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tobolds.blogspot.com - 10/10/2008

Tug of WAR

— 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 ... (more) Tug of WAR

Warhammer Online

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gamesetwatch.com - 10/5/2008

The Game Anthropologist: 'Warhammer Online - A Community Analysis'

— 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 ... (more) The Game Anthropologist: 'Warhammer Online - A ...

Warhammer Online

Electronic Arts

Mythic

World of Warcraft

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waaagh.wordpress.com - 10/7/2008

Competition: It’s Good, Really. Really Really.

— waaagh.wordpress.com — 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 ... (more) Competition: It’s Good, Really. Really Really.

Warhammer Online

Blizzard

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  I refuse to believe that Blizzard would play catch-up to anyone... then again, Activision might be weighing in on their creative direction -- which is not cool.

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Blizzard to WoW lovers: "Wait, we have stuff in store for you!"
Luwow Goldman — ... attempt to console their 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 ...

News From FFXI, EQ2 and WoW
Ardwulf's Lair — ... that talks about upcoming changes which seem very… timely. Syncaine over at Hardcore Casual has an excellent breakdown of it here. ...

Blizzard should thank Mythic.
mendax.org — ... Hardcore Casual’s syncaine [sic] inserted entertaining commentary in a Blizzard post on the state of their PvP, and while somewhat exaggerated, the essence of Blizzard’s thinking is kept intact. In short, Blizzard was able to keep up a stagnating product because there was no real competition out there, so greedy players were relatively content paying for a product whose quality was drastically slipping in regards to gameplay options. With WAR now available for consumers, and having earned a ...

Please copy more
Tobold's MMORPG Blog — Tigole recently announced on the World of Warcraft official forums that Blizzard wants to improve their battlegrounds. Syncaine thinks 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 ...

Da Bloody Twenty - October 9
Blog Posts from "WAAAGH!" - Gameriot.com — ... “Blizzard’s new focus for WoW, just as soon as Mythic finishes it” @ Hardcore Casual - Let’s make MST3King of dev posts a staple from now on. ...

Blizthic
Heartless_ Gamer — Rarely do I agree with Syncaine, but I can't help but laugh along with him on his recent post: Blizzard’s new focus for WoW, just as soon as Mythic finishes it. ...

Now with even more Perspective
NecroRogIcon — ... and upcoming expansions, we feel like we've been a bit harsh. After all, we love these games don't we? We have to prove we're not just critics. ...