>linking to TVtropes

What's your point?

I think she's suggesting that using TVTropes implies you don't have your own argument.

Tolkien is such a misogynist. Women can do anything - including dangerous journeys to Mordor!

Actually I'm not being serious but I have seen other people on the internet complain about the lack of females in the fellowship before.

I blame Beowulf, damn Anglo Saxons. For western fantasy, that is. lol and seems to be an useless observation, as most great authors seem to lack main female roles. Dickens, Steinbeck, Twain, etc. Especially since the inclusion of said roles wouldn't affect much, likely.

I'm more irritated at Blizzard's bastardization of Warhammer than taking themes from Tolkien, which is a given in any western fantasy. There's no subtlety to it whatsoever.

Beware, when Wings gets wind of this, you will be set upon. lol

Back that up.

Aaaaaand boom. Who called it? xP

Mainly because he didn't. Though a lot of fantasy is derived from Tolkien, much still isn't.


I never said anything of the sort.

Noticed how he jumps the shark and makes false assumptions as to your intent as well, eh? >_<

I... don't think you realize what jumping the shark means.

If anything I jumped the shark back in 2009.

This is October fools, right? An expansion with only one race for both factions? Panda people but no walrus people? What is this?


I won't be interested until murlocs become playable.

They already had walrus people as a major race in Wrath. They're just not playable.

EDIT: WoF's post was better.

I like the space goat, myself.
I would like to see a completely brand new mmo, myself. Still holding out for starcraft online. lol

I'd like to see a survivalist zombie mmorpg game or if Interplay were still any good at making games, Fallout Online.

I'm not annoyed by panda men. I don't actually play, I have an observer's interest. I'm slightly perplexed that of all the races they chose to make panda people playable. the east-asian bent is a nice touch, but in that respect panda people a a tad on the nose and potentially cliche.

What is odd is that they have a whole expansion that adds only one new race, which presumably goes to both factions. Both these aspects are unique.

I used to talk to Mitsur about the possibility of the third faction, deep ones out of the sea. Murlocs, naga etc. He didn't seem very confident, something about "an underwater homeland would be difficult for other factions to attack" and other such nonsense designed to ruin my idea.

Also naga are baddies.

Like, actual baddies.

Their empress is allied with just about every lore important antagonist (With the notable exception of Arthas) at the same time. She's also the strongest (disputably mortal) being alive on Azeroth.

That we know of. There is mention of some great powers stirring in the deepest oceans which have driven the murlocs and then the naga out. It probably spells Lovecraft.

Those will be the Old Gods, Empress Azshara's direct benefactor.

Saying that, there are those fucking fog vikings that started appearing in WOTLK.

So, this is blatantly the best WoW cinematic since the TBC one.

Hey, it's Kung Fu Panda. How stupid is that?

Blizzard have had pandas since the late nineties.

Were they making entire expansion sets about them?

Shouldn't he have eaten that bamboo staff by now? He's burning an awful lot a of calories for a panda.

It's been stupid the whole time.

Wow, you're right.

I never realized just how unoriginal Blizzard are

Just look at Wrath of the Lich King. Undead have been a part of Warcraft lore for over a decade, but they got their own expansion when the zombie craze was at its peak. COINCIDENCE? I think not.

Look at Cataclysm. The dragons, a part of Warcraft lore for a decade were given their own expansion, obviously to cash in on the resurgence of popularity of contemporary fantasy post-Eragon.

Can't tell if youre sarcastic or honest

I've never used bolded italics sincerely in my life.

I've never said that making DLC about pandas is unoriginal. It's just... a weird choice in my opinion

More like World Of Poorcraft!

World of Stupid. Am I right?

Fucking Stupid of Warcraft

I believe we have taken WoW and Blizzard down a peg or two. Good job men!

Piece of Shit.

This game looks pretty unbearable now

Oh come on

You could have at least said they were pandering to the fanbase.

quit bamboozling me with your wit

I'm going to take a shot in the dark, and say that whoever designed that must have been loaded.