Oh my. I daresay this thread has degenerated into the verbal or textual equivalent of a barroom brawl. I suggest you all cease in your tomfoolery and behave yourselves.
“Don’t do that again Horde, or we’ll end you” .
“It’s ok it was just Sylvanas. Ok Horde, we hate you but don’t do that again.”
“I trust the Horde, they have a council now.”
Soon:
“Oh it was not the Horde’s fault, the Void was manipulating them.”
I mean, even the Gnoll are better than the Alliance at wipping out anyone.
I’ve always hated how the story bent over backwards to justify the Blood Elves continuing to be part of the Horde. Void Elves were probably one of the most bold and correct decisions Blizzard has ever made regarding races, ripping the band-aid off and saying “Well, not all Blood Elves are idiots”. Silvermoon may still be under control of Horde sympathizers, but that’s perfectly fine and within the sort of tone of the franchise for there to be civil wars within kingdoms and for parts of some kingdoms to make seemingly stupid choices (see: Arathi siding with the Horde during the Second WAr).
The only reason Blood Elves originally joined the Horde was because Horde needed a transfusion of Elf blood to help their cratering player population during late Vanilla and it has been something of a stain on the lore for a long, long time. Granted, I think Blood Knights are really cool and they brought an awesome flavor to the Horde, but they really should have rejoined the Alliance sometime around WOTLK if the game wasn’t beholden to the MMO format (similarly, Sylvanas should have been killed off at the Wrath Gate and the Undead finally put down during Siege of Undercity, but again, MMO).
Actually, side-note, even though Void Elves were a good addition, I’d love to see Blizzard be bold again and actually add High Elves and Mok’Nathal to Alliance and Horde.
No doubt you are entertaining a great many people, but I am concerned this thread will further degenerate into displays of hooliganism and carnage. You appear to have already attracted some ire from several posters.
I am outraged. I have already transcribed several the offending posts I alluded to previously and have half a mind to email the contents to the moderators.
The moderators aren’t likely going to do much, as long as the contention remains within the bounds of faction pride, and outrage based on in-game story events. The very purpose of this game is to play out a world at war…and doing so within a discussion forum causes no real harm, as long as it doesn’t devolve into personal threats.
We maintain a stalemate because Blizzard retcons us into stupidity. Doesn’t change the fact that per lore we DECIMATED (90% destroyed) the Night elf Population. Doesn’t change the fact that Jaina doesn’t have a home anymore. Doesn’t change the fact that 4 guys with torches lit up Stormwind like a bonfire.