World of Warcraft Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein, Jan 24, 2005 1:05pm PST

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The second part of today's Penny Arcade news update features a Q&A with an unnamed person at Blizzard, who is grilled about the World of Warcraft server problems which have plagued the game since launch.

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By: vezatron x Show Full Post

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The PR rep does well on bending out the questions like "what would you have done differently". That was some pleasant marketing.

Jan 24, 2005 1:16pm PST

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The PR rep does well on bending out the questions like "what would you have done differently". That was ... : vezatron
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  oh please, it was a BS question deserving a BS answer. Hindsight is 20/20, how were they supposed to kno... : SenorSpine
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    In all honesty, I had no doubt in my mind they would sell out almost immediately... They really should... : spl
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      Yeah, I really don't see how they underestimated the number of copies they'd sell or the number of people... : Moebius
      
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      So you think it was boneheaded of them to look at the trends, say "The most popular games of this genre s... : SenorSpine
      
      I certainly think it was. And stop defending points noone is attacking. All we are saying is Blizzard sh... : spl
      
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      Yes. "where were you guys predicting this stuff beforehand?" Uhh, well I don't work for Blizzard, so ... : Moebius
      
      I understand that, but you both of you make it sound like they did this out of ignorance. They should ha... : SenorSpine
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  do you really need them to tell you waht they wouldn't have done differently? No, we know what they woul... : snowwolf
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    Most mmorpgs only allow limited amount of stocks to sell. They were greedy and as a result players suffer... : yourname00
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      Try taking a marketing course. Blizzard estimated their potential impact, and the result was exceeding 1... : vezatron
      
      Dunno why you're being hard on the previous poster when he essentially hit on the same point you made. ... : maddy

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For anyone who is thinking of playing the game it should be mentioned that if you choose a lower population server you shouldn't encounter any significant problems. With the server I play on I've never seen a queue and I rarely notice server lag although it does happen sometimes.

Jan 24, 2005 2:36pm PST

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  Yeah... I play on llane and have never seen a queue, and the only lag I ever get is the auction house. : jad3d
  - Well the que shows it's ugly head every once and a while on Arthas but 4-5 minutes of wait hasn't killed ... : Mitchell Gant
  - I think the GCR horde server (Mal'Ganis) runs decently. I've played on Bleeding Hollow, and that server i... : lokdown
- sadly that wasn't the case for dethecus (low pop PvP) it was down for the better part of a week :( : Dark Horizon

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By: Luminair x Show Full Post

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"According to our research, other successful MMOGs in the U.S. had achieved roughly 300,000 subscribers after 12 months of operation. What ended up happening with World of Warcraft is that we achieved double these numbers in approximately the first six weeks of launch."

Haha that's great, Blizzard rules.

Jan 24, 2005 3:53pm PST

"According to our research, other successful MMOGs in the U.S. had achieved roughly 300,000 subscribers a : Luminair

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