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This page contains a collection of often wondered '''questions''' concerning the [[Warcraft]] setting. This page is only intended to gather questions commonly asked by the Warcraft community to the creative developers, had they the chance. Responses to these questions will likely not occur here.
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|name = DotA Allstars
  
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|image = DotA Allstars Logo.jpg
  
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|designer = IceFrog
  
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|type = AoS
  
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|dl = http://getdota.com/
  
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|status = Active
  
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{{Custom Map}}
  
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'''Defense of the Ancients: Allstars''' (or simply "DotA Allstars") a variant of the custom map Defense of the Ancients for [[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]] by Blizzard Entertainment. The objective is to destroy the opponent's [[World Tree]] if one is affiliated with the [[Undead]] [[Scourge]] side or to destroy the opponent's [[Frozen Throne]] if one is affiliated with the [[Night Elf]] [[Sentinels]] using one's hero along with allied heroes and allied "[[creeps]]" (AI-controlled fighters).
  
   
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==Guidelines==
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For further information about the mechanics of the game and its concepts, please refer to [[Defense of the Ancients]].
 
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==History==
  
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Defense of the Ancients: Allstars is based on the concept of ''Aeon of Strife'' which originated from [[Starcraft]], by [[Blizzard Entertainment]], and is the first of its kind to introduce custom skills.
  
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One of the first AoS style maps in [[Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos]], The Defense of the Ancients, was done by a map maker named ''Eul''. However, after the release of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the map became unplayable, as it was edited with an mpq editor in order to change the files within the map for custom skills, due to the change of table formatting with the new World Editor that was actually capable of editing skills. In addition to this, Eul's expansion pack version of Defense of the Ancients, DotA 2: Thirst for Gamma, did not successfully take the place of the original Defense of the Ancients. In time, several spin-offs of DotA started circulating on [[Battle.net]] (the official multiplayer gaming server network for [[Warcraft III]]). Allstars at that time was a compilation of all the "cool" heroes in each spinoff and origin alike, and it quickly became one of the most popular custom games on Battle.Net.
  
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Nevertheless, the person who put together DotA Allstars ended its revisions after releasing a Human vs Orc variant of Allstars. Shortly after, Guinsoo stepped up and became the main programmer for DotA: Allstars spanning multiple versions. Guinsoo, however, left the DotA community for World of Warcraft after version 5.84. Icefrog has been the DotA: Allstars editor/main programmer since version 6.
  
   
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==Development==
  
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Currently, in most versions of Allstars, the map contains many more heroes and items than does the original DotA, and is updated frequently, which may explain its ongoing popularity. However, this popularity sparked a controversy over who ought to be credited for its fame. For instance, a number of Classic players resent Guinsoo for having 'stolen' their game, especially since he has similarly stolen most of his triggers, spells, heroes and items from other people; Guinsoo, for his part, maintains that the map was created from scratch and based only spiritually on Eul's work (Guinsoo has only admitted to taking the terrain)which was manually copied) and the idea for some heroes: everything else is his own, he claims). Regardless, Allstars remains widely played, and is rumored to be one of the most popular Warcraft 3 custom maps of all time.
 
   
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===The 5.84+ Series===
  
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*[[File:Silverstarsm.png|26px]] - A full silver star represents two people.
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Bugs in version 5 of AllStars prompted many to offer fixes to Guinsoo but the development of the code was opaque and release schedules were discretionary. As such, the map forked in version 5.84c with Guinsoo releasing version 6.
  
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Guinsoo ended the version 5 series with the creation of DotA Allstars 5.84, which added new heroes and a few bug fixes. Still, several errors and imbalances were overlooked in 5.84, such as the 100+ HP regeneration rate bug of Dragon Knight's skill Dragon Blood, causing Guinsoo to release a corrected version immediately, known as 5.84b.
  
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A developer named True.Rus (from Russia) developed an unofficial fork named 5.84c. Every version of Allstars released prior to 5.84c had focused on new functionality or heroes. The version created (or rather modified) by True.Rus did not feature any new functionality. Instead:
  
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*It also fixed some game bugs which were caused by the 1.18 Warcraft 3 patch that affected 8 heroes, for example Chaos Knight, Phantom Assassin, Broodmother, Juggernaut and Vengeful Spirit.
  
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*The hero Black Arachnia (the Broodmother)'s ability Spin Web, which usually gives her extra speed and invisibility in the game, only functions to provide a speed bonus, while the invisibility is non-functional.
  
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On February 28th 2005, a new era of Allstars began. Massive changes including new heroes, new items and a new Ashenvale tileset were released in version 6.0, a huge step from 5.84b. The changes were drastic and many people resisted and preferred to stick with 5.84.
  
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| [[Al'ar]] || {{Rating|}} || Was al'ar a true god or it was just a title? and if so how did kael'thas get a god as a pet?
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| [[Broll Bearmantle]] || {{Rating|}} || Where is Broll Bearmantle? He was supposed to replace [[Fandral Staghelm]] in Darnassus as the leader of the night elf druids after the events of '''Stormrage.'''
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| [[Cyrukh]] || {{Rating|2}} || Is Cyrukh an elemental lord of Draenor?
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| [[Deathwing]] || {{Rating|}} || Was the duty of the Earthwarder (Neltharion/Deathwing) to watch over the Elemental Plane, much like the duty of the Dreamer (Ysera) is to watch over the Emerald Dream? If not, could you elaborate on the role of the Earthwarder?
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| [[Dreamstalker]] || {{Rating|1}} || How did Dreamstalker get his awesome name and what is his awesome story?
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| [[Earthrager Ptah|Ptah]] || {{Rating|1}} || Who is Earthrager Ptah? Is he the remains of the titan that fell against C'Thun?
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| [[Elune]] || {{Rating|1}} || What's the relation between Elune and the water elementals, the Abyssal Maw and Neptulon the Tidehunter? In the darkshore quest after releasing water elementals from the Hammer control using the orb of elune they state "the tides follow elune", ad there's that strange fountain that's activate by night elf keystones, also unlike the other elemental lords Neptulon carries a more "humble" title Hunter, instead of the more authoritative mother and lord the other carry.
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| [[Twilight Lord D'Sak|D'Sak]] || {{Rating|1}} || Where is Twilight Lord D'Sak and will he appear sometime in during Cataclysm? He was the author of all the texts hold by the Twilight Hammer at Silithus, and seemed a pretty important member of the cult.
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| [[Galakrond]] || {{Rating|2}} || Can you tell us more about Galakrond?
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| [[Jaina Proudmoore]] || {{Rating|1}} || Why did Jaina, the sovereign ruler of a republic, call Varian, a foreign head of state, "My king" in Icecrown Citadel?
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| Jastor Gallywix || {{Rating|1}} || Why did Thrall appoint Gallywix as racial leader after he betrayed the goblins and tried to kill him?
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| [[Gryan Stoutmantle]] || {{Rating|1}} || What did Gryan Stoutmantle do during the First, Second, and Third Wars? Was he just a typical soldier, or was there anything more to him?
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| [[Illidan Stormrage]] || {{Rating|1}} || How did [[Illidan]] come to have any knowledge about [[Lady Vashj]] and her naga, and how did he know how to contact them? He was imprisoned for ten thousand years, and the night elves were unaware of their existence until after he summoned them.
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| [[Isiden Perenolde]] || {{Rating|1}} || What happened to Isiden Perenolde after he was sent to Gilneas?
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| [[Iso'rath]] || {{Rating|3}} || Is Iso'rath a Forgotten one? He seems very similar to what Arthas fought in Azjol-Nerub.
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| [[Krol]] || {{Rating|}} || Will we ever find out what happened to Krol, the ogre who was put in charge of all the old Horde ogre clans?
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| [[Lorena]] || {{Rating|1}} || What happened with Cycle of Hatred's Lorena and her crew? There were a lot of named soldiers, privates and colonels in that novel, and none of them has ever appeared in-game. Lorena was said to be Jaina's favorite colonel, and even helped her and Aegwynn defeat Zmodlor.
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| [[Lor'themar Theron]] || {{Rating|}} || Various sources have been inconsistent with regards to the eye Lor'themar lost fighting the Scourge. Is it still missing, or has this been retconned?
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| [[Morbent Fell]] || {{Rating|}} || During the Civil War in the Plaguelands at W3:TFT, we defeated a lich under the command of Balnazzar, named [[Morbent Fell]]. In World of Warcraft we meet a necromancer in Duskwood named [[Morbent Fel]]. Are they the same person? If so, does he still serve the Burning Legion?
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| [[Murmur]] || {{Rating|1}} || What the heck is Murmur and is it an elemental? Is he truly able to destroy worlds with a whisper like the codex of blood says? Is he in any way related to the other elemental lords?
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| [[Mur'og]] || {{Rating|}} || What the story with [[Maul of Stone Guard Mur'og|Stone Guard Mur'og]]?
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| [[Kash'drakor]] || {{Rating|}} || What the story with [[Kash'drakor]]?
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| {{RPG-inline}} [[Nath]] || {{Rating|2}} || Is Nath a real god?
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| {{RPG-inline}} Nath || {{Rating|}} || Is Nath related to the Gronn?
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| [[O'ros]] || {{Rating|2}} || What can you tell us about the Naaru O'ros? He cannot be fought and has nothing to do with the lore save for a childrens week quest.
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| [[Rin'ji]] || {{Rating|}} || What exactly was [[Quest:Rin'ji's Secret|Rin'ji's secret]] (what was on the tablet)?
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| [[Rokaro]] || {{Rating|2}} || What did Rokaro in Shadowprey Village do to get Rexxar's old spot as Champion of the Horde?
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| [[Sargeras]] || {{Rating|1}} || If the entity [[Aegwynn]] fought in Northrend was the [[Avatar of Sargeras]], does that mean that Sargeras's real body is still out there somewhere in the nether, separated from his spirit or is that avatar she buried on Azeroth his real body, just reduced in power?
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| [[Vindicator Saruan|Saruan]] || {{Rating|1}} || What happens to Vindicator Saruan of the Triumvirate of the Hand? [[Sironas]] said she turned him into an abomination, but we never see him again.
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| [[Commander Schnottz|Schnottz]] || {{Rating|1}} || Who is Commander Schnottz? The quests in Uldum are surprisingly vague.
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| [[Tharbek]] || {{Rating|1}} || What happened with Tharbek? You told us Varok Saurfang was the second in command of Orgrim Doomhammer, but the novel Tides of Darkness gives Tharbek that position. Could you clarify this?
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| [[Therazane]] || {{Rating|1}} || In the [[Elemental Bonds]] questline, Therazane mentions that she remembers love, who did she fell in love with, and was him the the father of her children, [[Theradras]], [[Ozruk]] and the [[Stone Lord]]s?
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| [[Thrall]] || {{Rating|}} || Why was Thrall seen riding a Black wolf in WC III? (Thralls wolf companion Snowsong is known for having snow white fur and this was the usual colour for the farseer mount in WC III).
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| Thrall || {{Rating|}} || Should we assume Thrall was a bit younger than his original stated age in the Warcraft III manual at the time of those events? The timeline doesn't quite match up otherwise.
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| Thrall || {{Rating|1}} || In the elemental bonds quest-line why do the elementals call Thrall the Orc-father?
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| [[Zalashji]] || {{Rating|4}} || What was Zalashji's original purpose and what happened to him?
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| Miscellaneous || {{Rating|}} || Will we see the wild dwarf and high elf characters of Legends' two part story [[Warrior: Divided]] and [[Warrior: United]] around Hinterlands? You know, Kardan, Keers, Mastran, Mozza, Ravic, Voldana... and finally the two human twins that are protagonist to both stories.
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* Changes to some of the existing items and recipes; this includes the changes of recipe "levels" from 3 levels to 4 levels.
  
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* Changes to the abilities of existing heroes, which require new strategies for gameplay (for example, the Stealth Assassin/Silencer whose abilities have been changed, therefore requiring a new style of play). This was a major factor which caused a number of DotA players to stick to version 5.84.
  
