<s>
Thottbot	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
website	O
originally	O
launched	O
in	O
2001	O
as	O
a	O
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
for	O
various	O
online	O
role-playing	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
site	O
was	O
re-written	O
into	O
a	O
searchable	O
database	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
plug-in	B-Application
that	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
to	O
gather	O
additional	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
Classic	I-Protocol
,	O
Thottbot	B-Protocol
is	O
now	O
redirected	O
to	O
the	O
Classic	O
version	O
of	O
Wowhead	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
Thottbot	B-Protocol
theme	O
"	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Thottbot	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Bill	O
"	O
Aftathott	O
"	O
Dyess	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
the	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
guild	O
"	O
Afterlife	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
March	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
purpose	O
was	O
to	O
comb	O
various	O
video	O
game	O
websites	O
for	O
news	O
and	O
information	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
with	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
later	O
grew	O
to	O
include	O
other	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
PlanetSide	O
,	O
Meridian	B-Protocol
59	I-Protocol
,	O
Dark	B-Protocol
Age	I-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Camelot	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2004	O
,	O
Thottbot	B-Protocol
was	O
re-written	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
searchable	O
database	O
that	O
focused	O
exclusively	O
on	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
three	O
months	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
retail	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thottbot	B-Protocol
would	O
also	O
become	O
affiliated	O
with	O
Cosmos	O
,	O
a	O
popular	O
collection	O
of	O
user-interface	O
modifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
associated	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
plug-in	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
programmed	O
in	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
collected	O
information	O
while	O
a	O
person	O
is	O
playing	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
only	O
came	O
from	O
players	O
using	O
the	O
plug-in	B-Application
and	O
who	O
took	O
the	O
time	O
to	O
upload	O
the	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	O
contained	O
on	O
Thottbot	B-Protocol
included	O
descriptions	O
of	O
items	O
,	O
weapons	O
and	O
armor	O
pieces	O
which	O
web	O
users	O
could	O
browse	O
and	O
search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
required	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
plug-in	B-Application
,	O
and	O
since	O
not	O
every	O
player	O
had	O
the	O
plug-in	B-Application
,	O
not	O
every	O
player	O
was	O
represented	O
on	O
the	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2007	O
,	O
Thottbot	B-Protocol
's	O
parent	O
company	O
ZAM	O
Network	O
acquired	O
the	B-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
website	O
Wowhead	O
for	O
$1	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thottbot	B-Protocol
continued	O
to	O
run	O
alongside	O
Wowhead	O
for	O
over	O
3	O
years	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
discontinued	O
on	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2010	O
;	O
the	O
website	O
's	O
URL	O
now	O
redirecting	O
to	O
Wowhead	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
some	O
pages	O
of	O
Thottbot	B-Protocol
were	O
still	O
accessible	O
through	O
Wowhead	O
,	O
these	O
were	O
completely	O
removed	O
on	O
November	O
16	O
,	O
2016	O
with	O
all	O
Thottbot	B-Protocol
URLs	O
forwarding	O
to	O
their	O
equivalent	O
Wowhead	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
Classic	I-Protocol
in	O
2019	O
,	O
Thottbot.com	B-Protocol
now	O
redirects	O
to	O
Wowhead	O
's	O
Classic	O
version	O
with	O
an	O
optional	O
Thottbot	B-Protocol
visual	O
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simon	O
Carless	O
of	O
Gamasutra	O
described	O
Thottbot	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
"	O
major	O
item	O
listing	O
site	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
9	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
web	O
traffic	O
company	O
Alexa	O
reported	O
that	O
Thottbot.com	B-Protocol
was	O
the	O
250th	O
most	O
visited	O
site	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
2006	O
Austin	O
Game	O
Conference	O
,	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
lead	O
designer	O
Rob	O
Pardo	O
spoke	O
of	O
the	O
hardcore	O
market	O
and	O
casual	O
market	O
for	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
,	O
saying	O
"	O
The	O
people	O
that	O
do	O
n't	O
go	O
to	O
ThottBot	B-Protocol
are	O
the	O
casual	O
players	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
're	O
the	O
ones	O
you	O
need	O
to	O
hold	O
the	O
hand	O
of.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
January	O
2007	O
article	O
in	O
the	O
Detroit	O
Free	O
Press	O
named	O
the	O
site	O
as	O
a	O
good	O
place	O
to	O
find	O
jewelcrafting	O
designs	O
discovered	O
during	O
the	O
beta	O
test	O
of	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Warcraft	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Burning	I-Application
Crusade	I-Application
.	O
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