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Thor_Leifson Novice Member Joined: 10/19/06 Posts: 85 I''m opinionated, literate, and a game designer. I''m liable to say something you won''t like.	6/15/07 4:23:52 PM#21 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Thank you, Tibu. Thank you. If you weren't even alive when Warhammer debuted over two decades ago, please, please, just close your mouth and walk away. Walk away now. Before Alecto, Magaera, and Tisephone fly forth to flay the flesh from your bones and torment you for nigh unto eternity for your hubraic blasphemy.
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Valkaern Elite Member Joined: 7/23/03 Posts: 329	6/15/07 7:31:49 PM#22 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) This is just silly. When Warcraft first came out I remember thinking "Well, War...craft"...I guess they were bummed "Warhammer" was already taken, as they seem to have ....borrowed...so heavily on Warhammers style in so many other areas (visual style, humor etc.). I thought it was obvious back then they were blatently playing on the success of Warhammer? I think the irony truly is lost on anyone claiming that Warhammer looks like Warcraft and not the other way around, or else they're just very desperate to defend WoW.
Thefonz Novice Member Joined: 5/28/07 Posts: 284 Heyyyy	6/15/07 7:45:28 PM#23 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Thor_Leifson Thank you, Tibu. Thank you. If you weren't even alive when Warhammer debuted over two decades ago, please, please, just close your mouth and walk away. Walk away now. Before Alecto, Magaera, and Tisephone fly forth to flay the flesh from your bones and torment you for nigh unto eternity for your hubraic blasphemy. I wasn't alive when it debuted and I'm a fan of Warhammer.
tapeworm00 Apprentice Member Joined: 3/14/07 Posts: 562	6/15/07 8:00:43 PM#24 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) I was barely capable of connecting two ideas together when I became a fan of Warhammer! (and no I wasn't even born when it debuted either, lol) (and no I wasn't THAT little either when I became a fan )
Thor_Leifson Novice Member Joined: 10/19/06 Posts: 85 I''m opinionated, literate, and a game designer. I''m liable to say something you won''t like.	6/15/07 9:17:10 PM#25 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Thefonz I wasn't alive when it debuted and I'm a fan of Warhammer. I was aiming that at the "WAR is WoW repackaged" people. Really, I think I'm going to have to go postal if I keep hearing that line.
Ichikyo Novice Member Joined: 4/01/07 Posts: 4	6/15/07 9:53:04 PM#26 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) WoW was never a good game. I read and saw someone post about a lot of people starting with that game, and i agree with him. personally i started off with DAoC and it was an amazing game with constant content and new ideas being added. WoW should never be compared to any game. No game overall should be compared to another! only aspects of the game. warhammer was created in 1983 while warcraft came out in 1994, so warhammer had the corner covered waaaay before warcraft....just for those of you that didn't comperhend it the first few times people told u
DKirby Novice Member Joined: 1/08/07 Posts: 77 I think it would be ironic if everyone was made of iron.	6/15/07 10:28:10 PM#27 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Ichikyo WoW was never a good game Oh give me a break. WoW scored very high across the board on all the major video game review sites, as well as winning Gamespot's Game of the Year award. No one is going to say that WoW is the perfect game; WoW has its flaws. But I mean come on, unless you're just some disgruntled "WoW stole from GW!" fanboy, I don't see how you can say with a strait face that "WoW was never good." Originally posted by Ichikyo warhammer was created in 1983 while warcraft came out in 1994, so warhammer had the corner covered waaaay before warcraft....just for those of you that didn't comperhend it the first few times people told u Yeah, we know. Warhammer had the corner covered. But Warcraft kicked WAR out of the corner and took it for its own. And it's not like WoW is just continuing to steal material from Warhammer. Blizzard took WAR, expanded upon it, threw in their own ideas, and made something epic. ----------------- Kirb Dakala \| Scylla \| SWG (Retired) Vindagor \| Blackhand \| WoW
tiki Novice Member Joined: 3/28/06 Posts: 397 East Carolina University, Computer Science BS, 2011	6/15/07 10:31:21 PM#28 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) honistly anyone who says that WAR is stealing from WOW is just a wow fanboy or a AOC fanboy trying to get on ur nerves, theres no way anyone could possibly be that ignorant to truely believe that. East Carolina University, Computer Science BS, 2011 -------------------- Current game: DAOC Games played and quit: L2, PlanetSide, RF Online, GuildWars, SWG, COH/COV, Vanguard, LOTRO, WoW, WW2 Online, FFXI, Auto-Assault, EVE Online, ShadowBane, RYL, Rappelz, Last Chaos, Myst Online, POTBS, EQ2, Warhammer Online, AoC, Aion, Champions Online, Star Trek Online, Allods, Darkfall. Waiting on: Earthrise Names: Citio, Goldie, Sportacus
