Wow beta information! - Page 2

Kamille · 09/12/06, 8:42 PM

Originally Posted by Sri

wish I had my old beta shots too :(

That invisi/common toungue made me think of this one incident where in yell some alliance were asking where X was and this kid (Mage UD) used to yell back that X was under the bridge where he was waiting.
Dead alliance.
There was a bit of ruckus on the forums over this - damn if I could only remember that kids name :(

Tauren Females also used to be about the same height as UD/Orcs as well...damn wish I had my old beta SSs.

Wasn't that Nerd?

Sri · 09/12/06, 9:41 PM

YEP!

good ol Nerd and his griefing.

El Finco · 09/12/06, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by vorda

I've read that line about certain mobs being able to kill you even before I joined beta, and since then I have been looking for ways to die as ghost. The only one I have found atm is fatigue..

I remember being spotted and killed by elite orcs in Stonewatch Keep in Red Ridge as a ghost. Sure made corpse runs annoying.

This was back in the All-Alliance push in March 2004 or something.

grimjack · 09/12/06, 11:58 PM

yeah the Taurens complained that they didn't have a mount so blizzard took away plainsrunning and gave kodos. I would have played taurens just for plainsrunning.

◊ Kaubel · 09/13/06, 12:39 AM

No, taurens didn't complain. Everyone else did. Our gripe was getting knocked out of PR the instant we took *any* damage.

krucifix85 · 09/13/06, 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by Largo

I like the picture they had on the Death page.

"This screenshot doesn't actually have anything to do with the death system in World of Warcraft, but it's kinda cool and death related"

Bhahahaha

i remember laughing so hard at that, the first time i was mesmerised by the WoW website.

ahhh <3 those Blizz employee's

decimus · 09/13/06, 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by saramin

Originally Posted by decimus

Random thought: who remembers the night elf female "boob bounce" problem?

It was a problem?

Well, I guess it wasn't a problem; it was just a bit odd having boobs that bounce from your knees to your chin.

saramin · 09/13/06, 1:13 AM

Originally Posted by decimus

Originally Posted by saramin

Originally Posted by decimus

Random thought: who remembers the night elf female "boob bounce" problem?

It was a problem?

Well, I guess it wasn't a problem; it was just a bit odd having boobs that bounce from your knees to your chin.

I like to think that "feature" not making it to retail was attributable to internal purgings of half the PR department and most of the French producers. There were crack squads of Pardo-sponsored hitmen roaming through vast swathes of the marketing building, impaling people on lightsabers.

Let's not forget the demographic we're catering to here. The NE bounce we know today, spanning a mediocre 6 inches, took integrity.

Azera · 09/13/06, 1:16 AM

Originally Posted by Sri

YEP!

good ol Nerd and his griefing.

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Vhex · 09/13/06, 1:45 AM

Ah early Beta bugs, how I miss thee, let me count the ways...

• Bad Luck · 09/13/06, 2:05 AM

Wow that screenshot of Nerd is pretty fucking hilarious.

Kody · 09/13/06, 2:36 AM

Haha, I remember Nerd. That dude lived in Redridge/Duskwood.

Ayle · 09/13/06, 3:49 AM

Is that the same nerd that is from Mal'ganis?

Adree · 09/13/06, 4:11 AM

The Nerd in that shot currently plays as Nurd on Daggerspine in my guild.

Crossbones · 09/13/06, 7:59 AM

Removing undead speaking common was so lame. Undead translators made PvP'ing more fun, for sure.

Also, I think kodos are far superior to plainsrunning which was totally boring.

◊ Kaubel · 09/13/06, 8:48 AM

Originally Posted by Vhex

Ah early Beta bugs, how I miss thee, let me count the ways...

Yup.

El oh el @ chat.

I'm the best paparazzi ever.

Psonica · 09/13/06, 8:48 AM

Originally Posted by blindworld

Dungeons!
There's 3 listed world dungeons... The Deadmines (presumably because it's the first most will encounter), Scarlet Monastary, and quite an interesting choice for the 3rd...

From Prado's keynote:

â€œBeware of the Grand Reveal.â€ This is a pic of a dungeon that was supposed to be in the original release but is in the expansion, because the subteam went off to work on it in a vacuum, disconnected from the rest of the team. The grand reveal was when they came back and showed it. It was supposed to be a raid dungeon but the doors were too narrow. So back to the drawing board it went, three months of redo because we didnâ€™t redo along the way.

...and the NY Times article from early last year when they visited above mentioned designers. Wonder how many other sub-projects that has met the same fate.

Snik · 09/13/06, 11:18 AM

I think this is the only image from Beta I have left. It's a shame they got rid of them.