1. #90681
    Quote Originally Posted by Samin View Post
    Where does the VS thing come from? I mean i get that it was something that was datamine some time ago, but they said the new game mode had a "scary story vibe". I mean I guess vampires are a "scary story", actually we already have the game mode with a Vampire Survivors vibe, it's Remix.

    I don't know "scary story vibe" makes me think of Resident Evil or Silent Hill.
    It's the only thing that we've seen hints of that could be remotely connected to that tease, so that's why people are connecting it with that. I don't think there's any reason beyond that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marlamin View Post
    I interpret that as it not being structured like a regular old press day in Irvine. Obviously it's marketing at the end of the day.
    The only notable difference I am able to discern is their physical location, which is presumably due to the Boston event taking place anyway.

    They could perhaps have been let inside a room filled with computers to play around with some feature a bit casually. But that thing could be anything.

  3. #90683
    Quote Originally Posted by Limayria View Post
    amongus wow and were gonna see a video of these content creators playing it
    Whoever attended said that it was not a marketing event and that it's 'something they've never done before' so I don't think that's it

  4. #90684
    Quote Originally Posted by shooketh View Post
    Whoever attended said that it was not a marketing event so I don't think that's it
    Imagine if it was just a tour of the offices and then some interviews entirely restricted to questions we already know the answer to. I feel like literally anything more would still count as marketing.
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    So, what would be your reaction, if you found out, that come cata release first patch, blizzard were planning to kill everyone by sending a bear through the mail?

  5. #90685
    Quote Originally Posted by Marlamin View Post
    Today's very likely to be the day we find what the 'non-marketing they just happened to do because people were in town' event was. Any final bets? I'm going with player housing playtest/feedback event + some interviews.
    Hard to tell, really. Regarding housing, didn't they say at PAX that they'll release more info in the upcoming weeks? Would be a bit weird to word it like that and do it right after PAX.

    If I were to guess, it's the Duskwood gamemode.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Samin View Post
    Imagine if it was just a tour of the offices and then some interviews entirely restricted to questions we already know the answer to. I feel like literally anything more would still count as marketing.
    That would be pretty underwhelming lol. But they're giving off the impression that it was something that just happened naturally because people were around for PAX/30th anniversary, so wasn't something preplanned. But who knows.

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    I mean, whatever it is, we're likely hyping ourselves up too much for something that's only been mentioned by like 3 content creators at this point. Classic hype thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Samin View Post
    Imagine if it was just a tour of the offices and then some interviews entirely restricted to questions we already know the answer to. I feel like literally anything more would still count as marketing.
    It would be perplexing if they had brought Preach, Taliesin, SoulSoBreezy and presumably others over to Boston merely for an office tour.

    Keep in mind Taliesin cancelled his attencence at MrGM's London event last week, just a couple of weeks in advance, as it overlapped with this thing (whatever it was). If he was always planning on going to Boston he would have known that earlier. And cancelling a community event he was going to be part of is pretty noteworthy and arguably a bit unprofessional - unless the thing he was going to instead was a major thing that really warranted this change of plans.

    It's unclear whether MrGM got the same information a couple of weeks ago when he visited California, or if this is completely unrelated.

    Seems like Bellular might have been in the know about something happening as well, because he brought up in a recent video of his that he wasn't invited to these types of events since he often criticises them.

    Here's how I rank each possibility:

    1.The new game mode test. Mentioned at PAX and a perfect opportunity to just throw a bunch of content creators in there for a bit of a laugh and some buzz.
    2. 11.2 info. Also kinda makes sense if there are devs present for interviews, a little demo station to try out the new stuff, etc.
    3. Housing test. Not entirely unimaginable either. But as I said, I just don't think a system like "housing" is something you just drop people into for a quick test. You really don't get a feel for a system like that unless you play for hours and hours, on your own.
    4. Legion Remix.
    5. MoP Classic.
    6. Midnight info.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marlamin View Post
    I mean, whatever it is, we're likely hyping ourselves up too much for something that's only been mentioned by like 3 content creators at this point. Classic hype thread.
    You know something, don't you. Haha. This just sounds like a classic "Marlamin has seen shit in the game files and has a good idea of what is upcoming or not, but won't tell".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Worldshaper View Post
    You know something, don't you. Haha. This just sounds like a classic "Marlamin has seen shit in the game files and has a good idea of what is upcoming or not, but won't tell".
    Nope, just pointing out we're doing the thing again that we're always doing when there's an embargo of any kind.

