Howdy, Stranger!
It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Quick Links
World of Warcraft: Log In to Claim Your Horde Chopper
SBFord
Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
At the conclusion of the World of Warcraft-based web series, "Azeroth Choppers", fans voted the Horde version of a real world chopper as the winner. According to a new post on the World of Warcraft site, players need to log in by September 30th to claim their new mount! The chopper will arrive with the Warlords of Draenor expansion later this year.
The Horde chopper is on its way, and you need to log in now to claim it!
Your votes for Azeroth Choppers were counted, and one faction’s war cry roared loudest: the Horde bike will now be turned into a mount in World of Warcraft! Anyone who logs in to the game between now and September 30, 2014 will automatically have their account flagged to receive the Horde chopper upon the release of the upcoming Warlords of Draenor expansion. Everyone can (and should!) claim their chopper by logging in now, but as a reminder, only your Horde characters will be able to mount up and take it for a ride.
Read the official post on the World of Warcraft community site.
Comments
Help support an artist and gamer who has lost his tools to create and play: http://www.gofundme.com/u63nzcgk
Exactly, I was going to switch to ally when WoD hits anyways. The whole re-sub is a good play by Blizzard >.>
And those of us who never played Horde, and have no intention of ever playing Horde get??
Oh yeah, screwed over. Again. Blizzard swears up and down they're not biased in favor of the Horde, but actions speak far louder than words. One of many reasons I won't be playing WoW ever again.
AN' DERE AIN'T NO SUCH FING AS ENUFF DAKKA, YA GROT! Enuff'z more than ya got an' less than too much an' there ain't no such fing as too much dakka. Say dere is, and me Squiggoff'z eatin' tonight!
We are born of the blood. Made men by the blood. Undone by the blood. Our eyes are yet to open. FEAR THE OLD BLOOD.
#IStandWithVic
Did you even watch the web series and see the contest? What is the point of the competition if there is no winner. I play Alliance and Horde so my cheeks aren't awash with butthurt tears.
Help support an artist and gamer who has lost his tools to create and play: http://www.gofundme.com/u63nzcgk
What a cheap sly money grab from Actibli$$ion, so the people who are unsubbed and taking a break will have to pay 15 dollors if they want the bike before 30th september, damn, that company has gone to shit..
Incoming, alliance bike in store for $30
Just imagine you stole it from an Orc if it bothers you.
Lordy, everyone was mad that they thought it would end up a cash shop mount and mount and now that's it's free they are STILL mad cause you have to be subbed to get it.
Did you really think they'd give it to people who aren't subscribed?! Lol
but as a reminder, only your Horde characters will be able to mount up and take it for a ride.
Yes everyone gets it but only horde characters can use it.
Wa min God! Se æx on min heafod is!
Sorry...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hfYJsQAhl0
FYI: Blizzard did not pick the Bike, The Community did. It was a contest, Alliance lost.
There is no "screwing over". Go read up on the facts instead of assuming.
And actions DID speak louder.
"My Fantasy is having two men at once...
One Cooking and One Cleaning!"
---------------------------
"A good man can make you feel sexy,
strong and able to take on the whole world...
oh sorry...that's wine...wine does that..."
That's not really the issue, for me anyway. I see it as a cash grab, when the game hasn't had a content update in almost a year. So, instead of giving the players more content, they give a mount away, and are asking $15 a month for it. They could've released it along with a content update, but chose not to. This company is becoming worse than a f2p-infested cash shop.
I'm all for free mounts but as a long time engineer this sickens me.
It's all there black and white, clear as crystal. We loose, we get nothing. Good day Sir.
I really don't see what Blizzard gained by alienating half their playerbase. I think this competition is going to go down in the Top 5 video game marketing flops of all time, beating out /pizza by a landfall.
Willy Wonka quotes ftw lol.
In War - Victory.
In Peace - Vigilance.
In Death - Sacrifice.
It's all there black and white, clear as crystal. We loose, we get nothing. Good day Sir.
haha good one mate made me laugh.
This. And it's even worse. Cause they don't just alienate the Alliance playerbase, but all Horde players who feel forced to resub before 9/30/2014 just to get the mount
Aiming low might end with shooting in your own foot. At least it may push the sub numbers enough for their next conference call to look not that bad
Well, I guess I won't be getting this mount, not worth the 15 dollars. I am glad I have plenty of other mounts anyways. If someone gets, post a screenshot. Maybe ill get jealous and maybe i'll change my mind
Login before Sept 30th lol A little goodie to entice you to resub. Blatant money grab... If ActiBlizz was serious about giving you a "free" mount, they would just add it to your account (no need to login)
Sly one there $Bobby$
Think I'll pass
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
It could have been handled differently, as people knew from the onset that the horde would be the winner. If you take a look at the posts regarding the show when it first started -- and the rules thereof -- people were already proclaiming horde the winner since it won't be on what bike people enjoy the most, but what faction has the most outspoken players. "Why are they even having a contest? Just give it to the horde." Indeed, the horde do outnumber the Alliance -- it's to the point where Blizzard is even offering free faction transfers (they have the full stats and not guesses from fan sites) from the horde to the Alliance.
I still recall the many horde individuals who spat on and beat up people wearing alliance shirts back in 2011's Blizzcon or something; even the developers and security were laughing at it and shouting "for the horde!". Much less, their admittance that they focused on horde areas more than Alliance with Cataclysm and then ran out of time for what they had planned for the alliance. In truth -- and this is coming from someone who played Alliance and Horde from Vanilla to Wrath and then Horde exclusively from Cataclysm to this day (having 5 full Prideful horde characters and no max level alliance before I quit) -- there has been exceeding amounts of horde favoritism, which they have been trying to downplay since last Blizzcon with Metzen going on about how the Alliance are the Superpower now -- but we'll never see it in game.
The Alliance Garrisons are looking to be much more appealing to a lot of people now. But it seems to be one step forward and two steps back. The sheer stupidity of having people vote for what their faction will get and not what bike was actually best is beyond me. Not to mention this is essentially another horde focused expansion with Garrosh and the Warlords with minor roles played by Draeni to fight them as well as more Blood Elf (horde, sadly) lore.
Doubt I'll ever leave my horde characters behind, but one would have to be blind not to see which one is preferred by the team or how easy it is to make a rigged contest, knowing the end result beforehand. To reiterate it could have been so easy to make it so people chose their favorite bike or a contests that didn't rely on attrition. But they chose to use these tactics, and then make it so people had to resubscribe to get it (which in itself isn't a problem as it could be viewed as a rewards thing for those who are still sub'd... if you're horde that is. And if you aren't, then what the heck is wrong with you at this point?).
Well, there are a lot more Horde players as well. So it's smart business to target the bigger playerbase for their money, and then cause enough commotion to get free publicity since the Alliance characters get nothing.