Comic #137: Node (Patreon)

Originally published: April 6, 2008.

Once again, another joke that relies on TBC mechanics. I don't play classic, so you all can tell me if this is still the case, but back in 2008, mining nodes and quest turn-ins on the minimap looked exactly the same (a yellow dot). So the joke is that MIji and Narya confused the quest turn-in NPC for a mining node on their minimap.

Eventually, quest turn-ins became gold question marks on the minimap, and years later, mining nodes became gold mines. So if classic has improved the mini-map for quality of life purposes this joke will officially be lost to the sands of time.

From what I recall when I originally made this comic, I was worried that the dialogue regarding the daily quests in the first panel would give away the punchline. You have to think back to when this joke actually made sense for a moment... So I wanted to create a bit of a bait and switch, and have Narya and Miji argue about which mining node it was, to help distract the reader from the content of the first panel.

Ultimately, 16 years later, there is zero chance of anyone seeing the joke coming, because nobody will get it at all. Haha, whoops.