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| [[Aqir]] || {{Rating|1}} || What did the aqir look like before splitting into Azjol-Nerub and Ahn'Qiraj and adapting into their new environments?
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| {{RPG-inline}} [[Azotha]] || {{Rating|}} || Are the Azotha a tribe of a humans, or are they a separate species, another evolutionary step, as in Vykrul-Azotha-Human, or is it more Stormgarde-Stormwind-Azotha-Gilnean...?
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| [[Bogstrok]], [[Lobstrok]] and [[Makrura]] || {{Rating|1}} || Are Bogstrok sapient? Are they related to the Makrura in any way? And Claximus is called a Lobstrok is this related to the two above?
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| [[Darkfallen]] and [[San'layn]] || {{Rating|2}} || What is the difference, if anything, between the Darkfallen and the San'layn? Are the San'layn a/the faction of Darkfallen, as is implied?
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| [[Dwarf]] || {{Rating|1}} || Are each of the three dwarf clans composed of a unique dwarf subrace?
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| [[Mountain dwarf|Dwarf, Mountain]] || {{Rating|}} || What is a "mountain dwarf"?
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| [[Frostborn|Dwarf, Frost]] || {{Rating|}} || What is the nature of the blue skin on the Frostborn?
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| [[Wild dwarf|Dwarf, Wild]] || {{Rating|}} || What is a "wild dwarf"?
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| [[Hill dwarf|Dwarf, Hill]] || {{Rating|}} || What is a "hill dwarf"?
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| [[Earthen]], [[Frostborn]] and [[Iron dwarves]] || {{Rating|}} || Are Frostborn and Iron dwarves, a variation of earthen or other type of dwarf? If not are Frostborn made of flesh or what?
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| [[Ethereal]]s || {{Rating|1}} || Since the Ethereals are divided into multiple political factions in game, would any of them consider joining the Alliance or Horde and which would they be more apt to join?
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| [[Flamewaker]] and [[Naga]] || {{Rating|}} || Are Flamewakers and Naga related? They both share reptilian qualities and are associated with the Elements.
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| [[Forsaken]] Free Will || {{Rating|3}} || Why do some Alliance soldiers raised by the Forsaken immediately become loyal to the Forsaken while others do not, if they all have free will?
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| [[Furbolg]] || {{Rating|}} || The Furbolg tribes of Blackwood, Thistlefur and Stillpine are helped by Alliance members, the Foulweald are almost destroyed by the Horde, and the Timbermaw are neutral. Will the support by the Alliance and hostility by the Horde make the Furbolg race more Alliance leaning?
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| [[Grell]]-like || {{Rating|1}} || There is a huge variety of [[Grell]]-like creatures, trickster creatures with small stature often associated with different types of magic, what are they an if they are related or just a group of creatures that can be explained by convergent evolution? These are all noticed creatures that are grell-like and their associated magic: The fey [[Grell]] associated with nature magic, the demonic [[Imp]]s associated with fel magic, [[Sprites]] associated with various types of natural and dark magics, the demonic [[Flamekin]] associated with fire magic, the elemental [[Firekin]] associated with the [[Firelands]], and finally the magically-created [[Homunculus]] which are frowned by the [[Kirin Tor]]?
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| [[Harpy]] || {{Rating|1}} || Do Harpy have males or are the rumors that they rape other races males true?
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| [[Human]], Northrend || {{Rating|1}} || Where was the village of the Northrend humans Ner'zhul killed off before the War of the Spider, were there and survivors, and where did they originally come from?
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| Human, [[Grizzly Hills]] || {{Rating|1}} || Where do the trapper communities in the Grizzly Hills originally come from?
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| Human, [[Tanaris]] || {{Rating|1}} || Where do the Wastewander Bandits in the Tanaris originally come from? Were they in Kalimdor before Warcraft III?
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| {{RPG-inline}} [[Naga Anomaly]] || {{Rating|2}} || Are [[High Warlord Naj'entus]] and others with the same model the naga anomalies described in ''Dark Factions'', or are they something else?
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| Races, [[Demon|Demonic]] || {{Rating|2}} || Are the Nathrezim the only race that is originally demonic? If so, do you have plans to tell us more about the other members of the Burning Legion and their history?
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| Races, [[Northrend]] || {{Rating|}} || Do the [[Magnataur]] and other Northrend races (aside from the Vrykul, and dwarven groups) have a connection to Ulduar/Old Gods/Curse of Flesh?
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| [[Dire orc|Orc, Dire]] || {{Rating|3}} || What are the Dire orcs?
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| [[Orc]] peons || {{Rating|1}} || Are Orc Peon slaves to the horde?
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| Orc skin || {{Rating|}} || Why do orcs like the Blackrock and Dragonmaw have unique skin colors? Is it due to ethnicity, exposure to ash, or something else?
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| [[Sporelok]]s and [[Sporeling]]s || {{Rating|3}} || Sporeloks and Sporelings seem to have a different color and habitat, are they different races/sub-races?
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| [[Tol'vir]] || {{Rating|1}} || In the first batch of questions, you explained the origin of the Obsidian Destroyers, by saying they were enslaved Tol'vir. Were they Tol'vir that the qiraji captured, or were they created by the qiraji themselves using stolen titan technology? Could that explain why they are so radically different in appearance? Would that mean the Anubisaths were created using stolen titan technology, too?
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| {{RPG-inline}} [[Tothrezim]] || {{Rating|2}} || Do the Tothrezim still exist, or have they been retconned and replaced with the [[Gan'arg]] and [[Mo'arg]]?
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| [[Troll]]s || {{Rating|}} || Will Vol'jin or Garrosh recruit more troll tribes to the horde?
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| [[Dark troll|Trolls, Dark]] || {{Rating|}} || What happened to dark trolls?
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| [[Ulduar]] Watchers || {{Rating|1}} || After speaking to Ghostcrawler at the Cataclysm midnight launch in London, it was said that [[Tyr]] was intended to be the titan who fell against C'thun. If so, does this mean all of the watchers are titans, or is Tyr a unique case?
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| Uldum Watcher || {{Rating|1}} || What are the stories of the four titan guardians in Uldum? Particularly the fact that their seats are associated with 4 different schools of magic.
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| [[Vrykul]] material || {{Rating|}} || Prior to the Curse of Flesh, of what material were the vrykul composed or made? For example, were their bodies previously made of earth, stone, or metal? Or were they already flesh?
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| Vrykul purpose || {{Rating|}} || What was the role of the vrykul? We know that the earthen were charged with shaping the earth and mechagnomes maintained the great machines of the titans. But what purpose or function did the vrykul serve for the titans?
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| [[Frost vrykul|Vrykul, Frost]] || {{Rating|1}} || What is the nature of the blue skin on various Vrykul? Does it vary between the Ymirjar, the Hyldnir, and others?
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| [[Worgen]] offspring || {{Rating|3}} || Do the new Worgen pass the curse down to their children (with or without control over it) or are the Worgen essentially doomed to die off after one generation?
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===Creatures===
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Shortly after the release of 6.01, Guinsoo went missing (unconfirmed rumors are that he now devotes all his time to [[World of Warcraft]]). During Guinsoo's absence, IceFrog stepped up along with Neichus. IceFrog is now the main programmer for the map, doing anything from implementation and balancing to debugging. With each consecutive version released by the team in the 6 series, bug fixes, new heroes and additional spells have been introduced.
 
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| Alchu bugs, Kommu, Kambu and Mannu || {{Rating|}} || What exactly is a Mannu, Kommu, Kambu and Alchu bugs that are mentioned in ''[[The Judgment]]''?
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| [[Ancient of Wind|Ancients of Wind]]/[[Ancient of Wonder|Wonder]] || {{Rating|1}} || What happened to the Ancients of Wind and the Ancients of Wonder?
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| [[Banshee]] || {{Rating|}} || What exactly is a Banshee, and are non-elven races able to become one?
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| [[Dragons]] Family || {{Rating|1}} || Can you explain some of the various "family" habits of dragons, are they incestuous as some speculate? Do only the Aspects get mates? Is Alexstraza actually also Korialstrasz's mother?
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| [[Elemental]]s creation || {{Rating|}} || In the Hyjal quest "[[Quest:Elementary!|Elementary!]]" you state that the old gods created the elementals. This is in turn supported by the Highlord Demitrians quote "It was they, the Old Gods who created all." Yet in other lore, it is said the old gods enslaved the elementals rather then create them. Which of these accounts is true? If its the former, did the Old Gods create all elementals or just those on Azeroth?
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| Elementals, Draenor || {{Rating|1}} || If Cyrukh is a firelord like Ragnaros, does Draenor also have it's own versions of Neptulon, Al'akir and Therazane?
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| [[Ettin]] || {{Rating|2}} || What are the ettin?
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| [[Fel Reaver]]s || {{Rating|}} || Are fel reavers demon-possessed constructs or are they a fel-powered constructs?
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| [[Fiends]] || {{Rating|1}} || Are Fiends (face on chest demon with jewel on forehead) related with Ered'ruin race? They look very similar (except for the fact they have a face on their chest) to the Doomguards, Doomlords and Daemons from Warcraft 1 that are part of the Ered'ruin race.
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| [[Fire spider]] || {{Rating|1}} || Are Fire Spiders of the Cinderweb brood anyway related to the Nerubian or Aqir? they look very similiar.
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| [[Forgotten One]] || {{Rating|2}} || During W3:TFT undead campaign, we confronted a "Forgotten One", deep in Azjol-Nerub. It has not been mentioned again, and the novelization of the events utterly ignored it. What happened with it? Was it a tendril of Yogg-Saron, like a manifestation of his power? Was it changed into the faceless one Herald Volazj and his three "Forgotten One" minions?
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| [[Giant]] || {{Rating|}} || The titans made 3 giant races, however throughout Azeroth we find many more types of giants that are very similar to some that the titans created, the question is what is the origin of the following giant races: Fire, Ice, Hill, Frost, Molten, Stone, Iron Giant and Colossi, and their connections to Mountain, Sea and Storm giants the titans created?
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| [[Giant (Draenor)|Giant of Draenor]] || {{Rating|}} || Are the Giants of Draenor, whose bodies were used to build the Temples of the Damned, just another name for the Gronn?
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| [[Gronn]] Size || {{Rating|}} || How large can a Gronn grow?
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| [[Gronn]] Amount || {{Rating|1}} || How numerous are the Gronn?
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| [[Leviathan]] and [[Kraken]] || {{Rating|1}} || You seem to use the term "kraken" to label two different types of aquatic creatures, a fish/reptile one and a squid/octopus one. What is their relationship, and is the model name "leviathan" a legitimate name for the squid one?
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| [[Mana serpent]] || {{Rating|}} || Mana serpents, are they Dragonkin(they were labelled as something of pseudo-dragonkin in the Wow Magazine) or elemental(they seem to share more characteristics with this type)?
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| Of Souls || {{Rating|4}} || What are the Reliquary of Souls and the Devourer Of Souls?
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| [[Rockflayer]]s || {{Rating|2}} || Why are the rockflayers, a Outland species, in Deepholm, a elemental plane of Azeroth?
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| [[Tree of Life]] || {{Rating|1}} || What happened to the Trees of Life/Age/Eternity?, they don't appear in WoW, is it because their connection to Nordrassil was severed by the wisp bomb at the End of WC3, and if so, now that Nordrassil is somewhat restored will they return?
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| [[Val'kyr]] || {{Rating|1}} || Why is the gift of the Val'kyr limited to vrykul women?
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| [[Voidwalker]] || {{Rating|1}} || There is some confusion regarding the voidwalkers, and specifically the void faction led by Dimensious. We have shadow elementals, Yet in the same way we have identical creatures as demons. Are all of these void creatures all the same? if so are they elemental/demon or both? and also is their relation to either the old gods, the burning legion and Dimensious simply one of enforced control? And finally what is the relation between them and the "Dead" naaru?
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===Classes===
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During the 6 series, the terrain has been changed multiple times. In the original 6.0, and about 10 versions after, the tileset was Ashenvale. However, it was soon changed to an Icecrown tileset. Many players complained about this new tileset, claiming it was too bright, and made it hard to play for extended periods of time because of eye strain. It was later changed, around version 6.20, to the Felwood tileset that it is today.
  
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| [[Druid]] || {{Rating|1}} || What is the nature of the relationship between druids (and night elven culture in general) with the arcane, as suggested by Balance spells like starfall, moonfire, etc. as well as moon wells?
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| Druid || {{Rating|}} || What is the origin of the human druids in Gilneas? How far back does this particular human tradition of druidism span?
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| Druid, Balance || {{Rating|1}} || What is a Balance druid? They seemingly use both Nature(Life and Weather) and Cosmic powers (Moon, Sun and Stars), and the what and why of their association with the Moonkin form?
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| Druid, Forms || {{Rating|1}} || Some of the druid forms have ancients associated with them(ursol/ursoc=bear;aviana=birds;malorne=stag;goldrinn=wolf/pack), but others do not. Could you tell us the ancients that provide to the druids the following forms: Snake, sea lion, cat, travel, moonkin and tree of life.
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| Druid, Tauren || {{Rating|1}} || Were there actually ancient pre-WotA Tauren Druids?
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| {{RPG-inline}} Druid, Aquatic || {{Rating|1}} || What are the patrons of the forms of the aquatic druids in "Dark Factions"? Specific aquatic druid forms: frenzy, octopus, crocolisk, cachalot whale and dragon turtle.
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| [[Farstrider]] || {{Rating|1}} || Did the Farstriders suck as much fel magic in comparison to the rest of Blood elves or did they suck less of it and use meditation to control the magic thirst?
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| [[Hunter]] || {{Rating|1}} || Forsaken have access to the hunter class. Are these hunters considered Dark Rangers, or are they merely undead archers?
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| Hunter, Nature || {{Rating|1}} || Do Hunters and/or Rangers have somekind of druidic nature powers?
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| [[Mage]] || {{Rating|1}} || What is the difference between [[Arcane]] as a general classification for different schools of magic and [[Arcane]] as a Mage talent tree specialization?
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| [[Paladin]], Tauren || {{Rating|1}} || What is the Nature of the Sunwalker's "solar power", and how similar is it to the Paladins' "Holy Light"?
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| {{RPG-inline}} [[Priest]], Shadow || {{Rating|1}} || What is the relation between the shadow ascendants and the [[Shadow]] [[Priest]] spell [[Shadowform]]?
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| Priest, Tauren || {{Rating|1}} || Are the Tauren Priests currently revering the Sky Father, the Earth Mother, or her eyes (Mu'sha and An'she)?
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| Priest, Human || {{Rating|1}} || How and when did the humans come in contact with Light? Was it something spontaneous, or was it some kind of Light-based beings (like the naaru, angels, etc) showed the Light to the humans, or what?
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| {{RPG-inline}} [[Shadow Ascendant]] || {{Rating|1}} || What is the relation between the shadow ascendants worshipped like loas by the trolls, and the actual [[Loa]]s?
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| [[Warlock]] || {{Rating|1}} || What is the lore behind dwarf and troll warlocks?
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===The 6.20+ Series===
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===Organizations===
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On October 31st, yet another era of Allstars began. With the newfound endorsement from [[Blizzard Entertainment]] themselves and a 'Cyberathlete Amateur League' division dedicated to Defense of the Ancients opening up, the new version took another drastic step forward which included many changes.
  
