Dear Nostalrius, Thanks But No Thanks

Dear Nostalrius, You know, I never thought I would need to sit you down in the corner, put a dunce cap on your head, and scold you with a ruler whacking against my hand. That’s supposed to be reserved for the class bullies, like Blizzard, who’s still in detention. But, here we are. Instead of being an individual you’re a [...]

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Vanilla Journal: Day 5, Fly In The Wall

Fly In The Wall January 11th, 2017 Level 21 /played: 3 days, 7 hours Since release, I have played Vanilla World of Warcraft every day—Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Today—logging in (trying to log in) right after breakfast, not knowing if the sun has been clocking into work. It’s unbelievable. Not since Final Fantasy XIV’s closed beta have I been manically [...]

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Vanilla Journal: Day 1

January 7th, 2017 /played, 10 hours.  My alarm shook at 9:00 AM, playing Biggie Smalls’ “Warning,” a typical wake-up call if not for the tuned-in beat and sonorous lyric: “Who the fuck is this….” I’ll tell you who this is Biggie. It’s a guy who wanted to be woken up on the weekend because he’s excited and anxious, and paranoid. [...]

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Elysium Couldn't Catch A Break: 6 Simultaneous DDoS Attacks This Past Weekend

Over the weekend the vanilla World of Warcraft private server Elysium relaunched Nostalrius' PvE and PvP servers, but it did not go smoothly. Dear community, we are working to address the lag and login servers. However, please be aware, we are undergoing 6 concurrent DDoS attacks. — Elysium Project (@elysium_dev) December 18, 2016 Not only were some trolls messing with the [...]

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Blizzard Establishes Their Own Book Publishing Label, WoW Coloring Book Hot Off The Presses

Blizzard Entertainment has created their own book publishing label—Blizzard Publishing—to create and re-release stories set in their universes: Starcraft, Diablo, Warcraft. “Great stories and inspiring artwork have always been at the heart of everything we do,” said Lydia Bottegoni, senior vice president of story and franchise development at Blizzard Entertainment. “The creation of Blizzard Publishing gives us new opportunities to [...]

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