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Blizzard removes Orcs from Warcraft III
Skyfire writes "According to GameSpot, it looks like Blizzard is dropping the Orcs from Warcraft 3. They also say that this will delay the game somewhat."
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everyone has decided that april fools day stories are neither funny nor clever.
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so it can';t be an April Fools joke can i?
Damn, forgot about US/UK time zones.
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What are they gonna do now remove the One ring from LOTR?
We had to destroy the sig to save the sig.
enough is enough. Surely there is some real news to cover...
What do you know I wrote a novel
No No No! You can't be serious!
Linus retires, AMD merges with nVidia, Java crackheads take over CPAN, and now NO ORCS!?!?!
God save us all!
What's REAL and What's FAKE today?
I honestly can't tell.
Slashdot should have a policy that all fake articles are marked as such...
This sort of thing happens every April 1st... That's why those of us who really know how to prank should just back off and let the amateurs play through.
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That should be worth plus 5 intersting on April first
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This has to be April fool, the orcs are what made War Craft such fun to play. As for war craft III being delayed, thats not that hard to Believe.
Carpe meam simiam!
i'm glad orks are being dropped. considering what they did to azeroth the last time they were in a game, i'm not suprized with blizzard's decision.
they cause nothing but problems for the humans!
...to have something funny in an April Fool's joke. That's why they're called jokes.
False statements and news articles aren't jokes, especially when they come so rapid-fire that they are obviously false.
A real April Fool's joke would make us actually believe it, like the console-qt thing. I actually downloaded that.
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we require more april fools jokes, i mean, djeez, that was only the 17th or something on slashdot today
This is so funny. This is so obveously fake I don't see why anyone would beleive it!
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Dropping orcs isn't fun when your the one they're being dropped on.
This is not the greatest sig in the world, no. This is just a tribute.
Does anybody othe than me find that going OVERBOARD on the April Fools jokes is incredibly funny? I mean, the Wil/Enterprise one got me, I was acctually excited. Though i've found myself coming back for more over and over. It's great fun, it doesn't hurt anybody. If you are just going to bitch then go away, it wastes bandwidth. Yay for CmdrTaco!
Life is like pants... fit in or you don't fit in.
(yeah I know, april fool... :) Keep it coming guys!)
"[The orcs] have never really been that important to the [Warcraft] series anyway. We could've had the night elves in Warcraft II instead, and it totally would've been the same."
Anything that lame and in "totally-like-valley-girl speak" has to be made up.
If ever there was a day that a big company should make a major decision that could put them under, this would be the day. They'd be off with their money before anyone was the wiser.
Arthur T. Murray has apparently become the first person to build a system that demonstrates true artificial intelligence (A.I.). It is expected that his Mentifex system developed in Forth and JavaScript will soon pass the Turing Test, and will shortly thereafter enslave the entire human race.
After all the jokes today. Does anyone really care--like linus would really retire, and amd and nvidia would really merge
And I just heard that it will be released as a new expansion for Diablo 2 instead of a standalone game.
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With all the amd/nvidia stuff, and cpan, and Linus leaving kernel dev, I'm afraid this will all lead to the SSSCA being passed.
...and will be suing Blizzard for damages. While no immediate figures were given, it is said that the head Orc mentioned in a press release that "all his people would be without land or job", and that "Blizzard would have to account for the loss of all potential conquerings, and any and all potential earnings his people might therefore derive from said conquerings".
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I think the real April Fool's Joke is that all the stories posted by CmdrTaco aren't *really* from CmdrTaco. It's someone else masquerading as him...
Perhaps it's The Satanic SysAdmins
I'm just glad I'm not one of the poor subscribers who is PAYING for every time they view slashdot today.
Why not go mad?
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You know, it would have been a lot more interesting if the story submitter had done a bit more research. The orcs are not simply being removed. They're being -replaced-. Yes, replaced by the Pandarens. http://www.battle.net/war3/pandaren/ (Yes, I know it's an april fools joke, but still...)
