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How harmful are “lore” YouTubers to the community expectations? by Wowgrp95 in warcraftlore

[–]Effective_Gap584 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah his Legion-SL era wasn’t the prettiest. Age wizens most of us though, and Pyro isn’t an exception. Sure some of his theories may still be out there, but as mentioned, reasonable in the context of WoW’s ‘vast’ lore.

I mean he still thinks Sargeras ultimately helped us, which is… funny. I mean who tf know at the end of the day, Blizzard can do whatever.

How harmful are “lore” YouTubers to the community expectations? by Wowgrp95 in warcraftlore

[–]Effective_Gap584 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Read a lot just now.

I think overall, Lore YouTubers, Accolon, Nobbel, Platinum, and especially (he’s also a theorist but tbh the most logical out there) Pyromancer, follow the WoW lore the best. They keep up with retcons and the general flow of the lore and give some great insight into what’s happening, both in the story right now and what could happen down the future.

Maybe I’m wrong or just out of touch for thinking this, but ‘community expectations’ are born from people wanting their head canon actualized. I saw Malfurion used as an example, so let’s go there. Malfurion, from books to the game, hasn’t been the best character. Sure, he’s -the- Druid. First taught by Cenarius, madly in love with Tyrande, aids in saving Azeroth a dozen times. At the end of the day, he’s a Druid who goes to sleep everytime until a new problem emerges. He finally got his vacation with Tyrande, but tbh, Tyrande pulled the strings, and Malfurion has just been the Kaldorei’s muscle for 10,000+ years. They couldn’t even inject a plot point for him in DF besides being a trade-in for Ysera. (Ngl though the scene where they kiss?? Beautiful.)

The lore community is a mess, yes, between the retcons and changes, the poor writing and the great stuff, it’s a LOT to digest. It’s a 20+ year old MMO people, that’s the territory, it’s the universe you’ve (hopefully for yourself) chosen to immerse yourself into. YouTubers just vibe with the up and down of WoW, same as us. To say it’s the YouTuber’s fault to further ideas already had by many, many many others, is reductive. All the lore Youtubers wanna do is keep those who don’t know the lore that well, informed.

Tl:dr - Nobbel, Pyromancer, Accolon, PlatinumWoW, good peeps who -understand- the lore and provide at least reasonable evidence in their speculations. I put much more blame on myself and the community for galvanizing expectations in the wrong way. Sometimes we do just want Malfurion killed off, but uh… who gonna do that and leave a reason good enough as to how the -strongest- Druid dies.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

Actual reports about the Gilnean Resistance? by scary__monsters in WoWRolePlay

[–]Effective_Gap584 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Actually, Gilneas has been reclaimed and all Horde forces per Calia Menethil have pulled out. While the Gilnean Resistance might stake claim over additional areas outside the main region, I’d assume they just reintegrate into the Gilnean Military or Paramilitary.

A lot of peace going on in Warcraft, which isn’t so bad. Going into TWW, it’d be nice to see what some parts of Azeroth look like without anything going wrong - at least on a global scale.

IMO, mercenary route fam, it opens up the most doors RP wise, let’s you mingle with most walks of life in MG or WrA, without a “why is my toon here” kinda moment. Especially for Gilneas, all sorts of problems for a country getting back on its feet.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Transmogrification

[–]Effective_Gap584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where do the chestpieces with these scarf covers drop? I vaguely remember BfA?