Blizzard fixed the glitch in an April 2005 patch, which also removed the Captain. Fans of the character quickly began petitioning Blizzard for his return in one fashion or another, even to the point of recording a song entitled "The Lament of Captain Placeholder", the lyrics of which are as follows: Blizzard Entertainment is a PC game developer and publisher. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in April • 26: Augusto Roa Bastos • 24: Ezer Weizman • 23: Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen • 23: John Mills • 16: Marla Ruzicka • 9: Andrea Dworkin • 6: Prince Rainier III • 5: Dale Messick • 5: Saul Bellow • 2: Pope John... Blizzard Entertainment is a PC game developer and publisher. ...
–Verse 1–
On the stormy shores of Azeroth, A silhouette did stand. A brave and stalwart sailor, Who gave a helpin' hand. Without fail, on every whim, which we did demand, He simply smiled and waved his hand and sent us 'cross the land.
–Chorus– Farewell to thee Placeholder Your ship has sailed to sea We'll tip our hats and pray one day to be as great as thee. Captain P you'll never know the emptiness inside as we sit ashore of Menethil, waitin' for a ride.
–Verse 2– Time did pass, until one day, that silhouette did fade. Where once we found Placeholder, only scattered winds remained. The stormy sea went silent, on that dark and dreary day. But come along my friends let's raise a glass up for his name!
–Chorus–
–Musical Interlude–
–Verse 3– So when you find yourself lamenting On that lonely pier. Watching as the ships come in and dryin' off your tears. Believe in what he stood for, and I know that he’ll survive. Inside our hearts dear Placeholder will always be alive!
–Chorus– Map of the World of Azeroth as it appears in the game World of Warcraft Azeroth is an Earth-like planet in the fictional Warcraft Universe, inhabited by a diverse array of species. ...
Loooong Loooong
Long Live Captain Placeholder!![this is not in the song but you can imagine it is]
External links
Initial Announcement of Captain Placeholder's creation
Site to download "The Lament of Captain Placeholder"
The "Fans of Cpt. Placeholder" guild on the german PvP server "Zuluhed"
CaptainPlaceholder was originally created purely as a temporary measure in the beta version of the game, allowing players to instantly teleport from Menethil Harbor to Auberdine, when some of the boat paths had yet to be implemented.
CaptainPlaceholder quickly became quite popular among players due to his ability to instantly transport players to the other continent at their own leisure, instead of waiting for the boat to arrive.
He was a popular source of jokes for players, so when Blizzard removed him, some "fans" of the NPC petitioned Blizzard to bring him back in some form, and others created a song called the Lament of CaptainPlaceholder.
A placeholder is a term, sign or some other thing which generally stands in the place of content which is unknown or not identified.
In disciplines involving formal languages, particularly mathematics and computer science, the placeholder concept is represented by free variables and bound variables, and on what was originally a more light-hearted level, metasyntactic variables.
In politics, a placeholder is sometimes used to indicate that a person is acting in a position on a non-permanent basis or as a proxy.
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