{"id":48523,"date":"2019-05-14T17:08:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T00:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=48523"},"modified":"2019-05-14T17:08:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T00:08:21","slug":"imagine-world-of-warcraft-without-memes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2019\/05\/14\/imagine-world-of-warcraft-without-memes\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagine World of Warcraft without memes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blizzard has <a href=\"https:\/\/worldofwarcraft.com\/en-us\/news\/22990080\/mark-your-calendars-wow-classic-launch-and-testing-schedule\">announced<\/a> the start of World of Warcraft Classic. The wayback mode goes live on August 27th, putting players back to 15 years ago when Leeroy Jenkins had to be explained to moms and the mere mention of Barrens chat could elicit groans from the MMO audience. 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