Who here remembers the old fire festival?  I remember back in vanilla when my *main* was a hunter, under level 40 because I had no mount at the time but I reeeeeeealy wanted those flaming shoulders.  Back then you didn’t collect flowers, there was quests to touch four flames on each continent.  I have very vivid memories of running, dying, running 5 more feet, dying, until I finally reached that last fire in the eastern plague lands!  I was so pleased with my shoulders.

The next year I had my druid who at the end of the festival was 49 (I think!)  I just remember that I went into all the cities and got the flames because I was desperate for the crown of the fire festival (can you tell I like vanity clothing?!?!) and I couldn’t turn it in because I was just a couple bubbles shy of being a high enough level… and damn was I pushing those levels!  Those flames sat in my bank for an entire year.

You know I’m pretty sure the quest useto be to honor the flames in the opposing faction’s cities… something about “we all honor the flame blah blah blah we’re alike” and now we desecrate them.  We got all evil.  As much as I like the gold from all the fires (and XP on my lowbie) I sometimes miss the old days.   Oh well at least it breaks up the raiding!

And hey, as far as raiding goes, we get to eat our spell power smorcs now.  Free buffs are um… mmmm smorcs  I should go get some marshmallows and chocolate at the store, but I’m thinking that would  be a bit messy at the keyboard.

Anyway, happy mid-summer everyone