...World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Dawnette Polland ENG 325 Intermediate Composition Jessica Ruddick October 22, 2012 World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Blizzard Entertainment’s (Blizzard) World of Warcraft games are a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was reported by Craig Glenday (2009), in the Guinness World Records 2009 as having the “most-subscribed MMORPG players” numbering at 9.1 million (p. 245). Although I have not played the fantasy game of World of Warcraft (WoW) since its inception in 1994, I have, however, played three of the WoW expansions with each leading into the next game’s storyline. The first expansion was The Burning Crusade, which led into The Wrath of the Lich King, followed by Cataclysm where the endboss, Deathwing, was destroyed. I also participated in the beta testing for the anticipated fourth expansion of Mists of Pandaria (Mists) which has recently been launched for world play. Mists could quite possibly indicate Blizzard is at the end of the storyline in the series of WoW, thereby causing the loss of its mainstream worldwide gaming subscribers—adults. In order to play MMORPG games, a subscription fee is paid monthly that allows the player access to a company’s server. After the launch of Cataclysm in December 2010, the WoW subscribers had globally reached 12 million. The number of subscribers started to decline over the last year and a half when a majority of disgruntle gamers had exhausted...
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...should consider limiting its product portfolio as well as conducting its target markets. This should help the company stabilize its financial status through sales generation and cost reduction. Company structure: Activision Blizzard organizational structure is base on 3 business segments. Activision Publishing, Inc. develops and publishes video games on various consoles handheld platforms and the PC platform. Activision also develop digital downloads to their game titles through retail channels with certain third-party publishers. Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is well know to online gamer through Battle.net. Battle.net. host all Blizzard develops multiple award winning titles online such as Diablo, StarCraft, and World of Warcraft. The World of Warcraft massively multi-player online role-playing game ("MMORPG") franchises is currently the leader in terms of subscriber base and generates revenue monthly to 12 million customers worldwide. Activision Blizzard Distribution is consisting of warehousing, sales distribution services to third-party publishers, publishing operations, and manufacturer of its products. Strength:...
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...World of Warcraft (or WoW as it is sometimes called) Can be a very time consuming game, players can spend countless hours and make absolutly no progress. While other players can max out their character and progress in to the endgame content. The key to Advancing in your fight across Azeroth, Is to find the balance Between the three major aspects of the game, this includes choosing professions, leveling your character and, And preparing for the future. It makes sence to choose professions that match your charecters class and needs, This allows you to craft items that you may use. However this is not the most logical choice. Choosing two gathering professions (such as herbalisim, mining, or skinning) early on Provides you with lots of gold which can be used for learning new skills, and abilities, and mount riding abillities. Choosing two gathering professions, and selling the materials to other players on the Auction House, will even provide you with enough gold to save for endgame. After you create your character, you start at level 1, But you want to hit level 85, so you can experience all that Wow has to offer. The fastest and most benificial way to level your character is to accept every quest that you can find and complete and turn them in 4-6 at a time, Untill you hit level 10. Once you make it to 10, start doing Battlegrounds. Battle grounds are where Members of the alliance, and members of the horde, Battle for controll, some of the battle grounds require players...
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...largest game developers and game publishers, and the first third-party game publishers in the world . Activision Blizzard was made by Activision and the U.S. Department of Vivendi, Blizzard Entertainment, on December 2, 2007, and Entertainment in July 9, 2008. The total operating funds is $ 18.9 billion . In November 2009 , Activision Blizzard 's first -person shooter "Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2" 4.5 million the number of pre-sale , and $ 400 million sales in the first day, what break the highest first day sales in the Guinness World record. Another major business of Activision Blizzard Blizzard Entertainment is a popular online role -playing game "World of Warcraft " and " Warcraft " series. From the market price, Activision Blizzard is the largest independent video game publishers in the world, because before the merger , the Activision is the second largest third-party game producers and publishers, and the EA Inc. is the biggest at that time. After merged, Activision Blizzard is not only more than EA, became the first major third-party publisher of the game , but more than Nintendo, became the first major game production and distribution company . 2. Industry Structure and Global Markets In their market, Activision Blizzard is facing competition, and they have two major competitors. The company exports many kinds of games. Their products are sold over the world, and some of their products have professional games. EA (Electronic Arts, NASDAQ: ERTS...
