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Blizzard Teams with Pandaren Xpress

Posted by Zonk on from the mmm-chinese dept.

Always on the lookout for opportunities, Blizzard Entertainment has teamed with the Pandaren Xpress restaurant chain to provide meals to your door from within the world of Azeroth. From the press release: "Blizzard Entertainment, in conjunction with the Pandaren Xpress® chain of quality restaurants, is proud to announce the /panda program! Don't let the inconvenience of eating impede you from reaching your Maximum Gaming Potential!...Now, thanks to Pandaren Xpress®, creators of low-priced gourmet meals, you no longer have to leave the group for a food break...No more tedious walking over to the telephone! No more arduous pushing of unfamiliar phone numbers!" Update: 04/02 18:02 GMT by Z : April 1st hoax story.

33 of 51 comments (clear)

  1. Bring me a beer! by LithiumX · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Considering that Mr. Pandaren also happens to be a Brewmaster, when will they get that damned /beer command working? Forget chinese food, I want someone to bring me a beer!

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  2. The bleeding is intense! by DietCoke · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cover your ears, editors... your brains are leaking out!

    A few of these are funny, now it's just frickin' retarded.

    1. Re:The bleeding is intense! by minus23 · · Score: 1

      It's tradition. Every year is like this. It's your one stop shop to get 4/1 out of your system. By the end of the day you've actually had enough. I was saddened to see it hadn't even started yet when I went to bed last night... though I'm glad things look to be in full swing right now.

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  3. EQ beat them to it by calibanDNS · · Score: 1

    Will SOE sue Blizzard over this? Or did Blizzard license the technology?

    1. Re:EQ beat them to it by YOU+LIKEWISE+FAIL+IT · · Score: 1

      Actually, the wTunes addon briefly had a /pizza addon that worked on Macs - it opened Safari up to Pizza Hut Australia's webpage. But I took it out, because it's a consarn retarded idea.

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  4. no link? by artifex2004 · · Score: 1

    I'm sure it's an April Fool's joke, but I've never even heard of a Pandaren Xpress, so gimme a URL or something, to the joke?

    1. Re:no link? by krgallagher · · Score: 1
      I've never even heard of a Pandaren Xpress, so gimme a URL or something

      Here.

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    2. Re:no link? by Chyeld · · Score: 2, Informative

      Pandaren is a Blizzard created race of Panda men. I believe it's first introduction into their games was WC3. However I could be wrong.

      The name is more than likely a play on Panda Express, a chinese food company. http://www.pandaexpress.com/

    3. Re:no link? by artifex2004 · · Score: 1
      The name is more than likely a play on Panda Express, a chinese food company


      That's what I thought, at first, but I couldn't figure out why they used the term "gourmet," if that was the case :)

      Thanks.
    4. Re:no link? by Rallion · · Score: 1

      Pandaren is a Blizzard created race of Panda men. I believe it's first introduction into their games was WC3. However I could be wrong.

      Well, kinda. The race was first unveiled...well, three years ago on this very day. It was the April Fools joke before WC3's release. According to their little article on it, it was to be a fourth playable race.

      Then, in the WC3 expansion, the Pandaren Brewmaster made his appearance.

      It was the second time a Blizzard April Fools joke actually made it into a game, though I suppose the Diablo 2 cow level was never really a joke at all, and was just cleverly disguised as one.

  5. I smell lawsuit by Concrete+Nomad · · Score: 2, Funny

    I swear it was the game that made me fat. They made it so easy to order food and sit on my ass.

  6. Urgh... by jkmiecik · · Score: 1

    GOD I HATE THIS FUCKING "HOLIDAY"

    Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

  7. RTF.... by ReverendLoki · · Score: 2, Funny

    Enjoy it... this is one of those few times where noone can yell at you to RTFA...

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  8. Re:isn't april fools over already by wildchild978 · · Score: 1

    missed it by that much! btw... I'm at a bit of a loss as how someone can be modded a troll on April 1. Go figure.

  9. A link to the article would've been nice by SageMadHatter · · Score: 1

    Here it is:
    http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/panda ren-xpress.html

  10. Doesn't a post usually have a link included? by Arcanix · · Score: 2, Informative

    Pandaren Express

  11. What game was it... by tlhIngan · · Score: 1

    I must say, these April Fool's ones are getting really subtle!

