The Daily Quest: Gold, mountains of it
by Anne Stickney 
May 9th 2011 at 8:00PM
I don't know what's stranger about Disney's Pocahontas -- the fact that they decided to make a fictional cartoon movie out of something that actually took place in history, or the fact that David Ogden Stiers not only voices two characters in the film but actually performs a duet with himself as two different characters. ... But then, we're talking about the same film company that stomped all over Greek mythology with Hercules, so I guess I shouldn't really find it that odd, should I?
Speaking of gold -- mountains of it -- today, we've got a very different Daily Quest full of blogs with all kinds of gold-making tips, tricks and insights:
- Auction House Addict discusses ways of making gold through the time-honored art of cooking.
- Power Word: Gold fills us in on a profitable skinning route and the virtues of the Potion of Treasure Finding.
- Break the Bank points out why farming might actually be a bad idea when trying to turn a profit.
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.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
nuTinmuch May 9th 2011 8:54PM
Speaking of gold...
http://geek.pikimal.com/2011/05/07/mmo-update-gold-rush/
Pretty good article about gold farming and the whole business/history behind it. It might be worth a link! :)
blancester May 9th 2011 8:52PM
No not Grizzly Hills! The most forgettable and rememberable zone!
Sometimes I forget Grizzly Hills is a zone...
Loki May 9th 2011 8:58PM
@ Blancester
Like how you forget that Oil Ocean in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is coming up and then you see the title for it and go 'Oh! God I forgot about this one! I hate this place!'
musicchan May 9th 2011 9:37PM
You can't put all the blame on Disney. Everyone's been stomping on all sorts of mythology for years before they made the Hercules movie.
You study a little children's literature and you start to realize that no a single fairy tale or myth is at all like what it was when it was first written. Craziness!
Shade May 9th 2011 9:39PM
In the first 20 seconds, he says "mere trinkets". Guess who doesn't play WoW?
Nivella May 9th 2011 10:41PM
Because Disney needs the happy ending and her real history is more grim.
Schadenfreude May 9th 2011 10:56PM
Hercules is a way more entertaining movie if you pretend that all the places/people/gods/etc. in the setting are completely different, just named after the relevant Greek mythological elements.
Jeff May 9th 2011 11:05PM
Who puts the glad in Gladiator?
HERC-U-LEEEEEES
Whose daring deeds are great theater?
HERC-U-LEEEEEES
Is he bold?
No one braver!
Is he sweet?
Our favourite flavor!
HERCULEEEEEEEES, HERCULEEEEEEES
Twill May 9th 2011 11:18PM
The Lion King was based off of real events. (Tribes in Africa, not cats, but still real.)
Emily May 9th 2011 11:51PM
Hamlet was a real event?
Al May 10th 2011 1:32AM
So, by extension, Kimba the White Lion was all true?
Or are there actually singing Hyenas who goose-step... great, gonna have nightmares about Nazi Hyenas tonight
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] May 10th 2011 12:10AM
Stomped all over? You mean totally radified?
Gwen May 10th 2011 1:28AM
Because Charles Emerson Winchester III needs a reason to sing to himself.
Dark Jaguar May 10th 2011 8:04AM
Considering what Blizzard does with all mythologies they've used in Wow, complaining about Hercules seems silly. Besides, taking liberties with mythology is in a completely different ball park than turning real life history into a fantasy.
Sera May 10th 2011 10:46AM
Disney tweaks and changes stories for their films regardless of their source material. That's Hollywood folks!
gboyd May 10th 2011 2:08PM
As I've come to understand it, Disney got it right. It is history that is mistaken.
brendan.euclid May 11th 2011 3:32PM
The story that we know as "Pocahontas" never really happened. John Smith was a notorious liar who would return from every single trip he went on with a grand story about how some local woman fell in love with him and then saved him from certain death. While the characters were obviously real people, and Pocahontas was certainly a real person, the story as most people know it is about as close to the truth as Sleeping Beauty.