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For people who do not actively participate in World of Warcraft, many of the references in the above video may not do much for you, but if you are one of the world's eleven million WoW players, this is going to be a bucket of laughs. If you have a clear idea what kinds of stats presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain might have if they were WoW characters ... well, let's just say you have a lot of time on your hands.
 
Oh, and while we're talking numbers, the Horde were 80 percent in favor for Obama... why am I not surprised?
 
 

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king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2008 17:59
king3vbo
As a WOW nerd, I totally got the jokes.....

It was kinda funny
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2008 18:05
Dexter345
If the statistics they gathered are actually true, I sort of find them interesting, from a scientific point of view. Not that political science is all that interesting to me, but to see such a stark difference between the voting tendencies of Alliance and Horde is an interesting enough anomaly that it could stand to be studied further.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2008 18:16
mix
I don't play WOW so this makes no sense to me but that undead warlock has BEWBS and a Va-jay-jay!
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2008 18:24
Sharpless
This was done better with that... Well, I saw it as an animated gif. I don't know if it was a cartoon or a YTMND or what, but it was an old-school RPG-style thing, with Hillary, Barack, and McCain. Much funnier.
killias2's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2008 18:33
killias2
"If the statistics they gathered are actually true, I sort of find them interesting, from a scientific point of view. Not that political science is all that interesting to me, but to see such a stark difference between the voting tendencies of Alliance and Horde is an interesting enough anomaly that it could stand to be studied further."

I find it quite interesting. I'm actually a Political Scientist (working on a Ph.D.), and I find the bias remarkable. I can't help but wonder if the polling was truly representative. If it was, then I think there is something legitimately interesting at work here. Essentially: what is it about GOP video-game players that makes them want pick humans and dwarve disproportionately? Does it have something to do with black/white visions of morality? Note that, within the Alliance, the "different" races (Night Elf, Draeni, and, to a far lesser extent, Gnomes) still trend mostly the same as the Horde does.

Like I said, I bet there are measurement errors all over this thing, but, if some of the same basic processes are real, then it's really interesting.
Druid 01's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2008 18:35
Druid 01
i stopped playing wow little less than 2 years ago but i still love watching Machinima made with it like this. especially when its depicting something related to modern events.
Ferris Wheeler's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2008 19:26
Ferris Wheeler
@ Sharpless

http://politicalpokeman.ytmnd.com/

Only way to describe it is:
Strange. Funny. Heartrending.
Ninjasnake's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2008 21:15
Ninjasnake
Sweet, Obama wins in wow. Now if only this translated to the real world than I would be a very happy lvl 21 unemployed computer nerd.
Fleet3000's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/29/2008 22:41
Fleet3000
@ninjasnake

cheers to that.

that was hilarious, and awesome. i love breaking down the 4th wall.
machallboyd's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2008 03:48
machallboyd
Now, if they'd found a pro-life Forsaken, we'd have a real man-bites-dog story on our hands.
Relm143's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2008 03:53
Relm143
What is a wivern? Does he mean wyvern?
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2008 08:44
Holyetheline
Haha. I love Obama.
NinjaElf's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2008 09:15
NinjaElf
lul. Gamers the untapped demographic. Atleast Obama has tried to appeal to us.
combatmedic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2008 11:52
combatmedic
Videos gone :(
Rammstein's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/30/2008 13:26
Rammstein
@Relm143

AFAIK it's pronounced "wiv-ern" not "why-vern" so he is indeed correct. Although this is the gamer version of tomay-toe v. tomah-toe. Oh, and "Man-uh" versus "Maw-nah"

I liked the vid, good stuff. You don't need to play WoW to find it entertaining (although it helps, lol).
The Unforgivable's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/31/2008 01:00
The Unforgivable
Is Vajayjay a city in Azeroth? nice..........
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/02/2008 20:48
GohanGVO
That was actually rather interesting and enjoyable.

Now they should do this with Halo players. ;)
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