Today God has taken his revenge on RPers

[meglamaniac]

And I find it both amusing and intriguing at the same time.
Seriously, I don't think I've ever heard of anything like this happening before. Once you've got past the comedy "haha all those late nights/early mornings destroyed by shit code" value of it, it's quite an interesting situation for both the players and the game developers to be in. I don't know anything about the game so I don't know how it would work, but apparently people have even attempted to quarantine players in some areas, although this has failed.
Given recent news headlines about weirdos killing people (in real life) for destroying their property (property in the game), can the players expect to be compensated? Should the players expect to be compensated?

My own personal view is
a) It's just a game
b) Excreta occurs

Think of it as a social experiment that's more interesting than big brother.

[NEWSBOT3]

Originally Posted by meglamaniac

And I find it both amusing and intriguing at the same time.
Seriously, I don't think I've ever heard of anything like this happening before. Once you've got past the comedy "haha all those late nights/early mornings destroyed by shit code" value of it, it's quite an interesting situation for both the players and the game developers to be in. I don't know anything about the game so I don't know how it would work, but apparently people have even attempted to quarantine players in some areas, although this has failed.
Given recent news headlines about weirdos killing people (in real life) for destroying their property (property in the game), can the players expect to be compensated? Should the players expect to be compensated?

My own personal view is
a) It's just a game
b) Excreta occurs

Think of it as a social experiment that's more interesting than big brother.

this story is bollocks
it's not happening.
theres nothing on wow forums about it, and it's on non of my servers.
ps wow players != RPers
most wow players don't give a shit. and avoid the two RP server just like we avoid RP here.

[Tomkat]

It is quite funny though.

[IncubusGod]

Interesting as there are a few different reports about it such as this

Posts are continuing about it too, bear in mind I have no ****ing clue what this guy is saying really..

I was in IF when the plague started to break out, later when it was at full force, and even later when there were piles of skeletons.

I was using a L38 mage at the time. Just high enough level to not be immediately wiped out and to allow an escape, but low enough level that I died pretty quickly if I lingered near other characters.

The plague was rather ghastly. The "rend" bloodspurt effect was issuing from just about every character in the IF common area between the bank and the AH. It seemed to spread pretty far into other towns. There were skeletons (generally in front of Inns where people Hearthstone teleport to) in towns that could only really be explained by the plague.

I am not sure Blizzard really should have done anything. Disease spread in high density populations is reality. Why not allow it in some form?

From here

[Weeks]

Digital AIDS - what a concept.
I reckon quite a few here might have it already.

[s|k]

Originally Posted by NEWSBOT3

this story is bollocks
it's not happening.
theres nothing on wow forums about it, and it's on non of my servers.
ps wow players != RPers
most wow players don't give a shit. and avoid the two RP server just like we avoid RP here.

It's not bollocks, it is true, the wow plague is real. Google it if you don't have a WoW account.

[acropolis]

basically people who fight that boss get their pets diseased and then dismiss their pets, then later resummon them in towns to be douchebags. the sum plague-like effect is kind of cool, but when npcs get afflicted, they heal too fast to die and from then on anyone walking near dies.

the players themselves are just ripping off of the original terrorist act (months ago), when someone got their pet 'bombed' by a raid boss, dismissed and resummoned in a populated area, killing all the players around in one big kaboom.

[Leshy]

This is indeed, real, and acropolis' post is quite accurate.

When you fight the end boss of the Zul'Gurub raid instance, the aforementioned Hakkar the Soulflayer, he casts a debuff called Corrupted Blood which is a pretty hefty Damage-Over-Time spell, which has the side effect of spreading to players nearby. Blizzard seem to have forgotten about the previous incident in which such a spell was misused, and this one has as well.

It's not even necessary to use a pet, you can also simply Hearthstone to one of the capitals or portal an entire 20-man raid with the debuff to the capitals, and have them spread some carnage. Normally this would end pretty soon when everyone dies horribly, but the problem is that this debuff also affects NPC's patrolling the cities, who do not actually die from the damage sustained, but do keep spreading it around.

It is, in fact, quite hilarious.
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Blizzard did take the servers down at 5AM a few days back to apply a hotfix, but from what I'm hearing on the SA WoW forums, it didn't quite work and appears to still be happening. Alas, no death and destruction on my server. Which is probably good, as I'm not a healing class

[Appocomaster]

I'm happy I haven't moved past occasionally playing diablo 2 online, reading this. I don't know what blizzard can do but say "well, sorry, bad coding, if you died there's nothing we can do". Perhaps they can load backups, if they make them...
Servers might not be quite so busy in the near future though

[Leshy]

There's no need whatsoever to load any backups or make any compensation, nor will many players leave, if any at all, because of this. They just need to hotfix it properly so that leaving Zul'Gurub cancels the curse, and pets stop having the buff when re-summoned.

[s|k]

Originally Posted by Appocomaster

I'm happy I haven't moved past occasionally playing diablo 2 online, reading this. I don't know what blizzard can do but say "well, sorry, bad coding, if you died there's nothing we can do". Perhaps they can load backups, if they make them...
Servers might not be quite so busy in the near future though

If anything, this has made wow probably more popular.

[NEWSBOT3]

Originally Posted by s|k

It's not bollocks, it is true, the wow plague is real. Google it if you don't have a WoW account.

i HAVE a wow account

the trigger for this has been out a week, and i've seen nothing on any of my 5 chars.
Nor has the EU forums got any info that i've seen.


edit : what leshy says tho.

