Archive for June 2009

YouTube Tuesday: Draft Central

June 23, 2009 YouTube No comments

It’s time for the NBA Draft and…does anybody really care? No. I thought not. The Timberwolves have something like, fifteen first round draft picks this year, and I haven’t heard of a single player they’re interested in taking.

To give you some perspective on all this, one of the top prospects in Thursday’s draft is 12-year old Ricky Rubio, a phenom who played on the Spanish Olympic team. His YouTube Highlight video is pretty much him flailing around like a spaz and passing the ball, ensuring he’s the NBA’s answer to a really terrible Steve Nash.

(Note: Yes, I realize Rubio’s actually older than 12. He must be at least 14)

YouTube Monday: The Memes…My God…The Memes

June 22, 2009 YouTube No comments

I’ve been avoiding this one for as long as possible, but I just can’t anymore. It’s the new meme that’s been sweeping the web, and as much as I hate it, this column isn’t dedicated to what I like, it’s dedicated to what’s hot in the world of the Intertubes.

With that, I just have five words.

Play me off, Keyboard Cat!

Hock Show Weekend Top Five for June 14th – 20th, 2009

June 21, 2009 Weekend Top Five No comments

1. Happy Father’s Day! Happy Father’s Day to any Fathers out there. Yes, technically it fell on the day *after* this Weekend Top Five, but you know what? I don’t care. It’s my site, dammit. So call your dads, ok?

2. Nokia Invents World’s Most Ridiculous Phone. Nokia expects that in five years they’ll be able to roll out a phone that will be able to harvest “ambient radio waves” in the air to power the cell’s battery. They’ve already been able to get it so that it can slowly recharge a battery which isn’t currently in use, and are working on ways to keep the process going while you’re texting about how awesome your phone is.

3. Michael Bay Going to Release the Most Tender Love Story Where the Couple Explodes at the End. Michael Bay said this week that he’s “sick” of the action genre, and being pigeonholed as the “Guy who makes everything explode,” so he’s only going to take scripts for non-action movies from now on to prove that he can be a good director. Somewhere, Jane Austin is rolling in her grave. What? Mr. Darcy exploding is exactly how “Pride and Prejudice” should’ve ended.

4. The UFL Has a Draft. The United Football League had it’s inaugural (and only) draft this week, filling out many of the spots on its four teams with NFL and CFL castoffs who were unable to find new teams this summer. Tell me you’re not excited by that epic Brooks Bollinger/Tim Rattay playoff game. Er…To see Adam Archuleta again? Would you settle for knowing that San Fransisco drafted a Long Snapper because he was literally the most talented player left on the board?

5. Activision Wants to Give Up on the PS3. The company believes that the PS3 is too expensive and that SONY’s failure to announce a price cut at E3 is the death knell for the system. Despite, I guess, the fact that SONY basically had the best games at E3. SONY doesn’t seem to care too much, and I can’t really blame them. I mean, I don’t know what they’re going to do without 15 movie tie-ins and Guitar Hero 11.

RAW Satire for 6/15/09

June 18, 2009 RAW Satire No comments

Last Week: Rick Scaia somehow managed to avoid calling me a twat, and for that, I thank him. Also, Vickie Guerrero txted in her resignation and divorce from Edge. And “Dave” Batista “Davidson” vacated his title to Tough Enough Jessie. Who will he defend it against…TONIGHT?!

Three hours worth of show on this computer? Uh…no. And unfortunately, I seem to have been banned from the WWE Mobile Stream (how was I supposed to know The Miz’…Mizs’…Mizz’zzzzz’z’? Uh….Goldust’s texts were copyrighted?).

Thankfully, I have a perfect solution. Haiku. Er…Haikus? Haikuz? Haku? MENGS!

(Opening Credits)

Chris Jericho vs. Rey Misterio

Jericho in ring,


Will he get Rey’s mask or not,


Who cares about belt?

