the other hand, is the real deal.
Meatwadz Apr 5th 2011 8:14AM
I asked my hipster friends about pabst. They have no idea why it is the "hipster beer" .. a few years ago it was the nazi skinhead beer and a few years before that it was the dirty redneck beer. They must have one hell of a marketing department.
Chupacabras Apr 6th 2011 1:53AM
I drink it because it's cheap. In every city I've lived in, I eventually stumble across a bar that sells pints for a dollar. That place tends to become one of my regular haunts.
artifex Apr 6th 2011 5:21AM
For some reason it reminds me of Laverne & Shirley, even though the brewery they worked at was called "Shotz."
Aaron Apr 5th 2011 8:23AM
What's a pirates favorite drink?
P B ARRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Sleutel Apr 5th 2011 8:36AM
PBR, including tallboys, is no longer a hipster beer. Please try to keep up.
Fossless Apr 5th 2011 8:43AM
Sorry pbr is reckneck not hip, fail
Blayze Apr 5th 2011 9:07AM
Too indie for oxygen, yo.
dragnmastr85 Apr 5th 2011 10:55AM
Did anyone click on the tuesday link? FUCKING EPIC!!!!
Fweet Apr 5th 2011 11:13AM
Wait. Is drinking PBR out of Coors cups cool or uncool?
I only ask because I'm drinking coffee from a brandy snifter.
I'm. That. Hip. Ster.
CDave Apr 5th 2011 12:34PM
Try an espresso from a tulip glass. Mind will be blown.
And as long as hipsters don't start touching my Natty Ice and OE, they can drink all the PBR they want.
Thanos73 Apr 5th 2011 12:36PM
Wow Epic Fail Dan. Did you get your panties in a bunch cause some Internet nitwit called you a hipster over a failed April Fools prank. Seriously your response is sad, very sad.
lethian Apr 5th 2011 6:11PM
he was making light of it, way to be a tool
Basil Berntsen Apr 5th 2011 5:37PM
I can't hear you all over the sound of how much better the 70s were.