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WoW Visa card; simultaneously affluent and embarassing
Nex05.05.08 - 4:00 AM 9 comments

WoW Visa card; simultaneously affluent and embarassing screenshot

I admit, I spend a lot of time in Azeroth.

Since the launch of World of Warcraft, I've spent more time killing murlocs and collecting Dark Iron Ore than I've spent in a stable relationship, and after all that time, I still can't imagine why the hell I just told you all that.

Blizzard, in conjunction with Visa, have decided to release a line of World of Warcraft themed credit cards, and they are exactly as awesome as you might imagine; that is, not at all.

The cards themselves do sport the same excellent artwork as anything else officially associated with the World, but they also radiate the sort of anti-eros that is usually reserved for dead animals and the backs of lupus patients. While your date might appreciate your desire to buy her a meal, a movie and a pony, she's almost certainly going to question your potential as a mate the moment you pull from your wallet a card emblazoned with the face of a Night Elf whose electronic simulacrum you've spent the last two years religiously abusing yourself to.



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Latest comment by Nex |view all 9 comments
Would you believe Olde English spelling? No? Fuck. I it looked wrong! Thank god they don't pay me very well....



Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 05/05/2007 04:10

Do I get frequent flyer miles with my giant bat?
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 05/05/2007 04:12

Can you loot a [WoW Credit Card] off the body of a "guy who sends you 50 credit applications a month"?
DrXym's Avatar
DrXym at 05/05/2007 04:46

Unless they offer free WoW gameplay I fail to see the point. After all, why would you care about the card otherwise when other cards give cashback?
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Nex at 05/05/2007 04:53

@ DrXym:
You get a free month with your first purchase and another free month for every $1500 you spend on it thereafter.
domataos's Avatar
domataos at 05/05/2007 05:05

You could just pull that out on a date... guaranteed pussy.
casualweaponry's Avatar
casualweaponry at 05/05/2007 05:46

@domataos
Not exactly.....

If you pull out an Alliance themed card, but she rolls Horde, you could end up with a drink in your face.

On a side note, I had a wonderfully crafted story about how your choice of card could blow a chance at sex. But dammit I'm hung over and can't make it work. Sorry.
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comradetrotskii at 05/05/2007 09:31

I have never played WoW and don't intend to start (addictive personality, I already spend far too much time and money smoking drinking and gambling). The reason I am commenting is because I never thought I ever see the word simulucrum[sic] used so eloquently and spelt so wrongly. Nex you are my new hero.

s0lesurviv0r's Avatar
s0lesurviv0r at 05/05/2007 09:46

SimulAcrum

Nex's Avatar
Nex at 05/05/2007 09:49

Would you believe Olde English spelling? No?
Fuck.

I knew it looked wrong! Thank god they don't pay me very well.

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