![]() The game contains five different classes, including the "Rouge", the word used by wow players who don't know how to spell "Rogue" correctly.įrostmourne, the legendary sword of the Lich King, is present in the game alongside a skeleton with a golden exclamation mark above its head.The art style used for the maps is much like the WoW's mapsĪnd the developers went even further, adding small details to the game's Steam sheet:.The Goatwind city is a reference to Stormwind City in Elwynn Forest.The Goatshire town is a reference to Goldshire in theElwynn Forest.The game is full of World of Warcraft references: The weapon was later replaced in a new patch to avoid copyright infringment. In patch 1.2.0, a new weapon called the Icemourne was added to the game, in reference to the Frostmourne sword. Jenkis" is for Leeroy Jenkins, a wow character created by Ben Schultz who rush in a group of dragons in 2005 screaming "Leeeeeeeroy, Jenkins!".Īn achievement called World of Warpcraft can beearned after having destroyed 6 Terran units as they are warped in during the “Dark Whispers” mission on Normal difficulty or higher. Duke says "Damn Leroy!" after witnessing his death.ĭuring the very first mission of the game, the Corporal Richard L. While crossing a bridge on his way, Jenkins is killed by an explosion caused by an Alien aircraft. Two items do him honor, and one item is a reference to his guild:Īn achievement called War of Worldcraft can be obtained after owning at least 50 Video Game Industries.ĭuke's ally named Jenkins is tasked by Dylan to escort Duke to the Duke Burger. In 2020, Swifty has been charged with sexual harassment. John Swifty was an Alliance NPC that we could meet at A'shran, in reference to Swifty, a big US wow streamer. In 2014, he has been permanently banned from World of Warcraft for account sharing.Īfter this extremely strong sanction, supposed to serve as an example for all people who wanted to share their account, he recreated an account and resumed his activity as a streamer. He was the first player to reach the rank 1 in PvP. This NPC has been added after the tragic death of Byron “Reckful” Bernstein, who commited suicide in july 2020. Reckful is a Rogue trainer that we can found in Stormwind City. Wodin the Troll-Servant, Wodin's Mantid Shanker, Wodin's Lucky Necklace, Wodin's Second-Best Shanker, Wodin's Weary Wristguards, Zena & Zena's Ridiculously Rich Yarnballįour Wotlk beta testers had been rewarded with quest rewards ( The Air Stands Still) in their names:.Knog's Bow of Clumsiness & Knog's Bow of Surrender.Many forum members from the The Elitist Jerks, a vanilla guild based on Mal'ganis, recieved tributes during WoD: Skosiris (co-funder): Loremaster Skosiris.Poeticdragon (former developer): Claire "the Fox" / Ariiya Sunblood.Noxychu (former artist): Noxiia's Shackles, Noxiia Atoh / Brother Zuo, Bryan Schnau / Zen'taki, Sarah Schnau / Zen'tenbi.Jerek (developer & designer): Jerek's Intractable Barrier.Erorus (tool developer): Erorus' Ledger of Trade.Ashelia (former site director): Ashelia's Adorned Waistguard.Perculia (site director): Perculia's Peculiar Signet, Kyu-Sy's Tarflame Doomcloak, Kyu-Sy's Tarflame Doomcloak, Perculia's Peculiar Parrot.Some people working for wowhead have their own tribute in World of Warcraft: It is the 2nd most extensive wiki on the internet, the first being Wikipedia. Wowhead is the biggest and the most complete World of Warcraft website ever. Note: as you can see, the NPC is not a reference to Post Malone, but it is close! :D In this kind of case, I put the reference in the category best known by the general public (for example, for the Easters Eggs from Game of Thrones, they appear in the category "TV series", and not in the "books" category, even if the books came first in real life). ![]() For example, the category "movies" and "books" are very similar, many films being adaptations of novels. Notes: It's sometimes quite difficult to put references into the good category. In the comment section below, let me know about the easter eggs and references that are not already in the guide! The World of Warcraft's universe is extremely rich, that's why I need your help to complete this guide as much as possible! we will try to list everything inside this guide! ![]() Blizzard does not fail to incorporate many references to pop culture or real life persons and events into its game!Ĭinema, music, literature, people. With the success of the Warcraft series, WoW quickly became a must-play of the MMORPG.Īn extremely dense universe, a gigantic world, thousands of characters, quests and monsters. World of Warcraft is a MMORPG released in 2004, only two years after Warcraft 3. WORK IN PROGRESS : help me collect information here: īefore we start listing the thousands of references WoW contains, let's do some history!
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