New around here? WoW Rookie points WoW’s newest players to the resources they need to get acclimated. Send us a note to suggest a WoW Rookie topic. What’s with the curlicue dragon graphic wrapped around the portrait of that mob? Aren’t they usually gold? This one’s silver. Hmmm … And whoa, why does that Gnoll over there have a name? He’s got one of those gold dragon things, too. Do you think — CRUNCH! Special names, special graphics … Special attacks, special ZOMGWTFBBQ levels of health … It’s unobtrusive little details like these that might, just might, have something to do with the fact that you just got epicly pwned. Make no mistake: these are special mobs, the elites, nameds and rares of Azeroth and beyond. WoW Rookie would never allow you to wander about the wilderness unaware of the dangers that

Note to all you Americanos out there — be careful with your Independence Day fireworks! Otherwise you’ll end up like Bilirubin of Daggerspine, disintegrated so thoroughly that the only thing left behind is your confused, jawless spirit, wondering what on earth just happened. Either that or you’ll survive to explain to me and the other EMTs why you thought it was a good idea to operate a homemade mortar launcher after drinking a twelve-pack of Coors Light. The disintegrating-into-dust option would probably be more pleasant. Do you have any unusual, beautiful or interesting World of Warcraft images that are just collecting dust in your screenshots folder? We’d love to see them on Around Azeroth! Sharing your screenshot is as simple as e-mailing aroundazeroth@gmail.com with a copy of your shot and a brief explanation of the scene. You could

This morning’s EU loot card giveaway had over 1500 entries! Not bad for the hottest day of the year and midweek! I’m quite impressed and there were some pretty funny comments in there as well. A lot of people want the giant, er, male rooster. Well we /rolled and came up with three lucky winners who will be receiving an email shortly. You might want to check out Turpster’s informative video post from this last night which walks you through how redeem loot cards as well as gratuiteous scenes of a giant chicken being ridden by a gnome. Definitely NSFW. So, without further a do, /drumroll. The lucky winners are: Max is the proud owner of the must-have chicken mount El Pollo Grande Chickyhines can now bash the Ogre Pinata to his heart’s content Maephisto has bagged the groovy Path of Cenarius Congratulations to all and thanks once again to Tom