OK, SO! Infos!
For the people that said that this trademark thing never showed up for Hearthstone:
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...810:e3hkel.3.2 Filed Jul 7th
There is nothing in the search about the Dark Below. Still reserving judgement as it may possibly be subject to a few days processing time or whatever before it shows up in the search?
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The most recent filing for Blizzard is from July 17th for "Cute But Deadly" paper items, toys, pajamas... kids stuff?
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4810:e3hkel.3.1
The formatting of all these exactly matches the Dark Below, though, unlike the known hoaxes. Possible the Dark Below hoaxer was just better at details, though.
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Xinjun
Does no one else find it odd that we may have uncovered the name of the next expansion and within 2 days time we have heard
1. It was a hoax
2. You can trademark whatever for whomever (which you can't)
3. We get a new trailer to discuss
Come on guys, I am not one for conspiracy theories but this one kind of speaks for itself....
Additional nugget to ponder: Since this "trademark application" isn't appearing on the search, someone would have had to of emailed the link to Boubouille. Who could have possibly done that that he would have believed enough to actually post it as confirmed? I assume these people taht run this site know their shit.
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Xinjun
It is a hoax, you can tell it from the image of the "trailer". The "video" is not aligned with the rest of the image of the site, also the video title is not aligned. Bad photoshopping.
No one is talking about the image, Cle. It's been confirmed fake. Go 'way.
Normal is the name for the mental disorder present in the majority of humanity.
Xinjun
If the image was hoax, then it is reasonable to assume that rest of the rumors and clues are also fake.
The image was made by a guy who was responding to the alleged trademark. He's admitted his part. The actual trademark annoucenment is unclear.
Normal is the name for the mental disorder present in the majority of humanity.
Xinjun
Okay, you are creating your own thing here with assuming what would happen. There are no actual fireballs from the sky, nothing has shown anything about that, and you dunno what "skysunder" means. It could be an event, it could be an airship, it could be the new elemental shaman talent. You just. Don't. Know. And that is my point - that nobody fucking knows! And that the Skysunder pic is not so easily discredited as you suggest for any of the reasons you've brought up thus far.
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An Azshara expansion would likely have a bit of Legion influence given her past. A Legion expansion would not likely have Azshara in it as the Legion itself has little to actually do with her. They did change her. She did not change them as much.
All expansios have been old god related, so it does not make sense to ask if next expansion is old god related.
The Dark Below could be referring to the underground caverns and cities where the Old Golds hang out.
That'd be a neat concept really, the entire expansion taking place underneath Azeroth. It would really give the entire expansion a "Underdark" theme to it, which I think would be quite welcome.
It would also give them an excuse to start working on Undermine as well, which could serve as a neutral city...
There is a lot of potential with that theme.
Well, here is the massive flaw in your logic Thalian. MoP was ACTUALLY TRADEMARKED.
The trademark for Reaper of Souls doesn't exist, either. Yet Blizz touts it as the D3 expansion and calls it trademarked on the D3 site.
The trademark exists in a foreign country, possibly Swaziland, where they obtain a 6-month priority should they seek to move that trademark into the US.
It's possible Boub got a leaked screenshot of the US Priority filing, was told to release it in mid september, and let it go early.
It's also possible TDB is a hoax sent from a fake email to Boub.
But there is no concrete proof to say TDB is fake at this time.
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Oh God!
https://twitter.com/DaveKosak/status/368084256825692160
So it can be true! :O
YAY MY HOPES COME BACK!