(ads)

Counter says thirty


Until WWE Title Match


Hurry up you guys!

Rey with advantage


Counter into 619


Oops, Jericho won.

Now, Backstage Vince pouts.


What will become of this show,


Now that it’s sucking?

(ads)

Backstage, Diva Josh:


Randy will you lose to Trips,


Now that he is back?

Orton looks dumbfounded.


Of course he jobs to Triple H,


No sells the CHINLOCK!

A new challenger!


John Cena appears to rap,


Dismisses the diva.

“Why are you so bad?”


Great wrestler Cena asks.


“You cannot see me.”

No reply Orton?


Do not encourage Cena.


Win Chocolatechip.

Commentary Vince


Crowd only wants to see Flair,


No mustard jacket?

Vince says he’s selling Raw.


To who is the question?


Or is it to whom?

If you want my guess,


It has to be someone new.


My money’s on Brett Favre.

(ads)

Chris Tian vs. Tommy Dreamer


For the ECW Title

Tommy looks so glad,


Just to be out here tonight.


I love you, Tommy.

Striker suggests plan,


Have Obama bail out Raw,


Sell it to Chinese.

Million DDTs.


Who will come out on the top?


Our man Tommy! Yay!

(ads)

Bella Twins back stage,


With Kelly Kelly Kelly,


Wonder who’s the boss.

One suggests Oprah,


Heard she was into crackpots,


But she’s not on crack.

Kelly says nothing,


Just does her make-up and pouts,


She misses The Miz.

I kind of wonder,


Why do they do their make-up,


In their only scene?

The Tista in pain,


Doctors perform surgery,


But it will not HELP!

Triple H vs. The Big Show vs. John Cena vs. Randy Orton

Sorry, MVP,


Nobody cares about you,


You are not in this.

Early edge to H,


Needs another twenty reigns,


To satisfy ego.

Cena, Show bail out.


They do not matter to this.


Orton, with Chinlock.

(ads)

There are two matches,


Cena/Show, Hunter/Orton.


And Mike Chioda.

Cena is injured.


Oh, wait, maybe he is not,


FU to Hunter.

Orton sneaks back in.


What are you doing Randy?


RKO to Show.

Big Show is wobbling.


Oh no! Big Show fell over!


So then, Orton Wins.

(ads)

So the time has come,


To whom has Vince sold this show,


Is it Jon and Kate?

Nope, it’s the Donald,


The man with the stupid hair,


Now controls Satire.

I guess Trump is bored,


To be slumming it with us,


No Lashley even!

It will be worth it,


(Ok, not really but still)


If Ivanka shows.

None of this makes sense,


Why is he selling again?


Ric Flair Financial?

Talk about nothing,


Vince still in control tonight,


But no, not really.

So who is the face?


Trump is a douche, so is Vince,


The real answer? Me.

(ads)

Alexis Laree vs. Rosa Mendes (w/…No wait, Beth Phoenix left)

First singles for Rosa?


We will see how this one goes,


Um…Not very well.

Maryse is on mic,


She’s saying nothing really,


Cole calls her Maurice.

Yes, Alexis wins.


She and Maurice fight a bit,


Happy Raven’s back.

(ads)

Goldust and midget,


Shoot T-Shirts for no reason,


Finlay is depressed.

The Miz is out now,


Wants to talk to Hornswoggle.


Good for him I guess?

Dustin not impressed,


You call John Cena stupid?


I once kissed Ahmed!

Miz is right here though,


Goldust will probably be fired soon,


(And then hired back).

Miz says to Donald,


“I should be face of the show!”


Shoots midget in balls.

(ads0

Backstage, Diva Josh:

CM Punk, I have to ask,


Are you heel or face?

Punk just laughs and sighs,


Can you really be a heel,


For beating Hardy?

Matt Hardy shows up,


Thanks Punk for beating his bro.


Jeff is a real pain.

But Punk is aghast,


Never compare him to Matt!


He’s not a champion!

