WoW in social apps?

April 27, 2009 3:51 PM

Can we add World Of Warcraft to the list of social apps on the preferences page? I stay in touch with a lot more people through WoW than I do through IM, Facebook, etc. I think just adding it to the dropdown would be adequate. People add their name and server in whatever format they wanted. "Ragma(Windrunner)" or something.
posted by y6y6y6 to Feature Requests at 3:51 PM (29 comments total)

Here's the criteria and nomination steps at the wiki. Does WoW have public profiles?
posted by pb (staff) at 3:54 PM on April 27, 2009

WoW does indeed have public profiles in the Armory. They are on a per character basis, rather than a per account basis. A url would look like: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=[realm]&n=[character]
posted by monju_bosatsu at 3:59 PM on April 27, 2009

Also, if anyone happens to play on the Bloodscalp realm, shoot me a memail.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 4:00 PM on April 27, 2009

Can we add World Of Warcraft to the list of social apps

Wouldn't that be the equivalent of adding Minesweeper to a list of productivity apps?
posted by Afroblanco at 4:06 PM on April 27, 2009 [26 favorites]

You stopped reading there, didn't you?
posted by Liver at 4:11 PM on April 27, 2009

It's a joke, yo.
posted by Afroblanco at 4:14 PM on April 27, 2009

heee
posted by Liver at 4:15 PM on April 27, 2009

Yo dawg I put a WoW in your apps so you can Minesweep while you lvl up!

That meme never gets old . . . what stinks in here?
posted by nola at 4:25 PM on April 27, 2009

Yo dawg I put a WoW in your apps so you can Peggle Minesweep while you lvl up!

ftfy
posted by monju_bosatsu at 4:26 PM on April 27, 2009 [2 favorites]

OH CHRIST. There's a Peggle addon now also? God DAMMIT. This game never stops trying to lure me back in.

This unactivated 3 month gamecard is becoming a lot more like the one ring every day.
posted by Stunt at 4:42 PM on April 27, 2009

WoW is totally similar to the one ring. It's more of the same heroism you like, forever.
posted by Sparx at 5:23 PM on April 27, 2009 [1 favorite]

Shadenfreude on both Kirin Tor (Horde) and Icecrown (Alliance). I'd be happy to play with any of you MeFites!
posted by iamkimiam at 5:36 PM on April 27, 2009

Paddington or Wasteland on Dethecus (Horde) and Rachmaninoff or Ningauble on Khadgar (Alliance).

Now I hafta go collect mah eggs cause I needs mah bunneh.
posted by greekphilosophy at 5:52 PM on April 27, 2009

Minesweeper, The Movie
posted by Afroblanco at 6:47 PM on April 27, 2009 [6 favorites]

Now I hafta go collect mah eggs cause I needs mah bunneh.

Must...resist...return. Damn you collection instinct!
posted by graventy at 6:53 PM on April 27, 2009

Damn that Minesweeper trailer was funny.
posted by Mister_A at 7:56 PM on April 27, 2009

Novawolf on Grizzly Hills, which totally sucks as a realm so don't create a toon or xfer over to it.

I was actually on another server in a pretty good raiding guild about six months ago, then I quit after I'd seen most of Northrend in the WotLK beta, deleted all my toons...

...and then my brother sent me the CE of WotLK and Arthas help me, I got sucked back in and all I need is Chocoholic and Shake Your Bunny-Maker for another title and I was the first person on the server to get an Argent Tournament title and I'm a sick sick addict. Help me. Help me.
posted by WolfDaddy at 9:03 PM on April 27, 2009

I don't even play WoW anymore, but I love this idea.

There's something so cool about an online game being more (as much) of a social network than the social network thingies are. I don't know why I like that so much but I do.
posted by freebird at 10:00 PM on April 27, 2009 [1 favorite]

God I miss WoW so much. Someday I will have a job and an apartment with low latency internet. And then I will probably starve to death.
posted by Caduceus at 11:34 PM on April 27, 2009 [4 favorites]

If there's anybody on Sisters of Elune, MeMail me and we'll go... I dunno. Adventuring.
posted by Pope Guilty at 4:08 AM on April 28, 2009

"I stay in touch with a lot more people through WoW than I do through IM, Facebook, etc"

Sounds like you spend way, way too much time on WoW.
posted by dunkadunc at 5:28 AM on April 28, 2009

FaceBook is just WoW for people with poor hand-eye coordination.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 8:00 AM on April 28, 2009 [8 favorites]

WoW is totally similar to the one ring

See also the Two Ring and the Five Ring.
posted by ArmyOfKittens at 8:03 AM on April 28, 2009

FaceBook is just WoW for people with poor hand-eye coordination.

WoW is just for people who don't know how to feed Mags.
posted by Dr-Baa at 8:36 AM on April 28, 2009 [1 favorite]

I'm a member of Giant Censored Robots (formerly Giant Communist Robots, but they made us change the name) on Mal'Ganis (For the Horde!). Shoot me a MeMail or.. something. But don't transfer over here, because there's always a queue, you schmuck.
posted by kbanas at 8:55 AM on April 28, 2009

Yeah, I'd also like to mention that Dethecus is pretty much the ghetto of WoW, so don't come visit me there. I'm hastily planning my escape. My friend who is a GM assures me that it is a well-known server among Blizzard employees for its shenanigans and fail.
posted by greekphilosophy at 9:42 AM on April 28, 2009

Now I hafta go collect mah eggs cause I needs mah bunneh.

Try Azure Watch. It's much less crowded than IF or SW.

Got my bunneh yesterday!
posted by NoraCharles at 2:38 PM on April 28, 2009

Dhimahi (and a few alts) on Proudmoore.

And DAMN YOU MONJU_BOSATSU I DID NOT NEED TO KNOW THAT.
posted by fuzzbean at 2:42 PM on April 28, 2009

Try Azure Watch. It's much less crowded than IF or SW.

Maybe for filthy Alliance.
posted by emmastory at 4:40 PM on April 28, 2009