[s|k]

Originally Posted by NEWSBOT3

i HAVE a wow account

the trigger for this has been out a week, and i've seen nothing on any of my 5 chars.
Nor has the EU forums got any info that i've seen.


edit : what leshy says tho.

It must just be on some American servers then. :/

[JammyJim]

WoW has terrorism and aids?

Where do i get an account and how much. Ive always wanted to infect people with teh digital aids!

[meglamaniac]

Not just any aids.
Face aids.
Incurable face aids.

[dda]

I blame George Bush!

[roadrunner_0]

NB, it has been happening on the twilight's hammer server as my guild has come across it

[noah02]

So when you die you cant respawn then?

[Leshy]

Yes you can. The only real downside to this is that your equipped items suffer a 10% durability loss upon death, which means that you'll have to pay repair costs, which can go up quite considerably for people decked out in epic gear.

[noah02]

Originally Posted by Leshy

Yes you can. The only real downside to this is that your equipped items suffer a 10% durability loss upon death, which means that you'll have to pay repair costs, which can go up quite considerably for people decked out in epic gear.

I would just get naked in infected areas hehe.
Doesnt cost a penny if you aint wearing it.
So if you going to a major city strip off before going in

[roadrunner_0]

or just stop talking to players retarded enough to take the disease into a populated area... to be honest, if a plyer does this now they are just trying to be muppets i think

[Marilyn Manson]

So Megla made a post mockinga problem effecting 'RPers', and then about half of GD came into the thread and started wringing their hands because it was affecting them?

[_Kila_]

I haven't gotten the disease yet, and I'm always hanging around populated areas
Also, taking revenge? hah, you die cos of a disease, you just spawn when you find your body (easy task) and get your armour fixed, nothing wrong with it :|

[noah02]

Originally Posted by Marilyn Manson

So Megla made a post mockinga problem effecting 'RPers', and then about half of GD came into the thread and started wringing their hands because it was affecting them?

Out of say over 15 servers only 4 are RP and I wouldnt touch A RP tbh bit to much for me when i just wanna play a game not live it.

[noah02]

Originally Posted by _Kila_

you just spawn when you find your body (easy task) and get your armour fixed, nothing wrong with it :|

doesnt cost much for a lvl 10 ur right.

[_Kila_]

Dear Noah
If you think that the cost of repairing 10% of your armour is expensive, then you should go make some money before lvling anymore, I find it pretty cheap at lvl34.

[acropolis]

Originally Posted by Marilyn Manson

So Megla made a post mockinga problem effecting 'RPers', and then about half of GD came into the thread and started wringing their hands because it was affecting them?

i play a powerful wizard with a staff and a wand but i don't talk with the 'thou's and 'ye's.

those people are clearly a bunch of role-playing looosers.

[noah02]

Originally Posted by _Kila_

Dear Noah
If you think that the cost of repairing 10% of your armour is expensive, then you should go make some money before lvling anymore, I find it pretty cheap at lvl34.

well you respawn you get infected so you run back to your body you respawn you get infected you run back to your body you respawn you get infected and if you are high lvl (34 isnt high) then its going to cost you a lot of gold.
Or you could always accept 75% damage for ress in graveyard.
Anyways it doesnt bother me kila i aint came across the plague yet but it sounds funny.

[_Kila_]

Originally Posted by noah02

well you respawn you get infected so you run back to your body you respawn you get infected you run back to your body you respawn you get infected and if you are high lvl (34 isnt high) then its going to cost you a lot of gold.
Or you could always accept 75% damage for ress in graveyard.
Anyways it doesnt bother me kila i aint came across the plague yet but it sounds funny.

my point is that when you get to a high lvl, you have more money... so it shouldn't be expensive.
Also, when you spawn you can spawn quite some distance from your corpse, so you can spawn in a place where there is no plague, but I haven't seen it either. And it should be cureable by priests/paladins/druids shouldn't it?

[Tomkat]

Lightning Bolt! Lightning Bolt!

Shit! Not working!

AIDS! AIDS! AIDS!

[Leshy]

Originally Posted by _Kila_

I find it pretty cheap at lvl34.

Wait until you hit 60 and a single evening in Molten Core or Blackwing Lair costs you 10g+ in repairs.

Also, I have a character in Ye Olde Goone Squade on the EU RPPVP server The Venture Co. It's pretty .

[Kurashima]

I havent logged on in over a week. The plague appeared after I last logged in. Should be amusing.

[_Kila_]

Originally Posted by Leshy

Wait until you hit 60 and a single evening in Molten Core or Blackwing Lair costs you 10g+ in repairs.

Also, I have a character in Ye Olde Goone Squade on the EU RPPVP server The Venture Co. It's pretty .

by the time I'm lvl 60, 10g won't be much at all, Free mounts ftw btw

[meglamaniac]

A note to everyone defending themselves from RP claims:
It's a MMORPG.
I hope I don't have to spell out for you why you are wrong.

[roadrunner_0]

different levels of RPing though innit?

so long as you remember it's just a game you aren't really RP'ing... I treat it as a laugh and it was something to do in my free time, not that i have a lot of that any more

[meglamaniac]

I spy with my little eye, someone who's been watching the Emperor's New Groove