syncaine.wordpress.com - 10/2/2009
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Tobold and I have a friendly little challenge going (around comment 45 on that post), one that sadly won’t have a result for a few years. The challenge is simple: The next Blizzard MMO won’t reach the popularity of WoW. More specifically, my bet is the game won’t retain 1million+ subscriptions ...
tobolds.blogspot.com - 10/9/2009
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tobolds.blogspot.com —
As every serious MMORPG reviewer knows, it takes
5,000 hours of played time to be able to...
really judge a game. ;) Ed Zitron jokes aside, I've been playing World of Warcraft for over 5 years now (beta included), and the 5th anniversary of its release ...
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World of Warcraft Review
gnomeaggedon.net - 10/2/2009
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gnomeaggedon.net —
Do you think Blizzard will ever take the
MMO out of WoW, leaving just the RPG? The...
end game focus seems to be shifting for many people. Sure there are lots of folk out there beating their thick virtual heads against the virtual boss brick wall, but the explore, quest and lore mentalities ...
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Solo WoW One Day?
wow.com - 9/30/2009
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wow.com —
Think Again is a WoW- themed music video
created by Bloodsprayer Movies . With an author name...
like that, I was expecting something much more violent. This isn't really my kind of music, so it's difficult for me to layer a lot of meaning between the spoken words and the background ...
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WoW Moviewatch: Think Again
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The story of the elephant sculpture
Tobold's MMORPG Blog —
... from the lesser quality. But when these inferiors elephant statue copies were put up for auction, they didn't sell all that well. Some didn't sell at all, so bad were they. Some attracted initial interest before the auction, but when the buyers saw the inferior quality, they only bid 300,000 for it, and the other sculptors were much disappointed. "Oh!", they cried, "the original sculptor was lucky that he made his elephant statue just when the market wanted one. Sculpting is dead, nobody will ever get more than 1 million for his sculpture." ...
The Ever-Evolving Audience
Mobhunter.com —
... and Syncaine are having a debate as to whether the great unannounced MMO from Blizzard will reach a million subs. Both make some interesting points, but of course neither will be proven correct for a long time. ...
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