This is a silly article. The content of this article is not part of official Warcraft lore, but has nevertheless become part of the World of Warcraft culture or community.

Soon™: Copyright 2004-2020 Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. "Soon" does not imply any particular date, time, decade, century, or millennia in the past, present, and certainly not the future. "Soon" shall make no contract or warranty between Blizzard Entertainment and the end user. "Soon" will arrive some day, Blizzard does guarantee that "soon" will be here before the end of time. Maybe. Do not make plans based on "soon" as Blizzard will not be liable for any misuse, use, or even casual glancing at "soon."[1]

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Very Soon

Another common term implemented by Blizzard often misleading players into excitement for future content. "Very Soon" is guaranteed to arrive between now and the end of time with a higher chance of arriving on the "now" half of the time table. Although this means closer to now than "soon" there is no guarantee that you will live long enough to see the content finally release.

Soon-ish

On Febuary 19, 2010, Nethaera used the term "Soon-ish" with regards to the next release of information pertaining to Cataclysm. Current speculation believes "Soon-ish" to exist between "Soon" and "End of Time."[2]

On September 19, 2018, Heroes of the Storm Senior Game Designer Kaeo Milker used the phrase "Soonish™" in regards to a planned character role update. Current speculation believes "Soonish™" to be a synonym for "Soon-ish".[3]

Soonerino

On November 4, 2010, Nethaera used the term "Soonerino" with regards to the availability of the updated community forums. Current speculation believes "Soonerino" to exist between "Now" and "Very Soon."[4]

Soonish...er

On November 2013, Blizzard used the term "Soonish...er" with regards to the next release of Heroes of the Storm. Current speculation believes "Soonish...er" to exist between "Soon-ish" and "End of Time."[5]

Kaplan Very Soon

On multiple occasions, Jeff Kaplan, game director for Overwatch, referred to "Very Soon" in his Developer Update videos. The mentioned changes go live on PTR in as fast as a few hours shortly after such claim. As this is clearly faster than the normal "Very Soon," he now has his own version. For now, this is the fastest adaptation of Soon™.

Very Soon-ish

During the BlizzCon 2016 opening ceremony, Kaeo Milker used "Very Soon-ish" with regards to the next update to Heroes of the Storm. Current speculation believes "Very Soon-ish" to exist between "Soon" and "Soon-ish".[6]

Blizzard's Official Definition of Soon

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