This season also introduced several new exclusive 'ladder-only' Rune Words later after the ladder race had come to an end just before 2005. The Ruststorm program was run during this season once, and several users complained that their items had been erased unfairly. The first character to reach level 99 on the ladder, regardless of being on classic or expansion, hardcore or not, would be awarded a prize containing a Blizzard T-Shirt, a signed copy of World of Warcraft Collector's Edition, a toy statue, and a Blizzard North CD Wallet. The contest began for all users that had a legitimate registered account (for recovery) for all 5 Realms, and it was a ladder race to be the first to reach level 99.

The first of the ladder seasons began with the initial release of Patch 1.10 in October 28, 2003.Īfter seeing how the first season went down, Blizzard decided to perform its first ladder reset on July 7th, 2004 with a promotional contest called 'When Worlds Collide,' as World of Warcraft was scheduled to be released the following year. Ladder length shortened to 6 months -ħ. There is no pattern of 182 days and this ladder will be 189 days meaning you are out by 1 week. Future reset predictions based on current 182 day Ladder season length:

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