Why do players choose Alliance as their WoW faction?

Being a horde player in Blizzard‘s World of Warcraft, I was really intrigued by this thread on WoW forums asking why players rolled Alliance. To be honest, some of the answers surprised even cynical old me. Here’s a list of answers that we found rather amusing.

• I always roll human in any rpg. -Magicmissle
• Hey, I was young and naive, ok? -Aralon
• Because I’m a well-adjusted person who bathes regularly… which means I wouldn’t fit in with the hordies. -Cartumandua
• Habit. -Peacenik
• You forgot “can’t handle moral ambiguity.” Similar, but not quite the same as “I wanted to be good.” -Talakara
  

Of course the usual “my friends play Alliance, so I chose that..blahblahblah” generic answer was given on the thread. A few wise-cracks are to be expected as well, such as the classic “Hey, I was young and naive, ok?” Still others gave some very interesting insight on why people actually chose the Alliance. It seems that a lot of players chose the faction because they always choose Human characters. Now, what’s funny is that we find some people chose the Horde side out of habit as well. (I always choose the side with the cool-looking monsters etc.)

Another interesting note is the concept of morality that came into play when choosing a character. Quite a few players decided to roll for that side because they believe that this is where the good guys are. A misconception if I do say so myself. Anyway, one answer I expected to find but wasn’t there was the fact that one side or the other has more players. I don’t know, but with all the complaints on ganking, I’d expect that some would choose their side based on that.

Based on the answers, choosing a faction for a lot of people is not about efficiency or which side is currently dominating. It’s about having fun while playing the game.

Via WoW Forums

Being a horde player in Blizzard‘s World of Warcraft, I was really intrigued by this thread on WoW forums asking why players rolled Alliance. To be honest, some of the answers surprised even cynical old me. Here’s a list of answers that we found rather amusing.

• I always roll human in any rpg. -Magicmissle
• Hey, I was young and naive, ok? -Aralon
• Because I’m a well-adjusted person who bathes regularly… which means I wouldn’t fit in with the hordies. -Cartumandua
• Habit. -Peacenik
• You forgot “can’t handle moral ambiguity.” Similar, but not quite the same as “I wanted to be good.” -Talakara
  

Of course the usual “my friends play Alliance, so I chose that..blahblahblah” generic answer was given on the thread. A few wise-cracks are to be expected as well, such as the classic “Hey, I was young and naive, ok?” Still others gave some very interesting insight on why people actually chose the Alliance. It seems that a lot of players chose the faction because they always choose Human characters. Now, what’s funny is that we find some people chose the Horde side out of habit as well. (I always choose the side with the cool-looking monsters etc.)

Another interesting note is the concept of morality that came into play when choosing a character. Quite a few players decided to roll for that side because they believe that this is where the good guys are. A misconception if I do say so myself. Anyway, one answer I expected to find but wasn’t there was the fact that one side or the other has more players. I don’t know, but with all the complaints on ganking, I’d expect that some would choose their side based on that.

Based on the answers, choosing a faction for a lot of people is not about efficiency or which side is currently dominating. It’s about having fun while playing the game.

Via WoW Forums