January 18 - World of Warcraft launches in South Korea
The first time World of Warcraft was an answer on Jeopardy! was on November 16, 2005.
Some players played via dialup modem, and this made their characters jump around as they walked when viewed by other players. You could not download the initial game, and initial patch downloads could take an hour or more. The game was on 4 CDs (5 for the "Game of the Year" edition) which needed to be installed, and then patching had to happen. The game had to be installed via CD/DVDRom drive. People were using Windows XP, but some were still using Windows 2000 or earlier. Most laptops didn't have enough power to run the game smoothly. Many were still using a 4:3 CRT monitor (LCD existed but was not popular yet) and a desktop computer to play. The average computer a player was using in 2004 to log in:. There were 88 United States realms at launch (43 PvP, 40 PvE, 5 RP), plus more realms for Europe and Oceania. 60% speed land mount at level 40, 100% speed epic land mount at level 60. Druid, Hunter, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Warrior, Warlock. Alliance: Human, Dwarf, Night Elf, Gnome. Only Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor available at launch. November 23 - World of Warcraft launches in North America, Australia and New Zealand November 17 - "I Surrender" debuts ( archived copy) One article refers to the prospective players as "Warcrafters", a term which doesn't really stick. September 5 - it is reported that Blizzard has entered into an agreement with AT&T to handle the systems' servers. This is the third-longest-running login screen, at 743 days.įebruary - World of Warcraft Beta Test begins September 9 - World of Warcraft (Livejournal Community) created Sometime in 2003: World of Warcraft friends and family alpha released The fact that a Blizzard game would be a monthly pay-to-play rankled some. One of the things which kept people happily playing Diablo, Warcraft and StarCraft was that it was completely free to play those online after buying the game - all you needed was an internet connection. The player base was somewhat divided on it. September 2 - World of Warcraft announced at a press conference of the European Computer Trade Show
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