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All hail Thrall: Supreme Leader of Azeroth

Posted Apr 1st 2008 11:45PM by Amanda Dean
Filed under: Polls, Analysis / Opinion, Factions, NPCs

As promised, we now announce the Supreme Leader of Azeroth. And the Winner is- Thrall! Thrall carried a lead throughout the election and ended the race with 55.3 percent of the both, more than either of the Alliance candidates combined. Lady Jaina Proudmore finished the race in second place with 34.3 percent of the vote. King Magni Bronzebeard was disappointed in his 10.4% share of the vote, and has promised a better showing in future elections.

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WoW Insider Show, Episode 30: Not completely about patch 2.4

Posted Mar 25th 2008 3:40PM by Mike Schramm
Filed under: Items, Podcasting, Virtual selves, Blizzard, Humor, Burning Crusade, Lore, Leveling, Classes, WoW Insider Show

Man, with all the patch 2.4 news flying around today, you might feel a little overwhelmed. Well, worry no more, because just when you need something a little silly and lighthearted, the WoW Insider Show comes right along, with Episode 30 now available on WoW Radio and iTunes. This past Saturday, Turpster and I, along with Amanda Dean and Elizabeth Wachowski of WoW Insider, had a sit down to talk about all of the biggest news in the past week of Warcraft, including, but not limited to:

Our favorite trinkets (mine I picked only because the tooltip uses the word "fecundity")
What "counts" in terms of leveling as fast as possible
Elizabeth talked to us for a bit about the lore of the Burning Crusade, and both the high and low points of it
We chatted about the best starting areas in the game (there was a strange split over the Dwarf/Gnome area for some reason as well)
And finally we hit on Amanda's Azerothian General Election, which you can still vote on right now -- Thrall is still winning, so Alliance, you better grab your sword and fight the Horde.

We did check in reader email, too, and Turpster says he's headed to 70, so we asked for your input on what kind of reward (or punishment) we can give him if he makes it before Wrath -- if you have a suggestion, email us at theshow@wowinsider.com.

And speaking of Turpster, you've got to see his new TurpsterVision over at Massively today -- it's a spectacular tale of a galaxy long ago and far away, if you know what I mean.

Azerothean General Election

Posted Mar 22nd 2008 2:30PM by Amanda Dean
Filed under: Horde, Alliance, Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, Lore, NPCs

The results of the primary elections are in. In an unsurprising landslide victory, Thrall was confirmed as leader of the Horde faction by capturing 69.7% of the vote. The bitter race on Alliance side led to a down-to-the-wire victory for Dwarven King Magni Bronzebeard who pulled in 24.9% of the vote. A distraught High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind, who received 24.5% was denied a recount in the Wetlands. It is time for the final election for Supreme Leader of Azeroth.

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Election Reminder

Posted Mar 18th 2008 8:30AM by Amanda Dean
Filed under: Horde, Alliance, Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff

The Azrothean primary elections are coming to close. Unsurprisingly, Thrall is a runaway candidate for leader of the Horde. The Warchief is carrying 70% of the vote, the closest competitor Lady Sylvanas Windrunner has only 14.8%. Thrall is currently preparing his campaign team for the general election. Windrunner is rumored to be preparing her forces for non-political endeavors.

The Alliance race is neck and neck and neck between Highlord Bolvar Fordragon, King Magni Bronzebeard(24.1%), and High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind. The latest polls show the King with a slight advantage (24.4%) over the High Priesstess (24.1%) and the Highlord (21.3%). Both High Tinker Gelbin Mekkatorque and Prophet Velen are reportedly stepping up their campaigns in hopes of come-behind victory. At this point it's anyone's race.

Due to overwhelming support from write-in voters, Lady Jaina Proudmoore has decided to enter the election contest as an independent candidate. She would like to thank everyone for their support and promises an excellent running in the general election.

Remember to vote for your candidate by March 20, 2008. Rock (paper, scissors) the vote!

Breakfast Topic: Electing a leader for the Horde (Poll)

Posted Mar 11th 2008 8:00AM by Amanda Dean
Filed under: Horde, Orcs, Tauren, Undead, Trolls, Polls, Fan stuff, Odds and ends, Breakfast topics, Blood Elves, NPCs

Yesterday we began the primary election to name a leader for the Alliance . So far it's a close race between Highlord Bolvar Fordragon, King Magni Bronzebeard, and High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind. Lady Jaina Proudmoore stands out as a highly regarded write-in candidate, and may well win her way to an independent nomination of the final ballot.

Today we stand ready to select a leader over the entire Horde faction. Many have already begun campaigning for Thrall, possibly mistaking him for a member of the Alliance.

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Breakfast Topic: Who should be leader of the free world (of Azeroth)? (Poll)

Posted Mar 10th 2008 8:00AM by Amanda Dean
Filed under: Alliance, Human, Night Elves, Dwarves, Gnomes, Polls, Odds and ends, Breakfast topics, Draenei

Here in the States it's election season. Newspapers and websites are plastered with campaign information. Preliminary polling for both factions will close on March 20, 2008. Then the leaders will go head to head, vying for the leader of the World... of Warcraft. Feel free to campaign in the comments for your candidate of choice.

Who should serve as the leader of the Alliance?

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Ron Paul's World of Warcraft rally

Posted Jan 3rd 2008 2:45PM by Elizabeth Harper
Filed under: Realm News, Analysis / Opinion, News items

On New Year's day supporters of Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul gathered on the Whisperwind (US) realm in World of Warcraft to march across Azeroth and show their support for their candidate of choice. The rally started outside Ironforge with approximately 240 players (with 400 members in their RP Revolution guild) and traveled to Stormwind, Westfall, Booty Bay, Ratchet, and finally Orgrimmar. And if you didn't make it, you can still experience the rally vicariously via our image gallery below (and if you did make it, feel free to send screenshots to us at aroundazeroth@wowinsider.com!) or video above!

To the best of our knowledge, this was the first political rally to be held in World of Warcraft -- and looking at their numbers it seems to have been a successful and upbeat gathering (or at least it was upbeat for the participants). Will this event help Ron Paul's chances in the election? It's hard to say until the votes are cast, but the uniqueness of the event is causing it to get a lot of media coverage. (And no press is bad press, so long as they spell your name properly, right?) Read on for impressions of the event.

Gallery: Ron Paul rally in World of Warcraft

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All hail Thrall: Supreme Leader of Azeroth

WoW Insider Show, Episode 30: Not completely about patch 2.4

Azerothean General Election

Election Reminder

Breakfast Topic: Electing a leader for the Horde (Poll)

Breakfast Topic: Who should be leader of the free world (of Azeroth)? (Poll)

Ron Paul's World of Warcraft rally

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