Thursday, May 24, 2007
Discrimination Surfaces in WOW
Non English speaking gamers are claiming racial discrimination in the hugely popular World of Warcraft video game. WOW is classified as a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game and is an online computer role-playing game in which a large number of players from around the world can interact together or against one another in the same game at the same time. At last count Blizzard the developers of WOW stated they had 5 million active monthly subscribers.The problem starts when players try to join groups. wow power leveling As part of the game play for WOW players are required to form groups of 5 or more to be able to finish certain levels of the game. Now if you have a number of friends who also play WOW you can make arrangements to meet up in the game to complete these required group tasks. For all others players they will need to build groups by using the games message system where they can send a request out to fellow players to form or join a group of players for a certain task.There is a common belief among English speaking players in WOW that most non English speaking players are gold farmers. This is a type of player who is only playing the game to profit, not for the “love of the game”. Gold Farmers are largely despised by players who feel they take away a certain purity of the game.To combat gold farmers, players are requesting anybody who wants to join a group to type one or two lines of English. If the sentences or grammar are not proper English these players are rejected from joining this group. This has recently been creating a lot of backlash among non-English speaking players with feel they are being discriminated against based on their language. wow power leveling Other players in WOW claim that the English test has nothing to do with discrimination, but more to do with being able to communicate effectively with your fellow team members. They say you would never build a real life arm with people who do not speak a common language.One player cites that over 1.5 million WOW players are from China alone, with the majority of these players being non-English. While their has been recent publicity about the gold farm factories in china, it by no means justifies thinking that every Chinese or non-English speaking player is a gold farmer.This WOW player states that he does not know how to stop this racial discrimination, but believes if people could just try to keep a more open mind and trust people a little more; this would go along way to bring some racial harmony to WOW and the World in general.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
What NOT To Do If Your WoW Account Gets Banned
Some people, I swear! After hitting up my favorite World of Warcraft news sources today I have came upon a pretty interesting story. Now remember that I have absolutely no viable sources to back up this story so it may not be true but some part of me believes it is.Evidently, some kid used some different cheats to play World of Warcraft...that is including a stolen CD key. So, no surprise to anyone his account got banned.wow power leveling He then decided to try DUMB IDEA #1, which was bribe Blizzard to let him back into WoW. It was claimed he bribed them with $3,000 from Paypal. No clue where that money "may" have came from.Of course, Blizzard denied the bribe so our hero tries something a little bit different...DUMB IDEA #2: He then sent Blizzard an email stating that he would end his life if they didn't let him back in the game.If this story is true or not it is probably the best way to handle something like this.Blizzard of course, got serious with this kind of threat.wow power leveling First off, they sent him an email with phone numbers for various different crisis centers.A few hours later, police ended up at his doorstep. They identified the kid by the IP address he was using for his internet connection. On Blizzard's part this was the best way to handle this. I bet though the kid was just being dumb and would say anything to get his account re-activated.I bet he won't do that anymore. Who knows if this story is totally true or not and who really cares.I have known people that would be dumb enough to try this stuff so it wouldn't surprise me one bit if it is real.
Monday, May 21, 2007
Outsourcing your 'Warcraft' skills
According to an estimate from a company called Power-levels.com, it would take someone starting from scratch 768 hours to reach the highest level you can hit in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade.
Or, for someone who had already topped out at level 60 in the original WoW, it would take 384 hours to get to the top level, 70, of Burning Crusade.
That's a lot of hours, and if you're one of the many people with limited time who still wants to play online games like WoW at the highest levels, Power-levels.com and a growing number of competitors may have just the solution. wow power leveling That is, if you're OK with breaking the rules, as well as what some say is the spirit of the games.
These game consultants sell what are known as power-leveling services. Essentially, that means that for a fee, they will take over your account in any one of a large number of online games and put in the work required to get you where you want to be.
That level 70 Burning Crusade power-up costs $556. The jump from level 60 to 70: $239.
For some time, high-level wannabes have been able to go to places like eBay to purchase entire accounts from retiring players. In doing so, they acquire special weapons, armor, tools or spells with the aim of getting to a place in a game beyond what they could do without help.wow power leveling
But in the wake of eBay's decision to delist all auctions for the assets of online games, some may be wondering where else they can turn. The power-leveling companies think they have the answer.
"They give us their character name, their password and they tell us which level they want us to reach for them," said Flora Chen, manager of Guy4Game, a power-leveling company based in Canada that also has operations in China, Korea, Japan and Mexico. "Some just want to reach levels as fast as possible, so they say to (play for them) 24 hours a day."
Outfits like Guy4Game, Power-levels.com, Power-level.net and GmLvl.com say they're pulling in serious business. wow power leveling For example, GmLvl.com says on its Web site that it employs more than 2,000 people solely for the purpose of helping clients get where they want to be. By comparison, Guy4Game's has a staff of 150 full-time workers.
Chen said Guy4Game has a client list of more than 100,000 customers, though there is no way to verify that number.
There's no telling how many power-leveling companies exist: online searches using various terms easily produce dozens. But that such an industry exists--for dozens of online games--is noteworthy, particularly because publishers of online games like World of Warcraft, EverQuest and City of Heroes don't allow their players to engage in such behavior.
Against terms of service"Sony Online is aware that it happens, and we do not condone it," said Courtney Simmons, head of public relations for EverQuest II publisher Sony Online Entertainment. "It is against our terms of service...You (cannot) give anyone else access to (your) account."
