LeetPirate Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 World of Warcraft has reached 12 Million subscribers! LOL. I have a feeling the real cause of the global recession was people taking too much time off to play WoW instead of working, :rofl:Original Article.September 18 2:02 P.M. Learn about the game that spawned so many numbers With about 12 million subscribers, chart-topping sales and enough pop culture cred to warrant both an Emmy-winning turn in South Park and shout-outs from William Shatner and Ozzy Osbourne, we knew World of Warcraft was big. But during a game conference in Austin covered by Gamasutra, the game's developers dropped some stats that make it out to be, well, really, really big. To operate a game as massive as Warcraft, Blizzard employs over 4,600 staffers and uses 20,000 computer systems, 75,000 CPU cores and a staggering 1.3 petrabytes (that's over 1 billion MBs) of storage. And you thought your 32 GB iPhone was cool. The game itself, when viewed from The Matrix, would take up about 5.5 million lines of code, made even safer by the fact that the QA crew has flattened over 180,000 bugs If you were actually wandering around in Azeroth, you could find over 1.5 million art assets, from wall torches to wheels of cheese, and would have the opportunity to chat up 40,000 NPCs (non-player characters). They could then dole out 7,650 quests, which you could complete using a handful of the game's 70,000 spells. The craziest stat of all? In the five years since World of Warcraft launched, players have earned a McDonald's-threatening 4,449,680,399 in-game rewards. Man, that's a lot of loot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 22, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 22, 2009 *sigh* 12 Million wastin their time and money online for a game? :frusty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 That's what you call an epic addiction :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 i will try it :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I tried it it's a piece of shit, let's be honest... compared to NSANE its addiction is a drop in the ocean. :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 ok than i wont try it,more power to nsane :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 @karachidude:Try other online games :lol:As for me, I can't recommend one.I'm too busy IRL :tooth: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted September 22, 2009 Administrator Share Posted September 22, 2009 Even I recommend "none". By my side, no online game is worth of playin. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 @DKT27:Even I have played online games in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 @karachidude:Try other online games :lol:lol.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeetPirate Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 World of Warcraft is designed to do nothing but waste your life away. I have tried it and realised this is the case. You spend hours and hours beating wild hogs to level up, then 4 months later when you are high level, here comes the new expansion pack to keep you inside the matrix for a while longer. Once you start, you can't get out of it. Look even during the recession, every company on the verge of bankruptcy but Blizzard is installing new servers and reporting profits as usual. In fact since more people got laid off they play even more now. This implies that even when people are not sure they will have money for food in the next months, they put high priority in WoW. I prefer to play dota, after a 30 mins battle it's over, you had maximum fun and there is nothing more to waste time on unless you make another game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioActive Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I like MMORPGs as much as the next guy, but I never played WoW and most certainly never will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hottwire Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 *sigh* 12 Million wastin their time and money online for a game? :frusty:World of Warcraft is designed to do nothing but waste your life away. I have tried it and realised this is the case. You spend hours and hours beating wild hogs to level up, then 4 months later when you are high level, here comes the new expansion pack to keep you inside the matrix for a while longer. Once you start, you can't get out of it. Look even during the recession, every company on the verge of bankruptcy but Blizzard is installing new servers and reporting profits as usual. In fact since more people got laid off they play even more now. This implies that even when people are not sure they will have money for food in the next months, they put high priority in WoW. I prefer to play dota, after a 30 mins battle it's over, you had maximum fun and there is nothing more to waste time on unless you make another game.its all true why play a game that you buy only to pay more money to play it.... i had it and regretted it after 5 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 @Hottwire:Not all online games require payment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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