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! Organizations !! Rating !! Question
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| Ancient Kings || {{Rating|1}} || Who are the Ancient Kings? Their name appears in two chest items, the paladin familiar and Val'anyr.
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| [[Bloodsail Buccaneer]] Legend || {{Rating|}} || The three human protagonists of Legends' story Bloodsail Buccaneer were pretty good and had a lot of potential in different professions. Will they make an appearance in-game?
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| [[Conclave of Wind]]s || {{Rating|1}} || The members of the conclave of the wind seem to be the "second-in-command" of [[Skywall]], acting much like the [[Stone lord]]s is to the [[Deepholm]], and the [[Majordomo of the Firelands|Majordomo]] is to the [[Firelands]], and seem to be composed entirely of Djinns associated with Cardinal winds, the question is: what exactly is their role in the Skywall?
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| [[Dark Riders]] || {{Rating|1}} || What are the [[Dark Riders]]? Could they be a special generation of Second War death knights created by the Burning Legion agents? What's their link to Morbent Fel and the Burning Legion forces at Karazhan and Blasted Lands?
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| [[Dragonmaw Clan]] || {{Rating|}} || Why were the Dragonmaw called Dragonmaw back in Draenor, there weren't any dragons there? The first time they ever saw a dragon was on Azeroth.
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| [[Elemental Lord]]s || {{Rating|}} || Are the elemental lords of Azeroth equal, below, or above the ones that existed on Draenor?
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| [[Forsaken]] and the [[Horde]] || {{Rating|}} || The Forsaken initially joined the Horde as an 'alliance of convenience.' Given the most recent events how do the Forsaken currently view the rest of the Horde?
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| [[Kelani Magi]] || {{Rating|1}} || Who were the [[Kelani Magi]] and why did they fall? They're mentioned in WC3 on the yellow text from that one Enchanted Gemstone.
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| [[Orc Clans]] || {{Rating|}} {{question cleanup}} || What's the relationship between the Bloodfyres and Ner'zhul, the chieftain of their clan? Were the members of this family the seconds in command and the strong arm of Ner'zhul? They appear at Legends vol. 2, in Family Values. Also, will Leena, the draenei girl in that same story that becomes a shaman, appear in-game as part of the Earthen Ring?
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| [[Silver Hand]] || {{Rating|}} || Is there an active faction or chapter of the [[Knights of the Silver Hand]] still loyal to the Alliance or was the entire order absorbed into the Argent Crusade? If so, what order do Human and Dwarf paladins members of?
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| [[Scarlet Champion]] || {{Rating|}} || What happened to all the [[Scarlet Champion]]s in the Hall of Champions of the [[Scarlet Monastery]]? Are they all dead (or otherwise out of the picture)?
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| [[Stone lord]]s || {{Rating|1}} || The stone lords seem to be the "second-in-command" of [[Deepholm]], acting much like the [[Conclave of Wind]] is to the [[Skywall]], and the [[Majordomo of the Firelands|Majordomo]] is to the [[Firelands]], and seem to be composed entirely of Therazane children, the question is: what exactly is their role in the Deepholms?
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| [[Stone lord]]s || {{Rating|1}} || The stone lords seems to be entirely composed of Therazane children's, are the Stone lords the same as Earth Princes(much like [[Prince Thundeeran|Thundeeran]] and [[Prince Sarsarun|Sarsarun]] are called Air Princes and [[Theradras]] is called a earth princess)? and are all of her children part of it([[Ruberick]], [[Theradras]] and [[Ozruk]] are never mentioned to be stone lords, but she calls them her children)?
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===Locations===
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Some of the notable changes include:
  
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* Balance changes/tweaks, which mean slight changes to some statistics of certain Heroes to balance up the game.
  
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* Loading screen and map picture have been redesigned
  
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* Return of the Deathmatch (-dm) mode.
  
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! Locations !! Rating !! Question
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* A new League mode (-lm) for 5 vs 5 games, where Sentinel and Scourge players select their heroes in an alternating fashion to ensure fair distribution of heroes.
  
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* A new grassy terrain replaced the icy terrain from Allstars versions 6 to 6.19.
  
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| [[Aqir]] city || {{Rating|}} || Is there any possibility for the original city of the aqir (the one they had before being defeated and splitting into Azjol-Nerub and Ahn'Qiraj) to appear around in-game some day?
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* Three new Scourge heroes, Abaddon (with the hero model of [[Arthas Menethil]] from the original Warcraft III), Mercurial the Avatar of Vengeance, and Vol'Jin.
  
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* Addition of two new taverns:
  
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| [[Azeroth]] || {{Rating|}} || Is the map of Azeroth as we know it world-spanning, or have we merely seen one side of the globe?
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**The Dawn tavern in Sentinel side (empty as of version 6.29, as a placeholder for more heroes)
  
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**The Dusk tavern in Scourge side (with two heroes).
  
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| [[Azjol-Nerub]] || {{Rating|}} || Can you explain the Inner, Upper, and Old Kingdoms of Azjol-Nerub, and how they related to both Warcraft III and World of Warcraft?
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| [[Azjol-Nerub]] || {{Rating|}} || Will we ever get to revisit [[Azjol-Nerub]] and see the zone and its lore fully fleshed out?
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| [[Crystalsong Forest]] || {{Rating|}} || What was the plot for crystal satyrs and dryads, and everything else, in crystalsong forest?
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| {{RPG-inline}} [[Greenrush River]] || {{Rating|1}} || What happened with [[Greenrush River]]? This river started in the center of Lake Abasi at Zul'Aman, and flew into Darrowmere Lake. It's probably the same as Thondroril River, but there's no river going out of Quel'Thalas that could connect both places.
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| [[Gundrak]] || {{Rating|1}} || Why was there a giant snake tail in Gundrak?
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| [[Kalimdor]] || {{Rating|}} {{question cleanup}} || What were the mechanics of the Sundering? Land can not just sink, and if magic did it, what did the magic do? I would like to know what happened exactly after the Sundering. Before it, we had an unique continent, and after it, many different pieces of landmass. What happened exactly? The landmass between the current continents sank, or only the are surrounding the Well of Eternity sank, meaning that the current continents are a result of plate tectonics movement? (think of Pangea and how it evolved into the current world, but at higher speed) The second option is the one that makes more sense, imo. Pushing the central landmass down makes the surrounding landmass move away, while the water level rises from the sinking of the central part. It's basic geology, but I don't know if it would work in a world of magic.
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| [[Nendis]] || {{Rating|}} || What happened with the port of [[Nendis]]?
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| [[Pandaria]] || {{Rating|}} || Was [[Pandaria]] a part of Old Kalimdor before the Sundering?
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| [[Spirit World]] || {{Rating|}} || What exactly is 'The [[Spirit World]]' and what forces rule it?
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| [[Storm Peaks]] || {{Rating|}} || Where in the Storm Peaks did Aegwynn perform her titanic battle against Sargeras, and why is there no mark of it in World of Warcraft?
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| [[Tirisfal Glades]] || {{Rating|}} || What was the dark presence that caused the [[Highborne]] to abandon [[Tirisfal Glades]] for [[Quel'Thalas]]?
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| [[Tol Barad]] || {{Rating|}} || What happened in [[Tol Barad]]?
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| [[Uldum]] || {{Rating|}} || Was Uldum an old god prison for C'Thun, like Ulduar is for Yogg-Saron?
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| [[Ulmat Thondr]] || {{Rating|1}} || In ''[[The Last Guardian]]'', an unknown peninsula at the south is mentioned: Ulmat Thondr. It's rumored to have jungle troll activity, so could we say this place is the same as Stranglethorn Vale?
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| [[Vandermar Village|Vandermar]] || {{Rating|}} || What happened with [[Vandermar Village]]? Did it turn become [[Deathknell]]?
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| [[World Tree]] || {{Rating|}} || We know Nordrassil is "crown of the heavens" and Teldrassil is "crown of the earth". But what does Vordrassil mean?
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| [[World Tree]] || {{Rating|}} || Why was Vordrassil grown, and what druids grew it?
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| [[Zul'drak]] || {{Rating|}} || What is the fate of [[Zul'drak]] following the demise of the Lich King?
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===Objects===
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The latest change logs of the new versions can be viewed at the Official Changelog: [http://getdota.com/changelog.txt]. With such changes, reactions have been both positive and negative, but it remains to be seen how the changes affect the game in the long run.
  
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|+ Questions about artifacts, items, and other objects in the Warcraft universe
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! Objects !! Rating !! Question
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| [[Ashbringer]]'s Origin || {{Rating|2}} || What is the origin of the crystal the Ashbringer was formed from? Many speculate it could be the shard of a dead naaru, that turned back to the light once it was purified by Alexandros and friends. Is it the shard of a naaru? Also, could it be one of the shards of the Ata'mal crystal?
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| [[Ata'mal]] Crystals || {{Rating|1}} || What happened to the Ata'mal crystals?
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| [[Ata'mal]] Crystals || {{Rating|1}} || What were the powers of all seven Ata'mal crystals?
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| [[Felo'melorn]] || {{Rating|2}} || What happened with Felo'melorn, Flamestrike, the blade of the Sunstrider family? We last saw it at the battle between Illidari and Scourge at Icecrown, and it hasn't ever appeared in-game.
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| [[Glaive of the Aspects]] || {{Rating|2}} || What happened with the Glaive of the Aspects? [[Highlord Kruul]] assaulted Azeroth in the pre-TBC event searching its shards, and finally [[Kazzak]] managed to rebuild the glaive. It's even mentioned in it's page at the official site, but we haven't heard from the weapon ever again, and it doesn't appear in-game.
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| [[Descent into Madness|Mosaics]] || {{Rating|1}} || Are the five non-broken mosaics in Descent into Madness(General Vezax room) a picture of each of the old gods?
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| [[Well of Eternity|Missing Vial]] || {{Rating|1}} || What happened to the last Vial of Eternity?
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| {{RPG-inline}} [[Plate of the Damned]] || {{Rating|1}} || What happened to the Plate of the Damned?
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| [[Well of Eternity|Sunwell's vial]] || {{Rating|1}} || How did the Highborne obtain the vial of the Well of Eternity used to create the Sunwell? Illidan was imprisoned when they left Kalimdor.
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===Other===
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The latest version is 6.30b, edited and updated by IceFrog<!-- only edit the version number on this line, thanks -->.
  
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| Ageon || {{Rating|4}} || When the sea giant [[Morogrim Tidewalker]] dies he says "Great... currents of... Ageon," what/who/where is Ageon?
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| Date || {{Rating|2}} || Due to all the conflicts between different lore sources... What year are we in?
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|-
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| [[Dark Portal]] Opening || {{Rating|1}} || What was the artifact that [[Kazzak]] used to reopen the Dark Portal? How did he learn of it?
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|-
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| Deities, [[Arakkoa]] || {{Rating|3}} || What are the relations between [[Anzu]], [[Rukhmar]], [[Terokk]], and the Old God in SMV?
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| Deities, [[Hydra]] || {{Rating|5}} || The old gods seems to favor some type of hydra deities/demigods as pets ([[Aku'mai]] and [[Gahz'rilla]]), with other hydras like them ([[Gahz'ranka]] and [[Hetaera]]). Is this affirmation correct, and if so why do the old gods do favour them as pets?
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| Deities, [[Tuskarr]] || {{Rating|5}} || What are [[Oacha'noa]], [[Issliruk]], [[Karkut]] and [[Tayutka]]? (Gods, Demigods, Deities, Loa, Ancient Guardians)
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| Deities, Unnamed || {{Rating|4}} || In "The Sundering" page 186 there are references to a bunch of ancients that were never really explored, could you give any clarity into these ancients and their names, if they are still canon? The ancients are: A [[wolverine]] guardian, a tiny red [[fox]], a winged [[panther]], [[pixie]]s, a [[reptilian warrior]] , male oak figures with hoods, a [[stick bug]] race, and a bearded squat warrior that was riding two wolves and using a sickle as a weapon.
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| Deities, Drakkari || {{Rating|1}} || What is the nature of the 4 drakkari gods, [[Zim'Torga]], [[Zim'Abwa]], [[Zim'Rhuk]] and [[Dubra'Jin]]? They are never called loas even trough the character that point these gods out have no problem with calling the other animal gods loas, and Zim'torga has some similarities with Elune, being female, having a passive/peace theme going and both being directed towards prosperity.
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| Druidic Nomenclature || {{Rating|1}} || On the ask dev round II, you said that the night elves and the tauren tried to teach the trolls the "correct" druidic nomenclature, does such a nomenclature exist in the lore(like a in-lore book written by a druid or the common opinion of most druids)? and if so what type of creatures are in it, besides wisps and Ancients?
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| [[Magic]] || {{Rating|1}} || Are necromancy and fel corruptions of arcane magic by divine shadow?
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|-
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| Mythology || {{Rating|3}} || What are the [[Earth Mother]], the [[Sky Father]](Gods, Demigods, Deities, Loa, Ancient Guardians, non-existent, other)? The Sky Father was introduced rather recently, did the tauren recently adapted him as their god, or you just haven't thought of the idea?
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| {{RPG-inline}} Mythology || {{Rating|3}} || What are the [[Earth Mother]], the [[Sky Father]], the [[One in the Deeps]] and the [[Deep Mother]] (Gods, Demigods, Deities, Loa, Ancient Guardians, non-existent, other)? They all seem very similar.
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| Mythology, [[Blue Child]] || {{Rating|4}} || To the Tauren the White lady is Mu'sha and the sun is An'she; what is the Blue Child, and what is the mythology behind him/her/it?
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|-
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| Position, [[Majordomo of the Firelands|Majordomo]] || {{Rating|1}} || The bearers of the title "Majordomo" seem to be the "second-in-command" of [[Firelands]], acting much like the [[Stone lord]]s is to the [[Deepholm]], and the [[Conclave of Wind]] is to the [[Skywall]], whose title has been held by Executus and Staghelm, the question is: what exactly is the role of the Majordomo in the Firelands?
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|-
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| {{RPG-inline}} Position, [[Majordomo of the Firelands|Majordomo]] || {{Rating|1}} || [[Baron Geddon]] in the war against the titans was demoted from his position and replaced with Executus who was once the majordomo, the question is was Baron Geddon once a Majordomo for Ragnaros?
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| Red mist || {{Rating|3}} || Can you tell us the nature of the "red mist" from the "Unbroken" story, specificly if it is a weapon, and if it only effects the Draenei, and what it did to them?
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===6.30+ and Beyond ===
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==See also==
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*[[Ask CDev]]
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Since version 6.27, development for version 6.3x has begun, with IceFrog promising that new content will arrive "at a steady flow".
  
   
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[[Category:Lore]]
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As a side note, reasons for new releases prior to 6.30 is the result of severe abuse and balance issues discovered and debated in earlier versions.
  
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[[Category:Community]]
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*Example of a balance issue: the item Necronomicon has received a major reduction in power after several leagues and clans banned its use due to certain hero abuses and the strategy of acquiring 5 Necronomicons.
  
