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Ket Shi wrote:I can actually give some context to this. When Blizzard's artists need to come up with a sense of scale, they use a naked human model and place it temporarily on the map to get a feel for how high to make objects.

That creature was called something like a "Three-assed Wild Mantaur" and was a placeholder model rigged up as a rough size and scale estimate for the Tol'vir race before they were finished. The tol'vir are big lion-centaur dudes, and so the Mantaur was rigged up to look somewhat like a centaur.

Mantaurs were once dotted over much of Uldum, helping the developers get a sense of scale. Now that the tol'vir have a finished model, these majestic creatures have sadly faded into extinction.

Mantaurs were once dotted over much of Uldum, helping the developers get a sense of scale. Now that the tol'vir have a finished model, these majestic creatures have sadly faded into extinction.

Vephriel wrote:Do we want to ask how they'd reproduce?

Vephriel wrote:Bahaha...a Mantaur reserve. xD

Do we want to ask how they'd reproduce?

Sukurachi wrote:Ok, there's a lot of hilarity in this thread, which is great. the pic IS hysterical and amply demonstrates Blizzard's twisted sense of humor (even if we are not, technically, supposed to be privy to it, in this case).

But I just have to say: what's with all the "eww, gross" comments?

Grow up, people.

Let me guess, had those been three FEMALE NPCs used to create the placeholder, there would only have been comments about it being "hawt".

Sukurachi wrote:Ok, there's a lot of hilarity in this thread, which is great. the pic IS hysterical and amply demonstrates Blizzard's twisted sense of humor (even if we are not, technically, supposed to be privy to it, in this case).

But I just have to say: what's with all the "eww, gross" comments?

Grow up, people.

Let me guess, had those been three FEMALE NPCs used to create the placeholder, there would only have been comments about it being "hawt".

THINK about your comments.
Sorry, but I need to rant here.

Every time you say "eww gross" to an image like that, you are in effect making a homophobic comment.
You might not be consciously thinking it.

No,you aren't sitting there going "eww fags".
But in the end, what is it that you find so "eww gross" about the image?

It's the fact that you are making a connection with intimate male contact = gay.

And guess what?
That's a form of homophobia.
And it's the most insidious form. Because you will all deny being homophobic. You will all say "I have x-number of gay friends".

Except in the end, you made a comment that betrays your homophobia, your acceptance that it's ok to think gay stuff is "icky".

/rant off


But those pics are hysterical.
And the name they gave the "creature" is pure gold.

Saturo wrote:I would still say "Eww gross!", but not because of homophobia, but because of how they put the thing together. xD

Sukurachi wrote: Every time you say "eww gross" to an image like that, you are in effect making a homophobic comment.

Teigan wrote:The gross factor, which to me is part of the hilarity, comes from the fact that their flesh appears to be welded together...if it was female, it would still be hilariously horrifying