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Why do people hate Gnomes?
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Post by
Supremacy
Why do people hate gnomes?
For me?
It's just incredibly difficult to take them seriously. Which wouldn't be so bad, except it seemed like Blizzard doesn't take them too seriously, either. If you actually go to create a new character, and you choose a gnome, you'll see what I'm talking about. The haircut, the faces...they already start off with a "Is this a joke?" vibe to them.
Now, when you add that to their size...dwarves are small, too - especially to a Tauren -, but dwarves are tough as nails. They
look
menacing. That's important. So you don't hear too much about their size. I don't hear a lot of "dwarf punter" jokes going around.
Then, when you add their size and their looks to their names, this just gets worse. I mean the NPCs, too, not players. Tinker and Fidget and Gidget and all that...versus Ironjaw or Stonefist.
And then you add their emotes, and the flavor text/actions. The dance, the laugh....
So, it's really, really, really hard to take them seriously. That could be handled, though, if they had some powerful storylines, or memorable quests, or some type of lore, or something to lend some pathos to their people.
...
...can't find any?
Yeah. Yeah. See, that makes it seem like they're just there as a joke. I have yet, for example, to get a quest from a gnome that made it seem like they were actually out for blood, or vengeance, or justice, or anything. It's never "My entire family was killed when a corrupt madman released toxic gas into our city, while we were fighting a war. Those who weren't killed were turned into twisted versions of themselves, and are mad with disease. There is no hope for them. Please...give them peace."
No, gnomes say "Ho ho! Get me this whirlydoozits so I can make this fantabulous whizzle googolflux doodad!"
Look at goblins. No real sympathy or anything for them, either...but no one really bad mouths goblins, even with their ridiculous names. Every goblin is smiling, too.
That's because, aside from being cool (Time is money, friend!), goblins can rip things apart.
Nothing about a gnome commands respect.
So, when a skilled player kills you (or even challenges you) with something you don't respect, that'd be like if someone beat you in a drag race while they were on a pogo stick.
It's just a "Oh, what the hell?"
I play as Alliance, and I just can't bring myself to create a gnome. I can't get past that character select screen.
I just can't.
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Post by
Magnett
I hate Blood Elves and Undead, because they usually think they are meant to be nasty, and gnomes are meant to be shunned.
Me too, and I play Horde.
I play a Troll priest and an Orc rogue, and I shudder every time I see an Undead rogue/priest. Yes, Will of the Forsaken is a good racial. No, it's not the best racial in the game. No, you are not cool or dark by choosing Undead. No, you do not have
any sodding skin on your elbows
. Blood elves are about the same. If everyone on my server but the Blood Elf shadow priests and Undead hemo dagger Rogues got banned, it'd be just as populated.
Yes, I do know not all Undead or Blood Elves are like that. But many (I didn't want to say most)... "challenged" people on the Horde go with either Undead or Blood Elf, and I'm sure anyone who plays Horde will agree with me.
Since I've never played Alliance, I can't say for sure if there's a race like this on their side, but I hate Night Elves a lot more than Gnomes. No I'm not a big fan of Gnomes, what with the complete and utter lack of lore and Escape bloody Artist, but Night Elf hunters/rogues in greens make me cry. I can't honestly say I'd ever roll a Gnome though, as Gnome animations/voices are ridiculous (I was afraid of
running
back when I tried on the Leper Gnome costume thing in Hallows End). And have I mentioned every Gnome NPC (at least those friendly to Horde) seems to be some crazed inventor who makes you gather reagents for his latest invention (while
never actually telling you what the bloody thing is supposed to do
) and/or test it, afterwards rewarding you with amazing +int leather rewards?
If only the mechanical chicken was a troll invention, the world would be perfect.
Post by
trollsrlanky
Gnomes are about the biggest jerks I've ever seen. I found one who was completly outnumbered by mobs and he was going to die unless I ran in and saved him, and I did. Once this battle was over, he looked at me, then /spit on me then laughed at me. I've never saved a gnome since that day. Jerks.
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adashiel
should there be a reason to hate any alliance race?
i think everybody generally should hate them.
Stop venting.
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fsngnshiekfan
They are annoying little twerps who act @#$%y and retarded. Thats my opinion anyway.
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Toldry
Gnomes and Undead are my two favorite races.
I like gnomes because I like the idea of being both small and powerful, and gnomes are as powerful as any other race.
I like undead because i guess I like the idea of reincarnating from the dead to rampage a bit more.
I'd just like to remind you this :3
Also, to people who say that gnomes are picked by the childish players, I never noticed anything like that and I think that every time someone ganks you say
"oh well"
. but when a gnome ganks you say
"god damn #$%^ing gnome thinking they are powerful when they are small and ridicules and blah blah blah."
and then you remember that specific gnome ganking scene for the rest of you life.
In my server I've seen
Night Elvs
ganking in a much higher %.
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Post by
Magnett
I dont hate gnomes that much but me and my RL friend thinks
Warrior gnomes are worthless TBH they dont get any kind of racial benificial ability besides Their engineer passive ability.
That's...
Have you ever heard of
this racial
? I'm pretty sure it's more useful than +15 Engineering at the very least.
Post by
Supremacy
lol you cant take Gnomes Seriously? i think you need help mate, if you try and take anything in this game serious your a retard, its just a game, even if kids are picking Gnomes how can you hate Gnomes for it, its just a made up class for the game its the idiot behind the toon you should be #$%^ed off with, get a life and stop hating things that arnt real, its pathetic lol
*Sigh*
Not really sure what you're laughing at.
And since you seem to have missed my point, I'll elaborate.
The initial question here was "Why do people hate gnomes?"
Now, "hate", by itself is a strong sentiment. You could even call it...serious.
I'm not one of those people who presumes that I know anything about the age - or anything else - of someone playing this game. There's no real way to know unless they tell you, and even that's not necessarily true.
There is a story behind this game, though, in case you didn't pick up on that. The story for most of the races are complex, or at least involved. Blood elves are struggling with their addiction. Orcs are trying to rebuild their shattered heritage. Night elves are dealing withh the aftermath of the...well, night elves tend to get into trouble. Dwarves are trying to discover who they are. Gnomes are...they're just kind of there.
A lot of gnomes seem like jokes. The hair, the emotes, the names, the quests...it all just seems like something someone just made for a laugh. LIke a joke.
Because they seem like
jokes
, I can't take them
seriously
. I don't hate the person playing as the gnome. But the way the concept of the gnome race has been handled by Blizzard (the comb-over haircut, for one) makes it hard to take them seriously.
And for the record, there's a difference between taking something seriously, and thinking something's real. If you don't believe me, well...get in a 25-man raid, pull the last boss when everyone's drinking, ninja all the drops, then say " think you need help mate, if you try and take anything in this game serious your a retard, its just a game".
My prediction?
You will find out that people do take this game "seriously".
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