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On April 11, 2006, version 6.30b was released, adding two Sentinel heroes and one Scourge hero. A lot of bugs have been fixed and some balance issues have been tweaked. However, due to several balance issues it is uncertain whether or not these heroes will remain in this game.
  
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==Current player trends==
  
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Currently, players have shown increasing interest in the 6.xx versions as with each successive version, more bugs are fixed and the map is believed to be more stable and balanced, as compared to the 5.84+ versions. Version 6.54b, the most current official version, is the most frequently played on Battle.net and LAN parties.
 
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Currently, DotA Allstars is popular among many players around the world, as observed on the Battle.net servers and the PvPGN network of private servers. Players of DotA Allstars, particularly in the Asian region, normally go to cybercafés for friendly matches and cash tournaments.
 
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Dota Allstars was also featured in the Malaysia and Singapore World Cyber Games [[2005]]. Version 6.52e is currently the official version for league and tournament play.
  
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Blizzard has officially recognized DotA Allstars as its first Spotlight Map entry in the Battle.net Hall of Fame. It was also an independent tournament item at the debut of Blizzard's BlizzCon convention in 2005.
  
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Clan TDA (Team DotA Allstars) of Battle.net's "Azeroth" gateway (serving the East coast of the United States) is the clan charged with arranging DotA Allstars matches.
  
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==Terminology==
  
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Players of DotA Allstars (and [[Defense of the Ancients|DotA]] in general) have developed a list of jargon and terminology that is frequently used during in-game chat sessions and inter-player communication.
  
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=== Allstars Hero Classifications ===
  
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Heroes in Allstars are given certain classifications which will influence their method of play. For example, ''stunners'' (heroes which can stun enemies) are usually accompanied by ''assassins'' or ''nukers'' to efficiently kill an enemy hero.
  
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This is an alphabetical listing of common classifications and their characteristics. Do note that some heroes can be given more than one classification (e.g. Lion as a stunner-nuker-disabler).
  
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*''AOE Heroes'' - AOE is short for "Area Of Effect". AOE heroes tend to refer more to heroes with the ability to do massive area damage.
  
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**By definition, AOE spells are spells that are cast by certain heroes, causing devastating amounts of damage or long-duration stuns in a large radius within a short period of time.
  
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**Heroes with AOE spells are almost always used in higher level play and clan matches due to their ability to quickly disable and/or kill the opposing team within a relatively short period of time.
 
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**Examples of AOE Heroes: Sand King (with his Epicenter and Caustic Finale in version 6), Leshrac/Tormented Soul (with all 4 of skills: Chain Lightning/Earthquake/Diabolic Edict/Pulse Nova), Crystal Maiden (with Freezing Field/Frost Nova), and Pit Lord (with Firestorm and Pit of Malice).
  
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*''Assassins'' - Heroes which specialize at killing other heroes quickly.
  
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**These heroes usually deal physical attacks. Queen of Pain and Nerubian Assassin are two examples of those that mainly use spells. All of them have some form of invisibility or sudden ambushing ability. Most assassins are agility-based heroes.
  
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**Any hero with Windwalk, an invisibility skill or partial concealment (Blur), or blink (teleportation) can fall into this category, depending on what build is used and how the hero is played, of course.
 
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**Examples of Assassins: Nerubian Assassin, Stealth Assassin, Phantom Assassin, Bounty Hunter, Bone Clinkz, etc.
  
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*''Disablers'' - Heroes who possess the ability to "disable" other characters, basically forcing them into a disadvantage while they attempt to fight or flee.
  
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**''Disabling'' skills include any that affect the enemy in one or more of the following ways (with examples):
 
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***forced movement (Greater Bash, Berserker's Call, Nether Swap)
  
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***disallowed/slowing of movement (Storm Bolt, Magic Missile, Shadow Strike, Frostbite, Frostmourne, Degen Aura, Grave Chill, Penitence)
  
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***prevention/reduction of physical attack (Heartstopper, Decrepify, Terror)
  
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***prevention of spell-casting (Global-Silence, Silence, Crippling Fear)
  
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***increased damage taken (Decrepify, Terror, Penitence)
  
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**One of the most common forms of disable, "Stun", incorporates the middle three criteria as per the list (refer "Stunners" below). Many other skills, including some of the ones listed above, fit into several categories. Only a few examples are given for each type; this is by no means the complete list.
  
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**Though many spells fall under the above categories, the common definition of a disabling spell is one that can extend an enemy's presence in combat against his or her will, which therefore only includes the first two of the listed effects. It is also possible to buy ''Eul's Scepter of Divinity'' (upgradable to ''Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse'') to add another disabling ability to a hero's repertoire.
  
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**Examples of Disablers: Rhasta, Lion and Atropos, all having two main disable skills (Lion has Impale and Voodoo, Rhasta has Shackles and Voodoo [he can also trap via Mass Serpent Wards if targeted properly], and Atropos has Nightmare and Fiends' Grip).
 
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*''Nukers'' - Heroes who possess the ability to cause a significant amount of damage in a single instant via use of activated abilities in lieu of a physical attack.
  
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**Almost all nukers are intelligence heroes, for the reason that very few others have the mana to cast a concurrent series of spells to significantly do damage to their opponent.
 
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***Examples of heroes which are Nukers: Lich (with Frost Nova and Chain Frost), Crystal Maiden (with Frost Nova and Frostbite combined with Freezing Field), Lion (with Impale and Finger of Death).
  
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**Spammers - Heroes who spam, or repeatedly cast offensive spells in an attempt to kill an enemy hero or disrupt the opponents' play.
  
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***This frequently causes enemy heroes to go back to their Fountain of Health to heal, thereby wasting time and causing the enemy hero to lose experience. A "spammer" is typically just a specific kind of nuker, with the ability to repeatedly cast a particular spell efficiently.
  
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***Examples of Spammer heroes: Zeus the Lord of Olympia (with continuous Lightning Arc), Boush the Goblin Tinker (with Heat-Seeking Rockets and Rearm) and Krobelus the Death Prophet (with continuous Carrion Swarm, buffed by the Witchcraft skill).
 
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*''Pushers'' - Heroes which can quickly destroy enemy towers and creep generators due to their ability to summon additional units or deal damage to an area of enemy creeps.
  
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**These heroes often get items like Mekansm and Ring of Basilius to boost the power of their creeps.
  
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**Examples of Pushers: Furion the Prophet (with Force of Nature), Death Prophet (with Carrion Swarm and Exorcism), Keeper of the Light (with Ignus Fatuus), Meepo (with Divided We Stand), and Dirge( with Raise Dead)
  
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*''Stunners'' - Heroes who possess the ability to Stun other characters.
 
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**Some heroes have Stun as an active spell.
  
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**Other heroes have passive skills enabling their attacks to have a chance of stunning. When such heroes are able to keep the enemy constantly stunned it is known informally as permastun (a portmanteau of permanent-stun).
  
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**Such passive stunning heroes are usually equipped with items which increase attack speed and the item ''Cranium Basher'' to improve the percentage of hits which can stun an opponent.
  
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**A stunner also belongs in the "disabler" hero classification, but as they are so common, they have a subgroup.
  
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**Examples of Stunners: Centaur Warchief (with Hoof Stomp), King Leoric and Sven the Rogueknight (with Storm Bolt), and Raigor the Earthshaker (with Fissure and Aftershock).
  
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*''Support'' - Heroes whose skills are meant to directly aid the rest of the team.
  
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**Heroes with healing and buffing skills fall into this category. "Pushers" (see above) can also be counted as support, although sometimes they can be used individually instead of working together with the team.
  
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**Mekansm, and to a lesser extent, Ring of Basilius, are often used to heal and boost the armor of teammates (Mekansm's equivalent in version 5.84+ is Nethrezim's Buckler).
  
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**Examples of Support heroes: The Omniknight (with Purification, Repel, and Guardian Angel), and the Treant Protector (with Living Armor, Eyes of the Forest, and Nature's Guise) are good examples of support heroes.
  
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*''Tankers'' - Heroes who can absorb huge amounts of damage with either high health or armor count, usually both.
  
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**Typically used to attract tower fire and bait enemy heroes into wasting nukes or into traps.
  
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**In order to further improve tanking ability, items that boost armor, health, and self HP-regeneration (Heart of Tarrasque) or lifesteal/consumption of creeps (Satanic) are often used.
 
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**e.g. Treant Protector (with Living Armor and the highest base strength in the game), Centaur Warchief (with high base Strength and Great Fortitude), Axe (with Berserker's Call), Pudge the Butcher (with Flesh Heap), and Morphling (with Morph Strength).
  
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=== Nouns and Miscellaneous Terms ===
  
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*''amf/amfs/amfz''-This term is used to indicate disappointment, it is by far the most common term in DotA Allstars in the Phillipines.
  
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*''backdoor'' - This term is used to indicate a hero that sneaks into an opponent's base to cause damage to buildings WITHOUT pushing the creeps back. It is not considered backdooring if you have fought against the creeps until you reached their base. Backdooring is generally frowned upon by many players. According to the official rules the only form of illegal backdooring is teleporting into enemy base (i.e. Furion) while no creeps are there. Attacking towers/buildings without creeps is considered legal, but highly frowned upon. Other clans and public players may have differing views of what is legal and may ban you if you do so, so be warned.
 
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*''BL/Banlist'' - A free 3rd party program that keeps track of leavers and attempts to prevent them from joining games. It works outside of WarCraft 3 and intercepts packets. In-game, the user can label people as leavers and keep track of them in a database, pinging players to check for latency ("laggers"), detecting players marked in the database, recognizing multiple players with the same IP address (this means they're on LAN), and more. These programs are not as widely used as the game names seem to indicate. Leavers are rampant as ever in the DotA world. These programs are inherently innefficient due to dynamic ips and the ease at which players can create new accounts on battle.net. Third party programs also are against the battle.net terms of use. Refer to the links section for download links.
  
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*''bs'' - refers to one of three terms:
  
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** "backstab", same meaning as "to ambush". Refer "backstab/bs" in the next section for details.
  
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** "bullshit", used to express disbelief at something unexpected, such as a kill steal or being gangbanged.
  
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** The hero Bloodseeker (Scourge).
  
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*''cm'' - refers to either:
  
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** A short form of "clan match". Clan matches are played against other DotA clans. Similar in use to "inhouse".
  
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** The hero Crystal Maiden (Sentinel).
  
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*''dropper'' - This is a player who was disconnected and was dropped by the other players from the game. Some players do not distinguish "droppers" from "leavers" and this can result in ban which is somehow unfair because dropping is not done due to the player’s will. Also see "leebist".
  
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*''feeder'' - A player letting himself be killed by his opponents over and over again, sometimes due to inexperience but other times intentional, feeding them with experience and gold, creating an advantage for these opponents.
 
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*''ff'' - Stands for the word "Forfeit", used mainly in TDA games and other forms of higher level play as a way for a team to forfeit and withdraw from a game before the Throne/World Tree is destroyed.
  
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*''ffs'' - For f---'s sake. This term is used frequently to give extra importance to orders, for example in "def ffs" - urging the team to defend the base.
  
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*''gg'' - Good game. A term used by players as respect to their opponents, meaning the game was good. It is usually said at the end of the game (though not only in DotA). It is sometimes used sarcastically; since gg usually is said at the end of a game, players saying gg before the game are implying the other team or their own teammates that the outcome has been already decided.
  
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*''gj/gw'' - Good job/Good work. Used to congratulate teammates for scoring a successful kill, especially multiple kills or kills involving teamwork. Similar to 'n1' below
  
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*''griefer'' - Someone who intentionally makes it hard for their team. Examples of "griefing" are relaying what plans your team is making, buying items for the enemy team, stealing/destroying your own team's items, using bug abuses to hinder your team with your hero's skills, blocking, friendly-fire (killing friendly heroes which are near-death, inflicted by Shadowstrike or Doom) even when they wouldn't have died, and feeding.
 
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*''imba'' - Imbalanced. Used to indicate a hero, item or team that is considered inherently to be too strong.
 
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*''inhouse'' - Also know as "ih", a game in which players who join are from a specific channel/clan, usually seen as more of a competitive style of play as opposed to public games, as only a select few may join. Compare: ''public'' games.
  
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*''ks'' - Kill Steal. Used to indicate the action of a hero "stealing" what another considers his kill; for example a hero attacks an enemy until near death, and the hero who "ks" delivers the final attack to the enemy, thereby getting a kill point (for any version of DotA). May also be extended to tower kills. Usually this type of action is not encouraged. A player that KSes is called KSer.
  
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*''leaver''/''quitter'' - This is a player who has intentionally left the game. This is quite a problem for the DotA community, because when a person leaves the game, it creates a favorable position for the opposing team. The "leaver" problem has prompted third parties to create the Banlist program (refer "Banlist").
  
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*''mh'' - Short for "maphack". This acronym is generally used to accuse a player(s) of having an unfair advantage through third-party programs that keep the entire map revealed for the accused player(s).
 
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*''moded'' - A term that generally means to be defeated, killed or beaten, often suggesting humiliation, similar to "owned" or "pwned". For example, a winning team will often say to the losing team "You got moded", or simply "moded".
  
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*''n1'' - Nice one. Similar to, but slightly less common than, 'gj' (see above).
  
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*''noob'', ''newb'' - may imply either one of the following:
  
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**Simply a short form for "newbie", a person who is new to the game or unskilled in play. Antonym: ''pro, godlike''
  
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**Sometimes used to address a player who doesn't listen to advice, strive to improve, or are rude to other players.
 
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**Insulting another player by comparing him to someone who has just started playing.
 
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*''pub'' - also called "pubbie," a public game, opposite of "inhouse".
  
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*''plug puller''/''puller''/''pp'' - someone who intentionally disconnects from a game. Either used to annoy the other players in the game by forcing them to wait for the plug puller to drop, or to be able to claim that you did not purposefully leave, so as to avoid being put on a banlist (see above). Name derived from the act of physically pulling the Ethernet cable out from its port, hence the name.
  
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*[[Roshan]] - The strongest neutral creep in the map, near the center-most tower on the Scourge side. All players of the team that slays Roshan will receive +200 gold and the player who lands the final blow gets approximately 350 gold extra. In the latest version, 6.44b, Roshan will drop Aegis of the Immortal, an older item that was considered imbalanced. It contains one instant reincarnation charge.
  
