WOW Beta Suspended

September 19, 2004 7:37 AM

The World of Warcraft community website has been updated, mentioning that a datacenter complex in Virginia that's being used to host the World of Warcraft beta was hit by a tornado. Water was leaking into the facility as a result, and the servers were shut down before they got damaged. It will probably take a while before the World of Warcraft beta will resume.

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kaboomite

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September 19, 2004 7:44 AM

Man, I hope this doesn't jerk up the release date, I'd like to have something to do during the holidays.
- hobosapien
  
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  September 19, 2004 10:49 AM
  
  believe me, it wont be out during the holidays. it still has a while to go.
  - bigimp
    
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    September 19, 2004 12:47 PM
    
    Not really. If it was released now it would be a more stable game than every other MMORPG at launch, with the possible exception of COH which was pretty stable from what I heard.
  - Moebius
    
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    September 19, 2004 1:08 PM
    
    I'll bet you a hundred bucks it comes out before the end of the year.
    - mrwolf710
      
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      September 19, 2004 1:32 PM
      
      They've just now started really working on PvP. There is no way they can implement that and balance it in the next couple of months. I'd love to be proved wrong but I just don't see it happening.
  - Reeves
    
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    September 19, 2004 2:07 PM
    
    They have states COUNTLESS times that it will be out for the holidays.
    - hobosapien
      
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      September 19, 2004 2:41 PM
      
      im sorry but they havnt given any sort of release date anywhere. so whatever the hell you're talking about came from some void. they still have a lot of content to add as well as balance pvp. it'll be out during the spring at the earliest.
      - carazy
        
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        September 19, 2004 4:24 PM
        
        hate to tell you this but you are wrong.
        
        http://worldofwar.net/articles/london2004/
        
        from the interview.
        
        The release date for the US is not confirmed, however the Producer mentioned the Euro launch would be out likely before Christmas, and that the US release would be a couple of months before thatÃ¢Â€Â¦
        
        Its in no ways a confirmed date but it gives major hints.
        
        flip0it
        
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        September 19, 2004 4:27 PM
        
        Their cutting corners to try and get it out by then! ;-(
      - Reeves
        
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        September 19, 2004 4:29 PM
        
        hmm do some research before telling me what they have and havent said. kthx bye
        
        hobosapien
        
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        September 19, 2004 5:22 PM
        
        i have and you're wrong.
- phinn
  
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  September 19, 2004 2:29 PM
  
  Yea i cant see that happening they are still adding a lot of stuff in beta... but who knows. I won't be getting it anyway, my level 55 has already taken around 500 hours of my life :P
  - flip0it
    
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    September 19, 2004 2:35 PM
    
    Hehe what's your playtime at?
- brewsterdog
  
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  September 19, 2004 7:48 PM
  
  I hope Vivendi lets them do what they know they should do at postpone to next year. Just needs a lot more work. But it's obvious Vivendi is really keen on being there to compete with EQ2 at launch. They have irrational fears of losing customers to that game just because people can buy it first.
  
  But man I want the new patch so bad =/ Level 60 content woohoo!
- xcalibur19
  
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  September 20, 2004 9:44 AM
  
  Blizz could release WoW tomorrow, and it would be more stable, more polished, and have more content than any other MMO has been at release. I would be willing to bet they will ship for X-mas, and continue to work on alot of the high level content and PvP end-game over the first few months after release.
  
  But maybe not. I'm in the beta either way, so it doesn;t really matter to me :)
  
  -X