Somewhere in darkness,


The ECW Title weeps,


Comforted by Tommy.

Elsewhere, in the halls,


Tough Enough Jessie cries too,


But she is alone.

Edge vs. Jeff Har-



(ads)

Edge vs. Jeff Hardy vs. CM Punk


For the WWE World Title

Punk honors a friend,


Rest in peace, Misawa,


You were from Japan.

Edge and Punk team up,


Only together it seems,


Can they take out Jeff.

Wait, no. I’m sorry.


Was thinking about Hunter.


Jeff’s pretty easy.

(ads)

This show feels all wrong,


Do you know what it’s missing?


A little more Kane.

Jeff goes for Swanton,


But then Edge goes for the spear,


Punk wins with…nothing.

Hey it’s Teddy Long,


How’s being Smackdown GM?


Hollah, Hollah, dog!

So now at The Bash


Punk takes on Jeff one on one,


Er, what is The Bash?

(ads)

The Hart Dynasty (w/ Natalia Neidhart) vs. Primo and Carlito Colon

New Hart Foundation!


The Canadian Bulldog!


This match is OVER!

Actually, it’s not,


Lemony talking to Cole,


What’s on Tyson’s head?

Backstabber on Smith,


So now the Colons will win,


Pass this obstruction!

But wait! Lemony!


In the ring and attacking!


Best Ever. EVER!

Hunter is backstage.


Nothing in particular.


Sorry to waste time.

(ads)

Santino sits down,


Asks what is wrong with McMahon,


End of Santina?

Vince wants an Impact!


McMahon joining TNA,


You read it here first!

Trump calls into show,


Santino wants to say “Hi.”


Then he calls Vince old.

AIG spotted,


MVP wants no cheers, huh?


Lil forgets his name.

Silly Lillian,


Stands for Many Vets Playing,


That is an old team.

(ads)

Ted DiBiase vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Montel Vontavious Porter vs. Matt Hardy vs. William Regal vs. Kofi Kingston vs. A Duck vs. The Miz vs. The Big Show vs. Tough Enough Jessie vs. Triple H vs. John Cena


In a Battle Royal for the #1 Contendership to the WWE Title

Winner faces Randy


At Great American Bash,


Er, I mean “The Bash.”

Don’t know about you,


But if I were the booker,


I’d give match to duck.

Eliminated:


Wasn’t paying attention,


Miz is still alive.

(ads)

Miz and duck are gone,


Now money is on Kofi,


As he is Shelton.

But wait! I see now!


The Miz was never thrown out!


Ok, now he was.

Down to Trips and John.


I mean, who would’ve guessed it.


Not me certainly.

Triple H wins it!


HE IS GOING TO THE BASH!


Very exciting.

Trump appears on screen,


Why wait until Bash, Hunter?


Beat Orton next week!

Ugh. No commercials?


When am I supposed to pee?


During the whole show.

Next Week: No commercials? No problems. I heard Subway is due for a bailout any day now, guys! Donald Trump takes his roll as new RAW owner very seriously, by showing up, not knowing who anybody is, and then bringing out Piers Morgan for no reason and firing Kelly Kelly Kelly. Also, Triple H.

World of Warcraft Wednesday: Sholazar Basin

June 17, 2009 World of Warcraft No comments

Places of Interest

Nestingwary Base Camp
River’s Heart
Frenzyheart Hill
Rainspeaker Canopy

Sholazar Basin is another interesting zone, insofar as it’s actually quite a bit of fun, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the overall stories of Wrath of the Lich King. Sure, there’s a few subquests about the scourge, including a quest that takes you to friggin’ Un’Goro. But most everything else is self contaiend to this one zone.

Half of the quests have to do with with the next series of Hemet Nestingwary quests and the other half have to do with the ongoing conflict between the Oracles and Frenzyheart (which leads to a series of dailies for each faction). So overall, you could probably skip over Sholazar, and not miss anything in terms of the meta story for Wrath.

