The Daily Quest: Be happy
by Anne Stickney 
Jun 24th 2011 at 6:30PM
WoW Insider's on a Daily Quest to bring you interesting, informative, and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere.
There are far too few people that have seen the original video for this song, and it is so incredibly bizarre that it must be shared. Besides, it's a happy little song ... despite the bizarre imagery. So let's move on to some other happy posts from around the blogosphere involving paying it forward and just generally being nice to people, shall we?
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There are far too few people that have seen the original video for this song, and it is so incredibly bizarre that it must be shared. Besides, it's a happy little song ... despite the bizarre imagery. So let's move on to some other happy posts from around the blogosphere involving paying it forward and just generally being nice to people, shall we?
- Oh My Kurenai posts about paying forward moments of kindness received.
- Screaming Monkeys gives us some brief tips on playing nicely with non-native English speakers.
- Falling Leaves and Wings would like to remind us that giving people a few chances before booting them out of pug groups is the kind thing to do.
- Lastly, Orcish Army Knife has put together a tremendously helpful guide on the art of torch-catching, for those frustrated with holiday events.
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)
Scunosi Jun 24th 2011 6:34PM
Wait that's Erasure? I like some of their other songs but I never really put two and two together... I always assumed it was some one-off band from the 80's, not a big hit like them!
Necromus Jun 24th 2011 6:55PM
Erasure is actually a spin-off band from a couple of guys that left Depeche Mode to do their own thing before Depeche Mode was so well known. They had quite a few top 40 hits in the 80s. I saw them in concert once, their concert is pretty much them doing weird stuff like that with 20 other costumed people while singinig.
As for that video, to me it looks like a couple of Night Elves in Northrend doing battle with an undead Chinese dragon Arthas sent to attack them in the Night Elf areas of Dragonblight before they became ruins... or maybe I just play wow too much lol.
ilyena Jun 26th 2011 8:47AM
Holy cow I was just thinking that....but the heavy metal version lol
splodesondeath Jun 24th 2011 7:58PM
One of the greatest music videos of all time.
mds Jun 24th 2011 9:24PM
No, man. No. Always is pretty good, but it is outmatched by Dio's Holy Diver video.
http://youtu.be/64coD-rx9sk
He predicted stumpy dwarves marching slowly through Lagforge with a sword. You cannot deny the godly prescience of Dio.
Halvan Jun 24th 2011 10:37PM
I remember the first time I heard Always. I smiled so hard that something dribbled out of my mouth. It wasn't drool, it was a rainbow.
Snuzzle Jun 25th 2011 2:04AM
Screaming Monkey's post reminds me. I seem to remember a while back, WoW Insider posted a series of articles listing some common phrases to use when grouping with a non-English speaker to help with communication. Basic stuff like "Follow me," "Attack my target," "Please let me drink," etc. But I cannot for the life of me find it. Am I crazy or does someone have the link? Lately I've been getting grouped with some folks who I think speak Spanish or maybe Portugese, either way I only speak English and I'm sure it's as frustrating to them as it is to me.
Fletcher Jun 25th 2011 7:14AM
I remember this, although I can't point you towards it. FWIW many of these things can be handled through macros - /oom for instance will make your character say "I'm out of mana!" or something of the sort. I *presume* that that's translated for non-English speakers.
Fletcher Jun 25th 2011 6:58AM
I'm fine with ESL people. What bugs me is the people who have English as their *first* language and cannot communicate effectively in it. I'm not talking about "OMG teh huntard puled u gaiz loose" - although yes, that does bug the hell out of me, but I can understand what he means. It's when I *can't* understand someone - who is a native English speaker - that I start getting really annoyed and want to put them in a remedial English class until they can type coherently or die, whichever comes first.
Feryl Jun 25th 2011 7:41AM
I'm suddenly filled with images of unicorns farting rainbows while chasing fairies....hmmm...