

That day, footage of the leaked game was posted to YouTube, and on August 3 the torrented file was made available on the Pirate Bay. On August 2, 2012, Equestria Daily reported that a testing build of Fighting is Magic had been leaked after its use in a QA session.

Though all of their official videos have been since removed, there are more than 17,000 search results for “Fighting is Magic” on YouTube, featuring the music from the game as well as recorded livestreams of beta playthroughs. A wiki about the game launched in August 2012 and there is also a TV Tropes entry chronicling details about the game. Throughout history and different cultures, magic has been universal and so has periodic events of mass moral panic leading to the executing of those labeled as practicing witchcraft.In August 2011, an unofficial fan page for the game was established on Facebook, gaining more than 2,600 fans as of February 2013. Some forms of magic, such as necromancy or communicating with the dead are considered forbidden magic. Things labeled as magical were historically thought of as socially unacceptable or foreign.

The magic world is deeply tangled with yet distinctly separate from religion and other forms of study and worship. It can be performed for entertainment or gains such as love and fortune through black magic. Both forms of magic involved an individual or group that seeks to influence an audience.

Later in Ancient Rome, the more theatrical form of magic played out in a performance using cups and balls. The history of magic is very old, the first documents referencing magic came from ancient Greek myths and represent the paranormal type of magic.
