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| + | | faction = Alliance |
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| + | | name = Death's Stand |
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| + | | ss = Death's Stand.jpg |
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| + | | type = Outpost |
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| + | | race = {{Race|Human}} |
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| + | | language = [[Common (language)|Common]] |
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| + | | affiliation = [[Valiance Expedition]], [[Alliance Vanguard]], [[Alliance]] |
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| + | | organizations = [[Knights of the Ebon Blade]] |
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| + | | loc = [[Borean Tundra]], [[Northrend]] |
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| + | | status = Active |
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| + | | source = ''[[World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King|Wrath of the Lich King]]'' |
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| + | '''Death's Stand''' is an encampment of the [[Valiance Expedition]] located near the [[Wailing Ziggurat]] in [[Borean Tundra]]. It was here that [[Thassarian]], the first of the [[Alliance]] [[death knights]], led "Unit S" in a suicide mission to claim the ziggurat, possibly as a base for an attack on [[Naxxanar]] and the [[Temple City of En'kilah]]. [[Dusk]], Thassarian's demon deathcharger, can be found here as well. |
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| − | '''Soon''': Copyright 2004-{{CURRENTYEAR}} Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. "Soon" does not imply any particular date, time, decade, century, or millennia in the past, present, and certainly not the future. "Soon" shall make no contract or warranty between [[Blizzard Entertainment]] and the end user. "Soon" will arrive some day, Blizzard does guarantee that "soon" will be here before the end of time. Maybe. Do not make plans based on "soon" as Blizzard will not be liable for any misuse, use, or even casual glancing at "soon."<ref>{{ref web|url=http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=46564663&postId=462512848&sid=1#25|title=I know Blues hate this question...|accessdate=27 March 2009|author=Freckles|date=11/08/2006}}</ref> |
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| − | Another common term implemented by Blizzard often misleading players into excitement for future content. "Very Soon" is guaranteed to arrive between now and the end of time with a higher chance of arriving on the "now" half of the time table. Although this means closer to now than "soon" there is no guarantee that you will live long enough to see the content finally release. |
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| − | '''Now'''<--------------'''Very Soon'''--------'''Soon'''--------------->'''End of Time''' |
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| − | == Soon-ish == |
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| − | On February 19, 2010, Nethaera used the term "Soon-ish" with regards to the next release of information pertaining to Cataclysm. Current speculation believes "Soon-ish" to exist between "Soon" and "End of Time."<ref>{{ref web|url=http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=23329213348&sid=1&pageNo=2|title=How does Blizz plan to update the cities?|accessdate=20 February 2010|author=Nethaera}}</ref> |
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| − | == Blizzard's Official Definition of Soon == |
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| − | “Information in this press release that involves Blizzard Entertainment’s expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Blizzard Entertainment generally uses words such as “outlook,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “might,” “remains,” “to be,” “plans,” “believes,” “may,” “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “estimate,” future,” “plan,” “positioned,” “potential,” “project,” “remain,” “scheduled,” “set to,” “subject to,” “upcoming” and similar expressions to help identify forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause Blizzard Entertainment’s actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales levels of Blizzard Entertainment’s titles, shifts in consumer spending trends, the impact of the current macroeconomic environment, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, Blizzard Entertainment’s ability to predict consumer preferences among competing hardware platforms (including next-generation hardware), declines in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail acceptance of Blizzard Entertainment’s products, adoption rate and availability of new hardware and related software, industry competition, rapid changes in technology and industry standards, protection of proprietary rights, litigation against Blizzard Entertainment, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, vendors and third-party developers, domestic and international economic, financial and political conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates, integration of recent acquisitions and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities, Activision Blizzard’s success in integrating the operations of Activision Publishing and Vivendi Games in a timely manner, or at all, and the combined company’s ability to realize the anticipated benefits and synergies of the transaction to the extent, or in the timeframe, anticipated, and the other factors identified in Activision Blizzard’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Blizzard Entertainment and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Blizzard Entertainment nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Blizzard Entertainment or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.“<ref>{{ref web|url=http://us.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/press/pressreleases.html?090722|title=Blizzard Entertainment Press Release|accessdate=21 December 2009|author=Blizzard|date=12/21/2009}}</ref> |
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| − | == See also == |
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| − | * [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/RSN Real Soon Now] |
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| − | * [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time Valve Time] (a closely related concept) |
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| − | * [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Accurate_Valve_Time Accurate Valve Time] (see above) |
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| − | == References == |
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Revision as of 20:08, 16 June 2011
 Death's Stand | |
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| Type | Outpost |
| Race(s) |
  Human |
| Language(s) | Common |
| Affiliation(s) | Valiance Expedition, Alliance Vanguard, Alliance |
| Organizations | Knights of the Ebon Blade |
| Location | Borean Tundra, Northrend |
| Status | Active |
| Sources: Wrath of the Lich King | |
Death's Stand is an encampment of the Valiance Expedition located near the Wailing Ziggurat in Borean Tundra. It was here that Thassarian, the first of the Alliance death knights, led "Unit S" in a suicide mission to claim the ziggurat, possibly as a base for an attack on Naxxanar and the Temple City of En'kilah. Dusk, Thassarian's demon deathcharger, can be found here as well.
NPCs
Please add any available information to this section.