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...Getting Started Important note: The Burning Crusade is an expansion set to World of Warcraft. You must already have a properly installed copy of World of Warcraft in order to install and play this expansion. Installing the Game (PC) TM Welcome Back to the World of Warcraft! System Requirements: OS: Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4); Windows XP (Service Pack 2). Processor: Intel Pentium 3 800MHz, or AMD Duron 800MHz. Memory: 512 MB RAM, 1 GB RAM is recommended. Video: Minimum: 32 MB 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting, such as an NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or above. Recommended: 64MB VRAM 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability, such as an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 class card or above. For a complete list of supported 3D cards, please visit: http://www.blizzard.com/support/wow/?id=aww0830p Sound: DirectX-compatible sound card. Install Size: 10 gigabytes of hard disk space. Installation Instructions Place The Burning Crusade CD/DVD into your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. If your computer has autoplay enabled, an installation window will automatically pop up on your Windows desktop. Click the Install Burning Crusade button and follow the onscreen instructions to install The Burning Crusade to your hard drive. If the installation window does not appear, open the My Computer icon on your desktop and double-click on the drive letter corresponding to your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive to open it. Double-click on the Install.exe icon...
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...force believes these kids will be our outstanding pilots should they fly our jets.”(Ronald Reagan, speech, Aug. 8, 1983) There are many advantages of playing video games: good hand-eye coordination, the opportunity to meet other people from around the world, and increased memory. The first advantage to playing video games is having good hand-eye coordination. I have been playing video games for a long time. I stared to play video games when I was about six years old. When I started playing video games I used hand-held devices, like the game boy color and game boy advance. I am now very good with my hands. My grandparents would buy me Lego kits and I would have built them within minutes. I am able to build things faster. I am able to build computers that require precise placement. It has lead me to taking computer courses at Bay College. Another advantage to playing video games is that you can meet other people. Since I have been playing video games I have been able to get to know people from around the world the share the same interest in game as I do. A game type that has let me get to know these people is the MMORPG (Massively multiplayer online role-playing game). A couple games that are this type are World of Warcraft and Rift. A friend that I have met through playing video games is Edwin. I met him when I was playing the game called Rift. We are able to go months without talking to each other and when we get bake together online we talk as if we had never stop talking...
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...Psychology of Gaming and Me Week 4 Assignment 1 Albert Pettey Strayer University Professor Holt Psych 101 Nov 8, 2012 Through long thought and jotting ideas, I have decided to discuss my favorite hobby… playing World of Warcraft and other MMORPGS. The term “Gamers” is coined frequently to describe someone who plays Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games or in short MMO. World of Warcraft or WoW is something I have enjoyed playing for the better part of six years. Playing this and a few other MMO’s is for me no different than watching TV after work or playing golf, etc. In the following few paragraphs I will cover and share the psychology behind MMO’s and online gaming. Psychology 101 of gaming would have to be social… the ability to interact and be part of a social group is for me one of the alluring points of playing World of Warcraft. Being somewhat of an introvert, online allows me to connect with others with similar likes in an environment that is comfortable for my personality. Gaming can bring about a level of prestige among or between players based on in game ranks, completed achievements, earning titles and other WoW related game activities. These competitive aspects that go along with WoW and other MMO’s can drive the social platform many of the gaming community is based on. Finding just one psychology view point for an MMO and WoW is hard to narrow down. There are many facets that cover a wide range of subtopics. Clinical, cognitive, developmental,...