Tibu Novice Member Joined: 5/20/07 Posts: 25	6/15/07 10:32:16 PM#29 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) I tend to agree with DKirby. 'Course my xfire sig tells the story
tiki Novice Member Joined: 3/28/06 Posts: 397 East Carolina University, Computer Science BS, 2011	6/15/07 10:33:43 PM#30 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) o yea and also u cant forget, blizzard didnt only steal the foundation of warcraft from warhammer, starcrafts lore and foundation was also structured around the warhammer lore. East Carolina University, Computer Science BS, 2011 -------------------- Current game: DAOC Games played and quit: L2, PlanetSide, RF Online, GuildWars, SWG, COH/COV, Vanguard, LOTRO, WoW, WW2 Online, FFXI, Auto-Assault, EVE Online, ShadowBane, RYL, Rappelz, Last Chaos, Myst Online, POTBS, EQ2, Warhammer Online, AoC, Aion, Champions Online, Star Trek Online, Allods, Darkfall. Waiting on: Earthrise Names: Citio, Goldie, Sportacus
DKirby Novice Member Joined: 1/08/07 Posts: 77 I think it would be ironic if everyone was made of iron.	6/15/07 10:51:53 PM#31 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by tiki o yea and also u cant forget, blizzard didnt only steal the foundation of warcraft from warhammer, starcrafts lore and foundation was also structured around the warhammer lore. Did you even read the thread at all, or did you just want to throw in your own 1 cent after reading the thread title? I've already made several arguments debunking the whole "X stole from Y" mentality, yet here you are, like a drone, spouting your ritualistic propaganda. In case you missed it, let me recap (in nice colorful bold letters, I'm sure you'll see it then): The fact that the Warcraft and Starcraft universes were based off of Games Workshop's materials means nothing. Warhammer itself stems off of Dungeons and Dragons and Tolkien's Middle Earth. Good things borrow from other good things, and it makes better things. In addition, while Warhammer may have been created before Warcraft, Blizzard was able to create massively successful, popular, and GOOD PC games for its Warcraft and Starcraft universes. Games Workshop wasn't able to accomplish such a task. If someone came along and made a Starcraft-esque game, but was better than Starcraft, I wouldn't be crying and moaning that they stole from Starcraft; I'd enjoy the game. Why? Because I enjoy good games. You should too. ----------------- Kirb Dakala \| Scylla \| SWG (Retired) Vindagor \| Blackhand \| WoW
Ichikyo Novice Member Joined: 4/01/07 Posts: 4	6/16/07 12:10:49 AM#32 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) WoW scored good across the board huh? look over all the games...im sure you can point out crap ones that got high rates so that just went right out the window for you. you cant kick a game out of the corner that was there with all of what WoW had and more...except the horribly stylized gear and characters
DKirby Novice Member Joined: 1/08/07 Posts: 77 I think it would be ironic if everyone was made of iron.	6/16/07 12:40:04 AM#33 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Ichikyo WoW scored good across the board huh? look over all the games...im sure you can point out crap ones that got high rates so that just went right out the window for you. you cant kick a game out of the corner that was there with all of what WoW had and more...except the horribly stylized gear and characters Fine. You look over all the games. Find a crap one that was given an extremely high rating by all the big gaming sites (Gamespot, IGN, Gamespy, PCGamer, etc.) Every now and then I'll see a game given a bad review by one website. But you're not going to have a game given great reviews by all the websites if they're not great. It doesn't happen. If you can prove me wrong, I'll retract my statement. And yeah, anyone can kick anyone else out of the corner if they're good enough. Blizzard has the Midas Touch. They've created the most popular RTS and MMORPG games of all time. They've made the #2 and #3 best selling PC games of all time. Three of their games have won Gamespot's Game of the Year award (don't try to say "but some bad games also win GotY!", because you'll just make yourself look foolish). Blizzard owns the corner. edit: I'm not trying to say that WAR is going to be a bad game. I have high expectations for it. I'm planning on buying it. And I don't even play WoW anymore, subscription ended last month...decided I was tired of running the same end-game instances without end. But I don't let blind fanboyism cloud my judgment, either. edit 2: Sources used for best selling games, GotY awards http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameSpot ----------------- Kirb Dakala \| Scylla \| SWG (Retired) Vindagor \| Blackhand \| WoW