The Most Christian Class in WoW

[Demontestament]

Ok so I am running through UC last night heading to the Auction House to put some drops up for sale when I get a tell from someone asking if I was a fellow Christian WoW player. I kindly told them no I am not Christian but I am a fellow WoW Player and a Fellow Paladin. Well we got into a discussion(nothing insulting mind you) about how alot of the christian populace in WoW are Pallys and how he found it strange that a non christian would play a holy class and even be a holy spec. Just told him I like the look of pallys and I never really think about what class would be what religion in a game.

Now what does everyone think about this? What exactly would make someone think a pally is a christian class?

[seductivpancakes]

Maybe because to christians Paladins resemble the knights templars or knights hospitilers.

[steelcobra]

Since when do Paladins care about Jesus, considering that they serve the Holy Light that actually gives them power?

[Dagrak]

Basically its because a Paladin is a Knight of the Divine power, they want to believe that all Gods represent the Christian God so therefore a Paladin is a Godly class = Christian...of course a Priest would probably be more Christian but there you go. Its why the Scarlet Crusade (is that right?) are Pallies.

[steelcobra]

What they aren't thinking of is that the Blood Elf paladins are simply siphoning the power for their own means.

[Dagrak]

What they aren't thinking of is that the Blood Elf paladins are simply siphoning the power for their own means.

Well they're obviously heretics or false prophets. This also falls into the "Horde are evil" argument, people only think 2 dimensionaly when it comes to characters.

[steelcobra]

I understand the Horde aren't evil, but if two level ?? Orcs rush me the moment I come close to one of their enclaves, it has the same result.

[MrKenyon]

So, by this wacky logic, does that mean that they think all Warlocks are Satanists?

[seductivpancakes]

So, by this wacky logic, does that mean that they think all Warlocks are Satanists?

Of course. Every other class are evil, and all races that arent humans are satan spawns. Isnt that why christians try to ban D&D back in the day?

[steelcobra]

Even though the Night Elves lost their immortality to defeat the demonic legion, and both the alliance and Horde are (somewhat) united against the demons?

[Picho]

http://www.chick.com/articles/dnd.asp

for your anti-dnd crusadinng needs.

Even has a helpful comic to teach you more.

[Hannah]

http://www.chick.com/articles/dnd.asp

for your anti-dnd crusadinng needs.

Even has a helpful comic to teach you more.

I like how Dark Dungeons makes it SO obvious that Chick has never played D&D or even seen it played. For one thing, what are the odds of getting that many passably attractive girls around a gaming table? And where the hell are all the dice?

[seductivpancakes]

When in reality religion is the brain washing tool. Last time I check bloody and violent wars have been started in the name of religion. When's the last time someone died over DnD.

[Hannah]

When in reality religion is the brain washing tool. Last time I check bloody and violent wars have been started in the name of religion. When's the last time someone died over DnD.

1988, according to the article that Picho linked ;)

[seductivpancakes]

1988, according to the article that Picho linked ;)

Well thats like 20 years ago. I was only 2 years old then. People are still dying in the name of religion these days.

[Grahamr]

Hey, I'm a christian!!! :)

Not really.

LOL, that's funny though. I am still prone to shouting "For the Light!!!!" whenever i rush into battle, or saying things like "Light be with you, milady."
I even call my mount "Uther". :D


I can link the Wowwiki article that explains the specfics of "The Light."

[steelcobra]

When in reality religion is the brain washing tool. Last time I check bloody and violent wars have been started in the name of religion. When's the last time someone died over DnD.

There was that one ubernerd on Reno 911 who hit his friend with an axe during a LARP session...then started listing off his "immunities" to the officer. Who responded by spraying him with mace and asking if he was immune to that.

[Ministeve]

I think he took the game way too seriously.

[Picho]

What i dont understand is how they can stand there and say that something is not part of God's greater plan.
They are not God and thus cannot understand why things exist as they are existing now and try to say that it is not God's work. Of course on the off chance that God is making them think that way because he has some sort of greater plan in mind. Which would then mean that I'm pointing out all this because God wanted me to. Then we start to go down the slippery slope of what is real and what is not.

People who respond on this forum may actually in reality not exist, and I've been living in a world all by myself, with only NPCs to play with. Can anyone truely prove that they exist and are nothing more then part of some sort of dilution? Just thinking about it begins to make my head hurt. How to prove one really exists?

[seductivpancakes]

LOL, that's funny though. I am still prone to shouting "For the Light!!!!" whenever i rush into battle, or saying things like "Light be with you, milady."
I even call my mount "Uther". :D
When I use to play DnD, I was a cleric whose patron god was Lathander. I use to joke around, walking around saying the "light" too and stuff.
I think he took the game way too seriously.
Especially since the game is based on imagination.

