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boomstick comes from the evil dead series (although ash doesn't really call it a boomstick until army of darkness).
shop smart, shop s-mart.
shop smart, shop s-mart.
Thats MY favorite reference :D
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Thats MY favorite reference :D
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Also in the Undercity, there is an NPC named Jonathan Chambers (you Dark Tower fans should get that one).
For those of you that don't have a clue, the Dark Tower is a series written by Stephen King. One of the characters is Jonathan "Jake" Chambers.
For those of you that don't have a clue, the Dark Tower is a series written by Stephen King. One of the characters is Jonathan "Jake" Chambers.
This made me smile, and feel sad at the same time.
Great series, I'm on page 630 of book VII.
hojuohtwo wrote:
Well in reply to cannibalbob... Sorry, his name is Servo, just thought it might be a refernece to mst3k (or not). But did anybody notice if you view the hearthstone animation, it looks like Ryu's fireball animation (arms fold back while casting, then extended out in front of you)
Ancient post, but oh well.
Each race actually has a different animation.
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In the barrens there is a shrine to a blizzard worker that died making the game how he died in making a game i really dont know
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I always found Bhag'thera, the elite panter in STV to be eerily close to Bagheera, the main character panter from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
This would be true, except Bagheera from The Jungle Book is a tiger.
No actually Bagheera is the panther friend of Baloo the Bear. Shere Khan is the Tiger.
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I just saw this one being sold in IF today... cracked me up: The Arcanist's Cookbook -- Anarchist Cookbook, anyone??
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Brush up on your Ace Ventura Pet Detective and get back to me ;)
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Nobody noticed that the Cooking trainer in Stormwind is "Stephen Ryback"? (Chef Ryback from Under Siege)
One of the quest givers in Un'Goro crater is "Spraggle Frock" (Fraggle Rock anyone?)
There is another Star-Trek transporter in Gadgetzan manned (goblinned) by "Jhordy Lapforge" complete with goggles.
The Quest "With a Little Help from my Friends" involves a goblin named "Ringo"
In STV there is the Big Fisherman "Old Man Heming"
and "Short John Mithril" =/= Long John Silver ?
I did wonder if Master Smith Burninate's first name was "Trogdor"?
I'm sure I could go on a long time but I really must do some work
One of the quest givers in Un'Goro crater is "Spraggle Frock" (Fraggle Rock anyone?)
There is another Star-Trek transporter in Gadgetzan manned (goblinned) by "Jhordy Lapforge" complete with goggles.
The Quest "With a Little Help from my Friends" involves a goblin named "Ringo"
In STV there is the Big Fisherman "Old Man Heming"
and "Short John Mithril" =/= Long John Silver ?
I did wonder if Master Smith Burninate's first name was "Trogdor"?
I'm sure I could go on a long time but I really must do some work
Wherever I go - there I am.
see also:
http://wow.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=21&mid=1116436153469911528&num=61
http://wow.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=21&mid=1116436153469911528&num=61
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Someone mentioned Crytal lake being referenced to Friday the 13th. If you go into the house right behind it upstairs, a bunch of children surround the body of one of the characters from the series (don't ask me, I am not familiar with the Friday the 13th series). Turn up your music too if you are there...it's kinda creepy.
UncleTom wrote:
Someone mentioned Crytal lake being referenced to Friday the 13th. If you go into the house right behind it upstairs, a bunch of children surround the body of one of the characters from the series (don't ask me, I am not familiar with the Friday the 13th series). Turn up your music too if you are there...it's kinda creepy.
What a *********
BadlyGrammar wrote:
Also on the dashboard of a venture co mechanical in stv there is a picture of a zergqueen from starcraft.
They're on any unmanned Goblin Shredders. And That's Kerrigan, not a Zerg Queen. The Queens looked a lot diferent.
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In Thunder Bluff, one of the Tauren guards is ... Hunter Thompson.
Hunter S. Thompson, noted author who recently passed away.
Hunter S. Thompson, noted author who recently passed away.
lol. Nobody beats me in the kitchen!!
Dang, someone got the marshall, will, and holly from land of the lost. Veeeery old ref, but familiar to all of us due to Peter Griffin. The theme song from that show was what he sang when he auditioned for Lois' king and I production.
Seriously, next time someone starts a ff11 vs. WoW thread, link this thread, so they can tell us how much attention SE gives to the little details.
Edited, Jun 14th 2006 at 1:16am EDT by BilboBrasky
Dang, someone got the marshall, will, and holly from land of the lost. Veeeery old ref, but familiar to all of us due to Peter Griffin. The theme song from that show was what he sang when he auditioned for Lois' king and I production.
Seriously, next time someone starts a ff11 vs. WoW thread, link this thread, so they can tell us how much attention SE gives to the little details.
Edited, Jun 14th 2006 at 1:16am EDT by BilboBrasky
Sorry if these have been posted.
In Stormwind the 3 bankers are named Olivia, Newton, and John.
In EPL Caretaker Alen says, "I should have taken the translucent pill." He also says, although this has nothing to do with pop culture, "And the Tauren said 13 INCHES!"
edit- sorry, didn't realize this was a necro
Edited, Jun 14th 2006 at 1:53am EDT by Makaro
In Stormwind the 3 bankers are named Olivia, Newton, and John.
