So my girlfriend noticed that i did not list any of my alliance characters on my blog. you know that little widget on the left that has all my characters? well there's no alliance characters at all. and i have to say, i do have quite a few alliance characters.
The only problem is, most of them arent touched, ever. i've made them a long time ago and i dont expect to return to play them any time soon. maybe one day, when i get over this whole Horde>all mentality. but even still, its only a designation in-game and doesnt really mean much. it just gives us gamers a sense of belonging. and i have no hate for alliance. some of my favorite people are alliance. actually, no they're not. but some of my favorite bloggers are alliance. does that count?
Here is a list of my Alliance Characters:
Server: Shadowmoon
1. Thalyndarr - first toon ever. Level 40ish mage. died like a billion times on this guy. farthest i took this guy was to the deserts of Tanaris where he tried to kill Calif Scorpidsting and failed.
2. Elsegundo - its actually El Segundo, for "the second" as he was. he's a gnome warlock who has also died a billion times. he went a little farther and leveled to 68 when level 70 was the max.
3. Azurielle - She's blue, hence the name. Night Elf priest, level 40ish. i got really bored drinking water after ever 2 pulls, even with spirit tap. she's basically retired.
4. Azuriella - Level 67 death knight. supposedly its Azurielle resurrected, but i couldnt figure out how to write a story about that. oh well.
5. Primoprimero - stupid name, huntard, dwarf. died a billion times as well. level 64, i think. bored of playing him? yes. totally. bored of playing casters, actually. and he was a caster of sorts!
The remaining toons there are just trials. they dont do anything but take up space actually.
Server: Ysondre
1. Cryogin - Mage. Cryo - frost. Gin - iono. it completes the name. he's a male draenei mage. leveled to 20 so he can easily teleport to cities and buy pets to trade to the horde, and buy pets from the horde. but that project sucks because there's like 10 others on my server doing the same thing. currently, he's leveling with my girlfriend, slowly, but surely.
2. Voltaris - Night elf warrior not even level 20 yet. first i wanted to try out Arms dps. but after remember how long dps wait times are, i just decided to go Prot again. prot level is fun anyway.
And that's pretty much all my notable (keyword notable) alliance toons.
Now that i've listed by toons, let me answer a question my gf has been asking me for a while. Why horde? why dont you like alliance? every time she mentions that she's going on her alliance mage (cos she really likes mages, and she thinks draenei women are the hotness) i always either roll my eyes or sigh. and she keeps asking. so let me see if i can answer.
Alliance has no mystique. Every race (even the gnomes) are set in a well-established city. They're cut and dry. its just, for lack of a better word, boring.
The humans are in this nice, claen city. although there's much going on under the surface, it feels clean, organized, and of proper society. there are no vagrants, no crime and no demonstrations. nothing. the buildings are nice. the canal is clean. the park is awesome. the only vice to the humans is that Goldshire is a mecca for sexual role play. otherwise, its dull, dry and drab.
The dwarves live in a mountan, with a city dug out from the inside. its gigantic, but still, its nothing more than an indoor city with a small gnomish population. the homes are carved from the stone and rock, the lava running through it are channeled through varous parts of the city to provide for smelting purposes. even the dark corners of the city look like the rest of the city because the whole place is dark. the dwarves have been in azeroth since forever and are nicely situated in an area relatively free of hostiles. They also make beer. boring.
The gnomes live with the dwarves. what else is there to say? they make machines? sure.
The night elves live in this faraway "tree" that's bigger than most zones. isolated, they like to consider themselves better than everyone else. they only agree to siding with the alliance out of convenience. they're guys that used to live forever, but currently are dealing with the loss of their immortality. They're all about the moon, and Elune, and being one with nature. a very perfect view of nature, or the outdoors.
The only race that may not fit this, although it still feels really boring, are the Draeneis. you're set in a crashed spaceship. but they came from a very advanced race. their spaceship is made out of a large diamond with lots of diamonds and crystals to power it. although there is a lot of damage to their ships, the look and feel of it is still very clean and rich as if you're walking into a palace of marble and crystal. they're refugees running from a race of demons out to hunt them down. or bloodelves. i forget.
How does the horde differ?
The orcs are invaders from Draenor (aka Outland) who walked throug the dark portal like years ago. decided to conquer azeroth, and in its wake, caused the humans and dwarves to take up arms. they were effin invaders. they were tools of destruction. can you get any more awesomer than that??? not only that, they have since freed themselves from their imprisonment (physically and mentally) and are rebuilding their nation in Durotar under Thrall's leadership. These guys are gruffy, dirty, and often do not speak in complete sentences. they're the ruffians of any society put into one race and location. badass.
Trolls have this character about them. they're into voodoo. they're into the mystics, the darkness, the bad stuffs, if you will. they're also refugees driven out of their island homehald and has joined thrall for the time being. they're ugly. yes, ugly. well the guys are. the girls can be ok. anyway, there's not much you can say that's pretty about them. just like orcs, they have features that arent desired in humans.
Now lets talk about their home. its rough. its dirty. it looks like several makeshift villages put together and called a city. the streets are made of dirt, the buildings are made of trees, not stones or concrete or crystals. even the stone buildings look primitive.
Blood elves. now this is supposed to be the "pretty" race for the horde. well they're not that pretty if you look around. half of their city is in ruins. half of the good part of the city seem to be under some kind of martial law and oppression. right at the entrance of the city, there's a harrassed citizen. in the bazzaar, there's a demonstration and/or gathering with people arguing. the robots seem forcibly subduing citizens to keep them in order. everyone else in the city is suffering from withdrawal. i really think smc will see a riot before long. it was a great society gone to ruin. seems to me like Rome before their fall. Or rome after their fall. or something like that.
The undeads. These guys are like all the other undeads, but because of Sylvannas' powers, they're able to live and think for themselves. These guys are trying to live and struggle in a world that's not meant for the unliving. not only that, they're trying to fight the mindless undeads still roaming the lands. they're basically fight two fights. they do have a score to settle with Arthas but also will, in the future, need to fight for their right to exist in Azeroth. Formerly humans, now granted imortality, these guys will be the cause of much conflict in the future. Like the night elves, the undeads are merely entering into an alliance with the horde for the simple fact that its convenient. Although it might seem that the relationship between Sylvannas and Thrall may strengthen the bonds between the two races, the undeads really do not need to allign themselves with any of the races of azeroth.
Finally, i just have this annoyance for humans. King Wrynn of Stormwind. He's an idiot. he's been hating orcs for so long and cant see past it. he cant even get it right. why the hell does he dual weild one-handers? Titans grip came out two years ago. Fury is, indeed, one way to describe him. His ass-hat-ness makes me want to delete my human toons. Arthas, another piece of royal idiocy. Culls stratholme? really? goes to northrend and becomes the lich king. why? stupid cowboys. Jaina. Queen of Theremore? not anymore. she's some pansy who's running around calling Wrynn her king and Arthas her man on the side while she's really into Thrall but cant say it because she likes how Wrynn does it too. or something. Make up your friggin mind you stupid blondie. The whole human race is the whole reason why we have so many friggin problems in wow. screw them. FOR THE HORDE!!
/opinion.
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