<!--QuoteBegin-coil+Oct 10 2004, 05:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coil @ Oct 10 2004, 05:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> My theory:
Blizzard: Here you go, Gamespy - here's what you need to distribute WoW Open Beta info to your customers. Wait for the signal.
Gamespy: Whoa, that looked like a signal! HEY INT4RWEB, WE HAEV WOW BETA OMG!
Blizzard: OMGWTH M8?! WE SED WAIT 4 THE SIGNAL, ITS NOT TILL 2MORRO!!
Gamespy: Oh. Our bad. ______
Hence the news item leading to a 404. Short version of above: Gamespy's got the info for the beta, and we're *very* close to getting our grubby little hands on it. (: <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> But is it for fileplant subscribers only? :(
Blizzard: Here you go, Gamespy - here's what you need to distribute WoW Open Beta info to your customers. Wait for the signal.
Gamespy: Whoa, that looked like a signal! HEY INT4RWEB, WE HAEV WOW BETA OMG!
Blizzard: OMGWTH M8?! WE SED WAIT 4 THE SIGNAL, ITS NOT TILL 2MORRO!!
Gamespy: Oh. Our bad. ______
Hence the news item leading to a 404. Short version of above: Gamespy's got the info for the beta, and we're *very* close to getting our grubby little hands on it. (: <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> But is it for fileplant subscribers only? <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> wouldnt that defeat the purpose of an "open" beta?
And still no Aussie beta on the horizen, or indeed an Aussie server. Given that the servers are going to be forced (i.e. Depending on your region, you can only connect to your regional server) this bodes for Australia. I have horror images of Australians forced to play on Malaysian and Taiwanese servers. Not that I have anything against people from those countries, it's simply a language and lag problem. Mainly because every single freaking internet signal out of Australia is routed through the US west coast. Except sattalite. And even then it's probably orbiting over the US.
<!--QuoteBegin-Ryo-Ohki+Oct 10 2004, 08:44 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ryo-Ohki @ Oct 10 2004, 08:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> And still no Aussie beta on the horizen, or indeed an Aussie server. Given that the servers are going to be forced (i.e. Depending on your region, you can only connect to your regional server) this bodes for Australia. I have horror images of Australians forced to play on Malaysian and Taiwanese servers. Not that I have anything against people from those countries, it's simply a language and lag problem. Mainly because every single freaking internet signal out of Australia is routed through the US west coast. Except sattalite. And even then it's probably orbiting over the US. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> WHAT ABOUT US SINGAPOREANS!! I hate playing on asian servers, usually their filled with idiots, I was hoping I could play on the US servers... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Blizzard: Here you go, Gamespy - here's what you need to distribute WoW Open Beta info to your customers. Wait for the signal. Gamespy: Whoa, that looked like a signal! HEY INT4RWEB, WE HAEV WOW BETA OMG! Blizzard: OMGWTH M8?! WE SED WAIT 4 THE SIGNAL, ITS NOT TILL 2MORRO!! Gamespy: Oh. Our bad. ______
Hence the news item leading to a 404. Short version of above: Gamespy's got the info for the beta, and we're *very* close to getting our grubby little hands on it. (: <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> But is it for fileplant subscribers only? <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> My guess is that it will work the way the Stress Test did: you will have to have a (free) Fileplanet account to get a key. It's a sensible system for Blizzard, because it saddles Gamespy with the task of distributing keys to legitimate users (you have to pass a "enter the letters you see" test to get a key, to prevent bot registrations). Gamespy has the server infrastructure to handle that task, and Blizzard only has to worry about processing legitimate keys and handing out game accounts.
<!--QuoteBegin-Narfwak+Oct 10 2004, 05:15 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Narfwak @ Oct 10 2004, 05:15 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> CWAG, you get turned on by anything with red blood cells. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Its funny because of the dual meaning!
See than? The PC won't work because it's punishing you for being a meanie =3 I <b>really</b> don't like being accused of being something I'm not, joking or otherwise ><
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The gamespy news post has disappeared.
