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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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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
everyone has decided that april fools day stories are neither funny nor clever.
Too bad they didn't have you write them all, Chuckles.
Kill, Tux, kill!
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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"[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.
...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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thats like, 4 of the 7 signs isn't it?
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.
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."
What's REAL and What's FAKE today?
The fake stories are the ones that are improbable, derived from obscure news sources, and hard to verify. Oops, wait, you're right, how are we going to tell them from the usual slashdot stories?
The only thing that could possibly be more pathetic is this getting modded up as Informative.
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!
Your boycotting slashdot? Then what the hell are you still doing posting.
Slashdot links to stories on other sites. As long as other sites are producing 4/1 announcements, quess what?
It was this way last year, too. And [newsflash] if it weren't for the odd number of nincompoops posting drivel about how much they hate 4/1 jokes, it'd be terribly amusing. The potential for interesting and funny comments is boundless. You've got a spring board for any range of topics, and instead you decide to be yet another downer in a grey ugly world.
And enough of the "I hate slashdot and I'm going to boycott it and you should all too." Great, you're protesting something useless by adding more useless drivel to the pile. I'm sure in your fantasy world, you've made some sort of difference, and will be a hero to future generations. If you're so upset about slashdot please, for the love of god, stop posting. You apparently can't stand the site (or "what it has become"), so take it out of your fucking bookmark file and piss off.
And as for the selfserving bit at the bottom about how you wonder if you'll be deleted or moderated down... unfortunately neither. You've earned karma off of being a fuck-head. Maybe you'll get a medal.
what the hell is a 'junk character', anyway?
...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)