Taking bets on how long this will last...
by Elizabeth Harper 
Nov 7th 2006 at 3:00PM
No, "World of Warcraft Island" is not made by Blizzard -- just in case you were confused. What it seems to be is a web game with turn based combat using World of World of Warcraft graphics, races, classes (sort of), skills, monsters, etc. I'm not sure how or why anyone would have thought this to be a good idea, especially considering that it must have taken some time to throw all of this together. While you can currently create an account and play for free (the game is supposedly in beta status), you do so at your own risk -- who knows what they're doing with the e-mail addresses they collect or whether the game may actually be harmful in some way.
[Via Metroblogging Azeroth]
Filed under: Odds and ends, Blizzard
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
olhado Nov 7th 2006 3:20PM
Nine gold at level two? Psh. Twink.
DÖT Nov 7th 2006 3:30PM
I went to try this out but it was lagging so badly that I couldn't even figure out how to work it.
Retral Nov 7th 2006 3:31PM
"who knows what they're doing with the e-mail addresses they collect or whether the game may actually be harmful in some way."
The same could be said about your comment feature requiring a valid email.
The game is in very early beta which means it's extremely buggy, feature-limited & laggy.. I doubt it'll last long which is why I'm enjoying it in the mean time.
Fenom Nov 7th 2006 3:41PM
besides what retral said bout your email comment, it's actually a very cool idea to make a text based game off of wow
Michael Nov 7th 2006 3:55PM
http://www.wowisland.com/index.php?page=top50
id just like to post this to suggest that the allaince zerg every server including the text based one lol.
Quantis Nov 8th 2006 12:36AM
It's great because I can play it at work.. Get my WOW fix all day long !
Sylythn Nov 7th 2006 4:59PM
Retral - ah but we do know...from the Weblogs Privacy Policy (linked at the bottom of the page).
"Most Weblogs, Inc. websites contain comment sections (a.k.a. message boards). We do not actively monitor these comments and the information on them is for entertainment purposes only. If we are alerted to something we deem inappropriate in any way, we may delete it at our discretion. We use email validation on most of our message boards in order to reduce "comment spam." These email addresses will not be shared with any third party."
newntrue Nov 7th 2006 5:49PM
HAHAHAHAHA
and Retral is down for the count....
nick Nov 7th 2006 9:08PM
copyright infringement much? these guys won't last long. :)
Lance Nov 8th 2006 11:00AM
I thought about doing a WoW webstrat (as I have always been a fan of them, and am a coder by trade), but I would have to be concerned about the legal ramifications of such an IP exploit. I would assume that Vivendi will take this down almost as fast as the BC alchemy leak site. My option (if ever implemented) would be a boredom webstrat for my guild (Proudmoore/Alliance: Easy Company) only via our guild site.
chillis Nov 9th 2006 8:18AM
Played for about ten min. got nothing out of it.
No good. It sucks