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Oh, this... keeps my feelings where they were before, really.

Global Chat: MMO roleplaying explained for the rest of us

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Game designer Brian Green has been on a writing streak as of late with a whole series of blog posts about roleplaying in MMORPGs....

First impressions: WoW Classic is fun but anachronistic

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I'm not really one to follow trends or scamper along the zergeist (a combination of zerg and zeitgiest that I've decided perfectly encapsulates the...

WoW Classic keeps piling on new servers while players circumvent queues

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Not even dramatically expanded server capacity is keeping World of Warcraft Classic's queue boss at bay. As we head into the weekend, many of...
Paladinhood.

Massively Overthinking: The future of WoW and WoW Classic

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With WoW Classic finally launched, perfectly capping off the summer with jokes about queueing like it's 2004, we can't help but look to the...

Perfect Ten: Ten weird things I’m relearning with WoW Classic

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It's been a strange week. No - it's been a strange year in MMO gaming, all things considered. As I'm going through old Lord...

The Daily Grind: Did you fall for WoW Classic, and what do you think so far?

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They almost got me, but not in the end. Right around 3 p.m. yesterday, just before the servers went live, in spite of my...

WoW Classic’s servers are live as queues swell to 30K+ for the launch

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Just a few short years ago in 2016, the World of Warcraft community caught fire after a popular rogue private vanilla server threatened with...
AHHHH

WoW Factor: Forecasting the future of WoW Classic

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It's probably chiefly due to my professional life that I find myself kind of looking forward to the launch of World of Warcraft: Classic...
Doom approaches.

Vague Patch Notes: How time distorted what ‘hardcore’ means for WoW Classic

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There's a contingent of players looking forward to the launch of World of Warcraft: Classic next week that is vocally thrilled about one specific...
My expectations weren't that I would be jumping into this right away, but...

The Soapbox: No, the MMO genre is not dead – but it could use a little positivity

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One of my favorite idioms is "dead as a doornail." It always reminds me of the time I got sent out of my 10th...

WoW Classic is coming soon — here’s how to be prepared

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As what looks to be the final World of Warcraft Classic pre-launch test wraps up today, Blizzard is priming fans for the second coming...
Very mature.

WoW Classic’s next global stress test is dated for August 8 and 9

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Ever since WoW Classic's closed beta ended a tad early back in July, would-be Vanilla players have been anxious to get back in there....

Massively on the Go: Pokemon Go’s third anniversary report card

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Well hey, it seems like it's another birthday for Pokemon Go, so you all know what we have for the anniversary party: another report card!...
Smug twit.

The Daily Grind: What one modern feature would you bring to WoW Classic?

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Want to send your ardent World of Warcraft Classic proponent into an unscripted fit of rage? Insist strongly that while the retro server idea...

Jukebox Heroes: The best of vanilla World of Warcraft’s soundtrack

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With half the MMO community in a frenzy about the coming of World of Warcraft Classic this summer, many a gamer's mind has turned...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: How WoW Classic could advance beyond its phased content rollout

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It's far too early to say that World of Warcraft: Classic will get more updates beyond the planned phases of vanilla content. It could be...

New Star Wars Galaxies rogue server Sunrunner 2 blends pre-NGE and post-NGE content

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So here's the thing about Star Wars Galaxies: The people who tell you NGE stunk are right. When it launched in 2005, it was...

Tamriel Infinium: Keep playing Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr – the story gets better

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Like many of you, I have been participating in the early access for Elsweyr for this last week. In fact, I played some of...
Doom approaches.

WoW Classic schedules a two-hour make-up stress test next Wednesday

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It's the hottest ticket in town, and it's straight from 2004. The World of Warcraft Classic beta test is drawing all sorts of attention...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite ‘vanilla’ MMO memory?

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With all the talk and testing swirling about World of Warcraft Classic this past week, the full nostalgia gates have reopened and a flood...

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