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*''rm'' - Cue used to request a rematch or a remake.
  
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*''player 13'' - Neutral creeps. Currently removed in 6.2x due to the game announcing "Neutral Creeps" or "Roshan" whenever a player is killed by Player 13.
  
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*''sg''/''my'' and other country abbreviations or two-letter country codes - a suffix often added to game titles meaning the game host is from a certain area and therefore preferring players in the same country. This is because the geographical closeness of players within the game affects latency. "sg" is sometimes mistaken as "short game".
  
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**Examples of country/region abbreviations: ''pe/Per'' for Peru,''sg/Sing'' for Singapore, ''my/Msia'' for Malaysia, ''br/bra'' for Brazil, ''ph/pinoy'' for Philippines, ''au/Aus'' for Australia, ''cali'' for California,USA, ''tw'' for Taiwan, ''hk'' for Hong Kong, ''ca'' for Canada, ''eu'' for Europe, ''sk/svk'' for Slovakia, ''cz'' for Czech Republic, ''ee'' for Estonia, ''nz'' for New Zealand, ''dk'' for Denmark and ''bg'' for Bulgaria.
  
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*''OC'' - A term which was an abbreviation for "over creeps"; meaning there are more creeps than usual in a lane. Happens most of the time when a hero kills more creeps or has a Regeneration aura item such as Headdress of Rejuvenation/Mekansm.
  
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*''SS'' - A term "skill shot", referring to a hero's ultimate skill. Derived from the MMO game Gunbound's "SS Shot" ability. Another term can also screen shot.
  
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*''zomg'' - A phrase that derived from a typo while typing "OMG"(standing for "Oh my God"). This phrase, for some reason, seemed to be catchy and humorous to all the '''Defense of the Ancients: Allstars''' players. This phrase is used whenever something happens to a player or a team that they dislike. Sometimes, it may be used just because it is humorous.
  
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=== Actions ===
  
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*''back'' or ''b'' - Used to cue team members to retreat.
  
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*''blow/det/boom'' - Instruction to detonate mines laid by the Goblin Techies hero (Sentinel), to damage enemies.
  
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*''bs/backstab'' - In general, a hero (or a few of them) abandons his lane in an attempt to ambush heroes in another lane, generally by hiding in the woods for extended periods of time and attacking the victim from the back, cutting off easy escape. This term is said as a command for a teammate to stand behind a farming opponent, usually to cut him off as he runs away from an attack or gb/gank. This also refers to a warning to allies of an enemy hero's impending ambush (sometimes in conjunction with a minimap signal to identify the target).
  
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*''creep'' - A creep is a unit that is not controlled by a player. Killing a creep yields gold for the player that killed it. In DotA this refers to the units fighting on the two sides as well as neutral ones. Also used as a verb to refer to killing creeps.
  
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*''creep deny/exp. denial'' - The act of killing one's own friendly creeps who have low Hit Points, thereby denying experience and gold to enemy heroes. A similar method is used to destroy a friendly tower which is about to be demolished by the enemy.
  
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*''defend''/''def'' - Used to cue team members to defend a tower, barracks, or lane from the opposing team. Mainly used in conjunction with a signal flare to the game map.
  
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*''d/c'' - Abbreviation for "disconnected", used in reference to a player.
  
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*''farm'' - This refers to the strategy of exclusively killing creeps in order to purchase better weapons and gain experience faster. More specifically, farming in the absence of enemy heroes.
  
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*''gangbang (gb)/rape'' - the act of multiple heroes converging on one hero to kill that hero. It is common slang for an 'orgy'
  
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*''gank'' - When a hero is gangbanged from several sides. Either a portmanteau of "gangbang" and "flank" or originating from the term "gang kill".
  
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*''(hero name/color) missing'' - informing friendly heroes that the particular enemy hero has abandoned his lane in an attempt to ambush and kill heroes in another lane, generally by hiding in the woods for extended periods of time.
 
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*''Missing in Action (MIA)'' - The acronym "mia" is also used to warn teammates of a missing enemy hero.
 
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*''out'' - Usually said after a push by multiple heroes. Used mainly to denote that the player is going back to the fountain area.
  
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*''pawn/pwn'' - Generally means 'to kill an enemy hero', usually with the intended meaning that the hero making the kill did a spectacular job in comparison with his or her adversary. Pwn originated from a misspelling of "own", which has a similar meaning in gamer jargon, resulted from the closeness of the P and O keys on a Qwerty keyboard.
  
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*''pump/pumping'' - Refer to first term of ''stacking''.
  
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*''push'' - Pushing is the main objective of DotA. It is accomplished by staying in a lane and advancing on enemy towers to destroy them, literally "pushing" the lines of battle further and further towards the enemy's base.
  
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*''rax''/''racks''/''barracks'' - Used to cue teammates to destroy the enemy's barracks building, positioned in the enemy base. Also used (sometimes) to cue destruction of enemy buildings in general; usually accompanied by a map signal to indicate its position. Note: destruction of enemy Barracks will upgrade the team's creep damage and hit points.
  
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*''rambo/ramboing'' - Derived from Sylvester Stallone's portrayal of the "John Rambo" character from his popular movie series. This refers to an aggressive and risky attempt to kill an enemy hero or in some cases a structure in a situation where you clearly do not have the advantage.
  
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*''rambo hero'' - These are heroes who are better suited to the act of "ramboing". eg. Bloodseeker, Nightstalker, Juggernaut.
  
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*''rosh'' - Used to cue teammates to together destroy the strongest neutral creep on the map , Roshan. Usually used in the late game when heroes are powerful enough to do so.
  
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*''team sell'' - A controversial strategy used to deal with a leaver (person who leaves prior to the end)'s items. All items from the leaver's hero are sold at half price, with the gold distributed evenly to all his teammates. In actuality, the team loses out because only half the gold is returned. It should also be noted that since all players on the leaving hero's side gain control of the leaving hero, arguments often arise as people selfishly struggle for control of the leaver's strongest pieces of equipment, although all the equipment stay in the team.
  
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**The act of pooling items to a certain hero that can make it particularly more powerful than others. Most notorious stackable characters are Naix, Phantom Assassin, Sven, Magina and others that once get certain items, are almost unbeatable. TDA Rules are against this act due to imbalance issues it brings.
  
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**Stacking also refers to the act of combining multiple Auras, i.e. "Aura-stacking" (Aura examples: Vampiric, Command, Brilliance, Fervor, Protection, Moonbeam etc). This usage of the term is more common among Warcraft III players, as most of the auras are also found in that game.
  
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*''TP'' - Short for "teleport", a spell used to instantly teleport to a friendly building or creep (e.g. by activation of Scroll of Town Portal, usage of Furion's ability, or by Boots of Travel. TP is also used to signal Chen, a Sentinel hero, to use the Teleport ability, sending a friendly player back to the team's fountain area.
 
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*''ult/ulti/6'' - Abbreviation for the word "ultimate." Instructs another player to utilize his ultimate spell.
  
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*''w/zap/wrath/zeus'' - Some players, when using Zeus (Sentinel) hero, instruct their teammates to type a phrase or ping in a specific place (such as their fountain) when his ultimate is needed for a kill. These are all examples, although there is no single generic term.
  
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== Verbal Acknowledgments ==
  
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One feature Defense of the Ancients: Allstars (like many other custom maps) has is the use of map sounds and verbal acknowledgements. Those in Allstars are derived from Unreal Tournament, which are played once a player manages to kill 3 or more enemy heroes without being killed himself. These were first imported into the game by Guinsoo to add more excitement into the hero killing aspect of Allstars.
  
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Note that the BlizzCon DotA tournaments used a special edition of the map where there are no acknowledgements. This was done to avoid copyright issues due to the acknowledgements, with the exception of "Fresh Meat", being the property of Epic Games. The special edition was made by IceFrog at Blizzard's request.
  
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===For consecutive kills===
  
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In DotA AllStars, when a player is able to execute 3 or more consecutive kills on an enemy without dying in the process, all players will receive a verbal acknowledgment as credit for performing this feat. Bonus gold will also be provided to an enemy hero who can stop this killing streak. They are:
  
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* 3 - [Name of Player] is on a '''Killing Spree''' (''50 bonus gold'')
  
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* 4 - [Name of Player] is '''Dominating''' (''100 bonus'')
  
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* 5 - [Name of Player] has a '''Mega-Kill''' (''150 bonus'')
  
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* 6 - [Name of Player] is '''Unstoppable''' (''200 bonus'')
  
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* 7 - [Name of Player] is '''Wicked Sick''' (''250 bonus'')
  
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* 8 - [Name of Player] has a '''M-m-m-m....Monster Kill''' (''300 bonus'')
  
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* 9 - [Name of Player] is '''Godlike''' (''350 bonus'')
  
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* 10+ - [Name of Player] is '''Beyond Godlike''' ('''Somebody kill him!''') (''400 bonus'')
 
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* First blood - in Allstars version 6 and above only: when a player's hero executes the 1st hero kill of the game, he/she will get extra 200 gold and also the "First blood" verbal acknowledgment.
  
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* Combo whore - in Allstars versions before 6 only: when two or more players combined their abilities to kill a single hero the sound "Combo whore" is verbalized.
  
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* Double kill - kill 2 Heroes within a short amount of time (11.5 seconds).
  
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* Triple kill - kill 3 Heroes within a short amount of time (11.5 seconds, any more Hero kills executed in that timeframe will result in "Triple kill" being repeated)
 
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* Ownage - when a team gets 5 or more Hero kills in a row without any hero deaths on their side.
  
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* Ahh...Fresh Meat - a sound byte activated when the Scourge hero Pudge activates his Ultimate spell "Dismember". This may be familiar to players of [[Diablo]], another game by [[Blizzard Entertainment]], in which a boss called "The Butcher" utters those same words. This sound byte is hardcoded into the Frozen Throne World Map Editor.
  
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==Allusions==
  
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These are allusions present in the [[Warcraft III]] custom map Defense of the Ancients: Allstars variant.
 
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==== Items ====
  
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*Aegis of the Immortal - A shield carried by Athena, for Zeus the Greek god. Dropped by lvl 1 and lvl 2 Roshan.
  
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*Buriza do Kyanon - is a unique crossbow from Diablo II.
 
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*Aghanim's Scepter - Refers to Agahnim, the final boss in some of the Zelda games.
  
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*Cranium Basher - Cranium Basher is a maul from [[Diablo]]. It's also in Diablo II.
  
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*Dagon - A Semitic God.
  
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*Eaglehorn - is a bow from Diablo II, originally from [[Diablo]].
  
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*Eul's Scepter of Divinity - A tribute to the creator of the original Defense of the Ancients, which included an item of the same name. The item "Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse" derives from it. The fact that the latter is more powerful (using ESoD as a recipe ingredient, and is in a higher tier of items) may have been to imply Guinsoo's superiority, or simply to represent the development of the map over time.
 
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*Eye of Skadi - Skadi is the wife of the Van god Njord in Norse mythology. She was the Goddess of winter, and as a tribute to her the item causes a hero's attack to deal frost damage, slowing opponents.
  
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*Hands of Midas - Midas is a character in Greek mythology who turned everything he touched into gold. In Allstars, this item kills and turns an enemy creep into gold.
  
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*Heart of Tarrasque - A nearly immortal creature from Dungeons & Dragons, also mythical creature resembling a dragon, lion and scorpion. Also a small boss from Starcraft, another Blizzard game.
  
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*Lothar's Edge - A tribute to Sir [[Anduin Lothar]], the Champion of Azeroth, during the First War (in [[Warcraft]] and [[Warcraft II]].)
  
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*Messerschmidt's Reaver - Messerschmidt's Reaver is an axe from Diablo II, originally from [[Diablo]].
  
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*Monkey King Bar - From the Chinese folk tale Journey to the West, the Monkey King Bar was a staff used by the hero Sun Wukong and could alter its size to his will; the same bar used by the character Son Goku in the Dragon Ball series. The weapon also appears in Phantasy Star Online and may also be another reference to that game.
  
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*Black King Bar - Reference to a weapon in Phantasy Star Online
  
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*Necronomicon - A fictional book invented by the early pulp fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. Also the strongest book wielded by Cecilia in the RPG Wild Arms. A book bearing this title also appeared in the movie Army of Darkness.
 
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*[[Nathrezim]] Buckler - The Nathrezim or Dreadlords are a race in the Warcraft universe of games.
  
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*Sange - A sword from the game Phantasy Star Online.
  
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*Yasha - A type of demon in Indian mythology. Also refers to another sword from the game Phantasy Star Online.
  
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*Sange and Yasha - In Phantasy Star Online The Sange and Yasha could be combined to form a formidable dual sword weapon, and thus the same is allowed here.
  
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*Stygian Desolator - A weapon from the game Anarchy Online. The name is derived from the river that flows in the Greek underworld, the River Styx (Stygian, meaning to have the properties of Styx). This is however counterintuitive, because the waters of the River Styx was supposed to confer immortality to those who touched it. Achilles was said to have been dipped in the waters of the Styx as a baby.
  
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*Shiva's Guard - Refers to the Hindu deity.
  
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*Armlet of Mordiggian - Mordiggian is a fictional character in the Cthulhu Mythos.
  
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[[Image:DotA Scourge.jpg|thumb|500px|center|<div align="center">DotA heroes from the [[Scourge]] faction</div>]]
  
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:''Note: This section only explains the possible allusions that exist in the DotA Allstars heroes and is not meant to be a hero guide/description/spell guide.''
  
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*Abaddon, Lord of Avernus - ''Avernus'' is Latin for "void" or "abyss". ''Abaddon'' (Hebrew for "destruction") is the name of the fallen angel of the abyss from the Book of Revelation, which is the last book of the Bible. Is also a powerful character in the miniature wargame Warhammer 40,000.
  
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*Aggron Stonebreaker - It's name is the name of a pokemon.
  
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*Akasha, Queen of Pain - One of the five elements of Hinduism. Also the name of the Queen of the Damned from a book by Anne Rice. Literally speaking in Hindi, it means "sky."
  
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*[[Anub'arak]] - The undead Nerubian crypt lord in [[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]].
  
