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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wow is kewl. Don't play it like these wow cultist
do but I get in and kill "Flyin Dragon" ever once ina w while =o).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I read the mailing list for ranked and unranked bf2
servers. Even thou I do not share your enthusiam about BF-II, I feel that COD II
will rock as you do. But no details. This is killing me. The demo was great but
release some news on the server for crying out loud.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But as Ryan mentioned, "Good things come to those
who wait".....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am going to take that as Golden and believe that
Activision has something sweet planned for us. But then again, I hold that faith
as long as they didn't intergrate the GM programmers into this new game.
Ha!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW, DM is way Kewl man. We should play one day .
lol </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=defilm@acm.org href="mailto:defilm@acm.org">Mark J. DeFilippis</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=cod@icculus.org
href="mailto:cod@icculus.org">cod@icculus.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 07, 2005 7:08
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [cod] Need to know</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>At 03:17 PM 10/6/2005, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">So you're thinking the whole
model of WoW?? Meaning an open world <BR>where you wonder
around looking for something to kill? </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>He
he... Gee... that sounds like a FPS to me...<BR>We wonder around
in DM looking for something to kill. ;-))<BR><BR>Jay, that response was
reserved. I saw WOW model and<BR>I admit, I freaked. I have seen
my sons play WOW, less now<BR>that I turned them on to "The Guild", and I
suspect way less<BR>when COD2 is out. (I am so anti-WOW, I refused to
open<BR>the account and give Blizzard MY CC#. I make my sons use<BR>the
60 day cards (I pay for them). <BR><BR>Now it may just be that I am outside
the mean with a<BR>significant std. deviation since each time I looked over
their<BR>shoulders, they were running.. and running... and running...<BR>with
their pets.. looking for items to pick up, and flying fairies<BR>to shoot at",
I never saw anything that made me say "WOW"!<BR>How someone can go from
playing COD, COD:UO and move<BR>to the mundane existence of running and
running (with Lag even!),<BR>I have no idea. It is so boring to
me. If they wanted to torture<BR>the Al Quida prisoners they should make
them sit down in front<BR>of WOW for a week straight! How Inhumane, sorry.
<BR><BR>Fun aside... WOW is made up of little realms. A realm is<BR>the
maximum world they can run on a server. Really, that<BR>is what it is...
:) When the realm is busy, I noticed it is Laggy<BR>which as we
all know is very desirable for a FPS like COD2. NOT.<BR><BR>If games continue
to move towards the WOW model, or<BR>the "Ranked" vs "Unranked" model, I am
quitting<BR>and going back my old Atari 800. Basic stuff, but
at<BR>least the old stuff had some entertainment value.... :)<BR><BR>Based on
the demo... it don't look like they plan to fit<BR>either of those models,
Thank God the stupidity virus<BR>effecting EA has not spread. <BR><BR>Also,
addressing the stmt: "WOW's user base is growing but their<BR>revenue has
dropped 90%".<BR><BR>YES. That is called "People that used to play
WOW<BR>and have a dormant account since they no longer play".<BR>From the
purely business and financial/investor<BR>perspective, no doubt they
made money, but they<BR>are hemorrhaging now. <BR><BR>Dr.
D<BR><BR>S4-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Mark
J. DeFilippis
defilm@acm.org<BR>
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