Blizzard Entertainment, publisher of WoW, takes the same position as Sony Online.
"Making use of a power-leveling service," Blizzard said in an e-mail statement Monday, "is a violation of our account-sharing policy. wow power leveling This policy is discussed in World of Warcraft's terms of use, which players agree to prior to playing."
Blizzard added that because customers paying power-leveling services give over full access to their accounts, there is no way to prove that the services perpetrated any fraud (if a customer has such a complaint) while those accounts were in use.
Fraud or no fraud, if a customer wants to jump to level 70 of Burning Crusade and have a flying mount and a high riding score, but doesn't have the time to achieve such a goal, he can have someone else do it for him.
Chen said Guy4Game's clients ask for all kinds of things. Some want to rise to their desired level as fast as possible. Others want steady progress, but still want to be able to play when they want. So they ask to have access to their own accounts for certain hours of the day. The rest of the time, Guy4Game is in charge.
Similarly, some players demand to deal with power-leveling service representatives who speak English, or Japanese, or Korean. wow power leveling That's why Guy4Game has employees in those countries, Chen said.
In the eyes of regular players, however, those who utilize power-leveling services aren't sticking to the spirit of the games.
"Using a service to level a character is pretty universally regarded as a 'lamer' move," said Eric Haller, a San Francisco investor and long-time WoW player. "You will definitely not earn anyone's respect if they know you have paid for your levels."
In fact, Haller said he thinks the general perception of people who use power-leveling services, as well as those who buy well-stocked characters or advanced weaponry off of eBay or other secondary markets is that they are unfairly cutting corners.
"I think it is perceived as a form of cheating," Haller said. "Not necessarily in the sense of breaking the rules, but more in the sense of being a somewhat weak player who is unable to use (their) skills to acquire things. (It's) sort of like it is confusing to me why someone would pay $50 for a game and then $20 for a guide to walk them through it.wow power leveling Isn't the fun in the play?"
To Simmons, the problem behind power leveling has to do more with logistics than with fun. That, she said, is because Sony Online Entertainment gets customer service complaints all the time from players who have had their accounts stolen or compromised after using power-leveling services. Sony won't ban players who get caught using contractors, but they're on their own with customer service problems.
Or, for someone who had already topped out at level 60 in the original WoW, it would take 384 hours to get to the top level, 70, of Burning Crusade.
That's a lot of hours, and if you're one of the many people with limited time who still wants to play online games like WoW at the highest levels, Power-levels.com and a growing number of competitors may have just the solution. wow power leveling That is, if you're OK with breaking the rules, as well as what some say is the spirit of the games.
These game consultants sell what are known as power-leveling services. Essentially, that means that for a fee, they will take over your account in any one of a large number of online games and put in the work required to get you where you want to be.
That level 70 Burning Crusade power-up costs $556. The jump from level 60 to 70: $239.
For some time, high-level wannabes have been able to go to places like eBay to purchase entire accounts from retiring players. In doing so, they acquire special weapons, armor, tools or spells with the aim of getting to a place in a game beyond what they could do without help.wow power leveling
But in the wake of eBay's decision to delist all auctions for the assets of online games, some may be wondering where else they can turn. The power-leveling companies think they have the answer.
"They give us their character name, their password and they tell us which level they want us to reach for them," said Flora Chen, manager of Guy4Game, a power-leveling company based in Canada that also has operations in China, Korea, Japan and Mexico. "Some just want to reach levels as fast as possible, so they say to (play for them) 24 hours a day."
Outfits like Guy4Game, Power-levels.com, Power-level.net and GmLvl.com say they're pulling in serious business. wow power leveling For example, GmLvl.com says on its Web site that it employs more than 2,000 people solely for the purpose of helping clients get where they want to be. By comparison, Guy4Game's has a staff of 150 full-time workers.
Chen said Guy4Game has a client list of more than 100,000 customers, though there is no way to verify that number.
There's no telling how many power-leveling companies exist: online searches using various terms easily produce dozens. But that such an industry exists--for dozens of online games--is noteworthy, particularly because publishers of online games like World of Warcraft, EverQuest and City of Heroes don't allow their players to engage in such behavior.
Against terms of service"Sony Online is aware that it happens, and we do not condone it," said Courtney Simmons, head of public relations for EverQuest II publisher Sony Online Entertainment. "It is against our terms of service...You (cannot) give anyone else access to (your) account."
Blizzard Entertainment, publisher of WoW, takes the same position as Sony Online.
"Making use of a power-leveling service," Blizzard said in an e-mail statement Monday, "is a violation of our account-sharing policy. wow power leveling This policy is discussed in World of Warcraft's terms of use, which players agree to prior to playing."
Blizzard added that because customers paying power-leveling services give over full access to their accounts, there is no way to prove that the services perpetrated any fraud (if a customer has such a complaint) while those accounts were in use.
Fraud or no fraud, if a customer wants to jump to level 70 of Burning Crusade and have a flying mount and a high riding score, but doesn't have the time to achieve such a goal, he can have someone else do it for him.
Chen said Guy4Game's clients ask for all kinds of things. Some want to rise to their desired level as fast as possible. Others want steady progress, but still want to be able to play when they want. So they ask to have access to their own accounts for certain hours of the day. The rest of the time, Guy4Game is in charge.
Similarly, some players demand to deal with power-leveling service representatives who speak English, or Japanese, or Korean. wow power leveling That's why Guy4Game has employees in those countries, Chen said.
In the eyes of regular players, however, those who utilize power-leveling services aren't sticking to the spirit of the games.
