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| Series = South Park

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| Caption = [[Machinima]] was used extensively in ''Make Love, Not Warcraft'', albeit in a manner inconsistent with the gameplay of [[World of Warcraft]]. Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny's characters are shown in the background.

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| Airdate = [[October 4]], [[2006]]

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"'''Make Love, Not Warcraft'''" is episode 147 of [[Comedy Central]]'s animated series ''[[South Park]]'' and aired on [[October 4]], [[2006]]. This episode is a [[parody]] of the popularity of the massive multiplayer online role-playing game ([[MMORPG]]), ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', or rather, [[gamer]]s themselves, and was announced by Comedy Central on [[September 30]], [[2006]]. It was advertised as the tenth season second half premiere.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/02/south-park-make-love-not-warcraft/|title=South Park: make love, not Warcraft (update 1)|author=Ross Miller|work=[[Joystiq]]|accessdate=2006-11-12|date=2006-10-2}}</ref>

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|5600 tons - Standard

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|124.8 metres

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|17.5 metres

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| Kirloskar PA6 STC engines

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|15.8 knots

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|11 main battle tanks, 10 army vehicles and 500 troops excluding ship crew

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|WM-18 rocket launcher, SAM, Naval Medak gun, CRN 91 guns

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|Aircraft:

|[[HAL Dhruv]]/[[Westland Sea King|Sea King]]

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|Motto:

|''All for one, One for all''

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'''INS ''Shardul (L16)''''' is the lead ship of the [[Shardul class- Large Landing Ship Tank|Shardul class LST(L)]] of the [[Indian Navy]]. Its name means "Royal Bengal tiger".

The episode uses [[machinima]] in many of its scenes to create a better emulation of the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://internetgames.about.com/b/a/257546.htm|title=World of Warcraft Meets "South Park"|author=Dave Spohn|work=internetgames.about.com|accessdate=2006-11-12|date=2006-10-1}}</ref> It was originally scheduled to air as episode #145, but was later delayed because of difficulties in creating the machinima.<ref name=Interview>{{cite web|url=http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=459|title="Make Love, Not Warcraft" interview|date=2006-11-15|work=[[machinima.com]]|accessdate=2006-11-19}}</ref>

==History==

Since the airing of the episode, it was planned that the fictitious Sword of a Thousand Truths used in the episode would be added as a part of ''[[World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade]]'', although it would not have the same capabilities as in the show.

*The first-of-the-class Landing ship tank (Large), Shardul (Royal Bengal tiger), was launched in 03 April 2004. The ship was handed over to the navy for trials on 3rd November 2006 and commissioned into the Indian Navy, on 4th January 2007 by the defence minister A.K Antony in Karwar at the [[INS Kadamba]] base. The ship was based under the Southern Naval Command in Kochi to train cadets before the commissioning of INS Kesari and INS Airavat.<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/406200707172032.htm 'INS Shardul' engaged in training for naval cadets]</ref>

==Plot==

[[Image:South Park Blizzard executives.jpg|thumb|left|The Blizzard Entertainment executives as seen in the episode.]]

The boys of South Park are having fun playing the online game ''World of Warcraft'' when a rogue [[griefer]], kills them yet again. The griefer, a highly dedicated player, is said to have been playing each day for a year and a half and has advanced through many levels, allowing him to disobey Blizzard Entertainment's rules and kill players as well as GMs (Game Masters) at random.{{ref label|Kenny|II|}} Randy, Stan's dad, becomes interested in the game, and does not survive long before being killed by the rogue.

Cartman gathers all the boys of South Park to collaborate in an attack on him. They conspire to log in simultaneously and attack him. However, the griefer summons scorpions and easily dispatches the boys' characters. Afterwards, everyone gives up and finds other interests. Cartman convinces Stan, Kyle and Kenny to keep playing. "You can spend all day in the sun... or you can sit at your computer, and do something that ''matters''." For several weeks, they play the game for twenty one hours a day, killing boars in the game's forests (to gain experience points) and hiding from the rogue. In the process, the boys become grossly overweight, acne-ridden, lazy and develop large Internet vocabularies, using terms such as "[[Über]]" and "[[pwn]]ed" in daily conversation.{{ref label|Montage_scene|III|}} The boys' characters grow so quickly that the Blizzard executives take notice, realizing that the boys have no personal lives at all.

Determined to help the boys slay the evil one, 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 1 GB flash drive. However, "Salzman from Accounting" predicted that it would eventually be put to use. Unaware of the plan, however, the boys have already begun a seventeen-hour crusade against the rogue griefer, which the executives predict to be unsuccessful. The executives arrive at Stan's house with the flash drive, unaware that the boys are actually at Cartman's house. Randy agrees to take the sword and give it to the boys, eventually logging onto a Warcraft demo at [[Best Buy]]. Randy gives Stan the weapon, although he is mortally wounded by him in the process. With their combined efforts, the boys defeat him, moments before Randy's character finally dies.

