“Pimp My Mount” – The April Fool’s Joke ‘09

It was about two weeks ago when I realized that April was coming and for the Worldof Warcraft community that meant anticipation their April Fool’s joke. I was waiting for it as I was seeing others celebrate the day while Blizzard stood still. I saw Youtube play their videos upside down and Wowhead look like the WoW Armory but still nothing from WoW. I was beginning to think that their non-participation was their joke.

Pimp Your Mount

But then after a while I came across something stupid enough to pass as the April Fool’s joke. As of this writing, it’s still not in the US WoW site but it’s already in the WoW EU site. According to the joke, there’s a feature under development that would allow players to add things to their mounts to make them look and function better. For a fee, you’ll be able to pimp your mount with the “Pimp My Mount” feature. Click here to see the page and the whole joke.

If it seems like I’m not excited or laughing my ass off with this joke, it’s probably because I expected more. Maybe it’s because the past April Fool’s jokes were so hilarious but for some reason this one just doesn’t tickle my funny bone that much. Don’t get me wrong, it’s funny but for me it’s not funny enough.

With all the talk about additional mounts coming in the next patch, this joke is probably quite timely. The idea that you could jazz up that boring kodo to make it cooler looking to match the coolness of your friend’s mammoth is a nice thought though. In fact, this idea could be a nice real addition to the game as a toned down version. Maybe you can pay to change the color of your mount or add special markings and features so it will be a mount version of going to the WoW barber.

What about you? What do you think about this April Fool’s joke?