Dark Heart PTR Development Notes
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World of Warcraft: The War Within Alpha - New Creature Models
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...Why ? They filmed Worgen and Goblin prewievs...
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2011-10-23, 11:58 AM #1Deleted
Pandaren starting zone was playable at blizzcon and nobody filmed it?
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2011-10-23, 11:59 AM #2Mechagnome
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Filming wasn't allowed. Blizzard had staff watching over the demo PC's to make sure no one did.
Originally Posted by Kazomir
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2011-10-23, 12:00 PM #3Bloodsail Admiral
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Kat Hunter mentioned something about blizzard getting pissy about it and that they werent allowed to show footage... but i do hope some sneaky blighter has recorded it. Just give them some time to get home, rest/sleep, then upload footage. I guess.
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2011-10-23, 12:12 PM #4Deleted
Hm, strange. Dont they try to show us what it looks like instead of veil it only for the eyes of the chosen few (who have paied a substantial sum of money)?
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2011-10-23, 12:19 PM #5Bloodsail Admiral
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/tinfoilhaton
Maybe they're trying to hide how bad it actually is.
/tinfoilhatoff
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2011-10-23, 12:24 PM #6Mechagnome
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That's the feel I'm getting as well. Originally Posted by Kakokun
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2011-10-23, 12:25 PM #7Titan
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Nah, they're just hiding it because they don't wanna spoil the amazing giant zone for everyone.
Why am I back here, I don't even play these games anymore
The problem with the internet is parallel to its greatest achievement: it has given the little man an outlet where he can be heard. Most of the time however, the little man is a little man because he is not worth hearing.
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2011-10-23, 12:28 PM #8Deleted
WOW its that bad no amount of drugs can prepare me for the awful kung fu panda and shitty discworld referencing.
World of Warcraft because constant pop culture referencing is fun...
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2011-10-23, 01:12 PM #9The Patient
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So much ignorance..................... Originally Posted by SteveeRoo
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2011-10-23, 01:16 PM #10DeletedI actually do hope that the starting zone for the Pandaren isn't another Kezan/Uldum revisited. One or two tiny references the whole time is fine as long as they don't go all Harrison Jones. Originally Posted by kaelyor
..That said, I do hope that they give Pandaren just one /silly referencing Kung Fu Panda to annoy the MoP doomsayers.
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2011-10-23, 01:23 PM #11Scarab Lord
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From what reviews I have seen, the Pandaren starting zone is not heavy on pop culture references at all. Instead it seems to be focused mainly on introducing the story and culture of the Wandering Isle Pandaren. Later on it deals with why they took sides in the Horde/Alliance conflict. Originally Posted by SteveeRoo
In other words, it's exactly what a starting zone needs to be.
In general, hopefully Blizzard has learned it's lesson from Uldum and will avoid such long-lasting parodies. The Lore QA indicated that while the Pandaren are more lighthearted then your typical race, they have a very serious story behind them. Even their lightheartedness has a serious explanation, conflict on Pandaria causes Sha to manifest, which is very bad for both sides of the conflict. A race that's lived with that for thousands of years would naturally seek to minimize conflict whenever possible and adopt life philosophies that help in that area.Roleplaying, hardcore Raiding, running LFR on the occasional weekend, PvPing, rolling alts, achievement hunting, pet battling, or just enacting an endless series of whims, I don't care how you play WoW. Just as long as you have fun doing it.
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2011-10-23, 01:24 PM #12The Insane
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http://kotaku.com/5852427/one-hour-i...-pandaren-monk
This is about as close as you're going to get for now.
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2011-10-23, 01:26 PM #13Deleted
This time they wanted to have more players un-informed about the game so we get more curious ;-) So they weren't allowed to film, too bad. That makes me a sad panda.
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2011-10-23, 01:29 PM #14Scarab Lord
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I agree here. The occasional reference isn't a bad thing and is great for the occasional chuckle, it only becomes a problem when blatant parodies start supplanting more serious and original characters in the lore. Originally Posted by Raferis
In other words, I look forward to the one quest where you help out a completely incompetent Pandaren Monk called Po Black kill a tough Snow Leopard. It will be absolutely hilarious.
I do not look forward to an entire zone where the incompetent Pandaren Monk Po Black is the main protagonist and the entire questline is one chain of Kung Fu Panda references. It will also be hilarious, until I realize it's now an important part of Pandaren lore and cringe.Roleplaying, hardcore Raiding, running LFR on the occasional weekend, PvPing, rolling alts, achievement hunting, pet battling, or just enacting an endless series of whims, I don't care how you play WoW. Just as long as you have fun doing it.
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2011-10-23, 01:30 PM #15The Patient
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what discworld referencing, do you mean the turtle? that is the weakest reference ever. Originally Posted by SteveeRoo
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2011-10-23, 01:34 PM #16Bloodsail Admiral
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Mmos always hide Alpha/Beta footage until they are ready to show it. If someone did secretly film it and put it on Youtube it would be quickly taken off and his/her Youtube account would most likely be terminated.
Unofficial Playable Sethrak Thread: https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/...2796109?page=1
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2011-10-23, 01:47 PM #17Grunt
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Someone did film it.
youtube.com/watch?v=Vwu1QHClbJE
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2011-10-23, 01:48 PM #18DeletedFirst thing that sprung to my mind also Originally Posted by Kakokun
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