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World of Warcraft tweaks another NPC name October 15, 2021 04:39AM | Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 1,065 |
World of Warcraft tweaks another NPC name
Not every movie or reference ages particularly well. Case in point: World of Warcraft had an NPC named Finkle Einhorn as a reference to the film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, a 1994 film with a central plot point that has aged about as well as milk left in the sun from a transphobic cow. The character is being renamed in patch 9.1.5 to Pip Quickwit, with a few other items changed as well due to the new character name.To get more news about Buy WoW Gold, you can visit lootwow.com official website.
Needless to say, this is part and parcel with other changes already being made to the game, with a number of other dialogue changes made to also ensure that names of changed locations and NPCs are being used correctly. There are also more dialogue changes made to reduce certain sexual references or some dialogue implying that a male character was female and some lines removing the racial epithets calling Orcs “greenskins.” It’s a fairly long list of changes, but it’s consistent with the other shifts being made to the game’s content within the context of the patch.
It’s just the latest rounds of changes that have come or will be coming to Blizzard’s long-running MMO. The Public Test Realm build of the upcoming patch 9.1.5 has revealed the renaming of old achievements, the removal of crude emotes, and more will be coming to WoW in the weeks ahead once the patch goes live, along with a whole host of player-requested changes.
The changes come in the wake of multiple lawsuits and investigations accusing Activision Blizzard of sexual harassment and discrimination against women. Numerous Blizzard veterans, including former Blizzard president J. Allen Brack, departed the company following the lawsuit’s allegations. Blizzard recently outlined its thought process for the changes in a blog post, stating that “goofy jokes and occasional mature innuendos are part of WoW, and probably always will be” but that the developer wants to “remain mindful of whether certain elements…are welcoming to all players.”
Not every movie or reference ages particularly well. Case in point: World of Warcraft had an NPC named Finkle Einhorn as a reference to the film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, a 1994 film with a central plot point that has aged about as well as milk left in the sun from a transphobic cow. The character is being renamed in patch 9.1.5 to Pip Quickwit, with a few other items changed as well due to the new character name.To get more news about Buy WoW Gold, you can visit lootwow.com official website.
Needless to say, this is part and parcel with other changes already being made to the game, with a number of other dialogue changes made to also ensure that names of changed locations and NPCs are being used correctly. There are also more dialogue changes made to reduce certain sexual references or some dialogue implying that a male character was female and some lines removing the racial epithets calling Orcs “greenskins.” It’s a fairly long list of changes, but it’s consistent with the other shifts being made to the game’s content within the context of the patch.
It’s just the latest rounds of changes that have come or will be coming to Blizzard’s long-running MMO. The Public Test Realm build of the upcoming patch 9.1.5 has revealed the renaming of old achievements, the removal of crude emotes, and more will be coming to WoW in the weeks ahead once the patch goes live, along with a whole host of player-requested changes.
The changes come in the wake of multiple lawsuits and investigations accusing Activision Blizzard of sexual harassment and discrimination against women. Numerous Blizzard veterans, including former Blizzard president J. Allen Brack, departed the company following the lawsuit’s allegations. Blizzard recently outlined its thought process for the changes in a blog post, stating that “goofy jokes and occasional mature innuendos are part of WoW, and probably always will be” but that the developer wants to “remain mindful of whether certain elements…are welcoming to all players.”
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