by Adam Holisky 
Jun 5th 2011 at 8:00AM
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Filed under: Breakfast Topics
| Event | Date |
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| Love Is In the Air | 2/2 - 2/15 |
| Blackrock Foundry Normal and Heroic open | 2/3 |
| Darkmoon Faire | 2/8 - 2/15 |
| Blackrock Foundry Mythic opens | 2/10 |
| Lunar Festival | 2/16 - 3/2 |
| Blackrock Foundry LFR wing 1 opens | 2/17 |
| Blackrock Foundry LFR wing 2 opens | 2/24 |
| Darkmoon Faire | 3/1 - 3/8 |
| Blackrock Foundry LFR wing 3 opens | 3/10 |
| Blackrock Foundry LFR wing 4 opens | 3/24 |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 10)
erragall Jun 5th 2011 8:05AM
my dog looks like falkor ^^. Im 15 and the never ending story was the first fantasy "thing" i ever saw ^^, when all the videos were being thrown out i still have this (vhs) hidden in my room =L it kinda special ^^
Jason Jun 5th 2011 9:04AM
Best dog ever?
gewalt Jun 5th 2011 12:43PM
am I the only one who sees no resemblance between falcor and winged guardian?
Skarn Jun 5th 2011 2:04PM
Just lookit that face!
AudreyR Jun 5th 2011 2:59PM
@Cinarg Odd. You'd think that the people able who have an extra $25 dollars after paying internet bills and a subscription fee don't need any financial advice.
Sure there are some exceptions, but that's their problem, not yours.
AudreyR Jun 5th 2011 3:07PM
Whoops! Wrong room. Sorry.
*quietly let's self out*
cowy Jun 5th 2011 3:44PM
Falkor is awesome, you have a cool doggie. ^_^
I personally don't get the comparison of Falkor to this new mount.
Falkor has a doggie face. This thing is a lion.
Falkor dosn't have wings, he has a long serpintine wingless body. This new mount has a short body and wings.
Falkor is white. This cat is purple/blackish.
I get that everyone wants to have warm fuzzies in remembering Neverending Story... but this is just... no. Don't cheapen Falkor like that. :x
erragall Jun 5th 2011 5:22PM
hehe ^^, i just noticed the tv station playing "the never ending story" was TG4 ( TG ceithre ) the only irih tv station which broadcasts in irish, i now have even more respect for my country =D
ScorchHellfire Jun 5th 2011 6:27PM
I just want to know what is going on with that blood elf in the background... odd um... outfit... he's got there...
sporkwind Jun 6th 2011 10:58AM
That dog is the only thing I remember about that movie... the dog scared the heck out of me. I have no idea why, but this movie and willie wonka's chocolate factory were scariest movies I can remember from my childhood.
mazca13 Jun 5th 2011 8:12AM
Microtransaction mounts have never really appealed to me - I consider my monthly fee to be good value for the amount of entertainment I get from it, but paying the equivalent of two months of WoW for a glowy lion just doesn't quite feel right to me. I can see the appeal if you've got plenty of disposable income... but I don't!
jplayer01 Jun 5th 2011 9:12AM
Personally, I don't understand how anybody can call it a 'microtransaction' with a straight face. $25 (or 25 Euros here) is almost twice as much as the subscription fee itself.
Noyou Jun 5th 2011 10:47AM
I was once in that camp of thinking even as recent as last year when sparkle pony was for sale. I still get a laugh when I see certain toons using it. Not because they paid for it. Just because you see a belf or worgen or tauren on them. Just looks odd. However, a year later and many alts and dollar wise it just makes sense. $25 for the ability to have a ground and flyer for every and all toons on your account? I'll take it. It even looks kind of cool. You say you can't justify spending almost 2 months worth of game time on it and that is understandable. But how many of you spend 2 months or more farming a mount? Sure it's not as rare but it does get the job done. I think the next thing they should work on is maybe offering the ability to make any (certain exclusions for very rare mounts maybe) mount you currently own account bound. I know I would pay for that. Until that happens is the sparkly lion for me. And my every growing stable of alts. :)
TashaLee Jun 5th 2011 11:02AM
But it is a microtransaction in the fact that it is a one time fee. Subscribers pay $15 per month, every month. That's $180 a year, so in the long run $25 isn't all that much.
DonNochay Jun 5th 2011 11:10AM
Some of the comments above this one are very, very weak arguments.
Like seriously, very weak. No matter how much anyone justifies it, it's a massive waste of money.
Noyou Jun 5th 2011 11:13AM
And considering over the course of a year what most people will throw $25 at. I do feel bad for those who simply don't have the cash available. But really, would you bat an eye at someone who paid for a faction or server transfer? Probably not. But that's a micro transaction. It's a quality of life service really.
Noyou Jun 5th 2011 11:19AM
@ Don
Great. I'm glad you feel the need to belittle what someone feels about spending money on. Please list everything you purchase in the next year and we can go over it and see if it's wise or not. Spend $25 at a movie you can only watch once? Spend $25 at a bar? A meal? A t-shirt? I can go on and on. If it gives you enjoyment it's not a waste is it? If you think that spending the money on something you will get a lot of use out of is a waste I'm sorry but unless you put the same scrutiny on everything you do -
"judge not lest ye be judged yourself".
Kaphik Jun 5th 2011 11:19AM
@ DonNochay
Some of the comments against it, like yours are very "weak". To many people $25 isn't a "massive waste of money".
Cinarg Jun 5th 2011 1:06PM
The whole convenience argument doesn't hold much weight to me. It's not hard to get a mount at all if you're smart with your gold. Use the auction house, loot everything, buy as little as possible (food and water, MAYBE health and mana pots, you really don't need anything else below level cap). If you come up short for a mount you've made a mistake somewhere.
And if you feel you have to spend $25 because you can't manage your gold, what does that say about your money management in real life?
Skarn Jun 5th 2011 2:08PM
@Don
Video games are a massive waste of money. I'd save $180 a year if I quit WoW just on subscription costs. I can afford it though and I enjoy it, so I'm happy with the cost. I'm not picking up the Lion though. I've got some of the Store pets, but neither mount.