In EPL Caretaker Alen says, "I should have taken the translucent pill." He also says, although this has nothing to do with pop culture, "And the Tauren said 13 INCHES!"
edit- sorry, didn't realize this was a necro
Edited, Jun 14th 2006 at 1:53am EDT by Makaro
DVEight wrote:
I was told if you kill the giant croc, in the stormwind moat, you recieve a giant Emerald.
pray enlighten me, mylady.
BobHopeKilledMe the Malevolent wrote:
Not sure if i'm looking too much into things or not on this. However on a quest from Shimmering Flats it led me to a Dwarf (who is neutral to both factions) named Hemet Nesingwary. He is out in Stranglethorn with a group of others on a great hunt.
Well I swore when I saw the name it reminded me of a poet/author who was also a sportsman of sort (including hunting) and knew a bit about it. Finally the name Ernest Hemingway hit me, and even if it doesn't seem like it to others it sounds close enough for me.
Well I swore when I saw the name it reminded me of a poet/author who was also a sportsman of sort (including hunting) and knew a bit about it. Finally the name Ernest Hemingway hit me, and even if it doesn't seem like it to others it sounds close enough for me.
it's an anagram. switch the letters around and it fits. we had this in another thread and someone was nice enough to point out that j. s. erlgadin next to him is j. d. salinger.
NephthysWanderer the Charming wrote:
Yeah it was, something around taking 1 dmg for each card over 5 at the upkeep phase of your turn. Trying to find a link...
Way off...my bad. Its the Black Vise that I was thinking about, no card named Ebon Vise.
Way off...my bad. Its the Black Vise that I was thinking about, no card named Ebon Vise.
close enough: ebony ~ black
PanzerKing wrote:
There's a quest that you complete while doing the Stockades instance entitled "The Hand of Dextren Ward", likely taken from the popular H.P. Lovecraft horror story "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward"; both characters are accused of "delving into black arts".
this quest is actually called crime and punishment. and another one in the stockades is given by nikova raskol = raskolnikov from, you guessed it, crime and punishment by dostoyevsky.
Nesingwarys Expedition
Someone wrote:
Well I swore when I saw the name it reminded me of a poet/author who was also a sportsman of sort (including hunting) and knew a bit about it. Finally the name Ernest Hemingway hit me, and even if it doesn't seem like it to others it sounds close enough for me.
Someone else wrote:
it's an anagram. switch the letters around and it fits. we had this in another thread and someone was nice enough to point out that j. s. erlgadin next to him is j. d. salinger.
The Third Quest giver's name is an Anagram of Jack Kerouac, the beat poet and other of On the Road.
So that's Ernest Hemingway, JD Salinger and Jack Kerouac all in one camp.
Edited, Jun 14th 2006 at 4:46am EDT by badrat
Someone wrote:
Well I swore when I saw the name it reminded me of a poet/author who was also a sportsman of sort (including hunting) and knew a bit about it. Finally the name Ernest Hemingway hit me, and even if it doesn't seem like it to others it sounds close enough for me.
Someone else wrote:
it's an anagram. switch the letters around and it fits. we had this in another thread and someone was nice enough to point out that j. s. erlgadin next to him is j. d. salinger.
The Third Quest giver's name is an Anagram of Jack Kerouac, the beat poet and other of On the Road.
So that's Ernest Hemingway, JD Salinger and Jack Kerouac all in one camp.
Edited, Jun 14th 2006 at 4:46am EDT by badrat
Majria wrote:
The Trolls dance is based upon the brazilian form of "fighting without fighting" Caprela(not sure on spelling) which was made from nessesity(sp) when many brazilian slaves were banned from fighting amongst their various gangs by their "owners"(not entirely sure but think thats the general "jist" of it) basically, nether opponant can hit each other, I'm totally unsure of this but would imagine that the loser would probably be the first person to hit the other, rather then the last=) Personally, I think it's a shining example of finding a peacefull way of doing things, even if they were forced!
Unsure wether these weapons are uniform, like irl or other games, but I know the Zweihander(or simlier) and flamberge swords are from The final Fantasy series of games, and soul blade / edge beat-em-ups respectively (The Zwei one I remember from doing a mini-game in FF7, and the Flamberge one is a weapon you can earn with Seigfreid in the playstation version of the game=))
Please correct any mistakes, I'd like to know wether or not I'm right actually as I'm not personally convinced=)
Majria
edit: Doh, forgot to add the swords are sold in ether rachet or booty bay, cannot remember which one though=(
Unsure wether these weapons are uniform, like irl or other games, but I know the Zweihander(or simlier) and flamberge swords are from The final Fantasy series of games, and soul blade / edge beat-em-ups respectively (The Zwei one I remember from doing a mini-game in FF7, and the Flamberge one is a weapon you can earn with Seigfreid in the playstation version of the game=))
Please correct any mistakes, I'd like to know wether or not I'm right actually as I'm not personally convinced=)
Majria
edit: Doh, forgot to add the swords are sold in ether rachet or booty bay, cannot remember which one though=(
the dance is called capoeira. it was a form of practising martial arts and making it look like a dance so the slavers don't stop it. 2 people dance "against" each other taking swings and evading but without ever touching. it's quite athletic and you need to be really dexterous =)
zweihänder = 2h sword. it's german for "twohander".
the word flamberge probably originates from the word flame, because the blades of those 2h swords were wavy, like a licking flame.
sorry for some of the repetitions above.
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There is an owl in tanaris called o ryley or something like that. Cracks me up
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This would be true, except Bagheera from The Jungle Book is a tiger.
No, I believe he IS a panther.
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