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    World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

    Game » consists of 10 releases. Released Nov 13, 2008

    Travel to the arctic continent of Northrend in Blizzard's second expansion to the most popular MMORPG ever made.

    Blizzard's Trying to Trap Me!

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    Edited By jeff
    I ain't gonna fall for no banana in no tailpipe, weird undead guy!
    I ain't gonna fall for no banana in no tailpipe, weird undead guy!
    With World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King officially going on sale tomorrow, Blizzard wants the whole world to be thinking about their world... of Warcraft.

    Check out this e-mail I just got...

    Jeff,

    You've been summoned back to Azeroth! Your World of Warcraft® account [REDACTED] has been selected to receive 10 FREE days of game time and a FREE trial of The Burning Crusade® expansion pack.

    During your 10 FREE days, you'll have access to all of the new and exciting features that have been added to World of Warcraft, including:

    • Faster Leveling Times -- Ascend to the epic powers of the highest levels faster than ever before! Your hero will level almost twice as fast from level 1 to 60.
    • Mounts at Level 30 -- Why walk when you can ride? Mounts are now available at level 30 to get you around faster.
    • The Continent of Outland -- Journey beyond the Dark Portal and into the shattered world of Outland to discover the fate of its denizens. Explore an entire continent loaded with thousands of new quests.
    • Two Bold New Races -- Whether embracing the mystical energies of the blood elves or unleashing the Light-given power of the draenei, new realms of power and possibility await.
    • Increased Level Cap -- Advance to level 70 with The Burning Crusade, gaining powerful new talents and abilities along the way.
    • And much more! Click here to view the latest content additions to World of Warcraft.

    I had no idea mounts had been lowered to level 30. That's crazy! And, again, how is leveling from 1 to 60 twice as fast a good thing? Why don't they just cut to the chase and let players create characters that start at 60? They're really just saying "HEY MAN SKIP ALL THIS STUFF WE MADE BEFORE (EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AWESOME) AND BUY THE EXPANSIONS ALREADY."

    The weird thing is that the e-mail doesn't make any mention of the new expansion, just the last one, Burning Crusade. It's like they're setting some sort of trap, where I'll get back into the game, love it all over again, go out to buy Burning Crusade, and suddenly realize that there aren't one but TWO expansions out.
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    #1  Edited By jeff
    I ain't gonna fall for no banana in no tailpipe, weird undead guy!
    I ain't gonna fall for no banana in no tailpipe, weird undead guy!
    With World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King officially going on sale tomorrow, Blizzard wants the whole world to be thinking about their world... of Warcraft.

    Check out this e-mail I just got...

    Jeff,

    You've been summoned back to Azeroth! Your World of Warcraft® account [REDACTED] has been selected to receive 10 FREE days of game time and a FREE trial of The Burning Crusade® expansion pack.

    During your 10 FREE days, you'll have access to all of the new and exciting features that have been added to World of Warcraft, including:

    • Faster Leveling Times -- Ascend to the epic powers of the highest levels faster than ever before! Your hero will level almost twice as fast from level 1 to 60.
    • Mounts at Level 30 -- Why walk when you can ride? Mounts are now available at level 30 to get you around faster.
    • The Continent of Outland -- Journey beyond the Dark Portal and into the shattered world of Outland to discover the fate of its denizens. Explore an entire continent loaded with thousands of new quests.
    • Two Bold New Races -- Whether embracing the mystical energies of the blood elves or unleashing the Light-given power of the draenei, new realms of power and possibility await.
    • Increased Level Cap -- Advance to level 70 with The Burning Crusade, gaining powerful new talents and abilities along the way.
    • And much more! Click here to view the latest content additions to World of Warcraft.

    I had no idea mounts had been lowered to level 30. That's crazy! And, again, how is leveling from 1 to 60 twice as fast a good thing? Why don't they just cut to the chase and let players create characters that start at 60? They're really just saying "HEY MAN SKIP ALL THIS STUFF WE MADE BEFORE (EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AWESOME) AND BUY THE EXPANSIONS ALREADY."

    The weird thing is that the e-mail doesn't make any mention of the new expansion, just the last one, Burning Crusade. It's like they're setting some sort of trap, where I'll get back into the game, love it all over again, go out to buy Burning Crusade, and suddenly realize that there aren't one but TWO expansions out.
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    #2  Edited By Coltonio7

    Don't fight it Jeff.....don't fight it.

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    #4  Edited By TheGTAvaccine

    Dont take the bait Jeff!

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    #5  Edited By Death_Burnout

    Dude i know...well...they've trapped me anyway, im only above lvl 30 (34) so to hear i can have a mount AND lvl up faster is great, even though i'll miss some things. but im so lagging behind everyone else, and have done for so long due to lack of interest, that i dont really care.

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    #6  Edited By Psynapse

    Hahaha, I'm hoping i don't get an email... I'll so get pulled back into it all.. WOLTK looks really good!

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    #7  Edited By John1912

    The way the GB staff talks I dont know how they would have time for a MMO.  Also yea, dont do it Jeff!  WoW is the devil, and he wants you to play his game.

