Averagecloak

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Averagecloak or Averagecape refers to a particular item listing on the website Thottbot: specifically the listing for the Stoneskin Gargoyle Cape.

The user "Breadman" posted the following comment:

This dropped for me yesterday in Strat, it looks pretty cool too. It's white and looks longer than your average cloak or cape.

The first response was by fataleuphemism, who stated that he was "thinking of buying this cape" at the auction hall, but he wanted to know its length and color.

This one comment created a flood of similar messages, each mimicking Breadman's original comment in differing manners. The joke is known to have caused at least one thread on the official World of Warcraft forums, as well as inspiring averagecape.ytmnd.com shortly afterward.

It has since then been acknowledged by Blizzard, and since Patch 2.4.3 the cape has the flavor text "It's white and looks longer than your average cloak or cape."

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