Changes: Server:Dragonblight US

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Summary

The mage-spell [Frostfire Bolt] in the TCG (Worldbreaker). Art by Jim Nelson: Jim Nelson on Blogger

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Licensing

This image is a part of the Trading Card Game collection.

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+== Summary ==
-{{server|Dragonblight US}}
+The [[mage]]-[[spell]] [[Frostfire Bolt]] in the [[TCG]] ([[TCG Worldbreaker|Worldbreaker]]). Art by Jim Nelson: [http://jimnelsonart.blogspot.com/ Jim Nelson on Blogger]
+== Source ==
-{{Battlegroup|US|Cyclone}}
+*[http://jimnelsonart.blogspot.com/2011/06/magic-fire-goblin.html source (as an image on a website)]
-{{Notebox|Dragonblight Data
+*[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mMiQe4CQvRU/Ted_joxioGI/AAAAAAAAAR0/Ky3H2DGD-3A/s1600/Magic%2BFire%2Bcolor%2Bfinal.jpg source (as a file link)]
-*Server Type: [[Normal]]
+*[http://www.wowtcgdb.com/images/large/frostfire_bolt.jpg source (as a card)]
-*Opened: December 31, 2004
-*Timezone: PST
-*Ahn'Qiraj Gates: Open
-*Characters: 30,000
-*Population: High
-*Alliance to Horde Ratio: 1.1:1
-*Activity Raio: 1.7:1
-*Progression: High
-*Open for Transfer: Yes
-}}
+== Licensing ==
-=Dragonblight=
+{{TCG}}
-*[http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=11199&sid=1 Official WoW Dragonblight Forum]
-*[http://www.wowprogress.com/pve/us/dragonblight Dragonblight WowProgess Link]
-*[http://wowjutsu.com/us/dragonblight/ Dragonblight WoWJutsu Link]
-*[http://www.warcraftrealms.com/census.php?serverid=4 Dragonblight Server census]
-=== Server Stats ===
-* Dragonblight is a PvE Pacific Coast server, which opened on a few weeks before New Year's Eve of 2004, as one of the original servers opened on game release.
-* The latency is stable for many, only fluctuating at server hiccups (which are currently uncommon), or if there is a large 40 man raid on a city.
-* Overall, it is one of the more stable servers out there. It is only taken down for normal maintenance and hardly seems to need downtime for critical repairs, even though it is an old server.
-* There is a large sized population (more Alliance than Horde), however there is rarely a queue to log into the server since the free transfers were offered recently.
-* The BG queues are almost always instant to about five minutes long (depending on the day and BG). Arena queues are instant to a few minutes wait time.
-* Many of the players are either transfers or have been around since the early creation of the server, so the level 80 population is very high. Anyone running around as a low level is more than likely an alt.
-== Lore ==
-The Great Dragonblight is a graveyard of the mighty Dragons, and is located in the southern regions of Northrend, which lies north of Kalimdor and The Eastern Kingdoms in Azeroth. It is a vast wasteland where even the snow and ice seem drained. Most of the Dragonblight is a single enormous valley. And it’s filled with bodies of dragons. Ailing and old dragons, from every dragonflight, from all over the world, come here to die. The ground is littered with dragons of all colors. Black and red and green and blue and bronze, they all lie here together, all their differences set aside in death. The mightiest creatures in the world, laid low by age and illness and attack. The land has never recovered, and never will. It weeps for its lost children, and remains barren in their memory.
-It is the location of the level 80 dungeon Naxxramas, after it was moved from the Eastern Plaguelands in WoTLK.
-Information about the Great Dragonblight can be found [[The_Dragonblight|here]].
-== Guilds ==
-Up-to-date guild information and recruitment threads for Dragonblight can be found in the [http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=11199&sid=1 realm forums.]
-== Progression ==
-Current guild ranking information can be viewed [http://www.guildox.com/go/g.asp?a=1&r=Dragonblight-US here].
-==  Great Dragonblight Events  ==
-*Dragonblight PVP Tournament:  A video of this event, courtesy of IronLionZion, can be seen [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5059283623880150339&ei=3m7FSfCyIKO0qAPDoaHRCg&q=dragonblight+pvp+tournament here].
-*Popular video game show Cheat on G4 filmed a show dedicated to the Burning Crusade, shortly after release of the expansion.  The episode was filmed on Dragonblight, as names of guilds such as Exigence, Prodigy, and UNITED among others, appeared above character names in the episode.  This video can be seen [http://www.truveo.com/CHEAT-WoW-The-Burning-Crusade-Steam-Vault/id/233585572 here].
-== Dramablight ==
-The server gained it's nickname 'Dramablight' through the convenience of having the word "Dragon" in the server name, due to its interchangability with the word "drama." Any assertions that this server is or once was notable or unique in the scale of its drama are ill-informed, inaccurate, and made in an attempt in order to somehow declare the server "special."
-To many now, the 'drama' has died. Guilds disband for their own normal reasons without any great tales, people come and go with their own reasons, and the server as mellowed out dramatically. Although, there is often drama enthused trolls on the trade channel now, some even making alts for both faction trade channel. Many currently laugh and shrug it off - as is the thick hide that are Dramablight players, but others wish they had a larger ignore list available.
