Mists of Pandaria

[Azuredream]

Also I have no idea how people play female blood elves.

Use your imagination 

[Paelos]

Also I have no idea how people play female blood elves.

Use your imagination 

One handed, with a jar of Crisco and a shot glass?

[Sjofn]

But their voices, argh.

[Soulflame]

I really feel I should make a "they talk?!" joke, but I'll pass.

[caladein]

I don't think their animations are so bad, but their weapons being tiny really annoyed me when I was stuck on my Paladin for most of Wrath.  Goblin animations though, those are rad.

[Sjofn]

She holds her shield behind her fucking back. Awful. And 2h, she looks like it's too heavy waaaaaah. Honestly, I don't even like how she fires a bow (crossbows/guns are adequate, though).

Like I said, as a rogue they're probably fine. And a fury warrior now, I guess.

[Fordel]

BE Lady animations are indeed terrible, I bitch about the shield thing a lot.

[Lantyssa]

Like I said, as a rogue they're probably fine. And a fury warrior now, I guess.

I like her stealth animation a lot.  That's about it.

The GIANT FEET attached to tiny ankles still bugs me though.  Blood Elf feet only look good in the heavy Wrath armor sets where it appears she has legs instead of twigs.

[Simond]

http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2407-Character-Gender-Ratios-Blue-Posts-Fan-Wallpaper-TCG-Artworks
Has this one been posted yet? Character gender ratios.

[Lantyssa]

Female Orcs' low numbers don't surprise me.  I couldn't play mine because her grunts sound like a guy, and it's the main sound you hear since it plays every time she is wounded.  Never made it past level 5 on an Orc and I tried a few times.

[Sjofn]

I like the orc ladies, although their /cry sound will give you nightmares. They have one of my favorite dances, too. For some reason her booty dance comes across as dancing that way because she likes dancing that way, not because she hopes boys will like her (like the NE dance).

[Ingmar]

I like the orc ladies, although their /cry sound will give you nightmares.

HURR HURR HURR HURR HURRRRRRRRRRR

[ezrast]

For me it's the blood elf laugh. Both sexes. Cannot stand it.

[Azuredream]

The draenei numbers do not surprise, my guild made it a point to poke fun of anyone who rolled a male draenei.

[Sjofn]

I love draenei dudes. They're big and lovable. <3

[Ashamanchill]

I like male dranei for a reason I remember most of you saying you hated them, their over the top shoulderpads.

[Sheepherder]

If they were hitting some existing Asian stereotype it probably would, sure, but I'm not aware of "oh those Asians, they're all fat goofy drunks" being an existing vector of racism. (That's for Scotsmen.  ) My Asian friends who play have complained quite a bit more about that shirtless Woo Ping weapon skill trainer guy in Stormwind than about the pandas. I freely admit I could be wrong and it would bug people in general though.

It's not that it's an existing stereotype, it's that it's just fucking gratuitously goofy and irreverent even for a company that prides itself on irreverence.  Plus you know you're going to be walking through Silvermoon one day and see a bleach blonde waif cybering a panda, and there are just some things you can't unsee.

[races and sexes]

Humans, Orcs, Trolls, Dwarves and Undead are all well rounded.  Male Gnomes, male Dranei, and male Night Elves are just too derpy.  Goblins and female gnomes are short and weird.  Female Tauren just look out of proportion.  Blood elves just won't fucking stop screeching, and Worgen make me want to quit alliance.

It's unfortunate that Dranei and Night Elf males are so derpy, because I love the racial abilities.  Combining shadowmeld and hunter pets makes for the most laughably unfair ambushes ever, because everyone will assume that you will be a retard and sitting right next to your pet.

[Fordel]

Male NE's are FLOPPY, their ears, their feet, their arms. Flop Flop FLOP.

[Fordel]

More Mists of Pandapeople fuel to the fire?

