metzen addresses lore issues

[Rasta]

Heyas, I just thought I'd make some kind of post about it here... in case there are a few that haven't been keeping up with it. Metzen has addressed the lore issues that have arisen, and he made a post (through Tseric) on the general forum, which can be found here: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=8333849&p=1&tmp=1#post8333849

Not quite sure what to think of it, personally... I think he's been having a bit too big of a taste of the high life for a bit too long, meself... seems like that creative spark just... I dunno, isn't quite there anymore. Could just be me, though.

Sort of reminds me of a guy who started out doing something he loved and was good at, but then once his work earned him enough success, money, and power, he just sat back and began to live off the fat of his achievements. He only deceived himself, however, as his life wasn't made; he soon realized that in order to continue his newfound lifestyle, he would have to return to his work again, which by then he had taken such a long vacation from that he had lost his touch. Unable to perform and create with the same spark that he used to, his success went down the toilet, his job tanked, and everything that he had created fell into obscurity as another casualty of apathy.

:cry: i hope that's not where it's headed...

[EnheilRas]

I have spoken my thoughts on the issue. Call me conservative, but I liked it better how it was.

[Alucian]

I think I'll take it no matter what flavor it is.

Everyone makes mistakes. He's right in that there's a ton of stuff in this little world now. Stuff's gonna fall through the cracks. Maybe they were rushing for a deadline. We'll never know. The fact is, nobody's infallable, and mistakes will be made.

Metzen owed no one an apology or an explanation, and yet, he took the time to write that out for us. He could have just done a Lucas and said "it's my world, shut up" and deleted that page in the WoW lore site. Instead, he promised a retooling, and left it at that. So what if we don't know what corrupted Sargeras? He's corrupted, the end. One day, we'll figure out why. In the meantime, the Eredar weren't bad, which makes Archimonde and Kil'jaedin's fall that much more sinister.

So, while he'll never read this, thanks, Metzen. Continue to make the quality stuff you do, and don't listen to those afraid of change.