It's
hard to believe that World of Warcraft is turning six years old
already. While traditional sixth anniversary gifts are supposed to
incorporate candy, iron or wood, the staff at World of Warcraft
– Ten Ton Hammer decided to give Blizzard Entertainment a
gift of words instead.

Inspired by some of our fondest memories over the past six years of
WoW, join us as we take a look back at what has become the most
successful, genre-defining MMOG on the planet.

It's hard to believe, but it's true, WoW is now six years old. Amazing, isn't it? It seems like just yesterday we were falling through space from a graveyard as a ghost glitched out and dropped you through the world. I remember piles of bodies in the clouds as players fell and died through weird glitches. Now, mostly the game is extremely stable and world glitches never happen. However, with Cataclysm looming could we be returned to the WoW of six years ago? Not likely, but it would be funny wouldn't it, six years of progress wiped out in a two week world event.

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