On the bright side, there's a raid-related dev diary on wow.com. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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<!--QuoteBegin-coil+Oct 11 2004, 02:15 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coil @ Oct 11 2004, 02:15 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The gamespy news post has disappeared.
On the bright side, there's a raid-related dev diary on wow.com. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Lets just hope they don't pull the same BS they did with the Stress test, with having the download be endless. Effin stupidos...
coilAmateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance.Join Date: 2002-04-12Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
Heh. This is why I didn't delete the installer and didn't uninstall the game. I'm only a patch behind the current version <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-coil+Oct 11 2004, 02:54 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coil @ Oct 11 2004, 02:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Heh. This is why I didn't delete the installer and didn't uninstall the game. I'm only a patch behind the current version <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> you can have current version right now just run WoW login with your stress account and itll download the patch but you still wont be able to play <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> (i feel sad because blizzard hates my network card so i cant patch <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
coilAmateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance.Join Date: 2002-04-12Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
<!--QuoteBegin-Chrono+Oct 11 2004, 06:03 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Chrono @ Oct 11 2004, 06:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-coil+Oct 11 2004, 02:54 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coil @ Oct 11 2004, 02:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Heh. This is why I didn't delete the installer and didn't uninstall the game. I'm only a patch behind the current version <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> you can have current version right now just run WoW login with your stress account and itll download the patch but you still wont be able to play <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> (i feel sad because blizzard hates my network card so i cant patch <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> ) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> There's actually documented help on the subject of borked network cards. Check <a href='http://www.blizzard.com/support/wow/?id=aww818p' target='_blank'>here</a> and try downloading the drivers they suggest. It fixed my girlfriend's crash problem.
yeah i tried updating the drivers i remember reading that same page but when i update them my network just dies then i gotta roll back the drivers to fix it
<!--QuoteBegin-spinviper+Oct 10 2004, 09:01 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (spinviper @ Oct 10 2004, 09:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Ryo-Ohki+Oct 10 2004, 08:44 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ryo-Ohki @ Oct 10 2004, 08:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> And still no Aussie beta on the horizen, or indeed an Aussie server. Given that the servers are going to be forced (i.e. Depending on your region, you can only connect to your regional server) this bodes for Australia. I have horror images of Australians forced to play on Malaysian and Taiwanese servers. Not that I have anything against people from those countries, it's simply a language and lag problem. Mainly because every single freaking internet signal out of Australia is routed through the US west coast. Except sattalite. And even then it's probably orbiting over the US. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> WHAT ABOUT US SINGAPOREANS!! I hate playing on asian servers, usually their filled with idiots, I was hoping I could play on the US servers... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> God it has got to suck being the Singaporeans, getting stuck with the hundreds of jackarses in India (got to suck for my relatives down there, or maybe they too are jerks online) and various azn hackers (-_________- Zerg Rush!).
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Wait a second, Gem <i>isn't</i> a 40 year old man from Sandusky? But WE HAEV TAHT PICTURE IN TAHT 1 THRAED 2 PROVE IT! Poor poor CWAG, just doesn't realize that he is getting turned on by a man with a beer belly the size of wisconsin. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
beer belly the size of wisconsin? But I'm nothing like you nite!!! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
You just say bad stuff about me because you can't believe I'm as pretty as my personality, that must be it <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
coilAmateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance.Join Date: 2002-04-12Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
<a href='http://www.worldofwarcraft.com' target='_blank'>News from the front!</a>
Apparently, server maintenance of two varieties is happening very soon:
1) the closed beta servers are going down tomorrow for 4 hours, and Friday for 10 hours, for maintenance.
2) the <b><i>sign-up and account-creation servers will be going down</i></b> "in preparation for Web-infrastructure updates." Sounds to me like they're getting ready to process a huge influx of registrations! Watch out for WoW to go live Friday afternoon or Saturday.
Then again, it's possible they won't do it right before/during the weekend, and will wait till Monday. But my guess is it's coming soon!!!!
