21. Re: Why does CoS celebrate Halloween? 10/22/2009 10:31:23 AM PDT
It's a little known fact that the plague had NOT arrived at Stratholme yet when Arthas culled it. The people of the town thought it would be HILARIOUS if the mayor dressed up as a dreadlord and the rest of the population as zombies and they pretended to attack the young prince.
Sadly, the results of this clever prank were far more catastrophic than expected.
Q u o t e:
But see, that is where it doesn't make sense. There was no Forsaken at that time. And yet the description of the holiday is for celebrating the Forsaken's separation from Arthas's control.
/mindboggle emoticon
What you're describing is actually the Wicker Man Festival, which occurs DURING Hallow's End. It's a sort of mini-holiday for the Forsaken.
23. Re: Why does CoS celebrate Halloween? 10/22/2009 10:33:57 AM PDT
Q u o t e: Plus it uses a generic human inn, and when they set up the holiday, they just hit the "Decorate all human inns like this" button and it just gets caught in the crossfire.
There's a MASSIVE PUMPKIN sitting on the bridge into Stratholme. I'm pretty sure the decoration was intentional.
26. Re: Why does CoS celebrate Halloween? 10/22/2009 10:36:45 AM PDT
The Bronze Dragonflight thought it would be cool for us to continue celebrating Hallow's End while dealing with the past. So, because a bunch of random pumpkins and decorations were determined to not disrupt the flow of time, they got together and set up decorations around Stratholme.
29. Re: Why does CoS celebrate Halloween? 10/22/2009 10:44:33 AM PDT
In Arthas: ROTLK Arthas and Jaina attend hallows ends events as children together.
The reasoning for Hallows End in the book was to celebrate the forsaken breaking away.
At least that's what I remember and I'm 99% sure about that. So ya Arthas as a kid was celebrating a holiday because of the people that broke away from his control.
31. Re: Why does CoS celebrate Halloween? 10/22/2009 10:48:22 AM PDT
It's cool, who cares?
"If you ever fall off the Sears Tower, just go real limp, because maybe you'll look like a dummy and people will try to catch you because, hey, free dummy." - "Deep Thoughts," Jack Handy
35. Re: Why does CoS celebrate Halloween? 10/22/2009 10:55:21 AM PDT
Q u o t e: The event is bigger than time itself.
Fail.
Sometimes mistakes are admitted by BlizBlues, which lend to their overall credibility. Ie. the inexplicable oceanic section in the IF-SW tram was a result of the original plan for city layout that changed by the time of ultimate implementation, but the Tram scenery was not changed to reflect the ultimate relative positioning of the cities -> hence, the tram's ocean view persists (an explanation previously provided by BlizBlue).
But here we have obfuscation rather than acknowledgement or even a contrived/convoluted attempt at justification.
Thankfully this inconsistency doesn't affect gameplay in any significant manner.
Bornakk
Blizzard Poster
36. Re: Why does CoS celebrate Halloween? 10/22/2009 10:55:45 AM PDT
Q u o t e:
Then why isn't the big old sands of time clock not decorated with pumpkins?
Some people/creatures/beings can be party poopers.