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*Atropos, Bane Elemental - One of the three fates in Greek mythology, who literally "cut the thread of life" according to legend. Also, all of his abilities are named after spells of the elemental type "bane" from Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis and ''Atropos'' was the ultimate sword attack from the game.
  
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*[[Azgalor]], Pit Lord - Pit lord found in Battle of Mount Hyjal.
  
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*Azwraith, Phantom Lancer - Uses a character model/icon based on a Final Fantasy character, Kimahri.
  
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*Banehallow, Lycanthrope - Refers to lycanthropy, the ability or power of a human being to undergo transformation into a wolf.
  
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*Barathrum, the Spiritbreaker - The name ''Barathrum'' is the word for "underworld" in Latin.
  
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*Black Arachnia, Broodmother - The name, "Black Arachnia" is a character in the TV series Beast Wars. In the show, Black Arachnia is a female spider/robot for the Predacons faction.
  
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*Bradwarden, Centaur Warchief - Centaur character from R.A. Salvatore's book ''The Demon Awakens''.
  
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*[[Malfurion Stormrage|Furion]], Prophet - The leader of the Night Elves, with his command of nature, in [[Warcraft III]].
  
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*Ignis Fatuus - Keeper of the Light's ultimate skill, which is a phenomenal occurrence in marshlands creating a pale light, similar to Will 'o the Wisp.
  
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*Jakiro, Twin-Headed Dragon - Background story based on Níðhöggr, a dragon that gnawed at a World Tree.
  
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*Kael, Invoker - Possibly named after [[Kael'thas Sunstrider]].
  
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*[[Kel'Thuzad]] - The Lich King's disciple in the original [[Warcraft III]].
  
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*King Leoric, Skeleton King - his name comes from a character in Diablo whose son was possessed by the demon.
  
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*Krobelus, Death Prophet - A character (missionary role) in the game Summoner 2.
  
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*Leshrac the Malicious, Tormented Soul - A character from Magic: The Gathering.
  
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*Leviathan, Tidehunter - Strength hero that looks like a sea giant. His name comes from a Biblical sea creature. His name can also be from a unique armor in Diablo II, "The Leviathan" Kraken Shell. One of his skills is called Kraken Shell.
  
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*Lina Inverse, Slayer - Powerful spellcaster, whose name and spells originate from Slayers, a famous manga and anime.
  
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*Lucifer - A Doom Guard, referring to the fallen archangel (the Devil) in Christian tradition. (Also from Heroes Might and Magic Series).
  
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*Magnus, Magnataur - A reference to German physicist Heinrich Magnus who described a physical phenomenon called the Magnus effect, that is apt because of Magnus' (the Magnataur's) ultimate ''Reverse Polarity'' acting like the Magnus effect.
  
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*Medusa, Gorgon - A monster in Greek mythology whose gaze turned people to stone. This is represented in-game using the skills ''Purge'' and ''Gaze'' (certain versions only) which greatly slows enemies, however does not turn them into stone.
  
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*Meepo, Geomancer - A kobold character from Dungeons and Dragons.
  
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*Mercurial, Spectre - Having the characteristics of eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, and thievishness attributed to the god Mercury. Also this is the name of the artist of the loading screen for version 6.28 and beyond..
  
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*Mogul Kahn, Axe - The name Mogul refers to a dynasty of Farsi-Mongolians that once controlled the area that is now Afghanistan, Balochistan, and the Indian subcontinent (e.g. Babur, Akbar), while Kahn is a misspelling of "Khan", which means commander, leader or ruler in Persian.
  
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*Morphling - A shapeshifter from Wizards of the Coast's Magic: The Gathering, which is also adept at switching stats. Its "species" name is its own name.
  
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*Mortred, Phantom Assassin - Her name possibly derives from the name Mordred. In the legend of King Arthur, Mordred is a traitor that severely wounds King Arthur. This has a hint of similarity to Mortred's story text in the DotA game, which appears as a tooltip during hero selection. Name could also allude to the word mortify, meaning to destroy the strength, vitality, or functioning of. Mortred also helped to test the map when Euls still made it.
  
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*Slithice, Naga Siren - Derived from Greek Mythology, where sirens (half woman half sea creatures) were enticing men on ships to their island. In the game, her ultimate spell (''Song of the Siren'') causes all enemies in the surrounding area to sleep for a short period of time.
  
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*Nevermore, Shadow Fiend- A shadow fiend, possibly based on Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven".
  
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*Nortrom, Silencer - His name could have been derived from Nordom, a character in Planescape Torment. This could also possibly be derived from the company Norton, as they are a company developing anti-virus software and Nortrom is an anti-magic hero.
  
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*Puck, Faerie Dragon - Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' featured a faerie named Puck.
  
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*Pudge, Butcher - Named after The Butcher in the game Diablo. When he uses his ultimate spell, he uses a phrase from The Butcher as well.
  
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*Raigor [[Stonehoof]], Earthshaker - Earthshaker is an item from Diablo 2, which can proc fissure, one of Raigor's spells.
  
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*[[Rexxar]], Beastmaster - The well known half-ogre that helped in the foundation of Durotar in [[Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne]].
  
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*Rhasta, Shadow Shaman - The name is derived from a specific religious group, "Rhastafari," in Jamaica which is where Rhasta's and all the trolls accent places them.
  
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*Rikimaru, Stealth Assassin - A stealth ninja in the game Tenchu: The Stealth Assassins.
  
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*Shendelzare Silkwood, Vengeful Spirit - Her ''Magic Missile'' spell derives from the name of a spell in Dungeons and Dragons.
  
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*Squee (one of the Goblin Techies) - Character from Magic: The Gathering; a goblin from the Weatherlight saga.
  
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*Sven, Rogue Knight) - Comes from the Swedish Body Builder infamous for using the line "I want to pump *clap* you up!". Alluded to the captions under his ability Toughness Aura ("Sven is here to pump you up!") and ultimate ability God's Strength ("Sven gets pumped up! Adds bonus damage for 25 seconds.")
  
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*Syllabear - Syllabear is named after ''Syl-la-ble'' from Clan TDA who worked with Guinsoo in the development of DotA Allstars. Before leaving, he created this hero as to leave his mark in DotA.
  
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*Tiny, Stone Giant - A sarcastic name by the fact that his last ability is grow to an enormous and powerful mountain Giant.
  
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*Ulfsaar - A [[Furbolg]] warrior whose name may spring from the Norse Ulfsark, a warrior in times of need (alluding to his character description) that wore animal skins as a tactic to scare enemies; and similar to Ulfsarks were Berserkers, meaning "Bear strength" (Furbolgs are bear-like creatures in [[Warcraft III]]). Berserk is alluded to Ulfsaar's ability to Overpower foes.
  
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*Venomancer - Uses a model of a character in [[Starcraft]], the Zerg Hydralisk. This model is included in the [[Warcraft III]] data files as an easter egg.
  
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*[[Vol'jin|Vol'Jin]] - A former houngan or famous troll witch doctor of the [[Darkspear Tribe]] from [[Warcraft III]] and [[World of Warcraft]].
  
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*Yurnero (the Juggernaut) - An [[Orc]] Blademaster whos' ultimate ability, Omnislash, is the derivative of Cloud Strife's omnislash from Final Fantasy. Comes from the Hindi Jagann*th, literally, lord of the world, title of Vishnu, and also defined as a massive inexorable force that crushes all in its path.
  
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*Zeus - Leader of the gods in Greek mythology. Zeus was the god of lightning, and in DotA Allstars the Zeus hero specializes in lightning-based spells.
  
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==External links==
  
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===Official===
  
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*[http://www.dota-allstars.com DotA-Allstars.com] - ''The official DotA AllStars website.''
  
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*[http://www.getdota.com DotA GetDota.com] - ''The official DotA Allstars download area.''
  
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===Communities===
  
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*[http://www.dotaportal.com DotA Allstars Portal]
  
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*[http://www.dotacn.net DotA中文网] - ''A Chinese-language site and its [http://www.dotacn.net/bbs DotA forum (中文网论坛)]''
  
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*[http://www.dotagr.com/ DotA Greek Community] - ''A Greek community for DotA games. An online Greek database of leavers for Northrend is included.''
  
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*[http://www.dota-inside.net/ DotA-Inside.net] - ''A German (& English) community-site for DotA Allstars with downloads, infos about the heroes and items (with item search-function).''
  
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*[http://dotapick.ru/ DotaPick.Ru] - ''A Russian community-site for DotA Allstars with downloads, infos about the heroes and items.''
  
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*[http://www.dotapro.com DotaPro.com] - ''US English The only DotA Allstars site with true replay integration.''
  
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*[http://dota.retech.hu Magyar DotA Portál] - ''A Hungarian DotA Allstars community site: Heroes, Items, Forums, Strategy.''
  
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*[http://www.mysticshrine.com/ Mystic Shrine] - ''Home of the Australian DotA Allstars community site: Heroes, Items, Forums, Strategy.''
  
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*[http://www.indodota.com/ Indo DotA] - ''An Indonesian DotA Allstars community site: Heroes, Items, Forums, Strategy.''
  
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*[http://www.battle.net/mod/mapvault.shtml#halloffame Battle.net Map Vault Hall of Fame] - ''DotA Allstars entry as the first SpotLight Map (note: the map for download on this link may not be the most current one)''
  
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*[http://www.dotaas.com DotA Allstars Resources] - ''DotaAS.com is the Ultimate Resources to your DotA AllStars gaming, item/recipe guide, map downloads(ai,official) and much more.''
  
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*[http://idiosyncrasies.org/wordpress/dota-allstars-guide/ DotA Allstars Guide] - ''A partially-completed DotA guide''
  
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*[http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/01/12/dota-allstars-627b-and-625ai-download/ DotA Allstars 6.27b and 6.25AI Download Mirror] - ''Versions with AI heroes enabled, for practice and training purposes.''
  
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*[http://www.thewarcenter.com Eul's original DotA Download Site] - ''the inspiration for the current DotA Allstars.''
  
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*[http://www.epicwar.com/maps EpicWar.com] - ''The definitive repository for all Warcraft III custom maps.''
  
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===Fan-created DotA Multiplayer Servers===
  
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*[http://pvpgn.trinigamers.com TriniGamers] - ''The Caribbean's largest game server, always active. Host to DotA Leagues and Tournaments. Located in St. Augustine, Trinidad.''
  
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*[http://waxxi.mine.nu WBnet PvPGN Server] - ''an Allstars PvPGN Server.''
  
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*[http://www.pogz.net/ PogzNet PvPGN Server] - ''Philippine-based PvPGN server for Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo II.''
  
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*[http://pvpgn.boredaussie.com Bored Aussie] - ''a PvPGN server hosting regular 3c & DotA tournaments. Located in Melbourne, Australia.''
  
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===Helper Utilities for DotA/Warcraft===
  
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*[http://www.wc3banlist.de/ The Warcraft 3 Banlist program] - ''to check and ban leavers in Warcraft 3/DotA games. An online database of leavers, lamers, and other unwanted players is located at http://www.banlist.nl ''
  
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===Fans' Resources===
  
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*[http://www.flashplayer.com/animation/warcraftleavers.html "What I Think of Leavers"] - ''Fan-made Flash movie about DotA Allstars ethics.''
  
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*Fan-made DotA theme song - [http://www.nubcrushers.com/dota_hi.mp3 high-quality version] and the [http://www.nubcrushers.com/dota_lo.mp3 lower-quality version.]
  

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Where's the moose?

