World of Warcraft players have known that Blizzard was building up the Wrath pre-launch scourge event to a crescendo. After all, precedent was set with the buildup of the Dark Portal opening for Burning Crusade, and even with the server-crashing events for the launch of Ahn'Quiraj. Last night those questions were laid to rest as both Orgrimmar and Stormwind were invaded by abominations and giant flying Frost Wyrms like you see above. This blogger was on-hand to see the battle between Thrall and Garrosh, and the ensuing invasion madness. The event then repeated approximately every 20 minutes until the servers went down for maintenance, giving people who had missed the first appearance a chance to particpate in the event. As the servers are just now coming back up, we'll have to wait and see if it continues until launch - or if there's something even larger in store.

If you've been part of a large pre-launch story event in your favorite MMO, we want to see it! Whether old or recent, those are still interesting and cool postcards that say "I was there." Just gather those server event pictures up and send them to us here at oneshots AT massively DOT com along with your name and a quick description of the event. Yours could be the next one showcased here on One Shots!

Having just come back from Dragon*Con, we can say we met a huge number of World of Warcraft players, and we had a blast getting to know the overall MMO community out there. While there are several posts coming (and yes, even the D*C Blizzard "serenade" video) we thought we'd kick it off with this gorgeous World of Warcraft screenshot that was sent in to us here by Khaldun from Maelstrom. He added that he hoped his shot would... finish on the front page of [our] amazing blog, which [he] reads daily! As you wish, Khaldun! Thanks for sending in such a great night shot of the Horde's capital city.

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Reader Nathan offers this shot of World of Warcraft's Orgrimmar (though some may argue, we'd say it's the main city of the Horde faction). Nathan tells us that he'd always though of Orgrimmar as one of the ugliest cities in the game, Horde or Alliance. "But when you need a lockbox opened at 2 in the morning," he tells us, "the bank roof is the only place to go. It was on the way to do that when I suddenly stopped, looked up, and thought, 'Wow, I guess I was wrong.'" We don't know why people congregate on the roof of Orgrimmar's bank to do business (except, perhaps, that it's easy to get there), but those of us that play Horde are glad that the grandeur of our fine city is finally being recognized! (For those of you who agree with our point of view, this shot is also available in wallpaper size. For those of you who don't, expect a contingent of Orcs and Trolls at your door soon.)