A popular game, known as Warcraft, has a server called World of Warcraft, which runs tcl!

Here's the evidence: [http://snipurl.com/gzy7] or go to http://www.wddg-online.com/ and search for startup.tcl

Does anyone know anything more about this?

[RHS] World of Warcraft is not a server for the Warcraft game, but another game by Blizzard,
well-known for such series as Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo.

World of Warcraft is a MMORPG in the same vein of EverQuest and Ultima Online.
It is, I believe, the most successful MMORPG ever created.

[DKF]: I believe that although Warcraft (especially Warcraft3) and WoW are related thematically, they're not the same game. Might be using the same graphics engine on the client side though. We're more interested in the server though; [Tcl] use anywhere is always interesting!
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[snichols]: Another scripting language used in a game is Python. Battlefield 2 has a ton of py extension files in the directory structure of the game. Battlefield2 is one of the best looking first person shooters out there. It appears that the command console that can be used by gamers to enter in on the fly commands is running the Python interpeter.
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Many games and scripting go together.  Here's a page that talks about what scripting is, why it's used
and even mentions [Tcl]: [http://www.bookofhook.com/Article/GameDevelopment/TheSecretLifeofGameScript.html].
Here's another overview of game scripting: [http://www.aiwisdom.com/bytopic_scripting.html].

There are many other sites that mention [lua] specifically as a game scripting language:
   * [http://www.gamedev.net/reference/programming/features/lua/]
   * [http://www.devmaster.net/articles/lua/lua1.php]
   * [http://www.indiegamer.com/archives/f-10.html] (also mentions JavaScript)
   * [http://www.relic.com/industry/articles/scripting.php]
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There is also a [http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_and_update_World_Of_Warcraft_with_wine HOWTO Install and update World Of Warcraft with wine].

If you're curious about how much money people are making with their World of Warcraft gold, check out [http://www.mmomarkets.com/ MMO Markets]. It's like NASDAQ for virtual currencies.

Another interesting site is the [http://www.nickyee.com/daedalus/gateway_intro.html Daedalus Gateway] which has articles about the psychology of MMORPGs.
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