‘World of Warcraft’ video game currency now worth more than Venezuelan money.

h4rm0ny · 2 Aug 2017 at 00:25

Opposition Leaders arrested in Venezuela.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/...ers-lopez-ledezma-jailed-170801142243482.html

The traditional overture to a dictatorship or military junta.

G-MAN2004 · 2 Aug 2017 at 04:46

"It's not real socialism"

Rroff · 2 Aug 2017 at 04:52

G-MAN2004 said:
"It's not real socialism"

Always makes me laugh...

Pixel · 2 Aug 2017 at 05:20

Malevolence said:
How much is my ISK worth then?

Priceless, as you actually faced some degree of challenge to acquire it.

MooMoo444 · 2 Aug 2017 at 05:35

Bolivar Fordragon died a hero

Nasher · 2 Aug 2017 at 08:33

Pawnless Endgame said:
People still play WoW in 2017?

I loved it in 2005-2009 (so Vanilla and Burning Crusade), then it went downhill after that.

It did. I think the subscriber numbers are dwindling fast now. Especially with games like ESO being "free to play" and just better.

ubersonic · 2 Aug 2017 at 09:12

Pawnless Endgame said:
People still play WoW in 2017?

A few million, last count was around 5.5 mil but it's lower than that now. Blizzard made the mistake of simultaneously switching to cater to the casual players that come and go, and the hardcore elitist players, but as a result neglected the people in between (most players) as a result they lost 66% of the high end raiders in a single expansion and it's now pretty hard to keep guilds going as there isn't really an influx of new players like there used to be (that and they doubled the amount of people required).

MooMoo444 said:
Bolivar Fordragon died a hero

He's still alive, he took over as lich king

Murf · 2 Aug 2017 at 09:14

Pawnless Endgame said:
People still play WoW in 2017?

I loved it in 2005-2009 (so Vanilla and Burning Crusade), then it went downhill after that.

Yeah. One of the best expansions yet I reckon. I'm as engaged now as a I was in TBC\WoTLK

MooMoo444 said:
Bolivar Fordragon died a hero

. He's still alive.

Nasher said:
It did. I think the subscriber numbers are dwindling fast now. Especially with games like ESO being "free to play" and just better.

Free to play usually means worse!

ChroniC · 2 Aug 2017 at 09:16

Tefal said:
this is actually more shocking than realising the last Harry potter book came out 19 years ago.

NO it didnt

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and last book in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. It was released on 21 July, 2007 at 00:01 am local time in English-speaking countries."

Nasher · 2 Aug 2017 at 09:17

Murf said:
Free to play usually means worse!

Not in this case. It's left wow far behind now and left it looking very dated.

Though it's not entirely free. Only the base game is (but you still have to buy the game initially).

ubersonic · 2 Aug 2017 at 10:08

Tefal said:
this is actually more shocking than realising the last Harry potter book came out 19 years ago.

ChroniC said:
NO it didnt

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and last book in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. It was released on 21 July, 2007 at 00:01 am local time in English-speaking countries."

The reason so many think it was 19 years ago is because the "19 years later" scene at the end was set in 2017 and there's a lot of memes going around about how "19 years laters is this year".

NB: The books themselves were set between 1991-1998, it's often surprising how often people fail to notice this due to the focus on the magic and not the muggle technology or lack thereof.

dowie · 2 Aug 2017 at 10:20

G-MAN2004 said:
"It's not real socialism"

h4rm0ny · 2 Aug 2017 at 19:23

Accusations that the vote to destroy the country was fraudulent:

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/...nout-figures-manipulated-170802131338450.html

Tefal · 2 Aug 2017 at 20:59

ChroniC said:
NO it didnt

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and last book in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. It was released on 21 July, 2007 at 00:01 am local time in English-speaking countries."

^_^