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		<title>Comment on Origins: The Gnome and Dwarf Story by Bobby</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bobby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dwarfs are best in pvp. I kill in bg&#039;s and use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wow-bg-bot.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wow battleground bot&lt;/a&gt; to get the best pvp gear. Great article.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dwarfs are best in pvp. I kill in bg&#8217;s and use <a href="http://www.wow-bg-bot.com" rel="nofollow">Wow battleground bot</a> to get the best pvp gear. Great article.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Horde vs. Alliance by Salarzaca</title>
		<link>http://thebarrenschat.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/horde-vs-alliance/#comment-679</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Salarzaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I honestly used to enjoy playing Ally, because i thought that fellow allies enjoyed helping you to level your characters. I would always fight for the ally side and i would always try to kick the Horde in the ass. Now, i have my main on Horde, and will almost never play Ally again. Now im going to try to be a bit more unbiased than the poster, but im not sure. Now sure, the alliance are mostly the immature/younger players just starting the game, but like the poster said, Ally has great starting areas. These allow newer players to get to know the game better and become better at the game. Most people reach level 50 in Ally and make a Horde character. So basically, getting to be good and to know the game as an Ally is your right of passage to the Horde. 
  Horde on the other hand has many friendly, helpful, more experienced and mature players. They do not give up in dungeons (although i have seen a few) but they all think they are the superior player. That is my view on the topic.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I honestly used to enjoy playing Ally, because i thought that fellow allies enjoyed helping you to level your characters. I would always fight for the ally side and i would always try to kick the Horde in the ass. Now, i have my main on Horde, and will almost never play Ally again. Now im going to try to be a bit more unbiased than the poster, but im not sure. Now sure, the alliance are mostly the immature/younger players just starting the game, but like the poster said, Ally has great starting areas. These allow newer players to get to know the game better and become better at the game. Most people reach level 50 in Ally and make a Horde character. So basically, getting to be good and to know the game as an Ally is your right of passage to the Horde.<br />
  Horde on the other hand has many friendly, helpful, more experienced and mature players. They do not give up in dungeons (although i have seen a few) but they all think they are the superior player. That is my view on the topic.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Warcraft: Bechdel Tested by Kyrillion</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyrillion]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a very late comment, I do realize it, but I&#039;ve come across this page by googling. I heartily disagree with your verdict on Maiev. In the TFT campaign, she interacted a lot with her warriors, with as far as I remember are all females. Here are a few examples (from memory) :

1) Maiv comments on the corruption the Legion has inflicted on the land. In particular she tells her army the furbolgs has gone insane and have to be culled. There is also the talk with the dryad about the giant creep (forgot the name) that leads to a quest. Finally, the discussion about the elf units that have been imprisoned by satyrs.
2) Discussions in the beginning, in particular Maiev comments on the ruins being those of the ancient elvn capital that seem to have emerged from the depths if the sea. There is also the cinematic in the top-left part of the map when recalls about the Boughs of Azshara. At the end, she orders part of the army to get back to the base while a group of units and herself will enter the Tomb.
3) Haha. There are several cinematics of Gul&#039;Dan flashbacks and Maiev&#039;s reactions, talking to her warriors. Note that Naisha is part of those units talked to. And later, Maiev meets Vashj and learn from her the secret of the origin of the Nagas. Even though Illidan is mentioned by Vashj, that&#039;s hardly a man-centered conversation, is it ?
6) I think it&#039;s the sixth mission. When Maiev, Tyrande and Furion travel to Lordaeron pursuing Illidan, Furion has to leave the ladies and they then meet  Kael&#039;s caravan trudging through the treacherous wastelands. Discussion at the beginning on whether they should help him or not, arguably focused on Illidan on Maiev&#039;s side. At the end, Tyrande offers to stall the enemies to let the rest of them escape, and Maiev tries to convince her not to.