Mining: Saronite, Titanium. Lots and lots of Saronite if you need it, especially around the edges of the zone. It’s worth making a circuit. It’s also one of the first places you’re very likely to find Titanium, so grab it if you’re able.

Herbalism: Tiger Lily, Goldclover, Adder’s Tongue. Pretty good prospects here. Solazar’s nothing if not a good place to gather mats while you’re passing time. Pick up some Adder’s Tongue if you’re in the area.

Cloth: Frostweave. Plenty of Frostweave from killing Oracles or Frenzyheart, as well as the Venture Company agents mining the area. This is actually one of the best places to get the Heavy Frostweave First Aid pattern as well.

Leather: Borean Leather. Just a ton of leather as well, throughout the whole zone. You’re going to be doing a lot of killing for the Nestingwary quests (who would’ve guessed?), so you’ll have a lot of opportunities to pick up swaths of leather by the time you exit the zone.

It’s worth noting that a handful of quests in the area require you to have Cold Weather Flying, so make sure you train up after you reach 77 (I know, it’s harder than just saying it). Overall, Sholazar is a great place to gather mats, pick up some unique items, and take a break from the hustle and bustle of the other Northrend zones, but I couldn’t help feeling a bit disappointed that most of the quests here really had no bearing on the overall story that I’d been following up to this point. It’s almost too big a break.

(Not Really) YouTube Tuesday: Suck It, Joe Buck

June 17, 2009 YouTube No comments

I reaaaaally don’t like Joe Buck. His condecending attitude, his air of superiority, his constant rooting for teams he likes and against teams he doesn’t even though he’s supposed to be an impartial national broadcaster, he just seems like a real jerk, and everything I’ve heard about him says that he is exactly that.

But watching Artie Lang rip into him for ten minutes while Joe just flounders to try to find something positive to say about his other guests was just kind of uncomfortable. And awesome.

HBO’s killing all the videos on YouTube, so

YouTube Monday: What the Hell Is This?

June 15, 2009 American Idol, YouTube No comments

Apparently, YouTube is holding an internet slam dunk contest. Nobody told me about this, which sucks, because my niece has a two foot tall basketball hoop that I’m pretty sure I can tomahawk jam into, winning me the competition and the admiration of literally tens of YouTube fans world wide.

Apparently, the early front runner (according to the YouTube mainpage anyway) is a scrawny, short white kid, because that’s totally what I think of when I think basketball. The dude’s username is even “WhiteFlightBD.” He knows how improbable his rise to basketball semi-stardom is! White men can’t jump!

He’s actually not bad, though the dunks themselves aren’t super fantastic or anything, they’re fun to watch.

Hock Show Weekend Top Five For June 7-13th, 2009

June 15, 2009 Weekend Top Five No comments

1. Finally. TV the Way It Was Meant to Be Seen (Seven Years Ago).

The digital conversion finally happened, leaving around two million people without a damn TV despite, like, ten years of warnings that this was going to happen any day now. For the record, I watched the Digital Conversion Show that was airing on broadcast channels all day Saturday before they finally switched off for good, and honestly? It was better than anything on the digital channels.

2. Facebook Is Stupid…er.

They rolled out the “Facebook Vanity URLs” this week, and it was even dumber than expected. Sorry, but if you wanted to secure Facebook.com/pinktaco or Facebook.com/thisisstupid/ you’re out of luck. Facebook is allowing the sale of the vanity URLs which is even worse, but the prize for best use of the app goes to Christie Shippley, who registered Facebook.com/default.aspx, forcing hundreds of browsers to accidentally redirect users to her homepage. Yay technology!

3. People in Iran R Soooo Kewl!!1! >_<

I usually avoid talking politics here because nobody cares about my opinion, but I did find it kind of neat that protesters of the Iranian politcal elections last week took to Twitter and Facebook to lodge their informal protests. You see, the Iranian Government blocked cell reception and some popular websites in an effort to stem the protests, but those old codgers didn’t anticipate these newfangled social networking sites. Well…at least they found something useful for Twitter.