And, again, you'll likely need a Fileplanet account to sign up.
<!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Oct 12 2004, 11:44 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Oct 12 2004, 11:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> beer belly the size of wisconsin? But I'm nothing like you nite!!! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
You just say bad stuff about me because you can't believe I'm as pretty as my personality, that must be it <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> No I just generally enjoy poking at people on things they get defensive about. Don't take that sort of taunting seriously. I mean, at least, unlike caboose, you probably have a social life. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
-------------------- I so want WoW, but I know my computer will die just trying to load the webpage that the minimum requirements are listed on.
coilAmateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance.Join Date: 2002-04-12Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
But wait, there's more!
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><span style='color:red'>Scheduled Website Maintenance - Caydiem on 10/14/04</span> The World of Warcraft Community Website will be coming down for maintenance on Friday, October 15 at 5:00am PDT. The downtime should last about two hours. Thank you for bearing with us during this maintenance period!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So that's the beta servers, the registration servers, and the website itself (www.worldofwarcraft.com) -- ALL going down for maintenance in the next 12 hours. Something big is on its way.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><span style='color:red'>Scheduled Website Maintenance - Caydiem on 10/14/04</span> The World of Warcraft Community Website will be coming down for maintenance on Friday, October 15 at 5:00am PDT. The downtime should last about two hours. Thank you for bearing with us during this maintenance period!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So that's the beta servers, the registration servers, and the website itself (www.worldofwarcraft.com) -- ALL going down for maintenance in the next 12 hours. Something big is on its way. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> or they are just doing "maintenance" <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
No, I would bet one of my toes that this has somthing to do with the open-beta infastructure, and from the looks of things, it'll be a big turnout if they need to spend a quarter-day minimum on maitence. This sounds good, very good. As in there won't be any user limits AT-ALL. AKA, we won't have a closed open beta where only fileplanet subscribers will be able to get in, but literally anyone will be able to test it. Blizzard, at least, better allow a goodly number of people on the beta if not infinite if they know what they are doing. Betas = PR. The bigger the beta, the more PR. The more PR the better your final product does.
coilAmateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance.Join Date: 2002-04-12Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
Good news, bad news, and worse news.
Good: there's a new "push" (patch) on the way. The following is a partial feature list; there will be more than just these: <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->--Hunter Talents and improvements --Pally Talents and improvenments (very cool changes!) --Some *awesome* changes to the warrior --Tons of tradeskill polish --Lots more quests... newbie zone polish, plus additional Horde content in the re-vamped Kalimdor zones (ashenvale, desolace, stonetalon, etc.) --More flight paths --More Graveyards --Onyxia >=]<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Onyxia is a raid-instance, a full-fledged Dragon requiring anywhere from 20-40 player to take her down.
Bad: Caydiem, the assistant Community Manager, has said that the devs do not know when open beta will begin. One poster on the WoW forums put together the following educated guess:
1) Open beta usually precedes the game going Live by a week. 2) Current ship date, according to EB and Gamestop, is 11/16. 3) The game needs to go Gold a week before ship date. 4) The developers have said the upcoming patch won't be this week. 5) Patches have previously come on Friday or Monday, which would put the most likely arrival dates as 10/29 (this Friday) or 11/1 (Monday). 6) In that poster's opinion, Blizzard will want to test high-end patch content for about a week before going gold. ---conclusion: open beta and Gold will likely coincide, and will happen around Nov. 8-10th.
These are assuming that the coming patch will be the last major one before release (and that Blizzard will plan to require a patch at release). Best case scenario is that Open Beta will coincide with the new patch, in hopefully less than a week. Worst is we're waiting another 2-2.5 weeks.
And now, worse news: Vivendi apparently told press that WoW's release date has been changed to Nov. 22nd, to avoid conflicting with Half-Life 2. Since Vivendi owns both titles, it's a logical delay to make, but it still sucks. It also could delay the Open Beta still further (or, to find the silver lining, allow Blizzard to hold a 2-week open beta instead of just one week. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->).
