Imagine, if you will, the Burning Legion turning its sights away from Azeroth and Outlands. Instead, they locate another world ripe for conquest. A world that has never seen magic and they presume defenseless -- our own planet, Earth!

Sure, it's a geeky thing to imagine, but we're all geeks here anyway. What if the Burning Legion attacked us? A handful of forumgoers brainstorm possible defense strategies for Earth, including:

• Toss a nuke through the Earth version of the Dark Portal. Demons aren't immune to fire and poison, are they? Problem solved.
• All of Earth's armies with their technology could probably defeat the Legion. However, the average respawn time on a Hellboar is 2 minutes, while the respawn for a soldier is 18 years. We might get zerg rushed.
• An endless swarm of undead would be problematic for Earth, since zombie movies have already shown that we're not ready for that.
• The longest ranged attack in Azeroth is 40 yards. The longest ranged attack on Earth is around the entire planet with ICBMs. They wouldn't even see us coming.

The general consensus is that Earth would probably defeat the Burning Legion in a full-on confrontation. However, the Burning Legion likes to infiltrate and corrupt a population before ever physically attacking a planet. How long do you think Earth's politicians would last, tempted with magic, eternal life, and demonic power? I give it fifteen minutes before we're all reporting to Mr. Kil'Jaeden at the office. Although it might make American presidential campaigns a bit more entertaining. I would definitely pay to see a debate between Rudy Giuliani with an army of whip-wielding succubi and Barack Obama sitting atop a Fel Reaver.

Who do you think would win? Or ... have we lost already?

Filed under: Humor, The Burning Crusade, Lore