That's quite true. Though I wouldn't be hasty on saying Blizzard's being racist or anything. I'm American, but I live in Hawaii, so I feel left out when Blizzard always have their promotions at the mainland. I mean it's bad enough if the US considers itself united. And I'm guessing you don't understand a single thing I just said.
For those European gamers still wishing to play with their American friends on the North American servers, and vice versa, Blizzard will provide a means to make this possible after the European launch.
Which proves this thread and this discussion pointless.
alfredx_sotnCompare the date of the article and the starting of the thread. Found something funny?
It has nothing to do with the dates, this post (the Blizzard's one that I just quoted) just shows more clearly what Blizzard was trying to say here from the beginning: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-general&t=385040 and what MuldaV was trying to notify everyone several times in this thread.
This discussion is simply a huge inquisitorial raid about nothing, exactly the same as occurred during one of the wc3 patches when everyone thought Blizzard was sending out some nasty .sys files that was supposed to slow down the customers computers (I'm exaggerating a little ). It was not done by purpose but huge masses raided Blizzard.
I don't know who Darky called but that representative should be fired at once. All this carp about 4-6 months and "cannt do a shit.." is simply unbelievable.
i may be new here, but i'll do my best to support as well, i believe that darky's cause is a worthy one. besides, i think i am among the few israeli's who have awareness of blizzad's decision. i have 2 main reasons: 1} i never visited europe, so perhapse i'll be able at least to play with european people. 2}as i mentioned earlier, i am from israel,of course that i refer to all of asia as well: if the game doesnt reach asia,{and lest we forget,europe} we won't have the joy of playing WOW. so after all this huge talking, i am adding my "vote"
MuldavYou guys seem even more retarded than the posts you make...
THERE WILL BE AN OPEN EUROPEAN BETA OF WOW THE 26TH OF NOVEMBER THAT WILL BE RUNNING UNTIL THE DATE OF RELEASE FOR WOW IN EUROPE!!! AND FOR FREE
That should make some people read other posts than Darky's
I don't give a s**t about a free European beta. I want to play with my online buddies, most of which are from the US. And besides, I feel disrespected by Blizzard because they give out lame reasons for this decision such as differing languages; I'm from the UK and we invented english.
Quote: For those European gamers still wishing to play with their American friends on the North American servers, and vice versa, Blizzard will provide a means to make this possible after the European launch.
Which proves this thread and this discussion pointless.
TGN
No it doesn't. 'after the European launch'. Great, we might get a chance to play with characters far lower in level than our friends in 3-6 months. Charming.
35263526No it doesn't. 'after the European launch'. Great, we might get a chance to play with characters far lower in level than our friends in 3-6 months. Charming.
Blizzard, burn in Hades.
Yes it does because neither your post or this thread will make them change decisions. And just to let you know it is not 3-6 but 2 months and the use of "might" is highly inappropriate because you will get a chance to play with your friends. And that is indeed charming.
May I remind you all that it's just a game for christ's sake...
Once again, it's proven that Blizzard are in control of what's going on. They are a reliable company with years of experience, and a will to satisfy their customers. All those people who say "I hate Blizzard" are decieving themselves, they obviously must love Blizzard because they care so much about their games.
In the end, I really don't see what all the fuss is about. From my experience of WCIII, most Americans are actually complete jerks - they flame you, cheat, call people noob for no reason, brag about winning, whinge about losing, and so on. The few nice people there are the Australians and New Zealanders who use the server, and occasionally an American or a Canadian. If you really want to make friends with jerks, then to me it's no suprise that you make all this fuss about Blizzard.
BelcariusAll those people who say "I hate Blizzard" are decieving themselves, they obviously must love Blizzard because they care so much about their games.
I do love Blizzard's games, but I'd angry because I feel betrayed by them after my 10 years of fandom.
BelcariusIn the end, I really don't see what all the fuss is about. From my experience of WCIII, most Americans are actually complete jerks - they flame you, cheat, call people noob for no reason, brag about winning, whinge about losing, and so on. The few nice people there are the Australians and New Zealanders who use the server, and occasionally an American or a Canadian. If you really want to make friends with jerks, then to me it's no suprise that you make all this fuss about Blizzard.
People from Europe can be jerks too. My friends are not the standard morons, which is why I like them. I don't want to be forced to make new 'non-jerky' European friends, because my buddies are non-disposable.
For me, i disagree totally with blizzard's later release on european market (even though it may be due to the extensive languages that will be required for mass marketing in europe and abroad), but i'm not against restricting the markets by landmass, if not just for the simple language barriers that exist. One remedy that would be plausible but not practical, is a universal translator.. but anyone who's used a translator will tell you they aren't always consistant and consise, which would make things unclear at times, and possibly might bring about issues.
It will save blizzard a ton of resources being that in order to properly answer a german player who pages, they would need a german CSR, as well as a french CSR, and a... you get the idea.. yes they will need those.. but honestly which is easier to find.. a german speaking german or an american who speaks german? I think you can see where i'm going with this. In europe it will be easier to find native speakers, and thus give YOU the better customer service you deserve. Remember Blizzard doesn't do the half-assed things that most companies do. When they do something they make sure its right before putting the product out. If you have to wait 6 more months for a quality product, then i would rather wait. I'd say the same if i was on your end. I mean, how long have we been waiting for Starcraft: Ghost?? Yep, still waiting, and i'll wait until its polished and buy it because its a POLISHED game i've come to expect from ONLY Blizzard. When is the last time you bought a game from Blizzard that sucked? I don't have a time, do you?
I'm upset at the fact that you won't be able to join us, mainly due to having more than a few friends from europe, and china who i speak to (threw use of an online translator and personal learning skills.. Chinese is HARD!!!!) on a semi regular basis (China is of course 12 hours off my time and is difficult to stay awake long enough to chat.) Anyway, i'm almost ready to release my first map for warcraft 3.. hope someone likes it.
I don't know if Blizzard replied, but I received a reply from them. It doesn't seem as bad as we thought I guess.
Because we cannot guarantee a positive gaming experience for users connecting to servers outside their region, we are not initially permitting users from outside North America to play on the North American servers upon release.
In other words, players in one region of the world will not be able to play on alternate regions at the launch of the game. We do plan on adding this functionality in at a later time, but unfortunately do not have specific information on subscription policies or when this will happen. Customers will need a North American Version of the game, North American Billing Address and North American Payment Method. International Credit Cards outside of North America will not work.
From Nick S. , Billing & Account Representative, Blizzard Entertainment
Creatives50It will save blizzard a ton of resources being that in order to properly answer a german player who pages, they would need a german CSR, as well as a french CSR, and a... you get the idea.. yes they will need those.. but honestly which is easier to find.. a german speaking german or an american who speaks german? I think you can see where i'm going with this. In europe it will be easier to find native speakers, and thus give YOU the better customer service you deserve. Remember Blizzard doesn't do the half-assed things that most companies do. When they do something they make sure its right before putting the product out.
Does this mean that I will get customer service in Finnish, too? Why would they provide customer service in Finnish, if the game is all English (there is no Finnish localization) and thus you need to know English if you are to play the game?
). It was not done by purpose but huge masses raided Blizzard.
