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2026-01-27T03:42:14Z

It's kind of a big deal

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	==It's kind of a big deal==		==It's kind of a big deal==
			The Warcraft franchise towered over the world of video gaming like an Olympian god on a mountain. But it's important to remember that it got there incrementally, by stealing the best bits of other people's ideas and improving them just enough to not get sued. Warcraft II took Command and Conquer and made it bright and fantasy in contrast to C&C's drab olive maps and fifty shades of quonset hut buildings. Warcraft III took 3D and made it interesting by focusing on heroes that conveniently reduced the amount of 3D they'd have to draw on screen at any moment; it also gave birth (for better or worse) to the tower defence and MOBA genres. World of Warcraft took every original idea every other MMO ever had and did it just slightly better, leaving behind a veritable skull pile of defeated challengers, at least two of which began with the prompt "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...".
	~~Today the~~ Warcraft franchise ~~towers~~ over the world of video gaming like an Olympian god on a mountain. But it's important to remember that it got there incrementally, by stealing the best bits of other people's ideas and improving them just enough to not get sued. Warcraft II took Command and Conquer and made it bright and fantasy in contrast to C&C's drab olive maps and fifty shades of quonset hut buildings. Warcraft III took 3D and made it interesting by focusing on heroes that conveniently reduced the amount of 3D they'd have to draw on screen at any moment; it also gave birth (for better or worse) to the tower defence and MOBA genres. World of Warcraft took every original idea every other MMO ever had and did it just slightly better, leaving behind a veritable skull pile of defeated challengers, at least two of which began with the prompt "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...".

	Warcraft does also have a boardgame, a tabletop RPG, multiple novels and comics, and a trading card game, so it is not all /v/.		Warcraft does also have a boardgame, a tabletop RPG, multiple novels and comics, and a trading card game, so it is not all /v/.

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1d4chan>Lord Grievous at 12:20, 13 May 2023

2023-05-13T12:20:28Z

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	* Playable Werewolves in the Worgen (even if they do mean attracting a certain number of furries).		* Playable Werewolves in the Worgen (even if they do mean attracting a certain number of furries).
	* The Cinematic Trailers, which manage to be consistently epic and well made even when they're for expansions that turn out to be awful (we're getting to those).		* The Cinematic Trailers, which manage to be consistently epic and well made even when they're for expansions that turn out to be awful (we're getting to those).
	* Dragons, especially Deathwing.		* Dragons, especially Deathwing. And come Dragonflight, you can now play as humanoid Dragons.
	* Death Knights		* Death Knights
	* Samurai Orcs		* Samurai Orcs
	* King Varian Wrynn		* King Varian Wrynn
	* Grom Hellscream		* Grom Hellscream
			* Alexstrasza
	* [[Skub\|Depending on who you ask]], Illidan being retconned from an incel wild card into an edgy-anti hero (unfortunately still a bit of an incel).		* [[Skub\|Depending on who you ask]], Illidan being retconned from an incel wild card into an edgy-anti hero (unfortunately still a bit of an incel).

115.70.44.117: /* The good, the bad, and the ugly */

2023-01-30T16:34:40Z

The good, the bad, and the ugly

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	* King Varian Wrynn		* King Varian Wrynn
	* Grom Hellscream		* Grom Hellscream
	* [[Skub\|Depending on who you ask]], Illidan being retconned from an incel wild card into an edgy-anti hero.		* [[Skub\|Depending on who you ask]], Illidan being retconned from an incel wild card into an edgy-anti hero (unfortunately still a bit of an incel).

