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Entire Cities In World of Warcraft Dead, Hack Suspected
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| 10/7/2012
| hypnosec
Posted on 10/07/2012 6:53:05 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
"Entire cities in the World of Warcraft have been destroyed with no one spared, not even the NPCs. About 13:00 GMT, forums on WOW started getting the first comments from users regarding players and NPCs dying on the Ragnaros-EU realm in Orgrimmar. Users of the online game started reporting that Draenor had a similar sight to offer. Some of the other realms where this was reported include Tarren Mill, and Twisting Nether."
Also at Joystiq, and (with more screenshots) at WCCF Tech, which reports that "it appears the damage is most severe in World of Warcraft European servers."
TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Hobbies; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: gaming; hacking; parentsbasement; worldofwarcraft; wow
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To: jusduat
yeah - its from a site that posted info on the virtual genocide. No idea on what NPC stands for.
To: SIDENET
It was as if millions of virtual people suddenly cried out and were silenced.
LOL snort.
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:39:06 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: EEGator
I was thinking the same thing. One of South Park’s best.
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:39:19 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: Txngal; All
It would take all the hackers ever born to take down the Barrens, and those playing there would have their keesters for lunch.
Stopped playing a few years ago, but love WoW. What a wonderful world, compared to the cr@p going on in “western” reality.
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:40:49 PM PDT
by
jacquej
To: vbmoneyspender; jusduat
NPC = non-player character. It is one of the toons that is run by the program or employee, and not a paying subscriber.
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:42:08 PM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Everyone complains about the weather, but only Liberals try to legislate it.)
To: Crazieman
but, can we talk about CHUCK NORRIS?
(been there listened to that)
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:42:23 PM PDT
by
jacquej
To: E. Pluribus Unum
This looks like a job for Leeerrrooooyyyy Jeenkkiinnnss!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVZ50qAQrpc
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:44:04 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: USNBandit
One of my favorite episodes.
68
posted on
10/07/2012 7:45:13 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: IncPen
“Part of me wonders if someone is trying to tell us something.”
I don’t really understand all this gaming stuff, but it does seem to me that this would be a rather major hacking job.
Also I am reminded that one of the people killed in Benghazi was a real big shot in the gaming world. Not WoW, something more esoteric than that.
As James Taranto often says: everything is seemingly spinning out of control!
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:45:27 PM PDT
by
jocon307
To: SIDENET
“WORST. DISASTER. EVER. “
No, we are hoping to read that on DU after the Ryan/Bidenopolis debate.
70
posted on
10/07/2012 7:45:48 PM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Encourage all of your Democrat friends to get out and vote on November 7th, the stakes are high.)
To: SIDENET
One death is a tragedy...a million deaths is a mere statistic.
-Virtual Joe Stalin
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:47:17 PM PDT
by
Emperor Palpatine
("On the ascent of Olympus, what's a botched bar or two?" -Artur Schnabel)
To: USNBandit
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:49:05 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: EEGator
The pic is a snapshot from a South Park episode about World of Warcraft...funny episode.One of the very best episodes IMO.... A fav of mine.
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:50:38 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(The stink from this amateur regime smells all the way to Kenya.)
To: jacquej
James Bond said he had 30 women in one night..Chuck Norris calls that a slow Tuesday...When Chuck peels onions the onions cry....
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:51:25 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: Emperor Palpatine
75
posted on
10/07/2012 7:52:39 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: JRandomFreeper
We get news from the virtual worlds now? Yes- those are where the Obama admin unemployment reports have been coming from.
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:53:22 PM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: EEGator
I know.
Just thought you’d get a kick outta it.
:)
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:54:03 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Like acid and oil on a mad man's face, his reason tends to fly away.)
To: bigbob
Hold it right there, youngster!
This li’l ol’ lady got many moons of pleasure from playing WoW. You would be surprised how many conservative geezers and geezerettes enjoy the challenges of this game.
Keeps us sharp, thinking, planning, and distracted from the aches and pains of “elder hood”.
Not to mention we can usually whip the kiddie butts when playing, because we can out-”strategerize” the hormonal, impulse driven, basement dwellers.
We have real life experience out there in the modern jungle, after all.
Might just have to start playing again, now that I am close to the big 70.
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:54:03 PM PDT
by
jacquej
To: vbmoneyspender; beebuster2000

Looks like the Lich King finally won after all.
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:54:05 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
( Wherever I find myself standing, I forever stand with Israel.)
To: IncPen
Part of me wonders if someone is trying to tell us something.
"Computers make me totally blank out." - Dalai Lama
Sometimes he hits the nail on the head. ;)
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posted on
10/07/2012 7:54:59 PM PDT
by
Renderofveils
(My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
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