Chinese gamers in revolt over WoW
Chinese players are furious about the recent large-scale collapse of online game 'World of Warcraft (WoW)', and threatened to stop playing the game in a mass protest. Published by Blizzard Entertainment the game is operated in China by NASDAQ listed The9 Limited. The game is extremely popular in China, with hundreds of thousands of players. It is unclear whether the collapse points to a serious glitch that could affect the game worldwide- where it has millions of players. "We cannot stand the unstable and busy servers any more and should join up to take action now," a Chinese gamer, under the Internet alias of "kuaikuaikuai" said in the online forum of official portal of WoW. The gamer also posted links to the website of China's Consumer Association for other gamers to report the situation.
Meanwhile, another gamer named "Greedy Mice" called up 200 members of a gaming group, who all complained of severe time delays, long-queue times, and frozen servers, to stop playing WoW to get the attention of The9. The mechanics of the game mean players join groups of other players to form online armies, who interact externally via forums as well as in game.
