Mr. T Mohawk Grenade
Checkers
the NELF Mohawks outside of the starter zones.
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/faq/mohawkgrenade.xml
Checkers
Tauren Shaman - Cenarius
Insane Ranter
Hmm someone letting the interns design content again?
Thomas Hejl Pilgaard
6ba36bf2-ced2-4221...@z41g2000yqz.googlegroups.com :
No, Mr. T hacked the game, just like he said he could.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98uDkyzVvSc&feature=player_embedded
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Currently playing: WoW, LOTRO, WAR & Aion.
Waiting for: Dawntide, STOnline & Mytheon.
Urbin
> On Nov 16, 7:53=A0pm, Checkers <Check...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> > For any that don't know yet, you can get a Mohawk Grenade by talking to
> > the NELF Mohawks outside of the starter zones.
> >
> > http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/faq/mohawkgrenade.xml
>
Naw, it looks more like Blizzard got a shitload of money from some "Mr. T"
company and is now providing in game stuff that links to a RL add campaign.
At least that's what I gather from the above link, though not having a clue
who "Mr. T" might be, I could be misinterpreting.
Very similar to the Coke vanity pet you could get on chinese servers for a
while. I remember seeing TV adds with WoW characters drinking coke as buff
food when I travelled there a few years ago.
Cheers
Urbin
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Shiflet
"Urbin" <ur...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:slrnhg4kd2...@stinky-local.trash.net...
> Naw, it looks more like Blizzard got a shitload of money from some "Mr. T"
> company and is now providing in game stuff that links to a RL add
> campaign.
> At least that's what I gather from the above link, though not having a
> clue
> who "Mr. T" might be, I could be misinterpreting.
You're WAY beyond misinterpreting. Mr. T is an actor and a noted Warcraft
player. He appeared in one of the Rocky movies(part 3, I think), and is
probably most known from his role as B.A. Baracus on the tv show "The
A-Team". He wears a lot of gold chain necklaces and has a mohawk, and his
"catchphrase" if you will, is "I pity the fool". He's one of the many
actor/celebrities who have done the "I am so and so, and I play a X"
commercials for WoW. The gimmick of his first commercial was that he plays a
NE with a mohawk, and the announcer guy was like "NE's don't have
mohawks"...so, well, now with this item, they do. The "real life add
campaign" it links to is a COMMERCIAL FOR WOW, featuring Mr. T, telling you
to go download WoW from warcraft.com, not promoting something outside the
game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_T
> Cheers
> Urbin
Urbin
Lol, thanks. I didn't realise I could be that wrong :-)
ScratchMonkey
5e6b4c...@z41g2000yqz.googlegroups.com:
> Hmm someone letting the interns design content again?
It's a tie-in to a series of commercials starring Mister T that start today
in the US, next week in Europe.
Zil
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:32:49 -0800 (PST), Insane Ranter wrote:
> > On Nov 16, 7:53=A0pm, Checkers <Check...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> > > For any that don't know yet, you can get a Mohawk Grenade by talking to
> > > the NELF Mohawks outside of the starter zones.
> > >
> > > http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/faq/mohawkgrenade.xml
> >
> > Hmm someone letting the interns design content again?
>
> Naw, it looks more like Blizzard got a shitload of money from some "Mr. T"
> company and is now providing in game stuff that links to a RL add campaign.
> At least that's what I gather from the above link, though not having a clue
> who "Mr. T" might be, I could be misinterpreting.
You never had the A-Team TV series (1980's action adventure aimed
mainly at kids) in your country? You missed out!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A-Team
Mr T is an actor that played one of the main characters. He has a
distinctive mohawk haircut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_T
Blizzard are using him as one of the celebreties advertising WoW
See the trailer here:
http://ve3d.ign.com/videos/58301/PC/World-of-Warcraft/Trailer/Mr-T-Mohawk-Grenade-Ad
--
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ScratchMonkey
@news.zen.co.uk:
> You never had the A-Team TV series (1980's action adventure aimed
> mainly at kids) in your country? You missed out!
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A-Team
Kids? Seems like an awful lot of grownups followed that show. Kinda like
Dukes of Hazard and other shows involving lots of guns but no one ever
actually getting shot. (I wonder how many shooting accidents resulted from
this?) Vehicles were constantly rolling over with no one getting injured.
(Same question.)
