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The Legendary Cow Level
One of the more well known aspects of Diablo was something that didn't actually exist. Rumors started of a "cow level" with varying instructions or ideas on how to enter such a place and what existed in this level.
Blizzard put a cheat code in StarCraft: 'there is no cow level.' Typing this caused instant victory.
The Hellfire expansion also mocks this rumor: if cowquest is added to command.txt, the first new dungeon segment is accessed by speaking to one of the townsfolk, who's dressed in a cow suit.
Blizzard actually did put a cow level in Diablo II, although it was merely a very large area full of monsters called 'Hell Bovines' who were cows walking upright and carrying halberds. All of their sound files were of humans saying the word 'moo'. Net lore has it that the ridiculously bad voices of the cows were those of various Blizzard employees. "The Cow King" makes an appearance as a unique Hell Bovine. However, defeating "The Cow King" will seal off this easter egg forever.
The cow level is rarely brought up other than as a joke but is still referenced in other products. The later Blizzard game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos introduced the Tauren, a race of anthropomorphic bulls and cows, whether intentionally spoofing the joke or not. World of Warcraft features them as a playable race, and their capital city, Thunder Bluff, is sometimes jokingly referred to by players as "the Cow Level." An item even exists named "The Cow King's Hide." On the game's loading screens, one of the tips displayed is "TIP: There is no cow level.", although this was added long after the game was released.
In addition, as an April Fool's joke in 2008, Blizzard announced a new unit for the under-development Starcraft II; the "Tauren Marine," (a play on "Terran Marine") which was a Tauren suited up as a marine, carrying an "88mm Impala Gauss Rifle" and smoking a cigar. As a caption for one of the new unit's screenshots, it is said that "There is a cow level."
Karune (Blizzard Poster) said:8. Is the Tauren Marine going to be included in the StarCraft II map editor?
Yes.
haha, SC2 is going to be the shit
Starcraft 2 will be good, but I don't think it's going to be as awesome as everyone thinks its going to be. To prove this, we must first think about what really made the first Starcraft great. It set the standard for all later RTS's implementing alot of systems that the other RTS's only used some of, but it was the first of its kind to use as many as it did, so the main reason it was so great was the fact that it used so many of these systems, and it relied on being the first game to really do this. However, since then many games have come out that use these ideas, be it careful resource management requirements or insanely large battles and a rock-paper-scissors system. However, starcraft was the first RTS to implement these ideas well, so the main thing that has kept it going is the fact that it was the first. If starcraft 2 were to implement some great new RTS ideas that had never before been done highly like the original starcraft did, then it would be great. However, from what I can tell, its more of the same. This does not mean it will be bad, don't get me wrong, but its not going to be as revolutionary as some think it's going to be. It's just going to be more of the same, only with more units and better graphics, yet people are prejudging it based on the fact that the title contains the word "starcraft" and the fact that its made by Blizzard. However, it looks like Starcraft 2 is just going to be more of the tried-and-true formula rather then a great, revolutionary RTS that added lots of great new ideas like what made its predecessor great.