4. The NBA and NHL Had Finales.

Ah, America’s less loved sports. I think the LPGA almost canceling one of their major tournaments is probably a bigger story, but I doubt any LPGA fans would read this blog. The Lakers and Penguins won. Sorry if I spoiled that for you. Somewhere, LeBron James and whatever hockey player didn’t make the finals are watching a real sport. Like…lacrosse.

5. Harry Potter Producers Doing This Right.

It was announced this week that Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince would be getting the iMax 3D treatment, with 12 minutes of extended footage filmed especially for the 3D theaters. Nice, right? Well, the iMax 3D showings aren’t rolling out until two weeks after the film premiers in regular theaters. So those people that will be lined up at midnight to catch the first showings will *have* to go back if they want to see the extra 12 minutes (they do). Money, money, yeah, yeah.

RAW Satire for 6/8/09

June 13, 2009 RAW Satire No comments

Ok, so my computer died, and I’m trying to do this on an old, old crappy laptop. So what did I miss? Vince McMahon managing to guarantee he’ll never get to book the Pepsi Center again? Ken Kennedy getting fired? FIRED?! Totally Not Jamal getting fired, thereby guaranteeing that Jamal will make a big WWE comeback. So nothing new.

Anyway, I’m not going to be able to do a full-on Satire on this piece of junk, so thankfully I found the live WWE Mobile stream from RAW, so I’m just going to copy and paste this.

mjhocking: Last Night: TOMMY DREAMER! TOMMY DREAMER! TOMMY DREAMER! Plus, Edge divorced Vickie Guerrero for the 951st time. Also, “Dave” Batista “David

(Opening Credits)

LilGarci: OMG u guyz! Itz @TheTista

TheTista: I am the CHAMPION!

RankyQMorgan42: @TheTista I tahareoug aoiur athaodu WESGW Chochocliaghtp?

TheTista: lol WUT?

milliondollahjr: I’m going down to the ring #runin

couchyrhodes: @milliondollahjr Wait, isn’t Dave hurt? And Randy suspended? What the hell are we doing?

RankyQMorgan42: erslakdoguh!

TheTista: OW! My ARM!

Puppieluvr: Wont sumbody help Dave?

Coleman: Why don’t you help them?

Puppieluvr: a/s/l?

Coleman: 40/m/tx

Coleman: @puppieluvr …?

(ads)

TheTista: OW! My ARM! STILL! @TEJessie Get my BELT!

TEJessie: @TheTista You get your belt, jerk! #WAAAAAAAAH!

Kofi Kingston vs. William Regal

LilGarci: The Intercontinental Champion @Kofi420!

Kofi420: Uh…no.

TheRegal1: I say, I would be a great champion. More people here need English accents.

Puppieluvr: @mileycyrus I luv u

Kofi420: Kick 2 the face!

TheRegal1: Ow! My most of me!

Kofi420: @Shelton stole my account!

Backstage….

milliondollahjr: We finally beat TheTista. #TheLegacy! Actually an effective group!

couchyrhodes: We’re totally going to rule RAW now, @milliondollahjr!

RankyQMorgan42: Ojkafjkld? OlKjoJIO!

couchyrhodes: Anybody wanna bablefish that?

milliondollahjr: @RankyQMorgan42 try typing from a computer. We can’t understand u!

RankyQMorgan42: I hhisa ny bert?

(ads)

Kelly Kelly Kelly vs. Maryse


For the WWE Divas Title

K3lly: Omigsh! We can haz twitter now?! tweettweet

Coleman: Just saw Maurice. Super hot, you guys.

femmeblond: Je déteste lutter et ses ventilateurs

Alexis<3raven: I don’t…even want that belt really. Why am I out here? Rather be Miss Wrestlemania TBH.

K3lly: gonna try a move u guys! let u know how it goes!