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1d4chan>Lord Grievous at 22:50, 16 December 2022

2022-12-16T22:50:05Z

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	* The "stop poking me!" lines that units say in the WarCraft RTS trilogy. So much fun that a few other video games have copied this.		* The "stop poking me!" lines that units say in the WarCraft RTS trilogy. So much fun that a few other video games have copied this.
	* Arthas. Again, his story is the best (think Anakin/Darth Vader in High Fantasy or a less skubby version of Archaon and you'll get the idea).		* Arthas. Again, his story is the best (think Anakin/Darth Vader in High Fantasy or a less skubby version of Archaon and you'll get the idea).
			* Thrall, who is basically an Orc blend of Moses, Spartacus and Thor, and as [[Awesome]] as that sounds...at least before [[Fail\|he became a Self-Insert for Chris Metzen.]]
	* Elves that feel closer to Tolkien's take than many other modern Fantasy portrayals, and also having their own unique flavors instead of rehashing the High, Wood, and Dark varieties.		* Elves that feel closer to Tolkien's take than many other modern Fantasy portrayals, and also having their own unique flavors instead of rehashing the High, Wood, and Dark varieties.
	* Dinosaur mounts. Mostly only available to Trolls, but every now and then one gets available for non-Troll players.		* Dinosaur mounts. Mostly only available to Trolls, but every now and then one gets available for non-Troll players.

165.23.18.180: /* The good, the bad, and the ugly */ Thrall has become Chris Metzen's self-insert mary sue character.

2022-12-02T20:54:20Z

The good, the bad, and the ugly: Thrall has become Chris Metzen's self-insert mary sue character.

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	* Elves that feel closer to Tolkien's take than many other modern Fantasy portrayals, and also having their own unique flavors instead of rehashing the High, Wood, and Dark varieties.		* Elves that feel closer to Tolkien's take than many other modern Fantasy portrayals, and also having their own unique flavors instead of rehashing the High, Wood, and Dark varieties.
	* Dinosaur mounts. Mostly only available to Trolls, but every now and then one gets available for non-Troll players.		* Dinosaur mounts. Mostly only available to Trolls, but every now and then one gets available for non-Troll players.
	* Thrall, who is basically an Orc blend of Moses, Spartacus and Thor, and as [[Awesome]] as that sounds.
	* Playable Werewolves in the Worgen (even if they do mean attracting a certain number of furries).		* Playable Werewolves in the Worgen (even if they do mean attracting a certain number of furries).
	* The Cinematic Trailers, which manage to be consistently epic and well made even when they're for expansions that turn out to be awful (we're getting to those).		* The Cinematic Trailers, which manage to be consistently epic and well made even when they're for expansions that turn out to be awful (we're getting to those).

1d4chan>Lord Grievous: Isn't the ability to play as a humanoid Dragon cool though?

2022-10-14T10:14:47Z

Isn't the ability to play as a humanoid Dragon cool though?

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	* Forsaken Hunters that don't have a sense of smell and can't eat what they kill.		* Forsaken Hunters that don't have a sense of smell and can't eat what they kill.
	* Blood Elf "I broke a nail!" Warriors, because even though WarCraft's Elves are less hated among the /tg/ crowd as a whole, they don't totally drop all the usual Elf traits.		* Blood Elf "I broke a nail!" Warriors, because even though WarCraft's Elves are less hated among the /tg/ crowd as a whole, they don't totally drop all the usual Elf traits.
	* Not one, not two, but '''THREE''' furry races with the Worgen, Pandaren and Vulpera (Tauren may or may not count, depending who you ask). And as already noted, Worgen do translate to playable Werewolves, so there is that. And then they added scalies to the mix with the Dracthyr.		* Not one, not two, but '''THREE''' furry races with the Worgen, Pandaren and Vulpera (Tauren may or may not count, depending who you ask). And as already noted, Worgen do translate to playable Werewolves, so there is that. And then they added scalies to the mix with the Dracthyr (although that does mean you can play as Dragon-people now, which isn't so bad).

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115.70.44.117: /* The good, the bad, and the ugly */

2022-10-04T14:34:24Z

The good, the bad, and the ugly

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	* Forsaken Hunters that don't have a sense of smell and can't eat what they kill.		* Forsaken Hunters that don't have a sense of smell and can't eat what they kill.
	* Blood Elf "I broke a nail!" Warriors, because even though WarCraft's Elves are less hated among the /tg/ crowd as a whole, they don't totally drop all the usual Elf traits.		* Blood Elf "I broke a nail!" Warriors, because even though WarCraft's Elves are less hated among the /tg/ crowd as a whole, they don't totally drop all the usual Elf traits.
	* Not one, not two, but '''THREE''' furry races with the Worgen, Pandaren and Vulpera (Tauren may or may not count, depending who you ask). And as already noted, Worgen do translate to playable Werewolves, so there is that.		* Not one, not two, but '''THREE''' furry races with the Worgen, Pandaren and Vulpera (Tauren may or may not count, depending who you ask). And as already noted, Worgen do translate to playable Werewolves, so there is that. And then they added scalies to the mix with the Dracthyr.

