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First Warcraft 3 Reviews Trickle In

Posted by michael on from the i'd-rather-be-sailing dept.

Mortin writes "Several reviews of Warcraft 3, set to be released on July 3, are up at Icrontic, Tweakers.com.au, and of course IGN. Looks like Blizzard has yet another killer game on their hands."

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  1. Join the trolls! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    IRC Server - irc.trollaxor.com
    Channel - #trolls

    1. Re:Join the trolls! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      doesn't work

    2. Re:Join the trolls! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      trollaxor.com WITHOUT the irc., you faggot.

  2. Haha! Its all mine! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, the first post is mine! I shall auction it off on eBay however. Fuck CLIT.

  3. crap - missed first post by MobileDude · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ugh!

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  4. Re:Make up your mind... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sigh... to be expected... I guess you're only the 900th moron to post the exact same thing. In 30 seconds, some twit will inevitably post the whole homosexual evil-MOndays/good-Tuesdays crap, too.

  5. Wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've always wanted to be fellated by a 6 year-old girl. Am I in the right place? Someone told me this was a pedo hangout.

  6. Jesus, people by Wind_Walker · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    And the slashbots are at it again. Doublethink at its finest.

    First it was the MPAA. We hate the MPAA because they're taking away our fair use rights, destroying our freedom. But then we go nucking futs over Spider-Man, Lord of the Rings,

    1. Re:Jesus, people by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hello. I have a small piece of information that may help you understand things slightly, and may surprise you.

      MORE THAN ONE PERSON READS SLASHDOT

      Yes! What you call "slashbots" is not just a single entity with a coherent over-mind. We are not the Zerg. The slashdot readership consists of a very wide variety of people with-- this is the kicker-- conflicting views. Yes, that is right. This may be what is confusing you. I realize it can be confusing to read slashdot and see different viewpoints expressed at different times. This is because-- see if you can understand this-- the different viewpoints are often being expressed by different people, and (this is the important part) sometimes different people do not have the same opinion on things.

      There are, as you imply, individuals who hold conflicting opinions within themselves. Some of these are, as you would probably put it, "hypocrites", but it is also important to recognize that sometimes there are just issues with (just to pick a name out of thin air) "moral gray areas", which means it is difficult to come up with a definite side you are sympathising with, which means people may be indecisive, swap sides, or be upset with the MPAA while still buying the MPAA's products. (A collarary: a large number of people, myself included, do not actually believe 'voting with your dollars' helps anything. Another collarary: sometimes, people can be angry at the management of a company while respecting and liking and loving the output of the creative staff. You see, similar to Slashdot, corporations generally have more than one person working at them, and similar to slashdot not everyone at a given corporation has the same views.) However, i do not think there are many such people this time; i say this because as of now, this story post area seems to have more people upset over the fact slashdot is giving blizzard screen time than i see people who are interested in WC3. This seems to imply most of the people are just upset at blizzard, and not side-swapping.

      And please do not be too hard on Michael. It is his job to place important news items on the front page. Even if he is upset with Blizzard, they are a prominent game company, and a new game from them is News.

  7. Jesus, people. by Wind_Walker · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    And the Slashdot editors, kings of doublethink, are at it once again.

    First it was the MPAA, stealing your rights to fair use. That was all forgotten when you watched Spider-Man, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and god knows how many other movies.

    Just a week ago, you praised Neverwinter Nights for going Gold and celebrated its launch, despite clauses in its EULA that say "Community created modules belong to Bioware."

    Now, it's praise of Blizzard software for their wonderful Warcraft III, when 5 months ago you were up in arms about bnetd being shut down.

    Listen up, people. It's not that hard to live without these things. If a company does bad things, you stop using that company. My cable provider has been giving me shitty quality picture and no digital channels for the past week. So, I cancelled my service and am going with a satellite provider. In the same way, I have not watched a movie, bought a CD, or played a video game from a corrupt company in more than a year. It wasn't that hard. You find other things to do with your time. In my case, it was model building, which helps calm me (strangely enough).

    It sickens me to watch people waver in their beliefs. If something angers you, as many of these things seem to, then you should take action. I can't count how many "petitions" there have been to stop the MPAA/RIAA/video game industry from corrupt practices, but at the end of the day, you still reinforce them with your dollars.

    Don't buy Warcraft III. Don't go see movies. Don't buy CDs. Do something else with your time and money. Oh, and don't pirate the games/music/movies, either; it just gives them more ammo to trounce our fair use rights.

    1. Re:Jesus, people. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Repeat after me: THIS.IS.SLASHDOT.

      This is ALWAYS the way Slashdot has been. The majority of the people here are more than happy to jump up on a soapbox and rant until they've reached their "+5 demagogue" rating, but at the end of the day not one of them will ever make a STAND for anything at all.

    2. Re:Jesus, people. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I don't own a Windows PC, but I'm going to buy a copy of this game anyway just to piss you off.

    3. Re:Jesus, people. by Disevidence · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Write in Moderation, +10 funny.

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  8. Nitpick by Nerds · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The IGN article (didn't even look at the others) is a preview, not a review. Anyway, I'm too busy playing a much better game.

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  9. READ THE TRUTH ABOUT JEWS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    In a recent post on Slashdot, a Jew said:
    No, its just that Jews work extremly hard. So hard that they actually have a stereotype-that they're extemely smart, work very hard, and make a lot of money. And it's actually true, in most cases.
    Read that again: "Jews.. they're extremely smart". A Jew who believes that Jewish people in general are superior. A racist Jew.

    Still not convinced? When a "white supremacist" says a white man is superior, how is he different from a Jew saying Jews are superior? Consider if the passage above had been written as follows:

    No, its just that White men work extremly hard. So hard that they actually have a stereotype-that they're extemely smart, work very hard, and make a lot of money. And it's actually true, in most cases.
    What's the difference? Sounds uglier now, does it? It's exactly the same claim, about a different race.

    Let's throw political correctness aside, and put our cards on the table. Only then will the problems of the world be solved.

    1. Re:READ THE TRUTH ABOUT JEWS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      What's off-topic about a post on Jews when discussing a war game? The problem of Israel and the fights it is causing is basically the main "issue" in the world today.

      If America is so pro-Israel (and it stands basically alone in the world on this), why doesn't it just transport its whole population to.. say.. Texas, then give Texas sovereignty?

      The Arabs will all be happy, the Jews will all be safe.

  10. Re:RUN, DAMNIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Spend your money on some new hardware for fuck's sake.

  11. ha ha ha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    very funny, fucking /. thief

  12. Re:Make up your mind... by rossz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What idiots moderated this? Here's what it got so far:

    Moderation Totals: Offtopic=1, Flamebait=1, Troll=2, Redundant=1, Insightful=4, Overrated=1, Underrated=1,

    For a final score of 1.

    If I were a moderator at the moment, I would give him a point as insightful.

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