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Turkey Day! Send Me Your Boomkin!
Published on November 18, 2008 by Phaelia 
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With the release of Wrath of the Lich King and the new level cap, many Trees have found themselves donning a suit of feathers and Moonfire-spamming their way to level 80. Coincidentally, the U.S. celebrates its annual Thanksgiving next Thursday, November 27 or — as many affectionately term it — "Turkey Day." In celebration of this holiday, I’d like to encourage visitors to send me screenshots of their feathered selves … or some variation of, be it in Northrend or elsewhere! The submission requirements are similar to those for this year’s earlier Arbor Day celebration:
Submission Requirements
To participate in this challenge, you must send me a screenshot of your Druid. Pictures should be taken while in Moonkin Form and should meet the following criteria:
- Nothing should obstruct the full and glorious view of your character you’ve (no inventory screens or character sheets; we just want to see your Boomkin).
- Include a description of your surroundings or really any sort of flavor text you like.
- Feel free to include your favorite non-combat pet in the picture, particularly if you feel it complements your roleplay backstory.
- Be creative with your backdrops, and feel free to combine entries with your friends.
I’ll be compiling all the appropriate entries into a gallery of images for the site and showcasing my favorites. Entries should be in TGA or JPG format and can be sent to me at 
. To give me time to cook Thanksgiving dinner and visit with family, entries must be submitted no later than Wednesday, November 26th (but the earlier the better)!
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All these things can be done in 5 mans though. Riverwishs...
Such a fun post! I will see what I can come up with. =D And the WOTLK Faq post was fantastic Phae… so much great info! I’m having myself an issue with my spec. Trying to decide between staying half turkey and going back to my old tree loving self. I like being able to quest on my own, but I’m wondering how much of a difference going back to resto will be if I still wear my SD/Crit gear for questing. I know this may not be the perfect spot to ask, but I figured it was worth a shot. Any advice you might be able to share would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again for all you do, we love your site! =)
newb question, saw someone asked about removing the action bars for a screenshot for the arbor day comp.
How do I remove the health bars I’ve accidently put above everyones heads? I have no idea how I did it but they are there and would possibly detract from the full moonkin glory. How do you remove them?
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Alt + Z should remove all your interface elements to allow for a great screenshot. Ctrl + V should remove those health bars.
/cast Moonkin Form(shapeshift)
/dance
I assume pictures taken on the Netherwing island won’t be such a good idea.
This will cost me 100 gold to spec into and then back out of Doomkin, but I couldn’t resist. As soon as I read the post I had an idea. My only complaint is when I pushed alt+z you couldn’t see the little text bubble above my head, and my Turkey has something to say.
@Pixiedark: I’m really glad you enjoyed the WotLK FAQ! It was really fun to put together. I look forward to seeing your Chicken picture.
Regarding switching back to Resto, I think you’ll be fine with your SD/Crit (SD?) gear. Naxx is supposedly really easy and should give you ample opportunity to switch back to more healy-oriented gear.
@Wise Fox: If “Alt + Z” doesn’t work (as Marc kindly recommends), try just “V” or even “Ctrl + V.” I sometimes have to try all combinations to get those things to go away!
@Zamir: I don’t understand the reference to Netherwing Island, but you can take the picture anywhere you want.
@Copey: I’m so glad.
If you want, send me the text you’d like your turkey to be saying. I can certainly add it in with a comic bubble!
when is the next patch thats going to have customisable forms? (I haven’t been on in a few days) It’s a shame we could not customised lazor chickens…
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@Wise Fox: The last I heard, it was planned for the first content patch after Wrath’s release. So none of the “bug fixing” or “balance tweaking” patches but one of the ones that’s important enough to have its own name.
The island south of Shadowmoon Valley is one of the few places where the costume overcomes the form shifting. You’re transformed into a Fel Orc regardless of race or class.
Even the Old Durnholde costume transforming one into a hooman thing (you know the type: all skinny, no fur, a complete lack of horns and a strange attraction to water and cleaning oneself) is not quite as persistent as the one on Netherwing. You can be a real chicken in there
@Zamir: There used to be a quest in Terokkar where someone would disguise you as a member of the Shadow Council (Who Are They?). It used to superimpose an orc disguise onto you but not shift you out first so if you accepted the quest in Flight Form you could do this really cool swimming in mid-air animation. Sadly, they eventually fixed this bug.
Is it ok to have shadow melded pics? I took a screenshot of my lazor chicken hiding from the turkey carvers, but he shadowmelds so well its almost hard to see him. Would you rather non-shadowmelded ones?
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@Wise Fox: A shadowmelded picture sounds great! It’s certainly creative.
I respecced as a CritChicken (from Tree) specially for Thanksgiving (well - that and levelling in Northrend
). Sometimes I sit and stare at the fruit vendor in Dalaran and think about being a tree again when I hit 80. Hopefully they’ll have improved the skin by then 
.
@Anelf: I love Applebough and the flavor text of his Apple Juice. Makes me wish Druids had a form of “good berry”-ish healthstone they could give out to groupmates that have the effect of Abolish Poison or something similar!