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| − | === The Old Ages === |
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| − | There is little of value to say about Hellscream's early months, aside from the fact that it was the founding group of players during this period of time that helped to establish the strong community that Hellscream would later become. Hellscream was lucky in that it initially had a strong influx of players which helped to secure its future with a strong economy and playerbase. It was during this period that the "old guard" of Hellscream's elite groups formed: [[Forgotten Legacy]], [[Keepers of the Faith]], and [[Immortalis]] -- all community leaders in their own right. |
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| − | ==== The Brainstorm Breakup ==== |
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| − | In the Spring of 2005, one of the Alliance's foremost raiding guilds fell apart over various issues, and many of their veteran members were absorbed by [[Forgotten Legacy]] and [[Keepers of the Faith]]. |
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| − | ==== Return to Honor Reformation ==== |
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| − | Also in the Spring of 2005, [[Return to Honor]] reformed under the new guild name [[Attrition]] after a falling out with their infamous and somewhat peculiar leader, Aldrek. Regardless of his motives and true intentions, he will always be a recognized character on Hellscream, mainly in a negative light however. |
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| − | ==== The "Horde Pickup" group, aka KuG ==== |
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| − | Most curiously to note in Horde history is the conception and later performance of the Horde group that is often referred to by many as "The Horde Pickup", though they call themselves [[KuG]] or the Koalition of Uber Guilds. [[KuG]] was named jokingly after Kug, the first Horde to ninja something from Azuregos. This group was formed under the banner of multiple different Horde guilds in early/mid 2005 and to the surprise of the community was their ability to achieve what only a normal functioning guild should, even managing to grab the first [[Horde]] kill of [[Razorgore the Untamed]] in [[Blackwing Lair]]. As of this writing they have killed [[Nefarian]] and are likely to make significent progress in [[Ahn'Qiraj]]. |
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| − | The original KuG later formed the guild Time Out and allowed for KuG 2.0 to take their spots as the Horde PuG masters of Hellscream. |
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| − | === The Great Staghelm Exodus === |
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| − | The opening of [[Staghelm]] transfers due to overwhelming queues in the latter portion of 2005 become a turning point in Hellscream's history as this was the server's first exodus. Many saw this transfer as both an opportunity to escape reputation problems on Hellscream and opened the possibility of realigning the balance of force on Staghelm. A widely propagated rumor stated that Attrition, a guild with 4-5 [[Forgotten Legacy]] exiles, left in order to leave the competition behind and establish themselves as a top force on [[Staghelm]]. The same claim could be made about Dawn, another sizeable raiding guild which left for Staghelm. Also of note was the complete transfer of [[The Foundation]], a longtime Horde guild which is missed by many. |
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| − | ====Attrition Sabotaged==== |
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| − | Rumors persisted that someone went to Staghelm with the knowledge of Attrition's imminent transfer and claimed the names of [[Attrition]]'s better-known members, forcing them to alter their names upon transferring to Staghelm. In order to counter this, many changed their names to their Hellscream names with an X added to the front. |
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| − | ===Moving to Khaz Modan=== |
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| − | A second character transfer opened up on Hellscream to a new relm, Khaz Modan. This time the server lost some high quality players from the Horde such as Omo, Biohavok, Kusig and Elom, among others. |
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| − | === The Great AQ War Effort === |
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| − | On February 6, 2006, Hellscream completed the war effort in a three-way tie for 10th place among all servers. The gong was rung by [[Araex]], mage of [[Immortalis]]. As with many other servers, there was a large debate among those on the server as to participation in the effort and why it mattered, which inevitably let to conflict within the community. Both [[Forgotten Legacy]] and [[Xiled Horde]] sponsored a raffle contest to aid in the war materials turn-in, which inevitably sped up collection efforts, a contribution duly appreciated by the server. A lingering effect of the War Effort opening was the conflict promoted in [[Immortalis]]'s decision to open the gates at a time while server population was high, inevitably leading to server crashes. The resulting backlash from raiding guilds such as [[Keepers of the Faith|KTF]], [[Forgotten Legacy|FL]], and [[Echoes of Elysium]] deteriorated relations between the guilds for a time. The population of [[Hellscream]] nonetheless was grateful to [[Immortalis]] for its consideration of their wishes. |
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| − | === The Great PvP Exodus === |
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| − | On April 10th, 2006, Blizzard opened transfers from Hellscream to [[Server:Dalvengyr|Dalvengyr]], a brand new PvP server. Many took advantage of the chance to experience a PvP server with their main characters. Additionally many guilds transferred as well including the mighty Immortalis, Echoes of Elysium, Element Zero and Forgotten Legacy. This transfer severely thinned the server's and dropped it from the high population tier. The Dalvengyr transfer week will forever go down in Hellscream's history. |
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| − | After reaching Dalvengyr, Immortalis disbanded. Many other guilds, including Element Zero, went through major transitions on Dalvengyr, disbanding, fragmenting, or becoming absorbed into larger Dalvengyr guilds. |
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== Current Conflicts == |
== Current Conflicts == |
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Revision as of 02:19, 3 March 2007
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Hellscream Server's patron character: Grom Hellscream
Hellscream is a central time zone PvE server for Blizzard's MMORPG, World of Warcraft. It is a high population server that has been around since the opening of World of Warcraft with a thriving economy, a dedicated raiding base, and a strong player community. It used to have one of the best Alliance to Horde ratios of any server, but realm transfer adversely affected the Horde side, shifting the balance to Alliance by 3 to 1. It has also caused the server to become hostile towards other realm recruiters, especially those that target Horde players.
The server's name comes from the character Grom Hellscream.
Current Conflicts
PvP Games
As with many servers, PvP games between Alliance and Horde continue to spur controversy at least weekly between the Alliance and Horde. Common points of conflict include AB zone killing, exploitative positions in AV and AB, as well as many other issues. Often times these issues will originate from either "GM group" of either faction (GM group meaning the group with the person next in line to receive the highest rank possible in PvP).