I’m planning on rolling a Worgen, but it will probably be a male … the female just doesn’t look right to me for some reason.

Nom Nom Nom has been around far longer than icanhaschezburger.com, or even Warcraft. It was invented by Cookie Monster. It started as the sound he made when he ate cookies. So, I honestly feel that Blizzard made a big mistake when they made that reason why they decided to name that talent “Blood in the water”, which is so stupid.

The dance they chose for both Worgen is not even identifiable by fans of Timberlake or GaGa.
I think Blizzard failed hard, but it won’t stop be from rolling a Worgen Female. I have a lot more gripes about her than just a dance. (Her face…) My character is an extension of myself, so I always roll female characters. ;)

~Lia

Personally, I figure it’s like player housing… in the end, they’ll figure it’s not worth, to them, the investment of resources to implement.

Here’s hoping I’m just cynical and utterly, totally wrong.

For myself, I was never intending to make a female Worgen anyway, so no worries for me.

Do I like the dance? No, I don’t, but not because I feel scandalized. Having never heard Lady Gaga’s music, or seen her dance, I chalk that up at least partially to me being so out of touch with trends of the sort, so I don’t “get” the reference. Not that I really have a better suggestion for a dance, mind you. Some of the dances in game are what I’d consider iconic culture references, but I’m sure its a safe bet that there are plenty of WoW players who don’t get the reference on most of them. After all, who really dances the Macarena anymore? How many Indian musicals has the average WoW player seen? How many WoW players under the age of 20 know/remember who Chris Farley was, much less remember his infamous “Chippendale’s tryout dance”?

As for “Nom nom nom”, I’d classify talent naming conventions in a different category than selecting racial dance animations. While its a funny premise for a talent name, I agree with Blizzard that “Nom nom nom” would only be funny for a little while. I don’t know that it’d ever quite be “embarassing”, but it doesn’t follow the theme of the tree. While “Blood in the Water” is a little bit off, I get the point that its following a theme that Feral Druids are natural predators, or at least behave that way. Its attempting to follow the theme of the talent tree, so it is a (slightly) better fit. Once again, I’m not in love with the name, but I can’t think of anything better off hand, either.

Also, one thing to keep in mind though, and someone already mentioned it somewhere earlier in the replies, at some point there’s supposed to be a Dance Studio implemented which will allow you to change the dance of your character to your own likings. If the dance is the only thing that puts you off, you might want to consider this, or race changing later when the feature will be implemented.

OH, YOU