No More Players for World of Warcraft - For Now 544
Chris writes "FileFront has broke the news from Blizzard that they are no longer placing their highly popular MMORPG on store shelves, due to the recent server problems reported by Slashdot on Tuesday. Denying rumors that they had asked several stores to pull the game from shelves, Blizzard rep Gil Shrif is quoted as saying: 'We're just being careful not to release additional copies to be sold until we feel the game servers can support additional players.' The online store on Blizzard's website shows the game to be out of stock. No word on whether or not this will affect the Korean release."
bad idea (Score:5, Funny)
{melt}
WoW (Score:1, Funny)
Sounds like it's time for a war (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Too much Southpark? (Score:5, Funny)
EA *IS* the hemorrhoid.
I hope this sort of thing catches on! (Score:5, Funny)
I'm a consultant, and I'm here to help you (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Too much Southpark? (Score:2, Funny)
Real Trouble (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Come back! EQ forgives you! (Score:5, Funny)
If I might make an analogy,
A: "Hmm. The amusement park is closed."
B: "Let's go and break broken bottles in this deserted, garbage strewn alleyway! It's filthy and no fun, but it's always open!"
Re:Not at all (Score:3, Funny)
All your foes are belong to us.
Re:Sounds like it's time for a war (Score:2, Funny)
That'll show 'em.
Re:Sounds like it's time for a war (Score:5, Funny)
Good plan. Once the players are dead, Blizzard can just delete their characters!
Re:Remeber diablo 2? (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, the horror.
Gamer FUD (Score:3, Funny)
I'll show you a poorly designed backend. Ever heard of Rosie O'Donnell?
It's funny how much of an interest so-called customers suddenly take in the business interest of a MMORPG deale^H^H^H^H^Hprovider when they can't get their fi^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hplay their game. The world won't end just because servers go offline, nor will the company go belly-up, because people will keep coming back for more, no matter what. They'll bitch and moan and sulk, and then start playing again the moment the servers are functional.
But, to address the technical aspects of your comment, one minor bug can wreck havoc in any piece of software. You'd be amazed how easy it is to omit a single character which can change the entire functionality of an algorithm. That doesn't mean that the software was poorly designed, rather that it was insufficiently tested before being implemented.
Now players can sit in queues for anywhere between 1 to 3 hours...and if they're lucky enough to wait that long and log in, they may get 10 minutes of actual playtime before they get booted out of the game or lag out and forced to sit in the queue yet again.
Now THAT'S news. I would understand if Blizzard would let people excercise free will, but forcing them to wait for 3 hours with only 10 minutes in game before making them wait 3 hours again? Could you provide some details? Are they using cattle prods or firearms to do this? What happens to the people who try to resist and go do something else instead? And what are they doing with the bodies? Thanks.
Re:As good as it is to make money (Score:4, Funny)
It was a catastrophic success!
Hot New Job (Score:2, Funny)
Are you experienced in managing IT personnel and projects? Is keeping gamers happily playing games a top priority for you? If so, then please see the Network Operations Manager posting for more information on how you can join Blizzard and help us support our players.
See:
http://gotwow.net/jobopp/netops-manager.s
For more information!
Re:Not at all (Score:3, Funny)
Hey, his sig explains his situation.
Re:Not at all (Score:3, Funny)
"all of my foes"