Rumor has it that they'll be replacing the Orcs with Goat-like creatures called "Goatse".
Go away Pip, nobody likes you. ;-)
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We have unlimited hunting of orcs in GemStone III. Join us against Blizzard's foolishness and help us destroy the orcs while we still can!
This blatent plug for my game brought to you be the number 1 and the letter Z.
Z. http://www.play.net Your games, my job. C'est la vie!
..still aprils flood day?
mp3: l33t term for empty.
Pandaren Empire
Some hillarious pictures.
"The Pandaren Empire, founded in ancient times, before the Great Sundering of the world, shared resources and mystic knowledge with the haughty night elves of central Kalimdor. However, as the night elves' racial obsession with the forces of magic drove them to the brink of madness, the gentle pandaren decided to sever their ties and leave the night elves behind forever. Sensing that magic would be the doom of any race that trifled with it, the pandaren clans, or shao'dins, traveled far into the treacherous lands of the south. There the pandaren established crude but beautiful cities of stone and sturdy bambus reed. They lived in peace for many generations before the burning shadow came to engulf the world..."
A different kind of animal
...due to a unix-related time bug, it's really March 31, meaning we'll get all the joke posts again tomorrow.
Sounds like groundhog day!
Don't ping my cheese with your bandwidth!
there were orcs in warcraft?
"The majority is always sane, Louis." -- Nessus
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Now we're gonna have everybody whine about April Fool's day being over and the jokes aren't funny and blah blah blah.
"waaah boo hoo, i want news blah blah.", I got a better idea, why not participate in the fun? Instead of stating the obvious 'Derr it's a Joke', try going with it: "Heh, it'd be funny if they replaced the Orcs with Wil Wheaton."
One of the aspects of the Slashdot community that bugs me sometimes is you put something new in front of them and a good chunk of them spends their time looking for something wrong with it. I can't tell anymore if it's just people unwilling to change until something is proven or if it's just a case of "if I can find fault in it, I'll appear smarter."
Let's talk about Blizzard for a sec. How many people said "I won't buy any more Blizzard games because of BnetD being shut down?" How many actually EMAILED Blizzard (which would have been FAR MORE EFFECTIVE) and voiced their complaints instead? People are quick to stand up against something, but they're not so fast when it comes to doing something practical about it.
I would highly recommend an attitude adjustment for a portion of this community if they can't find fun in April Fool's day. As it is, they're doing very little to solve the problems that bother them so much.
"Derp de derp."
From GameSpot: "They just weren't working out," the Blizzard representative said. "One thing we've learned from Starcraft, and from the [Warcraft III] beta, is that having four sides is a lot harder to balance than having three sides." When asked specifically about what issues prompted the decision, the representative replied, "Well, it was really when we removed the pig farms a little while ago. The testers all loved that, so we were all, like, "Why stop there?'" The last line is hilarious. Viva 4/1! +1 to SenseOfHumor
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...on GameSpot. See I don't actually know anything about the Warcraft series - never played the games or seen them as that kind of game doesn't really interst me - so I didn't pay much attention to it when I visited GameSpot earlier today.
The kicker is that I was actually on heightened alert for April Fool's jokes. I knew GameSpot would have one. I even skimmed this story just to be sure, but the article made it sound like Orcs were a new race that were supposed to be added, and like I said I didn't know any better, so I moved on.
Only now that this story has shown up here have I realized it was a pile of crap. So congrats, GameSpot, ya got me!
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someone should remove all the Dorcs from slashdot's editor staff...
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Oh Cmdr Taco... your sence of humor is sooo funny
i LOVE these april 1st jokes, please keep them up. hey! i got a funny funny joy joy idea.. lets have a april1st Poll Keep it up smart guy
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As slashdot removes all usefull content and ... oh wait, my bad.
I agree. Slashdot has gone way overboard today.
Here is a list of reasons to boycott slashdot. It includes a list of alternatives, including my favorite, BottomQuark. That site hasn't had one April Fools joke all day. Slashdot has had, what, 6 so far?
