The Cataclysm Release Date: They knew it all along.

[phai]

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/...nomeregan2.xml

After all, Thermaplugg has eluded death for years to keep his reign over Gnomeregan; and with the fall of the Lich King, the last great threat to the citizens of Azeroth, the chance of any cataclysmic event taking place in the foreseeable future is "less than 12.7%," Mekkatorque's leading combat medical advisor Doc Cogspin purported.

any cataclysmic event taking place in the foreseeable future is "less than 12.7%,"

12.7

Gotta love Blizzard

[Alraml]

Have you been away for a few days?

[phai]

Have you been away for a few days?

Yeah, why? :O Has it been posted before?

[Nest]

You mean 4.0? Aight aight?

[Nutcrackerz]

epic hide

[Zka]

Yeah, why? :O Has it been posted before?

I first saw it in this april, and it is stupid ever since.

[dr2022]

I knew that from b4 but i didnt say anything coz i didnt want to get in a trouble with blizz.

[Coldkil]

nest and azalu dodn't got the point.
good find anyway :P

i think blizz knew also that in that week i'm on holiday...in another country and no computer available.

[Deleted]

It would probably be more accurate to say "they had a release date planned all along". They just wouldn't publicly commit to it in case they had to push it back.

People always seem to think that blizzard don't have deadlines or milestones and just plow along and some day say "ok, we're ready to release" but that's not realistic. A project can't be managed that way, and usually if you don't have a deadline people don't get anything done.

[Krekko]

nest and azalu dodn't got the point.
good find anyway :P

i think blizz knew also that in that week i'm on holiday...in another country and no computer available.

Azalu perfectly gets the point. The point has been around for quite some time now. The point has an entire stickied thread dedicated to it.

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...cussion-thread!

[Tuvok]

It's pretty obvious it was planned. They were just keeping it secret until they knew they could do it - so as to avoid letting people down with delays.

Releasing right before Christmas, never a bad business idea I suppose.