WoW

Let's assume you have a ton of gold. Let's say you stroll by the auction house and you see that the WoW Token has dropped to around 20,000 gold (in the US it often is below this, in the EU not as of yet) and you decide hey, I've got a ton of gold, I'll buy a year's worth of tokens and so you do. You dump 240,000 gold at the AH, redeem a bunch of tokens and bam, you're paid up for a year. You just saved fifteen dollars a month (again, using US numbers, I know it's different elsewhere in the world) for a whole year, and you're feeling pretty good about it. And there's no reason you shouldn't - that's why the token exists, after all. What I find interesting is to consider all the side ramifications of this deal.

"If you're looking to get the achievement "Azeroth's Top Twenty" and unlock your portable audiophone, you want to do the quick and easily obtained scrolls first," writes submitter Gimmlette.

"After a long day of fishing up lunkers and Lunarfall Carp, you just want to go take a nice long nap back at the garrison," writes submitter Arugadh of Deep Forest Caravan on Wyrmrest Accord (US-A).

"Apparently, shaman get hungry and lazy while in Ghost Wolf form," writes submitter Zadji of Pirate Scum on Suramar (US-A). "Instead of burning calories schlepping around Talador himself, Zadji hopped on a talbuk taxi and, at some point during the ride, decided to see if he could snack on a bit of talbuk brain."

Hey! Our gnome jokes on this column are sophisticated and refined, not stupid. And if you say otherwise, I will fight you in the pit.

Submitter Mortanix of Mature Content on Whisperwind (US-A) writes, "After watching the newest trailer for Jurassic World and seeing Chris Pratt's character riding with raptors at his side, I was so impressed with how cool the idea of hunting with a pack of raptors would be that I went to Gorgrond, tamed a beautiful emerald raptor, and got myself a pack of raptors ready to take on the jungles of Tanaan! Look out Iron Horde! I'm bringing the heat: Jurassic style!"

"I knew California was in the middle of a drought, but seriously, did Blizzard have to turn off the streams in Tanaan?" asks submitter Lib. "I don't like it when my wolf has to drink straight from a waterfall. It's bad enough that I can't bathe, but having to smell wet dog is just too much."

"I've known this was here, off the edge of Netherstorm, since The Burning Crusade," writes submitter Heilandcoo of Deathtacular on Llane (US-H).

"My night elf hunter was feeling a bit smug after downing this worm on his various mounts," writes submitter Thalarr of Never Tell Us the Odds on Undermine (US-A). "Little did he know the worm was laughing at him -- or more precisely at his ridiculous hair debacle."

It turns out that all of our recent meddling with time has created a parallel universe version of our toons. And like all parallel universe residents, Manmade's doppelganger is pure evil. And has a mustache.