Quote Originally Posted by RiyahArp View Post
A lot of success is timing. WoW just happened along at the right time, just like Facebook did. Use in the net was booming, broadband made gaming more feasible, you had more people interested in pc gaming overall as pc prices went down etc.
Definitely played a part in the WoW fluke, aye. But WoW also started the trend of not having to sacrifice your RL on the altar of progression in order to get anywhere. Well, except for PvP ranks.