We were obviously very excited by the World of Warcraft-based episode of South Park which aired last week in the US at the beginning of the long-running show's 10th series (enough to post about it twice), but it seems that the very population the creators were parodying took umbrage with some of the "inconsistencies" in characters/weapons/user interfaces from their beloved game.
"Trailers for this episode show Stan and Kyle in what appears to be the Undercity, right after Kenny is killed. In the airing of the show, they were in Goldshire."
"When Randy gives Stan the Sword of 1000 Truths, he is able to talk to Stan even though Stan isn't using his headset microphone--although the animators used headsets as a visual clue that the boys were communicating via the computer, headsets are not the only way to communicate via PC. There could be a desktop mic or one built in to the monitor, etc."
"This guy's character is shirtless and wears a helmet, boots and gloves. EDIT: He is seen casting Fire Blast and Arcane Explosion in Westfall(mage only spells). However, summoning scorpions is not possible with a Mage."
"Cartman's character is the main tank and wields an Unyielding Maul. He is the leader of the boys' group and is always the last killed. His armor color is the same as his jacket. He is a warrior, but when you see his actionbar, it looks like a Rogues actionbar (It has Eviscrate and Stealth)."
Oh no no no no no. This is so wrong.
I can only concur with soopahman's comments on digg,
I can only imagine how happy the South Park creators must be to see that the very people they were making fun of have turned out to put their social inadequacies on display.
For more, read the original Wiki article. I refer you to number 4: "Inconsistencies with actual World of Warcraft play".
