Hey all,

There has been World of Warcraft threads before - and a fair few people showed keen interest in it.

Just a FYI to point Aussies in the direction of www.aussiegamers.net (this is not my website, im just posting it), banding together all aussie players and guilds in order to establish a good community!

Any MMORPG vets who are keen on playing Horde -> www.theblackclaw.com is recruiting (slowly, quality over quantity) anyone 18+ who has experience and aims to be dedicated.

Cheers all, www.blizzard.com/ check out the screenshots!

Nik (Khael - Undead Mage)

is world of warcraft out?

nah, not for about another 6months, perhaps even more

this is mainly for the freaks that like to get organized early :)

The beta might be starting soon, and the "friends and family" alpha is going on right now. Any of you guys eligible for the beta? Any of you guys applied for the beta?

I'm joining goon squad, sry aussies :)

i tried for beta, but it only accepted korean, canadian and american apps addresses

there will be an open beta, so lets hope for that to be soon!

stop by www.aussiegamers.net for aussie WoW related guilds etc!

think we got a few spots into the beta >_^

Cool, I was able to apply for it.

edit : kfc why arent you on my msn list?

last edited by clipto at 14:46:34 27/Feb/04

ummm kungfucamel-at-hotmail.....

did you get some spots through a business connection kung foo? lucky lucky man :)

have fun!!! i will cry myself to sleep over it hehe

cant wait for this to be released.. i want to be a nightelf hunter

Fansites get beta accounts, as do people on the "blizzard friends" list, get on the fansites by getting involved in what they do, and get on the friends list by reporting bugs in the beta.

anyone 18+ who has experience and aims to be dedicated.

18+? reason?

becuase kids (under 18s) have an attention span slightly longer then their reach ?

Hey im not too cluey on WoW but I was just looking at the screen shots and I can safely assume that this is looking nothing like Warcraft III. It's looking like some sort of rpg or something, or whats the go there ?

like everquest dooder

Never played it O_o

where the hell have u been mutha? WoW is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG)

Ahhh so that's what MMORPG stands for.... it always sounded like a file extension to me :S

becuase kids (under 18s) have an attention span slightly longer then their reach ?

You sure you are not being overly fair there Obes?

18+ reason is just to keep things more mature - yes under 18s can be mature, but we would find that over 18s are generally less encumbered by parents/school

cheers

I think I might import WoW when it comes out and start a character called Khael on every server.

i'll import it and start from the other end of the server list, making khaels on half the servers !!!!!!!! (and because i'm a uni bum, i might get it before you)

Cool, that suits me fine.

but they won't have the s, and i'll make khel 's on all of them too.

and i'll buy another copy just for my names.

ps, i'm really bored.

I know, I only said it because Nikolas said in his first post he was gonna make a character called Khael, so all you're doing is furthering my goal of being an a******, so like I said, suits me fine :)

Besides, I never use Khel in those games, I prefer to think up some crazy stupid name and use that instead.

a crazy stupid name like giririsss ?

or like lohung wahng

Well, in daoc I had characters called Eugoogleiser Bob, Jivemofo and Treefiddy LoveYouLongTime. So yeah, silly like that!

haha khel you punk :)

well as long as you buy and play the game i will be happy, even if i need to use a different name!

If it has a worldwide release like most of Blizzard's other games Australia will get it earlier than the others.

I think I might import WoW when it comes out and start a character.....

Why would you have to import it? wont it just comeout here?

Why would you have to import it? wont it just comeout here?

It might, or it might not. I'm just going by previous experience with mmorpgs. Generally they come out in the US but dont make their way into stores here until months afterwards. You would think that because its a Blizzard game, with the marketing power of Vivendi behind it, it will come out here at the same time, but then you would think that Star Wars Galaxies, with the marketing power of Sony behind it would have come out here too. Sadly, you'd be wrong, at least on the second count.

My bet is WOW will be released in Australia at the latest the next day after America, copies will be in the country befor then.

Clipto thats asuming it even gets released here.

MMOGs are frequently not released here or released very late.

It sure is assuming that, anyone else care to place their bets? I fully intend to resurect this thread and brag if I guess right.

And if you get it wrong and they are more then 24 hours later in releasing it ? what then ?

nothing ... like whats between your legs.

I really really doubt bliz would skip smaller countries, mmorpg or not.

I fully intend to resurect this thread and brag if I guess right.

I fully intend to ban you if you ressurect old threads.

Based on the release schedule of previous, bigger games (and lets face it, Star Wars IS bigger than Warcraft) I can't see it coming out here first, or even a day after. From memory, the soonest I've seen an mmorpg hit our shores after being released in the US would have either been Asheron's Call which took about a month to a month and a half, or Planetside, which while not really strictly a mmorpg, took a couple of weeks.

Also, based on the fact that Blizzard is centering their testing around US/Canada/Korea then I'm guessing this is what they consider to be their major market, so they'll probably be releasing it there first then the rest of the world after. I'm not saying it'll take forever to come out here after being released overseas, but I can't see it being a blanket release. Of course, seeing as theres been no release date information officially announced, its anyones guess as to what will ACTUALLY happen, I'm just extrapolating from past experiences with mmorpgs.

