If World of Warcraft was a U.S. state, its 11 million players would give it the eighth largest tally of electoral votes.
That being the case, which candidate will carry Azeroth on election day? Do the polls show a split between Alliance and Horde voters? Between Dwarves and Night Elves?
In the video from Machinima.com comedian Rich Kuras polls WoW players on their presidential preferences.
BearDogg-X: Spike TV is airing the new Xbox reveal with help from GameTrailers starting at 11am CT.05/21/2013 - 12:56am
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BearDogg-X: http://kotaku.com/couric-offers-mea-culpa-for-one-sided-violent-video-g-50892937105/21/2013 - 12:49am
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james_fudge: of course he does :)05/20/2013 - 10:23pm
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Andrew Eisen: EZK lives!05/20/2013 - 10:17pm
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BearDogg-X: Not game related, but found it interesting: http://www.upworthy.com/the-real-reason-they-still-play-mrs-robinson-on-the-radio?g=2&c=mrp1 - 90% of the music/TV/news media in USA owned by 6 companies.05/20/2013 - 2:38pm
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BearDogg-X: @PHX Corp: It's like they're just throwing crap at the wall to see what sticks at this point.05/20/2013 - 12:15pm
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Kajex: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/05/20/neverwinter-money-making-exploit-sees-cryptic-turn-back-time/ My understanding is that none of this was illegal, either.05/20/2013 - 11:42am
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PHX Corp: http://www.gamezone.com/news/2013/05/20/violent-video-games-are-bad-for-your-body Most rediclous Study about violent video games ever05/20/2013 - 10:13am
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Cecil475: @PHX Corp - The dude's a moron who wouldn't know crap if it came up and kicked him.05/19/2013 - 6:36am
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PHX Corp: http://kotaku.com/ea-sports-developer-calls-wii-u-crap-and-nintendo-wa-508481261 EA Sports Canada Moron calls Wii U 'Crap' and Nintendo 'Walking Dead'05/18/2013 - 11:42am
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E. Zachary Knight: If the videos are of sufficient quality that people subscribe and watch regularly, then those let's players are providing a service that people want. That is the heart of capitalism. That is not something that should be shamed.05/17/2013 - 8:06am
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E. Zachary Knight: I have no idea who either of those people are. However, I still don't see why making a business out of creating let's play videos is somehow evil or wrong.05/17/2013 - 8:04am
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MaskedPixelante: It sure is if you're just doing it for the money. See Tobuscus and/or Pewdiepie for what happens when people get into it just for the money.05/17/2013 - 7:30am
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E. Zachary Knight: Why is it wrong to make money doing LPs? Why should that be something that should be shamed?05/17/2013 - 6:20am
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MaskedPixelante: https://twitter.com/PsychedelicSA/status/335183893214924801 Now here's an interesting, glass half full thought about the Nintendo LP thing. It outs the people who are just doing LPs to make money.05/17/2013 - 5:56am
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E. Zachary Knight: I responded in writing to all this "let's play" stuff Nintendo Started. No need for my permission, I won't give it. It's not mine to give. http://divineknightgaming.com/?p=29205/16/2013 - 2:21pm
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E. Zachary Knight: Lars Doucet of Levelup Labs has a Reddit going on game companies that allow monetization of Let's Play videos. http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1egayn/lets_build_a_list_of_game_studios_that_allow/05/16/2013 - 1:04pm
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Sleaker: @Imautobot - yah I wouldn't use an emulator as a good first run test of how stable the console is, haha.05/16/2013 - 11:47am
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E. Zachary Knight: The 50th person to jump off a bridge is just as dumb if not dumber than the 1st.05/16/2013 - 10:03am
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MaskedPixelante: Yeah, let's all jump on Nintendo for doing this, even though they're hardly the first company to do this...05/16/2013 - 9:47am
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Comments
Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
Ha! I liked that! I'm not (and never going to be) a WoW player, but this was very informative and shows a great relationship between politics and gamers. Real GamePolitics. The relation to the canadites as classes and their stats was a nice touch.
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Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
That was funny about Obama being a shape shifter. All politicians (McCain included) flip flop on the issues. It's just a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils.
FOR THE MOTHER****ING HORDE!
Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
Thought this was really interesting and funny, despite the fact that i haven't played WoW in 2 and a half years. (thankfully)
Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
Very informative. I figured the election would go 72% - 78% Obama and the rest to McCain. WoW was not far off. Lets see how the real vote goes...
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Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
The majority of WoW players are members of a younger generation, which for some reason are highly infatuated with Obama. So it's no surprise that he got the Azerothian electoral college votes.
Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
We're looking at a 50-50 election here.
Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
I felt that the video did not touch upon the issues enough.
Who's economic plan would be better in this time of skyrocketing auctionhouse prices?
Where to the candidates stand on aid to low level players so they don't get pwn'd by the richer higher level players?
Who is more prepared to protect us from the Lich King?
Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
At first, I was like
Then I read all of it and I was like
Joking aside, awsome post. Lol'ing was had.
Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
That was the most refreshing and honestly funny poll that I have seen done in quite awhile. McCain as a Dwarven warrior because he's short and holds aggro...loved it.
To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful. Edward R. Murrow
Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
brightened my day...since my day at the moment consists of my newly bought WoW (yes i know i'm late to the party...where's the drinks?) patching it's self to high heaven.
Which is a pretty sweet coincidence.
Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
Yes, enjoy. Why don't you try the server Ysera? :P For the Horde! XD
Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
I'm using characters already on a different server (from a free trial)
And it's been all for the Horde since Warcraft II ^_^
Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
Like drugs, I don't try. Reason? I don't want to know what I'm missing. I've seen the wow casualties! I resist! I shall not partake!!! My kids would miss me (I hope).
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Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
Be sure to enjoy.
Horde 4tw, btw
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Krishnamurti
Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
Win. I loved it.
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"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Krishnamurti
Re: World of Warcraft: Red or Blue?
this video is full of win. the office i work in loves talking politics, but all my coworkers much older than I am (with the exception of one who is only 2 years older), so they probably wouldn't completely understand the whole WoW thing, but they would probably still appreciate it.
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megaLOL he's a genius - the most enjoyable politics interview I've ever seen
a lesson to mainstream channels