"Using a service to level a character is pretty universally regarded as a 'lamer' move," said Eric Haller, a San Francisco investor and long-time WoW player. "You will definitely not earn anyone's respect if they know you have paid for your levels."
In fact, Haller said he thinks the general perception of people who use power-leveling services, as well as those who buy well-stocked characters or advanced weaponry off of eBay or other secondary markets is that they are unfairly cutting corners.
"I think it is perceived as a form of cheating," Haller said. "Not necessarily in the sense of breaking the rules, but more in the sense of being a somewhat weak player who is unable to use (their) skills to acquire things. (It's) sort of like it is confusing to me why someone would pay $50 for a game and then $20 for a guide to walk them through it.wow power leveling Isn't the fun in the play?"
To Simmons, the problem behind power leveling has to do more with logistics than with fun. That, she said, is because Sony Online Entertainment gets customer service complaints all the time from players who have had their accounts stolen or compromised after using power-leveling services. Sony won't ban players who get caught using contractors, but they're on their own with customer service problems.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
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Friday, May 18, 2007
What NOT To Do If Your WoW Account Gets Banned
Some people, I swear! After hitting up my favorite World of Warcraft news sources today I have came upon a pretty interesting story. Now remember that I have absolutely no viable sources to back up this story so it may not be true but some part of me believes it is.Evidently, some kid used some different cheats to play World of Warcraft...that is including a stolen CD key. wow power leveling So, no surprise to anyone his account got banned.He then decided to try DUMB IDEA #1, which was bribe Blizzard to let him back into WoW. It was claimed he bribed them with $3,000 from Paypal. No clue where that money "may" have came from.Of course, Blizzard denied the bribe so our hero tries something a little bit different...DUMB IDEA #2: He then sent Blizzard an email stating that he would end his life if they didn't let him back in the game.If this story is true or not it is probably the best way to handle something like this.Blizzard of course, got serious with this kind of threat.wow power leveling First off, they sent him an email with phone numbers for various different crisis centers.A few hours later, police ended up at his doorstep. They identified the kid by the IP address he was using for his internet connection. On Blizzard's part this was the best way to handle this. I bet though the kid was just being dumb and would say anything to get his account re-activated.I bet he won't do that anymore. Who knows if this story is totally true or not and who really cares.wow power leveling I have known people that would be dumb enough to try this stuff so it wouldn't surprise me one bit if it is real.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Finally, the Warcraft wait is over
By MATT SLAGLEAssociated Press DALLAS -- Each day, millions of people around the world gaze at their computer screens to explore a dangerous fantasy world of treasure-filled dungeons and flame-breathing dragons, a land where mortal enemies lurk around every corner. wow power leveling It's the World of Warcraft, the most successful online game ever, and it's a world about to get a whole lot bigger with today's release of a $39.99 enhancement called The Burning Crusade.
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Trey Hancock, 26, has been shooting fireballs and frost novas to crush his mortal enemies in the video game World of Warcraft since it first launched in 2004. In his years of playing, the Houston resident led a guild of more than 200 people and raised four characters to the current top level of 60 — including his main character, a mage named Oraj.
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It's just the sort of enthusiasm the company behind the game, Blizzard Entertainment Inc., is banking on.
"We were going to be happy if we got a million worldwide subscribers; we didn't feel like that was shooting the moon," said Rob Pardo, Blizzard's vice president of game design and the lead designer for World of Warcraft. "The way it blew up is far beyond our wildest expectations. But now that we are at the mark we are, we feel there's still an ability to grow that customer base even further."
Released in November 2004, World of Warcraft brought several new elements to the genre of massive multiplayer online role-playing games, or MMORPGs. wow power leveling Most significant, it was simple to play and a had high level of polish, according to Jon Wood, managing editor of the gaming Web site MMORPG.com.
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"It's extremely complicated, all the things we have to get right," he said. "We were on track for a Christmas release, but we really felt like we should make sure the product's right for our customers."
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The game was even the focus of a recent South Park episode where Eric Cartman and friends balloon into overweight, pimply video addicts bent on defeating a rampaging player who threatens the very existence of the game.
The pop culture references extend into the game world, too. If you type "/dance" as a male Blood Elf, for example, your character will strut around with moves similar to the überdorky hero of Napoleon Dynamite.
"We're all entertainment geeks ourselves," Pardo said. "Part of our design process is having fun and putting in those references. It's kind of our way of giving homage to the things that inspire us."
David Daryani, owner of Tru-Gamerz video gaming center in Dallas, said his customers regularly queue up to play the game, especially on the weekends. As a longtime WoW player himself, Daryani, 38, said he hasn't played much lately but was looking forward to seeing the new content and returning to his favorite activity: player versus player combat.wow power leveling
"If you have a bad day, you get on and say 'I'm just going to kick some Alliance butt,' " he said. "It just relieves some stress."
From China to the United States, from Australia to Europe, more than 8 million registered users now pay up to $15 a month to gather with hundreds of other real people who masquerade as digital avatars in the never-ending fantasy world of Azeroth.
The Burning Crusade adds new locales such as Karazhan, Hellfire Citadel and Tempest Keep to Azeroth, and presents a spiraling war against demonic forces where the game's two opposing factions — the Alliance and the Horde — will face powerful new enemies.wow power leveling
Trey Hancock, 26, has been shooting fireballs and frost novas to crush his mortal enemies in the video game World of Warcraft since it first launched in 2004. In his years of playing, the Houston resident led a guild of more than 200 people and raised four characters to the current top level of 60 — including his main character, a mage named Oraj.
