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Maintenance day loot from WoW.com
WoW.com is giving more loot cards away today, thanks to an extremely generous donation from WoWTCGLoot.com. Why? Because it's maintenance day and because we feel like it! Today you have a chance to get your hands on one of five different codes: one of two Slashdance codes, one of two Tiny codes (these are horses for the Alliance and raptors like the one pictured above for the Horde), or one Path of Cenarius code. All you need to do is leave a comment on this post. Make sure you comment using an email address you check frequently, as that's how we'll be contacting our winners. You may only enter once or you will be disqualified. The deadline to enter is May 20th at 10:00 AM EDT, so leave a comment while you can and win! Comments will be disabled at that time, and winners will be chosen randomly (and so will the prizes). Good luck!
Breakfast Topic: What are you willing to buy?
The Celestial Steed and Lil' XT went live the other day to the delight of many, the disgust of a few, and one mother of a checkout line. Toward the end of the day as I write this, the line for purchasing the mount in the North American store clocks in at 148,108 and climbing. I think it's safe to say that the shiny horse, at least, has been a runaway success. I haven't yet bought anything from the Blizzard store, but I come from a long line of suspicious New England cheapskates for whom saving 10¢ on bulk toilet paper was a day for the diary. Most people don't seem to have a problem with RMT (Real Money Transactions/Trading) as long as they're kept to things that don't exercise any real influence on the game. If they're just for fun and they don't give anyone an unfair advantage -- we ask reasonably -- what's the big deal? Then again, it makes me a bit sad to see brilliant new pets and mounts head straight to the store while things like the moonkin and Tree of Life models have languished for years without updates. Oh well. Everyone has mounts and pets, but not everyone plays a druid (more's the pity). I have to admit that Blizzard selling formerly TCG-only rewards like the Path of Cenarius might make me reconsider, although I'm not sure it'd be great policy for them to undermine the card game's rewards. Have you bought anything from Blizzard's store, and do you think they should sell anything in addition to pets or mounts? Or, to put it another way, what would you love to buy?
The Twelve Days of Winter Veil: Day two loot code giveaway
WoW.com's Twelve Days of Winter Veil contests keeps on rolling. If you didn't win a Path of Cenarius code yet, here's your last chance. Today we are giving away the last 5 Path of Cenarius codes courtesy of WoWTCGLoot.com. Yes, you, too can have flowers follow in your wake. What self-respecting PuGger would not want that for the New Year? To enter for a chance to win, leave a comment in this post by Saturday, January 2, 2010, 12pm ET (noon). Limit one entry per person and make sure you're registered with a valid email address. We'll be choosing five winners randomly from the entrants and contact them via email after the close of the contest. Don't forget to check back tomorrow for new contests celebrating the Twelve Days of Winter Veil! EDIT: Contest closed. Thanks everyone!
The Twelve Days of Winter Veil: Day five loot code giveaway
WoW.com's Twelve Days of Winter Veil contests keeps on rolling. If you didn't win a Path of Cenarius code on Christmas, we're giving away 5 more Path of Cenarius codes today courtesy of WoWTCGLoot.com. Yes, you, too can have flowers follow in your wake. What self-respecting PuG farmer wouldn't want to have bright foliage sprouting behind them? To enter for a chance to win, leave a comment in this post by Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 12pm ET (noon). Limit one entry per person and make sure you're registered with a valid email address. We'll be choosing five winners randomly from the entrants and contact them via email after the close of the contest. Don't forget to check back every day through January 2nd for new contests celebrating the Twelve Days of Winter Veil! EDIT: Contest closed. Thanks everyone!
Landro's Pet Box available for UDE points
Upper Deck recently announced a new item available in-game for players to claim using UDE points accrued from collecting the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. The item, Landro's Pet Box, is a grab bag of sorts that can randomly give the character one of the following loot items: Papa Hummel's Old-Fashioned Pet Biscuit, Path of Cenarius, Sandbox Tiger, Dragon Kite, Ethereal Soul-Trader, or Bananas, the Monkey. Items previously available through UDE points were limited to a selection of epic tabards, permanent fireworks, and a Carved Ogre Idol that turns characters into ogres for 10 minutes. According to the product description, Landro's Pet Box will more commonly give out Pet Biscuits, Paths of Cenarius, or the Sandbox Tiger, but will occasionally grant the rarer vanity pets. Players will not receive duplicates of vanity pets already obtained through the Pet Box. The item can be purchased through the UDE points store for 2,000 UDE points (the same cost as tabards) and is only available on US and EU realms. Landro's Pet Box marks the first time items previously available only through loot cards would be made available through UDE points, allowing players who miss out on elusive loot cards another shot at obtaining the items.
