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World of Warcraft For The Win

Posted by Zonk on from the we-can-all-go-home-now dept.

In a press release from their website, Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft has won. Or, more specifically, that the game "has surpassed 1.5 million paying customers in China - just a month following the game's commercial launch on June 7, 2005. The critically acclaimed World of Warcraft has now achieved another significant milestone as the largest MMORPG in the world, with more than 3.5 million global customers." Relatedly, Gamespy's OnLife column this week centers around the WoW duping story that we touched on earlier. From the article: "Needless to say, many players are a bit incensed that Blizzard isn't taking this as seriously as they feel it should. Others, though, are convinced that there isn't any duping actually going on. It's an urban myth, they say, which gullible forumites are unwittingly perpetuating."

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  1. Re:3.5 million users.. by ARRRLovin · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, cause no MMORPG in the world has EVER had growing pains. Newsflash, math genius, THEY'RE STILL GROWING, hence the persistent growing pains.

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    -Randy
  2. Re:Wow...I just love the rampant racism by badmammajamma · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Your dictionary definitions show you know jack shit about the real world. Apparently you never step out of your house. Stereotyping is a key tool used by racists. If you ever study racism you will learn that you need certain things to sustain it just like a fire needs air and heat: hate and stereotypes are the key ingredients to racism. I'm sorry you're too fucking uneducated to know that.

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    Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. -- H. L. Mencken
  3. Re:I wonder how many subscibers by Suppafly · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    but when it comes time to buy a mount, you have 2 options: beg or farm.

    Or you can not be stupid about spending your money. When I hit 40 I had over 100g and was able to buy my mount and training and all the available spells and still had a little left over.

  4. Re:Good work by Onan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Almost everything about Guild Wars sounds fantastic to me... except its reliance on Windows.

    I tried at one point mailing their support group to ask about timelines for a grownup-computers version, but got the message bounced saying that they don't accept mail from people who don't already have an account. How... informative that must be for them.

    So WoW continues to win with me not only because it's good, but because it's acually available for real operating systems.