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Just got a note from my game vendor: The German (and European) version
of WoW will hit the shelves on January 27th. Game cards will be offered
(31,50 Euro for 60 days), too. There's also a Collector's Edition that
includes both the CD and DVD versions (PC and Mac), a cloth map, "behind
the scenes" DVD, a picture book, a soundtrack CD, and an ingame pet.
Price for the Collector's Edition is TBA, the normal one is priced at
42,90 Euro (but that probably differs from vendor to vendor).

M.
 
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Uzytkownik "Michael Vondung" <mvondung@gmail.com> napisal w wiadomosci
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> Just got a note from my game vendor: The German (and European) version
> of WoW will hit the shelves on January 27th. Game cards will be offered
> (31,50 Euro for 60 days), too. There's also a Collector's Edition that
> includes both the CD and DVD versions (PC and Mac), a cloth map, "behind
> the scenes" DVD, a picture book, a soundtrack CD, and an ingame pet.
> Price for the Collector's Edition is TBA, the normal one is priced at
> 42,90 Euro (but that probably differs from vendor to vendor).

That'a a good news, 'cause according to previous info the European release
was supposed to be in the middle of February.
 
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On Wed, 01 Dec 2004, u <u@me.com> wrote:

>> I had to buy a lame cockaroach in town 🙁

You've got several zillion within a few blocks of where you live...

>> At least my roach looks cool and doesn't stick out.

I'd have a cow... so I could eat Filet Minion when I got needy.


--

USEast HC Ladder: Rockstomper
 
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On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 13:25:23 +0100, Michael Vondung
<mvondung@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Buy the Collectors edition.
>
>Okay, done so! That'll cost me a hundred Euro (135 USD) including three
>months, [...]

If you believe (and if I read that correctly) that you get 3 months
online play with the CE, then you are mistaken.

-Arnulf
 
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it got released in austrilaia but i got told only like 250 coppies in the
country and all sold in 1 hour so i missed out till the nexted shipment im
really angry about it but i will just have to wait
"Michael Vondung" <mvondung@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Just got a note from my game vendor: The German (and European) version
> of WoW will hit the shelves on January 27th. Game cards will be offered
> (31,50 Euro for 60 days), too. There's also a Collector's Edition that
> includes both the CD and DVD versions (PC and Mac), a cloth map, "behind
> the scenes" DVD, a picture book, a soundtrack CD, and an ingame pet.
> Price for the Collector's Edition is TBA, the normal one is priced at
> 42,90 Euro (but that probably differs from vendor to vendor).
>
> M.
 
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Michael Vondung schrieb:
> Just got a note from my game vendor: The German (and European) version
> of WoW will hit the shelves on January 27th. Game cards will be offered
> (31,50 Euro for 60 days), too. There's also a Collector's Edition that
> includes both the CD and DVD versions (PC and Mac), a cloth map, "behind
> the scenes" DVD, a picture book, a soundtrack CD, and an ingame pet.
> Price for the Collector's Edition is TBA, the normal one is priced at
> 42,90 Euro (but that probably differs from vendor to vendor).
>
> M.



Blizzard Shop as follow: <c&p from mail>

Sie bestellten:
Menge|Best Nr. |Produkt |Preis |Gesamt
============================================================================
1|BIZ1002 |World of Warcraft Collectors |EUR 69.95|EUR 69.95

And yes, it´s the pro-oder ce edition in german.

Shop can be found at:

http://www.edv-buchversand.de/blizzardshop/

waves
Uwe
 
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Brian Brunner wrote:
>
> I'd have a cow...

Don't have a cow man.

> so I could eat Filet Minion when I got needy.

LOL
 
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Michael Vondung wrote:
> u wrote:
>
>> Buy the Collectors edition.
>
> Okay, done so! That'll cost me a hundred Euro (135 USD) including
> three months, but since you seem to have gotten so totally dragged
> into this game, and since I know how you played D2, I think I'll
> enjoy it for at least that time, so that's not a bad fun return rate.
> I don't want to upgrade my machine right now for EQ2, and it seems
> that WoW works well enough with dial-up, so it's the best choice for
> now. (Now I only wish they had riddable horses!)

Just in case you missed what I said in another post--if a lot of loading and
load times are a big issue with you, which I'm sure they are, I doubt that
you'd want any part of EQ2 even with a broadband connection.

It's not that bad once you get in the outlying regions, but you still have
to deal with the rest a fair bit before getting there, and it can be a real
PITA. What's really fun is all the times I've been rezoning and ended up
back at the character selection screens--then you get two zone loadings for
the price of one. :-(

--
chainbreaker

If you need to email, then chainbreaker (naturally) at comcast dot
net--that's "net" not "com"--should do it.
 
