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World of Warcraft: Blizzard & Pandaren Xpress

ChopesChopes Member Posts: 297
in News & Features Discussion

Blizzard has announced that they will be teaming up with Pandaren Xpress® to bring World of Warcraft players Pandaren Xpress® meals right to their home while they play. Customers who order through Pandaren Xpress® will also receive a special in-game fortune cookie that will give them a random buff. They also announced that the person that will be delivering your food will be wearing a Pandaren costume!

The full article below:


Blizzard Entertainment, in conjunction with the Pandaren Xpress® chain of quality restaurants, is proud to announce the /panda program!

Imagine you are on an instance run in Maraudon, Dire Maul, or even Blackrock Spire. Two long hours into the dungeon and you suddenly notice the hunter in your group feeding his pet. That triggers a rumbling in your belly, which reminds you that you haven't eaten anything all day! How can you satisfy your craving without abandoning your group?! Before, there was nothing for you to do but suffer in hunger. Now, thanks to Pandaren Xpress®, creators of low-priced gourmet meals, you no longer have to leave the group for a food break. In less time than it takes your party's casters to regain mana (even less if you don't have a mage), you can order Chinese take-out from the comfort of your chair! No more tedious walking over to the telephone! No more arduous pushing of unfamiliar phone numbers!

Simply type "/panda" in the game, and a GM will take your food order through the use of our innovative in-game Pandaren Xpress® menu. Within minutes, a Pandaren Xpress® delivery person will arrive at your door with a veritable feast!

With each /panda order, you will also receive an in-game Pandaren Fortune Cookie! The Pandaren Fortune Cookie not only tells you a fortune, but it also gives your player a random 30-minute buff (or debuff)!

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*APRIL FOOLS*

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Comments

  • carriebcarrieb Member Posts: 5

    Surely you didn't take this seriously on April Fools Day? :D

  • shiva420shiva420 Member Posts: 1

    haha

    yeah its a stab at a certain other mmo's feature i believe :) i liked the lines:  "order Chinese take-out from the comfort of your chair! No more tedious walking over to the telephone! No more arduous pushing of unfamiliar phone numbers! " or on http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/pandaren-xpress.html the bannor in upper corner lolimage

     

  • waveslayerwaveslayer Member UncommonPosts: 610
    LOL, it actually even had me fooled for the few moments I was reading the article yesterday. A very good comeback for Blizzard but a little long in coming.image

    Godz of War I call Thee

  • dodsfalldodsfall Member UncommonPosts: 173
    They gave the joke away when they stated that a GM would take your order. It can take days for a GM to respond in WoW.....
  • ElnatorElnator Member Posts: 6,077

    I think it's kind of humorous that they feel so threatened by SOE that they poke humor at the /pizza command :)

    LOL

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    It was an april fools joke not meant to be taken literally. It is blizzards responce to everquests 2's /pizza command. Pandaren Xpress Food shop doesnt even exist....
  • tephystephys Member Posts: 128

    Originally posted by Elnator
    I think it's kind of humorous that they feel so threatened by SOE that they poke humor at the /pizza command :)LOL


    I thought it was humorous you thought Blizzard was feeling threatened by SOE. ::::02::

  • SmokeysongSmokeysong Member UncommonPosts: 247

    LOLOL I fell for it at first too :)

    Elnator - you are a joke if you think Blizzard is threatened by SOE's /pizza command :)

    Frankly, I find the /pizza thing to be 1 more demonstration of SOE's commitment to commercialism above their commitment to the game and 1 more reason for me to try WoW instead.

    Have played: Everquest, Asheron's Call, Horizons, Everquest2, World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online, Warhammer, Age of Conan, Darkfall

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    I am COMPLETELY amazed that ANYONE believed that. It was incredibly funny but the most obviously fake April's Fools EVER. I feel sorry for those who actually believed it.

  • TaintedPureTaintedPure Member Posts: 36

    Pretty good one  =0)  I don't think anything will top last year's implementation of the Two-headed Giant playable character in WOW - where two people are paired up randomly to each be a one "head".  Very detailed explanation about how everything would be viable.  Kinda makes you think these are things where at one time seriously considered for implementation into the game but ultimately decided against.

     

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  • bugmenbugmen Member Posts: 61

    Originally posted by Cikbik
    It was an april fools joke not meant to be taken literally. It is blizzards responce to everquests 2's /pizza command. Pandaren Xpress Food shop doesnt even exist....

    Thats funny there is a Pandaren Xpress on campus in my town I was like fook yah. They dont do dilivery.

  • BiteyBitey Member Posts: 356

    Chopes got image

    Nice try at a cover up "*APRIL FOOLS*" lmao

  • lunamarialunamaria Member Posts: 17

    why don't they do this though? they already have my address, billing information and can add a menu easily.

  • membrewmembrew Member Posts: 2

    Originally posted by tephys
    Originally posted by Elnator
    I think it's kind of humorous that they feel so threatened by SOE that they poke humor at the /pizza command :)LOL


    I thought it was humorous you thought Blizzard was feeling threatened by SOE. ::::02::

    ditto lol

  • XanderZaneXanderZane Member Posts: 226


    Originally posted by Elnator

    I think it's kind of humorous that they feel so threatened by SOE that they poke humor at the /pizza command :)
    LOL


    Threatened!?!? LMAO!! Blizzard doesn't feel threatened at all by SOE. What do they have to be afraid of? They have the #1 selling MMORPG game in the world right now.  SOE actually replied back to Blizzards little joke and even linked the story on their site. SOE thought it was funny as well.  It was all in good fun. Almost everyone knew it was an April Fools joke.

    Xander

  • dnserrordnserror Member UncommonPosts: 7

    I spotted this jest right off the bat, though I'm a few days late to the thread,..
    As a well versed hunter of 57 levels, I was able to spot this tom foolery right off the bat when they said seeing a hunter in the group feeding a pet,... everyone knows hunters don't get groups, esp at high levels <grin>
    Don't flame, tis just a jest 8)

    Globeadue

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