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Actually before it was an MMO it was an RTS, and the original warcraft games had a pretty solid plot. They could actually do some pretty good things with the Warcraft III plotline, focusing around Arthas and how he became the Lich King. the world of Warcraft is huge and well developed, and there're about a million ways this movie could be really cool.

Intriguing...if anyone can do this, I'm going to say he can. He's had a hell of a lot of experience with fantasy-type movies and shows in the past, and with the budget he's sure to get for this, I can see him making an incredible blockbuster just as easily as I can see him failing.

If it weren't for my wife and kids, I would probably still be playing WoW. There is no middle ground for me; I get too obsessed to be playing something like that. I either can't play it, or I ruin my life.

I honestly failed out of college because of EverQuest! I am such a winner!

What can possibly be said about WoW that hasn't already been covered by South Park?

Sam's getting senile.

http://www.pvponline.com/1999/11/11/thu-nov-11/

What can possibly be said about WoW that hasn't already been covered by South Park?

amen, ahamos. amen.

I won't care unless he includes a Knight-Elf Mohawk.

"Maybe Mr. T is good with computers and hacked into the system to create his own character. You ever think about that, Mr. Condescending Director?"

What’s next? Will I end up at Comic-Con? They will eat me alive there. I look like a goddamn frat boy. They’ll beat me with a thousand lilliputian punches and throw me into some sort of Jabba lair.

Nah, you'd just be ignored.

In fact, looking like a frat boy at one of these things is probably your safest route. I've been going to GenCon pretty much every year for the last dozen or so years and a few years back and I wore my "Han Shot First" t-shirt that my wife bought me. I had to button that shit up after two hours thanks to far too much unwanted attention. It was a conversation starter and that's not a good thing.

Trust me, any type of physical punishment they could dish out pales in comparison to having to listen someone talk about their 35th level silver haired Paladin who is actually a gold dragon, but took human form just to experience what it'd be like to be human.

That said, for the most part, geeks, especially role playing geeks, are a passive people who are far too caught up in their own worlds to worry too much about what's going on around them. Except for booth tail. They dig the booth tail.

He's practically a fucking god, there is no suspense or anything, he lives through whatever is happening, all the time. He hardly even gets scratched.

Yeah, that's the problem with a lot of fantasy books. Their heroes are just a wee bit too much. I shifted away from fantasy series because of this (and didn't really return until Martin's series) so I missed out on the whole Drizzt phenomenon.

There are times that I really miss painting my Warhammer and Warhammer 40K figures. Ultimate nerdiosity, right there.

"8 billion orcs? Sure, why not! I've got Twinkle and Icingdeath and I apparently never get tired. Weeeeee!"

I hear you man. I think every character has come back from the dead at least once. Unfortunately, I'm one of those people who just can't walk away from a story, so I have every book. Every. Single. One.

Xtreme, busting your desk and killing dwarves is an acceptable use of break time. It's in the Labour Laws, I swear.

My first Warhammer 40K army was Squats.

I played Orks. They totally fit my playing style, and why no one liked playing me in StarCraft.

BOYZ RUSH!

Of course, I was pretty useless against most of my friends, who fielded Imperial Guard and Space Marine armies. Those fuckers and their large-blast-radius tanks and heavy weapons. I had the best luck against my Eldar friend. He had built his army mostly around taking down the tanks and artillery for the Space Marines and Imperial Guard, so he had to pick my guys off one by one.

There we go. That might be the nerdiest thing I've ever written on Pajiba. Huzzah!

Drunk pandas you say? Interesting. Obviously, WoW has been mis-marketing itself all these years if I'm only now hearing about them. I still won't be playing, though. All that I know about WoW is that it involves a lot of walking. Like, a lot. I watched my old roommate play one time and all he did was walk around, hit a guy once, walk, talk to a goat lizard thingy, and walk some more. All the while, talking on his headset as if some pressing shit was happening. No thanks. He also became the kind of delusional asshat that would suggest driving 20 minutes to an IHOP ,only tell me halfway through my stack of pancakes that I had to drive him home immediately because he had quest appointment he just couldn't miss. At least, until I reminded him that his precious guild wouldn't even be able to give him a moist nap much less a healing elixir when I drive my syrup dipped fork into his jugular for thinking that he could get between a hungover me and my pancakes.

"Glug, Glug" or "we need more gold"?

"Work complete!"

Or my favorite:

"Aaaaaughibbrgubugbugrguburgle!"

Ah, yes. I played a ton of "Warcraft 2" at the computer lab in college. Many, many days and nights were spent there. Very few could withstand the awe inspiring might of my legions of bloodlusted ogres (my "Sardaukar").

I played Orks. They totally fit my playing style, and why no one liked playing me in StarCraft.

Whenever I played it was always against Eldar and their stupid Warp Spiders (jump in - shoot - jump away *giggle*) and their stupid Swooping Hawks and all of that other Eldar nonsense.

I'm typically fond of elves in most games, but not 40K. No. Definitely not.

