so it seems they are preping the servers.
https://twitter.com/Marlamin/status/1245100011647422464
Something alike this happened a week or so before bfa alpha iirc.
so it seems they are preping the servers.
https://twitter.com/Marlamin/status/1245100011647422464
Something alike this happened a week or so before bfa alpha iirc.
Last edited by George Costanza; 2020-03-31 at 09:41 PM.
Oh yes, prep your servers harder Blizzy!
Formerly known as Arafal
The dream is real! April 1st Alpha release! Our memes were not dreams afterall!
The world revamp dream will never die!
Aaaaaand boom, April's fools are beginning 8)
Because it's become the norm to have things datamined, Blizzard even rely on it and have for a while now to drum up hype. To start having reveals/previews for Alpha opening up is another way to generate hype and get press.
I know people like to rag on Towelliee but if he's being honest about how there was supposed to be a bunch of streamers/etc that got sidelined because of Corona then that reinforces that nowadays things like Alpha/Beta reveals are hype moments for Blizzard as well as the community.
Especially if as you say they might be afraid players will shit on the alpha too, some portion of the community is notorious for treating the game's alpha as if it is the final live state of the game (and this isn't a don't complain it's beta -> don't complain it's just first patch -> etc.).
So WoW devs are probably trying to, as much as they can, prepare a big portion of content to play/test with reveal announcement going out with it.
Imagine them opening the alpha realms tomorrow and every dataminable model is a Corgi.
April Fools in a minute, this is going to be fun
Aight, april fools has begun.
Everything is not to be trusted for full-on 24 hours.
Formerly known as Arafal
So, any bets how long until someone tries to bait with Eye of Azshara loading screen?
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Btw, the Parrot was tweeting that the same server activity that was spotted today... last time happened about 2 hours before BfA Alpha hit, so while it's not a clear sign that it's going up today, we're getting close.
Last edited by Sarethion; 2020-03-31 at 10:05 PM.