World of Warcraft official server new version has just been opened for one day, and the WLK nostalgic server is about to start the Odur PTR test, but what the Chinese server Warcraft players are most concerned about is the problem of suspension of servers in the country. Yesterday, the senior leaders of NetEase and Blizzard both spoke on social media, and the content is also about the suspension of servers in the country that players are concerned about.
The day before yesterday afternoon, on the afternoon of November 28, Zhang Dong ( Weibo : Dongdong who swept and cleaned the floor) responded to the message on the Chinese Warcraft players who wanted to recharge the monthly card, saying, "There may be a solution in a few days, wait a little." my country's laws stipulate that online games must be turned off 60 days in advance before the server is discontinued. If you can recharge your monthly card, it means that the server will not be discontinued within 2 months. Therefore, Zhang Dong's sentence "There may be a way in a few days" has caused a lot of waves. Many players in the national server believe that NetEase and Blizzard have hope of renewing their contracts, and some players even regret that they have just purchased an epic gift package at a high price.
However, Zhang Dong's new Weibo post yesterday broke the fantasy of the players. He said that the method he mentioned before was actually just to open a temporary monthly card recharge portal for Warcraft players whose game time expired, which has nothing to do with other things, and I hope the media will not write randomly.
The editor has limited understanding of relevant laws and is not clear about the feasibility of opening the temporary recharge portal of monthly cards separately. However, from the actual situation, NetEase seems to be working in this direction. At present, the WLK nostalgic server, the domestic game built-in mall has re-listed various purchase items. Here we also remind players who are about to expire not to rush to find other high-priced channels to purchase, and wait a few days before checking. Zhang Dong's remarks also made many players yell at the shattering of their imagination. Is there really no hope in the national server? Actually, it is not the case.
Yesterday afternoon, Blizzard China posted a passage recorded by Blizzard Warcraft Director John Hight for Warcraft players in the national server on Weibo. John Hight said in the video that Blizzard will try every means to bring the game back to Chinese players, hoping that Chinese players can maintain hope and confidence. The editor introduced John Hight in an article a few days ago. He said in an interview with the Washington Post that the World of Warcraft production team did not know about the end of the cooperation with NetEase in advance. Blizzard is currently studying how to serve Chinese players again as soon as possible.
Although many Chinese server players criticized the video content recorded by John High for being fake and having no sincerity, Zhang Dong supported John High on Weibo and said that he was a good person. Blizzard is just a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, and John Hight is just a game worker. We can criticize that Blizzard’s game is not doing well, but judging from the incident of the suspension of the national server, the real responsibility for this is Activision Blizzard’s decision-making level, or to be more precise, Activision Blizzard CEO Caldick. In recent times, NetEase and Blizzard have repeatedly expressed their opinions that they will not give up on the national server, hoping that they can take practical actions for this, rather than just keeping beautiful words on their lips.