Elizabeth Harper

The Midnight Season 2 Race to World First is over, and Team Liquid claimed victory for the fifth raid tier in a row.

I’m trying to improve my perspective on the latest WoW patch, and looking for the positive side of cursed snake island. There has to be something good about this place, something to appreciate. I found this pleasant waterfall, which might be a nice place to sit with a picnic blanket. I don’t see a single snake.

But I do see giants, and there are some unfriendly beasties in the water, as well as insects flying around. Even without the snakes, this is hard to recommend as a vacation spot. I’ll keep trying to look on the bright side, but I haven’t found it yet.

So let’s get to the Queue, our daily Q&A column where I do my best to answer your questions. Let’s get to the comments.

Today's maintenance is an easy one for everybody, with just an hour of downtime scheduled for all World of Warcraft realms.

Welcome to the wasteland, where our plucky party of adventurers is on a high-speed (relatively) train to the star-studded town of New Vegas.

Our adventures on cursed snake island continues in WoW patch 12.1, as we keep running through dailies (of killing snakes), watching the Race to World First (of killing snakes), and working our way through the new Zul'jarra's Forces renown (by killing snakes).

My new best friend is named Ethrandil, and he’s the only one in Azeroth who seems to be with me on this snake thing. Why are we here on cursed snake island? Why is anyone here? Why are we slaves to this torment and when can we go home?

We are now besties, bonded for life over our mutual terror, because the exposure therapy of spending so much time on cursed snake island is not helping. (And yes, you’re going to get to hear me talk about this for the next six months. Blame Blizzard.)

But while I bask in the joy of new-found friendship, this is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where I try to answer your questions in between bouts of being terrified of certain fanged reptiles. Let’s get to the questions!

Today's World of Warcraft maintenance isn't too bad: Midnight realms have two hours of downtime scheduled, while all Classic realms only have the standard hour of downtime scheduled.

We're just two weeks in to WoW patch 12.1, and I am tired of snakes.

I’d rather be fishing.

In a nice sunny spot on the coast. Maybe I could bring my umbrella. Not a snake or pool of venom in sight. It would be glorious.

But no, instead I’m on the Coiled Isle, having a panic attack while a dozen snakes twisted into a single mega-snake comes at me. This is the life of a hero of Azeroth, apparently.

This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where I’d rather not talk about snakes but somehow keep coming back to them, because they’re everywhere and I can’t get them out of my mind.

Maintenance day for World of Warcraft is a little shorter this week, but not by much.