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Posted Mar 11th 2008 1:00PM by Amanda Miller
Filed under: Horde, Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Events, Fan stuff, Blizzard, Humor, Screenshots, Arena
As horrible as
Barrens chat and the trade channel can be by times, one of my favorite parts of Sunday's tournament test realm
stress test was reading through the chats. Although I'm sure the guys had some pretty great tells, considering their names were more obvious than mine (
Insideradam,
Insideralex, and
Vehn), I did catch some gems of my own.
One thing that was rampant on Sunday was names that were clearly against the terms of service, and of course nasty language. So if any of the photos have blurred-out names, you'll know why! Before you jump through, keep in mind there are a few photos, so the load might be slow. Don't forget to
check out my full coverage of the stress test!
Continue reading Chat highlights from the TTR stress test
Posted Mar 10th 2008 4:20PM by Alex Ziebart
Filed under: Events, Blizzard, Arena
Yesterday's
TTR Stress Test had its up and it had its downs, but overall it was a very fun experience. It was rocky in the beginning, with the server needing to be pulled down for a hardware upgrade shortly after the test was scheduled to begin. The TTR was riddled with soul-searing, unplayable lag up until that point, so I'd say it was needed.
The WoW Insider gang sat around for an hour doing a load of nothing until the server came back, but it was worth it.
Most of the lag was gone, the Blizzard Entertainment crew were out and about doing their thing, and we were finally able to hit the arena. Unfortunately, our first match was against a three Resto Druid team. In a magical fairy world where Druids don't have
Innervate or any natural mana regen whatsoever, I'm pretty sure Adam would have still gone OOM trying to
Mana Burn all three of them to nothing.
Interested in the good times we had? Hop on past the cut and I'll give you the details!
Continue reading Alex's TTR stress test review
Posted Mar 9th 2008 10:45PM by Amanda Miller
Filed under: Horde, Realm News, Patches, Events, Blizzard, Bosses, Mounts, Interviews, Arena
Sunday's
Tournament Test Realm stress test was, in my opinion, a huge success. Despite the lag, the occasional crash or kick, and a one-hour maintenance downtime, the server held up quite well considering just how many people were bombing around on it. After maintenance, the lag improved quite a bit, and I'm guessing that Blizzard learned a fair amount that will help them to design the arena tournament realm.
Of course, interaction with the GMs, fighting spawned bosses dropping orange epics, being polymorphed into all sorts of things, receiving rare mounts, and reading through /general, /say, and /yell, not to mention tells, were the real highlights from yesterday. While Alex has already given a fairly detailed
account of our adventures, I have some stories of my own to tell.
Continue reading Manda's tales from the TTR: Stress edition
Posted Mar 9th 2008 3:02PM by Adam Holisky
Filed under: Patches, Analysis / Opinion, Events, News items, PvP, Mounts, Arena
We've been preparing for the stress test, are mostly gemmed and enchanted up, and are looking to fight! I'll be updating this post as things happen, hopefully with riveting tales of victory and triumph over Alliance Care Bears. (Kidding of course, my main is an Human warrior.)
Read on after the break for the updates! We'll keep this front page only for things that are affecting everyone.
Updated 5:23 p.m. PST: Live blogging wrapped up for the day. Many many thanks to all the fans and GMs out there! It was a great day with lots of cool stuff happening. More analysis over the next couple days!Continue reading Stress test live blog
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