Forum: WarCraft RTS Discussion
04-15-2020, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 825
Views: 117,245
To be entirely honest, the entire story is......
To be entirely honest, the entire story is... well, it has issues. Pacing, verisimilitude, Metzen's inexperience as a writer at the time...
People call StarCraft 1 and WarCraft 3 the "golden age"...
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Forum: World of WarCraft Discussion
03-13-2020, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 131
Views: 60,541
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Forum: World of WarCraft Discussion
03-12-2020, 07:19 AM
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Replies: 131
Views: 60,541
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Forum: WarCraft RTS Discussion
03-05-2020, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 199
Views: 92,626
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Forum: StarCraft Discussion
03-05-2020, 05:10 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 19,002
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The main disagreement...
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The main disagreement I have with Starcraft fans is that they equate Starcraft with Arcturus, Raynor, and Kerry. I don’t like those characters at all. I frankly don’t...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
02-24-2020, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,755
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Forum: StarCraft Discussion
02-19-2020, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,356
Kerry only became the mascot because Blizzard...
Kerry only became the mascot because Blizzard didn't write any other interesting characters to take the spotlight off her. The BW is a blatant Mary Sue plot. According to the fandom wiki, the pages...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
02-19-2020, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 9,763
I hope you get along okay, dude. I don't know...
I hope you get along okay, dude. I don't know exactly how you feel, but I've been through plenty of rough patches.
Maybe one day you could spin it off into an original fantasy setting. Few fantasy...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
02-19-2020, 05:44 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 9,763
I don't think it was ever written down in one...
I don't think it was ever written down in one place, but IIRC Marthen's treatment made them into a theocratic empire based in Northrend and a couple other nearby lower planes. After escaping Draenor,...
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Forum: StarCraft Discussion
02-18-2020, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,356
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
02-18-2020, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 9,763
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
02-18-2020, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 9,763
They're bland and boring.
To have an...
They're bland and boring.
To have an interesting villain, that villain needs to have a personality. They don't need to be misunderstood or anything, they just need to be colorful.
Look at the...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
02-18-2020, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 7,633
Views: 718,051
That was a retcon. Like everything else.
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That was a retcon. Like everything else.
Prior to WC3, there was no indication that magic was an inherently corrupting force. There was a minor implication that the TYPE of magic had an effect, as...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
02-18-2020, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 7,633
Views: 718,051
The whole Thrall x Jaina thing is a bad...
The whole Thrall x Jaina thing is a bad fanfiction trope. It's the same as the Raynor/Kerry disaster. It's really sexist.
Jaina is the only female character of note who interacts with Thrall in...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
02-18-2020, 09:09 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 9,763
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
02-18-2020, 08:30 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 9,763
None of Blizzard's big villains have been good...
None of Blizzard's big villains have been good for decades.
The Horde was a good villain back in the WC1/WC2 era, when they were basically European colonizers.
The Overmind was a good villain,...
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Forum: StarCraft Discussion
02-18-2020, 08:11 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,231
The inspiration goes back even earlier to...
The inspiration goes back even earlier to Starship Troopers, the novel. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers)
This isn't entirely accurate.
The terrans draw mostly from Starship...
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Forum: StarCraft Discussion
02-18-2020, 06:25 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 9,356
Starcraft is fiction. Arguing that everything...
Starcraft is fiction. Arguing that everything makes sense because of arbitrary in-universe mechanics you just pulled out of the woodwork is a logical fallacy known as "the Thermian argument." What is...
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Forum: StarCraft Discussion
02-18-2020, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 19,002
That's one of several criticisms I have of her...
That's one of several criticisms I have of her (and Stukov, but he's far less obnoxious about it). Aside from having Mary Sue powers, she steals the spotlight from the genuine zerg characters.
I...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
02-13-2020, 06:53 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 9,763
The deeper problem is that Blizzard can't do...
The deeper problem is that Blizzard can't do interesting or consistent characters, much less interesting or consistent villains.
MMOs are an awful format for any kind of storytelling. The whole...
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Forum: StarCraft Discussion
12-05-2019, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 19,002
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Forum: WarCraft RTS Discussion
12-04-2019, 04:15 AM
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Replies: 199
Views: 92,626
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Forum: WarCraft RTS Discussion
12-01-2019, 07:16 AM
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Replies: 199
Views: 92,626
I suppose you are right.
I have more...
I suppose you are right.
I have more interest in Starcraft myself but I’m constantly frustrated by fanboys who refuse to acknowledge that SC1 isn’t really that good of a story. The psi-emitter is...
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Forum: WarCraft Lore Discussion
11-30-2019, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 7,868
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Forum: World of WarCraft Discussion
11-30-2019, 06:11 AM
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Replies: 131
Views: 60,541
This is hilarious. Blizzard really can’t stay...
This is hilarious. Blizzard really can’t stay consistent with themselves no matter how hard they try. I can’t wait until they have to release a new chronicle series to explain that everything in the...
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