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  This is what we have come to? : rosewood
  • login screens are the new Shader Model 4.987262. : hirez
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  you did not supply pics. FAIL : Iwannaacura
  • Yeah, if awesome enough I might resub, someone stop me! : vov1n
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    PLEASE SHOW PIC! : Iwannaacura
    • risimage? more like NOimage, amirite?? : das_runt
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  I've already seen it (in the Beta). Believe me, going to see that area in the game is 10x more epic. : action wombmate
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    PIC http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2008/july/wotlkloadingscreen.jpg : action wombmate
    • Unless you're talking about something different, which I'm now realizing you might be. : action wombmate
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      plus a flying ice dragon flying around the screen! : risimage
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        "A flying ice dragon"? Please, fool. That's Sindragosa - probably the biggest and baddest frostwyrm in ... : action roommate
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          ...... : famine101
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            hahah nerrrrdddddsssssssssss! i love AR & WoW : Phil
            • ^_^ : action roommate
        • a million giant WoW nerds just crossed their arms and nodded approval of this brutal riposte. : grandmasterlee
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          Wait... he has lore? I thought they made that shit up as they went. : breadsticks
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            That's a she, consort to Malygos! Sheesh, some people. ;D : DM7
            • I'll openly admit my lore of the game is shit. I only know what I find in quests and junk or War3. : breadsticks
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            As far as I can tell, Sindragosa was just invented for WotLK... googling shows no Warcraft 3 references. ... : yAak
            • Well sure - all the lore was "made up" at some point or another. It's not surprising at all that we lear... : action roommate
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              I think she was first mentioned in one of the books and is one of the reasons Malygos went nutso. : Crimsonbeak
              • Actually I think my art book from blizzcon has a mini-history on this dragon. I'll have to check. : breadsticks
              • Malygos first went nutso because the Black Dragonflight wiped about 50% of them out in under a minute. :~ : DM7
            • Isn't this the frost wyrm hero from the War3 expansion? : Nighteyes
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          Hahaha I love you. I can totally hear you saying this on vent with 49 'bazookas' going off. Christ I ac... : pancake humper
          • hahaha, me too =( : action roommate
        • lol that's fucking awesome : ShekkyBoy
        • somebody LOL this hahaha : itsjeff9
    • I really like the new login screen music too. Similar to the old music, but spiced up. : electroly
• Screenshot ffs. : Phil
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  I don't know how anyone can play that game the past year and still be excited for anything with it. : pauk111
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    It's hard to explain. For some of us it just strikes a chord. For my part, I'm not a hardcore player so... : action wombmate
    • ^^ this! Plus if I do get bored I just quit for a bit and comeback refreshed. : .sticks.
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      Its more of a "not much skill required" boredom for me. Sure there are skills to learn, but I don't see i... : antareus
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        My enjoyment metrics are not limited to how much it challenges my gaming skills. : action wombmate
        • For me, it's just the fact that Blizzard has this uncanny ability to construct an awesome world. Even ... : IndigoAK
        • That's cool. I end up not liking a lot of games if they're not pushing me, so I envy you. : antareus
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    Why? People get bored with WoW because it's the same thing over and over again. This is NEW content wit... : electroly
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      Most of my friends quit over serious fundamental flaws. Balance, etc... This is a social game, there's no... : pauk111
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        So ... you just answered your own question. : Damodred
        • Uh... poker is balanced. Games that are a convoluted mess like WoW are so bad at this point it kills the ... : pauk111
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      It's still the same thing over and over again, just with a new (and much sexier) coat of paint. : evildanish
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        Actually - I think this is very inaccurate. If they just released a new graphics engine with super high : action roommate
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          Yeah, I'm not sure what else he wants. It's completely new content. New continent, new quests, new item... : electroly
          • I still think the quests need a major overhaul but for the most part, the game has changed in a fundament... : Modica Sol Solis
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            The quests still follow the same basic formulas. Get 20 kills of mob X. Collect a certain item ten times... : evildanish
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              You're the type of person who doesn't read quest text, aren't you? : action roommate
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                What does the text matter when the mechanic is exactly the same? Lore is cool and all but lore lasts f... : Modica Sol Solis
                • Because that's what experiencing the new content is all about? The continuation of the story! You peo... : action roommate
