Too bad nobody will be alive to view the contents in 1000 years. Rick pArry '12!

That's very commendable of your wife and of you for fighting the good fight!

If they do rescind their decision to charge for the new feature, that could mean that..

a. They intended to rescind it from the beginning and it was a publicity stunt.

b. They intended to go through with it initially, but the risk outweighed the reward.

c. There was a LARP battle at Blizzard HQ and the no-fee side was victorious!

Does that sound about right?

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me! I like that you regularly have front line climate issues posted on your site. Going in random order here. Foooooootbaaaaallllll!!!

Once and for all, not going to read comments by you assholes.

The importance of a gaming community is something that I've come to realize only recently , although I've been playing the game since launch.

I would describe myself as Left Brain thinking and playing WoW appeals to me in itself, even if I were anti-social. I don't have any guilt associated with how I spend my free time because when I'm not playing WoW, I'm doing what I think I should be to make the world a better place.

The game is community driven, obviously most of you never belonged to a community that inspired you more than the game itself.

Those are some of the best Screenshots I've seen of the environment in WoW. That's motivating, ya hear?

-Corky

$9.50/month. I'll bet you.

[Marketing Executive, "Hey, I got an idea. How about two mutated rats... you know deformed looking freaks. But one is kinda artsy and he plays a guitar..." ]

THAT'S TOO FUNNY! That Rat on the left has some friggin messed up eyeballs. I've always thought that half of the entertainment industry is on some mind altering drugs. Maybe they're promoting their new "All Grey Meat Sub".

-Savage Ripley-

I have a feeling that the chances of getting into this beta test are closer to 0% than 1%. If I do get selected though, I'll be sure to tell everyone here at Blues News.. as well as my friends and family and my classmates and anyone I happen to see walking down the street. I just hope they need a large test group of hardcore gamers from Chico, CA.

Anyone get selected for a beta from another Blizzard title? I assume they are looking for a wide range of player types, from different locations and with different connection speeds. Do they pick from any of these groups descriminately?

Also.. are there any guilds in place as of yet? I'd like to find one (the sooner the better :)).

Corky

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The fundamental nature of this game requires multiplayer activity. One player can't do FPS and RTS at the same time... or can they... hmmmm? Maybe instead of a stronghold or lair you could have a big motor home with chain guns!

Since the patch came out the number of Savage owners playing non-Demo games has increased substantially. I'd say there are about 8 or 9 servers with 20 or more people playing regularly. There's also always a couple full games (up to 64 players, 32 on each team!). Up to this point you might as well have just played the Demo version.. but this new patch is just SICK! Thank you S2.

-Ripley

There hasn't been updated screenshots of World of Warcraft in weeks! Lamo. Question: Are any of you Everquest fans out there going to switch over to WoW from what you've seen from the Blizzard web site?

Mission Impossible

~Corky

Does anyone know when the free full version of XMP comes out for us lucky Unreal 2 owners?

Don't worry, there's a big enough market for both of the games to baste comfortably in.

Matrix Reloaded here I come.

There, I said it. Apple wants to try and monopolize the mp3 industry with their lIttle pod. I first heard about this when the news about Napster 2 hit the streets. The article said that Napster's music wouldn't be compatible with the PC version of Ipod unless you converted all your songs to a specific format. This sounds an awfull lot like what doomed macintosh in the first place when they let the pc industry slip away. This new scheme of theirs would force the customer to always buy their mp3 players as long as they wanted to use the songs that they have downloaded. Man it's just sick! I hate, have always hated, and will always hate that queer little company and all of the glorified trash they market. They are so obviously trying to steal every bit of market they can and have absolutely have no sharing. Boycott Apple! Spread the word about their Ipod.

Man those were some good screen shots. Too bad for all of you who went to bed early and didn't get to see em

Backstab!! Awesome Bliz. Haven't seen that skill since back in the days of Mudding.

~Corky