Guild Wars Came from Starcraft?

newbiegasbag · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:56 am Post subject: Guild Wars Came from Starcraft?

From http://www.starcraft2.com/features/planets/char.xml

Char was formerly one of the thirteen core worlds of the Confederacy, but it is most notorious as the primary hive planet of the alien zerg. Upon its discovery, Char was found to be an inhospitable volcanic planet with thick ash covering most of its surface and tainting its acrid atmosphere. The hazardous environment is further intensified by extremely high levels of cosmic radiation from Char's volatile pairing of binary stars, a class VI F0 sub dwarf orbiting an M8 irregular variable. Char's elliptical orbit means whole regions of its sunward face can become molten seas during a close approach, with temporary islands forming in them due to rapid cooling as the planet swings away to the frozen outer reaches of the system.

In spite of the hellish conditions, Char was originally settled to exploit its fantastically rich reserves of heavy metals to fuel the rapidly growing Confederate economy. However, the planet became a source of friction between the Terran Confederacy and independent mining guilds operating out of Moria.

When these disputes escalated into open conflict, some of the bitterest battles of the Guild Wars took place on Char as both sides attempted to secure the planet. In areas like Death Valley and Glass Flats, unrestrained use of nuclear weapons awoke slumbering volcanoes into fiery new life and pushed the already heavily irradiated surface to levels that were lethal even for armored marines.

I just thought it was pretty large coincidence since Arena Net was born from people that were in Blizzard. Its probably nothing but i was thinking about Guild Wars through the entire thing.
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