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[–]sli 9 points10 points ago

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What I don't get is why all those other anthropomorphic animal species are ok, but anthropomorphic pandas are crossing the line.

[–]Erotomania085 0 points1 point ago

Because pandas are the D-students of the animal kingdom.

[–]SaikoGekido -2 points-1 points ago

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It's pandaphobia!

[–]fletcher720 5 points6 points ago

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Can you explain to me what WoW and a panda have in common?

[–]Farn 3 points4 points ago

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Blizzard artist Samwise Didier is a fan of pandas and puts a few panda related easter eggs in their games. Gradually, these developed into the Pandaren race of the Warcraft universe, which will be playable in the next WoW expansion.

[–]Gozujohn2k 4 points5 points ago

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You forget to mention that by "gradually" you mean they were first seen during the Warcraft series, not the World of Warcraft series. Which makes them an entity that has long belonged in the Warcraft universe and not something that came out of the blue.

I'm hardly going to play Mist of Pandaria, but the facts are not as "shuddering" as some might call it. It isn't Kung Fu Panda, even though an entire voice-over for the Pandaren race by Jack Black would make me play it 100%.

[–]rumnscurvy 4 points5 points ago

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They "existed", but mostly as off-reference, slightly jokey way. Hell, Illidan had pandas on his blades in W3. They only really made it through the additional, slightly weird campaign Founding of Durotar, which had almost nothing to do in its gameplay with WC3 and set the stage for World of Warcraft (get quests from a hub, head into explorable area, kill monsters, obtain loot, turn in, level up, get skills etc.)

To me, this really looks like Pandaria was crowbarred into existence. I know the analogy is silly, but even Hitler was democratically elected (+1 Godwin point for me I guess !).

[–]Hehulk 0 points1 point ago

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In fairness, Warcraft 3 had a leveling system in the campaign with the hero units as well. It wasn't just that mini-campaign

[–]rumnscurvy -1 points0 points ago

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Neither of these individual components are in effect a strong departure from the standard RTS system. The presence of all of them and the absence of staples such as base building and resource management however strongly indicates a paradigm shift.

[–]Hehulk -1 points0 points ago

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Well I can't argue with that, touché sir

[–]fade_like_a_sigh 1 point2 points ago

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Yeah, the Pandaren appearance in Warcraft was as follows

An easter egg character in a hidden dungeon in a bonus downloadable (optional) campaign for an expansion pack for Warcraft 3.

If you didn't pick up the character, you won't miss anything in the plot of the game. The character is of literally no consequence, just a gimmicky hero easter egg.

I don't even have a problem with playable Pandaren, it's when they start telling me they have created an entire continent based off a gimmick that I worry.

[–]Farn 0 points1 point ago

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I said warcraft universe, I thought it was clear that it included Warcraft 3 (they weren't in any earlier games though)

[–]Lordborg909 -3 points-2 points ago

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...shudder

[–]SnatchMonster 2 points3 points ago

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It goes back to the good ol' days of Warcraft 3 and The Frozen Throne. WoW is acutally correct naming the new expansion Pandaria, which is the actual name from which the Pandarian Empire resides. Back when BC was going to be released there was a mass vote on which races should be included, Draenei and Blood Elfs won obviously. I find the expansion rather neat despite everyone saying "WTF PANDAS?!". The Pandarian race was a secretive and peaceful community, now to unleash all there furry rage upon everyone/thing.

I might try a trial once it comes out just too see what Blizzard has done to these sweet and peaceful Pandas.

[–]fletcher720 0 points1 point ago

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Ah ok. I think I saw an ad for the new WoW expansion once a few weeks back, thought maybe it was just a weird April Fools Day joke that was really early. I don't play WoW anymore, so I haven't been caught up with its recent history, nor do I really care. However, this is quite...interesting. And hey, they can't make the game any worse, right?

[–]SnatchMonster 1 point2 points ago

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It's true, they already made a complete REHASH of the game cough Cataclysm cough. That's about as low as they can go. I even humored myself by watching the last raid for the game, against the big molten dragon guy, and I have to say, that was the most boring fight I've ever seen.

Of course I played vanilla WoW and nothing will ever compare to those days, isn't that how it always is? At least Pandaria will bring a a fresh new environment and race to play with, thus why I'll humor myself by trying a trial.

[–]Kronos86 4 points5 points ago

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For a game 7 years old, it's doing pretty fucking good for itself. That being said, I quit a while ago but will probably come back for Pandaria. Unless GW2 totally blows me away (I have a suspicion it wont.)

[–]SimilarImage 1 point2 points ago

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Age User Title Reddit Cmnt Points
8 months mister_mental Haters Gonna Hate /r/pics 10 107
5 months robinfiorenza Lonely Panda is lonely. /r/gifs 4 73
11 months frycook Keep on rockin' in the free world /r/pics 0 13

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[–]jay_def 1 point2 points ago

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that really captures what the animation looks like when you are on certain mounts, it always looked ridiculous to me.

[–]Darkthrow 0 points1 point ago

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Is this a panda because WoW is gonna have panda's soon? Because if it is I'm totally approving

[–]Zehaha 0 points1 point ago

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F...k you panda haters, they are 10 times cooler that you will ever be.

[–]donkuss -2 points-1 points ago

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I still just don't fucking get it. Not only is WoW pretty cool, there is something SERIOUSLY wrong with people who don't think pandas are the goddamn shit o_O

stop disliking what i like, i don't hate on your dumb shit

[–]WezVC 0 points1 point ago

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Well you just called their shit dumb for a start.

[–]donkuss 0 points1 point ago

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sorry, my comment was meant to imply that I also enjoy dumb shit, so i don't rag on people's shit that they think is cool shit but I think dumb shit.

hope that makes sense :3

[–]elsparx -5 points-4 points ago

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I quit playing wow months ago. Just got boring, was toying with maybe firing it up again at some point. Heard about pandas, that made my decision final. Never playing wow again.

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