Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Some Ponderables

In addition to having an earworm from this:

I was really little when this show first aired.  
And yes, Wonder Dog's behavior was modeled after Scooby Doo.

I've had a bunch of nonsensical MMO oriented thoughts that I can't get rid of.  Therefore, I give you some MMO Ponderables:

  • Do Draenei get sunburn, and if so do they end up looking like Eredar?
  • Why do Sindorei --who often have names invoking their love of daylight-- seem to never get tan?
  • With all the radiation surrounding Gnomeregan, why don't more of the Gnomes turn into mini-Hulks?
  • How can some of the Imperial NPCs --the regular populace-- tell you that they're loyal servants of the Empire without breaking down into laughter?
  • In Guild Wars 2, when you aggro an enemy bandit they say "Ha! You're kidding, right?"  Why don't they say as they die "I guess you weren't kidding..."
  • When I see a quest giver in Neverwinter talk, why is it like watching a dubbed martial arts movie?
  • Why do Gnome NPCs say "Daylight's burning!"  Shouldn't the Kaldorei say that?
  • Given all of the terror that NPC necromancers generate in Age of Conan, why do the inhabitants of the cities never bat an eyelash when a PC necromancer walks by with a bunch of undead trailing in their wake?
  • Why are Warlocks a playable class in WoW, anyway?  Aren't they supposed to be the bad guys?
  • Why is the scenery so great in LOTRO, but the toon graphics so... blah?
  • Is "multiplicity" Garrosh's super power?  After all, he's in Orgrimmar, he's in Borean Tundra, he's in Nagrand, and oh look he's over at the Argent Tournament Grounds and at Silverpine Forest...
  • "Evil will always triumph because Good is dumb," says Dark Helmet.  Well.... let me introduce you to Darth Malgus....
  • What do jawas/sandpeople look like underneath those robes, anyway?  On second thought, maybe I don't want to know; it could be Gargamel and the Smurfs.
  • What sort of birth control do they use on those Bioware games?  Sure seems like you'd expect a lot more kids around than what you see in game.
  • Why is it that the younger a player is, the louder they feel they have to be in BG chat?  It's not a perfect correlation, but it sure seems that way at times.
  • How can kindergartners sit in "circle time" without any trouble at all, but a bunch of BG players can't stand within a circle in Silvershard Mines?
  • Why do the WoW male human toons all look like they've got gas?

7 comments:

  1. "Why are Warlocks a playable class in WoW, anyway? Aren't they supposed to be the bad guys?

    Do you know, I always wonder why any alliance adventurer wants to be a warlock. But as for the bad guys, we already have a bunch of those: the Horde. I don't know why the Tauren are on that side. We should kick warlocks out of the alliance, and ask the Tauren if they'll join us.

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    1. They're bad guys even on the Horde side. You spend a lot of time on the Horde side dealing with the Burning Blade in Durotar and the Barrens in the pre-Cata days --not the same now-- and that all the Warlocks were slain in the Cleft of Shadow prior to Garrosh's last stand is a testament to how much the Horde hate the demons.

      As for the Tauren, there's no way they'd join the Alliance after Camp Taurajo.

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    2. That old chestnut! In Camp Taurajo, 4 tauren died. None of them killed by alliance adventurers. By contrast, tauren adventurers took part in the assault on Theramore. Nonetheless, I still think Tauren are not naturally horde.

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  2. Things I never though of except for the Warlock one. Okay, I'll send my Draenei to a beach vacation in Tanaris and I'll get back to you on that one!

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    1. Man, I've been reading your blog all week, waiting for a draenei sunning herself, but no dice. ;-)

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  3. Are you saying that Darth Malgus is dumb? :P

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    1. More like Malgus overestimated his own abilities. Clever plan, but good was definitely not dumb that day. ;-)

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