Comments on: Shades of the greatest Lore post of all time http://thebigbearbutt.com/2011/01/29/shades-of-the-greatest-lore-post-of-all-time/ Feral Druids in World of Warcraft Tue, 21 May 2013 01:39:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: bigbearbutt http://thebigbearbutt.com/2011/01/29/shades-of-the-greatest-lore-post-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-50568 bigbearbutt Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:52:16 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/?p=3877#comment-50568 I know, and that was mean of me. However, your adventures in painting sounded lovely on Twitter, and i followed each new episode with abated breath. I mean baited breath. If you smelled my bacon and cheddar pringle breath right now, you’d know why.

]]> By: Anne Stickney http://thebigbearbutt.com/2011/01/29/shades-of-the-greatest-lore-post-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-50562 Anne Stickney Thu, 03 Feb 2011 22:01:41 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/?p=3877#comment-50562 My poor old blog has been so neglected. You managed to post this right while I was in the middle of redecorating so I had no way to respond, but a guildy pointed this out on our guild forums. Thank you for the kind words — it’s the speculation and trying to pick the lore apart and predict where it’s going that keeps me entirely too entertained with this game, I swear.

…although stabbin dragons in the butt for fun and profit is pretty entertaining, too!

Keep writing, I love your work. :)

Anne

]]> By: Michael http://thebigbearbutt.com/2011/01/29/shades-of-the-greatest-lore-post-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-50401 Michael Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:02:19 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/?p=3877#comment-50401 Outstanding!!!

So…. if everything posted is true (which is looks to be, judging from in game content so far):

1. The big baddie of this expansion will probably be another old god
2. A future expansion(s) will mean the end of the Aspects (except for the Red) as everyone that the Old Gods have whispered to have been killed or imprisoned
3. Once we get through killing the Old Gods, there won’t be any reason for the Titans NOT to push the reset switch on those of us cursed by flesh

4. Perhaps the most ominous one: Totally see an “end” in site for Azeroth. We end up fighting ALL the old gods, and perhaps the Titans themselves to keep our fleshy selves, well… fleshy

And it got me wondering…. Do you think Sylvanas is being whispered to, or is her madness all her own? Now… that would be icing, wouldn’t it? I mean the player base has never gone and killed a faction leader before…

]]> By: Tesh http://thebigbearbutt.com/2011/01/29/shades-of-the-greatest-lore-post-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-50393 Tesh Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:03:17 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/?p=3877#comment-50393 As a creative sort, working in games, I’ve gotta say… the sort of details she teases out there are just the sort of thing that I love to try to hide in games. It’s not that they are meant for everyone to find, it’s that those are the things that make the act of world creation so interesting. If some players catch on to the details and the little threads of story, that’s very gratifying, to be sure… but honestly, there’s a lot of fun just making these things work, building a *world*. It’s why I love writing and creating, whether it’s my beloved art, writing or the games I’ve had a hand in. (And incidentally, why I love digging around in these worlds. I’m a rock solid Explorer type.)

I imagine sometimes it’s the sort of creativity that Tolkien indulged in when he was writing his books. He created a whole world and its history, then told the stories that were just a slice of it. I imagine there are things that we’ll never know about Middle Earth, but because he took the time to make it all work, the parts we do see also just work.

Oh, and BBB, you’re a class act for giving her attention. Good on ya, Bear.

]]> By: bigbearbutt http://thebigbearbutt.com/2011/01/29/shades-of-the-greatest-lore-post-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-50329 bigbearbutt Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:24:29 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/?p=3877#comment-50329 Isn’t that a thing to think on? Much like history books, when looking at something that someone else put together and tied up into a pretty bow, it all seems so obvious, but if you’re one of the people that is living in the middle of it, it can certainly be hard to see the greater issues swirling around you while you’re focused on killing rock dudes in a cavern somewhere.

]]> By: Nabol http://thebigbearbutt.com/2011/01/29/shades-of-the-greatest-lore-post-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-50325 Nabol Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:13:24 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/?p=3877#comment-50325 Mind. Blown.

I hadn’t seen that post yet, but.. wow! Very impressive. Thanks for linking it!

]]> By: arrowrest http://thebigbearbutt.com/2011/01/29/shades-of-the-greatest-lore-post-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-50324 arrowrest Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:59:18 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/?p=3877#comment-50324 I remember that post! Talk about some prescience about the events in Cataclysm. It really makes you wonder about all the interconnected lore the creative team at Blizz has created and is only hinted at in the game so far.

]]> By: Tim http://thebigbearbutt.com/2011/01/29/shades-of-the-greatest-lore-post-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-50282 Tim Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:38:49 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/?p=3877#comment-50282 Thanks for pointing this out. I hadn’t seen it. She was wonderfully predictive of what ended up in Cataclysm. I also wanted to say, “thanks” to you as well for your writing. Thanks for being willing to share your life (both virtual and RL) with your readers.

Tim

]]> By: Katie http://thebigbearbutt.com/2011/01/29/shades-of-the-greatest-lore-post-of-all-time/comment-page-1/#comment-50281 Katie Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:26:48 +0000 http://thebigbearbutt.com/?p=3877#comment-50281 She actually wrote a follow up post to that one from January shortly after Cataclysm came out. I may have to do some digging to find it. It’s really interesting.

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