#Illidan vs Arthas

[asethabalanar]

Cinematic Trailer (WoW Edition)

My personal opinion on WoW cinematics that I saw when I was younger was the Illidari cinematic, I like that, so I really liked Legion and The Burning Crusade Expansion pack, so with all those deamons and stuff I started getting in all that fel and stull like that, I was ok with Lich King thos but Illidan seemed stronger because I read that book where Illidan and Arthas was fighting so Arthas won…

[soulass]

宿命的對決

伊利丹vs啊～薩蘇

#arthas #arthastattoo

#illidan #illidantattoo

#wow #worldofwarcraft

#wowtattoo #worldofwarcrafttattoo

#gamertattoo #gamer #gamerink

#漫畫刺青 #動漫刺青

#mangatattoo #animetattoo

#刺青 #紋身 #台北刺青

#taipeitattoo #taiwantattoo

[lastarvek]

WoW SEXYMAN POLL (semi-finals!!!)

Thrall vs. Lor'themar

Tyrande vs. Queen Azshara

ROUND 3 RESULTS

Thrall vs. Vol’jin (tied)

Illidan vs. Lor’themar

Tyrande vs. Flynn

Alexstrasza vs. Queen Azshara

ROUND 2 RESULTS

1. Thrall vs. Varian

2. Wrathion vs. Vol’jin (tied)

3. Illidan vs. Alleria

4. Kael’thas vs. Lor’themar (tied)

5. Khadgar vs. Tyrande (tied)

6. Flynn vs. Baine

7. Bwonsamdi vs. Alexstrasza

8. Deathwing vs. Queen Azshara

ROUND 1 RESULTS

1. Sylvanas vs. Thrall (tied)

2. Garrosh vs. Varian

3. Anduin vs. Wrathion

4. Vol’jin vs. Gallywix 

5. Illidan vs. Nathanos

6. Genn Greymane vs. Alleria

7. Turalyon vs. Kael’thas

8. Lor’themar vs. Jaina

9. Khadgar vs. Gul’dan

10. Tyrande vs. Arthas (tied)

11. Flynn Fairwind vs. Veleth

12. Baine Bloodhoof vs. Malfurion

13. Mathias Shaw vs. Bwonsamdi

14. Talanji vs. Alexstrasza

15. Chen Stormstout vs. Deathwing

16. Sire Denathrius vs. Queen Azshara

[cyanlastride]

yaknow i forget things a lot and it annoys me.

i make these lists of things to keep track of what i like because i genuinely forget the things that i like quite often.

like i have this list of characters that i like and a kind of title that i gave them that relates to why i like them and just the other day i came across some other characters that i have liked for a long time and that should probably be on the list but i opted not to and to think about it for a bit and now i cant remember who they were or what theyre from. rah.

FOUND IT! searched my youtube history. arthas/the lich king, and zeratul. yeah, i have a type.

i havent even played warcraft or starcraft all the way through, so i dont know if i can really claim them. zeratul especially, ive barely looked into him -- at least arthas i have watched a playthrough, lore videos, and technically experienced a condensed version of his story through the hearthstone solo adventures. if i got to choose a replica weapon to own irl, it would 100% be frostmourne. hes just so cool. zeratul its just because of the fight vs artanis, that final "my life for aiur" is fucking badass. en taro zeratul.

realistically illidan should also be on the list, i also know a lot of his lore and hes sick as hell too. a lot of warcraft characters are fantastic. rexxar, green jesus, jaina, hell even freaking twinkboy anduin. not to mention sylvanus and the hellscreams. the problem, of course, is blizzard. its the same as wizards. love the characters, hate the company.

anyways. i should probably write things down more, so this happens less. or not. theres benefits to forgetting. idk.

[metavictoria-blog]

I came

[worldofwarcraftart]

Arthas vs Illidan by Timur Dairbayev Source: https://ift.tt/3dwQbGN New news website for furry fans: http://awoonews.com

[jerek]

I'm not surprised anymore they did this with illidan too. And arthas. Literally just illustrating men in concept vs execution

[back-katalogue]

Warcraft III: Reforged

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (and its sequel, The Frozen Throne) is a beloved real-time strategy game and a precursor to the MMORPG World of Warcraft. It also has an active and thriving community, both for its multiplayer mode and its modding scene (which gave rise to the popular MOBA genre via Defense of the Ancients, which sees its legacy in DOTA 2). This is impressive, since the game was originally released in 2002--18 years ago!

It also has the honour of being one of my favourite PC games from my childhood. I used to sink a ton of time into playing the campaign and against the AI, often cheating my way through scenarios with the game’s cheat codes (WhoIsJohnGalt and ISeeDeadPeople are still stuck in my mind, to this day). I thought it was a lot more unique and charming than a lot of other RTS games (although I used to play those too), and it had a wicked sense of humour that was often revealed through secrets you’d usually only find if you were looking really, really hard, or if you cheated and displayed the entire map and had a good look around. So, when they announced the remaster at Blizzcon 2018, I dropped money on that like a hot potato!