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/me pulls bag of blood out of the fridge and pours it into a cup with Bush's face on it.
Feeling anything CWAG?
Blizzard: Here you go, Gamespy - here's what you need to distribute WoW Open Beta info to your customers. Wait for the signal.
Gamespy: Whoa, that looked like a signal! HEY INT4RWEB, WE HAEV WOW BETA OMG!
Blizzard: OMGWTH M8?! WE SED WAIT 4 THE SIGNAL, ITS NOT TILL 2MORRO!!
Gamespy: Oh. Our bad.
______
Hence the news item leading to a 404. Short version of above: Gamespy's got the info for the beta, and we're *very* close to getting our grubby little hands on it. (: <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
But is it for fileplant subscribers only? :(
Blizzard: Here you go, Gamespy - here's what you need to distribute WoW Open Beta info to your customers. Wait for the signal.
Gamespy: Whoa, that looked like a signal! HEY INT4RWEB, WE HAEV WOW BETA OMG!
Blizzard: OMGWTH M8?! WE SED WAIT 4 THE SIGNAL, ITS NOT TILL 2MORRO!!
Gamespy: Oh. Our bad.
______
Hence the news item leading to a 404. Short version of above: Gamespy's got the info for the beta, and we're *very* close to getting our grubby little hands on it. (: <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
But is it for fileplant subscribers only? <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
wouldnt that defeat the purpose of an "open" beta?
stupid bloody fileplanet subscription stuff.
BAH!
but no it wont be
seeing how as it was only realy even anounced on the WoW page.
WHAT ABOUT US SINGAPOREANS!! I hate playing on asian servers, usually their filled with idiots, I was hoping I could play on the US servers... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Blizzard: Here you go, Gamespy - here's what you need to distribute WoW Open Beta info to your customers. Wait for the signal.
Gamespy: Whoa, that looked like a signal! HEY INT4RWEB, WE HAEV WOW BETA OMG!
Blizzard: OMGWTH M8?! WE SED WAIT 4 THE SIGNAL, ITS NOT TILL 2MORRO!!
Gamespy: Oh. Our bad.
______
Hence the news item leading to a 404. Short version of above: Gamespy's got the info for the beta, and we're *very* close to getting our grubby little hands on it. (: <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
But is it for fileplant subscribers only? <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
My guess is that it will work the way the Stress Test did: you will have to have a (free) Fileplanet account to get a key. It's a sensible system for Blizzard, because it saddles Gamespy with the task of distributing keys to legitimate users (you have to pass a "enter the letters you see" test to get a key, to prevent bot registrations). Gamespy has the server infrastructure to handle that task, and Blizzard only has to worry about processing legitimate keys and handing out game accounts.
Its funny because of the dual meaning!
I <b>really</b> don't like being accused of being something I'm not, joking or otherwise ><
/me apologizes
/me checks to see if computer starts working
nope <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
oh well, time to rebuild <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
On the bright side, there's a raid-related dev diary on wow.com. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
On the bright side, there's a raid-related dev diary on wow.com. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lets just hope they don't pull the same BS they did with the Stress test, with having the download be endless. Effin stupidos...
you can have current version right now just run WoW login with your stress account and itll download the patch but you still wont be able to play <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> (i feel sad because blizzard hates my network card so i cant patch <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
you can have current version right now just run WoW login with your stress account and itll download the patch but you still wont be able to play <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> (i feel sad because blizzard hates my network card so i cant patch <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> ) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
There's actually documented help on the subject of borked network cards. Check <a href='http://www.blizzard.com/support/wow/?id=aww818p' target='_blank'>here</a> and try downloading the drivers they suggest. It fixed my girlfriend's crash problem.
WHAT ABOUT US SINGAPOREANS!! I hate playing on asian servers, usually their filled with idiots, I was hoping I could play on the US servers... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
God it has got to suck being the Singaporeans, getting stuck with the hundreds of jackarses in India (got to suck for my relatives down there, or maybe they too are jerks online) and various azn hackers (-_________- Zerg Rush!).