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    I just feel like it would be... really early to show off this new game mode, because it wouldn't come out until at least 11.2.5, which is why personally I think it's either something SOD related, or 11.2.

    Doesn't really build hype to show gameplay of a "for fun" game mode you wont be able to play for like another 4-5 months.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marlamin View Post
    Nope, just pointing out we're doing the thing again that we're always doing when there's an embargo of any kind.
    What do you mean, specifically? Entertaining the idea of a 11.2 reveal?

  11. #90691
    Quote Originally Posted by Worldshaper View Post
    What do you mean, specifically? Entertaining the idea of a 11.2 reveal?
    Hyping up an embargo reveal possibly too much.

    Speaking of, time is confirmed for the usual time today (which means I have time for a nap, yay).
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  12. #90692
    Quote Originally Posted by Marlamin View Post
    Hyping up an embargo reveal possibly too much.

    Speaking of, time is confirmed for the usual time today (which means I have time for a nap, yay).
    Gotta be Housing or a tiny chance for the new game mode.

    11.2/Midnight would receive bigger press buzz, they said at Pax they're still figuring out Legion Remix so that's probably not ready.

    Housing is already revealed and we know a bunch of stuff so "only" giving a new info dump for content creators makes sense. Also Tali answering questions about "it" on stream definitely sounds like they got hands-on time with whatever it was.

    edit: I'm doing it too, damn hype.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ashrana View Post
    So, what would be your reaction, if you found out, that come cata release first patch, blizzard were planning to kill everyone by sending a bear through the mail?

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    After all we heard, looks like we will see some early gameplay footage from housing, just Boston team showing some things cause content creators were around.

    So 11.2 reveal will be just with PTR start, unless they drop trailer for some Xbox conference of summer fest. But probably only expacs are big enough for that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marlamin View Post
    Today's very likely to be the day we find what the 'non-marketing they just happened to do because people were in town' event was. Any final bets? I'm going with player housing playtest/feedback event + some interviews.
    Why are we thinking housing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Samin View Post
    Gotta be Housing or a tiny chance for the new game mode.

    11.2/Midnight would receive bigger press buzz, they said at Pax they're still figuring out Legion Remix so that's probably not ready.

    Housing is already revealed and we know a bunch of stuff so "only" giving a new info dump for content creators makes sense. Also Tali answering questions about "it" on stream definitely sounds like they got hands-on time with whatever it was.

    edit: I'm doing it too, damn hype.
    They did say we'd get more info in the coming weeks regarding housing, so there's that...

    It's probably that horror mode Warcraft thing tho, ngl

  16. #90696
    Quote Originally Posted by Joshuaj View Post
    Why are we thinking housing?
    Most of the housing team is based in Boston (former Proletariat).

  17. #90697
    Personally i want to know more about 11.2. Housing news are neat but i want to know where the story is going

  18. #90698
    Quote Originally Posted by Reive View Post
    Personally i want to know more about 11.2. Housing news are neat but i want to know where the story is going
    Same. 11.1.7 is very uninteresting to me story wise. Actually TWW as a whole is very disjointed. 11.2 has to lead into Midnight somehow because the expansion reveal is just weeks after the patch releases.. Would be pretty weird to reveal Midnight first, and then use the 11.2.5/.7 patches to explain how we get there. Especially when those patches will most likely have stuff like the new gamemode and Legion Remix

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marlamin View Post
    Most of the housing team is based in Boston (former Proletariat).
    I wonder if that matters, though. The 30th anniversary event was probably at least partly held in Boston because it's a large city on the east coast, and the content creator thing was held in Boston at least partly because people were already congregating for the 30th anniversary event there.

    But who knows, maybe?

  20. #90700
    I would love some 11.2 news but it's too early for that I reckon, unless they have decided to start the hype a lot earlier than usual.

    It's probably going to be something housing related.

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