    Back to the subject, there is a game out there that teamed up with Pizza Hut to really allow one to order while in the game... what was it...?

    1. Re:What game was it... by Nos9 · · Score: 1

      Everquest II has the /pizza command.
      props to Blizzard for not only making a funny April Folls day joke, but taking a shot at their competition at the same time

  12. Clever Idea... by Dirk+the+Daring · · Score: 1

    How about having one "article" called "best of april fools" that you post at the end of the day, instead of a million individual "isn't this funny" articles. Yes, it's april fools day. Yes, there are some funny things out there. And yes, we actually want to see them... But do they really have to take over the whole site?

    1. Re:Clever Idea... by wildchild978 · · Score: 1

      actually, it's a tradition at Slashdot to not post any real news on April fools. So what you're asking is for slashdot to break with tradition. a tradition more entrenched than any you'll find in the Catholic church. Forget it! it's not going to happen. Just chuckle along and keep the vibe of the day going.

  13. News Flash: by The+Angry+Mick · · Score: 2, Funny

    Editors of the popular technology "news" site, Slashdot were found twitching uncontrollably with blood pouring from their ears in the early morning hours of April 2nd. According to the last lucid survivor, a man who only identified himself as "CowboyNeal", all apparently succombed to madness in a last minute orgy of posting numerous, and increasingly bizarre April Fool's spoofs to their site.

    According to "CowboyNeal", "Once we started, we just couldn't stop. It was like crack or something."

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    1. Re:News Flash: by Screamingliner · · Score: 1

      News? Here? Blow into this balloon, please.

  14. Next they can team up with Port-a-potty! by kesuki · · Score: 1

    So that we can sit in out chair all day without needing to get up to go to the bathroom!

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  15. Much funnier by m50d · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/?t=archives&date= 2005-02-21

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  16. Be careful when ordering the Kung Foo Surprise by WillAffleck · · Score: 1

    because you'll find the game itself will suddenly cause ten martial artists to appear and attack you.

    on the other hand, if you defeat them, they leave a fortune cookie worth $10 off your next order of food while playing the game.

    my guess is someone thought it was funny ... but if you have a good ability, it can save you a lot of money over time.

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  17. Finally! by JohnA · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've been so jealous of EverQuest 2's /pizza feature. I mean, why spend time developing a game and its content, when you can make completely worthless marketing deals?

    I think that the /pizza feature is why EQ2 is beating the pants off of WoW in subscriber count.

    1. Re:Finally! by bobdole369 · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Whom is beating who? According to the linked site, WoW has far greater numbers than EQ2.

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    2. Re:Finally! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      You know, it's good to know that people on Slashdot can detect sarcasm as blatant as the original poster.

  18. Now I know it's a fake... by guaigean · · Score: 2, Funny

    No one would stop to order food in Booty Bay. They'd be dead before they could get the menu open...

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  19. Re:What's more pathetic? by Incoherent07 · · Score: 1

    Hm. You start to wonder if perhaps Blizzard is doing this to poke fun at the /pizza thing. But no, that would be too logical.

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  20. Re:Mean while in wow-europe... by C0rinthian · · Score: 1

    Of course, the entire European Server Administration Team spent weeks on that webpage.

  21. April's Fool and all... by 88NoSoup4U88 · · Score: 1
    But notice the great self-insightfull comment that is hidden in this this screenshot.
    The subtitle of the thumbnail of this screenshot is :

    Get a FREE in-game fortune cookie with every order from Pandaren Xpress! Warning: fortunes may come true...

    The text of the fortune cookie, besides your lucky numbers is :

    A change in lifestyle will lead to new possibilities for romance

    A very cool April's fool joke, with clearly some thought put in it : I would have never fallen for it though (not a WOW player anyways).
    Kudos to Blizzard for putting quite some time in a seemingly simple joke.

  22. Nice april fool blizzard. by DrStrangeLug · · Score: 1

    And to think you could have wasted that time fixing the client crashes that's causing some players PC's to totally freeze up.