Showing posts with label Blizzard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blizzard. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Blizzard is having a Theme Park Contest

Create your own theme park? Well, that sounds fun; I only wish I had known about it sooner.

You can come up with your very own Blizzard style amusement park and compete for prizes.

There's not much time left to get your entry in (deadline March 30) but hey, Blizzard fans are known for all-nighters. So, bust out an energy drink and get busy if you are a creative type and would like to enter.

The winning submission will be all over the Internet and will be seen at BlizzCon. The winner gets a “Wacom Cintiq 12WX Digitizing Tablet, a pair of StarCraft II beta keys, and more…" see the Blizzard Site for more details.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Level Playing Field?

Yeah, yeah, level this.

Life, as well as any competitive game, is not supposed to have a level playing field. That would be like playing a game of musical chairs, using as many chairs as there are players. No one wins, but of course the point is, no one loses. Bah.

That’s the way I feel about some of the nerfs that Blizzard has implemented in WoW. For example, I earned my paladin mount. I was so proud. I had help, yes, but I earned it. Not everyone had one, because they didn’t jump through the hoops to get one.

That’s what made it special.

Now, all a pally has to do is wait until level 61 and buy the mount. While I believe the quest is still available for those who want to do it, what’s the point really? The paladin mount is now just another mount, which is why I may never ride mine again. If I'm not flying, I generally ride my black war bear, since one still has to earn it and it cannot simply be purchased (at least not yet, as far as I know).