Like many others, Hancock said he took a break in anticipation of the expansion, where his first goal will be to take Oraj to level 70.
"I haven't played for the last week because I know once it comes out, I'm going to be playing it nonstop," he said.wow power leveling
It's just the sort of enthusiasm the company behind the game, Blizzard Entertainment Inc., is banking on.
"We were going to be happy if we got a million worldwide subscribers; we didn't feel like that was shooting the moon," said Rob Pardo, Blizzard's vice president of game design and the lead designer for World of Warcraft. "The way it blew up is far beyond our wildest expectations. But now that we are at the mark we are, we feel there's still an ability to grow that customer base even further."
Released in November 2004, World of Warcraft brought several new elements to the genre of massive multiplayer online role-playing games, or MMORPGs. wow power leveling Most significant, it was simple to play and a had high level of polish, according to Jon Wood, managing editor of the gaming Web site MMORPG.com.
"I think Blizzard looked at what was out there and found out what worked and what didn't work," he said. "The truth of the matter is, the game is very polished. The fact that it's very smooth and easy to learn has put them out front."
Pardo said polish has always been the mantra for the game's creators.
"It's extremely complicated, all the things we have to get right," he said. "We were on track for a Christmas release, but we really felt like we should make sure the product's right for our customers."
Warcraft's popularity has transcended video game culture and spawned a series of action figures, comic books, novels and trading cards.wow power leveling
The game was even the focus of a recent South Park episode where Eric Cartman and friends balloon into overweight, pimply video addicts bent on defeating a rampaging player who threatens the very existence of the game.
The pop culture references extend into the game world, too. If you type "/dance" as a male Blood Elf, for example, your character will strut around with moves similar to the überdorky hero of Napoleon Dynamite.
"We're all entertainment geeks ourselves," Pardo said. "Part of our design process is having fun and putting in those references. It's kind of our way of giving homage to the things that inspire us."
David Daryani, owner of Tru-Gamerz video gaming center in Dallas, said his customers regularly queue up to play the game, especially on the weekends. As a longtime WoW player himself, Daryani, 38, said he hasn't played much lately but was looking forward to seeing the new content and returning to his favorite activity: player versus player combat.wow power leveling
"If you have a bad day, you get on and say 'I'm just going to kick some Alliance butt,' " he said. "It just relieves some stress."
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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Monday, May 14, 2007
Awesome bug: Hunter with Fel Beasts and Warlocks with Frostsabers
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Sunday, May 13, 2007
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World of Warcraft stands as the greatest game in the popular Warcraft series. World of Warcraft has been an extraordinary success since its launch in November 2004. wow power leveling It has impressed game critics and has captivated millions of players, who adore the world that the game has created.
It is no longer just a game but is now a genuine phenomenon, and one that shows no signs of abating.
It is one of the key games of recent times, and stands as a landmark title for online gaming.wow power leveling World of Warcraft.s appeal lies in that it has created a truly engaging online world.
This massively multiplayer online role-playing game is set in the world of Azeroth, a fantastic land that is filled with heroes and monsters and many other creatures. The game.s strength is that it functions as an experience, as a world that exists on its own terms that you may visit and explore as you please. World of Warcraft is the 4th title in the series of Warcraft games, which have been entertaining people for over a decade.wow power leveling
The series began in 1994 with the game Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, a real time strategy game set in Azeroth.The series began in 1994 with the game Warcraft: Orcs strategy guide and Humans, a real time strategy game set in Azeroth. The best was still to come.
It is no longer just a game but is now a genuine phenomenon, and one that shows no signs of abating.
It is one of the key games of recent times, and stands as a landmark title for online gaming.wow power leveling World of Warcraft.s appeal lies in that it has created a truly engaging online world.
This massively multiplayer online role-playing game is set in the world of Azeroth, a fantastic land that is filled with heroes and monsters and many other creatures. The game.s strength is that it functions as an experience, as a world that exists on its own terms that you may visit and explore as you please. World of Warcraft is the 4th title in the series of Warcraft games, which have been entertaining people for over a decade.wow power leveling
The series began in 1994 with the game Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, a real time strategy game set in Azeroth.The series began in 1994 with the game Warcraft: Orcs strategy guide and Humans, a real time strategy game set in Azeroth. The best was still to come.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
WOW Macro
People come in by the cartload without any clue of what to expect; all they know is that the media is claiming sl to be a money-making opportunity, and that world of warcraft alliance leveling guide people even work full time on sl. wow power leveling This world of warcraft alliance leveling guide is very lovely bird.
That means bad world of warcraft alliance leveling guide comes along with the good.
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So, imagine a more distributed entertainment universe populated by world of warcraft alliance leveling guide more creative people—with fewer big productions and even fewer gazillionaires.wow power leveling At stake are two different visions of what world of warcraft alliance leveling guide might best promote authorship in this country.
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By using powerful tools to look for “long-tail” information that can augment information that is generally available through world of warcraft alliance leveling guide conventional media outlets.
Some world of warcraft alliance leveling guide are predators, others are scavengers. wow power leveling We are in world of warcraft alliance leveling guide the midst of a sort of global networked consciousness, analagous to the way ants communicate by leaving scent trails for each other. Movies (not in world of warcraft alliance leveling guide high def yet).
