The line comes as Bailey describes the pirates of Booty Bay: "The type that goes soft and abandons you when things get tough." On its face, it is a joke about the pirates of Booty Bay.

Pirat_Nation, posting on X on October 31, connects it to something outside the game. In its reading, the line refers to Pirate Software and a controversial Dire Maul raid incident from 2025.

The incident being referenced

According to Pirat_Nation's account, Thor was playing a Mage during the raid, and it ties him to Pirate Software. It says he left his teammates behind, and that this led to the deaths of two players. The same account says the incident got him kicked out of the group.

That description comes from the Pirat_Nation post. It is the only source for both the incident details and the link between the trailer line and Pirate Software.

What is and isn't established

The trailer line itself is the concrete part: Bill Bailey narrates a joke about Booty Bay pirates, and the wording is as quoted above. The connection to Pirate Software is Pirat_Nation's interpretation. The source material provided does not include any statement from Blizzard linking the line to a streamer or to the Dire Maul incident.

Whether the writers intended a Dire Maul reference is a claim Pirat_Nation makes; the supplied material contains no confirmation of it.

The release

The Pirat_Nation post does not give a release date or platform for World of Warcraft: Forever, and the supplied material does not identify the developer or confirm a launch window, so none is stated here.