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...FREE WI-FI IN NEW YORK CITY FREE WI-FI IN NEW YORK CITY Solution 1: Our group’s project is “Locate all areas in NYC that doesn’t have Wi-Fi and find a way to provide to these areas.” The choice was made that with our group was that we will make a scenario. This scenario is the people of NYC want try and find if there is a way to receive free Wi-Fi to all the NYC local areas. In order to do this we will setup a study and ask a local internet provider to setup free Wi-Fi services to the first 10,000 households that join with them or current members for this study. The study will be carried out for three months to evaluate the services, quality, and the cost of the overall project. This will provide information for the future to see if free Wi-Fi is possible. The company chosen for the project will be a loss for providing free services, equipment, and personal for this study. In order to make up for this the US government, New York, and NYC will provide tax breaks, funds, and additional services to help for this study. Also there could be fund raisers set to raise local funds for this project though the local areas of NYC. This project could be looked as an investment for the future. Solution 2: Our group’s project is “Locate all areas in NYC that doesn’t have Wi-Fi and find a way to provide to these areas.” The choice was that was made that we will hire a company to install Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the NYC...
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...Online Media and Role-Playing Games The evolution of video games has come a long way from the medieval days of Atari’s Pong circa early 1970s to the vastly interactive world of the Internet today. Early video games presented the player with one-dimensional problems, for example, Pong simulated Ping-Pong; the players only objective was to hit the rectangle back and forth. Eventually video games transformed into Role-Playing Games, which were multi-dimensional and allowed the player(s) to immerse themselves completely in a fantasy world. The new RPGs allowed the player to problem-solve, strategize, work within a community, and use cognitive skills. According to Squidoo, (2011), RPG’s consist of “a storyline, which usually evolves an epic battle between the forces of good and evil, with the player’s characters fighting on the good side to avert an apocalypse” (What Are Role Playing Games? para.2). A recent trend in video games has immerged into MMORPG, which is an acronym for Massively Multi-Player Online Game. An ideal example is World of Warcraft in which the player is introduced into a new realm of reality. World of Warcraft was first released in November 2004; it currently holds the most subscribed MMORPG title and the Guinness Book of World Records for the most popular MMORPG. WoW crosses age and gender demographics, it helps create communities that involve players, writers, artists, and animation programmers. For example the players are integral in the creation...
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...I was busy. Busy enough to always keep myself away from my homework, busy checking my Facebook status, poking my friends, writing comments trying to embarrass Kevin, a friend of mine, and playing Warcraft. “I’m just taking a break.” I said to myself, as though I don’t know I’m lying to myself, or I actually did a bit of work. “New message from Felix!” a message pops out on my Facebook page. Felix: “Warcraft?” Me: “Heck yeah!” I turned away from my English homework which I’ve been staring at for the past five minutes, and got myself lost in the world of dota (Defense of the Ancient). I knew all along that I was procrastinating. I steer myself into anything else rather than homework, and after hours of dipping myself into games, I’ll eventually totally forget about what I was supposed to do. I perfectly know that if this essay was not due tomorrow, I wouldn’t be writing it right now. As my mind is still here, I wonder how poor homework completion due to procrastination can take its toll on me. The first thing my laziness hits directly is my grade. I got a big fat B for my English, or it might get even worse than B, which is not what I expected -or what I wanted. I have the embarrassment among my family that I haven’t been delivering the great things they expected from me. And all through my life, I will only have one set of family and one set of parents. How can I go back and try my life again? How can I do a “do over”? When I was a boy, we played games in...
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...the product’s market segment. The table below shows the a comparison of features among various online gaming companies including CanGo. Note: Revenue taken from CanGo 2009 income statement and Source: Van Kooten, M. (2010, August 3). Top 25 gaming companies 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2012, from http://www.softwaretop100.org/top-25-gaming-companies-2010 As indicated earlier, online games can be PC based or mobile device based and are played over a computer network. The mobile gaming segment is expected to grow, with a predicted sales of $13.5 billion by 2012, while the PC based gaming is an established market. (Caron, 2009). Blizzard Entertainment, with their World of Warcraft, which is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), has 10.2 million subscribers as of 2011 (World of Warcraft, n.d.). In addition, there are free social gaming companies such as Playdom that provides...