Urbin
> Urbin <ur...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:32:49 -0800 (PST), Insane Ranter wrote:
> > > On Nov 16, 7:53=A0pm, Checkers <Check...@nowhere.com> wrote:
> > > > For any that don't know yet, you can get a Mohawk Grenade by talking to
> > > > the NELF Mohawks outside of the starter zones.
> > > >
> > > > http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/faq/mohawkgrenade.xml
> > >
> > > Hmm someone letting the interns design content again?
> >
> > Naw, it looks more like Blizzard got a shitload of money from some "Mr. T"
> > company and is now providing in game stuff that links to a RL add campaign.
> > At least that's what I gather from the above link, though not having a clue
> > who "Mr. T" might be, I could be misinterpreting.
>
> You never had the A-Team TV series (1980's action adventure aimed
> mainly at kids) in your country? You missed out!
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A-Team
I know it's been running over here, I even occasionally glimpsed parts of it
while sharing a flat after studying. However, I don't think I ever watched a
full episode...
> Mr T is an actor that played one of the main characters. He has a
> distinctive mohawk haircut.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_T
... and certainly am clueless about the names of the actors :-)
> Blizzard are using him as one of the celebreties advertising WoW
> See the trailer here:
>
> http://ve3d.ign.com/videos/58301/PC/World-of-Warcraft/Trailer/Mr-T-Mohawk-Grenade-Ad
Yes, I gathered as much from other responses to my post :-)
Thanks
C J Campbell
Bah. I liked Murdock better. B.A. (Bad Attitude) Baracus (Mt. T) was,
to say the least, repetitive. "I pity the fool." "I ain't getting on
no plane." "Listen, Sucka."
--
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World Famous Flight Instructor
neithskye
> For any that don't know yet, you can get a Mohawk Grenade by talking to
> the NELF Mohawks outside of the starter zones.
This was hilarious. I loved the /flex emote your character did when
hit by a Mohawk Grenade, and got a real kick when I hovered my mouse
over the buff - "You pity the fool".
If only I had known about this before our Ulduar continuation last
night, I would have Mohawk Grenaded everyone before the first pull. :D
What's next - a William Shatner buff? "I . . . come . . . in . . .
peace". :P
--
Jill
C J Campbell
<jill_bookerGR...@hotmail.com> said:
"I come in peace. Shoot to kill, men."
ASKF
med dette:
I think the term is "Family Entertainment", and is ment for both parents
and youngsters. "MacGyver" is another example of the genre and so is Dr.
Who.
I'm pretty sure A-Team is a show of the type that are better served
being kept in the memory, than seen again. Time doesn't really treat
these shows well.
--
Allan Stig Kiilerich Frederiksen
"When you try to change a mans paradigm, you must keep in mind that he
can hear you only through the filter of the paradigm he holds."
-Myron Tribus
ASKF
<2009111707154616807-christophercampbellremovethis@hotmailcom> med
dette:
Nah "Resistence is futile" debuff from an engineer remote controle unit.
Lurker
"ASKF" <nos...@askf.dk> wrote in message
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Shouts Kaaaaaahhhnnnnn!
Nemesis
> ScratchMonkey ytrede sig i <Xns9CC6373DA7A2Cscratchmon...@188.40.43.245>
> med dette:
>
> >Zil <zen13...@zen.co.uk> wrote in news:4b02935e$0$2537$da0feed9
> >@news.zen.co.uk:
>
> >> You never had the A-Team TV series (1980's action adventure aimed
> >> mainly at kids) in your country? You missed out!
> >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A-Team
>
> >Kids? Seems like an awful lot of grownups followed that show. Kinda like
> >Dukes of Hazard and other shows involving lots of guns but no one ever
> >actually getting shot. (I wonder how many shooting accidents resulted from
> >this?) Vehicles were constantly rolling over with no one getting injured.
> >(Same question.)
>
> I think the term is "Family Entertainment", and is ment for both parents
> and youngsters. "MacGyver" is another example of the genre and so is Dr.
> Who.
>
> I'm pretty sure A-Team is a show of the type that are better served
> being kept in the memory, than seen again. Time doesn't really treat
> these shows well.
> --
Problem is that as time passes, your perceptions or world view
changes. Flaws you didn't notice back then are more noticeable now.
If you were a teenager in the 1970's or 1980's, something that looked
cool back then looks corny now.
Jamie Kahn Genet
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:32:38 -0600, Shiflet wrote:
> >
> > "Urbin" <ur...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:slrnhg4kd2...@stinky-local.trash.net...
