World of Warcraft is a popular MMORPG that was first released in 2004. The game has since grown from a modest 400 staff to over two thousand by 2007, and in April 2008 it was estimated to hold 62 percent of the MMORPG subscription market. The game is a big business for Blizzard, which nearly quadrupled its workforce, moving its headquarters from Redmond, Washington to 16215 Alton Parkway in Irvine, California.
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GD is a popular variable rate PVP WotLK server with RaF
One of the most popular variable rate PVP WotLK servers is Gamer District, or GD. GD offers RaF (refer a friend) programs, and you can get up to x10 gold, reputation, and experience when you invite a friend. The server also offers a 5% referral bonus, which is very appealing to hardcore pvpers.
Evan Baltierra allegedly stalked a professional online gamer
A woman claims Evan Baltierra contacted her on social networking websites, and that she was also harassed by her boyfriend and colleagues. The messages contained threats of violence, and the harassment escalated when Baltierra allegedly created fictitious online profiles. The alleged stalker even photoshopped the victim’s picture onto pornographic images and sent them to her friends. Once she filed a restraining order against him, he continued to harass her and contacted her friends, allegedly on a regular basis.
The harassment began less than a year ago, when the two met at Blizzcon, a convention for World of Warcraft fans. After chatting at the convention, Baltierra asked the woman to be his “valentine.” The woman declined, saying she already had a boyfriend. Baltierra then offered to visit her in Canada, but the woman declined. The victim blocked him on social networking sites and removed him from her stream channel.
Glider users infringed on Blizzard’s copyright
A court in the US has upheld the district court’s ban on World of Warcraft botting, a practice wherein users use autoplay programs that circumvent Blizzard’s anti-bot software. The court found that the Glider program infringed the copyright of Blizzard, and MDY encouraged and profited from its users’ actions. The court also ruled that MDY’s “bot” circumvented Blizzard’s anti-bot application, Warden, which is intended to detect and prevent copyright infringement.
The court found that Blizzard’s lawsuit was not meritorious, because the Glider users relied on the “launch pad” of their computer’s memory to download and load the game. In effect, this loading of the game created a copy of the game for the purposes of the Copyright Act. And this is just plain wrong.
Lachowicz’s comments on “World of Warcraft”
The Republican Party is claiming that the Democratic candidate for State Senate, Colleen Lachowicz, is addicted to the online game World of Warcraft, which focuses on racial equality and gender equality. Lachowicz says that she spends hundreds of hours playing the game on her PC and is proud of her participation in this modern digital age. However, her comments have caused controversy as she has come under fire for her comments.
While in the Senate, Lachowicz has defended her gaming behavior, and compared her role in the game to that of a state senator. However, the Maine Republican Party believes Lachowicz should not be elected to public office, citing his “bizarre double life.” He has a level 85 rogue orc character, Santiga, in World of Warcraft. In addition, Lachowicz has purple hair and fangs. The character resembles Lachowicz and his mohawk.
