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Re: Lego Warcraft would be soooo cool...
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lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Mon, 17 Apr 2000 22:54:57 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Paul Davidson writes:
> > I was thinking about the effort a large scale castle minifig war would take,
> > and decided that having a Lego version of Warcraft (that wonderful Blizzard
> > game, go Canada!) would rock.
> 
> Blizzard moved from Irvine, California?
WHAT!!!!!!!  It was in Irvine????
I live there! When was it there?
> 
> > 
> > Imagine having your own army of dozens or hundreds of little Lego soldiers
> > scurrying around your screen, preparing to attack your buddies who are
> > playing against you over the Internet?  Send some guys to go scout the
> > territory, station some more sentries around your castles, build a few more
> > catapults, add another blacksmith shop to one of your castles, enlarge your
> > stables, move your king to a safer location, etc. etc.
> > 
> > The economics of the game could be based on harvesting timber (for weapons
> > and buildings) and metals (for more exotic weapons and buildings).
> > 
> > You could have maybe three types of forces (the equivalents of species in
> > Warcraft and Starcraft) -- Crusaders, Forestmen, and Fright Knights, all
> > with different types of units and buildings.  The Crusaders would be strong
> > and good fighters, the forestmen would be good at stealth and marksmanship,
> > the Fright Knights good at magic and dragon taming, etc.
> > 
> > Anyone other ideas?
> 
> 
> I like the idea, but better to pitch it to whomever has the Lego software
> rights than to Blizzard.  I imagine the actual depiction of Lego violence • would
> freak Lego - no matter how appropriate to the subject matter it may be - so I
> wouldn't hold my breath.
> 
> Bruce
> Bruce

Alex
Alex



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  Re: Lego Warcraft would be soooo cool...
 
Maybe they're there now. They were in Canada before (where they started). -- Paul Davidson Alex <legowiz@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Ft6nnL.89v@lugnet.com... (...) take, (...) Blizzard (...) (26 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
  Re: Lego Warcraft would be soooo cool...
 
(...) Always. Still is (my question was rhetorical). Bruce (26 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Re: Lego Warcraft would be soooo cool...
 
(...) Blizzard moved from Irvine, California? (...) I like the idea, but better to pitch it to whomever has the Lego software rights than to Blizzard. I imagine the actual depiction of Lego violence would freak Lego - no matter how appropriate to (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)

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