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What a year it"s been for the World of Warcraft. We"ve had three big content patches, a BlizzCon, an expansion announcement, and perhaps out of all of the five years this game has been running, this was the year with the most surprises. A few things players thought would never happen (including faction changes) finally did, and we saw quite a few new tricks from Blizzard, both in terms of game features and in the way they run the game at large. 2009 was also a year of expectation: we thrilled to leaks and rumors about Cataclysm, and all year long, we looked forward to the villian that has been set up for us ever since 2008"s Wrath release: the Lich King himself.

As we"ve done for the past couple of years, let"s take a look back at the most popular stories of 2009 here on WoW.com. We"ll start first with number 10, which also came as a surprise to many players, right after the break.