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[edit] Introduction

Official wallpaper for World of Warcraft TCG featuring Horde characters.

Since 2004, Blizzard has been active in encouraging gamers to create fanworks like fan art and fan videos. The company hosts some of this material on their site and runs contests related to it. The fandom has a tendency to create vids as their primary fanwork, with some of this material found on YouTube. Blizzard regularly holds contests for various forms of faworks such as art and videos [1] [2].

Warcraft itself can be divided into three separate incarnations: The real time stragety game, the mmorpg, as well as the trading card game that is related to the mmorpg. For the most part, fandom discussed in this article relates to the mmorpg, World of Warcraft.

[edit] The Lore

The history of Azeroth, the planet on which Warcraft in its various version takes place is often referred to as the Lore. Rather then being a strict cannon, it is occasionally partly rewritten to suit the goals of the developers of the game, or otherwise refined.

[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.

  • Griefer is someone who deliberately sets out to disrupt gameplay in order to cause others grief. This term applies to many mmorgs and not just to World of Warcraft.
  • Machinimia is the creation of films within real-time 3-D environments such as video games.[3]
  • pwn To dominate an opponent. The origins of this term are difficult to trace, as it is not specific to one game, but rather the gaming community in general. It is pronounced as either "own" or "pone."

[edit] Fanworks policy and history

Currently Blizzard Entertainment encourages fan works, such as fan art and fan created videos by hosting fan art on the various regional World of Warcraft websites as well as holding both fan art and fan video contests. In addition to fan made machinima, Blizzard Entertainment also created machinima for fan enjoyment, including, but not limited to, in game news reports and music videos from the employee band Level 70 Elite Tauren Cheiftian or L70ETC.[4] [5]

Players also produce addons, that add functionally not built into the game. Addons are legal in the game as long as they meet with the ELUA. [6] [7]

[edit] Guilds with raid world firsts

[edit] Sunwell Plateau

  • Kil'Jaeden by SK-Gaming[8]
  • M'uru by SK-Gaming[9]

[edit] Black Temple

All world firsts by Nihilum [10][11]

[edit] Mount Hyjal

[edit] Tempest Keep: The Eye

[edit] Serpant Shrine Cavern

[edit] Magtheridon's Liar

Nihilum

[edit] Gruul's Liar

  • High King Maulgar - Death and Taxes (guild disbanded)
  • Gruul the Dragon Slayer - Nihilum

[edit] Karazhan

Death and Taxes was the first guild to clear out Karazhan.

[edit] Naxxramas

WOTLK:

  • 10 man - TwentyFifthNovember (later became Ensidia)
  • 25 man - TwentyFifthNovember (later became Ensidia)

[edit] Obsidian Sanctum

Obsidian Sanctum is a WOTLK raid offered at ten and twenty five man. Many achievements can be achieved within this raid.

  • 10 man - TwentyFifthNovember (later became Ensidia)
  • 25 man - TwentyFifthNovember (later became Ensidia)

[edit] Eye of Eternity

Malygos is back! With help from the red dragonflight it is time to defeat Malygos once and for all. This time, Malygos is not on your side! Will you achieve in the defeat in a highly unique raid on top of a dragon's back? Cunning skill, quick reactions and ability to switch roles is a great key in this fight.

  • 10 man - TwentyFifthNovember (later became Ensidia)
  • 25 man - TwentyFifthNovember (later became Ensidia)

[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events that are relevant to Warcraft.


[edit] 1994

[edit] 1995

[edit] 2001

[edit] 2002

  • In July 2002, the real time strategy game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos was released.[31]

[edit] 2003

  • On July 1, 2003, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the expansion for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos was released.[32]

[edit] 2004

[edit] 2005

[edit] 2006

[edit] 2007

  • On January 16, 2007 Blizzard released The Burning Crusade, the first expansion to World Of Warcraft.
  • In early 2007, Blizzard and fans began to try to take legal action against gold miners. [40]
  • "In June 2007, Legendary Pictures chairman Thomas Tull said that the studio was working closely with Blizzard's designers and writers to adapt World of Warcraft. " [41]
  • On July 24, 2007, Blizzard announced that World Of Warcraft had passed the 9 million subscriber mark.
  • "In August 2007, at BlizzCon, it was unveiled that the film will aim for a projected 2009 release." [42]
  • On August 4, 2007, Blizzard announced the title of the second, to be released, World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King at Blizzcon.

[edit] 2008

  • In the spring of 2008, the Wrath of the Litch King closed alpa was started.
  • In December 2008, a teen was arrested for pretending to be suicidal while talking to a Blizzard representative. The teen claimed it was a joke and that he was just trying to get what he wanted out of the game. [43]

[edit] 2009

  • On June 9, 2009, Queers United posted a blog entry titled "Online Gaymers Join in Virtual Warcraft Pride March" .[44] In it, they said:
In a whole new breed of net roots activism, gaymers who play Warcraft will have their 5th Annual Proudmoore Pride Parade at noon server time on Saturday June 20, 2009!
The creators over at The Spreading Taint an LGBT gamers community are modeling Pride this year to be much like real life pride celebrations with contests, prizes, and most importantly, pride floats! [45]
This blog post was referenced on gamers on LiveJournal. [46] It generated a fair amount of drama. [47] Some quotes:
I think if everyone would quit begging for attention (like with this post, whether or not you think it is) then people would just leave you alone. [48]
I actually happen to be conservative and a minority. I might not agree with things but I am tolerant. I've been to a gay pride parade in nyc with friends before and it didn't bother me at all. [49]
last time i checked gays werent taken from their native lands and forced to work for free for hundreds of years treated like animals and used and abused in many dff ways... i personally dont feel bad for gays because a gay person can pretend to be straight and live a normal life can i pretend to not be black? [50]
  • In June 2009," the Chinese government has declared that virtual currency cannot be traded for real goods or services. " [51] Much of this activity is called gold farming. It is estimated that 85% of gold farming takes place in China. [52]

[edit] Influential fanworks

[edit] Illegal Danish Supersnacks

Illegal Danish Supersnacks[53] is a widly populary and widly viewed machinima video created by Dementia Myndflame . It was the winner of Blizzard Xfire World of Warcraft Movie Contest 2006 in the following categories: 1st Place in:

  • Best Comedy
  • Best Editing
  • Best Original Music
  • Best Dialogue
  • Best Action Scene

2nd Place in:

  • Best Dance

[edit] Web Comics

[edit] World of World of Warcraft

Parody of World of Warcraft Players[58]

[edit] Fandom size

There are currently over ten million subscribers according to Blizzard Entertainment. It is unknown how many of those accounts are currently active.

[edit] External Links

[edit] See also

[edit] Sources

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