To those of you who said my previous post was a conspiracy theory because I said that this is a for profit website: It's ran by AOL. They are paid bloggers. How do you pay bloggers if you're not for profit? If you're not out to make money, do you feature masses of ads on your website? Use your brain.
This news may turn out to be true; however, it's posted in an unprofessional way. Like a previous commenter said, they don't reference using anonymous sources enough to make this report credible. It's a "take my word on it" kind of thing.
So, tell me, understanding that AOL is a corporation out to make money why posting an article sure to generate web traffic is out of the question?
And Adam, nothing has been confirmed, not even in *this* article, stating the name of the expansion is Cataclysm. It's rumor, despite any likelihood. This post is laced with crap you hope to be true.
It's not like Adam has ever jumped the gun on a post before. Oh wait, remember that time he told people to grief strangers in BGs to get them kicked and people wound up getting banned? Yeah.
And very nice of you to confirm the name of the expansion too. Even if it turns out to be true, this article offers no reason to believe you other than that it's WoW.com and you have sources.
Guess what, since you can offer nothing on who these sources are or if they're in Blizzard, or.. you know, why this isn't an attempt to drive hits to the website during a time of lull in the MMOsphere at large (gasp), I can get the word of some dude at gamestop and have as much credibility as you.
Folks, smarten up. This is a FOR PROFIT website and WoW is in a downturn. They have to offer OMGGROUNDBREAKINGNEWS!!@!1! or else their profits drop.
Get used to it. It's happening more and more. Joystiq even reported that Blizzard considers RMT an option for the future. If it has no impact on the game, it's a big possibility for almost every game coming onto the market.
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Oct 11th 2009 9:40PM (Joystiq)Cataclysm races leaked
Aug 10th 2009 5:33PM (WoW)Cataclysm races leaked
Aug 10th 2009 4:27PM (WoW)This news may turn out to be true; however, it's posted in an unprofessional way. Like a previous commenter said, they don't reference using anonymous sources enough to make this report credible. It's a "take my word on it" kind of thing.
So, tell me, understanding that AOL is a corporation out to make money why posting an article sure to generate web traffic is out of the question?
And Adam, nothing has been confirmed, not even in *this* article, stating the name of the expansion is Cataclysm. It's rumor, despite any likelihood. This post is laced with crap you hope to be true.
Cataclysm races leaked
Aug 10th 2009 2:42PM (WoW)And very nice of you to confirm the name of the expansion too. Even if it turns out to be true, this article offers no reason to believe you other than that it's WoW.com and you have sources.
Guess what, since you can offer nothing on who these sources are or if they're in Blizzard, or.. you know, why this isn't an attempt to drive hits to the website during a time of lull in the MMOsphere at large (gasp), I can get the word of some dude at gamestop and have as much credibility as you.
Folks, smarten up. This is a FOR PROFIT website and WoW is in a downturn. They have to offer OMGGROUNDBREAKINGNEWS!!@!1! or else their profits drop.
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Jun 12th 2009 1:26AM (WoW)I swear, if I see one more generic viking I'll turn to Vanguard.
That's right-- *ing Vanguard.
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Apr 12th 2009 6:03PM (WoW)I'm curious, why did you wind up parting ways with Blizzard?