You’ve probably heard something about Reforged in the past few weeks since its already delayed release, ranging from accusations of false advertisement, copyright issues that threaten to kill the thriving mod community (presumably so they can’t have another DOTA 2 situation), and the removal of hugely important elements of the multiplayer game that have, so far, seen no signs of return. Blizzard have famously changed their refund policy for the game, simply because of the high level of dissatisfaction. 

On the other hand, I’ve really enjoyed revisiting the game! The units look and feel great, and I’m glad that they’ve managed to retroactively reconcile elements of The Frozen Throne with Reign of Chaos (Sylvanas’ unique hero model features in both the base game and expansion now, whereas it was previously the latter). But there is a charm that’s lacking, both in terms of simple polygonal figures and the humour that was prevalent in the original. Having said that, I did play (most) of the game without the cheats this time, so it’s possible that I’m overlooking a lot of the hidden jokes and easter eggs that the game has. 

Reign of Chaos continues to be a great game, particularly in regards to its story, which unfolds across the four campaigns (five, if you include the introductory prologue, restored to its full five chapters). Human civilisation crumbles in the lands to the east, its destruction helmed by the very prince meant to save it, seduced by the power of the undead. What remains of humanity flees to Kalimdor, in the west, on the trail of the orcs; together, both races must overcome their differences to join forces with the night elves and prevent the Burning Legion, the demon masters of the undead, from enslaving their world.

The Frozen Throne brings some useful tweaks to gameplay, but its campaign is a little less satisfying. Its missions are more unique, which is a welcome change from the (often repetitive) establish a base, build your army, destroy the enemy missions that dominated the base game. But each campaign feels like it contains the ‘best of’ chapters from two or three unused campaigns that were edited into what we get, and the narrative of Arthas vs. Illidan feels overwhelming in a way that stifles the unique identities of each campaign race. In fact, the undead campaign suffers the most, being split between Arthas’ return to Northrend and Sylvanas’ liberation of herself and her fellow undead in Lordaeron, which feel like two distinctly different narratives. It’s especially telling that chapter seven of this campaign is split into three parts.

That’s not to say that Reforged isn’t fun, because it is, if you’re interested in revisiting the single player campaign. But Reforged is lacking in something that the original had to it, whether that’s missing features or a notable absence of charm. I’m happy to have bought the game for that revisit of nostalgia (and I hope that they return the custom campaigns, because I’d love to dive into those now that I can), but there’s still a lot more polish needed than just remastered character models.

Fin or Bin: Well, I finished it. I have the bonus campaign to play, and I SUPPOSE I ought to try and replay everything on the actual hard setting now that I’m a capable adult who can play video games, but I’ve done everything I really wanted to with it.

[diguerra-moved]

spoilery spoiler wow stuff under the cut 

I HATE THAT TYRANDE CONTINUES TO BE COMPLETELY ERASED FROM THE STORY WTF WHERE IS SHE WHY ISN’T SHE A PART OF WORLD OF WARCRAFT ANYMORE IDC Y’ALL DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO MAKE HER WORK WITH THE HORDE @BLIZZARD WHY WAS SHE DELETED FROM THE GAME

at least? saurfang? died? I guess

nathanos and sylvanas are a thing confirmed apparently nice tbh

I still think sylvanas will end up revealing her plan was to defeat the old gods/n’zoth. she had a bargain with azshara she says (and I’m a firm believer azshara had no intention to serve him forever so? maybe that was how they struck a bargain?) and n’zoth will serve death too so I don’t think she’ll really be the big bad they’re making her out to be, at least not the way they’re making it seem like now

this is not spoilers but lor’themar and thalyssra standing side by side always is cute I like it

judge me but I’m 100% hype if they go through with the no factions thing tbh. I really like it

the one video I saw with the ingame cinematic for the end of the horde war campaign ended up with dude delivering a quest in orgrimmar and alleria and vereesa were standing there and I have so many feelings asidfnjkadnsf 

it is bullshit that lor’themar refers to his friendship with sylvanas NOW before going to work with the alliance to kill her lol ‘old friend’ my ass tbh

saurfang saying the horde has always sucked was the most legit saurfang moment ever 

but how is arthas comparable to orgrim doomhammer in terms of horde vs alliance? it’s not

WHY DOESN’T TYRANDE EXIST

I’m kinda :c about what they’re doing with sylvanas but I think she isn’t garrosh 2.0 as everyone’s been saying I think she’s illidan 2.0 in the sense that she’s doing a lot of inexcusable shit with an actual important goal in mind and also that she’ll die naksjdfnaksjdfn

tYRANDE

idk I still have too many feelings that need to be processed before I’m coherent and say everything I had to say

[wyrmguardsecrets]

If Blizz turned the rise of the Lich King into an opera, I can just picture the Culling of Stratholme. The dramatic moment as Jaina sings to Arthas in Latin that she can watch him do it, the first confrontation between Mal'ganis and Arthas, then the last part when he screams, "TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH!". Then you have the Illidan vs Arthas battle and finally Arthas ascending to the top of Icecrown as the choir sings Invincible. Why must the amazing ideas I think of be just that, ideas :(

[thewallpaperzone]

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[tsomscl]

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[vaesha-draecon]

Arthas vs Illidan Remastered

[componentplanet]

Warcraft 3: Reforged Is So Unpopular, Blizzard Is Giving Instant Refunds

Warcraft 3: Reforged hasn’t gotten any more popular in the days since its release. The clamor has gotten bad enough that Blizzard has reportedly begun giving instant refunds to players who want them.

