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sure it makes the game more fun for casual players, but as a hardcore player do we take it as seriously had this elements not been there?
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It's a game, and WoW reminds you of that. The darker serious stuff is always needed, but you need a healthy dose of humor and self awareness. If you can't enjoy a game because a dwarf wants you to rub his belly or you have to defeat El Pollo Grande - the black chicken of death, because you would rather do "serious and realistic" tasks like slaying 80 foot tall fire breathing lizards...well....
And I think it's really what the gamers want in the end, to be honest. Fun toys and silly outfits and wacky quests to spice up their game. Remember years ago (velious I think) where a player posted a doctored picture of the bunny-hat and claimed they had found some secret combine that allowed you to make it. EVERYONE in the community wanted the hat, be it casual players or FOH. Everyone wanted it to be real, because deep down we wanted some absurdity in the game. When it was revealed to be a hoax and the community petitioned the developers to add it, they scoffed and almost seemed insulted at the concept that they would sully their h4rdc0r3 game with such nonsense.