Next Generation has a reprint of PC Gamer Editor-in-Chief Greg Vederman’s February 2006 editorial announcing that the mag will no longer accept advertising from Gold Farmers and their ilk. (Warning on that link: Next Gen may force an ad on you to click past to arrive at their index. HATED! The reprint is in Features, dated 1/17/06, currently at the bottom of the index.)
Here’s the fallout from last night’s grand tour of Warcraft’s Medivh realm … no new character creations on Medivh or Mannoroth (currently 2nd place in the war effort). Caydiem wrote:
We’re aware that many realm communities are becoming excited as the War Effort nears completion. Several players, wanting to see the event, have created alternate characters on the realms closest to completion and have trekked out to Silithus in order to bear witness. While we respect your enthusiasm, we do need to take steps in order to allow the realm communities who have worked for this completion to be able to enjoy the fruits of their labors.
As such, we are temporarily shutting down character creation on Medivh and Mannoroth. If you have characters there already, you will be able to create new ones without a problem, but those without characters will not be able to create new avatars on these realms until the event is complete. We may implement additional measures as the situation warrants. This should hopefully cut down on the latency experienced by large crowds and allow the industrious communities of these two realms to experience the opening of the gates.
Keep in mind, also, that there’s more to see than just Silithus when the event unfolds — there’s no need to gather all in one place. Keep your eyes and ears out for events around the world!
‘Tis true! There are other events/scripts around the world after the turnins are completed. You just can’t go see them on Medivh or Mannoroth unless you’re already a resident. I would have gone to watch the NPC march out of Orgrimmar, for example, but at level six, I was kinda short on cash to catch a flight outta Silithus.
The AQ War Effort:
The War Effort Progress Chart — the update lags actual completion by several hours (bleh)
AFK Gamer AQ Convos — Flickr set of the convos from last night’s War Effort completion on Medivh
AFK Gamer Medivh War Effort — Flickr set of the tailgate party on Medivh
A few more shots will be available later today on Flickr as I edit and upload.
EDIT: Other screenshots from last night to view at Gaming Horizon as collected by Tim Grube, aka Psxtim, not a very RP-ish name at all if I must say so. P.S. There’s the AFK Gamer team hanging out in the herd of cattle. Won’t see us running around with fancy mounts and repaired equipment at these events. We’re phantoms.
01/17/05 — HOUR TWO
It’s really hard to beat the fake GM announcement pranks at these worldwide historical events:
And until I spotted the cracks in the impersonation, it gave me pause. A 3-day Warcraft vacation? That’s quite a chunk of DKP I’d give up, ALTHOUGH, a forced break from raiding might be nice.
The GM Posers are still perfecting their technique; so far, no genuine GMs are in evidence.
Shame. That’s usually when things start to get good.