Again, i bring here some news.

The Administrator of the biggest chinese WoW fan forums have given us the prove. The NetEase will take WoW service in the future. However the future is not so clear.

The current wow chinese verison is done by team from the9. And i could say they did a great job. In fact the Administrator above himself is the localize mananger. This man, aka "Ediart" ,was the farther and baby sitter of Chinese WoW. The site of NGA.CN ( National Geographic Azeroth) is his personal forum and an holy ground to Chinese wowers.What he told us is like:

1 The9's team already did all the localize job, including translation, graphic change ,alpha and beta test,and the whole WotLK contents .
2 Patch 3.1 contents and Ulduar is ready for chinese and currently under phase between alpha and beta testing.
3 The HQ of Blizzard sold out what The9's team done to NetEase which from a lawyer's POV is suitable.
4 ALL of his teamates was pissed off by HQ of Blizzard.

"Ediart" said he is really pissed off. As far i know, he is currently employed by the9 as one leadership of chinese wow service. His fate and what wow will go , is untold.

Background: "Ediart"is the man who bring wow to china and watch it grown from a baby. He can be compared to Lord British in UO. His hard work is proven to be like art. What he did to china Mainland verison is so great that it made the Taiwan's verison like a piece of Joke.

Last: The Chinese WoWers is facing their darkest hour. It could be an End or a new beginning. Though I know most people here may not care those play wow in other side of earth, i wish you know there is peoplel who truly love and care this game. thx.

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