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8th episode of the tenth flavor of S Park

"Make Love, Non Warcraft"

South Park episode

Episode no.

Season 10
Episode eight

Directed by

Trey Parker

Written past

Trey Parker

Featured music

"Live to Win"
past Paul Stanley

Production code

1008

Original air date

October 4, 2006 (2006-10-04)

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"Make Beloved, Not Warcraft" is the eighth episode in the tenth flavor of the American blithe television serial South Park. The 147th episode overall, it showtime aired on Comedy Central in the United States on October 4, 2006. In the episode, named in a play on words after the 1960s counterculture slogan "Make love, not war", Cartman, Kyle, Stan, and Kenny enjoy playing the popular massively multiplayer online part-playing game Earth of Warcraft. When a high-level actor goes around killing other players in the game, they start playing the game every 24-hour interval to try to cease him. The episode was written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker. In 2015, he and co-creator Matt Stone listed it as their tertiary favorite episode of the series.^[i]

Despite worries from Trey Parker near the end of production, the episode went on to receive critical acclaim, with critics praising its lampooning of nerd culture, and is considered by many fans and critics equally one of the best episodes of the series. The episode additionally went on to win a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Blithe Program (for programming less than i hour).

Plot [edit]

A griefer repeatedly kills Cartman, Kyle, Stan, and Kenny'south characters in the online game Earth of Warcraft. Stan'due south begetter, Randy, becomes interested in the game, but does not survive long before being killed by the griefer, a high-ranking player character who kills other player characters at will; the griefer in reality is a middle-aged obese human being named Leroy Jenkins who represents the stereotypical comic volume, PC gamer nerd. The boys phone their badgerer to Blizzard, but the visitor executives find they can't remove the griefer from the game because his ridiculously loftier level blocks any attempts to exercise and then.

Cartman gathers all the kids of South Park and convinces them all to log in at the same fourth dimension in order to execute a retaliatory set on on the griefer, fifty-fifty outcast Butters who preferred to play Hi Kitty Isle Adventure. Nonetheless, one time the battle begins, the griefer summons behemothic scorpions and easily dispatches the kids' characters. This causes everyone to lose promise and stop playing except for Cartman, who, after calculating exactly how much time it would take for him, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny to gain as many feel points as the griefer, convinces them to go along playing likewise. For the next 2 months, the boys play the game for 21 hours a twenty-four hours, killing low-level boars in the game'southward forests to gain experience points. In the process, the boys become lazy, long-haired, obese (morbidly in Cartman's example), and acne-ridden. The boys' characters earn experience points so speedily that the Blizzard executives, who have also been monitoring the griefer, take detect and believe they might have a chance.

Adamant to assistance the boys slay the griefer, the executives determine to give the boys the Sword of a Thousand Truths, a weapon and then powerful that information technology was removed from the game and stored on a one GB USB flash bulldoze. A man in bookkeeping had really foretold a prophecy of a group of characters who would evidence themselves worthy of wielding it. Unaware of the executives' plan however, the boys have already initiated what becomes a seventeen-hour battle against the griefer. The executives arrive at Stan'southward house with the flash bulldoze, unaware that the boys are actually at Cartman'due south house. Randy tells the executives that he can log in with the sword and give it to the boys' characters online. Eventually logging onto a demo of the game at a All-time Buy, Randy gives Stan the weapon, simply Randy's character is mortally wounded by the griefer in the process. Enraged, Stan attacks the griefer with the sword, draining his shields and mana spells, assuasive Kyle and Kenny to attack with effect. Cartman approaches him and proceeds to smash the griefer'southward head with a hammer (much to the human being's stupor). Numerous Earth of Warcraft players celebrate the griefer's demise, praising the boys as heroes. As Stan contemplates what they do now, Cartman says, "What do you mean? Now we tin finally play the game." With Cartman making suggestions to heave their characters, the boys begin playing the game as they originally intended.

Production [edit]

Machinima was used extensively in "Make Honey, Not Warcraft". Hither, Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny's characters stand above the slain griefer.

The episode uses machinima in many of its scenes to create a improve emulation of the game. It was originally scheduled to air as the 145th episode, but was delayed considering of difficulties in creating the machinima.^[ii]

Collaboration [edit]

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone collaborated with Blizzard Amusement to craft the machinima used in the episode. They stated in their commentary for the episode that they were completely shocked that the company was on board to assist them out. The machinima scenes were created using shots of the in-game footage, and re-creation of the characters in Maya, with Blizzard Entertainment providing their ain grapheme models and computers to exam with. Blizzard too gave the producers permission to employ the alpha server of the expansion pack World of Warcraft: The Burning Cause on which to shoot the scenes.^[2] Michael Morhaime, president and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, issued a statement over the collaboration:

"Nosotros were excited to hear that the creators of South Park were interested in featuring Earth of Warcraft in the opening of their new season, and we really enjoyed collaborating with them to make this happen. We're looking forward to sharing the experience with our employees and our players as well when the season debuts this week."^[3]

As a reference to the episode, certain Southward Park Season 10 DVDs include a 14-solar day free trial for World of Warcraft. This did not affect the UK release of this season in 2009.^[iv]

Since the airing of the episode, the fictitious Sword of a Thousand Truths was featured in the World of Warcraft: The Called-for Crusade beta test equally a reward to the game'southward arena system, although it did not accept the same capabilities as in the episode.^[5]

The episode features the song "Live to Win" by Kiss singer Paul Stanley.

