i personally prefer leeks, the national vegetable of Wales.
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^ well it must've been a bad joke because I don't get it either
The other link you can do is Boubouille barely posting any news anymore. Not saying news aren't interesting obviously, but for exclusive content, people rarely share sources.
Plus the trademark leaks were never by mmo-c themselves, but from people who posted about them on the site..
MMO leaked both Wotlk and Cata stuff way ahead. Then they got bought, and now they don't leak anymore, which is understandable, but the OP is right :|
Who gave Method what? MMO-C reported that Method downed him for a world-first 25-man kill, which is correct. If you want to rehash Asia vs. everyone else, there's roughly 1000 pages of back-and-forth in the Raid Discussion forum. And how exactly does reporting Method as world-first indicate "money" to you? It's a player-created race with absolutely no acknowledgment from Blizzard, other than the fact that they monitor attempts as a trouble-shooting method.
I remember how we knew most of the stuff to be known prior to Blizzcon (Cataclysm announcement).
None of that anymore.
Yeah, they sold out. But hey, that's what happens to most fan/privately owned sites once they gain enough popularity to be spotted by major corporation ones (curse.com)
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There was a thread like this a week or so back that I responded to at the time with my perspective. Sort of like "subs are declining, and we just got Pandaren, so the sub declinemust be because of the Pandaren!," people aren't taking all the variables into account, and are also assuming that correlation equals causation.
There have been a lot of factors that could effect MMO-C's access to or ability to post information.
It could be pressure from Curse. It could be pressure from Blizzard. It could be that there's less information to find.
It's not like other websites are getting a hold of big leaks that MMO-C isn't posting about.
Blizzard is getting better at keeping things under wraps, as far as I can tell. They've also become more concerned with keeping things under wraps.
Essentially, every time someone finds a leak, I expect Blizzard then knows how to plug that leak in the future. You could also argue that it's more risky to leak information as an employee because of the current state of and view on the job market and economy. People are still more nervous about losing jobs than in the past. That could also be a possible factor.
In addition, as an "official" fansite, MMO-C has access to giveaway materials, betas, alphas, interviews, and et cetera that are a big part of its traffic gain, as far as news goes. Even if some sites and sources like MMO-C have insider info, releasing that information to the public when Blizzard doesn't want them to is a sure way to get those privileges revoked, and that's a pretty big deterrent when it means potentially losing out on access and scoops.
Besides, with Mists, the only leak we had was the trademark. Assuming TDB or HotS aren't the next expansion and we don't have a trademark for it yet (possible, since Wrath of the Lich King was trademarked 4 days before its official announcement at Blizzcon 2007), there may simply be nothing to leak.
MMO-C did jump right on TDB and Reaper of Souls when they were discovered, after all. It's not like they "ignored" those potential leaks.
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Kinda sad and disgusting if they've sold out but they are still one of the best news sites.
i wasn't paying MMO-C anything to begin with, why should i expect leaks for free?
i am here for the timely-news and entertaining forums, not the spoilers.
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How is it blizz hating to observe that MMO-Champ is now just a blizzard mouthpiece and never posts anything not spoon-fed by blizz?
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If one of the 'hoaxes/leaks' (Dark, below, heroes of storm, time travel) does turns out to be true, would it be proof that other people, places still do digging while MMO-champ is not what it used to be and only reports what blizzard allows it to?
Back in the day MMO-champ would have grabbed hold of the leak, they knew to be right and posted it on front page and said the source was someone else, now if it did not come directly from blizz, it's not going to be on MMO-champ.
Honestly, I think that's a good thing... Too many things have been ruined by data mining and similar other processes...
Why not just enjoy the nice surprise?
And even though it's reached new heights, I rather like the restless nights. It makes me wonder, makes me think there's more to this, I'm on the brink. It's not the fear of what's beyond, it's just that I might not respond! I have an interest, almost craving, would I like to get to far in?!