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"Make Love, Not Warcraft" is the eighth episode in the
of the American animated television series . The 147th episode overall, it first aired on
in the United States on October 4, 2006. In the episode, , , , and
enjoy playing the popular
. When a high level player goes around
in the game, they start playing the game every day to try to stop him. The episode was written and directed by series co-creator . In 2015, he and co-creator
listed it as their third favorite episode of the series.
The episode received critical acclaim and won a .
repeatedly kills , , , and 's characters in the
. Stan's father, , becomes interested in the game, but does not survive long before being killed by the griefer, a high ranking player character who kills other playe in real life, the griefer is revealed to be a middle-aged obese man who represents the stereotypical comic book, PC gamer nerd.
Cartman gathers all the boys of South Park and convinces them all to log in at the same time in order to execute a massive retaliatory attack on the griefer. However, once the battle begins, the griefer summons giant
and easily dispatches the boys' characters. Cartman convinces Stan, Kyle, and Kenny to keep playing. For the next two months, the boys play the game for 21 hours a day, killing low-level boars in the game's forests to gain experience points. In the process, the boys become lazy, long-haired, obese and acne-ridden. The boys' characters grow so quickly that the Blizzard executives, who have also been monitoring the griefer, take notice and believe they might have a chance.
Determined to help the boys slay the griefer, the executives decide to give the boys the Sword of a Thousand Truths, a weapon so powerful that it was removed from the game and stored on a
. Unaware of the plan however, the boys have already initiated what becomes a seventeen-hour battle against the griefer. The executives arrive at Stan's house with the flash drive, unaware that the boys are actually at Cartman's 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 , Randy gives Stan the weapon, but Randy's character is mortally wounded by the griefer in the process. Enraged, Stan attacks the griefer with the sword, allowing Kyle and Kenny to attack. Cartman approaches him and proceeds to
(much to the man's shock). Numerous World 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 can finally play the game."
was used extensively in "Make Love, Not Warcraft". Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny's characters stand above the slain griefer.
The episode uses
in many of its scenes to create a better emulation of the game. It was originally scheduled to air as the 145th episode, but was delayed because of difficulties in creating the machinima.
South Park creators
collaborated with
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 help them out. The machinima scenes were created using shots of the in-game footage, and re-creation of the characters in , with Blizzard Entertainment providing their own character models and computers to test with. Blizzard also gave the producers permission to use the alpha server of the expansion pack
on which to shoot the scenes. , president and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, issued a statement over the collaboration:
"We were excited to hear that the creators of South Park were interested in featuring World 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."
As a reference to the episode, certain South Park Season 10 DVDs include a 14-day free trial for World of Warcraft. This did not affect the UK release of this season in 2009.
Since the airing of the episode, the fictitious Sword of a Thousand Truths was featured in the
beta test as a reward to the game's arena system, although it did not have the same capabilities as in the episode.
Although the planning of the episode and data-collecting began on September 1, 2006, the actual production of the machinima was done in five "shooting" days, the first being September 20, 2006, which lasted about 3–5 hours, and the last being October 3, 2006. 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.
Parker was deeply unhappy with the episode in the day preceding its broadcast, remarking to the show's producers, "I've lost it. I don’t know how to do this anymore." He begged executive producer
to call Comedy Central and inform them that the show 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’s so bad." Parker went home unable to sleep and was surprised the following day that the episode was so well received.
In patch 3.0.2, preceding the release of the World of Warcraft expansion pack, , Blizzard included a "Make Love, Not Warcraft" PvP achievement, gained by using the "hug" emote on a dead enemy before they release their spirit.
The fictitious video game played by Butters, : Island Adventure, was referenced in a 2008
joke by the actual MMORPG , announcing an "Island Adventure" expansion for the game, boasting a reduction of content rather than an "expansion", leaving players stranded on a tropical island.
Also, in the Wrath of the Lich King remake of the Naxxramas raid instance, a sword called Slayer of the Lifeless was added, bearing the flavour 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 one used for the Sword of a Thousand Truths.
"Make Love, Not Warcraft" received critical acclaim. , a multimedia news and reviews website, reviewed the episode and gave it an overall rating of 9.3, labeling it as "one of the funniest episodes ever produced". The original television airing of the episode drew 3.4 million viewers, most between the ages of 18 and 49. This popularity made the episode Comedy Central's highest-rated midseason premiere since the year 2000. However, the highest ratings for the tenth season belong to the season's premiere, "", which drew more than 3.5 million viewers. In 2007, this episode won the
for . Fans voted the episode into 1st place in a major 2011 South Park voting held under the "Year of the Fan" iTunes promotion.
"Make Love, Not Warcraft", along with the thirteen other episodes from South Park's tenth season, was released on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on August 21, 2007. The set includes brief audio commentaries by series co-creators
for each episode.
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Requirements
TIER 1 (one set is worth 3.5 points)
Dark Opal Basil x 35
Clover x 35
Prerequisites:Must have reached Sanrio Harbour
TIER 2 (one set is worth 5 points)
Cherry Tree Wood x 100
Prerequisites:
Woodcutting level 2Planting level 2Must have reached Floralopolis
TIER 3 (one set is worth 6 points)
Green Tea Leafx 100
Prerequisites:
Planting level 3Gathering level 3Must have reached London
TIER 4 (one set is worth 11 points)
Veggie Tempura x 50
Prerequisites:
Cooking level 6Planting level 5Gathering level 5Farm level 4Must have reached Paris
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tiers, if you wish, but please reserve Tier 1 for newbies and low-level
characters.
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Master (GM) at Sanrio
Harbour during the
event period. You must hand in exact amounts – for example, at Tier 4 you need
to hand in Veggie Tempura in multiples of 50.
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Event Special Prize
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