The somewhat famous ted stevens video is is world of warcraft alliance leveling guide just scary. - interesting how mickos recognizes free-riding open-source users as mysqls strongest evangelists: at mysql we love users world of warcraft alliance leveling guide who never pay us money.wow power leveling
My belief is that when world of warcraft alliance leveling guide you are in a culture where there is alignment, you do get a sense that everyone is clear about the purpose/ambition of the organization and how their role contributes to that. Basically an world of warcraft alliance leveling guide airport extreme, but for video.Basically an world of warcraft alliance leveling wow macro guide airport extreme, but for video.
So, imagine a more distributed entertainment universe populated by world of warcraft alliance leveling guide more creative people—with fewer big productions and even fewer gazillionaires.wow power leveling At stake are two different visions of what world of warcraft alliance leveling guide might best promote authorship in this country.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Warcraft Conquers The World
Less than two years after its introduction, World of Warcraft, made by Blizzard Entertainment, is on pace to generate more than $1 billion in revenue this year with almost 7 million paying subscribers and has become the first truly global video game hit since Pac-Man in the early 1980s, The New York Times reported.wow power leveling That makes the massively multiplayer online role-playing game one of the most lucrative entertainment media properties of any kind, the newspaper reported. Almost every other subscription online game, including EverQuest II and Star Wars: Galaxies, measures its customers in hundreds of thousands or even just tens of thousands.Warcraft has more players in China, where it has engaged in co-promotions with major brands such as Coca-Cola, than in the United States: There are more than 3 million players in China and slightly fewer than 2 million in the United States. wow power leveling And as with most video games, a clear majority of players worldwide are male.There is also a rabid legion of fans in South Korea, which has the world's most fervent gaming culture, and more than a million people play in Europe.Since the game’s introduction in November 2004, the company has expanded to more than 1,800 employees from around 400. Almost all of the additions have been customer-service representatives to handle World of Warcraft players.There are servers customized for six written languages: English, both simplified and traditional Chinese, Korean, German and French. wow power leveling Spanish is in development.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Don't you hate it when you get banned?
No. The bot we are showing did not get banned. But one of my other bots did. He had over 800 hours played time on him.wow power leveling lol I made a new glide and was running him on it. In retrospect the glide was flawed. The path I had him running on made him look like a bot if anyone watched him for more than 5 minutes. So it was my mistake. It just goes to show that you should not make your bot do things that make him look like a bot.So this is why I was offline for a few days.wow power leveling I wanted to make a few changes to my stuff here before going online again to make sure that it was only the one that got banned and if blizzard was looking for the others that they would not find them. :)The stats are looking really good. It's because I did not report Friday. then the Friday night glide worked really well and he went for about 10 hours on his own without any problems. wow power leveling I also got some really good loot. :) That made for good profit on the auction house.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
WOW:Crusade Breaks Records
Blizzard Entertainment announced that World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, the first expansion of its massively multiplayer online role-playing game, has broken first-day sales records to become the fastest-selling PC game ever in North America and Europe. wow power leveling The title has sold a total of nearly 2.4 million copies worldwide in its first 24 hours of availability, the company said.
The Burning Crusade was simultaneously released in North America, Europe, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia on Jan. 16 and in Australia and New Zealand the following day.wow power leveling
Blizzard supplied more than 4 million game boxes to retailers worldwide, and more than 5,000 stores throughout the world had their doors open at midnight to welcome thousands of expectant players.
Day-one sales totals on both continents were similar, with an estimated 1.2 million copies sold on the first day in North America and an estimated 1.1 million copies sold in Europe within the first 24 hours of launch. wow power leveling By the end of the first day of availability on both continents, a total of more than 1.7 million players had already logged in and upgraded World of Warcraft to play The Burning Crusade.
The Burning Crusade was simultaneously released in North America, Europe, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia on Jan. 16 and in Australia and New Zealand the following day.wow power leveling
Blizzard supplied more than 4 million game boxes to retailers worldwide, and more than 5,000 stores throughout the world had their doors open at midnight to welcome thousands of expectant players.
Day-one sales totals on both continents were similar, with an estimated 1.2 million copies sold on the first day in North America and an estimated 1.1 million copies sold in Europe within the first 24 hours of launch. wow power leveling By the end of the first day of availability on both continents, a total of more than 1.7 million players had already logged in and upgraded World of Warcraft to play The Burning Crusade.
Monday, May 7, 2007
Glider classes
We held a class for our staff yesterday on Glider. It ended up being pretty cool. Within an hour I had some of them making their first glides. They had been just using the glides I have created. But after getting one of our bots banned I decided that we should go over some best practices One of the things that is the reason we get that one bot banned is that he spent a lot of time in the location he was in. wow power leveling So I decided that one thing we should change is the fact that we should only spend a certain duration in one area. Then move on to the next area. I think that there is nothing worse than seeing the same guy day in and day out at the same location. That in it's self I think is a good indication that someone is a bot.So now we are working on at least 10 unique locations for each level we are gliding. For level 60 I'm working on 50 to 100 unique locations.. That may sound like a lot but if you are using them to form gold then we need to track the ones that pay the best. wow power leveling So we are going to have to try a lot of different things. The obvious answer may be that we go to the places where others report they can make a lot of coin. But part of the issue is that you don't want to be gliding in an area where there are a bunch of other people working it hard trying to make coin as well.So when I hit 60 I two goals with this guy. The first is that I want to try fishing and see how long it will take to go 0 to 300. Then also to see if there is any profit in it compared to running a glide killing stuff. I'll also try a new glide every day. wow power leveling We'll figure out a way to see how much income we can generate that day from the area. I'll include in my reports what's working well and what is not.Also. On another note. You may have noticed we did not run the map for a few weeks. We came out with a new version of KAM. It seemed it was working well for all of my systems but the one I'm using to broadcast. I'm running dual monitors on this system. You only see one of the broadcast. The other one is used for my broadcast tool. I was getting these weird errors saying I was out of video memory. I have a 128mb video card so I thought that was strange. But in fact it turned out to be true. I had to reduce the size of the WoW window to get it to launch the map. wow power leveling Once I did that it fired right up. Then I was able to resize back to normal. I think it was stupid that it was something that simple.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
'Warcraft': A world in transition Ⅱ
"(Raiding) guilds' main activities were organizing and holding raids and high-level runs for loot," Glerum said. "They are all completely on hiatus until everyone gets their (characters) up to 70. wow power leveling In fact, many of the super high-end raiding guilds stopped playing and even broke up a couple months ago in preparation for BC."