[Demontestament]

I like how Dark Dungeons makes it SO obvious that Chick has never played D&D or even seen it played. For one thing, what are the odds of getting that many passably attractive girls around a gaming table? And where the hell are all the dice?

Yeah a little off her rocker there I would say. Well in my DnD Group we have 3 or 4 attractive girls playing along with us. Now they don't always play because either they are off at their parents house, or they have prior plans. One girls is my friends girlfriend so she usually plays with us everytime we do and my girlfriend plays when she comes down for a visit(no not a long distance relationship she is like a 40 minuet drive from me)

That article proves none of them ever layed a hand on a DnD manual before, most of the spells in the game tell you what componets you need and how many rounds it takes to cast. You don't have to preform any "Rituals" (unless it is the book of vile darkness and that wasnt out back then) and of course the **** from the 700 club is going to call it evil, if not he would of been killed and called a heathen. The people on that show are insane, I mean look who they are lead by that should give you a clue.

[seductivpancakes]

Really. I played a cleric. I healed people. I head my friend right before he died. I never did no silly ritual. I did laugh when my rogue friend got owned by a wall.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

Ok so I am running through UC last night heading to the Auction House to put some drops up for sale when I get a tell from someone asking if I was a fellow Christian WoW player. I kindly told them no I am not Christian but I am a fellow WoW Player and a Fellow Paladin. Well we got into a discussion(nothing insulting mind you) about how alot of the christian populace in WoW are Pallys and how he found it strange that a non christian would play a holy class and even be a holy spec. Just told him I like the look of pallys and I never really think about what class would be what religion in a game.

Now what does everyone think about this? What exactly would make someone think a pally is a christian class?

I'm not entirely certain why. As a Christian, I play all classes, and all races. I understand that WoW is fantasy, and therefore I do not expect to have it reflect my personal theological views or beliefs. I do find it somewhat irritating when people claim to be Christian, and then proceed to shovel it down other people's throats. I honestly have to wonder "who cares?" whenever anyone says they are a Christian while playing WoW. It seems to me, to be a bit out of place to bring it up in such a context.

For the record:


My Orc Hunter is based along the lines of an outdoorsman/survivalist. He stays on the fringes of society, preferring the wilds.
My Dwarf Hunter is a mechanic, engineer, and techno-freak. She is constantly designing/constructing new little gizmos to help her out, rides on a mechanical ostrich, and has a cybernetic boar as her companion.
My Priest is a vicious, shadow-wielding powerhouse.
My Paladin is a vengeance seeking, violent and highly aggressive blood elf.
My Druid is somewhat stoic, preferring to observe from the outside, and remaining detached from society.
My Mage is a pyromaniac.
My Shaman is a somewhat sadistic troll who loves to play with the forces of nature.
My Warlock loves poisons and diseases, desiring to infect the world with her new little creations.
My Warrior just runs around and tries to prove she's able to beat things up.... as a gnome.
My Rogue likes to slip around without being seen, and then attack with the element of surprise when needed.


None of my character designs really are, what could be called, "Christian".

[ZippyDSMlee]

Xlorep DarkHelm

Some people can not step back and detach from life,they have to inject thier sillyness into everything all the time as they do they slowly lose reason and sanity...

[Dagrak]

My Orc Hunter is based along the lines of an outdoorsman/survivalist. He stays on the fringes of society, preferring the wilds.
My Dwarf Hunter is a mechanic, engineer, and techno-freak. She is constantly designing/constructing new little gizmos to help her out, rides on a mechanical ostrich, and has a cybernetic boar as her companion.
My Priest is a vicious, shadow-wielding powerhouse.
My Paladin is a vengeance seeking, violent and highly aggressive blood elf.
My Druid is somewhat stoic, preferring to observe from the outside, and remaining detached from society.
My Mage is a pyromaniac.
My Shaman is a somewhat sadistic troll who loves to play with the forces of nature.
My Warlock loves poisons and diseases, desiring to infect the world with her new little creations.
My Warrior just runs around and tries to prove she's able to beat things up.... as a gnome.
My Rogue likes to slip around without being seen, and then attack with the element of surprise when needed.




You see I always start with the intention of making my character into a feared or heroic figure...and then end up as the plucky comic relief whenever I actually start to roleplay in a team.

Even my sinister undead rogue ended up a screaming wuss obsessed with picking flowers and lost his lower jaw after making fun of a Tauren.

