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It spawned the first MMORPG sequel in history, ''Asheron's Call 2'', which after [[Screwed by the Network|years of mis-management by Microsoft]], was also one of the first major name MMORPGs to end.
The original game is sometimes considered a [[Franchise Zombie]] -- while monthly content updates continue, the active ''Asheron's Call'' player base has been shrinking for years. Many theories abound to why this is -- most people agree that at least one of the 100+ monthly updates fall under [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]] -- but the answer may be more marketing than anything else. Whereas ''[[
Regardless, ''Asheron's Call'' remains one of the most unique MMORPG experiences in the genre. There are rumors that they are planning on porting the game to consoles and/or launching "AC 1.5", a re-envisioned version of the original game with updated graphics in the upcoming year(s).
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* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Elysa Strathelair, future queen of Dereth, was a scribe's daughter. She managed to translate Empyrean, eventually leading to finding Asheron's retreat. She later dealt the killing blow to the Derethian Olthoi Queen.
* [[Big Fancy Castle]]: In-game player housing includes these. Usually it takes a guild to pay the rent, though.
* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]: Olthoi, and later Grievvers.
* [[Blob Monster]]: [[Sdrawkcab Name|Knathteads]].
* [[Blood Magic]]: Falatacot magic relied mostly in human sacrifice.
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** There's even [[The Gingerbread Man|a ''Gingerbread golem''!]]
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Many major antagonist factions have eventually aligned with the Isparian kingdom wholly or in part. Turns of note included Martine's, which allowed the defeat of the megalomaniac Empyrean mage Gaerlan, and Isin Dule's, which prevented Bael'Zharon's victory during the Fourth Sending of Darkness.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: The Empyrean Mage Council that defeated the Third Sending of Darkness.
** Also Camdeth Martine.
* [[Hit Points]]
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* [[Respawning Enemies]]: Areas have "encounter points" which will spawn a suitably large number of a monster that is appropriate to that area, on that spot. These typically turn active as you walk towards them.
* [[Scary Scarecrows]]: Hollow Minions, Virindi watchdogs and bodyguards.
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: Multiple times. Initially, they couldn't find a publisher as Sony was pulling in favors to ensure that [[
** Asheron's Call had a (not undeserved) reputation for being full of botters, people using 3rd party programs to play the game. When asked why, it turned out that Turbine had wanted to ban botting for years and had fixes ready to go, but Microsoft vetoed them every single time, due to some of the botters running 10-15 accounts ''at the same time.''
** ''Asheron's Call 2'' had the in game discussion system break down. Turbine had a fix within hours... but Microsoft refused to allow them to push it for months. The fact that Microsoft was starting to push ''[[wikipedia:Mythica|Mythica]]'', what amounted to Asheron's Call 2's replacement, at the same time, did not go unnoticed by anyone. Turbine was eventually allowed to fix the chat system, ''almost a full year later'', but the damage was done and AC2 closed shortly afterwards.
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* [[Sentient Phlebotinum]]: The Shadows are powered by this. And it hates ''everything''.
* [[Shonen Upgrade]]: Augmentation gems and Luminance.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The [[Monty Python and
** Some players claim to have seen a strange [[Doctor Who|British Police Box]] in the wilds, but Turbine insists it's an [[Urban Legend of Zelda]].
** Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Some monsters get stronger, some monsters get weaker. [[Big Trouble in Little China|Just remember what ol' Ulgrim says when the health is down, fire is raining from the sky and monsters are clawing at his throat."]]
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