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    I currently don't play it anymore however there are some things that would w/o a doubt draw me back in. ... : Wombat Woo
    • There is a huge part of that lore from your first one getting put in the expansion, and the Ulduar dungeo... : Zeeliv
  • did you see the login screen?!! DID YOU SEE IT?! : burning eye
  • It's fun : OverloadUT
  • When does the timer for Warhammer expire so we can start threadshitting every Warhammer post? : mmogger
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  Yeah it's a pretty cool intro-screen, I tried the beta a bit but there was no intro music. Have they adde... : aldraek
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    The intro music won't play if you have the in-game music muted in your preferences. : action roommate
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      oh so they did add it then? I should have heard it because the wotlk beta client runs on default settings... : aldraek
      • Yeah, it's in. It sounds like the old intro music but "epicified." It's awesome. : electroly
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  Can anyone rez my account please? : D45hiz
  • i'll send you a Scroll of Ressurection, just shackmessage me your account's email or whateva : das_runt
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  your nerd boner just went intergalactic : grandmasterlee
  • hahaha : timaste
• That shit admittedly looks epic on my 24" monitor BTW if you haven't done it already make sure to ramp... : doozer667
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  Any ETA on Mal'Ganis being up ?? : Phil
  • All servers will be supposedly coming back up in an hour. : doozer667
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    What is 2pm PDT? 5pm EST? : .sticks.
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      oh wait, fuck... it is 5! This day is already gone! : .sticks.
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        Oct 14, 2008 3:18pm CST : dirge23
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          sticks has no idea what time is : reverend~heresy
          • I don't live in crazy time world! I live in EST land of the free home of the brave. : .sticks.
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    Any shackers coming back for the expansion? I'd resub if folks are coming back and it's like the old old... : RyDogg1
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      I'm still there, I'll invite the lot of you. :( : DM7
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        Then the good times are truly dead. Did they kick a lot of the Shackers? : RyDogg1
        • No they didn't kick anyone. The GCR guild has eb and flow with people in it. : DM7
        • Many of us are still around including myself. : Scotty22
        • GCR frequently purges people who've not played in a couple months. If you want in, shoot Rustblade a tell... : Entity
    • I'm resubbing, ditching my friends on alliance and going horde on mal'ganis : grifter
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWmJRxRgjM0 movies > pictures : stonedonkey
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojS4jmFXaic here's the log-in music for anyone curious! : aldraek
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      That's a great 9 minutes of music : action roommate
      • Definitely the best one yet. : aldraek
• Wait till you see the loading screens :) : theWhite
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  Stuck at Retrieving character list... :( : kek
  • Servers are probably in pain... : IndigoAK
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  i cant get my character list to show up on mal'ganis. anyone with this problem too? : Modica Sol Solis
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    yup. Tried some other servers and some work and some don't. : sharpie
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      I started a guy on sargeris just to see if I could get in and I still couldn't after I made my guy. : .sticks.
      • had a char on stormscale, logged in fine : sharpie
    • awwwww yeah. it's patch day :) you gotta love these problems. Everyone returning. Everyone trying... : jedi_27
• goddamn it bloodhoof : Dravenport
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  im low on money atm. anyone want to resub and been off for 90 days, id love to cast a scroll of res. on y... : d0pamine
  • I'd love to cast one of these too. I'm in the same boat. : IndigoAK
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  Have any of the mods been updated yet? I need Cartographer, Gatherer and Titan at a minimum, Auctioneer ... : Thresher
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    I haven't tested those on the beta but I have tested Recount and it works great. I read that there are n... : kek
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      BTW, did you notice they moved the entire program from under Program Files ino Users/Public/Games/World o... : Thresher
      • It has to do with UAC and the fact that Program Files/Program Files (x86) is locked to programs that do n... : IndigoAK
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    I could live without Cartographer for a while, what I really need is Bartender and Pitbull. Without my bu... : SilverSnake
    • Bartender's not been updated, but Dominos (The replacement for Bongos) has been, and I find it a better b... : Entity
• I wish I could like this game because I'd be all over this. : geneshifter
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  Oh fuck me. I should've realized being in the beta doesn't mean I already have the patch. 1.2GB :( : electroly
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    lolz. FAIL. :) The good news is that the background downloader probably already got most of it? : kek
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      You'd think that, but nope, I started at 0%. Was I supposed to turn on the background downloader or some... : electroly
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        Why'd ya have it off? It won't run while you're playing. At least mine never did. I'm in the beta too, and had this 1.2gigger ready to go as well without downloading anything.

