[Speculation] Bizzare "Leak" reveals screenshot of an upcoming Cinematic

[DotEleven]

There was nothing in the leak that said Sylvanas would be invading with a "Horde" army... The ghosts ships already in Stormwind Harbor are an indication she invaded with a completely different kind of army. I mean, this isn't rocket science. She still has a bargain with Helya, and apparently with Azshara now too, remember?...

So you think she's going to have enough forces to make pretty much all of both the Horde and Alliance go to Thunderbluff, take over Stormwind, then when we fight back in the final showdown she's going to suddenly get the backing of the Horde Leaders to fight the Alliance again when the only thing that kept them from even potentially being at peace was Sylvanas especially when she just killed one of their most honored and decorated soldiers and called them nothing?

[TriHard]

There was nothing in the leak that said Sylvanas would be invading with a "Horde" army... The ghosts ships already in Stormwind Harbor are an indication she invaded with a completely different kind of army. I mean, this isn't rocket science. She still has a bargain with Helya, and apparently with Azshara now too, remember?...

Jesus christ, leave that shit leak be. It's dead already

[qwerty123456]

honestly this one seems the most likely right now

It says we might have factions but they might go away and it also claims some boar race will be Horde. You really think they are going to have some random race planned out but hold off on deciding where the story and factions go when its one of the most important things of an expansion?

[Biotec]

"W-Well, 8.2.5 invalidates the leak-- B-B-But the 8.3 stuff was probably just random BS he made up, the 9.0 stuff has got to be real though!"

Like... why are yall clinging so desperately to this whole Shadowlands thing and trying to make it work when this stuff has already come out and basically made it fake. Not to mention that the loyalist stuff make it sound like Sylvanas isn't going to be taking action any time soon now that her original plan has been derailed.

Why keep clinging to this leak :T

It was to my understanding that the picture of the Shadowlands came a little bit before the text part, which is why I split them. I might have been confused somewhere along the way if that wasn't the case, but I was putting out the idea that the picture of the various zones could be entirely real but the text from 4chan was fake as shit. I forgot that the 9.0 stuff also had text in it and I think that is fake too regardless.

I've never really clung to this leak. I thought it was stupid enough to be something Blizz wrote but I really didn't think it would happen that way and I'm glad to see it mostly dead.

It says we might have factions but they might go away and it also claims some boar race will be Horde. You really think they are going to have some random race planned out but hold off on deciding where the story and factions go when its one of the most important things of an expansion?

It's possible that they meant the Quilboar. When they mentioned that it had a Worgan skeleton or something like that, it could be argued that it was unfinished when they saw it since ALL races use a modified Worgan skeleton.

I don't believe it's real, but that might be an explanation for that specific part.

[huth]

It's possible that they meant the Quilboar. When they mentioned that it had a Worgan skeleton or something like that, it could be argued that it was unfinished when they saw it since ALL races use a modified Worgan skeleton.

I don't believe it's real, but that might be an explanation for that specific part.

It's more like all races use adapted versions of the same unified skeleton, rather than any specific races skeleton.

Though the new Quillboar models are more based on Tauren than Worgen. Afaik they even share some of the tauren-specific animations.

[ohwell]

I think N'zoth is established as the weakest in terms of raw strength, but the most cunning and intelligent of the Old Gods.

He definitely is NOT the most cunning considering he picked a fight with the strongest old god. It's NEVER been established he's the most cunning. Hell one of his "greatest feats" was simply because he piggy backed on Yogg finding a way into the ED. He is definitely not the most cunning. He was just the only one left at this point.

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"W-Well, 8.2.5 invalidates the leak-- B-B-But the 8.3 stuff was probably just random BS he made up, the 9.0 stuff has got to be real though!"

Like... why are yall clinging so desperately to this whole Shadowlands thing and trying to make it work when this stuff has already come out and basically made it fake. Not to mention that the loyalist stuff make it sound like Sylvanas isn't going to be taking action any time soon now that her original plan has been derailed.

Why keep clinging to this leak :T

She pretty much says her better version of the plan was derailed, but not enough to matter.

[Synros]

Jesus christ, leave that shit leak be. It's dead already

Except it's not, because literally nothing you people have said disproves anything...

[TriHard]

Except it's not, because literally nothing you people have said disproves anything...

The whole cinematic disproved it.

[Super Black Man of Steal]

Let's pay attention to this one instead

https://www.mmo-champion.com/threads...-on-4chan(lol)

The guy said in one of his AMA's that Saurfang was gonna save Sylvanas. I'm sure that cinematic was planned a long time in advance and there is no way he could've confused what happened in that cinematic with Saurfang saving Sylvanas.

[TheramoreIsTheBomb]

This leak is officially debunked.

[Varodoc]

This leak is officially debunked.

Uhm, No. We officially debunked it ages ago when we showed the N'Zoth's slide at last year's Blizzcon.

[huth]

Uhm, No. We officially debunked it ages ago when we showed the N'Zoth's slide at last year's Blizzcon.

Now it just got flogged like the dead horse it's been for months.

[Strydr0]

Does this still hold up as being a legit early leak? Alnir riftlands being dark emerald dream. Super colorful zones. Could be a super lucky guess.

I know the raid is false, but it could easily be 8.3.5 and be a scenario precursor. Or could've been cut due to loss subs or something and they just made it Bolvar dying.

[Monteverdi]

This was one of the most well-done fake leaks yet. This was fun.

[ForrestAnthony]

This was one of the most well-done fake leaks yet. This was fun.

Guess I'll wait another 2-4 years for tinker. Sigh.

[kansor]

These zones honestly sound more exciting than what we're getting. Alnir Riftlands is pretty cool

[huth]

These zones honestly sound more exciting than what we're getting. Alnir Riftlands is pretty cool

Because this was constructed to sound good, not to be good. I doubt it would work anywhere near as well ingame.

[Byucknah The Red]

These zones honestly sound more exciting than what we're getting. Alnir Riftlands is pretty cool

I disagree. These zones sounded boring and uninspired.

An entire zone dedicated to Blood Trolls... again... right after Nazmir? A zone that features key names taken DIRECTLY from store mounts and Ion's interview where he talks about his Greek heritage? (Keeping in mind that this fake leak was made AFTER both the mount and Ion's interview came out, its so uninspired its baffling how many people believed it was real) Story elements that make no sense such as Hakkar being stronger than Bwonsamdi and Ny'alotha being located in the afterlife for some reason???

This leak was garbage and I am honestly surprised this thread remains open at this point considering how its already been debunked as fake.