K3lly: not good :(

femmeblond:: Un gagnant est moi

Alexis<3raven: Can I request a transfer to Smackdown? Or even ECW? #ihatemyjob

(ads)

mjhocking: They are promising Tommy Dreamer next week. Don’t toy with me.

WwedivaJosh: @VickieG Is Randy Orton going to get a title match tonight?

VickieG: @WwedivaJosh yep

WwedivaJosh: That’s dumb, Dave’s hurt.

VickieG: lol

VickieG: oh…fyi…big annoucnment tonight

WwedivaJosh: You’re not fake pregnant, are you?



Elsewhere….

Miz1936: @femmeblond ur so fine, gonna dedicate a hat to u!

femmeblond: Stoppez parler et combattez John Cena.

Miz1936: i dunno wat u just said!

femmeblond: rire dehors fort

Santino Marella, Golddust, and Festus (w/ Horn-

(ads)

Santino Marella, Goldust, and Festus (w/ Hornswoggle) vs. Chavo Guerrero, Jamie Knoble, and The Brian Kendrick

#1MarellaFan: I’m in-a the match-a!

Se7en: That reminds me, I should really update this account. Sorry.

newchavo: How do you use this? Did I click it right? 222222

NobleNNidia: @newchavo You gotta hit send bro

thespanky: LF Tag Team Partner. Don’t have to be any good, just don’t lose.

londoncalling: ill be your partner, @spanky

thespanky: Anybody but him?

handbuckle: SPIN THE WHEEL MAKE THE DEAL SPIN THE WHEEL MAKE THE DEAL

luvs2fight: @handbuckle I thought I took that away from you!

FestIs: ….

thespanky: *sigh* lost again. Gonna go buy a new jacket and cut one of the sleeves off. Laters.

(ads)

The Miz vs. John Cena

LilGarci: brb Gonna announce this match. Eh. Maybe not.



Miz1936: @RuckFules ur nothin but a poseur! jus like tim allen, im gonna beat u up!

RuckFules: THE CHAMP IS HERE!!!!!

bigshowinmypants: Gonna continue this feud here.

RuckFules: HOW DO YOU TURN OFF CAPS? THE CHAMP IS OW!

bigshowinmypants: Heh. Backbreaker is the best move.

Miz1936: @bigshowinmypants why u always ruin my match? #chairshottotheface

bigshowinmypants: That almost hurt!

(ads)

Montel Vontavious Porter vs. Matt Hardy

ManyVariedPortions: Can I be in the main event again? Please? I was on The View! THE VIEW!

SadLonelyHardy: What is Twitter? Does Lita have a Twitter? @Lita I still love you! Come back to me!

ManyVariedPortions: Ballin’ #Ballin

SadLonelyHardy: Lost again :-/

Elsewhere:

VickieG: am walking backstage

(ads)

VickieG: job sux…i quit.

tehedge: I never loved you #canagirlgetasalad

VickieG: i thot u werent appearing on raw ne more?

tehedge: You are fat and old and ugly and I hate you.

VickieG: this is part of y im quittin

tehedge: Can I borrow $50?

VickieG: i wanna divorce!!!!!1

tehedge: OMG Me too!

(ads)

Backstage….

WwedivaJosh: @RuckFules What’s up dude?

RuckFules: I HAVEN’T BEEN THIS HURT IN A LONG TIME!

WwedivaJosh: Not even when you were out hurt? Like two weeks ago?

RuckFules: NO JOSH! ALSO I HATE BIG SHOW AND MIZ I WISH THEY WOULD LEAVE ME ALONE!

WwedivaJosh: No need to shout.

RuckFules: I CAN’T FIND THE CAPSLOCK!

The Lemony-



(ads)

The Lemony vs. The Colons

couchyrhodes: @milliondollahjr If we win this match, we get a shot at the tag titles!

milliondollahjr: I totally forgot we were even a tag team!

TripleCCC: I guess we finally ran out of partners for thespanky.

