10 Million

[Xzin]

http://www.blizzard.com/press/080122.shtml

Clearly boxing is not the big reason for this, but I think it certainly has an impact.

[Ellay]

WoW just keeps getting better.A lot of servers are starting to get queue times again. I'm glad it just keep growing :)

[MaxD]

ques on my server last night were in the mid 200s and it was after 8 server

we have had free Xfers off the server 2 times.

[Stealthy]

Link not working?

[Xzin]

They seem to have .... umm... recalled the announcement?

http://www.blizzard.com/press/

Not there anymore?

[Xzin]

http://www.blizzard.com/press/080122.shtml

Still works.....

[konraddo]

Well I am Chinese... As far as I can tell, multi-boxing is a non-existent concept here :whistling:

There is one simple fact. Korean / Japanese / Taiwanese made games rarely support keyboard commands!!!

Macros are non-existent. They mainly use mouse-clicks probably as a means to avoid hacking / cheating, as I think it's harder to do it with a mouse!? People do own multiple accounts to help crafting or storage. But they seldom open multiple clients as the games themselves block you from doing so, e.g. FFXI.

Exaggerated? You're wrong. Imagine the frequency of situations like kill-stealing (no, there is no tag-first-obtain-loot rule), harassment, economy-dominating... Many Asian games are free to pay. Monthly fees are also very very cheap even if the games require you to pay. Don't forget the majority of the gaming population in Asian are kids.

So you dont think keyboard is the evil in these situations. You're right. The mouse is evil, as these Asian people developed tons of programs helping with "infinite-left-clicks" or "infinite-click-holds."

And no, there is no /follow.

edit: I play on the Taiwan WoW server. :D And it's amazing the number of people saying "what's happening" to me.

[Xzin]

I was under the impression that very few localization changes had been made by The9. Undead more fleshy, language changes.... but everything about WoW was the same.

Other games, clearly, are different.

[Ghanum]

Well I am Chinese... As far as I can tell, multi-boxing is a non-existent concept here :whistling:

There is one simple fact. Korean / Japanese / Taiwanese made games rarely support keyboard commands!!!

Macros are non-existent. They mainly use mouse-clicks probably as a means to avoid hacking / cheating, as I think it's harder to do it with a mouse!? People do own multiple accounts to help crafting or storage. But they seldom open multiple clients as the games themselves block you from doing so, e.g. FFXI.

Exaggerated? You're wrong. Imagine the frequency of situations like kill-stealing (no, there is no tag-first-obtain-loot rule), harassment, economy-dominating... Many Asian games are free to pay. Monthly fees are also very very cheap even if the games require you to pay. Don't forget the majority of the gaming population in Asian are kids.

So you dont think keyboard is the evil in these situations. You're right. The mouse is evil, as these Asian people developed tons of programs helping with "infinite-left-clicks" or "infinite-click-holds."

And no, there is no /follow.

edit: I play on the Taiwan WoW server. :D And it's amazing the number of people saying "what's happening" to me.I heard they considered making WoW free in Japan. Err, no monthly fee, that is.

[Monkofdoom]

I do find it amazing that so many accounts are still being created although I guess recently there has been a lot of advertisement with all the television pushes etc.

However a lot of people I know who have played since day 1 are starting to close their accounts until wotlk due to the lack of new raid content. I guess it just goes to show Blizzard can replace all those that leave happily...

[konraddo]

You guys know the news that the PRC government kind of placed a legal action against the WOW game so that it no longer shows the "bones" of the undead race? hehe, that is considered hilarious even to us :D
I was under the impression that very few localization changes had been made by The9. Undead more fleshy, language changes.... but everything about WoW was the same.

Other games, clearly, are different.And no there are some other changes, at least I see LOADS of promotional message here. :pinch: Thankfully you dont see many types of "bags" for sale at retail stores. "Bags" could be translated as package. Other gaming companies regularly design and sell packages that contain a CD with a coupon code that you can claim a certain virtual in-game item. Nothing imbalanced most of the time but it's making the whole gaming thing too commercial, seeing that the game itself remains unchanged from bag to bag...

[konraddo]

I do find it amazing that so many accounts are still being created although I guess recently there has been a lot of advertisement with all the television pushes etc.

However a lot of people I know who have played since day 1 are starting to close their accounts until wotlk due to the lack of new raid content. I guess it just goes to show Blizzard can replace all those that leave happily...Certainly because there is no better option. :whistling: Is Warhammar Online really going gold in 2008? :D :D :D