Curse

Lansing Kai Don · Apr 12, 2005, 07:31 PM // 19:31

Wow, last night I was just laying in my bed having fun playing name games in my head. When I suddently spelled trogdor backwards and got rodgort... did Guild Wars mean to do this? For those of you who don't know about Trogdor, he's a fictional character made up by Strong Bad on a popular website (homestarrunner.com). His full name is Trogdor the Burninator... which to me is amusing. Anyone else notice this? If not do I get a prize?

Lansing Kai Don

Cotton Swab Bob · Apr 12, 2005, 08:16 PM // 20:16

"...And then Rodgort comes in the NIIIIIGGGHHT!"

I wouldn't doubt it. Game creators love to put little hidden gags for those people in-the-know. For instance, did anyone ever see that statue thing in ruined Ascalon that looks a bit too much like a Zergling? (I can't find any screens, sorry.)

HotSnack · Apr 12, 2005, 08:31 PM // 20:31

Yep, that joke has been there for a while now. Both of his spells involve setting people on fire, with Mark of Rodgort being the most apparent.

Btw there's a boss called Hops Flameinator in the game, that uses the Mark of Rodgort spell.

Kha · Apr 12, 2005, 08:46 PM // 20:46

He's been referened in other games and TV shows too, and probably more to come in the future.

Weezer_Blue · Apr 12, 2005, 08:56 PM // 20:56

haha... that's awesome. never realized that. i already knew about quite a few funny boss names though. it's like "hahaha! what a funny name" *gets set on fire* "crap! i forgot to kill it!"

snipes · Apr 12, 2005, 09:33 PM // 21:33

Aura of the Lich? Lich= Warcraft/Dungeons and Dragons?

Yeah i saw that Rodgort is Trogdor backwards. Odd. game designers do seem to love to hide things in games.

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a lot of MTG cards coming to life in GW. There are too amny MTG cards and it would be hard to resist using some of those ideas and names in GW skills.

Lol, i looked Lich up on WIkipedia:

The term lich comes from the Old English lic, (pronounced the same) which means "corpse"; an alternative spelling is "liche". The word is cognate with modern German Leiche, meaning "corpse", for the linguistic background see Wikipedia.de (in German) lich.

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, a lich is a spellcaster who seeks to defy death by magical means. They convert themselves into an undead state by means of black magic and necromancy, storing their souls in magical receptacles called phylacteries. As a consequence, the only permanent way to kill a lich is to destroy its phylactery; otherwise, it will be able to recreate a new body for itself. Occasionally, this metamorphosis occurs by accident as a result of life-prolonging magic. A lich retains the abilities that it possessed in life, but it has a virtual eternity to hone its skills and inevitably becomes quite powerful. The gods Vecna from the Greyhawk campaign setting and Velsharoon from the Forgotten Realms campaign setting had both been liches before ascending to godhood, and the githyanki lich-queen Vlaakith CLVII has been attempting to attain godhood as well.

If a lich exists long enough it becomes a "demilich". The demilich's interest turns away from the physical realm, instead using astral projection to travel across other planes of existence. The magics preserving the demilich's body against the ravages of time weaken, usually causing the body to gradually deteriorate until only a skull or even a single skeletal hand remains. Despite its ruined body, a demilich is far from powerless; if disturbed, the skull will levitate and suck the souls from nearby living creatures. The most notable demilich is Acererak, found in the classic adventure Tomb of Horrors.

Many other works of fantasy fiction have borrowed the term and concept from D&D and its derivative works. Such works include the video games NetHack, Warcraft III, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem and the Ultima series, the Mage: The Ascension and Shadowrun role-playing games, and the novel Perdido Street Station by China Miéville.

It should also be noted that Lord Voldemort, from the Harry Potter books, is essentially a Lich, even though he is never referred to as such.

While the term "Lich" is peculiar to D&D, the underlying idea is not. It can be traced to Middle Eastern folklore, and the method of achieving immortatilty by placing one's soul in a jar (which is usually hidden in some vast fortress) is strongly suggestive of the burial practices of Egypt. This would make the Lich a very-far-from-its-roots mythologization of Egyptian pharaohs.

Dreamsmith · Apr 12, 2005, 09:42 PM // 21:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lansing Kai Don

Anyone else notice this?

I dunno, but I did catch a screenie of a strange creature lurking about the Pockmark Flats a few months ago...

You invoke the power of Rodgort, and that power is... BURNINATION!

HotSnack · Apr 12, 2005, 09:43 PM // 21:43

Haha fantastic!

KainShadow · Apr 12, 2005, 10:20 PM // 22:20

hehehe same for the skill "For Great Justice!"

everyone knows where is from

snipes · Apr 12, 2005, 11:35 PM // 23:35

Best skill ever though:
"Victory is Mine"
Haha they should have an army of Stewie octopuses run around attacking people!

nigs · Apr 13, 2005, 12:35 AM // 00:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by KainShadow

hehehe same for the skill "For Great Justice!"

everyone knows where is from

Take off every zig.

Roken · Apr 13, 2005, 12:47 AM // 00:47

A kid in my class drew a picture of a turkey and anmes it "Trogdor the Burninator". Now that I know he ripped it off of some site, it isnt that funny anymore...