> >
> > > Naw, it looks more like Blizzard got a shitload of money from some "Mr.
> > > T" company and is now providing in game stuff that links to a RL add
> > > campaign. At least that's what I gather from the above link, though not
> > > having a clue who "Mr. T" might be, I could be misinterpreting.
> >
> > You're WAY beyond misinterpreting. Mr. T is an actor and a noted
> > Warcraft player. He appeared in one of the Rocky movies(part 3, I
> > think), and is probably most known from his role as B.A. Baracus on the
> > tv show "The A-Team". He wears a lot of gold chain necklaces and has a
> > mohawk, and his "catchphrase" if you will, is "I pity the fool". He's
> > one of the many actor/celebrities who have done the "I am so and so,
> > and I play a X" commercials for WoW. The gimmick of his first
> > commercial was that he plays a NE with a mohawk, and the announcer guy
> > was like "NE's don't have mohawks"...so, well, now with this item, they
> > do. The "real life add campaign" it links to is a COMMERCIAL FOR WOW,
> > featuring Mr. T, telling you to go download WoW from warcraft.com, not
> > promoting something outside the game.
>
> Lol, thanks. I didn't realise I could be that wrong :-)
>
> Cheers
> Urbin
I pitah tha fool who besmirch Mr T! :-)
--
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
Insane Ranter
wrote:
How about we add in another picking up the poo scat fetish quests too?
Jamie Kahn Genet
Having just freed a ghoul from an Outhouse I couldn't agree more!
Zil
> Problem is that as time passes, your perceptions or world view
> changes. Flaws you didn't notice back then are more noticeable now.
> If you were a teenager in the 1970's or 1980's, something that looked
> cool back then looks corny now.
Especially if it was something with lots of special effects...
I used to love Space 1999 but when I recently caught part of an
episode it looked so cheap & tacky. Never re-visit your favourite
childhood TV shows!
Rob Wynne
> On Nov 17, 11:24ï¿œam, ASKF <nos...@askf.dk> wrote:
>> I'm pretty sure A-Team is a show of the type that are better served
>> being kept in the memory, than seen again. Time doesn't really treat
>> these shows well.
>> --
>
> Problem is that as time passes, your perceptions or world view
> changes. Flaws you didn't notice back then are more noticeable now.
> If you were a teenager in the 1970's or 1980's, something that looked
> cool back then looks corny now.
More than that, the pace and tone of TV drama has changed. Watching old TV
shows, even for values of old that equal "the 1980s", one of the things you
tend to notice is how static the camera work is, and how unnatrual the
pacing of the dialog is.
It's actually really facinating to watch, if you're into the craft of
making drama, rather than just an enterainment consumer.
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Checkers
>>> I'm pretty sure A-Team is a show of the type that are better served
>>> being kept in the memory, than seen again. Time doesn't really treat
>>> these shows well.
>>> --
>> Problem is that as time passes, your perceptions or world view
>> changes. Flaws you didn't notice back then are more noticeable now.
>> If you were a teenager in the 1970's or 1980's, something that looked
>> cool back then looks corny now.
>
> More than that, the pace and tone of TV drama has changed. Watching old TV
> shows, even for values of old that equal "the 1980s", one of the things you
> tend to notice is how static the camera work is, and how unnatrual the
> pacing of the dialog is.
>
> It's actually really facinating to watch, if you're into the craft of
> making drama, rather than just an enterainment consumer.
>
minutes long back in the 70's an early 80's. Not including the
commercials, of course. An hour long show now is 42 minutes long.
The funny thing is that the writing wasn't that good back then. Lots of
slow dialog and extra long special effects sequences just to fill the
time. A 42 minute show today packs a lot more story into that shorter time.
Miikka
> The gimmick of his first commercial was that he plays a
> NE with a mohawk, and the announcer guy was like "NE's don't have
> mohawks"...
I think he plays night elf mohawk, not a night elf with a mohawk.
As in implying that it's the class he plays and not just a hairstyle.
(I know, just a nitpick, but I just couldn't resist)
--
"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on
society." -Mark Twain
ScratchMonkey
@news.zen.co.uk:
> Especially if it was something with lots of special effects...
>
> I used to love Space 1999 but when I recently caught part of an
> episode it looked so cheap & tacky. Never re-visit your favourite
> childhood TV shows!
