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Gee, Could They Spare It?

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Warcraft posted the details of the trial-period extension, to partially “compensate” players for the post-launch downtimes.

It is for that reason that we are extending the one-month trial-period for players who created accounts before or during the downtime. The length of the trial-period extension will be based on when the player’s account was created:

* Accounts created on November 23 will receive a 4-day extension
* Accounts created on November 24 will receive a 3-day extension
* Accounts created on November 25 will receive a 2-day extension
* Accounts created on November 26 will receive a 1-day extension

Considering some servers were down for a few days, others up and down, still others with 2 and 3 hour queues, almost all were/are/will continue to be lagged to hell … this smells like horseshit. Wouldn’t it just be easier to give everyone an extra free week and call it even?

It’s like trying to get this one guy at work to pitch in for the lunch bill … assrag pulls out this tiny calculator and goes at it for ten minutes. Dude! You’re embarassing yourself.

Can You Hear Me Now?

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Here’s a quick guide to using TeamSpeak with a MMOG guild. Some of you may be new to TeamSpeak (and its ilk: Ventrilo, et al) and are a bit apprehensive about its use; others may be veterans but are seeking advanced techniques. I can’t really help with any of that, but I can recount some of things my guild has discovered after using TeamSpeak for almost a year now.

1. First of all, our guildleader knows his shit when it comes to IT crap, which helps tremendously. If we had to rely on me for fixing TS burps, we’d be in trouble. You’ll need someone in guild that knows his IT shit then blame him for anything that goes wrong. Get his cell number so you can wake him up at home when the TS server goes down … and so you can blame him for anything that has gone wrong.

A designated scapegoat is critical for all guild operations including TS. Remember this.

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