I wonder if this will change how many people are participating in The (Hopefully) Great Slashdot Blackout?
Now the more important question is: Will this post be deleted or simply moderated down?
Remember "Bring 'em on"? *sigh
If Taco were to write his own.. well, they'd probably look like these, courtesy of NewsForge.
Why does information want to be free? Why not cupcakes?
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Online tech pub The Register merges with Weekly World News
By Robin "Roblimo" Miller
There's Funny, and then there's Not Funny. Too bad Not Funny doesn't own any mirrors.
The only thing that could possibly be more pathetic is this getting modded up as Informative.
I just noticed... where's the "Anonymous" checkbox?
Remember "Bring 'em on"? *sigh
April fools is honestly one of my favorite days of the year. It reminds us all that people lie, and not to believe everything you read, especially on slashdot. But do we really need to link to everything on her. I read this story on gamespot, I mean it's a pretty common site, does slashdot really need to link to everything. Slashdot had some good original stuff, maybe we should try and keep it mostly original next year.
Warcraft III: StubbyGuys vs. Humans?
/. joke posts on April Fool should have some sort of built-in easter egg (sic) so you can tell they're jokes. Not only would it allow us to rm -rf the fake stories, but it would be fun to look for the hidden hints...
On a serious note, I think
No, really. I'm serious.
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Make sure to check out netcraft too, they seem to be in on it.
The classic gaming joke is still better.
Duke Nukem Forever will be released real soon!
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PC controlled units; save peons. Your peons can build and mine to their content, and if they see an enemy, they swarm, quite suicidally, with pick-axes. Feel sorry for the beta testers.
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april fools was better last year....
None of these are even funny. I am sure there are good news stories going unremarked today. How irresponsible is it to devote every posting, all day to a joke that stopped being funny after the first story?
Do a google search before posting.
Also, these stories are by no means subtle. Linus giving up Linux? CPAN becomming CJAN? A rootkit package in the Debian archives? These are by no means subtle.
Let's review what, IMHO, /. should or could have done. Below is a list of stories that would have been good:
So please remember this post next year, and let's be a little more realistic.
Comment forecast: Bits of genius surrounded by a sea of mediocrity.
Blizzard removes Orcs from Warcraft? Big Deal. I'm waiting for the headline that says....
"Slashdot Removes Cowboy Neal from Polls"
Now THAT would be NEWS!
For the good of the community, would someone please sedate taco for the next several hours?
Ignorance kills, complacency kills, hatred kills, but usually not the ones guilty of them.
Yet another case for allowing people to rate stories.
On April 2nd, all of CommanderTaco's stories will automatically bet posted at -1 because of his karma from being modded down as a troll today.
Mmmm.. Donuts
They are going to recall Warcraft 2 since they need to remove the Orcs from that game as well. The new working title is going to be Warcraft 2: Humans and Humans.
Actually, I have been playing Warlords Battlecry 2, and it is very good with 12 factions.
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MAKE IT STOP ALREADY!
Short and to the point I suppose but clearly the lameness filter has a problem with that. So what, I'm going to be lame today, at least I won't be the only one.
Looks like someone finally listened to them...
-NOC Monkey (OOK!) Experience is what allows you to recognize a mistake the second time you make it.
Says here:
Posted by CmdrTaco on 0:06 Tuesday 02 April 2002
:)
"Oppression and harassment is a small price to pay to live in the land of the free." -- Montgomery Burns.
NEWSFLASH
More than one April Fools joke isn't clever, it's lame.
Certainly there has been no shortage of real "News for nerds.." today.
Trolling is a art,
"We figured it would be a good idea to go visit that big blue room, or 'outside' as some people call it.", said one source.
"What we didn't expect was that the one editor who did arrive today did a pretty good job on his own."
Strangely, very few noticed the difference in the quality of service.
What are they gonna replace the orcs with ... undead versions of Cowboy Neal ?? man enough is enough
Also, I think Blizzard plans those expansion sets during main game development. It's just a ploy to increase revenues by 50%!
