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World of Warcraft Pimps April Fools' Day

by Chris Faylor, Apr 01, 2009 7:58am PDT

Related Topics – World of Warcraft, Blizzard, screenshots, PC, April Fools

Esteemed developer Blizzard Entertainment kicked off April Fools' Day with word that World of Warcraft may soon add a new "Pimp My Mount" customization feature.

"Tired of your mount looking like every other raptor, wolf, horse, kodo, or nightsaber out there? Then Z to the A to the zzber (whew, that's a mouthful!) will be glad to welcome you to his shop where you can epic-ize your mount with some phat total pimpage!"

Given that Blizzard has a rich history of embracing April Fools' Day, let's chalk this one up to a celebration of the holiday. But it is World of Warcraft, so you never really know...

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Two Headed troll as a ccop playable character in WoW was the best Blizz April Fools.

Apr 01, 2009 8:52am PDT

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Two Headed troll as a ccop playable character in WoW was the best Blizz April Fools. : kodt
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- coop* : kodt
- I don't remember that one. : Digital-Hero
- haha I remember that, it actually had me going too cause it was announced when wow was around early beta : johemmer
- You mean two headed Ogre : Frejik

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http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/pvp/dance/index.xml

This is the US one and it's awesome

Apr 01, 2009 10:19am PDT

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http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/pvp/dance/index.xml This is the US one and it's awesome : pancake humper
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- This is fucking hilarious. : Link.

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http://www.quakelive.com/#home LOL

Apr 01, 2009 10:24am PDT

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http://www.quakelive.com/#home LOL : sanewave
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- awesome : DewFuel

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The scary thing is I could see this being huge in WoW.

Apr 01, 2009 8:45am PDT

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The scary thing is I could see this being huge in WoW. : melkore
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  Why is that scary? This would actually be pretty fucking sweet if we could customize our mounts. It w... : pancake humper
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    I could imagine the servers having heart attacks with having to load each mount differently. There is a ... : melkore
    - you mean like how it has to load different armor for everyone on screen all the time? It'd probably be fi... : blanktarget
  - Well obviously customizing mounts is one thing .... but the style is obviously ridiculous. But as the po... : lotus2133

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"Onboard goblin engineer for emergency repairs" lol.

Apr 01, 2009 9:54am PDT

"Onboard goblin engineer for emergency repairs" lol. : Meadows.TR

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The joke with the tauren commander in SC 2 was better, and I was actually hoping it was for real because he looked awesome.

Apr 01, 2009 9:45am PDT

The joke with the tauren commander in SC 2 was better, and I was actually hoping it was for real because ... : Johnnsen

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As I said previously, I dearly hope this is just the European team doing a shit job of it. Blizzard is so much better than this poor, obvious attempt at humour.

Apr 01, 2009 8:32am PDT

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As I said previously, I dearly hope this is just the European team doing a shit job of it. Blizzard is so... : node
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- Totally agree. I never imagined it possible that Blizzard would disappoint me. :( : [7]kami
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  I don't know, the hooves on this were pretty outstanding: http://www.shacknews.com/images/image-o-matic.x... : mittense
  - no, but the overall delivery of the joke is sad and about 3-4 years late. : dedgecko

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gimme dem gold trimz

Apr 01, 2009 9:23am PDT

gimme dem gold trimz : DewFuel

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