Also, based on the fact that Blizzard is centering their testing around US/Canada/Korea then I'm guessing this is what they consider to be their major market, so they'll probably be releasing it there first then the rest of the world after

All beta's that bliz has ever put out, aus has pretty much been left out so you cant read too much into that. (and yes, aus got those games 3 days after it was released in those counties). but seeing as though we got sucha bad record with mmorpg's it might be abit differant, but i still doubt it.

(and lets face it, Star Wars IS bigger than Warcraft)

That might be true, but Warcraft as a game compared to starwars as a game. Warcraft would easly be bigger (im just guessing here)

that dont count :P

edit: wtf is with ppl and totally deleting their posts :/

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ll beta's that bliz has ever put out, aus has pretty much been left out so you cant read too much into that. (and yes, aus got those games 3 days after it was released in those counties).

You gotta keep in mind though, this is like no release Blizzard have ever done. Not only are you aiming a different, and smaller market, but its a lot more complicated launching an mmorpg than just releasing a game. If I was Blizzard I wouldn't want to be releasing it to everyone in the world right away, because what if the servers get overloaded and s*** themselves and the whole thing comes crashing down? Its not like Battlenet where if it goes down, you can just play it single player or with your friends, no servers = no game. I'd be wanting to just release it to my main market, make sure everything is hunky dory and fix up any glitches (because no matter how much you test, you can't prepare for everything especially when hundreds of thousands of eager gamers all hit your servers at once), and then when it was all stable, release it to the rest of the world.

last edited by Khel at 01:40:40 02/Mar/04

i don't know, there have been alot of starwars games that have done fairly well, most are FPS or the like tho.

I just meant Star Wars as a phenomenon is way bigger than the Warcraft franchise. f***loads of people know what Star Wars is, even people who've never played a Star Wars game. On the other hand, Warcraft means nothing to people who haven't already played Warcraft games. If you went up to the average joe in the street who hadn't really played that many games and you asked him if he'd prefer to play a game where he could be a character in Star Wars, or play a game where he could be a character from Warcraft, I'm guessing he'd pick Star Wars.

That doesn't mean I'm saying Warcraft has a small following, not by any means, but amongst the general population, Star Wars just has more widespread appeal.

dammit khel, f*** u :P u make me sad :(

MMOGs are unlike other games. They have to provide support and crap and playable servers.

Given there has never been any blizzard servers in aus, I don't think they will start with wow. Which means they can't guarentee a quality of service they might like, so they might just go screw this lets wait till we see server loads and badwidth and crap.

Then there is the whole having lots of players on at 3am to 7am thing and having to employ more people for the graveyard shift in their CSR teams (SOE just setup a call center in india, blizard have one in korea I think).

Then to top it off... we are smaller in population then some urban areas in the states. We are small fry.

And I honestly can't think of any mmog that got released here with in a month of the US date. (Electronic distribution is essentially buying from the us and not being released here).

I can't say it enough, MMOGs are not like other games, in any way shape or form. From release to support to gameplay, THEY ARE DIFFERENT!

In the end it doesn't really matter whether it comes out here straight away or not, anyone who wants it can just import it from the US, express delivery. With the current state of our dollar, it'd prolly end up cheaper than buying it here anyway.

Well, its always good to play in a server when its first starting off and flourising, and you get to keep up with the economy. Then again, anyone who cares enuff about that stuff would import it. meh

As a MMOG matures whether you missed the first year or not is totally unimportant.

Well I bet it will, I take it everyone is betting against me.

i dont clipto! :P i still got a tincy bit of faith in blizzard.

Screw Blizzard! Have faith in me!

Haha j/king, Blizzard will come through.

jeez clipto ain't a fanboi or nothing.

gem in chat keke

thats what an open beta will be for. Stress the servers. everyone will be jumping on.

Yeah, in theory, thats what an Open Beta is for, but theres always going to be at least a few unforseen hitches when you launch. I dont think there has yet been an mmorpg that has launched perfectly smoothly, and while Blizzard may just go and break the mould with the most perfect launch ever, the odds are definately stacked against them.

due to me not reading all that i might have skipped the answer.. but the reason blizzard limited the alpha testing to korea / usa / canda is mainly because of the close time tables.. besides korea i am not sure what its like, but if u wana get a game tested ofcourse you would throw it to them.

but it is just the time difference between aus -> us and canada is to great.. when we are on they generally aren't and so on

Just heard over at www.warbucket.com that blizzard are distributing a new gameplay movie of wow through bittorent. If you read more into it, you might think they are considering distributing the beta through bittorent.

last edited by CSIRAC at 14:54:45 03/Mar/04

The reason Korea is getting it is because Korea represents a huge market for Blizzard.

The reason Korea is getting it is because Korea represents a huge market for Blizzard.

This is crazy, I actually find myself agreeing with clipto on something.