For its part, Blizzard said it hasn't abandoned the original game, though it does acknowledge wanting to give it a swift kick in the pants.
"I don't feel we deliberately killed the (original) game," said Jeff Kaplan, lead designer of WoW. "What we were attempting to do was give people a new ceiling on the game. wow power leveling In a level-capped game (where people can't rise above a certain level), when the level is raised, what people came to know would grow. We would have ended up losing a lot of people for lack of anything new."
Kaplan added that by extending WoW, raising the level cap and adding new races and content, Blizzard was trying to ensure the continued existence of the WoW franchise.
"We have no intention of letting it stagnate," Kaplan said. "What I think we attempted to do with BC is extend the life of World of Warcraft a little longer and give people more of the WoW that they had come to love."
For the Rev. A.K.M. Adam, a real-life Evanston, Ill., priest who also plays the role of a priest in BC, the expansion has been an enjoyable experience, albeit one that leaves him a little wistful for the original version. wow power leveling
Adam said he likes the scene design in BC, as well as some of the content that's been added. But he noted that one change, which limits raiding parties to 25 players instead of the old limit of 40, has been disappointing, even if it is understandable.
"I miss the large 40-(person) raids," Adam said.
At the same time, he sees how smaller raiding parties mean individual players play a more important role than in the larger ones found in the original version.
"By making the smaller-group instances as valuable as the large raids, they allow players to enjoy the game to the fullest in ways that differ along with their preferred style," Adam said. wow power leveling Kaplan agreed, saying Blizzard felt that the 40-player raiding groups left some feeling marginalized.
"Certain players started to feel a little bit alienated by the larger raid size," Kaplan said. "With the smaller raid size, your individual contribution counts a little bit more...We felt that 25 was enough to capture the epic feel of raiding."
For Kelly Wallace, an Atlanta attorney who had been playing with four level-60 characters in the original game, BC is an entirely new experience.
"In my opinion, it's really made WoW a very different game for those folks who had been playing at level 60," Wallace said. "It is as if a big reset button was pressed."
Wallace said he has had little trouble transitioning to BC, but notes, like Glerum, that the expansion has basically rendered the original game moot.
"This is now the game of Warcraft," Wallace said. "wow power leveling There is absolutely zero reason for players to ever go back to (the original game) because the rewards available in (BC) are better and, for the most part, easier to obtain."
But he noted that central locations from the original game, like Ironforge, an important city, are now nearly empty.
"Previously, players on my server with slower or older computers had a hard time navigating in Ironforge because of all the other players in that zone," Wallace said. "These days, Ironforge is a ghost town. Just about everyone is in Outland (a main region in the expansion), and I can't imagine that any of the old capitals will ever experience the bustle that they had pre-BC."
Kaplan said Blizzard has made a point of ensuring that there are still things to do in the original cities like Ironforge and that there is still plenty of traffic there.
"There's not the same density as there used to be," Kaplan said, wow power leveling "but I don't think it's hit the level of ghost town yet either."
To Glerum, one consequence of the expansion is that there are relatively few opportunities for level-60 players to continue to participate in player vs. player battles without upgrading.
That, she said, is because there are few battlefields left on which to fight non-upgraded players, a condition that's exacerbated because the WoW universe is in transition as most players are off fighting non-player characters in their attempt to "level up" to 70.
Still, that is more an observation than a complaint. In fact, Glerum said she's very impressed with BC.
"The art is gorgeous," Glerum said. The writing of the two new races of characters introduced in BC and the new quests "is beautiful," she said. wow power leveling "The new music is generally good (and) sometimes inspired. I am finding it just fun to play."
For its part, Blizzard said it hasn't abandoned the original game, though it does acknowledge wanting to give it a swift kick in the pants.
"I don't feel we deliberately killed the (original) game," said Jeff Kaplan, lead designer of WoW. "What we were attempting to do was give people a new ceiling on the game. wow power leveling In a level-capped game (where people can't rise above a certain level), when the level is raised, what people came to know would grow. We would have ended up losing a lot of people for lack of anything new."
Kaplan added that by extending WoW, raising the level cap and adding new races and content, Blizzard was trying to ensure the continued existence of the WoW franchise.
"We have no intention of letting it stagnate," Kaplan said. "What I think we attempted to do with BC is extend the life of World of Warcraft a little longer and give people more of the WoW that they had come to love."
For the Rev. A.K.M. Adam, a real-life Evanston, Ill., priest who also plays the role of a priest in BC, the expansion has been an enjoyable experience, albeit one that leaves him a little wistful for the original version. wow power leveling
Adam said he likes the scene design in BC, as well as some of the content that's been added. But he noted that one change, which limits raiding parties to 25 players instead of the old limit of 40, has been disappointing, even if it is understandable.