-There remains a small group of trolls who are disillusioned with their efficacy at "repping teh Dramablight, yo."
-Eventually, oldschool players who remember most of the tales and stories of Dramablight created their own area to reflect on and troll about the drama they came to love. The 'Dramablight' forums can be found [http://forums.dramablight.com/ here].
-== Prominent Spammers ==
-There are a few well-known spammers of Trade Chat whose antics are known by almost the entire server.  Some include:
-'''''ALLIANCE'''''
-*'''Blondi''': Blondi banters back and forth with anyone willing to engage in conversation about any possible topic.  She has both defenders and detractors in trade chat.  The detractors instruct her to find a less expensive chat client other than WoW, and her defenders support her with praise for making trade chat interesting.  She is a level 62 Hunter, and some question how Blondi ever gets the chance to level because it seems all her time is devoted to spamming trade chat with "MEOW" and "<3".  Recently, controversy over her gender has raised; in light of such criticism, Blondi insists that gender does not matter.
-*'''Scythe''': in pre-TBC WoW, Scythe was one of the best warriors on the server and a well-regarded member and main tank of "The Epic Crusade" and later Exodus.  Since then, he became somewhat of a mad village soothsayer and self-professed wielder of the "Strength of the Ally" (which is actually just Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros).  Scythe would flood trade chat with role-play chatter, warning people of the plague of the Scourge and that the time is nigh for the apocalypse.  He told epic tales about battles in a land called Nine Tree and hailed King Magni as the savior of the Alliance.  Some say that Scythe is mentally imbalanced and truly believed the things he was saying.  Scythe disappeared from the server for many months and returned around the same time another character known as "Ares" became famous for saying "SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP" in trade chat.  Many believe that Ares and Scythe are one and the same, a rumor that has not been confirmed.
-*'''Tuub''': a supposed wall-street businessman that works at the financial distress desk of Goldman-Sachs, Tuub constantly boasts about his seven-figure income and the hundreds of thousands of dollars that he moves around per day.  He often offers to upload his tax returns onto the internet for all to see when someone doubts his credibility.  Due to Tuub's repeated use of the same macros (which are actually quotes from two movies: Wallstreet and The Boiler Room), some people believe Tuub is a bot.  However this is not true, he actually manually clicks these macros.  In recent weeks, Tuub has gained an almost cult like following with new Tuubs arising such as Tuubsfather, Tuubsgf, Tuubswife etc.  The plague on Dragonblight that is Tuub is spreading.  Reading his catch phrase; "I'm just saying..." over and over is a certainty for the foreseeable future.
-*'''Ankalagon''':  reigning from the land of "Poptartica," this paladin led a glorious PVE and PVP career with, among others, none other than Scythe.  Ankalagon was known for his prolific poetry and command of English, albeit in CAPITAL LETTERS.  He often wrote of the various races of Azeroth, including songs about elves or the peculiarities of gnomes.  He was particularly fond of one creature said to have features of both a boy and a bunny, a creature he affectionately referred to as one "Bunnyboi."  Ankalagon has not played WoW since WoTLK arrived.
-'''''HORDE'''''
-*'''Ecksmortis''': never rude to lowbie newcomers... unless they ask for it, which happens more often than not. Known colloquially as "Ecks" (''prounounced'' "Ex") to most on the server, this Undead Mage started out pre-BC in the now defunct Zau Rog raiding guild.  He's usually lying in wait for less-intelligent players to type something atrociously obnoxious or moronic in the Trade channel, ready to pounce in a vengeful moment's notice upon purposefully posted poor grammar and spelling.  An example would be Ecks retorting using the worst possible form of horrible, barely understandable noobspeak, all capital letters no less, in fiery reply.  To quote:  "I despise that cell-phone short talk crap!  Take it back to myspace, noob!"  Though he's not as adamant about raiding and gear now that the WotLK is out, his unyielding banter and off-the-cuff humorous turn of phrase makes his presence unavoidable.  It is also rumored he's possessed The Sun Eater[http://www.wowwiki.com/The_Sun_Eater] with an Executioner[http://www.wowwiki.com/Executioner] enchant long before the WotLK launched, and was known for "offering" the blade in the Trade channel daily as supposedly being for sale.  It is unconfirmed whether the boss Eck[http://www.wowwiki.com/Eck_the_Ferocious] was derived from Ecksmortis or not.
