Actually the WoW gnomes are derived from Dragonlance novels gnomes. These guys talked incredibly fast with long words and were into machinary and tinkering. The original gnomes of folklore sounded more like Tolkien gnomes actually.
From Wikipedia...
Often featured in Germanic fairy tales, including those by the Brothers Grimm, the gnome often resembles a gnarled old man living deep underground who guards buried treasure. Because of this, Swiss bankers are sometimes disparagingly referred to as the Gnomes of Zürich. Gnomes feature in the legends of many of central, northern and eastern European lands by other names: a kaukis is a Prussian gnome, and barbegazi are gnome-like creatures with big feet in the traditions of France and Switzerland. In Iceland, gnomes (vættir) are so respected that roads are re-routed around areas said to be inhabited by them. Some confusion arises as the gnome is one of many similar but subtly different creatures in European folklore; mythical creatures such as goblins and dwarves are often represented as gnomes, and vice versa.
Individual gnomes are not very often detailed or featured as characters in stories, but in Germanic folklore, Rübezahl, the lord over the underworld, was sometimes referred to as a mountain gnome. According to some traditions, the gnome king is called Gob. Wolfmother, an Australian Rock band, included a song by the name of "Tales From The Forest Of Gnomes" in their first album.
You are not alone. Elves have always bummed me out too. I suppose I'm more of a fan of Robert E. Howard or Fritz Leiber type sword-and-sorcery fantasy than "high" fantasy with pixies and orcs and elves frolicking about. I wouldn't be dissuaded from playing an MMORPG just because there's elves in it though. In videogames, I always enjoy the added color and diversity that vastly different races add to a game. I also kind of enjoy the playful anomosity that exists towards certain fantasy races in MMORPGs. I think that's one of the reasons I always enjoy playing gnomes.
Not true! Neocron 2 will have cyborg-elves, yes the devs told me so! Something about getting some of the playerbase from World of Warcraft. *nods* *nods*
Uhh.. ya... Kinda like WoW doesn't have undead as they're actually Necrons from Warhammer 40k then.......?
I'm kidding! You know like it's a joke, oh well you cant joke with this generation Y. *sighs* They just don't have a sense of humour or a understanding of sarcasm for that matter if its not like a pie to the face that is. The problem is that generation X never could handle followups :P
Yeah right, that must be it. By the way, I'm proud to be of generation X and not the whiny generation Y.
And I'm proud to be distanced to all generatins Noone wants me :P
Played so far: 9Dragons, AO, AC, AC2, CoX, DAoC, DF, DnL, DR, DDO, Ent, EvE, EQ, EQ2, FoMK, FFO, Fury, GW, HG:L, HZ, L1, L2, M59, MU, NC1, NC2, PS, PT, R:O, RF:O, RYL, Ryzom, SL, SB, SW:G, TR, TCoS, MX:O, UO, VG, WAR, WoW... It all sucked.
I know elves are kind of overused, but I got no problems with them. I got no problems with any race at all. I never judge a game for a single reason, it's always more things behind why I don't like a game. I could however never force myself to play one of those big fat, ugly, beardy dwarves.
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Actually the WoW gnomes are derived from Dragonlance novels gnomes. These guys talked incredibly fast with long words and were into machinary and tinkering. The original gnomes of folklore sounded more like Tolkien gnomes actually.
From Wikipedia...
Often featured in Germanic fairy tales, including those by the Brothers Grimm, the gnome often resembles a gnarled old man living deep underground who guards buried treasure. Because of this, Swiss bankers are sometimes disparagingly referred to as the Gnomes of Zürich. Gnomes feature in the legends of many of central, northern and eastern European lands by other names: a kaukis is a Prussian gnome, and barbegazi are gnome-like creatures with big feet in the traditions of France and Switzerland. In Iceland, gnomes (vættir) are so respected that roads are re-routed around areas said to be inhabited by them. Some confusion arises as the gnome is one of many similar but subtly different creatures in European folklore; mythical creatures such as goblins and dwarves are often represented as gnomes, and vice versa.
Individual gnomes are not very often detailed or featured as characters in stories, but in Germanic folklore, Rübezahl, the lord over the underworld, was sometimes referred to as a mountain gnome. According to some traditions, the gnome king is called Gob. Wolfmother, an Australian Rock band, included a song by the name of "Tales From The Forest Of Gnomes" in their first album.
Not true!
Neocron 2 will have cyborg-elves, yes the devs told me so!
Something about getting some of the playerbase from World of Warcraft. *nods* *nods*
Uhh.. ya... Kinda like WoW doesn't have undead as they're actually Necrons from Warhammer 40k then.......?
I'm kidding!
You know like it's a joke, oh well you cant joke with this generation Y. *sighs*
They just don't have a sense of humour or a understanding of sarcasm for that matter if its not like a pie to the face that is.
The problem is that generation X never could handle followups :P
Yeah right, that must be it.
By the way, I'm proud to be of generation X and not the whiny generation Y.
And I'm proud to be distanced to all generatins
Played so far: 9Dragons, AO, AC, AC2, CoX, DAoC, DF, DnL, DR, DDO, Ent, EvE, EQ, EQ2, FoMK, FFO, Fury, GW, HG:L, HZ, L1, L2, M59, MU, NC1, NC2, PS, PT, R:O, RF:O, RYL, Ryzom, SL, SB, SW:G, TR, TCoS, MX:O, UO, VG, WAR, WoW...
It all sucked.
I know elves are kind of overused, but I got no problems with them. I got no problems with any race at all. I never judge a game for a single reason, it's always more things behind why I don't like a game. I could however never force myself to play one of those big fat, ugly, beardy dwarves.
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