You already spend too much money and time playing World of Warcraft. So you may as well go all-out and endanger your health while you're at it. The Mana Energy Potion, an unlicensed "supplement" drink, looks like it's designed to do two things. One is cash in on WoW and make some money. The other? Kill you. Despite coming in at only 40ml, just one Mana drink is the equivalent of two Red Bulls or four cups of coffee. Those worried about their daily Vitamin B12 intake will also be chuffed to know it contains 6667% of your recommended daily intake.
[Mana Energy Potion]
Waste Money On Wow? Waste It On This WoW Drink
5:30 AM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Luke Plunkett
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40 ml equal to FOUR cups of coffee? Holy shit! That seems irresponsible!
Energy for gamers... tastes great...
Sold!
That can't be good. Unless I can cast a fireball after drinking it, I'd really rather not.
WANT!
Ah good! For those of us who are WoW addicts and (unhealthy) vegetarians, this has us covered! Now if only they made one for people who are poor too... :(
reminds me of that Final Fantasy potion.
It sounds bad for the heart. Don't drink this.
Will it turn me into a tauren? :(
On a serioud note though, I do love the bottle design. Might have to grab a few just for that. :D
This will be the new drink mixed with vodka :P
"your inventory is full."
Only the amount of 2 red bulls damn. Hasn't anyone heard of boo koo it has 240 mg of caffeine in it. Which is about 3 Red Bulls and those are only the medium sized cans. However the convenience store near stopped selling Boo Koo and I have no idea where to get it, and because of its strength nothing else works anymore. Goddammit Olco why did you stop selling boo koo.
@VanFinale: Sounds like a quick way to kill yourself.
bah only 2 redbulls? my energy drink of choice was Cocaine which was the equivalent of 3.5 cans of redbull, but they stopped selling it ='(
@VanFinale: "boo koo" too much rofl
This certainly doesn't sound too healthy at all.. Yikes. 6667% daily intake is completely useless because you'll be pissing it back out!
I think this an conspiracy from Blizzard, they need to kill off all the whiners on the forums who wants the next 2.4 patch notes.
@mr_dimsum: Is it D vitamin where you don't piss it out and can lead to severe complications? I saw this documentary about vitamins and that some are dangerous if taken too much.
I went to the store to get one of these but the guy refused to serve me until I'd given him 12 Grey Bear Spleens. Fuck that, I'll just go on the Auction House and pay the 4g. ¬_¬
@Luckydan: I think it is Blizzard celebrating 10mill subscribers not thinking red bull was strong enough with their vodka :)
Don't you guys take your gaming seriously? We need this kind of an edge if we're going to pwn everyone in the rival guilds. However, for players of a truly high standard, this is just not enough.
What you need is N-AIR-G.
[www.penny-arcade.com]
Who needs all those extra braincells anyway? It's not like I was using them.
So the feeling of mana burn really is akin to having your heart rupture.
Oh god.
It has begun.
To play WoW, how much $ does it come to for playing 1 year?
4 cups of coffee lol. It's probably going to kill me ('course I'll buy it).
@Witzbold: If you think that is bad, the other day in the store I saw a World of Warcraft magazine, pages and pages of only WoW :)
Wasnt this already posted.
@CollapseControl: $77.94 USD - Six Months Recurring ($12.99 per month) I don't think there is a 1 year plan, not sure.
And of course, no love for those outside the US.
Damn only US :/
@Cameroo: You misread the bottle. It containse Taurine, not Tauren.
typing ftw. sigh.
"Most of the statements on the website have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration, in fact, all of the statements on this website have not been evaluated by the FDA. That doesn't mean they're complete nonsense though. Mana Energy Potion is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease."
In other words...it COULD kill you! :D
@Irenicus-the one and only:
So it'll come to $155 to play WoW for 1 year? And people still bitch about XBL being $50!
Actually, 6667% of RDA of B12 doesn't really mean much. You can only absorb and extremely limited amount. That's what you don't take B12 pills, you get B12 in shot form (isn't that right Roger?).
But yeah, this is funny stuff.
Where can we buy it? $155 a year is crazy for WOW, although I might be tempted when they release world of starcraft.
@CollapseControl: Yeah but you get dedicated servers and free DLC lol
Yep, no known Vitamin B12 toxicity... but on the other hand, the people making this seem to want to test that theory.
I wonder why so much.
At least THEY say it "Tastes great." This is as bad as the Final Fantasy potion... it really has no use at all.
Also, DON'T FORGET TO BE LEVEL 12 BEFORE YOU DRINK THIS. According the website, thats serious business. They went as far to say that they didn't mean children under 12.
i think the 6667% was wrong...i actually believe its 32.33.. repeating of course
Mmmm.... death bottle.
These drinks with no sugar and lots of B vitamins are very good when the flavor is there. They provide a ton of energy (as much as your body can hold, the excess B vitamins passes through you).
I don't play WoW, but if the price point is right, I might try it out.
@Irenicus-the one and only: You're thinking of C.
Shit, I was about to post that I'd like one to display for it's sweet looks, but checking out the Buy section of the site revealed that it's actually a very washed out shade of green.
@mikecoscia:
Should it happen, they'd have HELL of a redesign job on the hand, as there is really too much ranged characters in starcraft compared to warcraft. But on the other hand, they can't go and do a world of diablo, since now everyone know that mythos is up, and that it's made by the original diablo dev team. Another Diablo would simply suck coming from blizzard
Back to the subject, this is ridiculous. My friend told me about those, the only price I heard was 500$ for 144 bottles >_> almost a year and a half of energy drinks for him. and I wouldn't touch those drinks, unless they get rated by the proper agency.. never trust something unrated.
@Revenge_of_Nekojin: No, C vitamin you piss out taken in to high dosage. I'm sure it is D vitamin.
Vitamins A,D,E, and K are the most common fat soluble vitamins. Meaning, they are the ones that can be stored in the body for later use (usually in the liver).
On the other hand, Vitamin C is a water soluble vitamin, meaning you can only utilize a certain amount before it gets evacuated by the kidneys into the urine. Does that mean you can't have megadoses of vitamin C? Of course you can, but it's really difficult (Something like 10x6 order of magnitude to get some really crazy side effects.)
Vitamin B12 (or cobalamin, if you want to be all smartey-pants), in contrast, actually requires a specific protein (Intrinsic Factor) from the stomach to act as a co-transport to absorb across the intestinal epithelium. If there isn't enough intrinsic factor, not all of the B12 you take will be "escorted" into your body.
So, with this drink, 6667% of your B12 sounds like a lot, but really, the effective net concentration is only a fraction that (I'd say about 10%, barring any complications like achlorhydria from chronic alcohol intake).
And if you're wondering, one of B12's main roles in the body is the methylation reaction that turns uracil into thymine. It's good for DNA synthesis.
Sorry if it took too long to write or read, but hey, the more you know, you know?
@Parapraxis: I know :D
@Parapraxis: I was about to say this in not so many words.
"This is snake oil."
Thanks for the explanation!
@yonderTheGreat:
Wow isn't ad supported. XBL is.
At US currency its a good deal. Too bad its in pounds... Almost figured that out too late. :P