Wowwiki isnt the only one anymore

[Bigfish]

Sad thing is, at this point I looked at my calender to make sure it wasn't April 1st.

[Malekyth]

Poll! I am personally offended by the Warhammer ads on the Curse network because:

1) Across this line, NON WARCRAFT-LOVIN' PIGDOGS MAY NOT PASS!;
2) My first experience painting a Warhammer miniature resulted in Goblin Green in my eyebrows, an X-acto blade through the webbing of my left hand, and a rather damaged self-esteem;
3) Outrage about trivial matters is my default stance;
4) Game ads should be smaller than 8,900 pixels across;
5) Self-conscious about using the noun form of "Waaagh" in conversation.

[Malekyth]

OK, that's actually a pretty good reason. That was pretty bastardly of them.

[Bigfish]

I remember when GamesWorkshop took legal action against their vendors for selling below MSRP. I won't touch warhammer because of this alone.

Went in to a GW store over the weekend. Was not a pleasant experience. A nice reminder they still have no idea what the hell they are doing.

[Turenn]

Seriously who gives a shit about Games Workshop and their crap.

[Stealthy]

Hmmm, I just loaded up WoWhead an not a Warhammer banner ad in site...maybe they've fixed it up?

[Hachoo]

I'm still not sure why people get offended/mad about this. Its a freakin' ad. Would you rather see ads for viagra or buying WoW gold? Does it offend your senses so much that just seeing a Warhammer ad at the top of the page infuriates you?

[Malekyth]

If you don't know - Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (the original) was originally a Warhammer game designed for GW. Gamesworkhop didn't like it and rejected it. Instead of scrapping it, Blizzard just re-engineered it to become what is now Warcraft.

Most epic mistake ever? Probably.

So when the hardcore Warhammer guys talk about Warcraft and Starcraft being Warhammer / Warhammer 40k ripoffs - they're right. Gamesworkshop is just dumb.

Not necessarily. It's possible that the original Warhammer game wouldn't have done as well as Warcraft did. Even back then, Warhammer had a large amount of background material, and nailing such a thoroughly-developed universe in a license to the extent that Warhammer fiends will be happy about it, is pretty difficult. It's walking on eggshells to make people happy with a popular license. We can assume the game Blizzard was working on was fun -- WC1 kicked ass -- but from GW's rejection of the project, we can guess that it wasn't up to snuff as a Warhammer universe product. Warcraft didn't have to be true to the source, it only had to be a good game. If they'd stuck with the Warhammer license, it's as likely as not that it would've gone down as a near-miss and neither GW nor Blizzard would have profited much from it.

[Mooni]

I'm still not sure why people get offended/mad about this.

I'm neither, but Conflict of Interest much?

[Stealthy]

I'm still not sure why people get offended/mad about this. Its a freakin' ad. Would you rather see ads for viagra or buying WoW gold? Does it offend your senses so much that just seeing a Warhammer ad at the top of the page infuriates you?

I'm sure if Wowhead was offered enough money, they would...after all, the precedent has now been set right? :P

People don't like it because its pushing them something they don't want - its unexpected and annoying in the same way when some telemarketer rings you up and tries to get you to change phone / internet providers. You already know there are plenty of options out there and if you wanted to change you would have already done so...

Cheers,

S.