The Queue

On June 24, 2006 I and my then-fiancee Julian were married in a friend’s backyard just outside of Seattle. It was a blazingly sunny day, to the point where there’s a running joke between us that the sun was a guest. In the decade since that day, many things have happened, some good, some bad, but I can honestly say that it was the best decision I ever made. I love her and I have been fortunate to have her in my life and with any luck I’ll get to say that again in 2026.

Blizzard games have been a big part of our lives together — we spent time in Azeroth when we couldn’t be together before we were married, I proposed to her during a Molten Core run, we’ve raided and moved servers and played WoW and Diablo 3 together.

This is the Queue. Not going to try and be funny or clever today. Just going to answer some questions so I can go to bed (It’s 1 am as I write this) and see my wife.

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And if not, well, you see that hammer I have in the header image? I think you can come to your own conclusions.

Today, as you can see, I will be answering your questions as my alternate ego the Blood Elf. She has the same color hair as my Gnome, so that’s basically the same as always, right? Right.

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

In celebration of the return of the Burning Legion, I’ve decided to hit up the PTR and use the wardrobe to create an outfit true to the spirit of The Burning Crusade. Enjoy!

One of the great things about the new Wardrobe system coming in Legion is all the stuff I’m unlocking that I entirely forgot about. For example, since I leveled in Vanilla, I’ve done the old Warrior level 20 to mid 30’s quest chain that ended with the Whirlwind weapons, and as a result, I can transmog to all three. Also, I have the Garrosh heirloom 2h axe, and so, I can transmog to that.

I also have Linken’s Sword of Mastery, and I expect I’ll come up with a tanking transmog set built around it.

This is the Queue. Let’s talk about Blizzard games.

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

You know what, I take back what I said about Dalaran’s citizens in yesterday’s Queue. It’s obvious they’ve all learned to cope with the idiosyncrasies of living in a flying city by drinking. Heavily. I mean come on, the bowl of that wine glass is larger than her head.

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

Fun fact: There’s a nice glyph that will turn the Shaman ghost wolf form into a ghost raptor instead.

Even more fun fact: Sheddle Glossgleam will happily make your raptor talons sparkle if you ask politely.

The end result of these two discoveries was everything I could have ever hoped for.

Ever get sad for no real reason?

This is the Queue. We talk about Blizzard games. I’m listening to L7’s Pretend We’re Dead and thinking about the first time I heard it, at a club in Providence named The Living Room. It’s not there anymore. But we’re still here, so let’s do the Queue.

I will never ever get tired of typing that.

Today I’m going to make an effort to usurp Alex’s position as the grumpiest person at Blizzard Watch. (A lack of sleep will do that to a person.) Let’s see how I do.

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!