Template:Did you know nominations/Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:20, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne

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• ... that video game magazine GameStar called Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne the best add-on in PC gaming history?
  • ALT1:... that Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne laid the groundwork many of the storylines of World of Warcraft?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hamdan Qarmat

Improved to Good Article status by SoWhy (talk). Self-nominated at 16:58, 2 January 2019 (UTC).

• I shall review this nomination.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

• Cited:
• Interesting: - I'm not finding the hooks particularly interesting. Have you considered something about how it was the most sold PC game as that seems more interesting?

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: Once a more interesting hook can be created and the QPQ is complete, this can be complete. Soaper1234 - talk 12:52, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

@Soaper1234: QPQ done. As for the hook, being the best of its kind in history seems interesting enough to me but here is some more alternatives:

• ALT2: ...that many critics praised Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne for successfully deviating from the "build base, recruit units, kill enemy" formula often common in real-time strategy games?
• ALT3: ...that Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne successfully avoided using the common "build base, recruit units, kill enemy" formula in many missions?
• ALT4: ...that Blizzard's real-time strategy add-on Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne featured a campaign reminiscent of the company's Diablo series?
• ALT5: ...that Blizzard's real-time strategy add-on Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne sold more than one million copies within the first two months of its release? (released July 1, surpassing mark on August 15 [1])
• ALT6: ...that Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne's main campaign does not feature the Orc faction because Blizzard was unable to find a plausible story-based reason for them to appear?

Regards SoWhy 11:07, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

@SoWhy: Actually, you're right. On reflection, the original hook is good. Now the QPQ is done, I'm happy to pass this. Soaper1234 - talk 21:39, 5 January 2019 (UTC)