How dare you? Ruin my dream?
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Just dump it in the garbage bin and order a real pizza.
I tried eating pizza with cheese and negativity once. Tasted…bad!
I dislike the player models but the gnome and goblin NPCs are usually among my favourites.
Crazy little scientists running around blowing allies and enemies alike, what’s not to like about them ?
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We are fabulous!
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/pat
10char
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but it is gnomes.
that should be enough of an answer.
they are just the right size to punt for the bigger races and dont have any rediming feature like being cute to save them.
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You are 1 inch taller than a gnome. Did a Gnome try to tame you? Tell us about it
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Today I learned something! Thank you!
Because it can lead to Kuru, which is a degenerative brain disease. No idea why it only seems to effect humans, but even most mammals don’t tend to eat their own species. Other mammals sure! But not their own. No one actually quite knows why.
This Orc gets it.
Just as the British took Curry, and then in Glasgow Chicken Tikka Masala was invented, so too must we embrace the evolution of Pizza.
Pizza base, No cheese, BBQ base, with all types of meat sprinkled on top. No Cheese.
The Meat Tart.
The next step in Pizza evolution.
As for Gnomes, they are gnarly as hell. The Voices annoy me, because they make no sense. Something that small with a barrel chest would sound like a Dwarf, not Squeaky. But they are absolutely cool as heck, and have the grimmest backstory in WoW ever. Worse than Quel’thalas, Much, much worse than Lordaeron, which is a funfair in comparison. Gelbin Mekkatorque is an absolute unit in a fight, if you read ‘Cut short’ you see why. He can predict his enemies moves in combat about three or four moves ahead, so can always counter them, he is a combat inventive genius, he has no problem using monofilament wire to cut his opponent in -half- and leaving them for dead. He invented the Deeprun Tram, and Mechanostriders.
The whole Gnome hate thing is just infantile jokes from Vanilla, from people who have no idea how actual combat would work. Gnome dashes behind you and hamstrings you, you fall down to the ground, at which point -they- are the taller ones, and can take you apart at their leisure. Try to punt one? Welcome to Broken Bone City, Population: You. No playable race could punt a Gnome without serious bone damage.
Again, another childish joke that some muppet made during Vanilla.
Gnomes are pretty Gnarly to be fair…
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Thank you dear, I knew a bit about it.
What I ment was, WHY as in…did God create us this way? Were we planted on Earth this way and why?
What is my purpose Brigante? For today I mean
Peace and blessings be upon you!
guess you are one of them.
no way in hell the gnomes are getting past a shield wall by being small they are way to tall for that, then comes the problem of being small meaning they will have a lot weaker shield wall as everyone and their dog can hit over it, they also are going to have trouble using the insanely long spears of something like a phalanxes uses, so they would not really be able to do much in an open field combat.
now with the magic, steampunk mess we have now in world of warcraft then the winner would be the draenei simply because they are a space faring race and dropping a few rocks from space wins big time.
but if we look past that inconsistency, then gnomes are not really that great fighters simply because they are small, but that goes for every small race, the only 2 ways they would be able to fight others is trough massive outnumbering(even from insane fertility(like goblins in other rpgs, where if you see 1 expect 30) or out teching the other, now the gnomes are out teching most others but it seems the goblins are keeping up with them to some degree and both have allies that can help them in a fight
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certainly.
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Because, as I keep telling Girlface of all the possibilities of the universe, the birth and death of planets, creatures raising from the seas, and evolving into reptiles, then mammals, and eventually H.Sapiens Sapiens came about, raised it’s head up to the stars and wondered -why?- then developed technology, steam power, how to harness electricity, the train, the automobile, the aircraft, every invention for good or ill, it all led to the one crucial element that matters.
You.
Every human being is unique and the product of an almost insane amount of collaboration of events and coincidences that are so unlikely as to almost be a miracle. Every Human being, for good or ill, is a miracle of the cosmos, and one of our defining features is that we still look at the skies and wonder “Why?”
We don’t need to have a purpose day by day, we invent our own fate, our own destiny, that is our ability, that is our purpose, to change our stars, to make our own way.
Thank you, and you also!
Actually I pretty much do. I am absolutely mean as hell with a spear, and am pretty damned good with sword and board, I know how these things work.