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    #8  Edited By NoOddjob

    My God.  I got the very same email, save for the "Jeff" part, which in my case wouldn''t apply quite as directly.   ::looks all shifty-eyed::  Asleep again, foul spam-filter?!

    Now I have to wonder if the six days it takes to re-install and update WoW will count against my ten free days. ;-)

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    The problem I have with WOW is it's just a generic fantasty mmorpg that becomes very repetitive after like level 20 :\ I got bored and had enough.

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    #10  Edited By russcat

    That's funny... Must see you don't have a character over 60 so send out the Burning Crusade expansion spiel.  Strange though.

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    #11  Edited By Erdie

    Ugh, I played that.  What an absolute time sink.  I'll never play an MMO again.

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    #12  Edited By Gunner

    wtf? they didnt give me free WoW time!

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    #13  Edited By JohnDudebro

    Trust me on this one: skipping the old stuff is a good thing. It may have been awesome at the time, but now it sucks compared to the new stuff. Outland is leaps and bounds beyond anything in old Azeroth.

    Come on man, take the offer. It won't take you long to get into Outland, and from there it's all awesome.
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    #14  Edited By Milkman

    DO IT, JEFF! JUST DO IT!

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    #15  Edited By unangbangkay

    CLICK IT JEFF, CLICK IT NOW! I'll finally know someone else who clicked that link besides ME.

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    #16  Edited By spiceninja

    I just hit level 30 a few days ago and just last night got my first mount. I thought it had always been level 30 to get a mount, but I guess not.

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    #17  Edited By MagicKiwi

    GIVE IN

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    #18  Edited By ironscimitar

    Fall back in.

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    #19  Edited By kraznor

    Yeah, I got one of those today as well. It doesn't expire for a month so I may fall for it sometime.

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    #20  Edited By Vitruvian

    Don't give in, Jeff, don't give in.

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    #21  Edited By albedos_shadow

    One of us, one of us...

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    #22  Edited By hatking

    I don't understand how leveling up quickers isn't a good thing.  The leveling in the game goes so damn so slow that twice as fast still really isn't all that fast.

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    #23  Edited By WholeFunShow

    Crafty fuckers.

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    #24  Edited By guerrajr

    Don't do it!
    They didn't give me free time. I guess they didnt since I have the first expansion and my account has been active for the last few months.

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    #25  Edited By MatCauthon

    i love how they lifted the classic Morrowind line too!  "Why walk when you can ride?"

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    #26  Edited By dagas

    I would just delete it as the spam it obviously is =P

     WoW is evil, either you don't get it or you do get it and get sucked in to a life of grinding, raiding and item hunting for the next decade destroying your soul and turning you into an addict that will make a heroin addict look like he has control over his life in comparison. I'm happy to say I'm one of the few who don't get it so I'm spared, yeah!

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    #27  Edited By McBain

    You actually played WoW in the first place?

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    #28  Edited By Relys

    IT'S A TARP!

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    #29  Edited By vaiz

    Don't do it, Jeff, it opens a portal to the netherworld!

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    #30  Edited By clarke0

    I'm so glad I never got into this game in the first place...

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    #31  Edited By snide

    Don't worry bombers, Andy and I fell for the trap and are nerdily progressing our way through as we speak!

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    #32  Edited By GioVANNI

    I'm gonna get the x-pac when I hit 55.

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    #33  Edited By Landmine

    Just do it. Nike style.

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    #34  Edited By MaddProdigy

    Yea, they should just let us create 60s. It might take some fun out of the game, but Outland and Northred are so much better than the old crap they had set up, no one likes or tries to go out of their way to do anything, they just hurry to get to 70 and 80 anyway. Is this just something they were giving u in your free trial? Or is that the way it is now for everyone permanantly?

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    #35  Edited By Kyle

    DEW IT

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    #36  Edited By artofwar420

    If only I didn't have school, work, and had money to spend I'd be all over this.

    Or should I say, If only I was 13 again.

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    #37  Edited By oobs

    yeah..got the same email..deleted it straight away...

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    #38  Edited By Stevokenevo

    dont do it! WoW is a party game of math with colours......very boring.   

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    #39  Edited By REMOVE_NOZZLE

    resist! I'm having to do the same thing and just turn my cheek to all the WOTLK hype.

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    #40  Edited By Plipster

    .....joiiiiin usssss.....

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    #41  Edited By ahoodedfigure

    Tell us if you fall in the hole again.

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    #43  Edited By Blinck

    It's unavoidable....it is your DESTINY.

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    #45  Edited By Spankmealotus

    Wow is this the say the same thing twice separated by a comma comment section, wow is this the say the same thing twice separated by a comma comment section?

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    #46  Edited By evrdayblues

    Any good conspiracy theories floating around?

    I almost took the bait too...but then I remembered I was officially bored of MMORPGs.  Thank god...

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    #47  Edited By jacksukeru

    The 10+ games I have stacked up, some I haven't even started yet, is all because of this horrible time sink of a game. I love it, and I hate it.

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    #48  Edited By kainen

    I got one of those too.  Junk mailed it.  Screw them and their life stealing, time grinding, wreck of a game.  :)

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    Just got the email myself this morning. I'm not fallin' for it.

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    #50  Edited By LordAndrew

    Don't do it Jeff. Don't give in to the Booze King.

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