7 Awesome WoW Facts

Hey, Vsauce. Michael here with a special fact-filled video celebrating World of Warcraft and Cataclysm. Now, even if you've never played the game, I've got seven awesome things that are sure to titillate. To say so much in fact, I had to bring in some friends to help. I've got Chad and Angie from the screen team.

"Show hi!"
Michael: "Hi, bauce!"
Angie: "I don't know how you enter like that; it's a Head Rush!"

All right, first of all, WoW is filled with a ton of great hidden images. Like the word "help" written on top of a mountain northeast of Thunderbluff. There's a dinosaur-shaped crater in the Outlands, and there's these mountains near Hammerfall that, from the right angle, say LOL. Or the fact that if you zoom out far enough in the Valley of Honor, you can see that the whole thing is actually Mickey Mouse.

All right, but let's be serious for a second, guys. The most important hidden image in WoW is this rock formation in the Barrens. Uh, sorry. Here's an image that actually came from facebook.com/vsaucegaming. It's not inside Azeroth, but it was made out of stuff inside it. It's a mosaic of the WoW logo built out of a whole bunch of action icons from the game.

Okay, I really love this one: the punch cards that you get in Neron are not just decorative. The data that's in them is binary code for all sorts of funny sentences, and when you translate them, the white card says, "Th and Jana sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G." Well, it reads that; it doesn't really sing. But some of the cards are serious, like the code on the Prismatic card. It actually translates to say, "Message to cast pipe: your laundry is ready for pickup."

WoW has always had its share of inside jokes, like Harrison Jones or the book in Ahn'Qiraj that lists your own character's name with the "Judgment needs more cowbell." That one I didn't know; I want to go there and see my character's name. Another one they just added recently was, you remember the red shirt guy from BlizzCon 2010? He stumped the developers with a crazy question and blew everybody's mind. They were like, "Oh, we'll have to check on that."

Well, they recently put him in the game: he's standing in Ironforge, and his name is the Fact Checker. "Exactly!" And one of the newest and most fun references is Plants versus Zombies. In the Hillsbrad Foothills, you can accept a quest that recreates the game, and it gives you a chance to win a grinning sunflower pet. "Yes, yes! Isn’t that incredible?"

Uh, did you guys know?
Chad: "Stop talking! Because I have to tell you something very important. I grew up in Kansas, so the sunflower pet like completes my life!"
Michael: "Nice! It sings! It sings in a little girl's voice, like, and it's creepy, but it looks cute."

Let's switch gears to physics. You probably noticed that when it's daytime in Kalimdor, it's daytime in the Eastern Kingdoms. So, are they on the same side of the planet, or is Azeroth flat? Well, if you think it's round like Earth, then check out this guy who did a geophysical survey of the World of Warcraft by literally measuring the world with human paces and calculated its gravity by timing his female Tauren jumps. He found that the planet must be smaller than the Death Star by quite a lot. Unless, of course, there's an entire other side we haven't seen. Future expansions? Hint hint! I hope so.

Also, on a related note, a guy in the comments of that video actually pointed out that someone once calculated that Ultima Online is about the size of Disney World. So, if you like those facts, great! But if you wish you were Dan, no problem! You're in luck. Click right here to view Chad and Angie's new music video. It's a spoof of Kanye West's "Runaway," all about Cataclysm in World of Warcraft.

Check it out! Click it! You'll love it!
Chad: "I love it! It looks great!"
Michael: "And as always, thanks for watching!"
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