Burning Rubber for the Old Timers

Whenever I ride through the old world towns in my Mekgineer’s Chopper, lowbies always ask me: "Is that sweet ride worth it?"

Yes, it cost me an insane amount of WoW Gold. and buying it devastated my bank alt ("What about the children?!"). But the Chopper is, hands down, the coolest mount in the game. Far cooler than the Big Love rocket no doubt. It's the e-p33n equivalent of a Harley Davidson with a crap ton of in-game use.

Take the ongoing Lunar Festival, for example. I can’t imagine completing the meta achievement To Honor One’s Elders without my Mek-daddy. Nothing beats warming up that motor, inviting a buddy along, and just visiting those elders as fast as possible.

My buddy who tagged along also had a dual screen PC so he googled the most efficient travel routes for us. The passenger seat of the Chopper also made sure I had fun company on the road. Prepare for a snooze-fest if you plan on visiting the 70+ elders alone.

It's also useful to have a pal around when raiding the Horde capitals for their elders. His dwarf pally stirred up some trouble in Orgrimmar until every trigger happy mage blasted him with a fireball.  Meanwhile, I sneaked off to talk to Elder Darkhorn before happily switching roles as a Horde training dummy.

With my trusty Chopper, we collected all the Coins of Ancestry in a day, and one step closer to the mother of all rides: the Violet Proto-Drake. 310% flying speed will be golden when Cataclysm arrives complete with the new zones like Grim Batol near Uldaman.

If you've never been to Grim Batol, porkers, take the Chopper for a spin there after finishing the holiday achievement. The dragons are hiding something big behind those doors so try getting a peek inside--Elune knows I've tried!

WoW Battle.net Accounts and Patch 3.3 Stuff

Hey, I'm back and it's rockin'! I missed all you WoW Gold Pig fans and it's high time I got back into the groove.

Blizzard has been bugging everyone to switch to Battle.net accounts before November 11 and hey, why don't you? It's relatively painless and easy. You even get a unique penguin pet after merging your old WoW account into a Battle.net account. Battle.net accounts are statistically safer anyway, so there's no reason why you shouldn't. Got it?

While on my business trip, I managed to sneak in some quality WoW time at the hotel I was staying at. To be honest, I've never been on the World of Warcraft Public Test Realm (PTR), yet somehow, patch 3.3 has peaked my interest on what changes there are to WoW.

Maybe because it's Icecrown Citadel, where we'll face the Lich King himself. I've played through Warcraft 1, 2 and 3 and I'm a sucker for the whole Arthas/Lich King storyline.

(I even got the Arthas: Rise of the Lich King novel recently)

Anyway, I've been trawling the net for patch 3.3 news and whoa, mind = blown. A lot of changes, from the new raid icon UI, easier rep grinds, Icecrown dungeons and raids. You might wanna check out WoW.com's coverage of the stuff here: Patch 3.3 news

Can't wait to get into the new dungeons dude. Oh yeah, someone datamined the animations and found ***SPOILER ALERT*** an animation depicting the alleged death of the Lich King.

I'm not sure how to react to this, given that this is all just speculation, but what *if* he died and went away? Yeah, he's a real evil dude and all, but he's part of what made WoW so awesome. I'll have to reserve judgment on that until we have more concrete details.

So yeah, WoW. Gotta love it. Been doing a lot of heroics lately but I can't seem to get any gear on my Pally. I'll have to save up some emblems for a new tanking helm. What have you been up to?

Stick around and have fun. October is WoW Gold Pig month and we're gonna go wild with prizes and surprises!

There Can Only Be One

I am immortal
I have inside me blood of kings
I have no rival, no man can be my equal

Woot! Like a freakin’ highlander, Pigasus chops off the competition and wins the ‘Name the Twitter Pig’ contest!

Pigasus has beaten over 30 finalists and 6000+ entries in our Name the Twitter Pig contest! Congratulations, Chris - you've won a sweet 500,000 WoW Gold; split between 10 of your chosen toons! The Pigs wonder what you're going to spend it on first.

Some say Chris is going to buy a few Traveller's Tundra Mammoths.

I think he's going to get himself some WoW TCG mounts like the El Pollo Grande and the Spectral Tiger.

Whatever it is, I'm sure Chris is freakin' happy he submitted Pigasus! Pigasus is now the official name of the WoW Gold Pig Twitter pig. After a long while, he finally has a name. How do you like it, lil guy?

Give it up for Chris and Pigasus, WoW Gold winners!

500,000 WoW Gold Contest Extended!

Stop the presses! Today is a monumental event in human pig history! NAME THE TWITTER PIG HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JUNE 30TH! Due to popular demand and one VERY special occasion.

I DIDN'T FORGET MY MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY!

Now am I a cool son or what?

She's can be a bit crazy but she's the bestest mom in the world. She's tough as nails. She also taught me how to stand up to bullies in junior high.

Using a 9-volt battery, a tin can, and lots of butter.

Don't ask.

So I got her a bouquet of roses, a custard cream pie and a nice lil' green sweater (all her favorites). I also brought Amy, a girl I've been going out a while with. I just thought I'd introduce her to my mom, y'know.

With a puff of cigar smoke, she pensively took the presents as I greeted her an obnoxiously loud "Happy birthday, mom!" Was I proud of myself, dude. "Mom, this is my girlfriend, Amy."

She gave her a thorough eye and took another puff of her Cuban cigar.

"Why?" she nonchalantly said.

'Why?' Why!? Why is she my girlfriend? Why is she brunette? Why does she have a tacky shirt on? Why is she female!? Man, that caught me off guard. The rest of dinner was spent in awkward silence and her telling me to eat my vegetables every 6 minutes. Cray-zeeeee!!!

Did I mention that Amy never talked to me after that?

I swear, my mother really drives me up the wall sometimes.

Still, this crazy lady is MY MOMMA. Happy birthday, you old battle ax!



(and no, that's not really her but it's an accurate representation)

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