The Queue: Sealab 2021 Insider

I'm not exactly sure who asked that we start Sealab 2021 Insider in Tuesday's Queue. But here we are. Let's go.
Siaperas asked:
What is your most annoying experience with a player randomly going afk during an encounter, and what was that player's excuse?
There was a tank who enjoyed drugs, and he was our tank assigned to Illidan. He ended up AFKing through the last 30% of the fight in order to go and get enlightened (this was possible because our healers were amazing). I found out he AFKed after we had killled him and offered him the Bulwark of Azinoth. Instead of giving it to him, we DEed it in front of him and gkicked his butt (all of us other tanks had it). His rant was amazing; I wish I had recorded it. I got an email from him 10 hours or so after he was kicked; he told me that he was going to ... sully my shoes ... at BlizzCon.
He remains on my ignore list on one of my toons to this very day. I never did see him IRL.
loop_not_defined asked:
Will we be seeing a guide to "Things you cannot transmogrify" now that we can test it?
It's going to be part of our overall coverage to list or explain things like that as we see them. We don't have such an exact list right now, however.
Wybenga42 asked:
With 4.3 now on PTR, how long do you think it will take for us non-PTR players to start seeing information on the armor sets offered by the Darkmoon Faire for transmogrification?
Blizzard has said it's still got work to do on the Darkmoon Faire, and I suspect that we'll be seeing more of that in the next few weeks. I doubt 4.3 will be on the PTR for more than two months, so expect such things relatively soon.
Arkonn asked:
Any chance of Blizz ever allowing us to use reputation standards in Firelands? MOAR REP NAO!
I don't see Blizzard changing any of the rep gain mechanics in this expansion. Yes, they can be tedious, but they're a helluva lot better mechanics overall than they were in classic or The Burning Crusade. Complain not -- the "old days" were worse.
Foster asked:
How do I join the 4.3 ptr? I had 4.2 downloaded but when I open it I cant select a realm to go onto. Do I need to un install then re install?
Yes, it does sound like you'll need to uninstall and then reinstall the PTR client. Download the latest PTR client from your Battle.net account page.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 14)
Tirrimas Sep 29th 2011 1:01PM
@cutaia:
What? EasyBakes actually...bake?
Microtonal Sep 29th 2011 1:55PM
I have the strength of a bear that has the strength of TWO bears!
I love SeaLab. I miss it.
Starsmore Sep 29th 2011 2:12PM
@(cutaia)
We've got Inception!
http://inception.davepedu.com/
Matrillik Sep 29th 2011 5:28PM
Is there every a bad time for pudding? Quinn! Is there??
flawless Sep 29th 2011 4:55PM
Don't you mean "BIZARRO" Queue?
Hohen Sep 29th 2011 11:42PM
"Would you eat a rectal thermometer? Well I would. Ahhhh...mercury...Sweetest of the transition metals." --a talking psychedelic whale.
Therosh Sep 30th 2011 9:16AM
That tears it! How many times do I have to hear the word "Womb" today?!
devonaelick Sep 29th 2011 11:04AM
Q4TQ:
One of my addons continually spams chatter with "googoo" or "gaagaa" any time I join a raid group. Anyone know what is causing this? It's not posted in any channels, just white words appear. It could be chatter or any other addon, I have no clue. Any help in turning it off would be much appreciated.
Shinae Sep 29th 2011 11:13AM
That's a weird one. I have no idea what would be giving you "baby talk." You might want to try turning off any announcing/speech addons you have one by one, testing it after each, with some friends in a raid group.
Jamie Sep 29th 2011 11:13AM
A googoo goo.. A gaagaa gaa is all I have to say to you...
Sounds like your chat has a bad case of Police Syndrome.
Chronnick Sep 29th 2011 11:13AM
Turn off half your addons til it stops doing that, then turn some back on til you find the one that's been doing.
RothKeahi Sep 29th 2011 11:15AM
Either that or your client is possesed by the spirit of a dead baby.
jessepink Sep 29th 2011 11:15AM
Pleeeeease somebody know the answer to this... my raid group thinks I'm crazy when I ask about it.
Dysfunkshunal Sep 29th 2011 11:47AM
Did you download your addons from here:
http://www.bolgernow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Baby-Borg-300x296.jpg
Side question: What's WoWinsider's stance on Dead Baby Jokes? I find them to be the highest level of comedy.
Legs Sep 29th 2011 11:48AM
Turning off half to narrow down should work.
Alternatively you could do a text search over all the .lua files in your AddOns directory (and maybe your WTF directory too) for the word(s) that keep showing up...
Dave Sep 29th 2011 11:59AM
I have this problem, too, and haven't figured it out yet. It definitely seems like debug statements left in code somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it, even after doing a full text search on my addons directory.
I haven't played around with it yet in game because I always forget about the issue until raid time, which is not the time to start trying to figure it out.
I suspect ShadowUF. Specifically something with the raid frames component. I get the googoo's and gaagaa's every time someone joins or leaves a raid group, releases from their corpse, zones in or out of an instance, etc. Anything that would change how the raid frames would "detect" them.
Then again, if it were SUF, I think a lot more people would also be having the problem and it wouldn't be so hard to find an answer.
What other addons do you use? Maybe we can find what we have in common and narrow it down.
lyly Sep 29th 2011 12:15PM
That is an addon that automatically sets master looter and the correct threshold upon you becoming raid leader. I forget the name.
lyly Sep 29th 2011 12:19PM
Also, I know this because my boyfriend uses that same addon and I've seen the spam with my own eyes. You're not crazy.
devonaelick Sep 29th 2011 12:20PM
I don't use SUF, I use Xperl. I have a TON of addons though, it'll take me a while to list them. I'd assume it's something less common...
Adibags, BadPet, MobInfo2, NugComboBar, RaidBuffStatus, RatingBuster, teksLoot, TradeForwader, VendorBait, and Zelda Loot are my less common ones, I'd say. There are a few more though.
srodrigueziii Sep 29th 2011 12:24PM
Didn't Casey Anthony have the same issue, trying to have uninterrupted fun while dealing with the periodic sound of a crying child?