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** And that's only the general forums. Each sub-forum seems to have its own Fan Dumb that does nothing but whine and complain about whatever the subject of the board is. For example, the class forums are often less filled with constructive advice on how to improve the class so much as they become slagging matches between users about how the class developers favor some classes over others. The story forums are more or less the same, just replace 'classes' with 'factions' and 'class developers' with 'creative developers'.
* [[Fan Hater]]: One of the most plagued games by this. Many fanhaters also refuse to acknowledge that the game actually ''isn't'' addictive and it's not causing the players to give up their lives.
** Players of [[Eve Online]] seem to have a major superiority complex about [[
** Mentioning [[
* [[Foe Yay]]: In ''Wrath of the Lich King'', the Lich King and Tirion Fordring have it in spades.
** Varian/Garrosh is practically the fandom's memetic OTP.
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* [[Hate Dumb]]: Many people trash the game because "It's a [[Warhammer]] ripoff" or without having ever touched it. Naturally this leads to some sometimes funny comments like how much of a ripoff of ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' it is. (If this game is a ripoff of ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'', then it's safe to say ''every'' form of fantasy is a ripoff!) There are many people who in fact act all [[New Media Are Evil]] and that the game will addict you if you touch it. This is of course ignoring that ''IT'S A GAME'' and not something that chemically addicts you, and how many people act like [[Double Standard|playing any other game for 14 hours a day or doing stuff like reading or watching TV is somehow more productive than playing this one.]]
** There have even been instances of [[Hate Dumb]] for this game on this very wiki in the Headscratchers section.
** The [[Foe Yay]]-type haters deserve a special mention here. If you believe what you read in the trade channels and at the forums, the vast majority of [[
* [[Heartwarming Moments]]:
** Muradin's reunion.
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* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Dear god, Aggra. The only reason she seems to exist is to be with {{spoiler|and get knocked up by}} Thrall. Magnified by the fact that she sunk the Thrall x Jaina Ship.
* [[Stoic Woobie]]: Baine Bloodhoof.
* [[Surprisingly Improved Sequel]]: Burning Crusade was alright in the gameplay department, but a lot of people lamented the story it put forth, the scattershot villains, the feel of the setting and the fact that very little was improved on base game mechanics. Wrath of the Lich King, on the other hand, was praised for how it allowed the player to actually affect the status quo of the world (at least for themselves), the much more "Warcraft-ish" feel of Northrend, the much tighter plotting and far more engaging villain groups (ranging from Arthas Menethil to a new villain who finally tips his hand in Storm Peaks and rockets to near the top of most fans' [[Magnificent Bastard]] list). It did have its own problems (see [[Dork Age]] above) but Blizzard has shown an admirable ability to learn from their mistakes with expansions and Cataclysm seems to be a successful attempt to combine the best of Burning Crusade, Wrath and vanilla [[
* [[Tear Jerker]]: The Death Knight starting area includes a quest where the player, a former hero taken by the Scourge, is ordered to murder a prisoner. The prisoner is a member of your race, who recognizes you from before you were turned and begs you to remember your homeland and fight the Lich King's control. You cannot continue until you've executed them.
** Some versions of the quest are sadder than others; trolls are reminded of how they used to be a "mojo masta", but night elf players have to kill their caretaker from when they were a child.
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