Thought we were down for the count.

Grim darkness fallen
Fanboy ashes drift away
Investors will choke

From my link I am obviously not looking at recent and present WoW for any inspiration at all.

The new stuff is like a shaggy dog story told by a drunk in a particular ill lit bar along Decatur street at about 03:40 in the morning. Faint whiffs of ammonia and stale beer gratis.

Tolkien certainly thought as you do, given that he found the effort oppressive and not worth the effort.

I find the redemptive arcs intriguing, if they are done in a cheesy, facile way (like WoW does them).

IMO we are far closer to fantasy orcs than fantasy humans.

LEGION wrote:I wasn't really sure where to share this. It was RP Day over on the ED forums, yesterday, and this showed up. I think I nearly laughed-up my liver:

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/18300613217

This guy is excellent. And yes, he should be The People's Warchief.

An interesting summary overview of Tolkien's perspective on Orcs. More complicated than one would think. http://www.ansereg.com/TheUnnaturalHistoryofTolkiensOrcs.pdf Old WoW took the redemption long shot and ran with it. What they are in today's game is more difficult to say, despite the deluge of t...