Jean Claude Van Damme and Guillermo Toledo promote worldwide WoW love
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Dec 8th 2007 at 6:30PM }
With the popularity of Shatner and Mr. Tureaud's commercials for World of Warcraft, Blizzard has brought it's celebrity advertising game to a global scale. In a TV spot for France, Jean Claude Van Damme talks about his mage, and, though our French is a little spotty, we're pretty sure he complains about having to respec after patch 2.0.1. After the jump, Spanish comedian Guillermo Toledo talks about how rolled paladin, and how he gets all the cyber-tail in Azeroth. Poor guy.
Yes, we know most of you won't be able to understand both of these commercials, but before the monolingual horde comes to tear us limb from limb, know that there's nearly 10 million subscribers to WoW, and a nice portion of them live in non-English-speaking areas of the world. Plus, you don't have to know the Spanish language to know that Willy Toledo says "paladin" much, much sexier than you or we could ever hope to.
Paladeen.
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DangerMouse @ Dec 8th 2007 6:39PM
I would like to request a Steven Seagal version, where he air-slaps you silly.
Arturo @ Dec 8th 2007 6:40PM
Or snaps your neck with barely any effort.
MV @ Dec 8th 2007 7:05PM
...and then stuffs his fat face with cheese fries.
Obie @ Dec 8th 2007 7:06PM
Or breaks your arm just by looking at you with intensity.
DemonGSides @ Dec 8th 2007 7:27PM
Awesome combo, before Obie ruined it.
SeritoNiN @ Dec 8th 2007 7:08PM
It's just a matter of time before we see God do one of these commercials. Or Chuck Norris....
Oh did I just repeat the same thing twice? Sorry.
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Dec 8th 2007 8:36PM
psssh. Bruce Willis needs to do one. He would make Chuck Norris cower in fear.
GUIGUI @ Dec 8th 2007 7:10PM
Van Damme translation (I translate French to English and vice-versa to make it stay true to what he says):
-My name, it's Jean Claude Van Damme and I am a mage!
-The Hand-to-hand combat for me now, c'est fini.
"It's over"
-Now I cast spells, puissants!
"powerfull!"
-If you taunt me too much, I transform you into a mouton.
"sheep"
A sheeeeeep!
-Because we all have a bit of sheep in us, you know.
"...?"
-I am Jean Claud Van Damme, I am a mage. And you, What do you play?
inlogic @ Dec 8th 2007 7:27PM
Then I'll translate the spanish one:
- Hello my name is Guillermo Toledo and I'm a Paladin!
- I am a mix of thrower (of something I didn't understand, spells I guess) and a hand-to-hand fighter.
- hand-to-hand... clearly what I like most..! (lame sex joke)
- But..! This is very serious! I am the protector of the Holy Light!
- I am Guillermo Toledo and I'm a Paladin.
- And you? What do you play?
Regulus Tera @ Dec 8th 2007 8:12PM
"Soy una mezcla de lanzador de hechizos y luchador cuerpo a cuerpo."
I'm a mix of a spellcaster and a hand-to-hand fighter.
Hope that helps.
LaughingTarget @ Dec 8th 2007 10:02PM
When I first heard it, I thought Tureaud said, "Do you have the balls?"
driven2sin @ Dec 8th 2007 7:19PM
we got truck commercials
Baxayaun @ Dec 8th 2007 7:28PM
- Hi, my name is Willy Toledo, and I'm a Paladin.
- I'm a mixture of "spell launcher" and "body-to-body fighter"...
- (Body-to-body, what I actually like more)
- But this is very serious... I'm the protector of the holy light.
- I'm Willy Toledo, and I'm a PALADIN !
- And you, What do you play?
Willy Toledo it's a very good comedian. Nice to see him announcing this game. ^^
gonk @ Dec 8th 2007 7:49PM
too bad wow isn't actually that cool
Chris Gardner @ Dec 8th 2007 8:10PM
Your comment makes me snore.
Obie @ Dec 8th 2007 8:44PM
Yeah, aren't these ads kinda pointless now?
Hey Chris Gardner, at least Gonk contributes and he doesn't stand around and critique others posts, GTFO!
