GameSpot:: Hey, these Draenei aren't ugly at all.

Jeff Kaplan: A lot of people were thinking that we would give the Alliance an ugly race since we gave the Horde a beautiful race, the Blood Elves. It was never our goal to tank the Alliance race. We want the Draenei to be as cool as any other race. If we have any sort of balance issues, the answer is going to be more than just making one race good and one race lousy.

GS: Were you considering any other races for Alliance before settling on the Draenei?

JK: Yes. Actually, we considered other races for Horde as well. For both Horde and Alliance, we considered and debated almost every sentient creature that you see in the game. We have concept art--you name it, we debated it.