Where In the World Is…?
Most people knew me back when I was doing the Off the Beaten Path audio articles for the Epic Dolls podcast. The catch phrase I used for my segment was, “unusual or interest quests, places to see, and roleplaying tips too.” Although quests and locales are not necessarily synonymous with roleplaying, more often than not you will see roleplayers about in the land enjoying what’s out there. Of course, there are many others who also thoroughly enjoy seeing what is out there just in case the developers decided to be sneaky or artistic.
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When World of Warcraft’s Burning Crusade expansion came out, players could finally fly around. I am glad that the developers realized that players could and would go everywhere. You may remember the orphan village on the top of the mountains between Nagrand and Zangarmarsh? What about the floating islands in Nagrand, the one with the apple tree? In Northrend, did you fly all the way to the top of the mountains and get a sense of vertigo? It is my hope that in the World of Warcraft Cataclysm expansion, the developers have remembered us in a similar way.
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I am curious to know if anyone else is landscape-recreational like I am? Do you explore every little nook and cranny in any world you happen to be playing/gaming in, just to see if the developers hid something? Maybe the designers of the landscapes just want to be artsy? I can imagine to game companies, it may be tempting (and lucrative) to save time and money by simply repeating textures and patterns. You know, the same trees but change it a little by adding a different color? The same buildings but different texture? Although Warcraft has its own style, there are many many things in many places around Azeroth and beyond that are one-of-a-kind.
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Do you remember where you might have seen this bridge?
This is the only treehouse like this (although the trees themselves can be seen in Moonglade). Do you recall where it located?
Do you know where this is? Yes, PURPLE mist.
The wacky and weird is what makes the world itself interesting to me. The characters that I have developed and roleplay tend to be a little “off the beaten path” as well. The world in World of Warcraft is a bit eccentric and that works for me and my plethora characters. Just in case you are a little like me and enjoy the more off-beat parts of Warcraft, there is a fantastic blog chronicling the strange and unusual here at Oddcraft.
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| Suzanna aka Stardancer/Stardancerelf (stardancerelf.com) started doing audio articles in the Epic Dolls Podcast in 2006. She has continued on to host Hearthstone Tavern RP Podcast with a fantastically talented and creative cast. She is an avid part-time gamer, musician, artist, and someone known to philosophize. Twitter her @stardancerelf |
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Epic Dolls Podcast, Sightseeing Guides | Suzanna (aka Stardancer) | 
May 1, 2010 10:07 pm | 
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