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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, 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
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            Hm.. On one hand, thank God.
            
            On the other hand, there's something to be said for epic instances like BRD where there's tons of stuff happening throughout the instance.

            Oct 14, 2008 5:58pm PDT
            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