That’s the word from Reddit user krOnicLTD, who received a refund within a minute after applying for one and posted the information (and a handy link) to the Blizzard site. If you’ve been unhappy with the game, you can ask for your money back, no questions asked. Frustration with the title has been high for a number of reasons, ranging from Blizzard’s aggressive copyright position on fan mods to the fact that the version of Warcraft 3: Reforged that the company ultimately shipped bears little resemblance to the game it promised it was making. Because both Reforged and Warcraft 3 Classic now share a mandatory front-end client, you can’t play WC3:C with its original set of capabilities as a separate title at all.

Blizzard has posted an update to its forums, giving fans an idea where the game is headed. There’s a bug currently causing colors and shading to look different than intended, which will be fixed in the coming days. Portrait animations and UI fixes will also be implemented. The lack of leaderboards and clans will be fixed in a future update. Features like the Reign of Chaos ruleset and tournaments will not be returning after having been removed in mid-2019.

Regarding the content changes that it once telegraphed and then retreated from, Blizzard writes:

[T]he main takeaway is that the campaigns tell one of the classic stories in Warcraft history, and we want to preserve the true spirit of Warcraft III and allow players to relive these unforgettable moments as they were (albeit rebuilt with new animations and the higher fidelity art).

The problem I have with Warcraft 3: Reforged is that we’re stuck with a title halfway between a remaster (Starcraft) and an actual remake (say, Final Fantasy VII). What Blizzard ultimately did satisfies no one — and I can’t think of a better way to illustrate that then with the Illidan versus Arthas fight.

The original Illidan versus Arthas fight at the end of Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne was a giant case of Blizzard running out of time and dropping the ball. The company couldn’t build one of the cinematics it was known for in the time it had left, so it went with in-engine rendered cutscenes, instead. The result wasn’t all that great. It failed to communicate that Illidan had even survived his conflict with Arthas in the first place.

Here’s the original video:

Here’s the Warcraft 3: Reforged new video:

At first glance, the second video looks like the perfect antidote to the first. It’s detailed. It’s graphically modern. It shows an updated version of what Illidan and Arthas would have looked like. It’s also entirely unscored, nearly twice as long as the original (to little overall purpose), and changes a critical ending camera angle without fixing the miscommunication said camera angle created.

I’m referring, specifically, to the fact that Illidan didn’t appear to survive this encounter with Arthas, and it wasn’t clear he had until Blizzard confirmed his presence in World of Warcraft. You might think that if Blizzard was going to change how the encounter ends, they’d include some kind of shift to make it clear that Illidan wasn’t dead. A hand motion. A weak attempt to rise. Something.

They don’t. In the original, Illidan at least has a few jerky motions on the ground, as blood pools beneath him. In Reforged, he’s absolutely still and shot from the back. Between the two, I’d say he looks more implicitly dead in the reshoot than the old footage.

Furthermore, it makes no sense to extend this particular scene with a lot of power scaling — blue ice creeping up Frostmourne for Arthas, and a shot of Illidan drawing more heavily on his fel-empowered demonic half. These sorts of shots are a staple of live-action and animated films and TV shows, but you typically don’t show you two lengthy power-ups followed by one character instantly defeating the other.

The original scene is about a minute long, start to finish. The new scene runs 2:21. Of the ~1:21 of new footage, nearly 30 seconds of it is just Arthas and Illidan powering up. Then Arthas swings once, there’s a bright line of light, and Illidan collapses into a heap. The entire video clip feels off-balance. If you told me this was a student project, I’d stand up and applaud, but compared with Blizzard’s other cinematic work, it’s… not entirely what I would have expected. The best take on the fight that I’ve seen actually is a fan-made remaster that sticks closer to the original but seems to have done a better job maintaining a sense of action.

I feel like this set of videos collectively summarizes what seems so off about Reforged. The new Blizzard version is aesthetically, superficially, everything we’ve wanted as an ending for the game, but it doesn’t feel like it received the same amount of attention Blizzard has put into other projects. Instead of being sub-par graphically, it’s sub-par audibly. It feels as if Blizzard went into the cinematic knowing that they wanted to make it better, but without wanting to make meaningful changes. In attempting to have it both ways, it created a product that’s neither #NoChanges in relation to WC3, nor expands the lore and universe in a way that appeals to gamers who wanted to see the older title brought in line with more recent releases.

For better or worse, this is the Warcraft 3 we got, and it appears to be the only Warcraft 3 we’re getting.

Feature image by Blizzard Entertainment

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