Especially since the violent macho faction in WoW is called the Horde.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horde
Especially since the violent macho faction in WoW is called the Horde.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horde
Xenophobia. Asian cultures have their own fantasy as well you know. And this is pretty 'fantastical'.
So no, your discomfort with it is rooted in your own perceptions of what lies in your surroundings and teachings.
You grew up with 'western/scandinavian/local' fantasy and stories so it's what you're used to. Anything that deviates from that you're likely to trip your innate primal desire to reject what you don't think is 'right'.
I lived a bit of my young life in Asia, and despite a few things being a little themepark esque, it's mostly a nice fantasy setting.
Fits well in world of warcraft.
I have eaten all the popcorn, I left none for anyone else.
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Other references were more "subtle". I did not even realize Central American reference in trolls until I read it in a forum.
Asian references completely "dominate" MOP and people don't see it as reference to Asian "mythology". Asian mythology is not something people would be familiar with. It looks more like reference to real life Far East. I don't like real life references in a fantasy game.
I know you didn't say that. You specifically said they "dominate" MoP when the theme is in fact War.
War is not asian themed.
War is not Nordic themed.
War is Bloodshed and Tragic themed.
And my response with Nordic and all that is because the theme of Nordic culture, as in Wrath, did not even dominate that.
It was a large portion, yes, but there were a lot of other elements that made up the expansion too.
I read your post.
I gave my own.
No need to be rude just because you didn't understand what I said.
Because there's some of us, like myself, that drop into a snarling rage the second anything vaguely asian is shown because of our (justifiable) absolute hatred of weaboos and japanophiles and all the shitty culture that has ever come from the modernized parts of Asia.
Seriously, weaboos, please eat a heart-shaped bag of dicks.
That said, I love MOP.
Steve Irwin died the same way he lived. With animals in his heart.
And this would be a good point except for the fact you could play every blizzard game (up to MOP of course) and have little or no knowledge of panderia.
Hell, I played WOW for years and never ran across info about it, I played all the WC games and played through TFT 2 or 3 times and never took the optional path that leads to the optional vender that allows you to use Chen. If it had not been for someone telling me about it, I doubt I would have ever seen it.
As far as I know, if you didn't read some books or missed the April Fools joke blizzard made, you would very likely know more about the gnolls and why we shouldn't take their candle than you would about pandaria.
But back to the OP.
People like what they like and I sure as hell don't fault gamers for not spending $60 on a game just to see if they like it or not. If the theme or BETA didn't sell the game to you, don't spend the cash.
You could play every Blizzard game up until WC3 and never hear anything about Northrend (or Kalimdor for that matter), up until WoW late in Vanilla and never be aware that Old Gods were a thing. Up until TBC you could be forgiven for thinking Outland was all red rocks with the occasional mushroom.
Also, kobolds are the ones that are fond of their candles.
Because they're done bad. They're done mostly stereotypical after bad chinese movies or cartoons.
True, there are some well references, but most are done as an imitation of stereotypes. Kind of like putting a black guy who is poor, eats chicken, is a pimp and talks only swearing and not as a joke but as serious.
Somebody has no idea what old school fantasy means and just slaps the term on every generic fantasy setting thats a butchered abomination of European cultures.
Chinese and Indian Mythology is alot more Fantasy than any piss poor attempts we have now.
DnD cookie cutter settings are medicore, anyone who purely sticks by them just enjoys mediocrity
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Seems you don't know your Black people.
You can't be poor and a Pimp, that shit ain't right.
this
thailand and korea, same geographbic region... diff culture/architecture and influences. Thailand is more influenced by indian culture while korea has more chinese cultural influence due to history. also goes with out saying thailand is drastically diff from india and korea is drastically diff from china.
yet they are both apart of south east asia. yet they are very differnt
That doesn't mean it's subtle, that just means you didn't catch it. The Aztec, Mayan and Incan influences when it comes to the trolls are *extremely* obvious.
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The path is pretty much the main road. If you played through the Rexxar campaign 2 or 3 times and didn't notice it, then well.... Yeah, no comment honestly. Also, there were other Pandaren in the games. Also, Chen's Empty Keg is an ancient Vanilla quest.
Amazing sig, done by mighty Lokann
Also
"People" don't like trolls.
"People" don't like worgens.
"People" don't like Uldum.
Yeah, I still go with Xenophobia.
Or, you know, a giagantic, barbaric, nordic savage with a horned helmet and a 10mile long beard... Yeah, that's a stereotype too, and last time I went to Northrend, I saw plenty of those.
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Not to mention a hell of a lot older.
Amazing sig, done by mighty Lokann
I'm not a fan of the Chinese theme...
I much prefer ancient demon lords breaking down the barriers between worlds while sending armies of demonic fiends to eradicate all life on the planet or a king infused with an evil power which corrupts and reanimates legions of undead servants and stitched creations to serve in an army against humanity...to some pandas being attacked by some overgrown insects every thousand year because they need to test their strength.