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** "It's like WOW" has become a common complaint about ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]] Fourth Edition'', despite the fact that many of the alleged WOW elements started in [[Older Than You Think|D&D itself]].

** 'WOW Clone' is a frequent insult used against games that are deemed too similar to [[World of Warcraft]] or simly too mainstream or lacking a feature the speaker likes.

* Speaking of [[World of Warcraft]], let's not forget the "It's [[High Fantasy]] for the lowest common denominator" or "It's just a ripoff of Lord of the Rings". But you can bet 90% of these people are trolls who are just mindless anti-fans who don't know how they practically have nothing in common with each other beyond common [[High Fantasy]] traits and some nods to it. (Such as the human male joke about the "Ruler of the bracelet" due to the movies being released around the time [[~~Wo W~~]] was, and icecrown having similar architecture) If you're saying [[World of Warcraft]] is a ripoff of Lord of the Rings, you '''''also''''' have to say Warhammer is to escape the fallacy, because by your logic, all [[High Fantasy]] is [[Lord of the Rings]].

* Speaking of [[World of Warcraft]], let's not forget the "It's [[High Fantasy]] for the lowest common denominator" or "It's just a ripoff of Lord of the Rings". But you can bet 90% of these people are trolls who are just mindless anti-fans who don't know how they practically have nothing in common with each other beyond common [[High Fantasy]] traits and some nods to it. (Such as the human male joke about the "Ruler of the bracelet" due to the movies being released around the time [[WoW]] was, and icecrown having similar architecture) If you're saying [[World of Warcraft]] is a ripoff of Lord of the Rings, you '''''also''''' have to say Warhammer is to escape the fallacy, because by your logic, all [[High Fantasy]] is [[Lord of the Rings]].

** It was openly admitted that the Ice Crown was a Mordor rip-o... I mean, [[Shout Out]]. The Lich King bears some visual similarities to Sauron too. Blizzard [[Lampshade Hanging|makes fun of it]]. Everyone laughs. Punch is served.

** Speaking of which, practically the archetypal [[Fan Dumb]] related to this trope is Warhammer vs. Warcraft. Each side accuses the other of stealing... basically everything from the other. For instance, the endless debates about which came first, the [[Bug War|Tyranids or the Zerg]] (''[[Alien]]'' did it before either, for the record, and ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' did it [[Older Than You Think|before that]]). To put it bluntly, both Wars were ripping off their predecessors rather than each other.

*** Warhammer versus Warcraft [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/4/10/ was discussed in one strip] of [[Penny Arcade]].

** On the technical side, you must admit that [[~~Wo W~~]] has and will continue to borrow, copy, and abuse ideas that work in other games. Nothing in Warcraft is truly unique or innovative, except perhaps the attitude that it should be a game for every player instead of just the hardcore elitists. Some of the most recent useful changes have come from incorporating fan-Mods like Power Auras into the basic user interface. Because having a text message for "this ability has procced!" is just too complicated for some players.

** On the technical side, you must admit that [[WoW]] has and will continue to borrow, copy, and abuse ideas that work in other games. Nothing in Warcraft is truly unique or innovative, except perhaps the attitude that it should be a game for every player instead of just the hardcore elitists. Some of the most recent useful changes have come from incorporating fan-Mods like Power Auras into the basic user interface. Because having a text message for "this ability has procced!" is just too complicated for some players.

*** And again...look at tech companies who shamelessly "Steal from each other". Games are no different.

* Some may say that [[Fate Extra|Fate/Extra]] is just [[Persona 3]] with [[Fate Stay Night]] characters and concepts. The fact that bosses happen every full moon and two ex-ATLUS employees worked on the developing team doesn't help.