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WoW has 8 million residents, plans to invade Poland photo

(Azeroth isn't actually going to invade Poland, but you just know that's where they would start.)

In a press release issued earlier today, Blizzard announced that its tremendously successful MMORPG, World of Warcraft, had reached eight million subscribers, cementing its place as the largest MMO in the history of man's obsession with sitting in front of a computer and not eating. 

It's entirely possible that Blizzard has "cooked the books" a bit, as some of these subscribers may no longer be active, but that's common to every MMO developer. Recently, Second Life said they had a million inhabitants, when in reality it's just three guys masturbating a fourth guy dressed as a koala bear. 








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Daniel Husky Lingen's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2007 20:56
Daniel Husky Lingen
holy FUCK, that' WAY too many peopl
iRaf 's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2007 20:59
iRaf
that makes me 1 of 8,000,000 people....lol
Ballistic90's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2007 21:06
Ballistic90
So THAT'S what that damn koala bear picture is supposed to be about...
mattmagoo's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2007 21:45
mattmagoo
thats more that switzerland, denmark, norway, or israel

thats larger than more than half (~100) of the worlds countries


HOLY ......
heix's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2007 21:49
heix
Selling their soul to the devil. Heretics!!!
Lando MD's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2007 22:32
Lando MD
sexually molested koala bear says what?
djnexus911's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2007 22:54
djnexus911
After people get about 20 lvl 60 chars from constantly rerolling after getting bored with there chars, and they max out all there skills and try everyone theyll get bored eventually.
Southpwnd's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/11/2007 23:49
Southpwnd
and yet i still don't want to play.
Farktoid's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 02:45
Farktoid
8 million ignoring the folks like me who beat the game and quit a year ago. Personally, I'm fed up with hearing about this stupid game. Can we play a different game now?
DurandalAI's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 09:21
DurandalAI
Yeah after hitting a certain hype level it becomes cool to NOT play a certain game. Not.
Ballistic90's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 09:40
Ballistic90
I would play if I had the money. I probably will try it again in the future.
thisissami's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 12:44
thisissami
there are less than 8,000,000 peeps in norway? ok denmark is a small country so that's understandable, but norway? actually denmark is sort of surprising as well... weird!
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2007 13:33
Aaron Mxy Yost
I have it on good authority that at least 3.5 million are Chinese gold farmers.
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