"I miss the large 40-(person) raids," Adam said.
At the same time, he sees how smaller raiding parties mean individual players play a more important role than in the larger ones found in the original version.
"By making the smaller-group instances as valuable as the large raids, they allow players to enjoy the game to the fullest in ways that differ along with their preferred style," Adam said. wow power leveling Kaplan agreed, saying Blizzard felt that the 40-player raiding groups left some feeling marginalized.
"Certain players started to feel a little bit alienated by the larger raid size," Kaplan said. "With the smaller raid size, your individual contribution counts a little bit more...We felt that 25 was enough to capture the epic feel of raiding."
For Kelly Wallace, an Atlanta attorney who had been playing with four level-60 characters in the original game, BC is an entirely new experience.
"In my opinion, it's really made WoW a very different game for those folks who had been playing at level 60," Wallace said. "It is as if a big reset button was pressed."
Wallace said he has had little trouble transitioning to BC, but notes, like Glerum, that the expansion has basically rendered the original game moot.
"This is now the game of Warcraft," Wallace said. "wow power leveling There is absolutely zero reason for players to ever go back to (the original game) because the rewards available in (BC) are better and, for the most part, easier to obtain."
But he noted that central locations from the original game, like Ironforge, an important city, are now nearly empty.
"Previously, players on my server with slower or older computers had a hard time navigating in Ironforge because of all the other players in that zone," Wallace said. "These days, Ironforge is a ghost town. Just about everyone is in Outland (a main region in the expansion), and I can't imagine that any of the old capitals will ever experience the bustle that they had pre-BC."
Kaplan said Blizzard has made a point of ensuring that there are still things to do in the original cities like Ironforge and that there is still plenty of traffic there.
"There's not the same density as there used to be," Kaplan said, wow power leveling "but I don't think it's hit the level of ghost town yet either."
To Glerum, one consequence of the expansion is that there are relatively few opportunities for level-60 players to continue to participate in player vs. player battles without upgrading.
That, she said, is because there are few battlefields left on which to fight non-upgraded players, a condition that's exacerbated because the WoW universe is in transition as most players are off fighting non-player characters in their attempt to "level up" to 70.
Still, that is more an observation than a complaint. In fact, Glerum said she's very impressed with BC.
"The art is gorgeous," Glerum said. The writing of the two new races of characters introduced in BC and the new quests "is beautiful," she said. wow power leveling "The new music is generally good (and) sometimes inspired. I am finding it just fun to play."
Saturday, May 5, 2007
'Warcraft': A world in transition Ⅰ
It might seem odd that World of Warcraft's publisher decided to tinker with the game's core experience in releasing the new expansion World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. wow power leveling
The massively multiplayer online role-playing game, after all, has reached more than 8 million players and is among the most popular online games of all time, especially in the United States. Why mess with that kind of success?
Yet tinker Blizzard Entertainment did, and the WoW community has responded with enthusiasm: the company sold more than 2.4 million copies of the $39.99 Burning Crusade expansion in the first 24 hours after its January 16 launch.wow power leveling Among other additions, the expansion includes a new continent, two new races and a new profession: jewel crafting.
But while players seem largely satisfied with BC, as it's known, some also worry that the millions of people still playing the original game, especially those at the highest levels, are left with a somewhat barren version of the adventure they're used to.
"Blizzard deliberately killed their (original) game," said Katrina Glerum, a veteran WoW player who, like thousands of others, stood in line for hours to be among the first to purchase the expansion. The original game "is dead," she said.wow power leveling "Most of the work Blizzard did for the past two years building interesting content to keep (players of the original game) amused is dead."
World of Warcraft launched in 2004. Players in the U.S. pay $15 a month to play, and that has brought hundreds of millions of dollars into Blizzard's coffers.
Glerum said she is, for the most part, enjoying her experiences with BC, but it's clear she and the millions of other players who have upgraded are in transition. That adjustment is fueled mainly by the fact that players of the original WoW topped out at level 60, wow power leveling while BC permits going up to level 70 (higher levels give players access to stronger weapons, tools and so on).
A higher maximum level means several things for players, Glerum said.
First, many guilds (groups of players) that previously spent much of their time on raids in search of loot or in battles with monsters or other enemies, have either disbanded altogether or been forced into a waiting period as players busily try to work their way up the level scale.
The massively multiplayer online role-playing game, after all, has reached more than 8 million players and is among the most popular online games of all time, especially in the United States. Why mess with that kind of success?
Yet tinker Blizzard Entertainment did, and the WoW community has responded with enthusiasm: the company sold more than 2.4 million copies of the $39.99 Burning Crusade expansion in the first 24 hours after its January 16 launch.wow power leveling Among other additions, the expansion includes a new continent, two new races and a new profession: jewel crafting.
But while players seem largely satisfied with BC, as it's known, some also worry that the millions of people still playing the original game, especially those at the highest levels, are left with a somewhat barren version of the adventure they're used to.
"Blizzard deliberately killed their (original) game," said Katrina Glerum, a veteran WoW player who, like thousands of others, stood in line for hours to be among the first to purchase the expansion. The original game "is dead," she said.wow power leveling "Most of the work Blizzard did for the past two years building interesting content to keep (players of the original game) amused is dead."
