# New WoW General Discussion Thread 6/8/10 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 9, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480 "2010-06-09T00:30:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 573
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11443 "2012-02-15T23:37:59Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Observation (no reply necessary): I’m currently at work trying to get exalted with K’Aluak, so I can get a better fishing pole, and I’be noticed that “U’taik” in U’Tupe saounds just like ALF of the old tv series. The same voice can be herad by the qg in Moaki Harbor in the “Planning For The Future” quest. > > I’m pretty sure it’s Bernie Brillstein who did ALF’S voice, so I was wondering if that might be him, and how many other celebs have lent (sold) their voice talents to Blizz? > > Q According to IMDB, [Paul Fusco](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0299319/) was the voice of ALF. It seems that [Adam Bitterman](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0084536/) is credited as “Tuskarr / Various (voice)” for WOTLK. Yes, you can look up Video Game casts on IMDB: [World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Video Game 2008)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1227192/) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11444 "2012-02-15T23:52:35Z")
That’s right, **Subby** (is that okay, to call you that for short, btw?). Brillstein produced ALF Sure put me in mind of ALF when I heard the voice. That’s cool that one can look up the voice talents. Thanks for the link! Q ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11445 "2012-02-17T21:19:26Z")
I hate hunter helmets. Even the tier pieces are epically gross. So, I’ve usually gone with “Show Helmet” unchecked in Interface Display options. My orc has a good hairdo (split braids down his back) and an interesting beard (forked), so it works good. He’s a damn handsome orc hunter, if I do say so myself. But with Transmorgrification, I realized that I might be something even more epic: a one-eyed hunter with an eyepatch! It turns out that for a hunter or other mail-wearer, that’s tougher that I realized. I’m wearing a mail helmet (because I’m a hunter, and I’d have to be some kind of idiot to fall back to leather, let alone cloth), and transmogging requires that the item being transmogged and the item giving its appearance for transmogging have to be the same type… in other words, I would have to find a “mail” eyepatch. Do you know how many of those there are in all of World of Warcraft? Two. Malefactor’s Eyepatch, from a Burning Crusade quest I did literally years ago, and a Fiery Beholder Eye, one of four monocles that can drop off of Collidus the Warp-Watcher (one of the BC rare spawns in Shadowmoon Valley). So, obviously, I had to camp Collidus and kill him every spawn I could in hopes of getting the Fiery Eye. Took a long time and a lot of twiddling around, but eventually I got it. So now I’m a hunter with one eye. The only problem is the new eyepatch covers my right eye, which means (in theory) I can’t look down the scope of my rifle! :smack: Thankfully, I’m an orc, and I never bring the rifle all the way up anyway. The Orc rifle-firing animation is closer to snap-shooting than sighting. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11446 "2012-02-17T22:03:22Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > That’s right, **Subby** (is that okay, to call you that for short, btw?). Brillstein produced ALF > Sure put me in mind of ALF when I heard the voice. > > That’s cool that one can look up the voice talents. Thanks for the link! > > Q Subby is just fine. As is Sub, Burb, Burbs, Burby, or just about anything else you can come up with. Just don’t call me Tim, please. That’s my brother’s name…I tired many years ago of being called Tim when my parents couldn’t remember which son they were talking to 🙂 _cue Holy Grail reference in 5…4…3…_ ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11447 "2012-02-17T22:09:51Z")
Damn, I just kicked myself for not naming my SWTOR sorcerer Tim. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11448 "2012-02-17T22:27:25Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Damn, I just kicked myself for not naming my SWTOR sorcerer Tim. Look on the bright side…at least nobody can deride you for being cliche… ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11449 "2012-02-17T22:40:00Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > I hate hunter helmets. Even the tier pieces are epically gross. Looking at the last few hunter tier and PvP helms, it dawned on me that whoever is designing that stuff has clearly never done any archery in their life. If they had, they’d understand the problem with covering one of the hunter’s eyes. When attempting to accurately shoot at a distant target, depth perception is kinda important. They don’t even need to look at medieval open-faced archer’s helmets to understand this. Just take a look at modern football helmets and notice that the quarterback’s faceguard usually doesn’t have bars in front of his eyes. Stuff in front of your eyes makes it hard to aim. Of course, I’d also love to visit the Blizzard offices with a real bow and arrow and demonstrate the difficulty in trying to shoot a bow held sideways 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11450 "2012-02-17T23:07:36Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Of course, I’d also love to visit the Blizzard offices with a real bow and arrow and demonstrate the difficulty in trying to shoot a bow held sideways 😃 Or with a humongous pauldron standing up in your line of sight. Most WoW shoulder armor would completely cut off vision if you’re standing sideways to your target (i.e., a realistic shooting stance for a longarm weapon or bow). Apparently, I’m not allowed to see my target unless I can fire from a Weaver stance, and since the game doesn’t have pistols, I guess I can’t do that either. :dubious:Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11451 "2012-02-18T01:25:03Z")
