Wrath of the Lich King hits GameStop's credit card system for 500 damage
by Ross Miller 
{ Nov 13th 2008 at 4:00AM }
Wrath of the Lich King casts Credit Card Overload.
Wrath of the Lich King hits GameStop for 309.
GameStop parries.
Wrath of the Lich King hits GameStop for 403.
GameStop's credit card servers suffers a 10% durability loss.
Wrath of the Lich King crits GameStop for 1,300,296.
Wrath of the Lich King crits GameStop for 296,129,423,127.
Wrath of the Lich King has slain GameStop's credit card servers!
Our friends at WoW Insider have the scoop. We'll have more from the Wrath launch later today. After the break, see the same battle with an interface add-on!
[Wrath of the Lich King] Credit Card Overload [GameStop] 309
[GameStop] Parry [Wrath of the Lich King]
[Wrath of the Lich King] Crit [GameStop] 403
GameStop's credit card servers suffer a 10% durability loss
[Wrath of the Lich King] Crit [GameStop] 1,300,296
GameStop goes into a frenzy.
[Wrath of the Lich King] Crit [GameStop] 294,129,423,127
Wrath of the Lich King has slain GameStop's credit card servers!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Einhanderkiller @ Nov 13th 2008 4:12AM
Sometimes, I wonder what it would be like to be really into World of WarCraft. I've considered subscribing before since the game world looks really interesting and I'm a fan of the WarCraft RTS games, but I always manage to resist the urge.
wickedpheonix @ Nov 13th 2008 4:19AM
Resist, and get EVE instead :)
I'm kinda scared to see what the sales numbers on this are going to be. I mean, I don't recall credit card servers going down for Halo launches, for example...
Ceryk @ Nov 13th 2008 8:34AM
Same as almost every other MMORPGs honestly, only reason I think it did any better than others is because it's got Blizzard's name on it. I'm sure you could have the exact same game mechanics, but not in the Warcraft world and I doubt it would have gotten any more popular than any other MMORPG.
NoHitHair @ Nov 13th 2008 8:32AM
If you plan on playing it casually, are willing to enjoy a social aspect more than the game itself and have a disposable $15/month you don't care about, it's up your alley.
If you have any intent of actual gaming, as in, you're interested in strategizing and teamwork, it's a complete waste of time. It would've been great if it wasn't revamped every few months to ingratiate and cater to newbies who were scared of playing anything outside of bargain-bin Mahjong but heard "WoW was fun".
l3laze @ Nov 13th 2008 4:25AM
its true my store in cali went down around 9 :(
Phil @ Nov 13th 2008 4:25AM
Christ, look at all those pasty people. This is probably the longest they've been away from their precious game.
UltimateQ @ Nov 13th 2008 4:32AM
I'm pasty, are you trying to imply that I play World of Warcraft? :)
MikeO. @ Nov 13th 2008 3:27PM
Why do you think games release at midnight? It's because direct sunlight on many of us gamers would simply destroy us with our cottage cheese complexion.
zombiejesus @ Nov 13th 2008 4:39AM
I just went to walmart to get mine waited in like for 15 min. This is coming from someone living in South Florida. Heard there was huge lines outside gamestops and off to walmart I went.
Bigkountry @ Nov 13th 2008 5:58PM
I did the same thing for Burning Crusade. All my friends waited in the freezing cold outside gamestop to pick up their pre-orders. I casually walked into Wal-Mart at midnight, grabbed a copy which they had a ton of, and some pop tarts, then went home to play.
"errrr, u didn't pre-order lolz... good luck getting it at midnight!!!"
hahahahahaha
Riley @ Nov 13th 2008 11:18PM
yeah, but half the fun of midnight releases is the social aspect, i've gone to a few with my friend when i wasn't even buying the game, they're a lot of fun, the local gamestop employees are a lot of fun
#28 @ Nov 13th 2008 4:49AM
Holy shit. They must be literally flooded in money. Drowning in the stuff.
Great post.
5th hot meal @ Nov 13th 2008 9:12AM
Awsome post, fantastic creative journalism.
Hellstorm|INC @ Nov 13th 2008 12:28PM
This makes me glad that I paid for my two copies of the collector's edition the day before the launch night event.
Alexisonfire @ Nov 13th 2008 2:23PM
Unless WotLK attacked reeeaaaly fast, I think you have the durability loss a little too soon in the combat text.
a sexy aspie goon @ Nov 14th 2008 2:15AM
I work at Gamestop, and it sucked. I had to call for validation for EVERY single card. Each validation call takes like 5 minutes and requires you input about 30 digits with a touch tone phone. And, if you screw up, you have to start over completely. Out of the 150 copies we sold, I'd say half of them were paid for with credit/debit cards. Freaking dorks and their WoW.
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