This has come up so many times it sickens me. So I shall answer it here and it should never need to be answered again. Before Blizzard came up with the whole of line of Warcraft, they approached Games Workshop (Warhammer's creators) with an offer to by their IP. For some reason or another Blizzard was turned down. Their Warhammer RTS game was just about finished, so they made a few minor adjustments and released it as Warcraft.
So yes, they look alike. WoW looks a lot like Warhammer has since the 80's when it was created, since Warcraft was originally supposed to be Warhammer. WAR also looks a lot like Warhammer does which is good, since it's Warhammer Online.
I hope this solves the problem since these two games are as different as night and day. Both are good in their own regards. Hope this solves any misconceptions.

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sesame street vs electric co ftw

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More like Sesame Street vs. the Muppet Show. Sesame Street vs The Electric Company is like WOW vs LOTRO.

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i love all those shows

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My theory is that Games Workshop is a bunch of greedy @#$!$@. They do not like anyone to try and profit on their material...up until recently anyway. I remember a little Sepbastopol (a little city here in northern Cal) company "Armorcast" started making awesome resin models of some of the more unique units for 40K (for example the "Baneblade" Super Heavy Tank and the massive Eldar "Phantom" Titan). Games Workshop forced them to pull the plug on production and from what I hear they were not very friendly about it. They took all the designs and started "Forge-World". And the remnants of Armorcast are stuck making scenery and models for "Battletech".

Anyway, my point is Games Workshop is very protective of what they have created and someone at Blizzard probably pissed off the wrong person.

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