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by Robin Torres 
Feb 12th 2010 at 3:00PM
Now that they are only one expansion behind and with Cataclysm set for the latter half of this year, this gives NetEase time to get Wrath of the Lich King approved before they fall behind yet another expansion. In the meantime, many Chinese players have turned to Taiwanese servers to get their Northrend fix.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Zalvi24 Feb 12th 2010 3:05PM
im happy for them
Faith Trust Feb 12th 2010 3:43PM
...And I'm going to let them finish.
But BC was one of the greatest expansions of all time!
Daniel Feb 12th 2010 8:42PM
Robin. You know something we don't? Since when has Cataclysm been "set" for last half of this year. Your link is to the conference call and the conference call never said that Cataclysm was "set" for the second half of this year. They simply said 2010 and never narrowed it further.
Popowski Feb 12th 2010 3:13PM
People there have been playing vanilla WoW since 2004?
Drakkenfyre Feb 12th 2010 3:21PM
No, they had it, but when the game switched from The9 to NetEase, it had to be reapproved.
Robin Torres Feb 12th 2010 3:23PM
Essentially, Burning Crusade was released already, but they didn't get approval for it. The above comment is correct. So then GAPP tried to shut WoW down completely and then the MoC told GAPP they were wrong. Then there was an inquiry and threat of punishment. Then NetEase said they stopped accepting new accounts and would reapply for approval. And now, they've been approved.
It's a long, smelly story worth of the Drama Mamas.
Andrew R. Feb 12th 2010 3:13PM
I'm curious as to how many of those Chinese players will leave the Taiwan servers. If they have made considerable progress with their toon why come back and start all over AND behind?
Task Feb 12th 2010 3:23PM
Yo be honest, that's a 50/50 chance if any of them move back.
They would have to go through the whole process of Wrath like Robin already mentioned, but it's good to see China getting an opportunity to catch up.
Jamus Feb 12th 2010 3:30PM
If I recall correctly from one of the guild of the month features, mainland Chinese players migrating to Taiwanese servers face terrible ping times and random disconnects, not to mention the hostility from native Taiwanese players blaming the flood of mainland players for lag (amongst other politically charged reasons). World firsts aside, I can't really imagine anyone making an argument that playing overseas is better if there's stable servers up and running on the home front.
Possum Feb 12th 2010 7:02PM
Australia, New Zealand and surrounds play on serves in the USA, surely it can't be too bad for people in China to play on a server in Taiwan?
John Feb 13th 2010 7:08PM
we play with about 500ms ping times. You won't hear world firsts from Oceanic guilds.
There's another reason - TW server is typically one week behind the US/EU servers (1 day). Whereas traditionally The9 has always been much slower behind a content patch.
peagle Feb 12th 2010 3:15PM
BC? You are probably quite prepared!
Possum Feb 12th 2010 7:04PM
A little overprepared maybe?
galestrom Feb 12th 2010 3:16PM
This makes me very happy to be a peon of the free world.
mtsadowski Feb 12th 2010 3:37PM
Freedom isn't free.
/$1.05
Bossy Feb 12th 2010 3:17PM
Back on track.
And the launch of WotLK could happen rather quickly now.
If that happens expect WOW to reach rocket high subscriptions with the launch of CATA.
11.5 millions was merely a set back due to poor economics and the China syndrome.
Tomatketchup Feb 12th 2010 3:19PM
I am more worried if the chinese gold sellers will INCREASE now.
elvendude Feb 12th 2010 3:20PM
Negative. This is a misconception. Gold farmers operate on the American servers already. You can't transfer gold from a Chinese account to an American account.
(cutaia) Feb 12th 2010 3:18PM
Oh man...China's gonna be pissed when they find out about patch 2.4...
Speedmonkay Feb 12th 2010 4:15PM
Maybe they will be lucky enough to get the OP 3.0 patch to last till they get WotLK approved.