Warcraft

By ellipsis, from warcraft.

Warcraft

1. (video games) Ellipsis of World of Warcraft.

   Synonym: WoW

   • 2001 September 1, Ray Marden, “VIA! VIA!! VIA!!!”, in alt.games.half-life.tfclassic‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 3 December 2025:

     Not overly excited about the MMORPG Warcraft, Ray

   • 2005 May 30, Rob, “I want to play Warcraft ... where do I begin?”, in alt.games.warcraft‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 3 December 2025:

     I'm EverQuested out!!!!! I've heard so much good about Warcraft that I would like to try it out. With all the different versions of software titles, expansion packs, add-ons, etc. I don't know what I need to get started playing Warcraft.

   • 2008 January 30, tofr...@gmail.com, “Internet vs the Table, or Warcraft vs. D&D”, in KY Campaigns‎^[3] (Google Groups), archived from the original on 3 December 2025:

     For ME the biggest problem I have with MMORPGs like Warcraft is probably what a lot of the players like about it. It isn't very (read: not at all) role-play oriented. […] I am not totally against Warcraft. From what I've played of it I actually like it.

   • 2008 March 25, WotC_Dave, “The Colors of 4e”, in Gleemax; quoted in fabio milito pagliara, “QUARTA edizione 4th - color coded for your convenience”, in it.hobby.giochi.gdr.dnd‎^[4] (Usenet), 25 March 2008, archived from the original on 3 December 2025:

     Some of you will see parallels to computer games there, especially MMOs like Warcraft that have buttons on cooldowns.

   • 2013 November 8, Matt Purslow, “World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor catapults all players to level 90, features Outland pre-fiery death”, in PCGamesN‎^[5], Bath, Somerset: Network N Media, archived from the original on 10 November 2013:

     In this new world, you'll probably want somewhere to rest your head too. No longer will that place be a tavern or noisy capital city. Warlords of Draenor introduces player housing to Warcraft.

   • 2016 June 3, Richard Trenholm, quoting Selina Pound, “Memories of Warcraft: Fans including Duncan Jones remember their WoW experiences”, in CNET‎^[6], archived from the original on 15 December 2022:

     I started playing a game called RuneScape and one of my friends told me there's a much better game out there, called Warcraft. I was a mage gnome -- and yes I bounced around everywhere!

   • 2024 July 25, @UnpleasantAlex, X (formerly Twitter)‎^[7] (post), archived from the original on 3 December 2025:

     Retail Warcraft has been completely unplayable since Tuesday morning. It's almost Thursday. We should be given gametime credits at the very least.

• Sometimes discouraged, as Warcraft is the name of the franchise itself.