Server:Khaz'goroth US

Khaz'goroth (PvE Server)
Khaz'goroth is one of the first two oceanic time-zone servers created by Blizzard. The servers, while located in the US, have their in-game clock set to GMT+10 (Australian East Coast Time). The purpose of the altered time-zone was to assist players in the region who traditionally have had problems finding guilds that do end game raids in hours suitable to evening play. It is grouped under the 'Oceanic' tab of the server listings. Despite this, Oceanic players still face the same problems as they do playing on an American server - maintenence during peak hours (8PM Sydney time), lag, and pings well over 300ms.

Both Khaz'goroth and Frostmourne (PvP Oceanic Server) went live on the 8th November 2005. Some controversy was caused by the way Blizzard rolled out the servers – Blizzard’s software directed new users from North America to create characters on the server. As a result, Khaz'Goroth has several guilds dedicated to US/Canadian time-zone players as well as Oceanic guilds. The positive side of this is that the server is busy at all times of the day (as well as the cross cultural benefits of getting to know citizens of the world).

Lore
The server is named after Khaz'goroth, one of the Titans that came to Azeroth and ordered the world. Khaz'goroth was the Titan shaper and forger of the world. Before leaving Azeroth, he crafted the mountains of Khaz Modan (in Dwarvern, it means 'mountains of Khaz'), and gave power to the Black Dragon Aspect, Neltharion, later Deathwing. An in game reference to the Titan can be found in the instance Uldaman - Uldaman was sealed by the Titans and locked away their failed Trogg creations.

Estimated Population
Total: 26,621 characters Total Alliance: 16,649 characters (63%) Total Horde: 9,972 characters (38%) vs Ratio: 1.7:1 vs Activity ratio: 1.2:1 Most Popular Race: Most Popular Class: Death Knight (3,924 - 15%) Note: Statistics above are based on a Warcraft Census as reported 11 July, 2009 and should be considered indicative only.
 * Human (5,830 - 22%)
 * Blood Elf (3,689 - 19%)

More statistics available at Warcraft Census for Khaz'Goroth.

Server Firsts(Lich King 10-man)
Information is taken from the Khaz'goroth 10 man progression thread here.

Naxxramas 
 * Khazuals 18/11/08
 * Reliance 22/11/08

Obsidian Sanctum             -
 * Khazuals 17/11/08
 * Reliance 22/11/08

Obsidian Sanctum 3D       
 * Khazuals 13/01/09
 * Reliance 19/01/09

Eye of Eternity
 * Khazuals 22/11/08
 * Reliance 06/12/08

Ulduar
 * Khazuals 17/08/09
 * Reliance 24/09/09

Ulduar Heroic
 * Khazuals 30/08/09

Trial of the Crusader 
 * Khazuals 02/09/09
 * Specialist 02/09/09

Trial of the Crusader Heroic
 * Khazuals 02/09/09
 * Fate 15/09/09

Server Firsts (Lich King 25-man)
Information is taken from the 25-man progression thread here.

Naxxramas 
 * Khazuals 23/11/08
 * Reliance 30/11/08

Obsidian Sanctum
 * Khazuals 20/11/08
 * Reliance 23/11/08

Obsidian Sanctum 3D
 * Khazuals 11/12/08
 * Reliance 10/01/09

Eye of Eternity
 * Khazuals 24/11/08
 * Fate 11/12/08

Ulduar  
 * Khazuals 09/09/09

Ulduar Heroic
 * Khazuals 03/12/09

Crusaders' Coliseum
 * Ka Pai 02/09/09
 * ClanDropBears 02/09/09

Crusaders' Coliseum Heroic
 * Khazuals 02/11/09

Guild Progression (BC)
According to the Khaz'Goroth Forum Community's Guild Progression Thread

Server Position Guild (Faction) - Latest Boss killed

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1st Khazuals - Kil'Jaeden

2nd Conviction - Kil'Jaeden

3rd Dawn - Brutallus

4th RoE - Brutallus

5th Stasis - Kalecgos

6th Conquer - Kalecgos

7th Bizarro - Illidan Stormrage

8th ClanDropBears - Illidan Stormrage

9th Reliance - Illidan Stormrage

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Guild Progression (Classic)
This is the progress of some of the guilds on Khaz'goroth. It may not be current, check the individual guild's websites for more information. Cleared indicates the instance is on farm (including optional bosses) otherwise the last boss successfully down is shown.

Guilds
Most guild listings are taken from this forum thread here. Thread has not been updated since July, these listings may be out of date.

Alliance

 * America's Last Stand
 * Crusaders of the Flame
 * Dark Eternity
 * Dignity
 * Dragon Shadow
 * Dungeon Raiders
 * Emerald Vanguard
 * Fate
 * Grumpy Old Farts
 * Imminent Destruction
 * Inferus Crux
 * Ka Pai
 * Mantecorians
 * Midnight Express
 * Momentum
 * Moulin Rogues
 * No Clue
 * Revision
 * Stacked
 * S T O R M
 * Stormwind Magic
 * The Darksteel Nameless
 * The Destiny Destroyers
 * The Prophesied
 * The Silver Gleaming
 * United We Stand
 * Volition

Horde

 * Bizzaro
 * ClanDropBears
 * Collateral
 * Conviction
 * Defiant
 * Epic Fail
 * Insurrection
 * Khaos
 * Khazuals
 * Napus Tempus
 * New Blood
 * Orcish Armada
 * Prophet Of Agony
 * Purple Haze
 * RoE
 * Shadowbreed
 * Stasis
 * Status Quo
 * The Fighting Mongooses
 * Torment
 * Unorthodox