waaagh.wordpress.com - 10/7/2008
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I, Syp, solemnly swear that I am done, now and forever, with World of Warcraft bashing, attacks, belittling or griping.
Believe it or not, past mentions of WoW on this blog weren’t coming from a complete “hater” perspective, but rather a player who truly loved that game ...
syncaine.wordpress.com - 10/7/2008
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syncaine.wordpress.com —
Blizzard, being the inventive genius shop that they
are, have some rather revolutionary ideas in the works.
Hold on to your hats, this could change EVERYTHING! I’ve gone ahead and edited a recent Bliz post , as they must have been in a hurry ...
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Blizzard’s new focus for WoW, just as soon as Mythic ...
tobolds.blogspot.com - 10/10/2008
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tobolds.blogspot.com —
On November 13 me and many other MMORPG
players will have to make a decision: Do we
continue to play Warhammer Online, or do we go back to World of Warcraft and the new Wrath of the Lich King expansion? So somewhere in my head there is a little ...
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Tug of WAR
gamesetwatch.com - 10/5/2008
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gamesetwatch.com —
war_highelf.jpg ['The Game Anthropologist' is Michael Walbridge 's
regular GameSetWatch column looking at gaming communities and subcultures.
This week he speaks from the trenches about the developing community of EA/Mythic's new MMO, Warhammer ...
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The Game Anthropologist: 'Warhammer Online - A ...
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Blizzard to WoW lovers: "Wait, we have stuff in store for you!"
Luwow Goldman —
... players of World of Warcraft that they can fix their end game. Blizzard is proclaiming they have great stuff in store once they copy Warhammer's open PVP scheme. I am sure it will be only 2 years away in some sort of add on, but ESPN lovers can only hope. I doctored the screenshot to the left, I admit it. I have l33t photoshop skills. You can read a good dissection of this post over on: Hardcore Casual Waaagh Wizards and Wenches As for me, I like to sum things up ...
Please copy more
Tobold's MMORPG Blog —
... Blizzard is just copying from Mythic, because "queue for Battlegrounds from anywhere" or "EXP gain through the PvP system" sound very familiar. But Syp has a better theory: "What if, I thought, what if what Blizzard and Mythic and all these other MMO companies claim is actually true: that competition is great for the lifeblood of the entire industry?" ...
Lie back and link for England
Book of Grudges —
... : Including the ability to queue from anywhere and earn xp via battlegrounds. That didn’t take long. There have been a lot of blog comments about this — Syp thinks competition is great for gamers, syncaine wonders if ...
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