Dragon Kill Points or DKP is used to keep track of participation and contribution in raids and is used to distribute loot “fairly”. I always knew it came from Everquest, but Rob Pardo told me that it was originally created by, Thott, the GM of Afterlife. In case you were wondering…

Using a plug-in for cross-faction communication is against Blizzard’s Terms of Service, however, it doesn’t stop people from speculating on ways to figure out what’s being said (or more strongly convey a point beyond a /dance, /hug, or /spit emote) when encountering people from the other side of things. A couple of folks over at Bloodscalp have undertaken brave (and maybe tedious) experiments and come up with some interesting charts and facts and figures and, well, science about the way cross-factional communication could work if someone had a mind to do such a thing…

For entertainment purposes only, of course!

Me (janzak, Horde) and Spider, Alliance, on Bloodscalp (EU) tried this table of numbers and came to a conclusion about the whole language system. It is NOT directly translatable, you can construct weeny messages but you have to stick to what you are given. This is what we got when I (Horde) said numbers to Alliance. Which means, I as a Tauren say 125 (In Orcish) and a Human will hear “kil”. [See the whole thing at Project Azeroth.]

With a game this complex comes a lot of insider speak and jargon the lay-person doesn’t know or is afraid to ask since they seem like the only ones who aren’t in the club. It is with the purpose of schooling the lowly n00b that we have built a Glossary of World of Warcraft Common Terms. Kind of like a linguistic twink if you will. Thanks to everyone who helped compile the guide and if you see any errors or omissions that’s what the comments are for :-)