March 2008   « Archives | Current News »

An interesting bug was discovered by players last summer. This bug has been circulating the Net and now thousands of people are aware of it. The bug allows a character to "desync" with the game world and then to cast an army of minipets (including multiple copies of the same pet). Then when they resync, they're surrounded by a veritable swarm of vanity pets. However, the downside is the additional lag it causes to every player on the server.

People have been requesting that I post how to do this on the site, but I will not do so. The community should understand that this is considered a "known exploit" by Blizzard and as such, if a GM sees a player using this bug, his/her account could be suspended. My advice is to refrain from using this bug. It may look cool, but it's not an intended feature of the game.

It appears that patrons of the 2008 Blizzard Worldwide Invitational will receive an as of yet unnamed minipet as a free gift for attending the show. Additionally, a beta key for an unnannounced upcoming Blizzard title will be provided to attendees (likely either WotLK or Starcraft II).

The invitational is scheduled for Saturday the 28th and Sunday the 29th of June and will be held in Hall 5 of the Porte de Versailles Exposition Center in Paris, France. So... anyone up for an international raod trip?

A few months back, rumors of a new vanity pet bag type began to circulate fan sites (including WarcraftPets.com). So now that 2.4 is here, where can all of us minipet fans get this bag?

Unfortunately, this new bag type didn't make the cut for patch 2.4. But I can assure you that the bag's subtype specifically coded for "Vanity Pets" does exist within the game files (hence all the rumors)—it's just not in-game yet. My guess is that we'll see this bag type appear in patch 2.5 or in Wrath of the Lich King, but I have no idea when either of those will be released. Sorry gang... looks like we're all going to have to wait a bit longer.

I've taken the liberty of permanently replacing the "Top 10 Pets" list with the all-new Bottom 10 Pets! From now on, users can enjoy seeing the lowest of the low; the bottom of the barrel. This new list is quite refreshing, don't you think?

APRIL FOOLS!