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2973024675

Sooo-

Night Elves are indeed evolved from dark trolls (suck it, Ferlion)

Tauren do predate the titans (even though the recent ask CDev implied they didn't)

Pandaren have a society older than that of the night elves

Curse of Flesh IS what turned Vrykul into humans

The orcs drove a race of giants to extinction to build their temples, but this race was not gronn

The Ettin are from Draenor and are a "missing link" in the evolution of ogres

The Magnataur are related to Cenarius (what, did he get it on with an elephant? Cenarius seems to be a chubby chaser)

Stuff from the latest WoW magazine apparently.

[Paelos]

Just when you think they can't get more silly...

Man, I love stuff like that. It's mind-melting for those that care about it.

[caladein]

Man, I love stuff like that. It's mind-melting for those that care about it.

This train made plenty of stops en route where they could have gotten off.

[Lakov_Sanite]

Been waiting a while for the troll confirmation. Suck it night elf mutants.

[Fordel]

It's more like trolls are Chimps now.

[Lakov_Sanite]

You sir, are a racist.

[Fordel]

They don't even wear shoes! 

[Sjofn]

Yeah, I would not be thrilled as a troll about that little confirmation, because of the whole way they phrased it to start with, that some group of trolls got "uplifted" by Elune or what the fuck ever. Makes it sound like the night elves are a better form of troll, and fuck that. Of course, they said murlocs "evolved" from the gorlocs and ... I dunno, the murlocs seem more like a step down. Can you evolve down?

I feel like I should stick a picture of Devo here as a response to myself. In fact, because it showed up in my search (though I wish it didn't have the stupid text):

[Mattemeo]

Also I have no idea how people play female blood elves. Their in-combat noises are so fucking irritating and their melee combat animations are stupid (actually, I guess they're OK if you're a rogue, but that's it).

I've rolled 3 BElf females in my WoW history, and all of them have been Rogues. They seriously lucked out on the melee animation front compared to the other classes, and they have hands down the best stealthing animation, moving and still, of all races.

their weapons being tiny really annoyed me when I was stuck on my Paladin for most of Wrath.

The tiny weapons issue also doesn't have a lot of impact as a Rogue; you're kind of supposed to be shanking stuff with concealed edges.

[Simond]

...and they have hands down the best stealthing animation, moving and still, of all races.

Counterpoint: Female goblins. "Tiptoe...through the tulips..." 

[Sjofn]

Yeah, I like the goblin stealthing animation better (both genders tiptoe <3). Don't really care for the BE chick one. I hate her crouching when she's not moving, it irks me. I know a lot of people like it though.

[Ratman_tf]

Of course, they said murlocs "evolved" from the gorlocs and ... I dunno, the murlocs seem more like a step down. Can you evolve down?

I'd post a Morbo macro "Evolution does not work that way!", but this is a video game notorious for it's silly shit, so I'll just type some stuff instead of going to bed like I should.

[Azazel]

Male NE's are FLOPPY, their ears, their feet, their arms. Flop Flop FLOP.

That and their oddly proportioned gorilla arms. Humans have that problem too, but not nearly to the same extent. Male Dranei look fine - decently big and bulky, but the females look HAWT! 
Male gnomes look like troll dolls, but the females look okay - like kewpie dolls.

[Fordel]

Male Draenei need bigger legs.

[SurfD]

Male NE's are FLOPPY, their ears, their feet, their arms. Flop Flop FLOP.

That and their oddly proportioned gorilla arms. Humans have that problem too, but not nearly to the same extent. Male Dranei look fine - decently big and bulky, but the females look HAWT! 
Male gnomes look like troll dolls, but the females look okay - like kewpie dolls.

The Male / Female Dranei thing always bugged me, since they are so proportionally / physically different from each other they almost look like they belong to two seperate races.

[Azazel]

I'll grant you that one, though they've done that several times now. Orc women (who I think look good) look like a different race to the males with the amount of bulk difference. Night elves, to an extent. At least the Blood Elves look like they're from the same species.

[Lakov_Sanite]

I'd re-sup this very second if they gave undead knees and elbows.  Just sayin'