Warlock
10-16-2005, 03:09 PM
Real or fake?
http://www.scrollsoflore.com/warlock/ssislefloatingtower3ng.jpg
http://www.scrollsoflore.com/warlock/bloodelftower6is.jpg
I thought I'd post these in a seperate topic to discuss them some more on their own. Personally they look real to me. Things like proper lighting and all the little details are there which can be hard to fake. The first one is called ssislefloatingtower3ng.jpg which could stand for Sunstrider Isle (i.e. the Sunstrider Dynasty being the ruling family of Quel'Thalas, though more in title than actual actions). That's just a guess. Obviously there hasn't *been* a Sunstrider Isle mentioned before but there are a lot of islands in WoW that were not mentioned before that game was released. I should also point out that the actual appearance of the island itself does lend itself to this conclusion, and it's very bright and sunny with bright yellowish-orange trees and such. That is certainly how I would imagine an island with such a name would look :P
Despite the second one saying blood elf I do think it's meant to be high elf. I've known Blizzard to be lazy in the past about changing things like filenames (i.e. Koto Beasts which are still in the War 3 MPQ to this day). So it's possible it was either originally designed to be Blood Elf or the screenshot labeler just named it wrong. Or maybe it is Blood Elf. Who knows.
Interesting though none-the-less. The thing that makes these feel more valid to me though is just the fact that Blizzcon is so close now. Crap like this usually tends to get leaked just before it's about to be revealed (i.e. Frozen Throne announcement a few days early, WoW announcement and screenshots the night before when Blizzard Insider was "accidentally" sent out early, etc.)
http://www.scrollsoflore.com/warlock/ssislefloatingtower3ng.jpg
http://www.scrollsoflore.com/warlock/bloodelftower6is.jpg
I thought I'd post these in a seperate topic to discuss them some more on their own. Personally they look real to me. Things like proper lighting and all the little details are there which can be hard to fake. The first one is called ssislefloatingtower3ng.jpg which could stand for Sunstrider Isle (i.e. the Sunstrider Dynasty being the ruling family of Quel'Thalas, though more in title than actual actions). That's just a guess. Obviously there hasn't *been* a Sunstrider Isle mentioned before but there are a lot of islands in WoW that were not mentioned before that game was released. I should also point out that the actual appearance of the island itself does lend itself to this conclusion, and it's very bright and sunny with bright yellowish-orange trees and such. That is certainly how I would imagine an island with such a name would look :P
Despite the second one saying blood elf I do think it's meant to be high elf. I've known Blizzard to be lazy in the past about changing things like filenames (i.e. Koto Beasts which are still in the War 3 MPQ to this day). So it's possible it was either originally designed to be Blood Elf or the screenshot labeler just named it wrong. Or maybe it is Blood Elf. Who knows.
Interesting though none-the-less. The thing that makes these feel more valid to me though is just the fact that Blizzcon is so close now. Crap like this usually tends to get leaked just before it's about to be revealed (i.e. Frozen Throne announcement a few days early, WoW announcement and screenshots the night before when Blizzard Insider was "accidentally" sent out early, etc.)