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syncaine.wordpress.com - 3/27/2009

Guess what this post is about? (hint: tourists)

— syncaine.wordpress.com — A day after unsuccessfully going with “ Without WoW WAR would not have sold 300,000 copies ”... and claiming that WoW tourists are actually good for the industry, Tobold today decides to go the “ WoW is just that much better ” ... (more) Guess what this post is about? (hint: tourists)

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iamapaladin.blogspot.com - 3/24/2009

Blog award!

— iamapaladin.blogspot.com — Oh Em Gee! I got my very first ever blog award by WoW Fail Blog ! And... the reason is "This award is bestowed upon a fellow blogger whose blog content or design is, in the giver’s opinion, brilliant." *Blush* Well, now that I am done tooting my own horn, the truth of the matter is that this is ... (more) Blog award!

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gnomeaggedon.net - 3/26/2009

Honest (S)crap Award

— gnomeaggedon.net — WoWFail Blog Awards Larisa…. Larisa… Larisa…. There are two things you can be sure of in this... life: If Larisa has to tag someone, I will be on the list. If I have to tag someone, then she will be on my list. So I have deservedly been nominated for a Blog ... (more) Honest (S)crap Award

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Not So Massive Mini-Cast - March 25, 2009
Channel Massive — What do you get when Jason is suffering from sleep deprivation?  Hot older babes, stupid questions, and WoW Tourism. Linkage follows: CNN’s Ed Henry pwnd by da Prez. ACLU challenges Cleveland Heights-University Heights schools over removal of magazine from library Epic “WoW Tourist” Post by Syncaine Eddie…you done messed up.  BIG TIME!

50 million dollars are bad for you
Tobold's MMORPG Blog — Syncaine has an interesting theory about "WoW tourists": They ruin other games. Me, being a capitalist, I was under the impression that if 1 million WoW tourists buy your PvP game for $50 each, and then notice that your game isn't for them, you'll be left $50 million richer, which probably pays for most of your development cost. If you then have 300,000 dedicated "core" players left, you can afford to keep your servers running. Because with your development cost already paid, you just need to make more money than it costs to run the servers to be profitable. Even if ...

The Daily Grind: Is it luck?
Massively — ... If you've been paying attention to the MMO blogosphere at all recently, you'll notice there's been some banter back and forth between Syncaine and ...