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| - Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth was a webcomic posted sporadically on GameSpy and had been published from December 9, 2004 to April 12, 2007. It was created using mainly the graphics of the MMORPG World of Warcraft (taking place within World of Warcraft's fictional world of Azeroth) with embellishments. The comics themselves are themed mostly around parodies and references of the game itself. It originally started as a PlanetFargo column written by Dave "Fargo" Kosak in the form of a fictitious interview between Fargo and Flintlocke, a self-styled master hunter who took Fargo along for a bear hunt with disastrous results. He then lowered his objectives, instead taking Fargo along to hunt "a monstrous beast" that was no more than a tiny squirrel, with an equally tragic end.
- Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth is a popular Web Comic by Dave "Fargo" Kosak, made using screenshots from World of Warcraft. Originally conceived as part of a column about virtual life in WoW, focus soon shifted to Flintlocke and his quest to discover the ultimate weapon. Flintlocke is a dwarven warrior who prefers to fight with his bizarrely engineered weapons, to his own detriment and that of those around him. Scatterbrained and none-too-bright, he nonetheless slaps together a party to aid him in his quest for more boom. This team includes: The Horde counterparts include:
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| - Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth was a webcomic posted sporadically on GameSpy and had been published from December 9, 2004 to April 12, 2007. It was created using mainly the graphics of the MMORPG World of Warcraft (taking place within World of Warcraft's fictional world of Azeroth) with embellishments. The comics themselves are themed mostly around parodies and references of the game itself. It originally started as a PlanetFargo column written by Dave "Fargo" Kosak in the form of a fictitious interview between Fargo and Flintlocke, a self-styled master hunter who took Fargo along for a bear hunt with disastrous results. He then lowered his objectives, instead taking Fargo along to hunt "a monstrous beast" that was no more than a tiny squirrel, with an equally tragic end. The first few installments of Flintlocke's adventures followed the PlanetFargo style, namely a written column with a few photoshopped pictures to go along. It eventually took the form of a webcomic starting from January 10th 2005 . The comic is done with humor relying heavily on meta-reference, the characters all being perfectly aware of being players of the MMORPG World of Warcraft, interacting in a virtual environment. Series One ended its run on January 12th, 2007. Series Two featured a added new artist, Rhys Yorke, and a new format using drawn artwork rather than posed game models. The new series only ran for two strips before the comic ceased to be updated. It was announced on April 12th, 2007, in the "Daily Warrior" feature that the strip would be canceled due to a "lack of an artist and a move to FilePlanet." The main page now lists the comic's archives, along with a message saying "Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth has ended its run after more than two years on GameSpy.com". The couple of comics that had been published in the new art style have been removed from the archive listing, but can still be found via direct links and by going through the archives manually. On August 26, 2008, Flintlocke returned in Flintlocke vs. The Horde. The story was told from the point of view of a role playing Orc Hunter. This comic strip ended on July 17, 2009.
- Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth is a popular Web Comic by Dave "Fargo" Kosak, made using screenshots from World of Warcraft. Originally conceived as part of a column about virtual life in WoW, focus soon shifted to Flintlocke and his quest to discover the ultimate weapon. Flintlocke is a dwarven warrior who prefers to fight with his bizarrely engineered weapons, to his own detriment and that of those around him. Scatterbrained and none-too-bright, he nonetheless slaps together a party to aid him in his quest for more boom. This team includes:
* Kathrena, a night elf huntress who is by far the most level-headed member of the group
* Schweitzer, a cowardly human priest who avoids enemy attention by never casting his healing spells
* Bloodrose, a gnome mage and extreme powergamer who boasts that she "blows through levels like Kleenex!"
* and Lowping, a gnome rogue running entirely on macros and scripts written by a Chinese gold farmer, making him an effective looter but unreliable fighter. The original comic ran for two years before reaching its explosive conclusion, after which a "drawn" comic was planned to follow it up. That didn't pan out, so after spending some time in limbo, the comic was revived with a new story, Flintlocke Versus the Horde, focusing on a group of Horde players opposing Flintlocke's band. The new story concluded in early 2009, and with the creator's decision to move on getting hired by Blizzard to work as a designer for World of Warcraft, this would seem to be the end of Flintlocke's adventures. The Horde counterparts include:
* Rok'tar: A Roleplaying Orc Hunter who gets a bit too much into his character.
* Gravy: A Troll Shaman who prefers to just get high all the time.
* Bubbles: A Forsaken Priest who serves as the group foil to Bloodrose.
* Cheri: An incredibly ditzy Blood Elf Warlock. A "director's cut" of the original comic can be found here, while Flintlocke Versus the Horde can be found here. Since it's hosted by Gamespy, there's gonna be an ad every couple of pages, so apologies in advance.
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