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Question categories

Characters

Questions about lore characters and/or NPCs found in the Warcraft universe
Character Rating Question
Aessina Is Aessina the matron of the dryads? If so, does she have any relationship with Cenarius?
Al'ar Was al'ar a true god or it was just a title? and if so how did kael'thas get a god as a pet?
Arkkoroc 01Silverhalfstarsm Was Arkkoroc a real sea giant god or just a very vain sea giant? Is he their king?
Awbee 01Silverhalfstarsm What happened to Awbee? Did he escape from Blackrock Spire?
Bolvar Fordragon What exactly happened to Bolvar at Wrathgate to leave him in a state we see him during Lich King fight? Did he die from Forsaken's plague and was then resurrected by dragon's flame? Or maybe dragon's fire left him in a state of something between life and death?
Bor Who or what is Bor, mentioned throughout Northrend?
Broll Bearmantle Where is Broll Bearmantle? He was supposed to replace Fandral Staghelm in Darnassus as the leader of the night elf druids after the events of Stormrage.
Cyrukh 02Silverstarsm Is Cyrukh an elemental lord of Draenor?
Deathwing Was the duty of the Earthwarder (Neltharion/Deathwing) to watch over the Elemental Plane, much like the duty of the Dreamer (Ysera) is to watch over the Emerald Dream? If not, could you elaborate on the role of the Earthwarder?
Dreamstalker 01Silverhalfstarsm How did Dreamstalker get his awesome name and what is his awesome story?
Ptah 01Silverhalfstarsm Who is Earthrager Ptah? Is he the remains of the titan that fell against C'Thun?
Elune 01Silverhalfstarsm What's the relation between Elune and the water elementals, the Abyssal Maw and Neptulon the Tidehunter? In the darkshore quest after releasing water elementals from the Hammer control using the orb of elune they state "the tides follow elune", ad there's that strange fountain that's activate by night elf keystones, also unlike the other elemental lords Neptulon carries a more "humble" title Hunter, instead of the more authoritative mother and lord the other carry.
D'Sak 01Silverhalfstarsm Where is Twilight Lord D'Sak and will he appear sometime in during Cataclysm? He was the author of all the texts hold by the Twilight Hammer at Silithus, and seemed a pretty important member of the cult.
Galakrond 02Silverstarsm Can you tell us more about Galakrond?
Jaina Proudmoore 01Silverhalfstarsm Why did Jaina, the sovereign ruler of a republic, call Varian, a foreign head of state, "My king" in Icecrown Citadel?
Jastor Gallywix 01Silverhalfstarsm Why did Thrall appoint Gallywix as racial leader after he betrayed the goblins and tried to kill him?
Gryan Stoutmantle 01Silverhalfstarsm What did Gryan Stoutmantle do during the First, Second, and Third Wars? Was he just a typical soldier, or was there anything more to him?
Illidan Stormrage 01Silverhalfstarsm How did Illidan come to have any knowledge about Lady Vashj and her naga, and how did he know how to contact them? He was imprisoned for ten thousand years, and the night elves were unaware of their existence until after he summoned them.
Isiden Perenolde 01Silverhalfstarsm What happened to Isiden Perenolde after he was sent to Gilneas?
Iso'rath 03SilverstarsmSilverhalfstarsm Is Iso'rath a Forgotten one? He seems very similar to what Arthas fought in Azjol-Nerub.
Krol Will we ever find out what happened to Krol, the ogre who was put in charge of all the old Horde ogre clans?
Lorena 01Silverhalfstarsm What happened with Cycle of Hatred's Lorena and her crew? There were a lot of named soldiers, privates and colonels in that novel, and none of them has ever appeared in-game. Lorena was said to be Jaina's favorite colonel, and even helped her and Aegwynn defeat Zmodlor.
Lor'themar Theron Various sources have been inconsistent with regards to the eye Lor'themar lost fighting the Scourge. Is it still missing, or has this been retconned?
Morbent Fell During the Civil War in the Plaguelands at W3:TFT, we defeated a lich under the command of Balnazzar, named Morbent Fell. In World of Warcraft we meet a necromancer in Duskwood named Morbent Fel. Are they the same person? If so, does he still serve the Burning Legion?
Murmur 01Silverhalfstarsm What the heck is Murmur and is it an elemental? Is he truly able to destroy worlds with a whisper like the codex of blood says? Is he in any way related to the other elemental lords?
Mur'og What the story with Stone Guard Mur'og?
Kash'drakor What the story with Kash'drakor?
Icon-RPG Nath 02Silverstarsm Is Nath a real god?
Icon-RPG Nath Is Nath related to the Gronn?
O'ros 02Silverstarsm What can you tell us about the Naaru O'ros? He cannot be fought and has nothing to do with the lore save for a childrens week quest.
Rin'ji What exactly was Rin'ji's secret (what was on the tablet)?
Rokaro 02Silverstarsm What did Rokaro in Shadowprey Village do to get Rexxar's old spot as Champion of the Horde?
Sargeras 01Silverhalfstarsm If the entity Aegwynn fought in Northrend was the Avatar of Sargeras, does that mean that Sargeras's real body is still out there somewhere in the nether, separated from his spirit or is that avatar she buried on Azeroth his real body, just reduced in power?
Saruan 01Silverhalfstarsm What happens to Vindicator Saruan of the Triumvirate of the Hand? Sironas said she turned him into an abomination, but we never see him again.
Schnottz 01Silverhalfstarsm Who is Commander Schnottz? The quests in Uldum are surprisingly vague.
Tharbek 01Silverhalfstarsm What happened with Tharbek? You told us Varok Saurfang was the second in command of Orgrim Doomhammer, but the novel Tides of Darkness gives Tharbek that position. Could you clarify this?
Therazane 01Silverhalfstarsm In the Elemental Bonds questline, Therazane mentions that she remembers love, who did she fell in love with, and was him the the father of her children, Theradras, Ozruk and the Stone Lords?
Thrall Why was Thrall seen riding a Black wolf in WC III? (Thralls wolf companion Snowsong is known for having snow white fur and this was the usual colour for the farseer mount in WC III).
Thrall Should we assume Thrall was a bit younger than his original stated age in the Warcraft III manual at the time of those events? The timeline doesn't quite match up otherwise.
Thrall 01Silverhalfstarsm In the elemental bonds quest-line why do the elementals call Thrall the Orc-father?
Zalashji 04SilverstarsmSilverstarsm What was Zalashji's original purpose and what happened to him?
Miscellaneous Will we see the wild dwarf and high elf characters of Legends' two part story Warrior: Divided and Warrior: United around Hinterlands? You know, Kardan, Keers, Mastran, Mozza, Ravic, Voldana... and finally the two human twins that are protagonist to both stories.

Races

Questions about the races within the Warcraft universe, such as humans, orcs, and trolls.
Races Rating Question
Aqir 01Silverhalfstarsm What did the aqir look like before splitting into Azjol-Nerub and Ahn'Qiraj and adapting into their new environments?
Icon-RPG Azotha Are the Azotha a tribe of a humans, or are they a separate species, another evolutionary step, as in Vykrul-Azotha-Human, or is it more Stormgarde-Stormwind-Azotha-Gilnean...?
Bogstrok, Lobstrok and Makrura 01Silverhalfstarsm Are Bogstrok sapient? Are they related to the Makrura in any way? And Claximus is called a Lobstrok is this related to the two above?
Darkfallen and San'layn 02Silverstarsm What is the difference, if anything, between the Darkfallen and the San'layn? Are the San'layn a/the faction of Darkfallen, as is implied?
Dwarf 01Silverhalfstarsm Are each of the three dwarf clans composed of a unique dwarf subrace?
Dwarf, Mountain What is a "mountain dwarf"?
Dwarf, Frost What is the nature of the blue skin on the Frostborn?
Dwarf, Wild What is a "wild dwarf"?
Dwarf, Hill What is a "hill dwarf"?
Dwarf What is the best name for each dwarf subrace?
Earthen, Frostborn and Iron dwarves Are Frostborn and Iron dwarves, a variation of earthen or other type of dwarf? If not are Frostborn made of flesh or what?
Ethereals 01Silverhalfstarsm Since the Ethereals are divided into multiple political factions in game, would any of them consider joining the Alliance or Horde and which would they be more apt to join?
Flamewaker and Naga Are Flamewakers and Naga related? They both share reptilian qualities and are associated with the Elements.
Forsaken Free Will 03SilverstarsmSilverhalfstarsm Why do some Alliance soldiers raised by the Forsaken immediately become loyal to the Forsaken while others do not, if they all have free will?
Furbolg The Furbolg tribes of Blackwood, Thistlefur and Stillpine are helped by Alliance members, the Foulweald are almost destroyed by the Horde, and the Timbermaw are neutral. Will the support by the Alliance and hostility by the Horde make the Furbolg race more Alliance leaning?
Grell-like 01Silverhalfstarsm There is a huge variety of Grell-like creatures, trickster creatures with small stature often associated with different types of magic, what are they an if they are related or just a group of creatures that can be explained by convergent evolution? These are all noticed creatures that are grell-like and their associated magic: The fey Grell associated with nature magic, the demonic Imps associated with fel magic, Sprites associated with various types of natural and dark magics, the demonic Flamekin associated with fire magic, the elemental Firekin associated with the Firelands, and finally the magically-created Homunculus which are frowned by the Kirin Tor?
Harpy 01Silverhalfstarsm Do Harpy have males or are the rumors that they rape other races males true?
Human, Northrend 01Silverhalfstarsm Where was the village of the Northrend humans Ner'zhul killed off before the War of the Spider, were there and survivors, and where did they originally come from?
Human, Grizzly Hills 01Silverhalfstarsm Where do the trapper communities in the Grizzly Hills originally come from?
Human, Tanaris 01Silverhalfstarsm Where do the Wastewander Bandits in the Tanaris originally come from? Were they in Kalimdor before Warcraft III?
Icon-RPG Naga Anomaly 02Silverstarsm Are High Warlord Naj'entus and others with the same model the naga anomalies described in Dark Factions, or are they something else?
Races, Demonic 02Silverstarsm Are the Nathrezim the only race that is originally demonic? If so, do you have plans to tell us more about the other members of the Burning Legion and their history?
Races, Northrend Do the Magnataur and other Northrend races (aside from the Vrykul, and dwarven groups) have a connection to Ulduar/Old Gods/Curse of Flesh?
Orc, Dire 03SilverstarsmSilverhalfstarsm What are the Dire orcs?
Orc peons 01Silverhalfstarsm Are Orc Peon slaves to the horde?
Orc skin Why do orcs like the Blackrock and Dragonmaw have unique skin colors? Is it due to ethnicity, exposure to ash, or something else?
Sporeloks and Sporelings 03SilverstarsmSilverhalfstarsm Sporeloks and Sporelings seem to have a different color and habitat, are they different races/sub-races?
Tol'vir 01Silverhalfstarsm In the first batch of questions, you explained the origin of the Obsidian Destroyers, by saying they were enslaved Tol'vir. Were they Tol'vir that the qiraji captured, or were they created by the qiraji themselves using stolen titan technology? Could that explain why they are so radically different in appearance? Would that mean the Anubisaths were created using stolen titan technology, too?
Icon-RPG Tothrezim 02Silverstarsm Do the Tothrezim still exist, or have they been retconned and replaced with the Gan'arg and Mo'arg?
Trolls Will Vol'jin or Garrosh recruit more troll tribes to the horde?
Trolls, Dark What happened to dark trolls?
Ulduar Watchers 01Silverhalfstarsm After speaking to Ghostcrawler at the Cataclysm midnight launch in London, it was said that Tyr was intended to be the titan who fell against C'thun. If so, does this mean all of the watchers are titans, or is Tyr a unique case?
Uldum Watchers and Anubisath 02Silverstarsm Are the Anubisath and the Horusath anyway related to titanic watchers in Uldum? For example Setesh is very similar to Anubisath and Rajh to Horusath.
Uldum Watcher 01Silverhalfstarsm What are the stories of the four titan guardians in Uldum? Particularly the fact that their seats are associated with 4 different schools of magic.
Vrykul material Prior to the Curse of Flesh, of what material were the vrykul composed or made? For example, were their bodies previously made of earth, stone, or metal? Or were they already flesh?
Vrykul purpose What was the role of the vrykul? We know that the earthen were charged with shaping the earth and mechagnomes maintained the great machines of the titans. But what purpose or function did the vrykul serve for the titans?
Vrykul, Frost 01Silverhalfstarsm What is the nature of the blue skin on various Vrykul? Does it vary between the Ymirjar, the Hyldnir, and others?
Worgen offspring 03SilverstarsmSilverhalfstarsm Do the new Worgen pass the curse down to their children (with or without control over it) or are the Worgen essentially doomed to die off after one generation?

Creatures

Questions about creatures found within the Warcraft universe, such as skeletons, dragons, and elementals.
Creatures Rating Question
Alchu bugs, Kommu, Kambu and Mannu What exactly is a Mannu, Kommu, Kambu and Alchu bugs that are mentioned in The Judgment?
Ancients of Wind/Wonder 01Silverhalfstarsm What happened to the Ancients of Wind and the Ancients of Wonder?
Banshee What exactly is a Banshee, and are non-elven races able to become one?
Dragons Family 01Silverhalfstarsm Can you explain some of the various "family" habits of dragons, are they incestuous as some speculate? Do only the Aspects get mates? Is Alexstraza actually also Korialstrasz's mother?
Elementals creation In the Hyjal quest "Elementary!" you state that the old gods created the elementals. This is in turn supported by the Highlord Demitrians quote "It was they, the Old Gods who created all." Yet in other lore, it is said the old gods enslaved the elementals rather then create them. Which of these accounts is true? If its the former, did the Old Gods create all elementals or just those on Azeroth?
Elementals, Draenor 01Silverhalfstarsm If Cyrukh is a firelord like Ragnaros, does Draenor also have it's own versions of Neptulon, Al'akir and Therazane?
Ettin 02Silverstarsm What are the ettin?
Fel Reavers Are fel reavers demon-possessed constructs or are they a fel-powered constructs?
Fiends 01Silverhalfstarsm Are Fiends (face on chest demon with jewel on forehead) related with Ered'ruin race? They look very similar (except for the fact they have a face on their chest) to the Doomguards, Doomlords and Daemons from Warcraft 1 that are part of the Ered'ruin race.
Fire spider 01Silverhalfstarsm Are Fire Spiders of the Cinderweb brood anyway related to the Nerubian or Aqir? they look very similiar.
Forgotten One 02Silverstarsm During W3:TFT undead campaign, we confronted a "Forgotten One", deep in Azjol-Nerub. It has not been mentioned again, and the novelization of the events utterly ignored it. What happened with it? Was it a tendril of Yogg-Saron, like a manifestation of his power? Was it changed into the faceless one Herald Volazj and his three "Forgotten One" minions?
Giant The titans made 3 giant races, however throughout Azeroth we find many more types of giants that are very similar to some that the titans created, the question is what is the origin of the following giant races: Fire, Ice, Hill, Frost, Molten, Stone, Iron Giant and Colossi, and their connections to Mountain, Sea and Storm giants the titans created?
Giant of Draenor Are the Giants of Draenor, whose bodies were used to build the Temples of the Damned, just another name for the Gronn?
Gronn Size How large can a Gronn grow?
Gronn Amount 01Silverhalfstarsm How numerous are the Gronn?
Leviathan and Kraken 01Silverhalfstarsm You seem to use the term "kraken" to label two different types of aquatic creatures, a fish/reptile one and a squid/octopus one. What is their relationship, and is the model name "leviathan" a legitimate name for the squid one?
Mana serpent Mana serpents, are they Dragonkin(they were labelled as something of pseudo-dragonkin in the Wow Magazine) or elemental(they seem to share more characteristics with this type)?
Of Souls 04SilverstarsmSilverstarsm What are the Reliquary of Souls and the Devourer Of Souls?
Rockflayers 02Silverstarsm Why are the rockflayers, a Outland species, in Deepholm, a elemental plane of Azeroth?
Tree of Life 01Silverhalfstarsm What happened to the Trees of Life/Age/Eternity?, they don't appear in WoW, is it because their connection to Nordrassil was severed by the wisp bomb at the End of WC3, and if so, now that Nordrassil is somewhat restored will they return?
Val'kyr 01Silverhalfstarsm Why is the gift of the Val'kyr limited to vrykul women?
Voidwalker 01Silverhalfstarsm There is some confusion regarding the voidwalkers, and specifically the void faction led by Dimensious. We have shadow elementals, Yet in the same way we have identical creatures as demons. Are all of these void creatures all the same? if so are they elemental/demon or both? and also is their relation to either the old gods, the burning legion and Dimensious simply one of enforced control? And finally what is the relation between them and the "Dead" naaru?

