by Byron Mudry on Jan 20, 2007
We are officially into the 5th day of the Burning Crusade. Thousands of players have come flocking back into Azeroth just to abandon it immediately after and head to the outlands. People flocked stores to get an early copy of the game at midnight on the 16th and then took the next couple of days to level as quickly as possible. So with all this madness, what went well with the launch and what could have gone better?
The launch night festivities went well on all accounts from North America and led to many all night gaming sessions. I know that here in the frozen north where is was -40 degrees, even the cold could keep people away from standing in line for hours to get the game first. One person in line had been waiting since 1pm, in temperatures that were at a daytime high of -20. When asked why, he said he had to be first in his guild to get in. He also commented on how stupid it was to be freezing his backside off for a game and that he would NEVER do it again, unless of course Blizzard released another expansion.
You can read all about it here: Burning Crusade Launch: First Impressions.