Yes, Braski, you are correct.

I used to play Warhammer and 40K; as Chaos in Warhammer, and my own (Black Templar legacy)space marine chapter, but I could never focus enough to really build a decent sized game worthy army. And looking back know I wonder how I even found that time to paint them, let alone all the allowance I spent on that stuff, boggles my mind...

So instead of Evil Dead 4 we get this? Can we at least take a vote? I'd like to take a vote. Jesus jumping Christ what in the name of God happened to our last few good directors? It was bad enough Ridley Scott is making a fucking "Monopoly" movie, this is just too much. What next, Scorsese makes "Mafia Wars: The Movie"?

I've read a lot of nerdy threads on this site but this is like a nerd frenzy.

I've read a lot of nerdy threads on this site but this is like a nerd frenzy.

Anyone up for some cyber-LARPing? I'll go first.

"Tis I, Snath the brave and mighty skald! Shall I sing of my exploits? I shall!"

*gets axe to the head*

/die

Could be good...I don't play WoW (am more of an EQ or Lineage 2 lady), but I can't deny that the story has always looked compelling.

God. Who has time to sit in front of the PC and play these games for hours on end? Isn't there beer to drink? Aren't there women to fuck?

Oh wait, I'm in geekworld. Sorry, forgot.

This one's for jM. It needs no explanation.

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This works for me. Blood elves in hot pants! On screen! And if Raimi lets the male blood elves in the movie die as dramatically as they do in the game, I'll be in my bunk even quicker.

"But you don't understand. She's my level 7 healer!"

...a level 7 healer would be the real world equivalent of someone who knows how to apply a bandaid. I certainly hope he didn't use that as an excuse, because that would be entirely new levels of insult, even if you were into the game too.

What can possibly be said about WoW that hasn't already been covered by South Park?

Sam's getting senile.

Posted by: ahamos at July 22, 2009 10:13 AM

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'nuff said.

"God. Who has time to sit in front of the PC and play these games for hours on end? Isn't there beer to drink? Aren't there women to fuck?

Oh wait, I'm in geekworld. Sorry, forgot."

This from a guy who posts about 30 comments per day on a movie website? Are you fucking kidding me?

Don't be an asshole, bucdaddy.

Don't be an asshole, bucdaddy.

Oh, leave him alone, Skewicide Blonde.

buc is old and crotchety and doesn't understand these newfangled "vidjagames" and "arrpeejees." Give him some time, he'll come around.

Most of these words look like English... and yet...

I'm scared. Dustin, did you find someone to hold you? Because I could stand to be held as well.

There's a Spiderman 4?

FUCK.

WoW I couldn't give two fucks about, but another Tobey Maguire monstrosity?

FUUUUUCK!

I've always stayed away from Wow. But not because I'm some kind of winner. I know I'm not. I play Baldur's Gate obsessively. I just know that if I were ever to start up WoW on my computer, I would never leave.

I r WINR.

boy am i lucky i don't play warhammer or warcraft who would like to see a crossover between these two?

seeing as warcraft is a rip-off of warhammer...

To be fair, warhammer itself is a rip-off of Dungeons & dragons, and dungeons and dragons is a rip-off of Lord of the rings, and Lord of the Rings is a rip-off of Nordic Mythology...

Gateway Drug : Heroin :: Baldur's Gate : WOW

My inn is as clean as an elven arse.

There are times that I really miss painting my Warhammer and Warhammer 40K figures. Ultimate nerdiosity, right there.

My brother works at a Games Workshop, and for my birthday in June I received an entire wood elf army, including all of the paint and tools to construct them. I hate building models, but if I don't have them all put together by tomorrow when we go see the family for my sister-in-law's graduation, I will never hear the end of it. I currently have one druid and one glade guard built, and the druid's arm fell off. Sigh.

I'm on a break from WoW after putting my foot down with my husband, as I refuse to spend sixteen hours a week playing a video game and being insulted by a GM with a gay crush on my DH.

Dustin, the shit fajitas analogy was the worst ever. That's not even a choice.

Here's my prediction: Jake Gyllenhal's Prince Of Persia will be so god awful horrible that every studio will pull the plug on all fantasy related movies until Peter Jackson makes the Godzilla vs Monster Island. Sam Raimi will switch to Spiderman's 5,6, and 7.

When my wife and I first started dating, I used to bring my laptop into the bathroom when I shat or before a shower, just so I could grind for some runecloth in the Plaguelands.

She used to get so pissed off that I would take these hour-long showers or 45-minute shits. I still haven't lived it down.

Don't be an asshole, bucdaddy.

Oh, leave him alone, Skewicide Blonde.

buc is old and crotchety and doesn't understand these newfangled "vidjagames" and "arrpeejees." Give him some time, he'll come around.

Posted by: Snath at July 22, 2009 12:56 PM
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Snath, I appreciate your ... um ... defense of me, but why do I suspect "he'll come around" = "he'll die shortly and that will shut him up"?

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Fuck my life. Long and hard.