We were going to have a friend of a friend handle the food, but my parents kind of went over my head and hired a professional caterer. (Luckily, they're paying
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Oh yeah, fantasy counterpart cultures can be fun, particularly when it's something unique and rarely touched upon. I would love to see a good counterpart to Rome, to be honest. It's when it's the same culture over and over again (medieval England is the most common one) that I start to get frustrated. And yeah, it's lazy as all get out.
Yeah, I don't think Blizzard ever intended for Gilneas to be a complete counterpart to England, partially because it's just not Blizzard's way and that's something I've always loved about Warcraft. For example there's Russian aspects to the Draenei, but there's also some Roma aspects and some middle eastern aspects, and put them in space, and you get something very different and interesting. If anything, I feel Kul Tiras would be a better direct comparison to England, since they were an island. Fandom just heard British accents and saw the Victorian British accoutrements and ran with it, ignoring all the other interesting aspects of the culture, and as an rper it ruined it for me.
Oh yeah, totally. MMOs are something where I can only really play one at a time, and I admit Rift has made me completely set WOW aside, though like I said, the take over by obnoxious anglophiles didn't help.
Yeah, I don't think Blizzard ever intended for Gilneas to be a complete counterpart to England, partially because it's just not Blizzard's way and that's something I've always loved about Warcraft. For example there's Russian aspects to the Draenei, but there's also some Roma aspects and some middle eastern aspects, and put them in space, and you get something very different and interesting. If anything, I feel Kul Tiras would be a better direct comparison to England, since they were an island. Fandom just heard British accents and saw the Victorian British accoutrements and ran with it, ignoring all the other interesting aspects of the culture, and as an rper it ruined it for me.
Oh yeah, totally. MMOs are something where I can only really play one at a time, and I admit Rift has made me completely set WOW aside, though like I said, the take over by obnoxious anglophiles didn't help.
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