Blizzard warns World of Warcraft Classic fans one realm could see login queues in excess of 10,000 players

Blizzard has issued a warning to World of Warcraft Classic fans that one realm could see login queues in excess of 10,000 players.

Recently, Blizzard let prospective WoW Classic players reserve their character names, and as part of that signal their intention to play on a particular realm. Nostalgia-fuelled WoW-fans thundered towards their intended targets, hoping to put a flag in virtual space circa 2006.

It turns out, so many people put 20p down on the Herod realm that it's going to be massively populated. Actually, scratch that. It's going to be almost impossible to get into.

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