Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, «What are you playing this week?» — otherwise known as WRUP. Join us to see what we’re up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you’re playing, too!

In WoW, just as in the fashion world, one day you are in, and the next … you are out.

All right, designers. This week, we learned the new transmogrification feature coming in patch 4.3 will let us revisit World of Warcraft fashion trends of the past. And that’s your inspiration for this week’s challenge: You have until midnight to create a post-4.3 look for any level 85 character that says, «I’m here, I’m tier, and I’m fabulous!»

Already, though, this shirtless paladin outfit here worries me. We’re so close to the deadline, and it just looks … unfinished. Barbaric Loincloth? Frankly, he looks like a homeless Abercrombie model.

And this other paladin … is this Judgement tier? I’m concerned. It’s a little … stumbled home from Blackwing Lair at 3 a.m., don’t you think?

[takes a long, lengthy, silent look]

I’ll leave you alone.Continue reading WRUP: Make it work, columnistsFiled under: WoW Insider BusinessWRUP: Make it work, columnists originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Every week, just at the start of the weekend, we catch up with the WoW Insider staff and ask them, «What are you playing this week?» — otherwise known as WRUP. Join us to see what we’re up to in and out of game, and catch us in the comments to let us know what you’re playing, too!

In WoW, just as in the fashion world, one day you are in, and the next … you are out.

All right, designers. This week, we learned the new transmogrification feature coming in patch 4.3 will let us revisit World of Warcraft fashion trends of the past. And that’s your inspiration for this week’s challenge: You have until midnight to create a post-4.3 look for any level 85 character that says, «I’m here, I’m tier, and I’m fabulous!»

Already, though, this shirtless paladin outfit here worries me. We’re so close to the deadline, and it just looks … unfinished. Barbaric Loincloth? Frankly, he looks like a homeless Abercrombie model.

And this other paladin … is this Judgement tier? I’m concerned. It’s a little … stumbled home from Blackwing Lair at 3 a.m., don’t you think?

[takes a long, lengthy, silent look]

I’ll leave you alone.Continue reading WRUP: Make it work, columnistsFiled under: WoW Insider BusinessWRUP: Make it work, columnists originally appeared on WoW Insider on Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments