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<font size=3>At 03:17 PM 10/6/2005, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>So you're thinking the whole model
of WoW?? Meaning an open world <br>
where you wonder around looking for something to kill?
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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>
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defilm@acm.org<br>
defilm@ieee.org<br><br>
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defilm@acm.org<br>
defilm@ieee.org<br><br>
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