Classes

Questions about classes found within the Warcraft universe, such as Paladin, Druid, Warrior, Tinker, and Mountain King
Class Rating Question
Druid 01Silverhalfstarsm What is the nature of the relationship between druids (and night elven culture in general) with the arcane, as suggested by Balance spells like starfall, moonfire, etc. as well as moon wells?
Druid What is the origin of the human druids in Gilneas? How far back does this particular human tradition of druidism span?
Druid, Balance 01Silverhalfstarsm What is a Balance druid? They seemingly use both Nature(Life and Weather) and Cosmic powers (Moon, Sun and Stars), and the what and why of their association with the Moonkin form?
Druid, Forms 01Silverhalfstarsm Some of the druid forms have ancients associated with them(ursol/ursoc=bear;aviana=birds;malorne=stag;goldrinn=wolf/pack), but others do not. Could you tell us the ancients that provide to the druids the following forms: Snake, sea lion, cat, travel, moonkin and tree of life.
Druid, Tauren 01Silverhalfstarsm Were there actually ancient pre-WotA Tauren Druids?
Icon-RPG Druid, Aquatic 01Silverhalfstarsm What are the patrons of the forms of the aquatic druids in "Dark Factions"? Specific aquatic druid forms: frenzy, octopus, crocolisk, cachalot whale and dragon turtle.
Farstrider 01Silverhalfstarsm Did the Farstriders suck as much fel magic in comparison to the rest of Blood elves or did they suck less of it and use meditation to control the magic thirst?
Hunter 01Silverhalfstarsm Forsaken have access to the hunter class. Are these hunters considered Dark Rangers, or are they merely undead archers?
Hunter, Nature 01Silverhalfstarsm Do Hunters and/or Rangers have somekind of druidic nature powers?
Mage 01Silverhalfstarsm What is the difference between Arcane as a general classification for different schools of magic and Arcane as a Mage talent tree specialization?
Paladin, Tauren 01Silverhalfstarsm What is the Nature of the Sunwalker's "solar power", and how similar is it to the Paladins' "Holy Light"?
Icon-RPG Priest, Shadow 01Silverhalfstarsm What is the relation between the shadow ascendants and the Shadow Priest spell Spell shadow shadowform [Shadowform]?
Priest, Tauren 01Silverhalfstarsm Are the Tauren Priests currently revering the Sky Father, the Earth Mother, or her eyes (Mu'sha and An'she)?
Priest, Human 01Silverhalfstarsm How and when did the humans come in contact with Light? Was it something spontaneous, or was it some kind of Light-based beings (like the naaru, angels, etc) showed the Light to the humans, or what?
Icon-RPG Shadow Ascendant 01Silverhalfstarsm What is the relation between the shadow ascendants worshipped like loas by the trolls, and the actual Loas?
Warlock 01Silverhalfstarsm What is the lore behind dwarf and troll warlocks?

Organizations

Questions are about organizations, factions, reputations, and/or groups found within the Warcraft universe, such as the Argent Dawn, Twilight's Hammer, and the Grimtotem tribe.
Organizations Rating Question
Ancient Kings 01Silverhalfstarsm Who are the Ancient Kings? Their name appears in two chest items, the paladin familiar and Val'anyr.
Bloodsail Buccaneer Legend The three human protagonists of Legends' story Bloodsail Buccaneer were pretty good and had a lot of potential in different professions. Will they make an appearance in-game?
Conclave of Winds 01Silverhalfstarsm The members of the conclave of the wind seem to be the "second-in-command" of Skywall, acting much like the Stone lords is to the Deepholm, and the Majordomo is to the Firelands, and seem to be composed entirely of Djinns associated with Cardinal winds, the question is: what exactly is their role in the Skywall?
Dark Riders 01Silverhalfstarsm What are the Dark Riders? Could they be a special generation of Second War death knights created by the Burning Legion agents? What's their link to Morbent Fel and the Burning Legion forces at Karazhan and Blasted Lands?
Dragonmaw Clan Why were the Dragonmaw called Dragonmaw back in Draenor, there weren't any dragons there? The first time they ever saw a dragon was on Azeroth.
Elemental Lords Are the elemental lords of Azeroth equal, below, or above the ones that existed on Draenor?
Forsaken and the Horde The Forsaken initially joined the Horde as an 'alliance of convenience.' Given the most recent events how do the Forsaken currently view the rest of the Horde?
Kelani Magi 01Silverhalfstarsm Who were the Kelani Magi and why did they fall? They're mentioned in WC3 on the yellow text from that one Enchanted Gemstone.
Orc Clans - question needs cleanup What's the relationship between the Bloodfyres and Ner'zhul, the chieftain of their clan? Were the members of this family the seconds in command and the strong arm of Ner'zhul? They appear at Legends vol. 2, in Family Values. Also, will Leena, the draenei girl in that same story that becomes a shaman, appear in-game as part of the Earthen Ring?
Silver Hand Is there an active faction or chapter of the Knights of the Silver Hand still loyal to the Alliance or was the entire order absorbed into the Argent Crusade? If so, what order do Human and Dwarf paladins members of?
Scarlet Champion What happened to all the Scarlet Champions in the Hall of Champions of the Scarlet Monastery? Are they all dead (or otherwise out of the picture)?
Stone lords 01Silverhalfstarsm The stone lords seem to be the "second-in-command" of Deepholm, acting much like the Conclave of Wind is to the Skywall, and the Majordomo is to the Firelands, and seem to be composed entirely of Therazane children, the question is: what exactly is their role in the Deepholms?
Stone lords 01Silverhalfstarsm The stone lords seems to be entirely composed of Therazane children's, are the Stone lords the same as Earth Princes(much like Thundeeran and Sarsarun are called Air Princes and Theradras is called a earth princess)? and are all of her children part of it(Ruberick, Theradras and Ozruk are never mentioned to be stone lords, but she calls them her children)?

Locations

Questions about locations found (or not found) in the Warcraft universe
Locations Rating Question
Aqir city Is there any possibility for the original city of the aqir (the one they had before being defeated and splitting into Azjol-Nerub and Ahn'Qiraj) to appear around in-game some day?
Azeroth Is the map of Azeroth as we know it world-spanning, or have we merely seen one side of the globe?
Azjol-Nerub Can you explain the Inner, Upper, and Old Kingdoms of Azjol-Nerub, and how they related to both Warcraft III and World of Warcraft?
Azjol-Nerub Will we ever get to revisit Azjol-Nerub and see the zone and its lore fully fleshed out?
Crystalsong Forest What was the plot for crystal satyrs and dryads, and everything else, in crystalsong forest?
Icon-RPG Greenrush River 01Silverhalfstarsm What happened with Greenrush River? This river started in the center of Lake Abasi at Zul'Aman, and flew into Darrowmere Lake. It's probably the same as Thondroril River, but there's no river going out of Quel'Thalas that could connect both places.
Gundrak 01Silverhalfstarsm Why was there a giant snake tail in Gundrak?
Kalimdor - question needs cleanup What were the mechanics of the Sundering? Land can not just sink, and if magic did it, what did the magic do? I would like to know what happened exactly after the Sundering. Before it, we had an unique continent, and after it, many different pieces of landmass. What happened exactly? The landmass between the current continents sank, or only the are surrounding the Well of Eternity sank, meaning that the current continents are a result of plate tectonics movement? (think of Pangea and how it evolved into the current world, but at higher speed) The second option is the one that makes more sense, imo. Pushing the central landmass down makes the surrounding landmass move away, while the water level rises from the sinking of the central part. It's basic geology, but I don't know if it would work in a world of magic.
Nendis What happened with the port of Nendis?
Pandaria Was Pandaria a part of Old Kalimdor before the Sundering?
Spirit World What exactly is 'The Spirit World' and what forces rule it?
Storm Peaks Where in the Storm Peaks did Aegwynn perform her titanic battle against Sargeras, and why is there no mark of it in World of Warcraft?
Tirisfal Glades What was the dark presence that caused the Highborne to abandon Tirisfal Glades for Quel'Thalas?
Tol Barad What happened in Tol Barad?
Uldum Was Uldum an old god prison for C'Thun, like Ulduar is for Yogg-Saron?
Ulmat Thondr 01Silverhalfstarsm In The Last Guardian, an unknown peninsula at the south is mentioned: Ulmat Thondr. It's rumored to have jungle troll activity, so could we say this place is the same as Stranglethorn Vale?
Vandermar What happened with Vandermar Village? Did it turn become Deathknell?
World Tree We know Nordrassil is "crown of the heavens" and Teldrassil is "crown of the earth". But what does Vordrassil mean?
World Tree Why was Vordrassil grown, and what druids grew it?
Zul'drak What is the fate of Zul'drak following the demise of the Lich King?

Objects

Questions about artifacts, items, and other objects in the Warcraft universe
Objects Rating Question
Ashbringer's Origin 02Silverstarsm What is the origin of the crystal the Ashbringer was formed from? Many speculate it could be the shard of a dead naaru, that turned back to the light once it was purified by Alexandros and friends. Is it the shard of a naaru? Also, could it be one of the shards of the Ata'mal crystal?
Ata'mal Crystals 01Silverhalfstarsm What happened to the Ata'mal crystals?
Ata'mal Crystals 01Silverhalfstarsm What were the powers of all seven Ata'mal crystals?
Inv sword 1h artifactfelomelorn d 01 [Felo'melorn] 02Silverstarsm What happened with Felo'melorn, Flamestrike, the blade of the Sunstrider family? We last saw it at the battle between Illidari and Scourge at Icecrown, and it hasn't ever appeared in-game.
Glaive of the Aspects 02Silverstarsm What happened with the Glaive of the Aspects? Highlord Kruul assaulted Azeroth in the pre-TBC event searching its shards, and finally Kazzak managed to rebuild the glaive. It's even mentioned in it's page at the official site, but we haven't heard from the weapon ever again, and it doesn't appear in-game.
Mosaics 01Silverhalfstarsm Are the five non-broken mosaics in Descent into Madness(General Vezax room) a picture of each of the old gods?
Missing Vial 01Silverhalfstarsm What happened to the last Vial of Eternity?
Icon-RPG Plate of the Damned 01Silverhalfstarsm What happened to the Plate of the Damned?
Sunwell's vial 01Silverhalfstarsm How did the Highborne obtain the vial of the Well of Eternity used to create the Sunwell? Illidan was imprisoned when they left Kalimdor.

Other

Questions that do not fit in the above categories, but are often wondered about anyway
Other Rating Question
Ageon 04SilverstarsmSilverstarsm When the sea giant Morogrim Tidewalker dies he says "Great... currents of... Ageon," what/who/where is Ageon?
Date 02Silverstarsm Due to all the conflicts between different lore sources... What year are we in?
Dark Portal Opening 01Silverhalfstarsm What was the artifact that Kazzak used to reopen the Dark Portal? How did he learn of it?
Deities, Arakkoa 03SilverstarsmSilverhalfstarsm What are the relations between Anzu, Rukhmar, Terokk, and the Old God in SMV?
Deities, Hydra 05SilverstarsmSilverstarsmSilverhalfstarsm The old gods seems to favor some type of hydra deities/demigods as pets (Aku'mai and Gahz'rilla), with other hydras like them (Gahz'ranka and Hetaera). Is this affirmation correct, and if so why do the old gods do favour them as pets?
Deities, Tuskarr 05SilverstarsmSilverstarsmSilverhalfstarsm What are Oacha'noa, Issliruk, Karkut and Tayutka? (Gods, Demigods, Deities, Loa, Ancient Guardians)
Deities, Unnamed 04SilverstarsmSilverstarsm In "The Sundering" page 186 there are references to a bunch of ancients that were never really explored, could you give any clarity into these ancients and their names, if they are still canon? The ancients are: A wolverine guardian, a tiny red fox, a winged panther, pixies, a reptilian warrior , male oak figures with hoods, a stick bug race, and a bearded squat warrior that was riding two wolves and using a sickle as a weapon.
Deities, Drakkari 01Silverhalfstarsm What is the nature of the 4 drakkari gods, Zim'Torga, Zim'Abwa, Zim'Rhuk and Dubra'Jin? They are never called loas even trough the character that point these gods out have no problem with calling the other animal gods loas, and Zim'torga has some similarities with Elune, being female, having a passive/peace theme going and both being directed towards prosperity.
Druidic Nomenclature 01Silverhalfstarsm On the ask dev round II, you said that the night elves and the tauren tried to teach the trolls the "correct" druidic nomenclature, does such a nomenclature exist in the lore(like a in-lore book written by a druid or the common opinion of most druids)? and if so what type of creatures are in it, besides wisps and Ancients?
Magic 01Silverhalfstarsm Are necromancy and fel corruptions of arcane magic by divine shadow?
Mythology 03SilverstarsmSilverhalfstarsm What are the Earth Mother, the Sky Father(Gods, Demigods, Deities, Loa, Ancient Guardians, non-existent, other)? The Sky Father was introduced rather recently, did the tauren recently adapted him as their god, or you just haven't thought of the idea?
Icon-RPG Mythology 03SilverstarsmSilverhalfstarsm What are the Earth Mother, the Sky Father, the One in the Deeps and the Deep Mother (Gods, Demigods, Deities, Loa, Ancient Guardians, non-existent, other)? They all seem very similar.
Mythology, Blue Child 04SilverstarsmSilverstarsm To the Tauren the White lady is Mu'sha and the sun is An'she; what is the Blue Child, and what is the mythology behind him/her/it?
Position, Majordomo 01Silverhalfstarsm The bearers of the title "Majordomo" seem to be the "second-in-command" of Firelands, acting much like the Stone lords is to the Deepholm, and the Conclave of Wind is to the Skywall, whose title has been held by Executus and Staghelm, the question is: what exactly is the role of the Majordomo in the Firelands?
Icon-RPG Position, Majordomo 01Silverhalfstarsm Baron Geddon in the war against the titans was demoted from his position and replaced with Executus who was once the majordomo, the question is was Baron Geddon once a Majordomo for Ragnaros?
Red mist 03SilverstarsmSilverhalfstarsm Can you tell us the nature of the "red mist" from the "Unbroken" story, specificly if it is a weapon, and if it only effects the Draenei, and what it did to them?

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