Blizzard fails at naming people.

[Zandalariprelate]

I agree, it's a mythological mishmash of everything and nothing. Thor is supposed to be Odin's son, but the in-game version of Thor, Thorim, is not Odyn's son. It's like for one expansion they draw influence from norse mythology, and then four expansions later they do it again and contradict everything they did in the previous one.

When Odyn send you to Ulduar in the campaign he call Thorin as he son.

[Teaklog]

i wonder why you dont complain about the titan watchers in general, its been clear since wrath that they use famous names, change or add a letter or two letter and put them in the game, basically rip them from norse mythology.
odyn = odin
fenryr = fenrir
thorim = thor
tyr = týr
freya = freyja
loken = loki
hodir = höðr

I agree but the real norse hero that hodir came from is Hodor

[Holofernes]

You sound like a triggered pagan.

actually im one of those spare catholics that run into church every other sunday But year butchering the saga of my people (its as bad as the stupid american comic movies) feels really bad, especially if they mix in some weird elements from the flash comics, i used to read when i was like 7 or so? When ever i enter warrior classhall my head starts singing the queen theme for the flash movie.

[Raetary]

I agree but the real norse hero that hodir came from is Hodor

hodir comes from hodr or hoder (höðr):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r
hodor is the guy in game of thrones:

[anon5123]

The first bad thing about naming is how unoriginal it is

Do you have any idea what videogame you're talking about?

WoW itself is not original in the slightest. The world itself is heavily influenced by Warhammer and the gameplay is a clone of EverQuest.

On top of that, this seems like a highly insignificant thing to be whining about.

[Teaklog]

hodir comes from hodr or hoder (höðr):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r
hodor is the guy in game of thrones:

Yes. I understand. Hodir was named after the great norse hero Hodor.

[Deleted]

...who cares? Blizzard has been absolutely terrible at names *forever*... this isn't a new development. Uther is from Arthurian legend, every elemental is a slightly changed version of the latin/greek word for fire/earth/water/air, Artanis is Sinatra backwards, et cetera et cetera

[Raetary]

Yes. I understand. Hodir was named after the great norse hero Hodor.

dude, the hero is called hodr.

just google search "norse mythology hodor"
all you get is Höðr (hodr).

hodor is a GoT character.

hodir comes from hodr.
hodor comes from "HOLD THE DOOR!"

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When Odyn send you to Ulduar in the campaign he call Thorin as he son.

wowpedia also says thorim is his son.
i didnt even know that.

[Teaklog]

dude, the hero is called hodr.

just google search "norse mythology hodor"
all you get is Höðr (hodr).

hodor is a GoT character.

hodir comes from hodr.
hodor comes from "HOLD THE DOOR!"

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wowpedia also says thorim is his son.
i didnt even know that.

You really don't get it do you?
I know who hodr is. I know who Hodor is. Hodir is based on the one who is a hero of the north.

[Zandalariprelate]

wowpedia also says thorim is his son.
i didnt even know that.

Me either until i leveled my warrior, but now i have more question do odyn build the ulduar panteon or can the titan construction reproduce among them like the angels and demons of diablo?

[Archibalde]

The first bad thing about naming is how unoriginal it is.. For example Odyn, Fenryr.. Its like they arent even trying.. If this is some easter egg, then it is very badly putted because Odyn is quite prominent character.

Then there is inconsistency with names.. Well there is Fenryr in the Halls of Valor and there is appearantly also Fenrir. Some vrykul called me mongrel of Fenrir. So this is another fail with naming.. They dont even remember, they putted ''Y'' not ''I'' in that name. Also during questing in suramar i have to escort some kid named Korine, but in the buffs it says that i am escorting ''Corine''.. I know these are little things but it seems that blizzard overall failed with naming this expansion.

Using references that a lot of people are familiar with isn't really a failure. Lots of game take inspiration from mythology, religion, pop culture... It's not any less original than taking a random name generator or punching the keyboard and keeping the result. The inconsistencies are oversights on their parts and should be reported to them, since it's unlikely to be intentional.

[Xeranath]

Yeah, it's lazy, but the whole Nordic influenced zones aren't particularly well done, so who really cares?

[Dormie]

Do you realize how many names they have to come up with for the hundreds and hundreds of NPCs? If anything they excel at it.

[Torgent]

So what? I care about story and some care about different things in this game. By your logic i should rate you 2/10 for bothering to reply on my useless thread.

None of what you pointed out affects the story at all (Except your assumption that another might exist as the other name). There are literally millions of things they check, some things just get through. A typo is pretty damn minor and if you report it, it might get fixed.

[Surfd]

While I did find it a bit jarring seeing figures like Odin making their way into the game (basically copy/pasting real-world stuff into WoW is weird to me), people are grasping at straws to try and shoot down WoW. Bet you they'll be making posts complaining about fonts in the game before too long.

Did you just start playing WoW yesterday? Or did you completely miss the entirety of the Northrend Titan constructs, or an entire zone themed around Ancient Egypt, where the names and appearances of the Titan Constructs were about as subtle a reference to the Egyptian pantheon of gods as a brick to the face? Not to mention the fact that "real world" stuff has been copy/pasted in one form or another into WoW since day 1 of vanilla.

Blizzard has been doing this for a very long time, and they have never been subtle about it.

[Seifross]

Seriously, I sort of get the complaint, but you're about 14 years late. Where were you to complain about Uther Pendragon and his protege Arthas?

Warcraft has been doing the naming thing since long, long before Legion, or even Ulduar. It's up to you if you like it or not, but you really should have made up your mind by now. Next you'll make a topic to complain that we're straying from the Orcs vs Humans narrative.

[Sykol]

I hear in real life names never repeat. There is only one James, no duplicates of Thomas, and any variation of George is outlawed.

[Deleted]

The first bad thing about naming is how unoriginal it is.. For example Odyn, Fenryr.. Its like they arent even trying.. If this is some easter egg, then it is very badly putted because Odyn is quite prominent character.

Then there is inconsistency with names.. Well there is Fenryr in the Halls of Valor and there is appearantly also Fenrir. Some vrykul called me mongrel of Fenrir. So this is another fail with naming.. They dont even remember, they putted ''Y'' not ''I'' in that name. Also during questing in suramar i have to escort some kid named Korine, but in the buffs it says that i am escorting ''Corine''.. I know these are little things but it seems that blizzard overall failed with naming this expansion.

I'm sure they can conjugate "put" correctly, at least.

[Theoris]

I wouldn't really call misplaced letters and inconsistencies with names a failure, more like a slip-up.


Anyway, why does that necessitate a thread?

[Kurve1776]

I love it when people pretend to know about references to other mythologies and don't even catch some of the more obvious ones