Back-channel discussion here central has, while not occupied with the question, "What happened to those socks I was going to pack for BlizzCon?", concerned itself with who we would like to see in the WoW movie about WoW Account. Our Twitterers got in on the act and started sending in a number of suggestions for actors and actresses they would like in certain roles. Bruce Campbell -- well, he is a given, but there does not seem to be any agreement on what he should be playing. Ditto such popular picks as Summer Glau and Judi Dench, although Alexstrasza was often floated as a character for the latter about WoW Account.

The Alexstrasza talk got me to thinking about having seen Mission Impossible on an idle evening recently. While it is your basic (though slick) action flick, the standout character was Vanessa Redgrave Max-the-arms-dealer. Not only was her entrance thoroughly unexpected, but she was cool, controlled, overflowing with sardonic amusement, and unaffected by the thought of having someone killed. While I would love to see her fight Judi Denchs M from the Bond movies, that will not happen, but now I have wondering who would make a better dragon (black, not red).

Of course, all of this is entirely academic because we have no idea what the movie is even going to be about, but I am entirely certain that Vanessa Redgrave is a dragon (although possibly this is not news). We have talked a lot about a possible plot and the music for the film, but if you got the opportunity to cast it, who would you put in which role about WoW Account?

Never log out in Dalaran, period. I know this is a version of the old "Doctor, it hurts when I do that!" -- "Well, do not do that," joke, but if you are not having any issues running the game outside of logging in while your toons in Dalaran, this is the most expedient means of getting around it. Disclaimer: I am no great technical genius and I also play on a Mac; if you play on a PC, some of this might be slightly different for you and I would welcome commenter input either way.