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    Blizzard Selling LifePacks for Scheduled Downtime of World of Warcraft

    http://www.bbspot.com/News/2007/01/w...-downtime.html

    Monday, January 15 12:00 AM ET
    Blizzard Selling LifePacks for Scheduled Downtime of World of Warcraft
    By Brian Briggs

    Irvine, CA - Blizzard Entertainment has begun selling LifePacks before the release of the World of Warcraft expansion The Burning Crusade. LifePacks give the player a chance to experience life away from the World of Warcraft by buying scheduled downtime for accounts.

    "We expect most LifePacks will be bought by someone other than the player, spouses, parents, girlfriends. To get some time with the player outside Azeroth," said Blizzard Entertainment representative Paul Vinton

    Vinton explained that "to the player it will look like a standard server outage. We don't want to cause any conflicts and since server outages are common the player won't suspect anything."

    "I was beginning to wonder why the server always went down when we had to go to Aunt Doreen's, now I know my parent's have been buying LifePacks for me," said Chad Binghamton a player on the Arthas server.

    Grace Blankenship bought a LifePack for her boyfriend on their three-month anniversary, "I didn't want my boyfriend to spend the entire day on the computer killing basilisks, so I bought a LifePack for then. It was my anniversary present to me."

    Not all LifePacks will be purchased by people other than the player. "We expect some players to buy the cards," said Vinton. "Say you've got a big test coming up and want to make sure that you've got time to study for it. Purchase a LifePack and the server will be down giving you time to study."


    Gaming reporter Brian Keith said, "This is a genius marketing ploy by Blizzard, not only do you have to pay them to play the game, but now they'll be getting money for you to not play the game.

    LifePacks can be purchased online from the Blizzard website in one hour increments from the Blizzard website. Buyers must know the player's username and the server they play on then they can schedule the times they want the server to be "down."
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    Das een goeie zet er nu maar snel bij dat het een mop is voor we hier 10 paginas flame replies krijgen
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    Currently playing: Tribes Ascend >< ><Twitter ><>< TeeJay.is grumpy
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    omg! nu kloppen ze echt wel compleet geld uit hun spel ze man
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    het zou eigenlijk wel een goed idee zijn. Zo zouden vele ouders nog eens kontakt kunnen hebben met hub kids.
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    omg! nu kloppen ze echt wel compleet geld uit hun spel ze man
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    handige manier om de spot in de raid te krijgen koop een life pack voor al u tegenstanders om plek in de raid
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    Quote Originally Posted by Don-Friso View Post
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    m4rt1n0's crits you
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    "I didn't want my boyfriend to spend the entire day on the computer killing basilisks, so I bought a LifePack for then. It was my anniversary present to me."

    hahahaha

    en als je echt iemand niet graga hebt koop je em toch gewoon een lifetime lifepack
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    Quote Originally Posted by m4rt1n0 View Post
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    ironie komt nie over via et internet! weete da nu nog nie
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    ik vond deze anders ook wel komisch:

    Patch Allows World of Warcraft Mail To Be Checked in Gmail

    Mountain View, CA - Blizzard announced that in the next patch for World of Warcraft players would be able to check in-game mail through Google's gmail. The much needed ability will allow players to see if their Glowing Brightwood Staff or Libram of Focus sold at auction without the anxiety of waiting until they get home from work.

    To check in-game mail players will need a gmail account and an add-on from Blizzard. Frank Ragnos from Google was excited by the partnership. "Many World of Warcraft players don't have gmail accounts, so we see this as a real engine for growth."

    As part of the agreement with Blizzard, Google agreed to slow down the password authenticating processs. "We don't want users outside of the game to have an advantage over game players," said Marc Kassenbaum from Blizzard. "We asked for a ten to fifteen minute delay when logging into the account with random disconnects for added realism."

    Players were enthusiastic about the announcement. "I don't spend much time outside of Warcraft," said Harold Gramble from Indianapolis. "If I do leave the game it's good to know I can keep up to date."

    For now the service, dubbed WoWmail, will be limited to reading mail only, but Blizzard hinted future patches may expand functionality.

    http://www.bbspot.com/News/2006/05/gmail-wowmail.html
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    grapjurken allemaal
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