Comments on: World’s first virtual pandemic http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4397 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:46:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Higgins http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4397/comment-page-1#comment-8446 Higgins Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:29:02 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4397#comment-8446 This happened over a year ago, and I was there. :) It was pretty deadly. The issue arose from an uninentional side-effect of the transmissability of the disease -- the disease would bounce back and forth between a character and his or her pet (though the disease itself didn't last long, it could bounce indefinitely, thus keeping it alive). The disease came from a boss in a major dungeon. A strong enough character (one who wouldn't die from the repeated effects of the disease on the journey back to civilization) could thus keep the infection alive and bring it to the capital cities, where it devastated lower-level players, spreading through crowds and all social contact. The ground outside the bank in Ironforge (a gathering place for commerce) was littered with the skeletons of the dead. And yes, nerd, nerd, cough. :) ;Chris This happened over a year ago, and I was there. :) It was pretty deadly. The issue arose from an uninentional side-effect of the transmissability of the disease — the disease would bounce back and forth between a character and his or her pet (though the disease itself didn’t last long, it could bounce indefinitely, thus keeping it alive). The disease came from a boss in a major dungeon. A strong enough character (one who wouldn’t die from the repeated effects of the disease on the journey back to civilization) could thus keep the infection alive and bring it to the capital cities, where it devastated lower-level players, spreading through crowds and all social contact.

The ground outside the bank in Ironforge (a gathering place for commerce) was littered with the skeletons of the dead.

And yes, nerd, nerd, cough. :)

;Chris

]]> By: heather http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4397/comment-page-1#comment-8443 heather Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:07:58 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4397#comment-8443 Well, at least it makes gameplay more realistic to the era, heh. Good to hear they fixed it. Well, at least it makes gameplay more realistic to the era, heh. Good to hear they fixed it.

]]> By: Scott http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4397/comment-page-1#comment-8440 Scott Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:54:19 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4397#comment-8440 I think this is old news. And the developers fixed the bug by innoculating the whole world to the virus. Pretty interesting how code can sometimes take on properties that even developers never imagined possible. I think this is old news. And the developers fixed the bug by innoculating the whole world to the virus. Pretty interesting how code can sometimes take on properties that even developers never imagined possible.

]]> By: eboseebo http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4397/comment-page-1#comment-8439 eboseebo Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:01:30 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4397#comment-8439 Yeah, if you google it the reports are from September of 2005. Come on, people! Get some new news. Yeah, if you google it the reports are from September of 2005. Come on, people! Get some new news.

]]> By: Sheldon Siegel http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4397/comment-page-1#comment-8436 Sheldon Siegel Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:25:32 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4397#comment-8436 "cough, cough, NERD, cough, cough". ;-) “cough, cough, NERD, cough, cough”. ;-)

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