The latest patch to the popular online game "World of Warcraft" has led to the game's servers being down for hours longer than expected.
According to Gil Shif, public relations manager for "World of Warcraft" publisher Blizzard Entertainment, the latest major patch to the game--version 1.10, which is designed to adjust the talents of priests--caused some "snags" that have affected the servers going back online as planned.
"It's part of the normal process," said Shif, "and unfortunately, it went a little longer than expected today."
Blizzard regularly devotes Tuesdays to scheduled maintenance and has implemented eight previous major patches, the most recent being version 1.09 in January. But while the company routinely requires server downtime for its patches and maintenance procedures, today's implementation caught it off guard.
"With previous patches, it hasn't taken (this) long," said Shif. "But you never know until you can full identify the issues and take care of it."
In addition, the main "World of Warcraft" Web site was experiencing extended delays Tuesday, but Shif said that had more to do with the site being slammed by users seeking the patch than any kind of technological problem.
And in any case, he said, Blizzard has been providing regular updates throughout the patch process, including notices beforehand that it was imminent.
At 6 p.m. PST Tuesday, Shif said that some servers were beginning to come back online, but that the process of getting all players up and running would be slow.
'World of Warcraft' patch keeps servers down for hours CNET News.com
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Monday, March 13, 2006
World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack
Here is just a partial list of what you can expect from the World of Warcraft expansion:
* An increase in the level cap to 70
* Two new playable races, including the magical Blood Elves
* New starting zones in Quel'Thalas and beyond
* The entire new continent of Outland, reachable through the Dark Portal
* Many new high-level dungeons to explore in Azeroth, Outland, and elsewhere
* New flying mounts in Outland
* Many new and dangerous monsters, including epic world bosses
* Hundreds of new quests
* Hundreds of new items
* A new profession: Jewelcrafting
* Socketed items
Gamestop.com - World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack
* An increase in the level cap to 70
* Two new playable races, including the magical Blood Elves
* New starting zones in Quel'Thalas and beyond
* The entire new continent of Outland, reachable through the Dark Portal
* Many new high-level dungeons to explore in Azeroth, Outland, and elsewhere
* New flying mounts in Outland
* Many new and dangerous monsters, including epic world bosses
* Hundreds of new quests
* Hundreds of new items
* A new profession: Jewelcrafting
* Socketed items
Gamestop.com - World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Interesting
"From January to February, for three weeks in game I had my Warrior, Looks, offer herself as a Girlfriend to anyone pathetic or gullible enough to take me up on the business. To my surprise, business was good."
Something Awful
Something Awful
Friday, February 17, 2006
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
WoW Level 60 Quest Guide
So you've finally done it. You've reached level 60 in World of Warcraft. It's taken months, hundreds of quests, and thousands and thousands of dead monsters. But you've finally done it. You're level 60.
So ... what now?
For many players, reaching level 60 is actually the beginning of an all-new game within World of Warcraft. There's epic lewt to be won, bosses to be beaten, and raids to be, uh, raided. This content, however, can be an impenetrable maze of intersecting quests and raid instances. For someone who's just reached 60, simply figuring out where to start can be a daunting task. The chat channels in Ironforge and Orgrimmar are a nonstop flood of abbreviations and acronyms: "UBRS." "Scholo." "Strat." "DM." "LF3M BRD EMP RUN PST!" What does it all mean? What should you be doing first?
That's where this guide comes in. It's not a step-by-step strategy guide; it's simply a roadmap, a "user's manual" to being level 60. On the following pages, you'll find a listing of just about every high-level quest chain in World of Warcraft, overviews of how the major raids work, and other diversions that level 60 players have been known to enjoy.
Whether you've been level 60 for a day or raiding for months, hopefully this guide will take some of the mystery out of WoW's endgame content and help you enjoy life after 60. Happy Raiding!
GameSpy: World of Warcraft Level 60 Quest Guide
So ... what now?
For many players, reaching level 60 is actually the beginning of an all-new game within World of Warcraft. There's epic lewt to be won, bosses to be beaten, and raids to be, uh, raided. This content, however, can be an impenetrable maze of intersecting quests and raid instances. For someone who's just reached 60, simply figuring out where to start can be a daunting task. The chat channels in Ironforge and Orgrimmar are a nonstop flood of abbreviations and acronyms: "UBRS." "Scholo." "Strat." "DM." "LF3M BRD EMP RUN PST!" What does it all mean? What should you be doing first?