The Twelve Days of Winter Veil: Day nine loot code giveaway
WoW.com's Twelve Days of Winter Veil contests keeps on rolling. If you didn't win a Path of Cenarius code on Tuesday, dry those Christmas tears. Today we are giving away 5 more Path of Cenarius codes courtesy of WoWTCGLoot.com. Yes, you, too can have flowers follow in your wake. What self-respecting death knight would not want that for Christmas? To enter for a chance to win, leave a comment in this post by Saturday, December 26, 2009, 12pm ET (noon). Limit one entry per person and make sure you're registered with a valid email address. We'll be choosing five winners randomly from the entrants and contact them via email after the close of the contest. Don't forget to check back every day through January 2nd for new contests celebrating the Twelve Days of Winter Veil! EDIT: Contest closed. Thanks everyone!
The Twelve Days of Winter Veil: Day twelve loot code giveaway
We kicked off our Twelve Days of Winter Veil contests earlier today with two in-game pets as prizes. Every day from now until January 2nd. 2010 we will have new prizes to giveaway along with new loot codes. The great thing about the loot codes is there are no geographical or age restriction to enter. To get this party started, we are giving away 5 Path of Cenarius codes courtesy of WoWTCGLoot.com. Every where you go in-game, flowers will spring up behind you. Perfect for that stinky gnome warlock in your life. To enter for a chance to win, leave a comment in this post by Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009, 12pm ET (noon). That's it. Limit one entry per person and make sure you're registered with a valid email address. We'll be choosing five winners randomly from the entrants and contact them via email after the close of the contest. Don't forget to check back every day through January 2nd for new contests celebrating the Twelve Days of Winter Veil! EDIT: Contest closed. Thanks everyone!
Fields of Honor on sale tomorrow
Ahh the smell of fresh loot in the air, it must be summer. Well, fans of loot cards and the official Trading Card Game, I bet you have your calendar marked. Tomorrow sees the release of the latest - and possibly greatest - TCG expansion Fields of Honor. Yes, you too could have your very own El Pollo Grande, the greatest mount in the entire history of Azeroth. We've mentioned this thing was rarer than a spectral tiger's tooth, right? Indeed our very own Turpster has been raving about his (insert slightly rude giant chicken joke here) all week.The best part that is the cards were activated in an earlier patch so you can use them as soon as you find one. No more waiting for 3.1.x or even 3.2. Just to recap, the Fields of Honor loot consists of El Pollo Grande, the Ogre Pinata and the groovy Path of Cenarius. You can also take a peek at Upper Deck's loot card preview page for some really cool screenshots.But here's the best part. After the success of our last EU giveaway, Upper Deck International here in the UK have very kindly given us a set of shiny European loot cards. Isn't that nice of them? We certainly think so! We're going to give them away during this week's maintenance so check back then.
The Fields of Honor TCG loot in motion
As we mentioned just the other day, the latest batch of TCG loot from Fields of Honor is on the PTR for testing. I couldn't resist going to give those things a whirl myself. After all, how else will I decide if I should blow money on these things? Plus, the PTR has premade level 80s this cycle. Premades plus free TCG loot to play around with? Yes, please!For those of you that don't have the time or inclination to hop on the PTR yourselves, we've grabbed some video of the various items in action. Up above you'll see El Pollo Grande, and below the cut you'll find the Path of Cenarius and the Ogre Pinata. I recommend clicking through to their YouTube page and watching them in High Quality.
Try out Fields of Honor loot on the PTR
Reader Kongzai sent us a tip this morning that the recently revealed loot cards for the next TCG expansion Fields of Honor are available for testing on the PTR. He hotfotted it down to Booty Bay and reports that it is indeed possible to sample the latest loot using the same codes as in previous PTR tests. All you need to do is enter the following when prompted by Landro:1111 for the Path of Cenarius2222 for the Ogre Pinata3333 for the Magic Rooster Egg (aka El Pollo Grande)Kongzai was also able to shed a little more information on the loot itself. He reports that Path of Cenarius is the common item, coming in stacks of 100 and lasts for five minutes. The Ogre Pinata is, as I predicted, BoP and thirty minute cooldown. He comes with 5000 HP and, when destroyed, leaves a stack of gumballs in his wake which grant a buff that makes you blow bubbles. Awesome. He also told us that El Pollo Grande costs 100g which is not a bad amount for such a cool mount.This news comes mere hours after Upper Deck posted a loot card preview on their official site featuring screens and the first video of the must-have chicken mount El Pollo Grande.
Latest Upper Deck loot cards revealed, including El Pollo Grande
Boubouille over at MMO Champion has once again been ferreting around in the patch files and he's discovered the next set of loot from Upper Deck's next TCG expansion Fields of Honor which is due out on 30th June.There is a legend of El Pollo Grande, the scariest chicken in all of Azeroth, the black chicken of death. For years he has been the stuff of myth, summonable only by Niby the Almighty during a Felwood quest chain. Now, however, he has once again returned, this time as a mount. Yes, you heard me right, a giant chicken mount. This El Pollo Grande is not as dark or mean as his namesake, instead looking like a regular -- albeit giant -- chicken and will be an epic land mount. So if you've not yet reached level 60, then consider this your motivation.Also in the cards (see what I did there?) are an ogre pinata (which I'm surmising will be a BoP item with no charges, like the Goblin Weather Machine). Finally, for those of you who walked the Path of Illidan, there's the Path of Cenarius which leaves flowers in your wake. Nice.
