Why do Vrykul npcs sound like Swedish Chef?

[Justpassing]

I mean you can't have a pandaren going ching chong ping pong, why is this not racist?

[Vargulf the Happy Husky]

because swedish chef is near and dear to our ershky bershky heartshky weartskies

[Murlocbait]

Because class fantasy.

[AngryCoco]

I need a link for this.

[tss]

Because you can't be racist against white people.

/bait

[Deathquoi]

There's a difference between "ching chong ping pong" and an accent. The Vrykul NPCs I've heard have a stereotypical Norwegian accent, just like most Pandaren NPCs have a stereotypical East Asian accent of indeterminate origin.

[Deleted]

Because Fjørgenbjørgen.

Sorry, I will show myself out.

[Archimtiros]

There's a difference between "ching chong ping pong" and an accent. The Vrykul NPCs I've heard have a stereotypical Norwegian accent, just like most Pandaren NPCs have a stereotypical East Asian accent of indeterminate origin.

Talking about the new ones, not the old ones.

[TEHPALLYTANK]

Talking about the new ones, not the old ones.

Do you have a link for a video with the lines? I'd like to hear them.

[Archimtiros]

Do you have a link for a video with the lines? I'd like to hear them.

The female (follower, not val'kyr) voice was added after this video, but it's just as bad.

[Wondercrab]

The female (follower, not val'kyr) voice was added after this video, but it's just as bad.

oh my god i thought that was fake when the first line cut in

that's really really bad

I love it.

[Sixnalia]

oh my god i thought that was fake when the first line cut in

that's really really bad

I love it.

Nothing but the worst for us glorious warriors. *cheap Vrykul accent*

[Queen of Hamsters]

The real question is, why don't EVERYONE sound like Swedish Chef??

He sounds hilarious.

[Flatspriest]

Most likely due to the fact that the Vrykul are based on the Nordic peoples and their beliefs, so Sweden, Norway, and that entire region.

[plastkaze]

Even as a Scandinavian that's cringeworthy.

[Deathquoi]

The female (follower, not val'kyr) voice was added after this video, but it's just as bad.

Uhhh, sounds like a cheesy Norwegian accent to me.

[Archimtiros]

Uhhh, sounds like a cheesy Norwegian accent to me.

I'm not sure I would use the words stereotypical and cheesy as synonyms, but I'm not sure of the point is regardless. It's in no way realistic, pleasant sounding, or even flavorful.

It's one thing to make a character sound "rough" (see normal Vrykul), unique or even over-the-top; it's another to make you want to mute your sound. They managed to make Sonya in HotS sound interesting without nail-on-chalkboard like this.

[Deleted]

Oh dear god.

This alone, is enough to deter me from playing Warrior.

[Thrif]

That's not how Scandinavian people sound. That's how people in the US who has never spoken to a Scandinavian thinks we sound.

[Deathquoi]

That's not how Scandinavian people sound. That's how people in the US who has never spoken to a Scandinavian thinks we sound.

Just like how Goblins sound like how people who have never spoken to a New Yorker think they sound, and most TV Boston accents sound like what someone who has never spoken to a Bostonian thinks they sound. I don't see any reason to get bent out of shape about it.

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I'm not sure I would use the words stereotypical and cheesy as synonyms, but I'm not sure of the point is regardless. It's in no way realistic, pleasant sounding, or even flavorful.

It's one thing to make a character sound "rough" (see normal Vrykul), unique or even over-the-top; it's another to make you want to mute your sound. They managed to make Sonya in HotS sound interesting without nail-on-chalkboard like this.

You realize this is entirely a subjective matter and that millions of people will play through these quests without ever once getting irritated, right?