Originally posted by wayubb

Guys suprised no one has noticed this.  Its an April Fools Day Joke I gurantee it from Blizzard like they do every year.

I would have thought this too....one problem though....it's not April.

Originally posted by Celcius

Originally posted by Flummoxed

In Darkfall definitely (hell in Darkfall you can set babies on fire and then use them as flaming range weapons)

In Warhammer Online yes,

in Age of Conan maybe,

but in WoW no.

What are the Blizzard guys, a bunch of Republicans?

 

Not that your argument has any ground, but if that were the case..wouldn't you think Age of Conan would be a definate yes and warhammer a definite no based on the rating system currently in place?

AoC, yes. Warhammer, yes, because it'd be a miracle if any kid (who is not royalty, thus not exposed to daily life) grew up normally in the Warhammer world. If you wanted to go strictly by rating, what, are they going to change it to Mature because of "Child Abuse"? Lol.

WE all know that blizzard is a money hungery corparation with no grips on reality...this is not news. now to interduce the idea that its ok to bring children into the idea of war is wrong and moraley disgusting. its a game yes but look at how much hold the game media has. 1st its ok to take "game children into combat" next it will be ok to kill "fake game children" thus desensitizeing real humans to the horrification of killing children. now if this is a "april fools joke"  its not funny. so we have become a society who is so used to blood and murder on tv and video games that we see no problum with killing...i speak of a handfull of  ppl not every one. we must rember that yes its a game but it dos have real effect of real players. iam sure that blizzard will do dum things like this in the near future. this make me wounder what kind of sick employees work at this company....its a sad thing really esspecialy if this is a "april fools joke". shows that they are socialy moranic unmoral ppl and honestly there HR should look into the back round of some of there "game and story programmers" i said my 2 cents take it as you will and i hope you understand my point.

Lets see here......

Teach the children to cook or defend themselves......hmmmmmmm

LET ME SEE YOUR WARFACE YOU LITTLE PIXEL PUNK!!!! AAAAAARRRRRHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Originally posted by girlgeek

Originally posted by wayubb

Guys suprised no one has noticed this.  Its an April Fools Day Joke I gurantee it from Blizzard like they do every year.

 

I would have thought this too....one problem though....it's not April.

Exactly. And I'm more than certain they wouldn't include damaging the fragile psyches of children as an april's fool joke, they would make themselves look like the fools. Their jokes are always light-hearted, ala the wisp as a race, the bard, turning the Molten Core raid into a console game (though that did happen, the game spawned from the joke itself), and the like.

This is going to be fun.   I look forward to taking the imaginary children all over the place. 

If you are one of the people that this upsets, no problem -- don't do them.  But I am going to have fun with it.

You have to be kidding me! Its a video game!!! This is the kind of crap ppl shove down other ppls throats to make them look better then what they really are, and thats absolutely jack! just like that POS lawyer down in florida that tryied to get all video games banned like Rated M games due to the fact that Idiot parents buy them for there 10 y/o kids of ppl saying that Counter Strike trains kids to shoot up schools just because they played the game. ppl need to stop taking things so seriously and take responcibilty for there actions.

If your not happy about something why take it away from others that do. its not only selfish but it makes you look like an idiot. seriosly ppl No one cares about ur cause. they are just laughing at you cause u dont have any idea what your talking about.

So please, with all the time you are taking up complaining about stuff so stupid you could go and do something useful like.... i dunno going back to college and finding the cure for cancer? or making ciggerettes safer or i dunno maybe something with a more ironic twist... How about cureing child luciemia.(sorry i think i spelled it wrong)

Originally posted by wayubb

Nah they do this all the time they run it and release their what suppose to be r eal change or addition a coule weeks ahead of time and watch people speculate etc then announce on on  April 1st that it was a April fools joke.  they started the one with the two headed ogre we  could play with another player about this time as well years back.

Sounds likely yes.

Still, THIS ISN'T FUNNY. Kaplans just been gone for WOW a few weeks and they pull a stupid joke like this. Tasteless.

You know, i sit here reading the progression of this thread and am amazed at how some people are really taking offense to this little "event".  I wonder to myself do these people not realize that this is a game, that these are not REAL children that are going to be affected. I know my opinion won't matter to the delusional people that are so taken aback by the horrific things that these "children" are going to have to go through, but really people are you all really that IDIOTIC. I have to really question the sanity of these people, and really have to question why these people are not locked up in a mental institution and handed helmets for their own safety. Get a life meet some REAL children so you can get your perspective back and realize "hey the children of WoW aren't real at all......silly me, I need to get out more often."    LOSERS! 

P.S. If you are really that mortified by the actions of Blizzard quit the game, I'm sure that'll show them.   ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by Krayzjoel

Lets see here......

