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| {{Infobox military conflict
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| | conflict = Trade Chat Domination
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| | caption = The word of the [[COMMISSAR]] being spread to the masses
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| | date = Early 2007 - Early 2010
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| | place = [[Gorgonnash US]] Trade Chat
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| | result = Multiple bans, countless indoctrinations, many melties
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| | combatant1 = [[COMMUNISM]]
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| | combatant2 = Gorgonnash Population
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| | commander1 = [[Spaceballs]]
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| | commander2 = None
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| | units1 = 4-5 COMMUNISM shitposters
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| | units2 = 1000 unwilling participants
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| | casualties1 = 1 Permaban, several probations, countless trade chat mutes
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| | casualties2 = Some free time and the ability to actually trade in trade chat
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| =Beginning=
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| While the exact origins of Gorgonnash trade chat troll infestation is lost to time, what is known is that it began its rapid climb during the first few months of 2007 as Spaceballs, at the time an Umbral Sect raider, began harassing and doing bits in trade chat. A cabal of fellow trade chat trolls and forums trolls, like Donbrasher and DJPenguin began to form. At some point of early April 2007, Spaceballs left Umbral Sect to create his own guild with his new contemporaries and like minded trolls for that express purpose. Thus, on April 16th 2007, [[COMMUNISM]] was born.
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| As the guild grew, so did its notoriety, mostly via trade chat. In late July of 2007, two relative unknowns, [[Shelarahn]] and [[Arkon]], joined COMMUNISM after their shitty "raiding" guild they were members of died. Drawn by the prospect of trolling, which they were very much accustomed to, they sought to join the ranks of Gorgonnashs most notorious shitposters. The two quickly joined in on the act, quickly becoming well know and well loathed members of server.
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| =Vandrieas Assault=
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| Months later, one of Shelarahns friends, Vandriea began playing. However, his interest in the game itself quickly waned, so he dedicated himself to trolling trade chat. His primary gimmick was RPing as a Klansman in Orgrimmar, frequently shouting racial epitaphs for hours at a time until a mod finally woke up and trade chat muted him. This continued for some weeks, until finally Blizzard had enough of his shit and permabanned him from the entire game.
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| =Legacy=
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| The legacy of trade chat trolling has persisted well into the current day. One of the primary MOs of COMMUNISM, COMMIE CREW, and later even [[BMW]] and [[WTT]], was to dominate a trade chat or equivalent as a form of cultural pressure on a servers populace. One of the most notable examples came in 2014 with the release of [[Wildstar]], which became COMMUNISMS first MMO anchor game since WoW. The tactic was extremely effective, more so however via the forums, but still quite effective at gaining the guild notoriety.
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