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To celebrate the history of World of Warcraft and the imminent destruction of Azeroth in Cataclysm, The Escapist has compiled a visual history to highlight the important milestones and events to date, from the servers opening to the Real ID fiasco last month.

Street identifies three main reasons for bringing the apocalypse to Azeroth. First, shock value was a crucial component. Deathwing's awakening is an explosive event for Azeroth. "We were trying to stage an apocalypse here," he says, "and we wanted some crazy things to happen and we knew there were sacred cows that might shock or upset players a bit."