Production length [edit]

Although the planning of the episode and information-collecting began on September 1, 2006, the actual production of the machinima was washed in 5 "shooting" days, the first being September xx, 2006, which lasted near 3–five hours, and the concluding beingness October 3, 2006, the day before the episode aired.^[2] The regular South Park animation was created simultaneously, with all the other non-machinima episodes of the series routinely finishing within 12 hours of their airing as well.^[2]

Parker was deeply unhappy with the episode the twenty-four hours before its broadcast, telling to the show's producers, "I've lost it. I don't know how to do this anymore." He begged executive producer Anne Garefino to phone call Comedy Central and inform them that the testify would not air, remarking, "I don't want the South Park legacy to be ruined, and this show is going to ruin it, because it'southward and so bad." Parker went dwelling unable to sleep and was surprised the post-obit day that the episode was so well received.^[vii]

Reciprocation [edit]

In patch 3.0.2, preceding the release of the World of Warcraft expansion pack, Wrath of the Lich Male monarch, Blizzard included a "Brand Love, Not Warcraft" PvP achievement, gained by using the "hug" emote on a expressionless enemy before they release their spirit.^[8]

The fictitious video game played past Butters, Hello Kitty: Island Adventure, was referenced in a 2008 April Fools' Day joke by the bodily MMORPG Hello Kitty Online, announcing an "Isle Risk" expansion for the game, boasting a reduction of content rather than an "expansion", leaving players stranded on a tropical island.^[9]

Besides, in the Wrath of the Lich Male monarch remake of the Naxxramas raid example, a sword called Slayer of the Lifeless was added, bearing the flavor text "Foretold by Salzman", as a reference to Salzman from accounting and a weapon capable of killing that which has no life. The model of the weapon is the same as the 1 used for the Sword of a Chiliad Truths.^[10]

The United in Stormwind expansion of Hearthstone added "Elwynn Boar" and "Sword of a Yard Truths" cards with abilities referencing the events of the episode.^[eleven]

Reception [edit]

"Make Beloved, Not Warcraft" received critical acclaim. IGN gave it an overall rating of 9.3, labeling it every bit "ane of the funniest episodes ever produced".^[12] The original tv set ambulation of the episode drew 3.iv million viewers, most between the ages of eighteen and 49. This popularity made the episode Comedy Central'south highest-rated midseason premiere since the year 2000.^[13] However, the highest ratings for the 10th season belong to the season'south premiere, "The Return of Chef", which drew more than three.v 1000000 viewers.^[14] In 2007, this episode won the Primetime Emmy Accolade for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour).^[15] Fans voted the episode into 1st place in a major 2011 S Park voting held nether the "Year of the Fan" iTunes promotion.^[16]

Home media [edit]

"Brand Beloved, Not Warcraft", forth with the xiii other episodes from South Park 'due south 10th season, was released on a iii-disc DVD set in the U.s. on August 21, 2007. The gear up includes brief audio commentaries by series co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone for each episode.^[17]

References [edit]

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^ "South Park celebrates x groundbreaking seasons!!!". blizzard.com. Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 2006-11-04 .
^ Hayward, Andrew (2007-08-07). "South Park DVD to Pack Earth of Warcraft Trial". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on 2007-ten-28. Retrieved 2008-01-27 .
^ Sliwinski, Alexander (2006-x-13). "The Sword of a G Truths in Burning Crusade Beta". Joystiq. Retrieved 2008-06-06 .
^ Clarisse Loughrey (February ix, 2016). "The classic episode S Park's creator Trey Parker begged not to be aired". The Contained . Retrieved March 21, 2016.
^ "Make Love, Non Warcraft accomplishment". Wowpedia. Curse Inc. Retrieved 2010-11-04 .
^ Whitcomb, Daniel (2008-04-02). "Breaking News: Hi Kitty Island Adventures expansion announced!". WoW Insider. Retrieved 2008-09-02 .
^ "Wowhead - Slayer of the Lifeless".
^ "New Carte Revealed for United in Stormwind by Sway Bae - Elwynn Boar & Sword of a Thousand Truths". Out of Cards . Retrieved 2021-07-21 .
^ Iverson, Dan (2006-10-05). "S Park: "Make Honey, Not Warcraft" review". IGN . Retrieved 2021-ten-24 .
^ TV/Radio notes, Pittsburgh Mail service-Gazette, October 12, 2006
^ "Chef's grisly leave is a South Park hit". smh.com.au. Reuters. 2006-03-24. Retrieved 2006-11-14 .
^ "2007 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. 2007-09-08. Archived from the original on 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2007-01-09 .
^ "South Park: Twelvemonth of the Fan". iTunes Shop. 2011. Retrieved Jan half-dozen, 2012.
^ Iverson, Dan (November 22, 2006). "South Park: The Complete 10th Flavour DVD Review". IGN . Retrieved April xxx, 2017.