        Oct 14, 2008 3:56pm PDT
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        Why'd ya have it off? It won't run while you're playing. At least mine never did. I'm in the beta too, an... : royalally
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          Ohh, that'd be why. I shut my gaming computer down as soon as I'm done playing WoW usually, so if it was... : electroly
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            Ah, yep. Background Downloader'd :( : royalally
            • I'm gonna bump this thread in about four hours when I finally log in : electroly
        • There's an option to make it download while you're playing, hit "options" on the launcher. : reign27
      • If you turned it off at some point, then yes, also, it only loads if you're launching the launcher and no... : acidnynex
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  damn . . . . . stuck at the login screen :( oh well . . . I am going for a run. : jedi_27
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    Baelgun seems to be down, as are a ton of others. : Thresher
    • Mal'Ganis was "offline" for awhile, but now it's not even on the realm list. I think they Steve'd it. : reign27
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  BRING UP MY SERVER YOU FAGS I SWEAR MINE IS THE ONLY ONE NOT IN THE REALM LIST : Patch-e
  • Doomhammer? :P : royalally
  • bloodhoof : Dravenport
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  lol wait. People here make fun of Apple freaks yet you WoW people go ape shit over a new loading screen? ... : two50six
  • To be fair it's a pretty cool loading screen ;) : electroly
  • its pretty :) : jedi_27
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    Dude imagine looking at the same login screen every day for 2-3 years and then one day it changes. The sa... : sammyl
    • Aww it's a fun game. ;D : DM7
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      yeah, I here ya. I can't even get myself that addicted to a game again. WAR is fun, but I can honestly ... : Rigor Morts
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        Agreed about WAR. It's tough to get anything fun done in WoW that doesn't require 2-4 hrs. :/ : Damodred
        • It's all about the ghetto purples these days. Any amount of time investment will get you geared up now. : Entity
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          in WoTLK I think the *longest* instance run is 40 minutes. With competent people we're clearing instance... : johnny rotten
          • Hm.. On one hand, thank God. On the other hand, there's something to be said for epic instances like B... : Rotten Deadite
          • That said, those are instances; raids are a different story altogether once you hit 80. : Entity
    • lol. whatever you need to convince yourself :D : Downforce
• Dammit I want to see. Patch is still being applied. Baseball game for now. End transmission. : hoov1185
• Holy crap when am I gonna be able to see my characters? : Rotten Deadite
• I have some scrolls of resurrection available if anyone would like one. : mourningstar
• wow the new affliction tree is so damn awesome : reverend~heresy
• I made the mistake of reading the patch notes. I'm considering reactivating my 2 year dormant account ... : DOOManiac
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  @(*#(@*&$(... I finally get my character list but now the game hangs at the loading screen (new art, thou... : Home Nugget
  • same here :( might have to bag it in and try again later tonight :( : jedi_27
  • i sat there foever and it randomly let my guy in, and now portals from shat aren't working so swell and m... : Wiley Animagus
  • lol same here : Dravenport
  • Yeah. This sucks. : Rotten Deadite
  • yeah. all the new loading screens are from the wowtcg. they are cool. : Ziggurat
  • lol... so close "World server is down"... and now I'm back to hanging again. : .sticks.
  • Fuck, they got rid of the notice saying they would have the problem fixed by 6pm -_- : doozer667
• Yea, while we're waiting...if anyone needs a Scroll of Resurrection cast upon them, Shack Message me your... : Nihilist
• Wow, I really like the new log in screen even after being away for 10 months or so. Frost Wyrm looks pre... : alias
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  all I know is, holy schnikeys the install process takes a decade. gone from 0% to 20% over the last ten m... : eskimo spy
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    Take your time; few servers are up. : Entity
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      And if your server is "up", you probably can't finish past character selection. : Rotten Deadite
      • Can't get past Auth right now =( : genom
• What server is the GCR alliance on? : risimage