Teach the children to cook or defend themselves......hmmmmmmm

LET ME SEE YOUR WARFACE YOU LITTLE PIXEL PUNK!!!! AAAAAARRRRRHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

haha...funny stuff.

Jeez, it's only a game. Get over it already. That people take this stuff so seriously is a little frightening to be honest.

Originally posted by slask777

Originally posted by Krayzjoel

Lets see here......

Teach the children to cook or defend themselves......hmmmmmmm

LET ME SEE YOUR WARFACE YOU LITTLE PIXEL PUNK!!!! AAAAAARRRRRHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

 

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

haha...funny stuff.

 

Jeez, it's only a game. Get over it already. That people take this stuff so seriously is a little frightening to be honest.

I agree, who gives a shit.

Originally posted by iCeh

Damn, people getting upset about this happening in a game, yet this happens all the time in real life. Sad to see people get worked up about a game, this is why roleplaying should be banned.

Must be awful having so little imagination you can actually say something as stupid and ignorant as "roleplaying should be banned". Wow, you must really hate fantasy. You don't read fiction either, do you? Hell - WTF are you doing in a MMORPG? How do you stand the hated lore, quests and the people who enjoy that? Maybe you would be lot happier playing Quake. I know we'll be a happier with your deadened psyche well away from us.

I'm curious - do you guys think people like this are just trolls trying to get a rise out of people who enjoy the lore or are actual RPers? Or are they actually psychologically unable to enjoy fantasy? Seriously. Cause I wonder at times if they can actually really mean crap like that. I mean I dislike personally doing many things. Doesn't mean I harbour ill will towards those who do.

"Damn, people getting upset about this happening in a game, yet this happens all the time in real life. Sad to see people get worked up about a game, this is why roleplaying should be banned."

I get the feeling this person uses the "word" pwned a lot for some reason...

Its fairly par for the course in WotLK

All fantasy games have a certain level of  "Go there and murder N" , some to an ethnic cleansing level - but I noticed a much nastier theme in WotLK than usual esp in a game where neither of the major factions is considered "evil"

I've seen quests which involve -

Kidnapping of children (daily!)

Deliberate deforestation (ok, this isnt a heinous crime but its still indicative of the amoral trend)

Torture of prisoners (which the KT lot are too wimpy to do them selves <cough> rendition <cough>)

Assassination whilst under flag of Truce

Organised murder on a genocide level

If ulduar has child slavery and rape I think they'll have the set.

I know its only a game and its only pixels but if its a conscious choice then I'm worried about the direction of a game that seem largely directed at the less mature audience.

If its a unconscious decision....

Hi. I am new to this game. Where do I sign up to hurt the children?

Thanks.

When exactly did WoW have to become politically correct? Come on it isn't like these children are actually going to suffer from anything players do. They are NPC ie not real. Get over you high and mighty attitude and let people have some fun. 

Next you'll probably be slamming Brewfest.

To those who say that this flys in the face of the event.... the achievements are a seperate part of the game from the event. It doesn't really fly in the face of the RPers either. They have a choice... be evil (many role players like this kind of thing) or be good and don't do the achievements. Seriously, if you don't like this then don't do the achievements. Not everything in life needs to be treated as a crisis, especially when the topic in question is in a video game.

Originally posted by Nycromes

To those who say that this flys in the face of the event.... the achievements are a seperate part of the game from the event. It doesn't really fly in the face of the RPers either. They have a choice... be evil (many role players like this kind of thing) or be good and don't do the achievements. Seriously, if you don't like this then don't do the achievements. Not everything in life needs to be treated as a crisis, especially when the topic in question is in a video game.

You're right (though I do think they're rather tasteless as opposed to funny), only shouldn't someone RPing a good character, e.g. Paladin bright! :-D have a chance at meta-achievements as well? Blizzard seem to have their head up their arses when it comes to RPers as per usual.

OOPS

Originally posted by Loke666

Originally posted by wayubb

Nah they do this all the time they run it and release their what suppose to be r eal change or addition a coule weeks ahead of time and watch people speculate etc then announce on on  April 1st that it was a April fools joke.  they started the one with the two headed ogre we  could play with another player about this time as well years back.

 

Sounds likely yes.

Still, THIS ISN'T FUNNY. Kaplans just been gone for WOW a few weeks and they pull a stupid joke like this. Tasteless.

It so apparent that many people in this thread do not even play WoW. Especially this poster. The constant references to April Fools have got to stop. The achievments were introduced in early October of last year. All of them were easily viewable at that time. The content of this achievement has not changed, it has been in place since that time. I have been dreading this achievement since that time in fact. Not since it makes me damage the poor children, that I really do not care one way or another, although the article written raises some very good points. This achievement does fly in the face of the spirit of the event

No, why I dread this achievement is because it forces PvP, and I do not PvP......ever. I do not care for it in any way, On top of that some of the assigned tasks such as successfully carry the flag in WSG are not even remotely possible for my class.