I suffer from attention surplus disorder.
I'm a beta tester, so all this is true.
Orcs were removed because of lameness, especially after they removed the pig farms. Many of the remaining Orc beta testers complained that pigs are the main orc staple and they simple couldn't completely remove the pigs from the game. Well lo an behold, the developers were looking for a new flying critter (one where they can polymorph flying units without them falling to their death you know because frost wyrms have rights, and should be equal, this is from part of the azeroth manifesto) and guess what? They created the largest orc scandal to date in all public mockery to the race, and made the flying critter a pig! So remember when you see the flying pig in the game in such an unaccustom manner, just remember what blizzard did to the orcs.
Barry Took, Monty Python's producer, died yesterday due to cancer. He was 73. link
Blizzard is keeping the orcish race, and adding an additional Pandaren race. The race is composed of fierce, black and white, bear-like creatures that will maul their enemies do death. They are masters of mysticism and will rule Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.
And at the bottom of the page they quote one of the best songs ever.
"Here Comes the Sun" - The Beatles.
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...When asked for comment on the fact that there are still over a million Warcraft II players out there, he simply said "Your command, master."
El Karma: excelente(principalmente la suma de moderación hecha a los comentarios de los usuarios)
people are whining like a crack whore who misplaced her methadone. A day without news. Is it that hard?
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That will never happen because Orcs have been one of Warcraft's main races. Orcs, Elves, and Humans have always and will always be in Warcraft. I mean even if they were going to get rid of thew Orcs they would have put it up on the news part of their website. I check that site every day and there is nothing about takeing the Orcs out to Warcraft3. Gamespot are a bunch of lying dirt bags.
April fools is a day to let out all the pranks you've been storing up. It's a day to let go and forget about the troubles in your life. So just stop complaining and enjoy the jokes.
I'm not even kidding about this one...
According to the Internet Movie Database:
-Derek
Too bad I couldn't sue you for wasting my money by crap flooding. Darn Shame i had no modpoints today. I can see why the editors would want to $rtbl someone.
Just a Tuna in the Sea of Life
Am I the only one that finds it ironic that the moderation on this is "Insightful=3, Informative=1?"
Stupid like a fox!
Why are they removing the Orcs? That's so stupid, the orcs are part of the whole scene! This news saddens me. APRIL FOOLS, I WAS PRETENDING TO BE SAD, AHAHA, wait a second, APRIL FOOLS AGAIN, THIS IS REAL NEWS! ahhahah someone please shoot me
"you sonofabitch i didn't know!"
I forgot it was April 1st when i wrote that. I'm very oblivious as you can see. I should have looked at the calendar. HAHAHAHA! OOPS! Sorry Gamespot. It's Game Spy that sucks.
Then they might be able to ship it on schedule.
Ben
Work Safe Porn
...when you read "CmdrTaco is AFJ" and try to figure out what he's away from.
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In the land of Azeroth .
War was beginning.
Orc Shaman: What happen?
Grunt: Somebody set us up the bomb.
Peon: We get signal.
Shaman: What?
Peon: Ready to work.
Shaman: It's you!!
Blizzard: How are you gentlemen
Blizzard: All your base are belong to us.
Blizzard: You are on the way to destruction.
Blizzard: You have no chance to survive make your time.
HA HA HA HA . . .
is competition good, or is duplication of effort bad?
Orcs are terrorists: they burn and pillage the homes innocent peasants who can do nothing except run from thier mighty wrath. Their existence causes the destruction of human civilization. As a company harboring such terrorist ideas Blizzard has been ordered to either remove Orcs from Warcraft III or face charges of treason...
Intelligence is the Art of Masking Stupidity
PS. Do not suport the great /. blackout. You might miss something interesting (or be a victim someone else's will).
Blizzard replace orcs with mozilla in WarcraftIII
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"They're destroying our cities". Must have finally got them all
Why would they want to mass produce the PS2 even more? They already have too many.