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Wait a second, Gem <i>isn't</i> a 40 year old man from Sandusky? But WE HAEV TAHT PICTURE IN TAHT 1 THRAED 2 PROVE IT! Poor poor CWAG, just doesn't realize that he is getting turned on by a man with a beer belly the size of wisconsin. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
You just say bad stuff about me because you can't believe I'm as pretty as my personality, that must be it <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Apparently, server maintenance of two varieties is happening very soon:
1) the closed beta servers are going down tomorrow for 4 hours, and Friday for 10 hours, for maintenance.
2) the <b><i>sign-up and account-creation servers will be going down</i></b> "in preparation for Web-infrastructure updates." Sounds to me like they're getting ready to process a huge influx of registrations! Watch out for WoW to go live Friday afternoon or Saturday.
Then again, it's possible they won't do it right before/during the weekend, and will wait till Monday. But my guess is it's coming soon!!!!
And, again, you'll likely need a Fileplanet account to sign up.
I hope it comes by this weekend that'd be great.
You just say bad stuff about me because you can't believe I'm as pretty as my personality, that must be it <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
No I just generally enjoy poking at people on things they get defensive about. Don't take that sort of taunting seriously. I mean, at least, unlike caboose, you probably have a social life. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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I so want WoW, but I know my computer will die just trying to load the webpage that the minimum requirements are listed on.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><span style='color:red'>Scheduled Website Maintenance - Caydiem on 10/14/04</span>
The World of Warcraft Community Website will be coming down for maintenance on Friday, October 15 at 5:00am PDT. The downtime should last about two hours. Thank you for bearing with us during this maintenance period!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So that's the beta servers, the registration servers, and the website itself (www.worldofwarcraft.com) -- ALL going down for maintenance in the next 12 hours. Something big is on its way.
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The World of Warcraft Community Website will be coming down for maintenance on Friday, October 15 at 5:00am PDT. The downtime should last about two hours. Thank you for bearing with us during this maintenance period!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So that's the beta servers, the registration servers, and the website itself (www.worldofwarcraft.com) -- ALL going down for maintenance in the next 12 hours. Something big is on its way. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
or they are just doing "maintenance" <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
We can allways hope for next weekend...
Good: there's a new "push" (patch) on the way. The following is a partial feature list; there will be more than just these:
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--Pally Talents and improvenments (very cool changes!)
--Some *awesome* changes to the warrior
--Tons of tradeskill polish
--Lots more quests... newbie zone polish, plus additional Horde
content in the re-vamped Kalimdor zones (ashenvale, desolace,
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--More flight paths
--More Graveyards
--Onyxia >=]<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Onyxia is a raid-instance, a full-fledged Dragon requiring anywhere from 20-40 player to take her down.
Bad: Caydiem, the assistant Community Manager, has said that the devs do not know when open beta will begin. One poster on the WoW forums put together the following educated guess:
1) Open beta usually precedes the game going Live by a week.
2) Current ship date, according to EB and Gamestop, is 11/16.
3) The game needs to go Gold a week before ship date.
4) The developers have said the upcoming patch won't be this week.
5) Patches have previously come on Friday or Monday, which would put the most likely arrival dates as 10/29 (this Friday) or 11/1 (Monday).
6) In that poster's opinion, Blizzard will want to test high-end patch content for about a week before going gold.
---conclusion: open beta and Gold will likely coincide, and will happen around Nov. 8-10th.
These are assuming that the coming patch will be the last major one before release (and that Blizzard will plan to require a patch at release). Best case scenario is that Open Beta will coincide with the new patch, in hopefully less than a week. Worst is we're waiting another 2-2.5 weeks.
And now, worse news:
Vivendi apparently told press that WoW's release date has been changed to Nov. 22nd, to avoid conflicting with Half-Life 2. Since Vivendi owns both titles, it's a logical delay to make, but it still sucks. It also could delay the Open Beta still further (or, to find the silver lining, allow Blizzard to hold a 2-week open beta instead of just one week. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->).