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Old 12-10-2004, 07:25 PM   #1
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Gnomes - The hated midgets!

In most places halflings, alfs, hobbits or what you wanna call them, seems to be loved, but gnomes seems to be quite hated in WoW.

Im wondering a bit why?

Is it because their look? Their limited warcraft lore?

what? how? why?

are they to small? do they sound annoying?

why does everyone hate these little fellows?

and how do you see the gnomes? as the ignorant little hobbits like in lord of the rings, or as just does crazy engineer midgets?

do they fit in WoW?

I heard some people complain about them being able to be warriors, because of their size...!

How do you feel on the topic: gnome!?
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Old 12-10-2004, 07:28 PM   #2
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BECAUSE THEY STEAL YOUR FRIKKIN 'UNDIES!!!!!!!
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Old 12-10-2004, 07:39 PM   #3
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well personally im plannin on being a gnome, but i understand why some people dont like them lol

i mean, comon, a gnome fighter? While they could make a good evasion based class, even then, one hit from a tauren warhammer and they'd be planted :)
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Old 12-10-2004, 07:40 PM   #4
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Is it because their look? Their limited warcraft lore?
I guess it's a bit of both.
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I heard some people complain about them being able to be warriors, because of their size...!
I agree with that, it seems rather odd for them to be able to be the tanks of a party. :)

I'm not an actual Gnome Hater™, but I can't say that I really like them either. I'll gladly form parties with them and such, I'm not a WoW racist. :D
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Old 12-10-2004, 07:40 PM   #5
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Having debated with countless "intelligent" folks over the last year, they are usually broken into 3 camps:

1) GnoMeZ R TeH ShoRt!11!!1 Dey SuX!!111!!

2) GNomIeZ R GooFy N TeH StooPid!!11eleventyone!11!!

3) GnoMeZ R 2 weeek cuz dey r smallz... so dey can't fite!

That pretty much sums up the arguements I've seen. All three are sad, pointless, and horribly uninformed. Once in awhile you'll get a gnome bash from someone who actually has more intelligence than a dead roadkilled wombat that has been sitting in the road for over a week. Those however are unfortunately few and far between.

Gnomes are the greatest and most powerful race in Warcraft history and soon we shall subjegate all others races under our... albiet small... iron fisted rule. And yes, we steal your undies.

*YOINK!*
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Old 12-10-2004, 07:43 PM   #6
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It's just so unfair!!! I mean, gnomes with little to do with warcraft lore get to be a playable race, but not goblins? It's just not fair!!!
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Old 12-10-2004, 07:57 PM   #7
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It's just so unfair!!! I mean, gnomes with little to do with warcraft lore get to be a playable race, but not goblins? It's just not fair!!!
1) Goblins were brought into Warcraft during Warcraft 2, the same time as the Gnomes in fact.

2) Tauren, the Forsaken, and the Night Elves didn't even exist until Warcraft 3. The Night Elves argueably have gotten more "lore" behind them since Warcraft 3, but the Tauren? The Forsaken?
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Old 12-10-2004, 08:04 PM   #8
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You will find that certain personality types are drawn to certain class/race combinations. This isn't a hard fact, but a general rule. In my 5 years of EQ, I have never met a gnome caster that I liked. Some were passable, the rest were complete pricks. The same goes for Paladins in EQ. I had like 2 paladin friends, who quit their paladins and started other toons, but all the other paladins were either tards that couldn't play their class right, or downright arseholes.

So right off, gnomes (at least for me) are on the "kill first, kill again, maybe ask questions later" list. On top of that, they really don't belong in the game as other races would have been better suited. And how ganomes got in game and nor goblins I still don't understand :P
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Old 12-10-2004, 08:06 PM   #9
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I don't have any problem with Gnomes, but it is a bit ridiculous that they can be warriors.
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Old 12-10-2004, 08:08 PM   #10
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THe funniest things about gnomes are their voices, and also the fact that they're always "shaking", even when standing still lol :p. It's almost unnerving really. The funniest thing would be to see an all-gnome raid of over 40 people or so. Makes me think of the mummy returns, with all those scarab beetles swarming etc..
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