Blue Posts and Other WoW News: The grass is green, cups, and FCM

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Blue posts
No less than four malevolent entities will adorn a special set of collectable drinking cups, available soon at ampm convenience stores. Beginning February 7, raiders of the Horde and Alliance can recount their victories over Azeroth's most infamous villains as they sip their favorite fountain beverage from new new limited edition cups featuring Kil'jaeden, Illidan, the Lich King, and Deathwing.
These are true collector's pieces, made only out of the best types of material from which polymer-based cups are typically forged. These four masters of evil may not have survived your sweet hand of justice, but they may just survive your dishwasher. For only $1.99 these cups will hold just about anything, from water or soda, to sand, rocks, or even other smaller cups!
Get a first look at the designs here.
These are true collector's pieces, made only out of the best types of material from which polymer-based cups are typically forged. These four masters of evil may not have survived your sweet hand of justice, but they may just survive your dishwasher. For only $1.99 these cups will hold just about anything, from water or soda, to sand, rocks, or even other smaller cups!
Get a first look at the designs here.
Due to queues and faction population differences between the highest and lower populated PvP realms, the following Free Character Migration will be available until 31 January 2012:
Alliance only:
From: Outland
To: Al'Akir
To: Jaedenar
To: Lightning's Blade
Discussion on this particular migration:
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3269839513
Please note: FCM is opened based on realm population tracking and analysis, not by request. If you're looking for a specific migration (from realm A to realm B), you are in most cases better off using Paid Character Transfer, or you could end up waiting for a very long time.
Paid Character Transfers (PCT)
All English realms follow the regular PCT rules, found here:
http://eu.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_GB&articleId=20416
Alliance only:
From: Outland
To: Al'Akir
To: Jaedenar
To: Lightning's Blade
Discussion on this particular migration:
http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/3269839513
Please note: FCM is opened based on realm population tracking and analysis, not by request. If you're looking for a specific migration (from realm A to realm B), you are in most cases better off using Paid Character Transfer, or you could end up waiting for a very long time.
Paid Character Transfers (PCT)
All English realms follow the regular PCT rules, found here:
http://eu.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_GB&articleId=20416
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Calayna Jan 25th 2012 9:28PM
Kil'jaeden, Illidan, AND the Lich King cups for me to drink my juice/soda/drank out of?!?!?!?! *easily excited*
Whats this? NO ampm convenience store IN TEXAS?! I am disappoint. Guess I'll just have to continue using my old boring cups. =/
DonSerrot Jan 25th 2012 10:29PM
No wonder I had never heard of them, I call anti-Texas on Blizz! You can tell they love the other states more than us, they never give us nice stuff! ((Have I covered everything yet? I'm sure someone else will fill in the rest of the required QQ after this.))
Drakkenfyre Jan 26th 2012 1:48AM
Fail promotion.
am/pm only has stores in 12 states. Why couldn't Blizzard go with someone who's nationwide? You know, like 7-11? There's only like 5 Slurpy cups per each new big movie. Did it make too much sense to go with someone who's known for doing tie-in cups? Seriously, what the hell?
This is going to be a heyday for people selling them on eBay at $10 a pop.
Seriously, we can't get BlizzCon on the East coast for obvious reasons, but can't we get a promotion like this at a store chain that's at more than 1/5 of the nation?
Ozzard Jan 26th 2012 8:55AM
I'd settle for Blizzard going with someone who's on the same continent as me...
Domintal Jan 25th 2012 9:28PM
Those cups actually look pretty awesome. I'll take four.
thebl4ckd0g Jan 25th 2012 9:34PM
man. no AM/PM's in NC. :(
mrtomhimself Jan 26th 2012 8:22AM
I'm in NC as well, and was sad. What's worse is that there aren't any in SC, or VA either.
thebl4ckd0g Jan 25th 2012 9:40PM
no AM/PM's in NC. :(
Arrohon Jan 25th 2012 9:40PM
Yay! Cheap cups that look awesome! I know what I'm going to.... what? They aren't being sold anywhere near me? The closest is Chicago? Sorry, I'm not driving 3+ hours to buy some cups. Especially when I live in a city of over 100,000 people. Heck, they don't even have any in New York city...
McKrakken Jan 25th 2012 9:43PM
No Ragnaros?? Even at ampm Stores it is TOO SOON!
bretcolvin Jan 25th 2012 9:47PM
look for my ebay auctions coming soon , woot real world gold from war craft !
Eternauta Jan 25th 2012 10:06PM
Two Cups One Cup.
What?
Oh, c'mon! I know I'm not the only one thinking about that...
Martin Jan 25th 2012 10:10PM
Very poor meme execution.
http://memegenerator.net/Yo-Dawg
Prelimar Jan 25th 2012 10:34PM
props to whoever wrote that blue post. i love blizz for poking fun at themselves for producing AM/PM soda cups.
Ez Jan 25th 2012 10:54PM
No ampm in indiana. /sad face sad!
BigD Jan 25th 2012 11:19PM
There are four along Shoreline in Chicago. Only a 4 hour drive from Indy. :)
Arrohon Jan 26th 2012 5:47AM
ONLY a four hour drive to buy $1.99 cups? The gas and time is worth far more than the cups. Unless you want to go to Chicago anyway, eBay will probably be cheaper. :/
VioletArrows Jan 26th 2012 1:23AM
Hmm $35 in gas for a $2 cup.
Sorry Illidan... I am not prepared... to spend all that just for you. :p
Durog Jan 26th 2012 4:29AM
"If you're looking for a specific migration (from realm A to realm B), you are in most cases better off using Paid Character Transfer, or you could end up waiting for a very long time."
Hey Blizz, are you gonna pony up the $250 for me to move all 10 of my toons off of the DEAD server (Haomarush) that they're sitting on now?? I realize we can't just ask for free transfers and get them, but some servers (again, Haomarush) are in such bad shape population wise that people are stuck on them because we don't all have money printing machines sitting around. Merge us, transfer us off, transfer others on, do SOMETHING! The economy is completely screwed, pugging is impossible, and it's not going to get any better by itself because no one wants to willingly come play on a dead realm.
Stza Jan 26th 2012 6:30AM
none in florida :(