That's where this guide comes in. It's not a step-by-step strategy guide; it's simply a roadmap, a "user's manual" to being level 60. On the following pages, you'll find a listing of just about every high-level quest chain in World of Warcraft, overviews of how the major raids work, and other diversions that level 60 players have been known to enjoy.
Whether you've been level 60 for a day or raiding for months, hopefully this guide will take some of the mystery out of WoW's endgame content and help you enjoy life after 60. Happy Raiding!
GameSpy: World of Warcraft Level 60 Quest Guide
Blizzard warns gay-lesbian guild
What's new:
A member of a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender virtual gaming guild posted a welcome message on the "World of Warcraft" site saying that the guild was "glbt friendly." She was warned by the site publisher to stop on-site recruiting, or risk being banned from the site.
Bottom line:
The incident has generated debate about the way the site's rules are being enforced by the game's publisher, Blizzard Entertainment, which says it is only trying to protect the guild from harassment by other gamers. The GLBT guild and others in the gaming world dispute that contention.
Read the full story in the link below
Online game warns gay-lesbian guild CNET News.com
A member of a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender virtual gaming guild posted a welcome message on the "World of Warcraft" site saying that the guild was "glbt friendly." She was warned by the site publisher to stop on-site recruiting, or risk being banned from the site.
Bottom line:
The incident has generated debate about the way the site's rules are being enforced by the game's publisher, Blizzard Entertainment, which says it is only trying to protect the guild from harassment by other gamers. The GLBT guild and others in the gaming world dispute that contention.
Read the full story in the link below
Online game warns gay-lesbian guild CNET News.com
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Friday, January 13, 2006
Tripod performs at a Comedy Festival
Pay attention to the lyrics, any gamer can appreciate this one. :-)
Tripod perform at a Comedy Festival - Google Video
Tripod perform at a Comedy Festival - Google Video
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Technical Support Site
What ports are required and with what settings?
In order to connect to Battle.net, through your Local Area Network, while allowing others to connect to games you create, make sure you have the following ports setup as described below.
Warcraft III:
Allow port 6112 TCP out and allow established sessions in
Allow port 6112 TCP in (hosting custom games)
Allow port 6113-6119 TCP out and in (hosting custom games if you’ve changed the default port in the Options/Gameplay screen)
Blizzard Entertainment: Technical Support Site
In order to connect to Battle.net, through your Local Area Network, while allowing others to connect to games you create, make sure you have the following ports setup as described below.
Warcraft III:
Allow port 6112 TCP out and allow established sessions in
Allow port 6112 TCP in (hosting custom games)
Allow port 6113-6119 TCP out and in (hosting custom games if you’ve changed the default port in the Options/Gameplay screen)
Blizzard Entertainment: Technical Support Site
Friday, January 06, 2006
Check out this WoW blog!
Looks like she has alot of great info, especially if you are just beginning to play WoW.
Take a look.
WoWgrrl's World of Warcraft blog
Take a look.
WoWgrrl's World of Warcraft blog
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Warcraft Hammers Bad Players
Blizzard, developer of the hit massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft, has suspended 18,000 accounts for violations of the game's terms of use, the GameSpot Web site reported. That amounts to roughly 200 accounts per day, the site reported.
Most of the suspensions were of computer-run characters made to farm gold and items for resale in the real world. Blizzard is asking legitimate Warcraft players to report suspicious activity.
VU Games recently announced that the game had reached the 5-million player level.
Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
Most of the suspensions were of computer-run characters made to farm gold and items for resale in the real world. Blizzard is asking legitimate Warcraft players to report suspicious activity.
VU Games recently announced that the game had reached the 5-million player level.
Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Warcraft Hits 5 Million Mark
Blizzard Entertainment announced that World of Warcraft, its hit massively multiplayer online role-playing game, has surpassed 5 million customers worldwide. The subscription-based MMORPG launched about a year ago in North America, Australia and New Zealand and has since been released in Europe and Asia. The game was launched in Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong on Nov. 8.
Blizzard's announcement coincided with word of its next Warcraft expansion, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, set for release in 2006. The expansion will add new lands, quests, monsters, magic items, spells and abilities, two new player races, a new player profession, 10 new levels of power for players to achieve and more.
Blizzard's announcement coincided with word of its next Warcraft expansion, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, set for release in 2006. The expansion will add new lands, quests, monsters, magic items, spells and abilities, two new player races, a new player profession, 10 new levels of power for players to achieve and more.
Monday, December 05, 2005
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Warcraft III
I just installed WC3 last night.
Maybe if I play it awhile it'll get me in the mood to pick WoW back up.
Maybe if I play it awhile it'll get me in the mood to pick WoW back up.
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