So who do you think won? (World of Warcraft)

Cafe Society
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I watched the intro cinematic to World of Warcraft a couple of times. I think Blizzard makes some very good cutscenes, and lately they’ve been looking better and better. Since this particular game doesn’t follow a linear plot, the intro is kind of a ‘30 second tour’ of the game, particularly the PvP aspect. In the into we have:

Dwarf Hunter vs Tauren Shaman- The Hunter sics his bear at the Tauren, squeezes off a shot, but the Tauren appears to put the whammy on the bear.

Orc Warrior vs Night Elf Druid- The Orc is flailing around like Courtney Love on a coke binge while the Night Elf is dodging and parrying his blows.

Undead Warlock vs Human Mage- The Warlock has a summoned Infernal ( :eek: ) which has the mage cornered as he’s furiously pumping fire/ice bolts(can’t remember which) into the thing.

Of these matchups, I’d say the Dwarf is definitely toast considering the smackdown his pet received, once the Tauren starts throwing down totems and getting into melee range the Dwarf is screwed. The Orc vs Night Elf could go either way, it didn’t seem like a really decisive battle there. And I’d say the Mage is in trouble unless the Warlock loses control of the Infernal and it turns on him. Dunno about in WoW, but in WCIII, Infernals were immune to magic, making them extrmely formidible.

On another note, they left out two races! They should have also had

Troll Rogue vs Gnome…uhhh…- They messed up! They should have made the human a priest, that way they could have had a Gnome Mage (staying within the rules of what race can be what class). A Troll Rogue vs Gnome mage would be a pretty funny cutscene. Trolls are like 3x taller than Gnomes I believe :stuck_out_tongue:

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The tauren shaman was wielding a frickin’ log as a weapons.

But I like to think that the hunter kited the tauren. Killed him. Then /fart and /spit. Then posted a message on the official forums to ‘cry more noob!!!’.

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Well, the very last shot of the cutscene is the Tauren slamming his tree trunk into the camera lens. In the language of the cinema, this translates into “1 pwned u luzer,” so I think the win goes to him on that one.

Plus, I play a Tauren shaman, and they kick uncommon amounts of ass.

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I play a Dwarf Hunter, so that may or may not have played a role in my scenario. :smiley:

Can you imagine how popular Tauren Shamans would be if you could wield a tree trunk in game?

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I love WoW and all, but dayamn, I’m tired of guns getting such a bum rap in games. Arcanum had that problem, too… there’s no WAY a bullet propelled at several hundred feet per second is going to be weaker than a stick.

Oh well.

I say that, in the Dwarf vs. Tauren match-up, the Dwarf wins. He’s clearly in his home turf, and even though he probably dies, he just has to log out and get his Level 48 Dwarven Paladin to come bitch-stomp that Tauren scum. :smiley:

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Wow, lots of hate towards shamans! :eek:

The way I see it, Alliance players think the shaman is ‘broken’ and Horde players think the Paladin is ‘broken’. :stuck_out_tongue: I can’t help but wonder if that is because each of those classes is faction-specific (only Horde races can be shamans, only Alliance races can be Paladins).

Gnomes are a bunch of anklebiters anyway :stuck_out_tongue: