If you've been
following along with the podcast, you've heard of
the Fandral Staghelm killshot thread over on WoW Radio-- it's a place where those who hate
Fandral Staghelm, Archdruid of Darnassus and generally obnoxious jerk, can get their kicks seeing the guy dead on the ground. Originally, the thread was supposed to be a compendium for killshots, but Rembrant on the Moon Guard server has taken it to a whole new level-- he's created
a Flash-based kill simulator of the Archdruid. Don't have a whole raid of Horde to go into Darnassus and take him down in game? Just click the "Die Staghelm!!" button, and you get a surprisingly satisfying animation of Staghelm's demise.
I love it (and wish I had seen it sooner-- looks like it was posted last week sometime). All day today I've been randomly killing Staghelm, and it has a relaxing effect. Bad day at work? Kill Staghelm. Fight with your girlfriend? Kill Staghelm! Couldn't get your raid to kill Staghelm? Kill Staghelm anyway!
I only hope the site survives the masses of people who will jump onto it to kill Staghelm. Because there certainly are a lot of them.
Update: Yup, looks like we burned it. Sorry, Rembrant, everybody hates Staghelm. Here's the new
link to the simulator he gave us in the comments. Hope that holds up.
Tags: archdruid, fandral-staghelm, flash, moon-guard, rembrant, wheeee, wow-insider-show
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Fan stuff, Humor, Bosses, NPCs, Forums
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Zeplar Feb 4th 2008 6:39PM
Jesus that was demented.
Rich Feb 4th 2008 6:52PM
And yet another site killed by WoW Insider!
LOL
Ryan Feb 4th 2008 6:53PM
You think YOU hate Staghelm? My whole SERVER is named after the guy!
Psychosis Feb 5th 2008 11:06AM
you poor soul
killing staghelm is always more satisfying in game ^^
Armath Feb 4th 2008 7:10PM
The NPC I hate is Nat Pagle! If someone puts together a "Nat Pagle Must Die" flash, I would be a happy Tauren!
LFD Feb 4th 2008 7:52PM
Can someone explain to me why people hate this guy so much? I just don't get it =/
Meira Feb 4th 2008 8:05PM
Talk to him. That simple.
Not everyone likes a scumbag conjuring plans to take Tyrande's place among the Night Elves... and come on, to be rep with Darnassus you have to travel to the land of Ninja T-Rex to collect some dirt to grow plants that not always are Morrowgrain... and then have him saying "get out of my sight, peasant!" when you are Exalted with his faction and mounting a saber?!
Jerk -.-'
Duncan Feb 4th 2008 8:02PM
seriously...he is an NPC how can you hate him?
Siggy Feb 4th 2008 8:24PM
It's called 'Suspension of disbelief'.
When you read a well-written book, you will most likely feel some sort of emotion regarding its characters, be they fictional or not. This is much the same situation-We have here a leader who shows no compassion or friendliness to his people.
Matthew Rossi Feb 4th 2008 9:16PM
It's remarkably easy.
prudychick Feb 4th 2008 9:02PM
awesome
vernia Feb 4th 2008 11:27PM
I killed him like 10 times and still no loot.
How disappointing !
Gene Feb 5th 2008 12:41AM
Being the Horde, I'd leave Staghelm as the only racial leader alive just to annoy the Alliance. Why should I waste my time killing someone my enemy wants dead?
Jack Spicer Feb 5th 2008 1:58AM
At first I looked at the background in the picture and thought that the guy the article was talking about was the centaur-guy in Ashenvale that Hordies get a quest to kill. Nothing says "fun" like trying to kill Ordanus when he is surrounded by a group of unfriendly mobs. I hate that guy.
M2r1o Feb 5th 2008 3:32AM
Lewl @ the flash thingy . As someone else said, where's the loot ?:)
Sl0th Feb 5th 2008 6:10AM
I play mostly Alliance... My main is a damn Night Elf... And I despise Staghelm. Whoever wrote his character made him the most unlikable possible. I'd find ways to help Horde get to him to kill him if it were possible.
As far as I'm concerned, Tyrande is the true and only leader of the Night Elves. Not that jerk Staghelm.
Eternalpayn Feb 5th 2008 7:11AM
Can you buff people you have mind controlled?
Tuberon Feb 5th 2008 6:11AM
Just to make it understood...
Staghelm is so annoying that the Alliance would kill him if we could, but we can't, so we happily let the horde do it any time they please.
Kuroyume Feb 5th 2008 7:35AM
hell, next time there's a raid on Darn i'm just gonna stand in his room so the horde can mind control me and make me tank him...
the guy just plain sucks :P
badb Feb 5th 2008 8:42AM
This will be funny when it turns out he isn't the bad guy when the emerald dreaming expansion comes out.
He is one of the two suspects over what happen to Malfurion, and my bets on the other guy.
Staghelm's a grumpy old druid, whose son was killed in when the bugs hit first. But the druids who turn on him are idiots.
He is obviously a man with poor social skills trying to do his best.