UltimateQ @ Dec 8th 2007 11:39PM
Obie wins. But I agree WoW is already more popular than Jesus, these commercials can't possibly help to promote it any more.
Chris Gardner @ Dec 9th 2007 3:35PM
I contribute (primarily on Wowinsider).
Quite frankly, we get it. A lot of gamers feel Wow doesn't deserve attention. Still, it has 9 millions players for a reason (easy to get into and a friendly social atmosphere). I happen to play both Wow and I'm an avid console nut, so I see both sides of the issue.
Posting negative comments EVERY SINGLE TIME Wow comes up gets irritating. Really irritating. Gonk isn't adding anything to the discussion.
If you don't like Wow, ignore it. No need to spout garbage every time.
gonk @ Dec 10th 2007 12:50AM
no i played it. i know how fucking lame it can be
the first 10 levels were the best, and it went downhill (slowly) from there
ThornedVenom @ Dec 8th 2007 8:12PM
GO FRENCH-SPEAKING COMMERCIALS! - I liked the Spanish one very much though. Yay for understanding several languages!
(Before any of you get any wrong ideas, Van Damme isn't French. He's Belgian. Belgians are like the French, except nicer) ;P
Iljanated @ Dec 9th 2007 3:52PM
"(Before any of you get any wrong ideas, Van Damme isn't French. He's Belgian. Belgians are like the French, except nicer) " Amen ^_^ , and we speak both dutch and french
MeLeNaS @ Dec 19th 2007 3:52AM
LOL xD good point hehehe
I absolutely love the commercial made by Toledo (probably because I'm Spanish). I was really shocked when I saw it on TV in prime time. Videogames are not that usual on TV here, except during the Xmas consumer frenzy, of course.
By the way, there's another WoW commercial made by Verne Troyer (Mini-Me in Austin Powers). You can see it on WOWinsider.
MeLeNaS @ Dec 19th 2007 3:53AM
LOL xD good point hehehe
I absolutely love the commercial made by Toledo (probably because I'm Spanish). I was really shocked when I saw it on TV in prime time. Videogames are not that usual on TV here, except during the Xmas consumer frenzy, of course.
By the way, now there's another WoW commercial made by Verne Troyer (Mini-Me in Austin Powers). You can see it on WOWinsider.
Oh, and it would be AMAZING to see CHUCK NORRIS on one of these ads!! :D
Thierry @ Dec 8th 2007 10:07PM
Van Damme looks old in this commercial, I remember watching most of his kick boxing movies, he was my inspiration to this martial arts.
CuteUnit @ Dec 8th 2007 10:52PM
I loved the Mister T one the most :)
Dio @ Dec 8th 2007 11:18PM
Of course this was the only way for Jean Claude Van Damme to get his name mentioned on national television XD
Now we just need to se Erik Estrada, Chuck Norris, and Steven Seagal. Ooh, and maybe Clint Eastwood.
Luzid @ Dec 9th 2007 12:35AM
It appears BlActivision is poised for world domination.
How fortuitous, then, that my best friend works for them.
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
SwineSong @ Dec 9th 2007 12:43AM
I think they need Bruce Campbell to do one for the warlock. Christopher Walken is the rogue
MasterCKO @ Dec 9th 2007 2:49AM
those are actually fantastic ideas! I would love to see those.
Zegim @ Dec 11th 2007 12:58AM
I pray fof the greatness of Mr. Walken in a WoW ad.
As gnome, no less.
Kwipper @ Dec 9th 2007 4:02AM
Fuck Van Damme! I WANT CHUCK NORRIS IN THE NEXT COMMERCIAL... and have him be a Raid Boss!
Ken Seang @ Dec 9th 2007 3:41AM
We need a Chuck Norris one maybe the Texas Walker Ranger one!
Serebii @ Dec 9th 2007 1:46PM
There was one by William Shatner airing in the UK today
darkeyez @ Dec 10th 2007 12:02PM
Yo soy un Paladeeeen!
Hydar @ Dec 24th 2007 2:14PM
Hi, I'm hydar and i wish to see u in war movie like troy ,and van damme ,you are a beast.