This is a great example of building customer loyalty and a thriving community. Nice.
So today i went to the Getty Villa. After it all we went to find the place where Riot Games is posted. We found it they actually let us in we hung out and had a great time even if it was short. Amazing!!!!!
A couple years ago I met an economist at my university who plays WoW. He’s in a guild of economists and sociologists and political scientists from places like Princeton and Stanford and UT-Austin who study WoW and other MMOs where complex social interactions are possible. They also play the game fo’ realz. I’m sure they suck, but this is beside the point.
And yes, there are people who get paid to do that.
Anyway, the economist and I had been talking about capitals, and he said it had been a surprise to Blizzard that Ironforge was the center of the Alliance universe for most of Vanilla. They’d thought Stormwind would be people’s preferred hearth spot.
He said this interested him, when devs set up something for people one way, and people use the game in a completely different way than they expected.
There were obvious reasons Ironforge made a better hearth spot — reasons that didn’t occur to Blizzard devs, apparently. For one, IF was more central to a continent that had important instances and raids, like the ones in Blackrock Mountain, the “hard” level 60 instances up in the Plaguelands. IF also made for a shorter trip to Kalimdor, in particular Theramore, which was the Alliance’s launch point for Onyxia, Gadgetzan, SIlithus, DIre Maul, and Un’Goro.
It was also a convenient city with the inn, bank, and AH located in one area, with a nice big plaza between the bank and AH, where asshole peacocks could strut around in Paladin Banana Shoulders going, “Look at me! My healing set gives me +strength.”
Our economist also told me that Blizzard devs said there are probably too many capitals now, and although they’re proud of Silvermoon (yes) and Exodar (why?), they have some regrets about having built full-fledged cities. The devs had wanted all the capitals, including Thunder Bluff and Darnassus, to have some people in them at all times. Good luck, right? The only way that will happen is if the devs add more things to do and see in every capital or, in other words, give people unique reasons to be in each one.
Add to Blizzard devs’ not-foreseen pile the fact that Shatt, then Dalaran, have often been used as hearth spots for low-level characters, which had the consequence of hurting all the Old World capitals’ populations. So what does it mean that portals to capitals are being removed from the Outland and Northrend capitals of Shattrath and Dalaran, to put an end to something that always felt like a bit of a cheat?
It’s hard to say, honestly. We don’t know whether Blizzard is going to provide alternatives to level 68-80 players for getting back to the Old World, or whether those players will be expected to fly to Borean or Fjord or to Hellfire, for that matter, to visit Org, SW, and IF.
One of the people I follow said that if ports are to be removed, then Shatt and Dal should get auction houses, so players leveling in Storm Peaks or Icecrown don’t have to spend 20-30 minutes getting to a capital to sell shit. I agree with this completely. And I expect that if Blizzard won’t be providing transportation alternatives in Shatt in Dal, that they will provide faction-specific auctioneers in the Sunreavers and Silver Covenant areas in Dal, as well as Horde and Alliance auctioneers in Shatt’s Lower City.
I mean, that would just be reasonable. Can you imagine having to fly from Shatt to the Dark Portal, ride to Nethergarde or Stonard, then fly to Stormwind if you’re Alliance, or — worse, if you’re Horde — all the way to Undercity from Stonard, or to Grom’Gol to the Zepp stand, take the Zepp to Orgrimmar or Undercity, then ride into town? That would be fucking horrible. Too horrible, in fact, for Blizzard to do.
In short: Expect more to this story.
Thank god. The guy that had it before was a complete dick.
Steve Weibe Reclaims The Donkey Kong World Record – All Is Right With The World
Wiebe last held the Donkey Kong record in spring of 2007, only to be bested by his movie rival Billy Mitchell months later. Mitchell’s score fell to New York’s Hank Chien in March of this year, but the Florida hot sauce distributor regained the title on July 31 with a score of 1,062,800 points.
Wiebe, who has attempted regaining the record at numerous live events over the years, recorded his championship game on August 30 for submission to Twin Galaxies, who verified and announced the score on Monday, September 20 as the new World Record.
Twin Galaxies announcement: http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=46&id=1982
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Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood gets another gameplay trailer
Ubisoft has issued a new trailer for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, demonstrating just how many ways Ezio can kill a man.
Who got a copy?
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I’ll be grabbin’ the game soon…. So excited I could peepee myself. lol
Spending days upon days grabbing epix will have gone to waste. You knew it was coming. It just sucks.
Wondering how long that fancy ICC-25 gear will last in Cataclysm?
How about… two levels or so.
Beta testers seem to be trading out most of their raid epics for dungeon blues by level 82 or 83. Beta testers are also finding blue gear they acquire at level 83 isn’t good enough for non-heroic level 85 dungeons. To perform well in heroic 85s, you’ll need to run some non-heroics first, get some gear, and craft yourselves some epics, too. Don’t let the new level cap fool you — Blizzard is really squeezing 10 levels into 5.
LAWLLLLLL get to da choppa.
Cannot Unsee: The box art for the NES version of Contra and the 2 biggest action movie stars of the time with a little help from the movie Aliens. In the 80’s even video games needed to steal some of the Schwarzenegger/Stallone thunder.
This doesn’t mention that EA is suing them for FarmVille dollars. Trip needs a new garden where he can put a fancy swing…duh.
Digital Chocolate sues Zynga over Mafia Wars name
EA founder Trip Hawkins and his social and casual game company Digital Chocolate claims to have published a game called Mafia Wars all the way back in 2004.
Halo Reach: Epic trailer. Let’s hope the game backs it up.
Halo Reach: Deliver Hope
I love the trend of live action trailers for videogames. Bungie produced a great one for Halo: ODST last year and Ubisoft made one for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Now there’s one for Halo Reach. Enjoy
This is amazing… I remember seeing previews for it a while back. Just shows the amount of creativity gamers have….it’s awesome. I wish I could put this video in my portfolio….eeeeeeesh. You’re hired.
it can’t get better than this.
every single WoW player out there should watch this.
horde fans, especially.
I love this video =)
Everytime I hear that song, i’m just a tad bit happier.
Whoa!
That is hands down the best use of Machinima I have ever seen. It’s…. amazing.
The only thing I don’t understand is why she was trying to kill Ony. I mean, she clearly has her t2 helm!
