August 07th, 2008

Olympic Surprise!

Tonight I went to Mount Hyjal on my shaman (more about that in another post) but when I came out I decided to go chill on my druid and grind some more Kurenai rep.  I bumped into some goblin commoners which, at first,  I assumed were for the Darkmoon Faire (which on the EU servers is in Terrokkar at the moment).  However, they looked a bit different…

I stopped, conversed and found out that something new was afoot!  Spirit of competition you say?  Tabard, you say!? Aha! I couldn’t find anything about it after a quick search but the instructions were simple:

Go compete and we’ll send you a tabard, win or lose.  If you win, though, we might send you a shiny medallion…

Cool, thinks I, I need honor on the druid anyways.  One fast, successful AV later and I visits my mailbox to find:

olympics tabard

olympics medallion

So what’s this spirit of competition?  Why, a Chinese dragon!  Nice one,  Blizz! What a pleasant and random surprise.

tabard and dragon olympics

8 comments

8 Comments so far

  1. Softi August 8th, 2008 12:02 am

    Awesome… just… awesome :D

  2. Razorbax August 8th, 2008 1:07 am

    I think its only available on Chinese and EU servers atm.:( I want a Dragon!

  3. Siha August 8th, 2008 2:58 am

    OMG… I really hope they implement this soon on the US servers. Where did you find the goblins in question?

  4. Aurik August 8th, 2008 3:13 am

    Razor: Yep, EU and Chinese servers at the moment it seems ^_^ Should come live past midnight for the US servers, I’d expect.

    Siha: The goblins I talked to were outside the Shattrath bank but you don’t need to get any quest – simply go into a battleground. The medal is not guaranteed if you win, only a chance, but it seems to be a pretty high chance from what my guildmates have found.

  5. Tigerfeet August 8th, 2008 2:26 pm

    What I’m wondering Aurik, is if it’s only a chance do each successive AV win give you another chance, or do you only get one shot at it? I want one of these like WOAH xD

  6. Aurik August 8th, 2008 6:08 pm

    Tiger: You just keep at it – it seems to be like a 50-75% chance per game you win to get one :)

  7. Leafshine August 10th, 2008 10:49 am

    Half a dozen wins and I’ve yet to get a Medallion. That 50% to 75% seems a bit high. :(

  8. Aurik August 10th, 2008 6:25 pm

    Leafy: A few people seems to really have trouble getting them I guess the RNG is unkind to you as the vast majority I’ve seen have gotten them after one or two wins… :(

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