you can actually upgrade to the full version online without having to buy the game...it's $19.99. WoW hoever has dropped down to $19.77 at Wal-mart so just go buy the thing...gah!

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I bought the /dance, WoW Hoodie and a PWN* Hoodie @ J!NX. I work 1 street away from them. They are really cool guys and waived my shipping fees cause after work, I just stopped by and picked them up.

If you just looked at their "office" you wouldn't have known that they are advertised at Hot Topic, multiple websites and G4TV.

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"It's a pretty nerfed trial, though. Not only is the full purchase of the game required later (along with that monthly fee), but apparently there are restrictions in game-- no trading items, no auctioneering."

For the record, the "free trial" that Blizzard has offered on their website (monster download) works in the same way and was how I got started playing last July. I saw the free download option and after some coaxing by my already-WoW'ing friend, I bit the bullet and downloaded the trial. After thoroughly enjoying the first ten days, I thought it worth it to purchase the game and the rest is Stormreaver-A history. :-)

The limitations make perfect sense when you realize that without those limitations, someone could cause some serious grief in those 10-14 days without any recourse (since they haven't paid for anything yet). I really didn't have any problems with the "nerfed" trial, because once I purchased the game and was able to trade, my buddy helped me a little in the gold department. :-)

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Wow Board Game, Wow Trading Car Game, T-Shirts, Hats and much much more. Does it seem like Blizzard is going overboard? I sure can't blame them for capitalizing on ancillary marketable items; if people want to buy something, they want to sell it. That's what a business does.

But I have to wonder, with a movie and more in the works, are they going too far? How far is too far?

What comes next? Dolls in the toy stores that say quotes from the game, with the obligatory 'rare' and even 'epic' dolls? WoW the Breakfast Cereal with an item inside each and every box, also with the obligatory 'rare' and even 'epic' items? Wow Visa cards? Commercials on TV for these credit cards "World of Warcraft: 49 dollars. Decent gaming computer: 1500 dollars. Ganking in Stranglethorn Vale: Priceless."

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I saw that there like two weeks ago. they had a big Warcraft sign out front of the store.

I normally avoid a store like that since it tends to appeal to the teens. My wife and I checked it out.

Plenty of Alliance shirts and I survived barrens chat. They ran out of Horde shirts. In two different malls I checked.

I finally got my Horde shirt! Sporting it at work taunting my alliance co workers!

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Hey, I for one would get the WoW Visa if the points I earned on it went towards paying for my subscription. (Like you get Free Coffee with the Starbucks Visa)

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I'm tempted to buy the trial disc just to have an up-to-date copy of WoW on one DVD for re-installs and the like.

Anyone know offhand whether it will work for that?

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It should work, after all it's the same program.

I've used my CE DVD to install the game a couple of times for friends that didn't have the CE and didn't want to mess with changing out disks.

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[quote]:Wow Board Game, Wow Trading Car Game, T-Shirts, Hats and much much more. Does it seem like Blizzard is going overboard? I sure can't blame them for capitalizing on ancillary marketable items; if people want to buy something, they want to sell it. That's what a business does.

But I have to wonder, with a movie and more in the works, are they going too far? How far is too far?

What comes next? Dolls in the toy stores that say quotes from the game, with the obligatory 'rare' and even 'epic' dolls? WoW the Breakfast Cereal with an item inside each and every box, also with the obligatory 'rare' and even 'epic' items? Wow Visa cards? Commercials on TV for these credit cards "World of Warcraft: 49 dollars. Decent gaming computer: 1500 dollars. Ganking in Stranglethorn Vale: Priceless."[/quote]

I can't wait!

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Aaron said "Hey, I for one would get the WoW Visa if the points I earned on it went towards paying for my subscription. (Like you get Free Coffee with the Starbucks Visa)"

You know, that is actually a pretty good idea... Oh snap, I've created a monster!

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#4 Those are all awesome. You should be asking for commission on those ideas. I Love the idea of credit card with subscription point payment. (Epic cereal items here I come!)

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I don't see this as being a good thing necessarily. I'm just a little leary of having all the "hype" associated with merchandising actually deplete the WoW experience.

I'm always sceptical of the "Hollywood-ization" of games, because it tends to alienate the hardcore gaming community that made the game so popular to begin with. The hardcore gamers will leave to find a game that they could call their own and all you'll have left playing is a bunch of newbs.

The same analogy could be said of an up-and-coming band that you and your friends like. The band gets real popular sell a $#!% load of albums and merchandise. Then all the sudden the your parents start singing thier songs. You and your friends are like... "WTF??"

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game is way to mainstream and to may immature Aholes, wich is why i would like to start in warhammer or Vangaurd.

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14-day trials have been around in New Zealand for about a year now, I don't know why they have only just been released in the US now. I got into WoW via a 14-day trial that i bought

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