Richard's Online Journal

Its really a shame how they waste “good” characters as player fodder.
Prince Kael for instance was a character I liked, as he was not on the side of good and flowers and happyness yet wasnt the standard “you failed me? die!!” villain.

Knowing that he gets officially killed in WoW, along with countless other evildoers is such a waste.

Illidan gets killed too…

Also: Somehow its creepy how I, playing WoW for two entire weeks, “know” so much about it.

Also #2: Kristanna Loken is hot.

Posted by Therlun on Tuesday 2nd September

It’s important to know the intricacies of the lore.

The odd thing with Illidan was that they specifically said that you wouldn’t be able to kill him, only inconvenience him a bit. He’s a bit of a dick though, as characters go. There’s absolutely no reason for the whole Burning Crusade to supposedly focus around him, when clearly the sane thing is for him to forge an alliance with Shattrath and join forces against the common enemy.

The odd thing about Arthas is that… he just stands there. You’d expect the Death Knights to meet him in a field of battle, as he dominates ?? level monsters with Frostmourne, barely breaking a sweat as he turns to talk to you with a voice of ultimate authority.

Instead, he’s just standing on the balcony. Giving quests. In a slightly deep voice. Near a banshee called Susie*.

Ooh. Scary…

I hope his appearance in the main game has a little more oomph to it. (I’m not planning to play the beta much, because I’ve got the expansion on pre-order anyway, so I doubt I’ll see him again before then)

(* Technically, Siouxie, but...)

Posted by Richard on Tuesday 2nd September

“Having played” that is…
Didnt even use up my free month.

So much for the necessary WoW bashing.

Posted by Therlun on Tuesday 2nd September

Sorry. You lose the right to do that when you start complaining that characters like Kael and good old Kil’everyone aren’t being treated properly. That’s Orc thinking, that…

Posted by Richard on Tuesday 2nd September

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees

Would be the hilarious pop culture reference.

There is all together far too much “har har look what we called this guy” in WoW.  A bit here and there is funny, but it’s like half the bloody game is referencing something.  It’s worse than Fallout 2!

Posted by Nick on Wednesday 3rd September

“(* Technically, Siouxie, but...)”

Hanging around references to old proto-goth bands isn’t actually awe-inspiring either…

Posted by Sören Höglund on Wednesday 3rd September

My knowledge of music is nowhere near good enough to know how obscure a reference that is, but still, ouch…

Posted by Richard on Wednesday 3rd September

<shrugs>

In MUD, I was really excited when I encountered the Dark Lord.

The excitement started to fade once I realised it was just “a” Dark Lord…

See? They’re just being ironic :)

Posted by Ian on Wednesday 3rd September

I want to find the Ebon Hold staffroom, where Arthas is sitting in front of the magic mirror, one hand down his pantaloons, the other holding a mug saying ‘You Don’t Have To Be The Cursed Dead To Work Here But It Helps’.

Dark Lords shouldn’t come across like bored middle-management. “Oh, you’re here. Go and speak to Doombringer, he’ll have something for you to do.”

Posted by Richard on Wednesday 3rd September

My comment was eaten.. is this what I get for posting a wiki link to Siouxie and the Banshees? =(

Posted by Nick on Wednesday 3rd September

‘Twas eaten by the spam filter. Restored it.

Posted by Richard on Wednesday 3rd September

thank you, spam filters find me tasty for some reason.  I’m possibly in denial when I believe that it is not because of my banality.

Posted by Nick on Wednesday 3rd September