I still love Doctor Who. Lots of cheesy effects back then and the fans
loved it anyway. If I want fancy special effects, I watch a SIGGRAPH demo.
ScratchMonkey
news:2009111706482475249-christophercampbellremovethis@hotmailcom:
> Bah. I liked Murdock better. B.A. (Bad Attitude) Baracus (Mt. T) was,
> to say the least, repetitive. "I pity the fool." "I ain't getting on
> no plane." "Listen, Sucka."
I always liked George Peppard, both in A Team and in Banacek, where he
played an insurance investigator.
Rob Wynne
Taken from my quotes file:
"I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV
series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and
cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
--Ross Smith
Shiflet
"Rob Wynne" <d...@america.net> wrote in message
news:he6c74$l4p$2...@news.america.net...
> Taken from my quotes file:
>
> "I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV
> series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and
> cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
> --Ross Smith
I've not seen a ton of Brit sci-fi, but as far as characterizations go, TNG
or DS9 are as good or better as any I have seen...
Rob Wynne
Oh, it's gotten much better in the last 15-20 years. I don't recall exactly
when Ross made the statement, but it was a LONG time ago, because it's one
of the first entries in my quotes file.
(And to be fair, the first season and a half of TNG was pretty dire.)
ASKF
>Shiflet <rshi...@charter.net> wrote:
>>
>> "Rob Wynne" <d...@america.net> wrote in message
>> news:he6c74$l4p$2...@news.america.net...
>>
>>> Taken from my quotes file:
>>>
>>> "I've often said that the difference between British and American SF TV
>>> series is that the British ones have three-dimensional characters and
>>> cardboard spaceships, while the Americans do it the other way around."
>>> --Ross Smith
>>
>> I've not seen a ton of Brit sci-fi, but as far as characterizations go, TNG
>> or DS9 are as good or better as any I have seen...
>>
>
>Oh, it's gotten much better in the last 15-20 years. I don't recall exactly
>when Ross made the statement, but it was a LONG time ago, because it's one
>of the first entries in my quotes file.
>
>(And to be fair, the first season and a half of TNG was pretty dire.)
I have trouble comming up with any comparable US director but Joss
Wedon, who can make the characters belivable.
In most cases it's clearly a stereotype with some extra layers added,
and it's only when a show is allowed to run for more than at least three
seasons, that the chars. do evolve.
twk
I just discovered you can pick up grenades from any starting area, be it
alliance or horde. I assumed you had to get grenades at your faction's
starting areas. My nelf & gnome were stirring up the hordies in
Orgrimmar with grenades. After running out, they ran to the Orc/Troll
starting area and picked up more. Eventually everyone was tossing
grenades around the Mohawk elf.
Called in a few ally friends. Tons of fun. LoL.
Quite a crowd gathered there at the Mohawk Elf. Went into dueling, then
some PvP, a great time was had by all.
--
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Cowpattee, Tauren, Druid, Enchantress/Herbalist.
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"C J Campbell" <christophercam...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2009111707154616807-christophercampbellremovethis@hotmailcom...
>> What's next - a William Shatner buff? "I . . . come . . . in . . .
>> peace". :P
>
> "I come in peace. Shoot to kill, men."
Kirk debuff - Induces bracers disease - they can't keep their pants up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE
For years , decades , I thought it was
It's worse than that, it's British, Jim
Robin Halligan
Maybe as soon as you get the kirk buff you start wearing a red shirt.
Robin Halligan
> No, your shirt rips up so much that you have to throw it away and
> fight bare-chested.
Bare-chested (but slipped a bit :)
> Palindrome
C J Campbell
Not the red shirt! Augh!
ScratchMonkey
>> I've not seen a ton of Brit sci-fi, but as far as characterizations
>> go, TNG or DS9 are as good or better as any I have seen...
>>
>
> Oh, it's gotten much better in the last 15-20 years. I don't recall
> exactly when Ross made the statement, but it was a LONG time ago,
> because it's one of the first entries in my quotes file.
>
> (And to be fair, the first season and a half of TNG was pretty dire.)
Don't forget the dreadful Voyager.
I liked the first season of Enterprise, but the network had to dumb it down
to retain a semblance of an audience, with more fist fights and skimpier
costumes to appeal to the wrastlin' crowd.
cryptoguy
<ScratchMonkey.blackl...@sewingwitch.com> wrote:
> I liked the first season of Enterprise, but the network had to dumb it down
> to retain a semblance of an audience, with more fist fights and skimpier
> costumes to appeal to the wrastlin' crowd.