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...The Way of WoW One of my sad addictions is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (mmorpg) named World of Warcraft (WoW). It has amassed over 12 million subscribers. It has addicted many people, killed a few, and yet married others. But how does one actually start playing this “crack cocaine” of the gaming world. I’ll take you thru the basic ins and outs of starting your addiction in this essay. Yes, this essay is the gateway drug to WoW, and I’ll be your dealer. First you’ll need the actual hardware and software. I won’t go too much into detail here. You’ll need a very comfortable mouse as you will be clicking and moving that little piece of pointer magic until your fingers lose all sense of feeling and they fall off. Then you’ll need to make sure your computer and video cards can handle this beasty! You can easily find the system requirements on the WoW website ( www.worldofwarcraft.com). The next portion is the actual software. There is currently the main game and two expansions, The Burning Crusade and The Lich King, with a much anticipated third installment called Cataclysm which is due out on December 7th of this year. Install all that as well as a few gigs of patches and you are ready to start your “noob” status. Noobs is a terminology used by many gamers to signify new players, or players who don’t know how to play well. The last part of setting yourself up for the technical part of the addiction is to set up a monthly subscription with the software company...
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...Minecraft is a computer game which features an open world with no specific goals. Players have the freedom to do anything they want inside the world. There are a variety of biomes from grassy to snow-filled. The world is comprised of 3D cubes or blocks that are used to create items. Players dig for their materials to create homes and weapons. There are animals and hostile mobs too. The world at night can be a hazardous place filled with spiders, skeletons and zombies. The game has captured the hearts of the young and old. While adults love that they can create elaborate constructions and dig labarynth tunnels and structures, kids love Minecraft because they can create a world entirely out of their imagination. There are no set rules when it comes to the gameplay in Minecraft, which makes it enjoyable for any age. Minecraft the Dungeon Down in the deepest parts of Minecraft, players come across dungeons with mobs of spiders or...
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...How MMORPG companies cope with the enhancement of technology: and it's affects on employees Ahmed Shairaf 000025587 Diploma in Business Office Administration MGT001 Semester 2 14th March 2011 Table of Contents page no. 1.0 Acknowledgment ……………………………………………………………..3 2.0 Abstract ……………………………………………………………………….3 3.0 Introduction ……………………………………………………………….......3 4.0 Virtual Organization …………………………………………………………..4 5.0 Traditional vs. Virtual Office …………………………………………………4 5.1 Location ……………………………………………………………….4 5.2 Instantly Operational …………………………………………………..5 5.3 Time Management/Prioritize …………………………………………..5 6.0 Evolution of Modern Office ……………………………………………………5 6.1 Collaborative technology ……………………………………………….6 6.2 Intranet and Extranet ……………………………………………………6 7.0 Customer Service ……………………………………………………………….6 8.0 Future of Office Workers ……………………………………………………….7 9.0 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………7 Acknowledgment I would like to appreciate the support for my friends from around the globe who played MMORPG with me in helping me accomplish this report. A special thanks to my cousin brother for proof reading and aiding me in different ways to achieve the goals of the report. Abstract This report is about how the information technology is changing within time and how it has affected the MMORPG companies. In this paper, you will find that not only the organizational...
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...Use Single Target dps on Lichking, AOE should not be used. Phase 1 Position: Lichking Main tank and melee Ranged and healers Off tank with Ghouls and Shamblings Infest: Every person in the raid will take around 7k dmg and will take increasing shadow dmg every second afterwards This effect is removed when the target has more than 90% health Necrotic Plague: Every 15 seconds Lich King applies the Necrotic Plague debuff to a player The Plague is a dot which deals 50k dmg to its target every 5 sec Whenever the debuff is dispelled or its target dies, it jumps to a nearby unit - including adds How to deal with it? The debuffed player has to run next the off tank with the adds and dispel him there, so the plague will jump to an add Phase 1.5 and 2.5 - Transition phases - Everyone except off tank - Off tank At 70% hp transition phase takes place and lasts for 1 minute He will begin casting Remorseless Winter, so the raid must flee on the edge of the platform to get out of the spell Transition phases are almost just about controlling the spawning adds The off tank will move the remaining Shambling(s) and the Ghouls to his spot faced away The main tank will drag the missed ghouls into the stacking raid so they can be killed Raging Spirits will spawn during this fight every 20 seconds It's a target's spirit and the target will be attacked, but the off tank will taunt it asap and face it away from the raid When the 3. Spirit is summoned...
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