This Blizzard video aged well #shorts

At Blizzcon 2010 during the WoW Q&A Panel, A female player asks why female characters dress so provocatively. Alex Afrasiabi's response is... interesting, especially with the recent Blizzard controversy!

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[Breensprout]

I feel bad for her. You can see the moment she knew she wasn’t being taken seriously. Imagine what the employees felt in private. That sucks but this was such an obvious sign.

[soulninja]

2021: Blizzard Activision Entertainment under investigation for sexy sexy cow business

[ValensBellator]

Never really got this argument as seemingly all of the characters, male or female, are like peak physical specimens to an absurd degree. It’s not just the women.

[OGDweeb]

I dunno, but if I was facing dudes with axes and swords, I wouldnt be wearing a bikini top 😂

[mayyonase]

0:26
Could I?!

So I haven't kept up with the lore too much but I know a few things about her:
She is a Archer (usually from a horse)
Undead
Girlboss warcriminal
And presumably her design should be at least a little horny.

Right, so best to start with the costume design. It needs to be threatening, but needs to avoid being too edgy or too samey. She is on horseback so the armor needs to be kept light as well. I think Goth Brigandine is the answer; Human skin and Silk studded with small metal plates? Looks light and mobile, can be reasonably form fitting, and is very effective armor. Overall that can get a bit samey, we haven't brought in the archery and it isn't all that appealing; luckily, we can go ahead and kill three birds with one stone with a little bit of asymmetry. While both of her arms are doing similar amounts of work, her right arm will have the most extreme movements, from the left side of her neck to under her arm there will be no armor. On her left side we can get some nice pauldrons and gauntlets, maybe even a bracer. Starting with the Gauntlet, it should be more designed to protect the front of her hand rather than the back and wrist and ending in a sharp point. When she's using her bow it protects he hand and chest from other archers, when she's not it can act as a little knife. Moving onto her pauldron I think we should start with a simple large square shaped one, and then destroy it. Make the pauldron look like it's been beaten, scared. Let the metal twist, tear and flower into this horrible mess of tendrils that flame out to Sylvanas's side and giver her this really intimidating silhouette. As for her right arm, show off those muscles. If you want to be basic you could just find like, an olympic archer and use her and back as a reference but why not go just a little bit farther? Give her that extra little bit of power. The most important muscles here are actually her Trapezius, back muscles, Biceps and Triceps are good but archers use their back muscles just as much as their arm muscles. Her Outfit needs to swing down steeper in the back to really show off her build, make sure the Horde players have something with which they can look respectfully. As for the head, can't bring back the hood and a helmet or a hat doesn't really fit; so, either tie her hair back to be practical and allow the face to be prettier, or have her hair droop over her eyes all intimidating like (leave's her face up to imagination.)

I know this doesn't at all look like a successor to her current design, but her current design is boring. She's so generic, I can't connect that this is one of the more important characters because she looks like a spinier version of my level 5 ranger. I know part of the reason it is so generic is because of WoW's popularity but even then Lingerie + Plate Mail + hood just isn't all that creative. You can make sexy designs just please, put some thought into them. Know why and how the design should be attractive. And make sure that it is still nice to look at if it isn't attractive. If you don't want to put effort into a design, then don't make it horny.

[MiketheNerdRanger]

This should've been a *MAJOR* red flag.

[chingcheese]

I wish some of the male characters had erectile dysfunction like me. It kind of pisses me off that no main character has this condition.

[siskavard]

..and this is them holding back. Imagine working with these doinks

[jirikrajnak]

was this filmed before or after the panelists shot the infamous crosby photo?

[Zerg]

I love the fact warcraft has a lot of mucles bound strong bodied men, but is there a chance we can get a guy that doesnt looke like hes stepped out off muscle and fitness magazine.

[cat-buky]

tbh i’m a girl and i don’t see anything wrong with the female characters, they don’t seem overly sexualized to me

[flipsolo]

God damn, that panel of dudes were absolutely patronizing.

[vdochev]

Which catalogue is Sarah Kerrigan from?

[thanosrabbit]

This was honestly a good answer tho? What do you honestly want? A big baggy clothed, Broad shouldered female with no make up, arm pit and chest hair? I’m so confused…

[Bongodudeguy]

We got Victoria secret model Xalatath who uses generic trashy psychological warfare and underhandedness.

[cjm]

I mean the issue isn’t the fact the characters look skimpy like be realistic. The issue was people couldn’t just act normal in blizzard. The major demographic for video games in general are males, sorry but that’s a fact and seeing pixelated women in pixelated revealing clothing isnt causation to people who work at blizzard acting like asses

[Aang_L._Jackson]

And all the males in the game have peak Arnold physique regardless of race or faction 😂

[pokekillerx]

Literally nothing wrong with a character being hot. The problem is the context of the company involved here.😂😂😂

[DUI-Johnson]

Except there’s : Drawf males, gnome males, female Tauren, MALE & FEMALE TROLLS, I could go on and on 😂😂😂😂

[Research_theTruth]

They need more victoria secret sexy sexy