Dead Men Walking

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Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Nefertem on December 12, 2006, 11:54:53 AM
Without my knowledge and approval (they usually ask me about everything and my permission berfore doing such things - the warrior nerfs not included :ranting2:)  Blizz have changed the model for the male Belf.. Someone apparently thought the Belf was to skinny and gayish and blizz have now made them bigger and more muscular..

Dunno about you guys, but I kinda liked the skinny model and as the Belf mainly is a non-melee class the skinny look fitted em more imo..

Anyways.. here is a link for comparison: Clicky (http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/Mypicturesheckyeah/OldNew01-1.jpg) and one thread on the forums: Clicky (http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=71117111&sid=1)

I also bring to ya this quoute from the US forum:
QuoteYou guys know how decisions like these get made right?

Some executive  %%%!!!@ from vivendi shows up at blizzard's art design department and says  something like, "Hey my fat, ugly child plays WoW and saw some screenshots of  the skinny new blood elves."

"Skinny" in this case meaning: 'smaller and  more muscular than my morbidly obese whale of a son who I keep in the basement  and shovel whoopers into when I get home from a long day telling people what I  don't like about them. I also hire a team of immmigrant workers to wipe his ass,  which they do with strips of industrial carpet that are then incinerated in a  furnance kept at a constant 10,000 degrees by a nuclear reactor I've got on loan  from the Russian government. Ooo-Rah!'

he continues saying "My seaworld  sideshow freak-child instantly found them to be horribly gay! I will not have my  son threatened with images of normal, healthy body types in a video game! Nor  will I allow *!**@@#!@# video game characters to terrify my fearless and  unquestionably masculine child during his escapades through pretend land!!  Change the models at once."

He then drives away in a hovering aircraft  carrier powered by the souls of WW2 vets which he acquired when he purchased a  federal graveyard and paved over it to open a joint septic tank pumping business  / feed the hungry non-profit organization so we can all literally eat his @@%!  as we pour our last pennies into "his" online video game.

Seen it happen  a million times.
Usually I wouldn't mind a 'minor' change like this but I was thinking about rolling a Belf for the Frostbite Cabal TBC aszunite projekt (http://www.frostbitecabal.com/forums/)
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: sheepy on December 12, 2006, 12:07:19 PM
i dont really think there is a lot of diffrence.
 
They look a little more disproportional now, i liked the old look better
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Nefertem on December 12, 2006, 12:36:27 PM
Nah the diffence aint big, but I still don't like it.. Anyways.. Might have been written in the 'heat of passion' after reading a lot of the negative responses :rolleyes:

I don't like the change, but im sure it won't kill me :)
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Knabbel on December 12, 2006, 12:40:02 PM
So they are easier to target......... and better to hit.....
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Nefertem on December 12, 2006, 01:17:01 PM
Here is two videos.. Can see em myself due to the damn restrictions at work and no internet at home, but I've been told the difference is seen a lot better there: Old (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4679257234238679803&q=blood+elf&hl=en)(fast forward to the end) vs. new (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=42315528289738158&q=blood+elf&hl=en)
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Carr0t on December 12, 2006, 04:17:38 PM
Er, didn't they beef up the male BE model yonks ago? I recall people moaning about this on the official forumas a good month or so ago, and it got ignored.
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: smilodon on December 12, 2006, 06:24:31 PM
I'm suprised anyone cares that much, Night Elves look like crap, Blood elves looked like crap and steriod-boy Blood elves still look like crap. They don't look as daft as humans I'll give you that but none of them are worth a light. If you don't play Horde where all the cool stuff is then at least have the common sense to roll a dorf or gnomer. :norty:
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Carr0t on December 12, 2006, 09:44:23 PM
Quote from: smilodon;167781If you don't play Horde where all the cool stuff is then at least have the common sense to roll a dorf or gnomer. :norty:

*Raises ale* Damn straight. My Tauren Shaman rocks! And doesn't look steroided because it's already a damn walking cow :D not exactly comparable to much in the real world.
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: noevra on December 13, 2006, 09:10:05 AM
nef... they are horde... we dont care about the horde... GET A LIVE:roflmao:
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Nefertem on December 13, 2006, 11:43:50 AM
Nah I want to play a Belf aswell.. Besides.. this is getting my postcount up :D
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Luminance on December 17, 2006, 11:06:07 PM
well why would you care about postcounts?
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Nefertem on December 18, 2006, 07:36:31 AM
Im trying to catch Bob.. Watch it Bob! Im coming for ya!
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Bob on December 18, 2006, 02:56:20 PM
Quote from: Nefertem;168397Im trying to catch Bob.. Watch it Bob! Im coming for ya!
Yeah, right... as if that's gonna happen :rolleyes:
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Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Umbra on December 21, 2006, 08:04:26 AM
1) you won't catch bob, he has less life than you Nef :P
2) yeah people bitched about the BElf models regardless of what was done to them, personally I like em, but then I'm playing a BElf rogue who's so cute ^^
3) Elves in general look great, humans look dull, gnomes and Dorfs really should be in circuses and not out running free to scare the poop out of the rest of us, damn ugly worms.
4) All current horde chars are slightly worse looking than gnomes, just *ew*
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Bob on December 21, 2006, 12:07:17 PM
Quote from: Umbra;1689001) you won't catch bob, he has less life than you Nef :P
2) yeah people bitched about the BElf models regardless of what was done to them, personally I like em, but then I'm playing a BElf rogue who's so cute ^^
@1: /slap
@2: In your case, since you didn't specify, I assume it's a male BElf you're talking about :norty:
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Umbra on December 21, 2006, 12:09:59 PM
gr no, female, they are tiny and sweet

i called her wubwubwub after the dr zoidberg noise
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Gorion on December 21, 2006, 12:14:52 PM
Quote from: Umbra;168900Dorfs really should be in circuses and not out running free to scare the poop out of the rest of us, damn ugly worms.

HEY!!!

Mega Shield Bash!!!!! :boxing: :boxing:
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Bob on December 21, 2006, 12:15:28 PM
This is like totally off topic, but I just noticed your signature:

Where in the name of Pete did you get hold of "Jo nærmere null, jo trangere hull"??
Do you even have any idea how nasty that easily can be interpreted :blink:
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Bastet on December 21, 2006, 05:27:45 PM
bob, its umbra, he prob did that on purpose....
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Luminance on December 21, 2006, 05:55:13 PM
my post counts are coming in nice, but then again, i really should make better posts, but for the moment i'll just post in these offtopicish topics :P
Title: Change to the Belf model
Post by: Nefertem on December 22, 2006, 07:24:41 AM
Quote from: Bob;168936This is like totally off topic, but I just noticed your signature:

Where in the name of Pete did you get hold of "Jo nærmere null, jo trangere hull"??
Do you even have any idea how nasty that easily can be interpreted :blink:

Its prolly something Neff or adu has told him.. And I wouldn't be surprised if he knew that it can be nasty... it is nonetheless Umbra we're talking about..