As the ''World of Warcraft'' players celebrate his demise, Cartman notes that the boys can now begin playing the game.

[[Image:South Park WoW computer lab.jpg|thumb|right|Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny playing World of Warcraft in the computer lab.]]

==Production details==

===Collaboration===

The South Park creators collaborated with [[Blizzard Entertainment]], the company that created the ''[[Warcraft Universe|Warcraft]]'', ''[[StarCraft]]'', and ''[[Diablo (computer game)|Diablo]]'' franchises, to craft the machinima used in the episode. The machinima scenes were created using shots of the in-game footage, and re-creation of the characters in [[Maya (software)|Maya]], with Blizzard Entertainment providing their own character models and computers to test with.<ref name=Interview /> Blizzard also gave the producers permission to use the alpha server of the expansion pack ''[[World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade]]'' to shoot the scenes on.<ref name=Interview /> [[Mike Morhaime]], president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, issued a statement over the collaboration:

{{cquote|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blizzard.com/press/061002.shtml|title=South Park celebrates 10 groundbraking seasons!!!|work=blizzard.com|accessdate=2006-11-04}}</ref>}}

However, the animation in the episode is modified from the gameplay of ''World of Warcraft'',<ref>{{cite video game|title=[[World of Warcraft]]|developer=[[Blizzard Entertainment]]|publisher=[[Vivendi Universal]]}}</ref> and contains elements that do not exist in the game: talking animations, controlled [[non-playable character|NPCs]], human hunters, and increased goriness.

===Production time===

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]].<ref name=Interview /> 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.<ref name=Interview />

==Reception==

The episode received generally high review ratings. [[IGN]], 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".<ref name=IGN>{{cite web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/737/737420p1.html|title=South Park: "Make Love, Not Warcraft" review|work=tv.ign.com|author=Dan Iverson|date=2006-10-05|accessdate=2006-11-13}}</ref> The episode also shows a user average score of 9.4 at [[TV.com]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/south-park/make-love-not-warcraft/episode/794722/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;7|title=Make Love, Not Warcraft|work=tv.com|accessdate=2006-11-13}}</ref> an 8.8 average at [[IMDb]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0850173/|title="South Park" Make Love, Not Warcraft (2006)|work=imdb.com|accessdate=2006-11-13}}</ref> and a reader average of 9.6 at IGN.<ref name=IGN />

The original television airing of the episode drew 3.4 million viewers, most between the ages of 18 and 49.<ref name="TV_notes">TV/Radio notes, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, [[October 12]], [[2006]]</ref> This popularity made the episode Comedy Central's highest-rated midseason premiere since the year 2000.<ref name="TV_notes" /> However, the highest ratings for the tenth season belong to the season's premiere, "[[The Return of Chef]]", which drew more than 3.5 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/chefs-grisly-exit-is-a-south-park-hit/2006/03/24/1143083957683.html|title=Chef's grisly exit is a South Park hit|work=smh.com.au|author=Reuters|date=2006-03-24|accessdate=2006-11-14}}</ref>

In the recent UK poll Paramount Comedies' Top 10 Episodes, this episode was ranked number 1.

==Notes==

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:'''I'''{{note|Jenkins}} Although never named within the episode, the official FAQ of the show states that the renegade is named Jenkins, probably after [[Leeroy Jenkins]], an [[Internet phenomenon]] character from the game.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southparkstudios.com/show/display_faq_search.php?section=2&id=53561|title=South Park official FAQ|work=southparkstudios.com|accessdate=2006-11-12}}</ref>

:'''II'''{{note|Kenny}} Kenny's ''World of Warcraft'' character dies after being killed by the renegade character several times like the rest of the group. Although he doesn't die outside the game, when he is first killed, Stan and Kyle say their catchphrase ("Oh my God! He killed Kenny!" "You bastard!").

:'''III'''{{note|Montage_scene}} During this scene ''[[Live to Win]]'', the title track from [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] vocalist [[Paul Stanley]]'s [[Live to Win|solo album]], is played in the background.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/south-park/make-love-not-warcraft/episode/794722/recap.html|title=South Park: Make Love, Not Warcraft recap|work=tv.com|accessdate=2006-11-12}}</ref> This episode, however, was aired over two weeks before the release of the album.

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==References==

#{{note|Best}}[http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/05/stories/2007010501452000.htm INS Shardul dedicated] Article in the [[Hindu]]

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==External links==

*[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Shardul.html Shardul class @ Bharat-rakshak.com]

* [http://www.southparkstudios.com/show/display_episode.php?season=10&id1=1008&id2=151 Official information on the episode]

*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/l-shardul.htm LST(L) Shardul @ Global security.com]

* [http://www.blizzard.com/press/061002.shtml Blizzard press release regarding the episode]

[[Category:Indian Navy ships|Shardul]]

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