The Ruthless Gladiator hunter helm looks like the Borg assimilated my dwarf. Damn thing has a red light where one of his eyes should be. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11452 "2012-02-18T01:36:14Z")
I’m getting the RG PVP stuff too, **Oak** , but **Wolkie’s** a warrior, so maybe his will look different. The equipment I’m getting next (thanks to **Rik’s** help), are new “shouldah-mah-pads”. These have what looks like flames from a gas heater coming out of them, and I’m always thinking, “Where’s the fargin’ propane vendor???” 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11453 "2012-02-18T02:26:55Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > I’m getting the RG PVP stuff too, **Oak** , but **Wolkie’s** a warrior, so maybe his will look different. The equipment I’m getting next (thanks to **Rik’s** help), are new “shouldah-mah-pads”. These have what looks like flames from a gas heater coming out of them, and I’m always thinking, “Where’s the fargin’ propane vendor???” 🙂 > > Q You already have the shouldah-mah-pads, Quasi. You need the chest, legs, and helm. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11454 "2012-02-18T04:05:36Z")
That new Chinese dragon mount looks awesome. Too bad I rarely ever play anymore, I’d be tempted to get one. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11455 "2012-02-18T05:08:55Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > You already have the shouldah-mah-pads, Quasi. You need the chest, legs, and helm. Oh! Sorry! I thought you didn’t _like_ the shoulders, **Rik**? Guess I was wrong, but I HATE 'em. Those damn flames just don’t make sense, and they’d _burn_ **Wolkie’s** arms. Wish I had not have bought them. Just a minor hijack, though, since **Rik** referenced it as well as me: (“Shouldah-mah-pads”). Anybody know where that’s from?:D:D:D:D That thing STILL cracks me up everytime I see it. I don’t mean it any other way than that it’s funny. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BerJdS2VJhA/hqdefault.jpg "Bob Nelson Football Routine - Funniest standup act EVER!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BerJdS2VJhA) Thanks Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11456 "2012-02-18T05:14:18Z")
Don’t think of them as flames…think of them as mystical energy. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11457 "2012-02-18T05:19:46Z")
My buddy **Oak**! An answer for everything, and I’m glad for it! " **Wolkie’s** mystical “shouldah-mah-pads” will allow no enemy to come near **Silka** and me! Q ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11458 "2012-02-20T15:55:20Z")
A few days ago, my warlock in **Quasi** ’s guild fished up Old IronJaw. First time I’ve ever done that, and it happened on a level 20-something toon with under 50 fishing skill. Random numbers are random, I guess. Also kinda-sorta accidentally healed a LFR run the other night. I queued for it without checking my spec or role selection, and the last thing I’d done was the holiday boss as a resto druid. I got through it, but had severe mana problems, as I was wearing Boomkin pvp gear, with very low spirit. Still, nobody bitched about it, and we finished the run. Hmmm…healing isn’t so bad. I’ve started working on a resto pve gear set, building spirit/mana regen. Healers get much quicker queues than DPS, so…we’ll see how it goes. Anybody got some numbers for how much mana regen I need to be an effective raid healer? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11459 "2012-02-21T23:36:47Z")
**Never** fished up IJ, so gratz, **Oak**. I wanted to tell y’all something that happened a few days ago: My taxi gryph from Dal to Amberpine Lodge didn’t make it all the way. It landed _underneath_ the platform! Has that ever happened to anyone? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11460 "2012-02-22T00:23:26Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > **Never** fished up IJ, so gratz, **Oak**. > > I wanted to tell y’all something that happened a few days ago: My taxi gryph from Dal to Amberpine Lodge didn’t make it all the way. It landed _underneath_ the platform! > > Has that ever happened to anyone? > > Thanks > > Q It’s never happened to me, but the game is full of cool glitches. Did you know that the Exodar is under Shattrath City? By that, I mean, it was programmed that way for some reason (more efficient to load?). Once some players managed to aggro guards from Shattrath to the Exodar using some sort of glitch! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11461 "2012-02-22T03:53:32Z")
I just came out of the TB BG, and here’s what I caught in orange writing: “If you’re PvP with less than 2k res., I swear to God!” They meant _me_, right? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/11462 "2012-02-22T03:54:53Z")
Eh, maybe. But lots of players do Tol Barad with low resilience (I’ve certainly done it). It just means you die a lot and your side is maybe fractionally more likely to lose. I wouldn’t sweat it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480.md?page=572) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480.md?page=574)