Talk:Lo Wang

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Death God?

• Came upon this article by mistake. Perhaps you could mention that "Lo Wang" is also a reference to Chinese myth, where the God of Death and ruler of the fifth level Feng-Du (equivalent of hell) goes by the name "Yen Lo-Wang". Seems like a pretty obvious reference.--SunWuKong 07:54, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

IMO, that is a coincidence. When you look at other FPS games, the title character traditionally has a macho, somewhat jokey name... "Duke Nukem", "Max Payne", etc. I'd be surprised if the SW designers had ever heard of Yen Lo-Wang. It probably still bears mentioning in the article, although I wouldn't call it an obvious reference by any stretch. -DynSkeet (talk) 12:26, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

Lowangism

I remember seeing an article placed under Wikipaedia's heading "Lowang" describing a youth movement undertaken in adulation of the now immortal and notoriously debauched computer game "Shadow Warrior". Having been an avid player in the late nineteen-ninties myself, and an observer of human nature, I saw that at my higher school the same occurrences outlined by certain segments of this effaced article began to manifest themselves there too. I've recently received some requests by a few of my former peers for the site's contents (so we could parallel and reconcile our experiences with those which had been notated), but never once have I seen it reposted. If I could possibly receive a copy of the text, it would be much appreciated.

Thank You.

Jean Haas-Liles 4, rue Apennins 75017 Paris France

The original content is still availible under history. Here's a link [[1]] Tbjablin

Beavercreek

I moved the below anon added paragraph from the article here to talk. -- Infrogmation 16:58, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC)

In Beavercreek, Ohio, the Lowangist school of thought refers to the radical philosophical belief that the existing social order is irreversibly flawed and a small group of opportunistic social elites possesses sufficient power to supplant the established cultural standards via deception and intrigue. Its founder, Tiberius Lowang, identified the movement's principles with the antisocial behavior exhibited by Lo Wang in the video game.

Someone's moved it back to the main article. What is the deal with this? It reeks of a dumb in-joke amongst high schoolers. (I lived in Kettering for three years, so don't try and insist that "everyone knows about it".) -- DynSkeet 13:40, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps this is exactly why Kettering High School would always lose to Beavercreek in academic competitions due to their absence of a lowangic individual to advance their teams forward. (from anonymous poster at 164.107.196.204)

I didn't go to high school there, so no reason for awkward swipes. -DynSkeet 14:42, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Quotes

We need quotes, he said something like "Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream." Also need picture?

Gory and violent?

The majority of first person shooters have always, and still do fit that description. The difference is that there has been a push for more realistic blood and gore, as opposed to the excessive and cartoonish type so common in the older games. I think this should be represented in the article in some way. 69.24.191.132 03:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)