Blizzard Admits Questionable Technology

[Vidron]

VNN breaks story June 13, 2011

"A hotfix being prepared for World of Warcraft: Cataclsym has revealed some startling information about the direction gaming giant Blizzard is going with regard to content development. The hotifx is being made in response to information release by distraught game designers concerning technology utilized recently in World of Warcraft raid dungeons.

According to several developers who do not wish to be named, for some time Blizzard had been using a new technology allowing in-game events to directly affect players without their knowledge or consent. Through a complex and undetectable series of color flashes and too-fast-to-see imagery, they had achieved a method to subliminally alter the actual behavior of unsuspecting human players.

'We have always strived for a more immersive environment,' stated Lead Game Designer Greg “Ghostcrawler” Street. 'This was just an advancement that gave us more flexibility in designing encounters to be more challenging.'

The revealed use of this questionable technology was seen in the heroic version of the final encounter in the raid dungeon “Blackwing Descent.” In this encounter, the player group encounters Nefarian, and evil Black Dragon who experiments on other dragons to develop ever more sinister creations to release upon the world. Included in this hard-mode encounter was use of Blizzard’s “Virtual Interface Luminescent Empathy” technology, exposed by uncomfortable game developers to be an in-game aura cast by Nefarian at 5% health. The aura, though undetectable through the standard game client interface, was called “Grats Man, You Did It!” This generated a series of subtle luminosity effects causing players to think and feel as if the encounter were finished, and thus causing them to actually lose focus on finishing the last 2-3% of effort required to truly defeat the encounter. Many guilds assumed it was just typical ramp-down of effort when a boss is almost dead, but the sheer number of repeated sub-2% wipes caused many to ask if something was amiss. Developers under Street, who felt it immoral to actually alter players’ thoughts in the real world, decided enough was enough, and leaked the information to the press.

Street insisted that there was 'no harm, no foul,' and that use of this technology was limited to the Heroic Nefarian encounter. Officials are skeptical however, given the unprecedented level of success World of Warcraft has enjoyed for over six years. Street has been detained, and a full investigation is being launched."

[>8< Herbië >8<]

That explains so very very much.

[Daddybizzle]

weird!!!

that does explain alot... i captured this SS last night

[Jacoste]

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[Daddybizzle]

Jacoste wrote:

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sir!!!

how dare you imply some falsehood in my post!

i always play with a German UI and client... its the only way to play wow...

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