4/3/2023 0 Comments Wow realms![]() ![]() I can't imagine what it'd be like to just suddenly be forced to be offline, especially if you've got a thriving guild and/or just met a group of really cool people, or even one of those situations where somebody just starts hitting it off with someone romantically in-game ('cause god knows I've read about an innumerable amount of relationships that started in WoW and ended in real-life relationships and marriages) and then.nothing. ![]() Comment by jthm91 on T16:19:09-06:00Ĥ11 days? those are rookie numbers Comment by Frawtarius on T16:25:18-06:00 Sadly how it is with alot of Foreign companies over there. They cannot do that since in order to do Business in China they have to do it through a Chinese company like Netease Tencent. I mean, they probably gonna migrate to EU or NA anyways, tho, it is sad to see al their progress and characters they've probably spent YEARS on just vanish out of the blue cus Netease is a bunch of i hope some other company will take charge and help my CN bois n girls to play their favorite MMO. We can only wish them the best, and hope to welcome them home again soon. ![]() While many have elected to reroll on Taiwanese, NA, or EU accounts, many more are not so keen on starting over completely from scratch and left without any recourse whatsoever. The sudden shutdown is a stark reminder of impermanence, displacing millions of players, many of which have invested significant parts of their lives over these last sixteen years. It is truly a sad day for World of Warcraft players and Blizzard Entertainment fans everywhere. While Blizzard has expressed interest in finding a new local partner to continue service, it seems to have had difficulty in doing so quickly, and service may not be restored quickly even if they do - Chinese players famously remained in The Burning Crusade for an extra year while the rest of the world moved on to Wrath of the Lich King when Blizzard switched from The9 to NetEase in 2009. Only Diablo Immortal is left, currently covered by a separate licensing agreement, though whether it persists beyond that remains to be seen. Overwatch, Diablo, StarCraft, and Hearthstone are also now unavailable for play, including Classic WoW and the upcoming release of Diablo IV. Of course, this doesn't just mean the shutdown of World of Warcraft, as virtually all Blizzard games and services have been affected. Only small handfuls of players chose to stay online and celebrate together until the very end, as recounted by Narcissus addon developer Peter Yu. The shutdown was a quiet event, bereft of any fanfare from the developers and hardly even any players were left online to commiserate, thanks to Blizzard's last minute account preservation feature locking players out of their backed up accounts. After sixteen years of service, Chinese World of Warcraft servers shut down last night, following the expiration of the licensing agreement between NetEase and Blizzard Entertainment. ![]()
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