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1d4chan>Lord Grievous at 17:28, 28 June 2022

2022-06-28T17:28:20Z

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	* Deathwing in ~~Cata~~, who's essentially reduced to an [[Furry\|Derp-tastic emo dragon who has a ridiculous looking jaw and acts like an obnoxious kitteh]].		* Deathwing in Cataclysm, who's essentially reduced to an [[Furry\|Derp-tastic emo dragon who has a ridiculous looking jaw and acts like an obnoxious kitteh]] (except in the Cinematic trailer, where he's still boss).
	* Lightforged undead princess, with holy magic raising someone in an unholy form ''despite holy magic being able to resurrect people anyway''.		* Lightforged undead princess, with holy magic raising someone in an unholy form ''despite holy magic being able to resurrect people anyway''.
	* The Devs having the bad habit of telling players that they've "heard" them and are "listening" to what they want, and then completely fail to deliver. Over time people have started to call the devs out on their bullshit, but seriously, for all they get right, the above is the tip of the iceberg for issues.		* The Devs having the bad habit of telling players that they've "heard" them and are "listening" to what they want, and then completely fail to deliver. Over time people have started to call the devs out on their bullshit, but seriously, for all they get right, the above is the tip of the iceberg for issues.
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	* [[Skub\|Depending on who you ask]], Illidan being retconned from a trickster to an edgelord.		* [[Skub\|Depending on who you ask]], Illidan being retconned from a trickster to an edgelord.
	* WarCraft III: Reforged: Intended as a remastered, new and improved version of a beloved classic, the launch was filled with a ridiculous amount of bugs and some brain-dead decisions from the Blizzard devs, leading it to get review-bombed with a ferocity that makes what happened to TLJ look almost tame by comparison. Patches and updates were promised of course, but a blunder like this is a hard thing to forgive (which is probably why most folks haven't).		* WarCraft III: Reforged: Intended as a remastered, new and improved version of a beloved classic, the launch was filled with a ridiculous amount of bugs and some brain-dead decisions from the Blizzard devs, leading it to get review-bombed with a ferocity that makes what happened to TLJ look almost tame by comparison. Patches and updates were promised of course, but a blunder like this is a hard thing to forgive (which is probably why most folks haven't).
	* Everything having to do with Sylvanas Windrunner from Legion onwards. On that note...		* Everything having to do with Sylvanas Windrunner from Legion/Battle for Azeroth onwards. On that note...
	* Battle for Azeroth and Shadowlands: Two expansions that managed to annihilate what goodwill still existed between the fans and the developers faster than dropping Tyranids into an "all you can eat" buffet. To keep it short, Sylvanas turning into a genocidal psycho, Horde players being forced to go along with it, Alliance players (especially Night Elf players), feeling like they were once again being shat on, and an absolutely convoluted mess of a story in the setting's afterlife that involved a bland, underdeveloped villain, an unsatisfying end to Arthas' story, and giving Sylvanas a redemption she didn't earn. And none of that's even mentioning the stories of other characters and the numerous hated gameplay elements (grinding, timegates, etc.)		* Battle for Azeroth and Shadowlands: Two expansions that managed to annihilate what goodwill still existed between the fans and the developers faster than dropping Tyranids into an "all you can eat" buffet. To keep it short, Sylvanas turning into a genocidal psycho, Horde players being forced to go along with it, Alliance players (especially Night Elf players), feeling like they were once again being shat on, and an absolutely convoluted mess of a story in the setting's afterlife that involved a bland, underdeveloped villain, an unsatisfying end to Arthas' story, and giving Sylvanas a redemption she didn't earn. And none of that's even mentioning the stories of other characters and the numerous hated gameplay elements (grinding, timegates, etc.)