Talk:World of Warcraft

WOW Gold

Would it be alright if I just removed this seeing as it's just advertising their website? I think I will.. User:Dobat Dobat the Hobbat 13:44, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

It most certainly is appropriate to remove gold-spammers from the WoW page. 219.89.249.161 (talk) 00:52, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Seems to me that the link to the World Of Warcraft entry at DMOZ.org (Open Directory Project) sends you to a series of links to pages that sell WoW Gold, powerleveling services, etc. all of which violate the ToS of Activision/Blizzard. At no point do I see this link as adding anything to the article - rather they're all services for sale. If a section on "Buying resources/characters" were in the article, I could see the value, but on its own, it does not have any. Thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slampaladino (talk • contribs) 13:54, 19 January 2011 (UTC) There are many gold "selling" companies out there, yet few dont hack your account, usually they ask for your account information so they csn hsck you and use your account to (sell|hack) more people, do not believe these sellers. The best way to farm gold in WOW is to kill creatures that drop a good selling cloth and sell that on the (auction house|AH) or you can train in a profession like (herb gathering|herbalism) (ore mining|mining) (skinning animals for leather|skinning) if you choose to become a "creator proffesionest you usually spend more money than gained for/from your products.

Addiction

There seems to be growing evidence that such games are overly addictive. I believe a section on this is appropriate including some of the health implications and the decline in social capabilities.

(See http://www.wowdetox.com/ for some examples). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris Fletcher (talk • contribs) 08:27, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

{{edit semi-protected}} Great! That's what I want to add here. I'll work on it this weekend. 131.252.90.103 (talk) 22:28, 3 March 2011 (UTC)Nick {{edit semi-protected}} Edit: Since I lack the qualifications to make any kind of changes on the main article, I'll just post a few thoughts here. Please bear with me if anything comes across as offensive or inappropriate, that wasn't my intention and I just need to comment for a class I'm taking. Addiction in gaming, especially online gaming, is a growing problem all over the world. In extreme cases, players have wound up hurting themselves or others, and sometimes actually dying for one reason or another as a result of game addiction. While researching the subject, I came across an interesting article(admittedly a few years old) about how the Chinese government is taking measures to fight this problem. They have imposed time restrictions on such games, preventing a person from playing too much in a given period of time. Something like this would probably not pass in the US, though it seems at least to be a positive step towards countering this issue. Perhaps the states could implement a similar alternative? Please post any thoughts or comments on the matter. here are just a few of the sites I came across while researching http://www.sk-gaming.com/content/21332-Gamer_attempts_suicide_with_sawblade http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/world-of-warcraft-addicts-to-get-ingame-shrinks-20090827-f0h6.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4183340.stm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.252.233.214 (talk) 23:50, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

I think this is important, and am surprised it's 'protected' ... Please add this section; thanks! ~~SenoLatzo~~

Hi. See my reply to the IP at #Addiction?. This has come up before. I've disabled the edit semi-protected request as this would be a controversial change. --Izno (talk) 05:47, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

actually you know what some guy at the UWMC is doing a study on how video games altogether are good for the mind and body i was a subject int that study. And I really don't consider it an addiction more of a lifestyle. --User:EthanKid17 EthanKid17 19:15, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Under "In other media"

Under "In other media", you might want to add CollegeHumor's "Run This Raid" parody of "Run This Town" song by Rhianna. This parody is very relevant to WoW. 24.49.35.99 (talk) 05:59, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

In addition to that, there is a reference to WoW in Supernatural, in the episode Like a Virgin (Supernatural, Season 6, episode 116). 189.152.63.220 (talk) 03:52, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Developement

It would be interesting to note in article, that contrary to the popular belief that WoW was the sequel to WC3 expansion TFT,
the developement of it started parallelly to WC3 developement, they were made in sync using largely the same engine with slight modifications.

The announcement in ECTS 2001 September was long before the release of WC3 in July 2002 and TFT in July 2003.
With the announcement in ECTS 2001 Blizzard released also a gameplay video in addition to the cinematic trailer.

--62.65.192.83 (talk) 22:12, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from Tudorcelmic, 22 February 2011

{{edit semi-protected}} Please change "The three secondary skills, cooking, fishing, and first-aid, can also be learned by characters." To: "The four secondary skills, archaeology, cooking, fishing, and first-aid, can also be learned by characters." With the arrival of cataclysm, archaeology was also added as a secondary skill/ profession. Thank you.

Tudorcelmic (talk) 17:18, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

 Done I didn't quite word it the same way, but it's in there. ~ Matthewrbowker ^{Say hi!} 20:01, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Addiction?

I'm thinking about adding a section about addiction. Has anyone tried that before? 131.252.90.103 (talk) 22:26, 3 March 2011 (UTC)Nick

Yes. Please search the talk archives for the subject. In summary: No, the article doesn't need such a section. --Izno (talk) 05:20, 4 March 2011 (UTC)