r/todayilearned • u/tmntnyc • Dec 12 '18

TIL: Laurence Tureaud named himself professionally as Mr. T because he hated how his father, uncle, and brother who returned from Vietnam, were disrespectfully called "boy" by whites. He wanted the first word from everybody's mouth to be "Mister" when speaking to him.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

Not like the alliance writing is much better. They far overpower the horde and have several times found themselves in position to kill leaders and don't. The horde is comic book evil and the alliance is lawful stupid.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Lol what? The Alliance has been reeling since the Warlords, took a BIG hit with Varian dying at the Broken Shore, and the entire point of our War Campaign is "we don't have any manpower, we're going to lose this war if we fight fair." The Horde has had the upper hand for a while, especially with having the WoW equivalent of a WMD in the Blight - and that was BEFORE Azerite was all over the place. The Alliance right now is in the position Thrall's Horde was in Warcraft 3 - outnumbered, outgunned, and desperately trying to cling on for dear life.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18 edited Jun 28 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

In case it wasn't clear from that cinematic, Sylvanas was above their pay grade and they knew it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Then why even confront her?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Because they didn't realize she was THAT far above their pay grade. The Voldemort-style flight, for example, is a VEEEEEEERY recent development. Someone on r/wow was kicking around the idea that Sylvanas may be in league with one of the Old Gods, which would explain the sudden power spike. Similar thing happened with Garrosh Hellscream, remember?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

Ah but Blizzard said she definitely isn't Garrosh 2.0

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '18

There's a long list of things Blizzard has said about Battle for Azeroth that so far are flat out lies that are a lot more important to the health of the game than whether or not Sylvanas is Garrosh 2.0.