Oh! How could I forget the freeing of Teron Gorefiend in Shadowmoon Valley? It's a fun event the first time, then you understand that you simply need to use each ability as it becomes available and it becomes a straightforward timesink. The pain starts with a bit of lead-in while Teron proclaims himself much smarter than yooouu-oouu, then there's the possession, then you wait for the draenei to take his position, then there's the long fight ... then Teron rides off ... then ... agh ... you start to twitch ... then you have to wait for the spirit to respawn ... argh ...

This is an example of one that's needlessly protracted for multiboxers, but sucks equally as much for single-boxers fresh from the fight on Netherwing Ledge with their four groupmates. Most of the time a single-boxer will have done both prereqs on his own, unable to get a group right away for the dragon, so now there are five guys at the Altar of Shadows ready to turn in and do the Gorefiend fight.

I can see why it's set up this way -- they want each person in the party to be able to do the fight personally, which is pretty nifty the first time. It still hurts to sit through it though. I know their latest phasing technology didn't come online until WotLK, but I dream of a world where this kind of event is phased, with no waiting. I care more about what happens to me than to other people, after all, and anyway the event's not going to be quite as cool when I finally get to it if I've already seen it six times.