World of Warcraft launched in 2004. Players in the U.S. pay $15 a month to play, and that has brought hundreds of millions of dollars into Blizzard's coffers.
Glerum said she is, for the most part, enjoying her experiences with BC, but it's clear she and the millions of other players who have upgraded are in transition. That adjustment is fueled mainly by the fact that players of the original WoW topped out at level 60, wow power leveling while BC permits going up to level 70 (higher levels give players access to stronger weapons, tools and so on).
A higher maximum level means several things for players, Glerum said.
First, many guilds (groups of players) that previously spent much of their time on raids in search of loot or in battles with monsters or other enemies, have either disbanded altogether or been forced into a waiting period as players busily try to work their way up the level scale.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
On wanting to stop wanting 'World of Warcraft'...
There's a command in World of Warcraft that tells you exactly how long you've played with your active character and how long you've been playing at your current level. All you have to do is type /played into your chat prompt to find this information out. If you're a regular player of the game, I think you should go and do that now. Don't worry. We'll wait. It's sort of important.
I've had World of Warcraft for almost exactly six months now, which - coincidentally - is pretty much exactly how long I've been working at Yahoo.wow power leveling I bought the game in my week between jobs, while I was supposed to be recovering from the BBC and thinking around my personal projects. Buying WoW pretty much killed off that idea straight away. I think on one day I played from around nine am until three the following morning. The week evaporated in moments.
So I typed in /played over the weekend and I got back the figure of fifteen days and four hours for my main character - another nine hours for my second. Fifteen days solidly. That's three hundred and seventy three hours of immersion in Nordrassil when I could have been doing something else, something more useful.
Let me give you some context there. Imagine playing WoW was my second job, which is how it has felt at times. Thinking in terms of eight hour days and five day work weeks, I've played the game for roughly two and a half months.wow power leveling And that's on top of the day job. It's no wonder that the weblog has slipped. More alarming still is that even though I've played it for that length of time, I'm still only level 51.
The question then, is how to stop. And not how to stop in the simple, "I've got a problem" kind of way. Let's be clear - my day job has not suffered, my relationships are just as screwed up as they normally are, but no worse. But I'm starting to resent playing as much as I'm keen to get up to level sixty. I regularly get this sense of time passing just a little too fast, and even though I know that the time I spend playing WoW is not time that would immediately translatable into rebuilding Barbelith or learning how to develop in Rails,wow power leveling I'm increasingly aware that I want to stop wanting to play, even if I am prepared to let that process of detachment be a gradual one associated with some sense of completion.
Let's pretend for a moment that the option to 'just stop' isn't interesting or practical. I have this idea for a way to bring in some kind of honest scrutiny from outside about the time I spend playing WoW. It's pretty simple, and also pretty cool. World of Warcraft has a set of APIs and can have mods developed for it using a language called Lua. wow power leveling There are a great many of these mods - mostly concerned with giving people better access to spells or dealing with the Auction Houses, but the ones I'm most interested in are the ones that fuel sites like Thottbot that capture information about what you're doing in game and dump them to a central server - almost like a gaming version of last.fm - creating aggregate value out of the smallest of engagements. The aspect I'm most interested in is the fact that they can communicate outside the game to servers in the real world. Which makes me wonder why there doesn't appear to be much in the way of weblog integration or posting mods.
I've had World of Warcraft for almost exactly six months now, which - coincidentally - is pretty much exactly how long I've been working at Yahoo.wow power leveling I bought the game in my week between jobs, while I was supposed to be recovering from the BBC and thinking around my personal projects. Buying WoW pretty much killed off that idea straight away. I think on one day I played from around nine am until three the following morning. The week evaporated in moments.
So I typed in /played over the weekend and I got back the figure of fifteen days and four hours for my main character - another nine hours for my second. Fifteen days solidly. That's three hundred and seventy three hours of immersion in Nordrassil when I could have been doing something else, something more useful.
Let me give you some context there. Imagine playing WoW was my second job, which is how it has felt at times. Thinking in terms of eight hour days and five day work weeks, I've played the game for roughly two and a half months.wow power leveling And that's on top of the day job. It's no wonder that the weblog has slipped. More alarming still is that even though I've played it for that length of time, I'm still only level 51.
The question then, is how to stop. And not how to stop in the simple, "I've got a problem" kind of way. Let's be clear - my day job has not suffered, my relationships are just as screwed up as they normally are, but no worse. But I'm starting to resent playing as much as I'm keen to get up to level sixty. I regularly get this sense of time passing just a little too fast, and even though I know that the time I spend playing WoW is not time that would immediately translatable into rebuilding Barbelith or learning how to develop in Rails,wow power leveling I'm increasingly aware that I want to stop wanting to play, even if I am prepared to let that process of detachment be a gradual one associated with some sense of completion.
Let's pretend for a moment that the option to 'just stop' isn't interesting or practical. I have this idea for a way to bring in some kind of honest scrutiny from outside about the time I spend playing WoW. It's pretty simple, and also pretty cool. World of Warcraft has a set of APIs and can have mods developed for it using a language called Lua. wow power leveling There are a great many of these mods - mostly concerned with giving people better access to spells or dealing with the Auction Houses, but the ones I'm most interested in are the ones that fuel sites like Thottbot that capture information about what you're doing in game and dump them to a central server - almost like a gaming version of last.fm - creating aggregate value out of the smallest of engagements. The aspect I'm most interested in is the fact that they can communicate outside the game to servers in the real world. Which makes me wonder why there doesn't appear to be much in the way of weblog integration or posting mods.
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