{"id":"corrupted-blood-incident","name":"Corrupted Blood Incident","summary":"The Corrupted Blood Incident was an accidental virtual plague inside World of Warcraft during September 2005, when a raid boss debuff meant for one dungeon leaked out into the wider game and killed thousands of low level characters over roughly a week. The outbreak later became a serious case study for epidemiologists modeling how real people behave during pandemics.","tags":["corrupted blood incident","world of warcraft plague","wow corrupted blood","zul'gurub","hakkar the soulflayer","virtual pandemic","wow 2005"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":1,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/corrupted-blood-incident/corrupted-blood-incident-wow-corrupted-blood-aftermath.webp","caption":"The aftermath of the Corrupted Blood incident in World of Warcraft, with player character skeletons piled throughout a major city.","width":800,"height":450,"nsfw":true}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/corrupted-blood-incident/history.md","related":["leeroy-jenkins","50-dkp-minus-onyxia-wipe-more-dots","this-entire-city-must-be-purged","50-dkp-minus-onyxia-wipe","hearthstone","hogger","merely-a-setback","whats-your-game","world-of-warcraft","world-of-warcraft-classic","zappy-boi","blizzard-entertainment"],"popularityRank":2005,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}