Fion wrote on Oct 22, 2011, 16:05:
...and fist fighting each other

lvitriol wrote on Oct 23, 2011, 09:18:
The "Pandas has been in the lore for a long time pal." defense that I have seen several times now is so stupid as probably everyone knows about pandarians, maybe they have read about or done the barrens Q or seen the ingame Pandarian brewmaster pet or read about them in a WoW book or played WC3, they aren't exactly Tigons.

It does not make any difference if they have been in the lore for 3 centuries or not, the exp pack still gonna make half the playerbase quit, no doubt about it just look at the number of youtube dislikes.

I have 330 days /played but this preview made me laugh so hard.

AnointedSword wrote on Oct 23, 2011, 06:40:
oh...where are the WOw is dead crowd? Oo Just stating that I told you so...Blizzard will keep supporting Wow until Titan takes over and even then they might keep Wow running. I will put this in numbers for you...Wow could lose 90% of subs and still be more popular than any of its competition. Now sit and think about that one...

Umbragen wrote on Oct 22, 2011, 18:54:
True, enough. I know little about the history of Warcraft. I'm not a big fan of strategy games. What I do have, is a family full of lawyers, multiple generations of lawyers, I understand them quite well. A bit of prior art is not necessarily an adequate defense.

Fion wrote on Oct 22, 2011, 16:05:
Yes the Pandaren were introduced with Warcraft 3 but they were a small and secluded race focused largely on drinking alcohol and fist fighting each other.

Clearly in this expansion they are all about the kung fu. That makes them a dartboard for a trademark infringement lawsuit.

Fion wrote on Oct 22, 2011, 16:05:
Yes the Pandaren were introduced with Warcraft 3 but they were a small and secluded race focused largely on drinking alcohol and fist fighting each other.

Clearly in this expansion they are all about the kung fu. That makes them a dartboard for a trademark infringement lawsuit.

WyldKat wrote on Oct 22, 2011, 15:34:
So at this point is it safe to just call it World of Furcraft?

Jonny wrote on Oct 22, 2011, 13:47:

Umbragen wrote on Oct 22, 2011, 10:20:
I'm going to presume Dreamworks' lawyers are a good bit sharper than the dim bulbs ZeniMax, they may actually succeed in suing Blizzivision, they may even do it without alienating their customer base.

I doubt it. Pandaren first appeared in Warcraft III: Frozen Throne in 2003, Kung Fu Panda wasn't released until 2008.

Umbragen wrote on Oct 22, 2011, 10:20:
I'm going to presume Dreamworks' lawyers are a good bit sharper than the dim bulbs ZeniMax, they may actually succeed in suing Blizzivision, they may even do it without alienating their customer base.