# Anybody still playing World of Warcraft? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-world-of-warcraft/349245 "2006-03-21T03:34:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-world-of-warcraft/349245/41 "2006-04-06T01:41:39Z")
Wow, a bunch of replies! My gnome can jump just as high, but I find I sometimes get stuck in “holes” that are too small for others to fall into. All characters run the same speed, but as someone mentioned, various gadgets and enchants can up your run/ride speeds. Is the Two Dollar Horde guild accepting new members? I’d join for the name alone 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-world-of-warcraft/349245/42 "2006-04-06T02:07:57Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Dumb question: I’ve seen the term “rolled” in reference to characters a couple of times lately. Is this just a carryover of using the 20 side die to roll the attributes of a D&D character, or is there some element of chance in the attributes of a WoW character? You use 6 sided dice to roll up a character… not d20s. Oh. This is about Warcraft. 🙂 Weather was implemented in the last patch, and it is a sight to behold. Gorgeously done, rain is at least. I’m camped in Winterspring waiting for it to snow. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-world-of-warcraft/349245/43 "2006-04-06T03:31:13Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > You use 6 sided dice to roll up a character… not d20s. > > Oh. This is about Warcraft. 🙂 > > Weather was implemented in the last patch, and it is a sight to behold. Gorgeously done, rain is at least. I’m camped in Winterspring waiting for it to snow. I haven’t seen any weather yet… I guess that’s what I get for rolling a troll and spending the last week or so in Durotar/ The Barrens. I need to get my hyoooman out and head back to Elune Forest. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-world-of-warcraft/349245/44 "2006-04-06T03:40:54Z")
> [@Sierra Indigo](#): > > I haven’t seen any weather yet… I guess that’s what I get for rolling a troll and spending the last week or so in Durotar/ The Barrens. > > I need to get my hyoooman out and head back to Elune Forest. Elwynn. And I haven’t seen any weather yet, either, and this with playing in Tirisfal, Elwynn Forest, Dun Morogh and Darkshore. ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-world-of-warcraft/349245/45 "2006-04-06T04:54:11Z")
I’ve got a couple of alliance characters on Uldum. Not exactly speedy with the leveling, the highest is Eyva, a rogue at level 51. (I bought the game the day it was released. Heh.) Secondary is an arms/fury warr currently at level 20, Elfwynne. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-world-of-warcraft/349245/46 "2006-04-06T05:40:47Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Elwynn. And I haven’t seen any weather yet, either, and this with playing in Tirisfal, Elwynn Forest, Dun Morogh and Darkshore. Heh. I knew I got it wrong, I just couldn’t be bothered looking it up. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-world-of-warcraft/349245/47 "2006-04-06T06:08:03Z")
> [@MixieArmadillo](#): > > Wow, a bunch of replies! > My gnome can jump just as high, but I find I sometimes get stuck in “holes” that are too small for others to fall into. All characters run the same speed, but as someone mentioned, various gadgets and enchants can up your run/ride speeds. > Is the Two Dollar Horde guild accepting new members? I’d join for the name alone 😉 Funny thing about size and movement- items that shrink your character down do not affect his run speed. You move the same speed, but since your character is _smaller_, it _looks_ like they are moving faster. Before they nerfed it, you could shrink using Noggenfoger elixir, then use the Gnomish World Enlarger (shrinks you TINY ) to have a toon the size of an action figure. Having that toon running around on an epic mount (moves at 2x run speed) would make it look like a teeny little guy on a horse was zipping around. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-world-of-warcraft/349245/48 "2006-04-06T06:41:11Z")
You’ve slaughtered countless Murlocs in your travels in the name of “justice”, even taken their eyes and other body parts as grisly trophies. But have you ever stopped to consider that they have sentience, civilization, even culture? Even Murloc fecundity may not be enough to overcome these relentless massacres by the more powerful nations of Azeroth and Kalimdor. Please play this humble [Murloc RPG](http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/301531), that you may come to understand this much maligned people of the coasts. [sub]No, I don’t have anything to do with this game, I just thought it was cool.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-world-of-warcraft/349245/49 "2006-04-06T11:20:41Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > You’ve slaughtered countless Murlocs in your travels in the name of “justice”, even taken their eyes and other body parts as grisly trophies. But have you ever stopped to consider that they have sentience, civilization, even culture? Even Murloc fecundity may not be enough to overcome these relentless massacres by the more powerful nations of Azeroth and Kalimdor. Please play this humble [Murloc RPG](http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/301531), that you may come to understand this much maligned people of the coasts. > > [sub]No, I don’t have anything to do with this game, I just thought it was cool.[/sub] Mrglglglglglglg mrrglglglglglgl mrrglgglglgl Mrglglglglglglgl mrllgllgllglgg mrgggllglglg\* \*[size=1]translated from the Murloc: “Hell, no! We won’t go!” ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-world-of-warcraft/349245/50 "2006-04-10T02:41:05Z")
I’ve now seen a sandstorm in Tanaris, snow in Winterspring and rain in Stranglethorn Vale. The rain is by far the best. It gets foggy and gloomy, then slowly starts raining. The sound is great, too. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-world-of-warcraft/349245/51 "2006-04-10T13:33:26Z")
> [@Incubus](#): > > Funny thing about size and movement- items that shrink your character down do not affect his run speed. You move the same speed, but since your character is _smaller_, it _looks_ like they are moving faster. > > Before they nerfed it, you could shrink using Noggenfoger elixir, then use the Gnomish World Enlarger (shrinks you TINY ) to have a toon the size of an action figure. Having that toon running around on an epic mount (moves at 2x run speed) would make it look like a teeny little guy on a horse was zipping around. Hehe, I never combined it with Nogginfoger Elixer, but I use my Gnomish World Enlarger ALL the time… I _love_ that thing, heh. It never ceases to tickle me. Engineering is worth it for that gadget alone 😉 ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-world-of-warcraft/349245/52 "2006-04-10T13:34:36Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > …that you may come to understand this much maligned people of the coasts. Goddamn, I _hate_ murlocs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-playing-world-of-warcraft/349245.md?page=2)