PrimoCaribino: Hey, WWE Universe, finally good to get to talk to you guys without my brother interrupting!

TripleCCC: Took away @PrimoCaribino ’s phone. Shouldn’t be twittering during a match.

TripleCCC: Just lost. Blame Twitter. Damn you, Primo!

couchyrhodes: Can’t believe we actually won.

milliondollahjr: @RankyQMorgan42 will be soooo proud :-D

Backstage….

RankyQMorgan42: theremaoldy in amathlks? naohgy wafkjatyoing thapaaoot.

(ads)

Randy Orton (w/ The Lemony) vs. “Dave” Batista “Davidson”

RankyQMorgan42: Rahjhaoiud iouds isOafja Davaaa bafaadfat aDvaaraso! #CHINLOCK

MyChioda: Uhh…We all know Dave is hurt, right?

couchyrhodes: Wait! Why is that ambulance on the titantron?

milliondollahjr: Hundred bucks says it’s a Transformers tie-in.



tripsh: RAAAAAAAAAR!

tripsh: Beatin’ up lemony with a chair. Thatll teach them for trying to get over.

RankyQMorgan42: arkadou! OOOOOOO!

tripsh: PEDIGREE 2 @RANKYQMORGAN42~!!!!1!!

mjhocking: Next week: “Dave” Batista “Davidson” steps down as champion due to his crippling twitter addiction. Also, Triple H continues is thrilling co

World of Warcraft Wednesday: The Grizzly Hills

June 11, 2009 World of Warcraft No comments

Places of Interest

Drak’Tharon Keep
Amberpine Lodge
Conquest Hold
Westfall Brigade Encampment
Camp Oneqwah
Ursoc’s Den
Grizzlemaw
Bloodmoon Isle
Venture Bay

Grizzly Hills is a weird zone. Just plain weird. The quests and quest lines aren’t all that interesting really, not compared to most Northrend Zones, anyway. But they ramp up to the Drak’Theron Keep instance, which is pretty much essential to understanding the quest chains in Zul”Drak, creating a cool synergy between the two zones. Additionally, Grizzly Hills is one of a few zones in the game where world PvP is not only encouraged, it’s rewarded with several PvP daily quests in various areas.

There’s more weird stuff happening here though. Like a town full of normal humans that phases into a town full of Worgen on a certain questline, a wrap-up of a vanilla WoW dungeon that’s so old you probably forgot it existed (Shadowfang Keep), and that’s not even mentioning a half-formed underground Dwarf city, a ton of Furlbogs living in a fake world tree, a cameo by Gryan Stoutmantle from Westfall, or the ability to kill one of Warcraft’s oldest demi-gods. Whew.

Mining: Cobalt, Saronite, Titanium. Strong supplies of Cobalt here all over the place, though the nodes are usually placed in areas that are crawling with mobs. You should get a good supply just out questing, though.

Herbalism: Tiger Lily, Goldclover. For a zone that’s essentially supposed to be a huge forest, there’s very few herbs here. Tiger Lily along the banks of the rivers, but that’s about it, and some Goldclover thrown in for good measure.

Cloth: Frostweave. Not as much as the other zones, but the Furlbogs will drop a fairly good amount if you need it. Grizzly Hills isn’t really a great place to farm Frostweave overall though.

Leather: Borean Leather. As you might expect, there’s a good amount of leather to be had here. Lots of bears, elk, and worgs all through the zone which you can skin. Great collection of them from the very center of the zone south.

The quests don’t feel nearly as interesting or epic in Grizzly Hills, in fact, one Alliance quest literally just has you taking a dump, but there’s a weird kind of synergy here. Try not to get a little misty eyed when you get chided for your leveling by Gryan Stoutmantle or nostalgic when you finally take down Aragul for good. I recommend at least visiting if your an older (especially Alliance) character, just to see the things going on here, but it’s not nearly as good a place to quest as, say, Dragonblight.

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