As you may have heard, there is a serious issue awaiting us in the next expansion. Blizzard has kept us in the dark for a while, but after careful consideration, we at WoW Insider believe it's time to throw our considerable weight (we are, after all, one of the top 50 most influential blogs in the world, with all of the benefits and perks contained therein) behind what the players have asked for, time and time and time again.Yes, we're making our stance official: there definitely need to, in some way, shape or form, be penguins in Northrend. Not only would it obviously win us the Linux vote, but consider the facts: penguins are birds, they don't fly, and penguins lay eggs. Of course, there is one problem: Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are only found in Antarctic regions, which means there aren't any in the Northern parts of the world (which, in Azeroth, is right where the aptly named Northrend is). But then again, this is a world where dragons can turn into women and people can shoot fire out of their fingertips -- surely, Blizzard can stretch the science just so we can have some cute little formally-dressed birds up there.
So while petitions are banned on the forums, we here at WoW Insider know the power that you, our readers, carry, and we want you to add your voice to ours. Sign the comments section below if you agree: when the Alliance and the Horde hit the shores of Northrend, we of course want to see Arthas, and we'd like to have Death Knights, and we want a floating Dalaran and Tuskarr (yes, with a bukkit quest) and Forsaken architecture. But everyone who leaves a comment on this post, Blizzard, wants, almost more than all of that other stuff, just one thing in Northrend: penguins.
We want penguins. /signed.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 9)
3-12-2008 @ 6:04PM
Milktub said...
No. Mostly because it would mean Nesingwary would give me a quest to kill 50 Penguins.
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3-12-2008 @ 9:07PM
Teltathra said...
/signed they could make them a tiny quest like the Praire dog one in outland, or they'd even be good critters actually. Just somewhere yeah? come on blizz!
3-12-2008 @ 9:03PM
Xeren said...
i feel bad enough about having killed the first 246 animals.
3-13-2008 @ 9:02AM
matthewreingold said...
what about seals and clubbing 50 of em?
3-13-2008 @ 1:30PM
Brimoonfang said...
/signed Penguins as beasts (not critters)
/signed Polymorph: Penguin (YES!!)
4-14-2008 @ 8:24PM
Orm said...
/signed
/agree with polymorph: penguin
3-12-2008 @ 6:05PM
schweet09 said...
YES!! Penguins! and they don't have to be mobs, they could just be critters, and the most bad*ss thing ever would be if there was some kind of npc race that looked like penguins. that would be sweet.
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3-13-2008 @ 7:12AM
Konni (Bibi) said...
/signed. Of COURSE we need penguins! Come on! And yes, as critters would be fine, although I would KILL to have a penguin non-combat pet following me around. No, literally, I'd actually grind for that one.
3-12-2008 @ 6:07PM
Magecakes said...
Polymorph: Penguin
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3-12-2008 @ 6:27PM
Freelier said...
Excellent idea!
Critters would be good, too. I agree about Nesingwary and his relatives: they shouldn't be allowed to interact with penguins.
3-12-2008 @ 6:43PM
Izbay said...
/signed polymorph: penguin
3-13-2008 @ 1:10AM
Patrick said...
Awesome, agreed.
3-13-2008 @ 1:10PM
FinnStoney said...
/signed for penguins
and
/signed for polymorph: penguin
3-13-2008 @ 9:39AM
Chais said...
OMG!!!
THAT WOULD BE AWSOME
I WANT!!!
/signed
3-13-2008 @ 12:41PM
Badger said...
/signed in triplicate
3-12-2008 @ 6:08PM
Traxter said...
/signed
Though as Milktub said I hope Nesingwary doesn't give us a quest to slaughter penguins.
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3-12-2008 @ 10:59PM
jbodar said...
Clearly the Nesingwary quest should be for seals. He could even give you a special club to do it with.
[Nesingwary's Club of Species Endangering] *bonk*
3-13-2008 @ 4:54AM
warthog2k said...
Ah - the Seal Cub Clubbing Club?
3-12-2008 @ 6:09PM
Riwerwind said...
/signed
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3-12-2008 @ 6:11PM
Dachande said...
Great Scott! We've finally figured out the next playable race!!!
But... only if their emotes are voiced by Morgan Freeman.
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