World of Warcraft graffiti in China

by Elizabeth Harper Aug 28th 2007 at 6:52PM

I'm pretty sure this isn't a Blizzard PR stunt (if so, I think they would be well-advised to pick a more populated area) but instead the work of a fan, adorning this graffiti-covered wall with an image of a Troll Shaman. While it's beyond my abilities to translate what's being said (and Babelfish doesn't have a good grasp of Chinese, though for the easily amused, it provides a variety of interesting phrases if you ask it to translate for you), you can snag a couple of higher resolution screenshots here. This is the first example of World of Warcraft graffiti that I've seen, but with a game this popular, it don't think it will be the last.

[Via The Ironic Gamer]

Tags: china, graffiti, world of warcraft, WorldOfWarcraft, wow

Filed under: Fan stuff, Odds and ends

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Greg Tito Aug 28th 2007 7:10PM

http://onlyzuul.blogspot.com/2006/04/life-after-work-world.html

I found this poster outside my apartment in Brooklyn. While not exactly graffiti, I totally thought it was amazing as at that time I was clocking like 50 hours a week leveling my first two alts.

Jason Aug 28th 2007 7:16PM

Here is more WOW graffiti taken from the LAX bathrooms.
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/images/WoWBathroomStall1.JPG

Greg Tito Aug 28th 2007 10:18PM

Oh yeah I remember that.

hashpipe Aug 28th 2007 10:22PM

thats awesome!!!

was there any lead in the spray paint???

Vims Aug 28th 2007 11:45PM

A rough translation of the OP's post:

Discovered this in a back street after a meal
!!! Pleasantly surprised haha~ the troll is still the coolest looking HOHO - I'll be coming by this place often to admire the work of this expert. Someone's finally using it as a signature piece haha ... the last picture is that of a playing card king! Look closely~ my hand must have shook when I took the picture

Vims Aug 28th 2007 11:51PM

The subsequent posts are exclamations about how cool it is. Some are wondering if a ladder was used. Some snide remarks about bad neighbourhoods and vandalism and security not doing their job - seems like negativity is a universal trait :)

ThorinII Aug 29th 2007 9:10AM

OMG the detail! Very talented artist.

But, some of those posts are right, graffiti is vandalism. While it is a work of art, I wouldn't want someone to paint it on the side of MY house.

Deser Aug 29th 2007 10:54AM

@7 - Yes graffiti is art and yes it is graffiti. But there is no way a real graffiti artist (im not talking gang-graffiti) would ever spray anything on the side of your house. There is a sort of code that is followed by real graffiti artists and there are certain things that are off limits (personal property, cars, churches, etc.)