Month: September 2007

Whoever said that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” should be playing World Of Warcraft!

Last week, Lillian purchased a box of boosters of “Fires Of Outland” and funny thing: she pulled a Loot card, Spectral Tiger (the one pictured up top). Loot cards are ultra rares that have a scratch area on the face of the card- the scratch area has a special redemption code that you can use to get exclusive ingame (virtual) items for the World of Warcraft computer game. The odds of pulling a loot card in a booster pack are approximately 1:96 packs (or roughly 1 in 4 booster boxes). Now, I’ve openned about 8 boxes (of Heroes Of Azeroth, Dark Portal, and Fires Of Outland total) and I have not pulled a single loot card, yet Corey (one of the regular youngsters) has pulled 5- that’s right FIVE! Not all loot cards are all that expensive- Lando Longshot (loot) doesn’t really match up to our good friend the Spectral Tiger (loot) dollar-wise.

Guess this just begs the question: are virtual items really worth all that much? Now, if you played the game, I dunno maybe four hours every day, then sure- $425 US for a new toy may just be worth it. I’m sure most of the people that come by the store here have spent at least that much on their computers or their gaming consoles (XBOX 360, PS3. Wii, etc), so why not pay that much for an ingame item?

Anyways, I’m rambling… Congrats to Lillian on her great pull and congrats to Corey on all of his great pulls!

Here’s her auction page:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-World-of-Warcraft-CCG-Loot-Card-Spectral-Tiger_W0QQitemZ150156372656QQihZ005QQcategoryZ150192QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Regards,

iRoy

(Not really comic or game related, new iPods are kind of a thing I’ve been following for the last little bit. Man, they’re nice- the iPod Touch is just amazing!)

Three new iPods will be arriving in stores this fall (September 28); the all-new iPod Nano (4G $149 US and 8G $199 US),  the iPod Classic (80G $249 US and 160G for $349 US), and the iPod Touch (8G $299 US and 16 G $399 US)! Check out the iPod Touch guided tour here and see all the new features:

http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/guidedtour/

Check here for great/informative reviews on iPods:

http://www.gizmodo.com/search/ipod 

Regards,

iRoy

08/25/2007: Congrats to the new Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Western Canada Qualifier champion: Michael Holmberg! After two rounds plus finals, Michael emerged victorious with his Imbued deck! Also, special thanks to: our host Cam Kennedy (for running a great event and for providing the original art, “Blood Siege,” after which this annual event will be named) and thanks again to everyone who attended. 

Good luck at your “Lords Of Night” event, everyone!

Regards,
iRoy

Our September 2007 Calendar is back up- properly sized and rotated to the right; so you can actually read it without turning your head sideways =) Regards,

iRoy