WoW China transition begins this month, will be down for weeks
by Alex Ziebart 
Jun 2nd 2009 at 11:00AM
No matter how much or how little you play the game, you have to admit that WoW being taken away for weeks sucks pretty hard. Of course, the fact that this might make it easier for them to get Wrath of the Lich King may ease the hurt a little. We here in North America (or even the EU or Oceania) may complain about downtime and lag and server instability, but we should consider ourselves lucky that gaming is a relatively painless experience in comparison to what our Chinese playmates need to put up with. Here's hoping that WoW in China remains strong after all of this, and not utterly barren due to people fleeing to Taiwan's realms.
[via Massively]
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Blizzard
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Scott Jun 2nd 2009 11:05AM
You mean, people will actually have to quest & farm to make gold in lieu of buying gold off a WoW gold site? That's preposterous =)
Alex Ziebart Jun 2nd 2009 11:07AM
No. Don't be dumb. If you're buying gold on American servers that means they're making the gold on American servers.
Scott Jun 2nd 2009 11:15AM
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Retropally Jun 2nd 2009 11:18AM
Your still missing the point arent you...
"id·i·o·cy"
something notably stupid or foolish
flairness Jun 2nd 2009 12:02PM
Wow Alex & Retro. Way to support the mob mentality. Point out the error of his statement and move on. No reason to come with the insults, either of you.
MageX Jun 2nd 2009 12:25PM
Hey Alex, bad day or just trying to generate some reader loyalty?
Alex Ziebart Jun 2nd 2009 12:29PM
@MageX:
Sick of this crack being made on every single one of our posts regarding WoW China is all.
Seriously, every one of them.
MageX Jun 3rd 2009 5:46AM
Good justification man.
Seriously.
Retropally Jun 2nd 2009 11:16AM
I'm still totally confused by this entire china problem...
So, I get that the9 used to host the game on behalf of blizz in china...but then things turned sour and now blizz are giving the rights to someone else.
However, the9 are starting up world of flight...which has got me a little confused. Is this going to be the exact same game under a different name? Are they even legally allowed to do that?
Sumanai Jun 2nd 2009 11:20AM
http://www.wow.com/2009/05/28/world-of-fighter-is-street-fighter-rip-off/
Fluberwinter Jun 2nd 2009 12:00PM
GOD FREAKING DAMN-IT!!!!!
Cthulu Jun 2nd 2009 11:37AM
Really sucks for the legitimate chinese players. But I hope they go invade susanexpress and destroy them since they can't play on their servers. Maybe they can get the gold farmers off mine.
Elmo Jun 2nd 2009 11:38AM
Those chinese websites always look so "OMG ITS SO SHINY AND AWESOME"
kabshiel Jun 2nd 2009 11:39AM
When you're living under a totalitarian government, not being able to play WoW for a few weeks is the least of your problems.
vknong Jun 2nd 2009 1:17PM
Oh really now? Sorry, please do remind me, whereabouts in China do you hail from? I would love to hear your experiences about growing up and living under this 'totalitarian government'.
AishaLove Jun 2nd 2009 11:47AM
I hope players in china get a couple free weeks play time, wow that's a long time to be down, but it is of course absolutely essential.
AishaLove Jun 2nd 2009 11:49AM
Hell I would even give non active accounts a free week (starting when they go to log in) to get some more people playing again.
Retropally Jun 2nd 2009 11:53AM
You've got to remember that its a totally different over there, they'll take a lot more convincing to get players playing wow.
Heck, they dont just want customers back..they want to dominate. Thats going to take a lot more than a few weeks play to fight off games like final fantasy..and other amazing japanese games we'll never get to see :P
TxAg Jun 2nd 2009 11:50AM
I don't see what the big deal is. We were down for weeks when we got Wrath, too.
garfunkel Jun 2nd 2009 11:53AM
not really WoW related, but thought I would comment....
I work for a global company (i'm based in Canada) with Head office and factories in Taiwan and China......I'm young, only two years out of school and learning everyday......
"but we should consider ourselves lucky that gaming is a relatively painless experience in comparison to what our Chinese playmates need to put up with"
I find this statement could apply to everything!
Gaining some "global perceptive" with this company has made me both grateful and appreciative of everything we have
The living conditions, labour wages, government policy, even our "western perception" of of what "freedom" is, are literally world's apart
we've truly got it all
and it would certainly make for a long month over here with no WoW eh? /shudders
sorry for the long post
/2 cents