What waste of space at the SciFi channel (badly named, now the far
worse 'SyFy') thought it would be a good idea to chase wrestling fans
as well as us SF fans. I don't know. But they should have been death-
caged with a T-Rex.
pt
Rob Wynne
> Rob Wynne <d...@america.net> wrote in news:he6pjh$lio$1...@news.america.net:
>
>>> I've not seen a ton of Brit sci-fi, but as far as characterizations
>>> go, TNG or DS9 are as good or better as any I have seen...
>>>
>>
>> Oh, it's gotten much better in the last 15-20 years. I don't recall
>> exactly when Ross made the statement, but it was a LONG time ago,
>> because it's one of the first entries in my quotes file.
>>
>> (And to be fair, the first season and a half of TNG was pretty dire.)
>
> Don't forget the dreadful Voyager.
>
*sigh* I had, and you had to remind me. *grin*
> I liked the first season of Enterprise, but the network had to dumb it down
> to retain a semblance of an audience, with more fist fights and skimpier
> costumes to appeal to the wrastlin' crowd.
Enterprise never grabbed me at all. And I desperately wanted to like it,
because a) I'm a big fan of Scott Bakula, and b) I wanted something better
than the afformentioned Voyager. But I never could really get into it, and
since it started coming on right around the time I was ending a 12 year
relationship and having to do things like find a new apartment and reorient
my life, it was an easy thing to let go and not return to.
What did you think of the Abrahms reboot, out of curiosity.
ScratchMonkey
> What did you think of the Abrahms reboot, out of curiosity.
I liked it, but I like all things Abrams.
I'm also not wed to "canon" so, as with Battlestar Galactica, I didn't mind
a complete change of the story with only minor similarities with the
original.
I've been really enjoying "Fringe". It does share a lot of elements with X
Files. Not being one to bind to "personalities", I continued to like X
Files after Duchovny and Anderson left the show.
Toolpackinmama
>
> The funny thing is that the writing wasn't that good back then. Lots of
> slow dialog and extra long special effects sequences just to fill the
> time. A 42 minute show today packs a lot more story into that shorter time.
Baloney: writers are lazier than ever now. I can't even count the
number of shows that always end with five minutes of people walking
around in slo-mo while some pop ballad plays.
Shiflet
"Toolpackinmama" <philn...@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:hf369g$i2q$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
> Baloney: writers are lazier than ever now. I can't even count the number
> of shows that always end with five minutes of people walking around in
> slo-mo while some pop ballad plays.
You're watching the wrong shows. The Shield? Sons of Anarchy? Dexter? House?
Any of the Law and Order shows?(yes, I know they've been around for ages,
but they're still going strong)...
IYM
> Are these Grenade things popular on other servers, because I doubt
> I've seen then used twice on my server. I thought I'd see them being
> used all over the place.
>
> Palindrome
On mine they are popular in the AH only that I see - esp SW... Someone
likes to hit you with one while you have a AH screen open, and you don't
really realize you got hit until you close and leave. If you are paying
attention up top, you usually don't do anything about it for a few
minutes because you have to stop what your doing and close the AH
window...and another kicker is the AH window usually blocks who did it
to you too, so you have no idea who hit you...practical jokers...LOL
They did the same thing with the pumpkin heads during halloween in the AH...
Steve Kaye
CSI: Miami does that and it seems like Cold Case is taking more and more
time to reflect over the dead guy whilst they put away the killer(s).
Both of those used to be good shows (Cold Case still is but the endings
do often bug me)
steve.kaye
twk
Palindrome <butt...@safe-mail.net> wrote:
> Are these Grenade things popular on other servers, because I doubt
> I've seen then used twice on my server. I thought I'd see them being
> used all over the place.
>
> Palindrome
I see them quite often on Cenarion Circle, on the alliance side, not so
much on the horde side. If you're in SW the grenade vendor is quite
close and not too much of a bother to go and get a stack.
Shiflet
"Palindrome" <butt...@safe-mail.net> wrote in message
news:skgah5d9fj5gdg769...@4ax.com...
> Are these Grenade things popular on other servers, because I doubt
> I've seen then used twice on my server. I thought I'd see them being
> used all over the place.
I see them used a lot on my servers.
> Palindrome