Ironically you mention Phalanxes, given their fighting style they would have been the absolute weakest against Gnomes in combat. Your Phalanx soldier was a Hoplite, and they had a very specific style of fighting, and it would have been jack all use against Gnomes. Other humans? Yes, Something the size of Gnomes with their weaponry, Oh hell no, might as well go home and say “Jack that for a game of soldiers”. A Phalanx was a locked shield formation with spears over the top, now those shields were a certain size and weight. Because they were locked, Gnomes could simply dive -under- them (Because they were round shields held at breast height) and whilst those shins were armoured from the front, they weren’t at the back, and the second rank couldn’t bring those spears to bear, because they were braced over the shoulders of the first rank, even the third rank couldn’t because their shields were braced over the second rank’s shoulders. They were too -long- to be used as individual fighting weapons! That is -why- Hoplons, who made up a Phalanx were only as strong as their unit! The actual way they won those battles? ‘Morale’. You won by simple brute force and pushing your enemy back, Whilst jabbing at head height. Which if your opponent tried to parry with a shield, meant an opening in their line. That is why the Spartans were so effective. They were using the same Phalanx tactics as every other Greek City State, but they had unshakeable Morale. They would just push, and push, until the enemy broke and ran. The film ‘300’ which is undeniably cool, but inaccurate, has a lot to answer for. (For a start King Leonidas should have had flowing long braided hair and -DEFINITELY- no Beard.)
A Phalanx would have been the worst possible army to field against an army of Gnomes.
Now if you are talking Tower shields like the Romans used, they wouldn’t have that problem, they could just slam them down, form a Testudo, and they’re pretty much safe from the problems a Phalanx would face.
Except they aren’t. Because the ancient Celts found a way to deal with it, and they didn’t even have flamethrowers like Gnomes do. A Testudo doesn’t work if your arm holding the shield is on fire!
Naaah. The Vindicaar is rubbish. It has to descend to ground based Artillery range in order to use it’s weaponry to full effect, at which point Demolishers could obliterate it (Probably why they didn’t use it in BfA, plus, why do that, when you can make Jaina look cool to please Christie Golden)
Want to attack from Orbit? Yeah, seen what that does. Tickle a Gnoll. Weak as a kitten.
Fact remains, people like to diss Gnomes because of some weak and lame joke made in Vanilla that people retain to this day without any understanding as to how warfare works.
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I don’t hate them or dislike them, really. I just don’t find them good in most mogs. Everything is either too shrunk or looks oversized for their frame. On the other side, I would love to play one if a tinker class is being made.
HERESY! BURN THE HERETIC!
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it dont need to shot anything it just need to get some meteros moving in the direction of the planet no need to get close to the planet at all.
not only, you also won by out maneuvering your enemy but i will give you the phalanx is a bad example to use, the roman legioner is a hell lot better for that, and im still going to argue a true shieldwall is not something a gnome just goes under.
and there you show ignorance as any fight with sword and shield you only need 2 things the trust your allies stands strong at your side and the correct stands with a shield anything else that you would use in a 1 vs 1 is useless and you cant do much fansy work in a shieldwall, you can brace for inpact and you can stap with the pointy end of a sword or short spear, that is all anything else you you just risked every man in your shieldwall
true it is dam wrong in so many ways and talking phalanxe and the like im more inclined to use alexander as an example as he got that thing down way better then the spartans, even if the spartans where dam fin warriors raised in a warrior culture.
but im not inclined to use movies for reference of old warfare, there is simple one major flaw in movies, they go for something flashy where old warfar was fast, uniform and mindboring boring to watch.
I do understand how warfare works and gnomes are not really great in the old style but given how magic(not that gnomes are special in that regard) and insane level tech is involved(the dreanie should have the power to rule all of azeroth by now as they could just push/point a few meteors in the right direction and done no need to get close enough to danger yourself)
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gnomes makes the best tanks. Have you seen how cute they’re taking agro from bosses 300% their size while they cry out OH YA and other cute sounds? So adorable.
I almost exclusively play as gnome
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Why would you not hate them?
because man… takes long drag on hookah Whoaaaaaa the gnome is smiling at me now while clapping…
Sounds like more reason to hate them 
I just think that Gnome hatred is a bit childish basically, shows a lack of understanding of Warcraft lore, and makes themselves look silly. I know a lot of people like to think of themselves as burly and stronk! But, that is just wish fulfilment. You’re not your character, you are never going to be as ripped as your character, or as burly or strong, so stop being so silly about it! Its a bit…weird…to be honest.