Dannik Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 In a rather unusual case of games imitating life, World of Warcraft servers are being decimated by a virtual plague. Interestingly enough, despite the plague killing a significant number of players on immediate contract, many of the MMORPG's community see this plague as a rather unique, interesting bit of content, and not the bug it actually is. FileFront has a 20meg video of the WoW plague in action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR6 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Wow, really interesting. Amazing thing is that players aren't too upset about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake@War Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 I don't understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannik Posted September 22, 2005 Author Share Posted September 22, 2005 I don't understand. ← I'm assuming you know what a MMORPG is (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). In World of Warcraft (which has more than 4 million active accounts) there is a very high level enemy that when you kill, infects you with a disease. This disease was only meant to affect those close to it when it was killed. Well, due to a bug, the disease remained infectious in other players, if you got too close to them during the time the disease ran it's course. Just like real world diseases, the in-game one started to spread, and the more it spread, the faster it spread. Because the virtual disease was intended only to affect high level players, who had a decent ability to survive it, when it spread to places where lower level characters were, they began dying en masse. Thus we have a virtual plague killing thousands of in-game players, and Blizzard has not had any success in stopping it from spreading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly2442 Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Make a vaccine "item". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake@War Posted September 22, 2005 Share Posted September 22, 2005 Ah... I though that's what it was. Stupid bugs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pz3 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 rofl love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suicide Commando Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 That's actually a pretty cool bug (no pun intended). Seems realistic as it mirrors events of the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebb Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 "Bring out your dead"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRP 56 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 "Bring out your dead"... ← That solves everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoa182 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 lol that is quite cool... =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrowmanUK Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Sorry Zebb I couldnt help myself CART MASTER: Bring out your dead! CUSTOMER: Here's one. CART MASTER: Ninepence. DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead! CART MASTER: What? CUSTOMER: Nothing. Here's your ninepence. DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead! CART MASTER: 'Ere. He says he's not dead! CUSTOMER: Yes, he is. DEAD PERSON: I'm not! CART MASTER: He isn't? CUSTOMER: Well, he will be soon. He's very ill. DEAD PERSON: I'm getting better! CUSTOMER: No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment. CART MASTER: Oh, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations. DEAD PERSON: I don't want to go on the cart! CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby. CART MASTER: I can't take him. DEAD PERSON: I feel fine! CUSTOMER: Well, do us a favour. CART MASTER: I can't. CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long. CART MASTER: No, I've got to go to the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today. CUSTOMER: Well, when's your next round? CART MASTER: Thursday. DEAD PERSON: I think I'll go for a walk. CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Look. Isn't there something you can do? DEAD PERSON: [singing] I feel happy. I feel happy. [whop] CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much. CART MASTER: Not at all. See you on Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebb Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Lol, its an aquired taste for the more sophisticated reader thats for sure mate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrowmanUK Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Must go and get that on dvd now, I feel the need to watch the silliness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly2442 Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 Monty Python : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabellum Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 Everquest II had a purposefully-implemented plague awhile back. It didn't actually kill anyone, but it was darned annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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