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Why is StarCraft spelled with a capital "C", but Warcraft isn't?

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No, not true man. If you go to the page you linked, you'll see in the navigation:

Visit StarCraft II
Visit World of Warcraft
Visit Diablo III

That's still lower case. Still not spelled like WarCraft.

Update:

I just discovered "Warcraft" is a real English word.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warcraft

Then since StarCraft isn't a real word, would that explain why it's spelled with a capital "C"?
 
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I believe Warcraft does not have a capitol 'C' because it's represented as an actual word, while as StarCraft is a conjunction of the words star and craft.
 
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It is simple. A year ago in Great Britain a school with an abriviature S.H.I.T. was made. The directors realized their screw with the name a bit too late. Noone likes to reffer to a game as a WC. That's why its Wc3 or just War3 or W3
 
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