-*'''Forummonkey''': One in a long line of ineffectual trolls, Forummonkey is a virgin known first and foremost for his cybersexual relationship with a woman he's never met in real life. Like all trolls, he is deluded by visions of self-importance wrought from his delivery of ''zomigod sick burnzz'' over the faceless, anonymous internet over which no poster has to prove anything nor put anything of value on the line. Forummonkey has inspired a few copycats, but just as Forummonkey was inspired by those who came before him and will fade in time, so will they.
-*'''Fremnick''': a roleplayer from another server who rerolled on Dragonblight to worship another player he'd seen in a battleground, Haggar. Fremnick spammed trade daily with his love of Haggar, even going as far to create the guild "The Church of Haggar." Though rumored to be Fremnick and boosting his ego, the slightly antisocial Haggar was disturbed though amused and avoided the situation for the most part, though pelted with constant whispers begging him to stop Fremnick. Fremnick randomly vanished towards the end of BC and hasn't been seen since.
-*'''Spikespiegel''': Long presumed to be a notorious gold-buyer, not much is truly known about this character other than his possession of the latest and greatest, be it pets, mounts, gear, and other items sought by many and owned by few.  Loved by all and hated by none, if Spike is online, he's in the city surrounded by players spamming inquiries as to how to get what can't be got.  On a side note, he is believed to have formed the infamous guild known as "Mount Vendor" causing hilarious confusion with the newer playerbase for a few months before the guild was either dissolved, or ordered disbanded by Blizzard GMs.  In the same vein as Fremnick listed above, Spike has inspired numerous fan guilds of his own.
-== Miscellaneous Antics ==
-*The denizens of Dragonblight have been known to occasionally copy and paste a block of text known simply as "The Rev Quote." This usually happens while attempting to explain something to another player whom they feel is beneath them somehow, or perhaps is acting out of line. The original use of this block of text dates back to the early, Pre-BC, days of Dragonblight's WoW Forums.  The Infamous block of text is as follows:
-::<p><i>"You see, Rev was at a level where ZG/AQ20 or MC experienced players would have had alot of trouble keeping up with them. Gear is a factor, but so is skill, raid experience, etc. There are not that many people who can readily jump into a AQ40 or Naxx guild and take care of business. Finding a guild is more than just about raiding, it's also a kind of family, group of friends, and people you enjoy the game with. Any good guild, casual or raiding, are careful about who they take and any GL will tell you that attitude is the most important. You might wanna check yours before you continue apping elsewhere."</i>
-*"/pembar" is a phrase known by most players on Dragonblight.  The term is named after a Horde player Pembar, a member of The OCK, and means something close to the phrase: "Post a screenshot, or it isn't true."  It is used quite frequently on the Dragonblight forums when one player, for example, accuses another of being a loot ninja but forgets to post a screen capture as proof; other players will take offense to such an evidence-less post and write the word "/pembar".
-*The Trade channel has been known to overflow with chains of posts using the word "Murloc" as substitution for nouns within pop culture references, most notably movie titles.  Chuck Norris Facts[http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com/] are abundant, as well as a recent influx of typing the word "Anal" followed by a linked spell or character ability, ie Anal [Fireball][http://www.wowwiki.com/Fireball].  Performing any of these memes usually initiates a domino effect followed by minutes, if not hours of this behavior, enough to where Blizzard has reached a point of repremanding random players for participating in such actions.
-== Player Memorials ==
-Dragonblight is no stranger to having lost players through the years. Memorial services have happened on server as a way to send off friends and guild mates from Azeroth one last time.
-*'''Malevolent''': Undead warlock, member of Last Hope pre-BC (R.I.P. 2005)
-:A long time fan, and avid participant in the old world PvP pushes between Tarren Mill and Southshore in the Hillsbrad Foothills region, his memorial service was attended by a large amount of the server by both Horde and Alliance. His toon was brought by his fiance to the broken watchtower alongside the road between the two towns, and logged out there. To this day, many old timers still refer to this location as "Mal's Tower" due to this.
-*'''Machello''': Undead priest, member of Anarchy pre-BC (R.I.P. 2006)
-*'''Hampurse''': Undead priest, member of Unified pre-BC (R.I.P. 2006)
-:A memorial was held outside the Zeppelin towers in front of the Undercity. His guild-mates, and many other members of the horde all showed up wearing Tuxedos to send him off with style.
-*'''Endall''': Undead rogue, member of Visions of Anarchy / | Game Over |, Vanilla and BC (R.I.P. 2008)
-:A long time Dragonblight resident, and avid PvP fan, a memorial service was planned to honor his status as a "PvP God". Simultaneous raids were formed, and Ventrilo servers were overloaded, filling almost eight 40-man teams that split off and went into Ironforge, Darnassus and Stormwind to send Endall off in massive World PvP.
-{{Server_US|PvE|Pacific|Dragonblight US}}