Thus, we can see clearly that there is plenty of talk between Maiev and other women throughout this campaign, for the obvious reason Maiev is leading troops of mostly/exclusively women. In case one would use a Bechdel test where female characters have no be named, as it apepars sometimes though not in your article, then Naisha, Vashj and Tyrande still provide the wished talk. Therefore I assert that Maiev actually brilliant passes the test.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a very late comment, I do realize it, but I&#8217;ve come across this page by googling. I heartily disagree with your verdict on Maiev. In the TFT campaign, she interacted a lot with her warriors, with as far as I remember are all females. Here are a few examples (from memory) :</p>
<p>1) Maiv comments on the corruption the Legion has inflicted on the land. In particular she tells her army the furbolgs has gone insane and have to be culled. There is also the talk with the dryad about the giant creep (forgot the name) that leads to a quest. Finally, the discussion about the elf units that have been imprisoned by satyrs.<br />
2) Discussions in the beginning, in particular Maiev comments on the ruins being those of the ancient elvn capital that seem to have emerged from the depths if the sea. There is also the cinematic in the top-left part of the map when recalls about the Boughs of Azshara. At the end, she orders part of the army to get back to the base while a group of units and herself will enter the Tomb.<br />
3) Haha. There are several cinematics of Gul&#8217;Dan flashbacks and Maiev&#8217;s reactions, talking to her warriors. Note that Naisha is part of those units talked to. And later, Maiev meets Vashj and learn from her the secret of the origin of the Nagas. Even though Illidan is mentioned by Vashj, that&#8217;s hardly a man-centered conversation, is it ?<br />
6) I think it&#8217;s the sixth mission. When Maiev, Tyrande and Furion travel to Lordaeron pursuing Illidan, Furion has to leave the ladies and they then meet  Kael&#8217;s caravan trudging through the treacherous wastelands. Discussion at the beginning on whether they should help him or not, arguably focused on Illidan on Maiev&#8217;s side. At the end, Tyrande offers to stall the enemies to let the rest of them escape, and Maiev tries to convince her not to.</p>
<p>Thus, we can see clearly that there is plenty of talk between Maiev and other women throughout this campaign, for the obvious reason Maiev is leading troops of mostly/exclusively women. In case one would use a Bechdel test where female characters have no be named, as it apepars sometimes though not in your article, then Naisha, Vashj and Tyrande still provide the wished talk. Therefore I assert that Maiev actually brilliant passes the test.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Horde vs. Alliance by Roberto</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roberto]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think I am the only true ally commenting in this one. I beg your pardon, my english is only journeyman.

I recently chose to level an orc arms warrior and now got him to 35.
Its such a different experience to walk in Ogrimmar! That place is 100% foreign! Thousands of freakshow-characters running in steep stairs, rope-bridges and Mad Max 2 elevators as a Zeppelin is passing...
Its funny to realize that the places I must attend on now are native american cow festivals with depressed skeleton hipsters and green-eyed-california-tanned-blondies.
And I think that this is the point. Playing Horde is really more fantastic, interesting and, above all, exotic.
I would really like to disagree on the stereotype on the allies, but I also am such a PUG player all along... So I faced many of these situations, only now I&#039;ll see how many times it will happen to me in the Horde.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I am the only true ally commenting in this one. I beg your pardon, my english is only journeyman.</p>
<p>I recently chose to level an orc arms warrior and now got him to 35.<br />
Its such a different experience to walk in Ogrimmar! That place is 100% foreign! Thousands of freakshow-characters running in steep stairs, rope-bridges and Mad Max 2 elevators as a Zeppelin is passing&#8230;<br />
Its funny to realize that the places I must attend on now are native american cow festivals with depressed skeleton hipsters and green-eyed-california-tanned-blondies.<br />
And I think that this is the point. Playing Horde is really more fantastic, interesting and, above all, exotic.<br />
I would really like to disagree on the stereotype on the allies, but I also am such a PUG player all along&#8230; So I faced many of these situations, only now I&#8217;ll see how many times it will happen to me in the Horde.</p>
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		<title>Comment on In Memory of Ercles by Charles</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 08:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erc was a lot of fun to be with and always very friendly to me even when I was a total stranger to him - despite never getting to know him that well, I will miss him.  My condolences to those of you who knew him so much better and will miss him so much more.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Erc was a lot of fun to be with and always very friendly to me even when I was a total stranger to him &#8211; despite never getting to know him that well, I will miss him.  My condolences to those of you who knew him so much better and will miss him so much more.</p>
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		<title>Comment on In Memory of Ercles by MomentEye</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MomentEye]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A terrible shame. 
He is with Mankrik&#039;s wife now.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A terrible shame.<br />
He is with Mankrik&#8217;s wife now.</p>
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		<title>Comment on In Memory of Ercles by Real Life &#171; Righteous Orbs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Real Life &#171; Righteous Orbs]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] you probably already know, Erc – otherwise known as Ercles, who blogged over at the Barrens Chat died recently following a long struggle with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comment on In Memory of Ercles by Tam</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tam]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sadness.  My thoughts are with you, and his guild.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sadness.  My thoughts are with you, and his guild.</p>
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		<title>Comment on In Memory of Ercles by nowiamtree</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[nowiamtree]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I only knew him briefly, but it was long enough to discover how lovely he was. I think it was obvious in the first 15 minutes.

My thoughts and condolences to all those who have been blessed with knowing him.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I only knew him briefly, but it was long enough to discover how lovely he was. I think it was obvious in the first 15 minutes.</p>
<p>My thoughts and condolences to all those who have been blessed with knowing him.</p>
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		<title>Comment on In Memory of Ercles by Angelya</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angelya]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very sad news :( my thoughts are with you, your guild and Erc&#039;s family.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very sad news <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' />  my thoughts are with you, your guild and Erc&#8217;s family.</p>
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