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Michael Vondung wrote:
> In a twisted way, I think this actually shows that Blizzard gives a
> damn. Instead of a causing their existing customers some grief and
> discomfort, they hold back new players until they can provide the
> necessaray capacity. That's actually noteworthy, since most companies
> would just have sold as many copies as possible, with little
> consideration for their existing players.

I'd say they want to avoid having to practically double their server
capacity overnight again. And I noticed that they extended the 30-day trial
period varying amounts for those who registered accounts the first few days.

Looks like they're trying, at least.

--
chainbreaker

If you need to email, then chainbreaker (naturally) at comcast dot
net--that's "net" not "com"--should do it.
 
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Michael Vondung wrote:

> What kind of pets do the Collector's Edition owners get?

...a panda, a mini-diablo, and a zergling. One per character, so you can
try all three.

> And how useful are they in the long run?

...find soulstones and give them to your mini-diablo so he can use his
lightning breath, firenova and, lastly, armageddon.
...the zergling would morph into a Hydralisk, then you can choose between
Mutalisk, Lurker or Ultralisk.
...you can sell the Panda for a random amount of gold; it will
automatically come back to your character after 2 minutes, and you get to
keep the gold.

Of course, this is all unconfirmed.

> This is going to be a long wait. Seven weeks.
 
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David Carson wrote:

> A mini-Diablo, a Zergling, or a baby Panda. They're not useful at all,
> they're purely ornamental. If you want a useful pet, make a Hunter
> character. 🙂

I'll probably end up doing just that. I usually play ranged characters,
and preferably archers, unless I can't resist the lure of the arcane
arts. :)

> On the bright side, I expect the European launch to much smoother than
> the US/Canada/Australia/NZ one, I think Blizzard have learnt a thing or
> two from this. (I hope they have!)

The "collective knowledge" will also be larger, so I won't waste too
much time on trying to come up with working builds. 😉 I'm still ticked
off that Blizzard separates European and "rest of the world" players,
because it means that I can't play with most of the people here. I
wouldn't mind the additional lag, I just want the choice. Ah, well, I
hope that there won't be further restrictions, so that I can play on
European English realms, and don't *have* to play with only Germans. (I
don't mind that, but like I said, I value choice.)

We need a WoW newsgroup. Someone should volunteer and write a proposal. :)

M.
 
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D.Jaffe wrote:

> The strange thing, my vendor told me it will be released on 14 jan 😛 Maybe
> he's mistaken again 😛 (happens a lot)

I'd not mind if he was right, you know! 😉 That'd still be almost six
weeks. Gah. All this time I managed to keep my interest in WoW on a
luke-warm level. But now that I spent some time reading about it, I'm
plagued by burning impatience. Damnit! :)

M.
 
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I want the mini diablo 😛

"Babe Bridou" <babebridou@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
news:d30ab1af1417b6821232e870a1a131cc$1@www.sonni.org...
> Michael Vondung wrote:
>
> > What kind of pets do the Collector's Edition owners get?
>
> ..a panda, a mini-diablo, and a zergling. One per character, so you can
> try all three.
>
> > And how useful are they in the long run?
>
> ..find soulstones and give them to your mini-diablo so he can use his
> lightning breath, firenova and, lastly, armageddon.
> ..the zergling would morph into a Hydralisk, then you can choose between
> Mutalisk, Lurker or Ultralisk.
> ..you can sell the Panda for a random amount of gold; it will
> automatically come back to your character after 2 minutes, and you get to
> keep the gold.
>
> Of course, this is all unconfirmed.
>
> > This is going to be a long wait. Seven weeks.
>
 
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On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 13:25:23 +0100, Michael Vondung
<mvondung@gmail.com> wrote:

>I don't want to
>upgrade my machine right now for EQ2, and it seems that WoW works well
>enough with dial-up, so it's the best choice for now. (Now I only wish
>they had riddable horses!)

Both EQ2 and WoW has mounts. In EQ2 it's horses all the way AFAIK, but
in WoW each race has its own mount type (Dwarfs ride mountain goats
twice their size :)
http://www.blizzard.com/wow/townhall/mounts.shtml

--
Regards
Simon Nejmann
 
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Uzytkownik "Michael Vondung" <mvondung@gmail.com> napisal w wiadomosci
news:318ja6F37sf7tU1@individual.net...
> David Carson wrote:

> The "collective knowledge" will also be larger, so I won't waste too
> much time on trying to come up with working builds. 😉 I'm still ticked
> off that Blizzard separates European and "rest of the world" players,
> because it means that I can't play with most of the people here. I
> wouldn't mind the additional lag, I just want the choice. Ah, well, I
> hope that there won't be further restrictions, so that I can play on
> European English realms, and don't *have* to play with only Germans. (I
> don't mind that, but like I said, I value choice.)

Well, you actually can play right now on American servers. All you need to
do is give Australian adress when creating an account. After launch in
Europe it will be possible to play on European or American servers.
 
