Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
02-02-2018, 07:09 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,589
We don't have to carbon-copy what vanillia did...
We don't have to carbon-copy what vanillia did tho. Just like how we still have raids now, despite them being vastly superior to what vanillia had to offer, we can have high-level quest content that...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
02-02-2018, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,589
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
02-02-2018, 12:06 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,589
Problems Inherent in WoW Storytelling?
Sometimes I feel like the medium of an MMO (WoW) vs an RTS (Warcraft 3) are the source of a lot of problems with current Warcraft lore. Take the upbringing of major characters for example.
In...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-29-2018, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 26,692
That's interesting. Each race having their own...
That's interesting. Each race having their own iconic zones since Vanilla definitely is a huge part of the game, and having that just swept away for Night Elves and Undead in BfA is a very risky way...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-29-2018, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 26,692
It was supposed to be placed in an area called...
It was supposed to be placed in an area called "the Goblin Marketplace" but I think that forum was deactivated because of lack of use. So I just put this thread in both here and the general forums.
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Forum: General Discussion
01-29-2018, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 26,692
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Forum: General Discussion
01-29-2018, 09:43 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 26,692
The Sidecraft Podcast
Hey guys! You might know me from the forums a while back (wasn't here that long) I strongly feel like the more guerllia elements of Blizzard lore criticism need our voices heard! So I'm hoping to...
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Forum: General Discussion
01-29-2018, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 26,692
The Sidecraft Podcast
Hey guys! You might know me from the forums a while back (wasn't here that long) I strongly feel like the more guerllia elements of Blizzard lore criticism need our voices heard! So I'm hoping to...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
08-03-2017, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,384
Art Style of WC3 vs WoW
So even though it hasn't been offically confirmed yet, it's pretty obvious that Blizzard is going to remaster WC3 in the same way it remastered SC1.
There's just one problem. One of the biggest...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
04-09-2017, 11:39 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,363
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
04-09-2017, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,363
That's another thing about morally grey...
That's another thing about morally grey characters/factions too, it's very easy for them to cross moral red lines and becomes unambiguously evil. With the Forsaken now for example, the only way to...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
04-09-2017, 09:46 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,363
Nature of the Forsaken
The main question I want to ask in this thread is this: How must the Forsaken be written if they are to be an interesting faction? Or even a moral/empathetic one?
I've always felt like the...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
04-09-2017, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,454
Subtle Details You Liked In WarCraft
So I was just looking at the old Shadow Hunter page on wowwiki, and their fel glaive weapon (the one they throw) brought up a connection in my mind with elves & trolls:
All variants of elves use...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
06-28-2016, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 9,892
Heh, well to be fair I try to be a tiny...
Heh, well to be fair I try to be a tiny optimistic because if not my emotional attachment to the series would self-destruct and probably destroy me.
I'm glad you liked it though! I've posted the...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
06-28-2016, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 9,892
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
06-28-2016, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 9,892
Why Blizzard's Story-Telling Has Deteriorated.
Hey guys, this post was written by me for the Starcraft Legacy forums, but since it does contain some material talking about Warcraft 3's story design process I wanted to post this thread here.
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
06-24-2016, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 889
Views: 62,180
The forsaken are partially influenced by the...
The forsaken are partially influenced by the residual energies of the old gods. Almost the entire race has the Warcraft equivalent of severe PTSD, and that accounts for a lot of their cynicism and...
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Forum: StarCraft Discussion
10-17-2015, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 252
Views: 31,558
Random thing, but back me up on this, don't you...
Random thing, but back me up on this, don't you miss the Protoss having yellow/orange glowing eyes? I feel like they've gone wrong making such clear color distinctions with the dark templar mainly...
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Forum: StarCraft Discussion
10-11-2015, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,635
So I actually read through the manual recently...
So I actually read through the manual recently after you mentioned that, the same night actually (I didn't do so the first time I experienced Starcraft, namely when I was a kid, because, you know, I...
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Forum: StarCraft Discussion
10-03-2015, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,635
Hmm, that's interesting, I think it is a good...
Hmm, that's interesting, I think it is a good point that the manual provides a solid, story-telling foundation, but I don't think its necessarily the main problem. I never read the manual, and I...
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Forum: StarCraft Discussion
10-02-2015, 05:37 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 5,635
GSOS: Starcraft's story development
Hello everyone, you may know me for some of my thread "The Grand Survey of Starcraft" and "Can the Forsaken be Redeemed". I've only recently joined scrolls of lore, but when I did I interviewed...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
08-31-2015, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 5,879
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
08-31-2015, 09:00 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 5,879
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Forum: StarCraft Discussion
08-31-2015, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 97
Views: 32,822
YES! I loved Aldaris as a kid, I think the...
YES! I loved Aldaris as a kid, I think the Protoss have slowly become more generic, they've lost that Blizzard spin on the general sci-fi trope, I'd like it if they regained their...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
08-31-2015, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 5,879
An insane, evil, aggressive war is pretty bad,...
An insane, evil, aggressive war is pretty bad, but is it really something a society cannot come back from? This does beg the question as to the level of military involvement from forsaken society,...
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