[ZippyDSMlee]

You see I always start with the intention of making my character into a feared or heroic figure...and then end up as the plucky comic relief whenever I actually start to roleplay in a team.

Even my sinister undead rogue ended up a screaming wuss obsessed with picking flowers and lost his lower jaw after making fun of a Tauren.

I only made 1 worth while character in COH/MMO with a back story
the Green claw,a Wolverine knock off only he was green and punihser like ,feel into a vat and got his powers,poked one of his eyes out because it was itching laments over it by pummeling evil ,battle crys
"MY EYE!"
"NO REALLY MY EYE!"
"I have a eye for you!"
"it itches..."
"I shall have your eyes..."
"Another eye to the collection"


ya..not right in the head......

[Demontestament]

I got bitched at yesterday because I dare to make a blasphomus guild to mock christians....funny does anyone here think The Church of the Fonz mocks christians? I guess because it has the word church in it.

[Xlorep DarkHelm]

You see I always start with the intention of making my character into a feared or heroic figure...and then end up as the plucky comic relief whenever I actually start to roleplay in a team.

Even my sinister undead rogue ended up a screaming wuss obsessed with picking flowers and lost his lower jaw after making fun of a Tauren.

My roommate tends to shoot for the comic relief a lot in his characters (like his Troll mage "Stormwindspy" who regularly eats deviate delights in order to look like a human, and walk around the Horde capitol cities telling people to 'continue with their evil horde schemes, for he will most definitely not report them to his real masters in Stormwind'; or his Draenei Shaman called 'Traitor'...)

Me, I like the anti-hero, or even a villainous character. Not the kind who wakes up in the morning and says to himself "what evil thing can I do today?", more the kind of character which either simply believes that they do what they must, or distance themselves from society.

My Orc Hunter, for instance, I play off the notion that he stays away from society, lives in the wild, and tends to not talk much (I envision Kurt Russel's character from "Soldier" in how much he actually talks, or his overall attitude, while being more of the ranger-y like of outdoorsman).

My Dwarf Hunter is a bit different. She tends to be all about technology, works around cities a lot. Her pet I see as a boar she's, erm, "improved" with technology, she likes to make noise and play with gadgets -- especially when it gives her the ability to control things (sort of a CC-specialized hunter).

I don't really like the idea of a "holier than thou" character, so I play my Paladin as an obsessive, vengeance-filled and very angry blood elf who simply doesn't care any more about what is "right" or "wrong", just whatever she needs to get done, she does. I tend to have the song "Here to Stay" by Korn running through my head when I play her.

[Demontestament]

My roommate tends to shoot for the comic relief a lot in his characters (like his Troll mage "Stormwindspy" who regularly eats deviate delights in order to look like a human, and walk around the Horde capitol cities telling people to 'continue with their evil horde schemes, for he will most definitely not report them to his real masters in Stormwind'; or his Draenei Shaman called 'Traitor'...)

Me, I like the anti-hero, or even a villainous character. Not the kind who wakes up in the morning and says to himself "what evil thing can I do today?", more the kind of character which either simply believes that they do what they must, or distance themselves from society.

My Orc Hunter, for instance, I play off the notion that he stays away from society, lives in the wild, and tends to not talk much (I envision Kurt Russel's character from "Soldier" in how much he actually talks, or his overall attitude, while being more of the ranger-y like of outdoorsman).

My Dwarf Hunter is a bit different. She tends to be all about technology, works around cities a lot. Her pet I see as a boar she's, erm, "improved" with technology, she likes to make noise and play with gadgets -- especially when it gives her the ability to control things (sort of a CC-specialized hunter).

I don't really like the idea of a "holier than thou" character, so I play my Paladin as an obsessive, vengeance-filled and very angry blood elf who simply doesn't care any more about what is "right" or "wrong", just whatever she needs to get done, she does. I tend to have the song "Here to Stay" by Korn running through my head when I play her.

I don't really have a set for my character that I play them as, I just play them as me which in times can be quite funny because I will crack a joke at the most inappriate of times but for those who have grouped with me know that even though I joke around I am also serious when it comes to my job in the party and they know my joking will not effect my ability to keep them alive

[Dagrak]

I do have one nasty code of conduct with my slightly villainous (or in the case of City of Villains my totaly villainous characters) and that is everyman for himself. Basically it means that if it looks like we're going to lose I leg it or hide. If I'm playing a heroic character I tend to fight to the bitter and inevitable end, but as a bad guy I get to ignore that requirement.

As for DT, yeah, I can't see there being any reason to get offended by the Church of the Fonz, but then as the internet shows, there is always someone who can be offended at anything.