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Mandella wrote:

> Well, you actually can play right now on American servers. All you need to
> do is give Australian adress when creating an account. After launch in
> Europe it will be possible to play on European or American servers.

Getting the US version of the game is too costly and involved right now,
though. I could manage the Australian address requirement, though. Have
an ex living there, and we're still on speaking terms. 😉 (Been years,
but she'd be happy to help.) So, when I get the European version, I
could enter an Australian address, and then choose freely between
American and European servers? Or do I need an American game version?

M.
 
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Simon Nejmann wrote:

> http://www.blizzard.com/wow/townhall/mounts.shtml

Wow, very cool! Okay, maybe I should look into importing the damn game
after all.... 😉 Riddable mounts greatly enhance the gaming experience
for me (just adds a whole new level of immersion), and it's something
that only few games support. I believe it's sort of a UO leftover. It
creates the illusion that you're not "playing alone", even when you
solo. But maybe that's just me. I just like having pets or minions.

M.
 
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Michael Vondung wrote:
> Simon Nejmann wrote:
>
>> http://www.blizzard.com/wow/townhall/mounts.shtml
>
> Wow, very cool! Okay, maybe I should look into importing the damn game
> after all.... 😉 Riddable mounts greatly enhance the gaming experience
> for me (just adds a whole new level of immersion), and it's something
> that only few games support. I believe it's sort of a UO leftover. It
> creates the illusion that you're not "playing alone", even when you
> solo. But maybe that's just me. I just like having pets or minions.
>
> M.


Calm down, a bit--you remember what happened the last time . . . 🙂
--
chainbreaker

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net--that's "net" not "com"--should do it.
 
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good one :)

Anex.....Explodeazon, aye caramba!


"SjoerdH" <shenstra@REVERSEmoc.liamg> wrote in message
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> Brian Brunner wrote:
>>
>> I'd have a cow...
>
> Don't have a cow man.
>
> > so I could eat Filet Minion when I got needy.
>
> LOL
 
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Arnulf Guenther Jr. wrote:

> If you believe (and if I read that correctly) that you get 3 months
> online play with the CE, then you are mistaken.

No, I meant that I ordered the CE and one set of gametime cards (sixty
days), so it's three months altogether. The CE is around seventy Euro,
and the cards thirty. That's roughly one hundred Euro for three months
of playing WoW (not counting phone fees), which is OK with me. Most
games I bought in recent years I only played perhaps twenty hours, and
that's an optimistic estimate. Judging by what I've seen and read so
far, I'll play WoW for much longer.

M.
 
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On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 16:56:43 +0100, Michael Vondung
<mvondung@gmail.com> wrote:

> That's roughly one hundred Euro for three months
>of playing WoW (not counting phone fees), which is OK with me.

Ah.. okay. I got that one wrong, sorry.

-Arnulf
 
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That map alone is worth the price. It's real easy to get lost.

Anex.....Explodeazon, initially only of course, eventually it feels like you
could navigate your little kingdom blindfolded if you had to.


"Michael Vondung" <mvondung@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Uwe Reithuber wrote:
>
>> http://de.wow-europe.com/pre-order/collectorsedition.shtml
>
> Thanks, very cool! For thirty Euro more than the regular game, this is a
> lot of neat stuff. Looking forward to the cloth map and the picture book,
> actually. My last cloth map dates back to UO, 1997. Still have it, and the
> pin, too!
>
> M.
 
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Michael Vondung schrieb:

> Mandella wrote:
>
>> Well, you actually can play right now on American servers. All you
>> need to
>> do is give Australian adress when creating an account. After launch in
>> Europe it will be possible to play on European or American servers.
>
>
> Getting the US version of the game is too costly and involved right now,
> though. I could manage the Australian address requirement, though. Have
> an ex living there, and we're still on speaking terms. 😉 (Been years,
> but she'd be happy to help.) So, when I get the European version, I
> could enter an Australian address, and then choose freely between
> American and European servers? Or do I need an American game version?
>
> M.


Sorry for not finding the following interview in english, here we go
with the german statement:

http://de.wow-europe.com/misc/insider/020/presstour.shtml

Werden sich europäische Spieler mit den US-Servern verbinden können,
nachdem das Spiel erschienen ist?

Wir glauben, dass es für europäische Spieler besser ist, wenn sie nur
auf europäischen Servern spielen können. Außerdem wird unser
europäisches Team die Spieler viel besser unterstützen können als das
US-Team. Aus diesem Grund werden sich Spieler von World of Warcraft nur
auf ihren lokalen Servern einloggen und dort spielen können. Allerdings
ist uns bewusst, dass manche europäische Spieler trotz unserer
Empfehlung auf den US-Servern spielen werden wollen. Für diese Spieler
wird Blizzard nach dem Erscheinen des Spiels in Europa eine spezielle
Lösung anbieten.

HTH

waves
Uwe
 
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