Category: Announcements

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

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WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING WARNING

** ADDICTIVE GAME **

http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/game.asp

This is quite possibly the most addictive game I’ve ever played: “Desktop Tower Defense” is so simple, yet so strategic. Your goal: kill all of the “creeps” that the computer sends with “towers“. You get $ for each creep that you can kill and use the money to build more towers or upgrade the towers you have in play already. Watch out though, the computer will change creeps as the game goes on- one wave may be “flying” and the next may be “fast“.

Have fun and good luck =)

If you’re looking for a challenge, try “10K Gold” under the “Fun” tab.

Check out the YouTube videos here for game tips:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=desktop+tower+defense

Regards,

iRoy

Fires Of Outland” for the World of Warcraft CCG is now in stock!

Get ready for all new Epic rarity cards and Loot (including Goblin Gumbo, Spectral Tiger, and Gone Fishin’) prize cards!

You can check out the entire set here! (complete Checklist)

 Feel free to drop on Saturdays at 4 PM for our WoW CCG events.

 Good luck to Garnett, Mike, and Craig at Nationals (and hopefully the Worlds)!

Regards,

iRoy

Everyone wishes that they’d win the lottery. In gamer terms, Jon And David did just that. Last week, they each purchased a display of WoW CCG boosters here and got… An ultra rare (an Epic card) in every pack! Normally, there would be two, maybe three, Epic cards in a display- they each got 24! Congrats, guys!On a different note, Jeremy purchased some “10th Edition” Magic and got… A basic land in place of the rare in each of his packs! Not to worry though, we replaced all of his “defective” packs with packs that have rares- I guess every manufacturing company has some failure/defect rate, even Wizards Of The Coast (WOTC).

So, two defective products in one week: one positive (Jon and David) and the other not so positive (Jeremy). If something like this has happened to you, tell us about it!

 Regards,

iRoy

08/11/2007: After five weeks of Sealed Booster events, we have a winner: Ben Domingo! Ben has won a Limited Edition Galactus figure, courtesy of the good people at Wizkids Games! Thanks to Ben and everyone else that participated!

Keep an eye out for our special series of events for the upcoming “Justice League” DC HeroClix set arriving this September! To help celebrate this new release, we will be hosting “STARRO Attacks!” five weeks of sealed events using “Justice League” boosters (instead of “Avengers” boosters for the “Coming Of Galactus” events). For “STARRO Attacks!” players will receive exclusive LE versions of Flash, Aquaman, Green Lantern, and Green Arrow (each of which has been possessed by a STARRO alien)! Place your orders for “Justice League” bricks(10 boosters)/cases(2 bricks) with Roy! And then register online at www.wizkidsgames.com for our “STARRO Attacks!” events!

Justice League: Captain Boomerang Preview!
Justice League: Zatanna Preview!

Also, this Saturday, September 1, 2007 at 6:oo PM, show up for our “Look, Up In The Sky!” Superman demo!
Coming Soon: “Look, Up In The Sky!” Superman Promo

Our HeroClix Events!

Special thank you to Jon P and David G for making this website possible.

I’m open to any feedback/suggestion that you may have to make this site better or more user-friendly to you; just let me know. I think having a forums section will be our next step, but that will take a bit more time to setup. Just drop by the store or send me an e-mail at thground@telusplanet.net

Hope to hear from everyone!

Regards,
iRoy

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