I recently heard someone (I’ve forgotten who - sorry!) on The Instance mention the Draenei in the context of the other Alliance races - what is their deep, dark secret? Every other Alliance race has a tarnish, from the gnomes’ senseless forays into uncontrollable technology to the elves’ storied flirtations with dark forces. But the Draenei seem to lack a shadow; they come across as big, blue, hammer-wielding teddy bears.

As a kind of answer to that question, I offer two narrative points: that the Draenei don’t need a dark history and that they probably shouldn’t have one.
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O hear me, Lord Warcraft-Equivilent-God-Figure-Whose- Name-I-Don’t-Know-Because-I’m-Too-Lazy-To-Learn- Any-Of-That-Lore-Stuff!

Please take care of my beloved boar, Orson. He knows not what he does. Most of the time.
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Hey folks, the patch 1.11 test realms are live and with them we get news of the new 40 man instance Naxxrammas. As you can see from the image below, attunement looks like it’s going to be pretty expensive. f you’ve got the gold handy I’d recommend buying the crystals before the patch goes live and prices skyrocket.

If you play World of Warcraft long enough, you get develop a certain amount of personal association with your character - even in a game with very little character customization, your character is yours.

This can lead to all sorts of interesting developments. For instance, you might vigorously defend the virtues of your hunter against the “Hunterz r on EZ” folks at the official forums. You might also claim to be one of the few players with a true appreciation for the gnome race, a personal connection borne from the struggle against constant /pat harassment.
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No, this has NOTHING to do with WoW. Except that the guy was logging into WoW when his neighbor “accidentally” shot through his bathroom drywall. For the record, there’s no such thing as an accidental shooting, a .44 magnum is a double action, so it can’t go off the way the neighbor claims, but it’s fun nevertheless what comes up when one searches on Yahoo for RL implications of WoW playing.