World of Warcraft Linux Port Petition

krejler · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:34 pm Post subject:

Heh, I'm eager to find out more about this too.

Zepp · Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 12:05 am Post subject:

Yup signed it

Love the blizzard games, a linux port would be awesome

velvetunderground · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 58

my uncle works for blizzard and i'm pretty sure he told me they're making a linux version (i'm currently playing the os x beta). i could be wrong though. any beta players give me a holler on the pvp server

the alias is: tybalt

yutt · n00b Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 59

Only because that would be a very peculiar thing to lie about, and I am anxiously awaiting World of Warcraft... Could you get a more certain response from your uncle, and then come back to us?

I mean, this would be big news for Linux gamers, you apparently have a somewhat inside source, and the best you can tell me is, "i could be wrong though"!??!

Seriously though, we'd really appreciate it.

Arngautr · n00b Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Posts: 25

Not signed, though I would buy it for linux if it were available, Reason: while I respect their reason for asking for a phone number, I'm just not too keen on giving it out to random websites. I have (for some time now) included in my sig on the battle.net forums a statement of support for WoW on Linux, though I very rarely post there.

velvetunderground · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 58

yutt:

i haven't been closely following the press statements blizzard has about releasing WoW on other platforms (of which i mean operating systems) and whatever my uncle may tell me is not an official blizzard statement. this is where the "i could be wrong" part comes from. i stick with my original statement

spindle · Apprentice Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 245

Signed! #14361

I would love to not have to go boot into XP to play. It's the only thing I use XP for at the moment. I might try the wine thing if I want a challenge but man that can be a pain.

Master Shake · Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 1:00 am Post subject:

I for one would love to play starcraft or diablo natively on linux. I still play starcraft and it came out how many years ago? I'll sign it if it means that they'll port starcraft.
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russianpirate · Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 1:15 am Post subject:

Ard Righ · Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 3:31 am Post subject:

Just a note, someone mentioned that WoW should be the first native MMORPG for Linux. Well they're too late, as the ATITD already had a native linux client. Agreed ATITD may not be on the scale of WoW, but it is still an MMORPG

WoW support in linux would be GREAT, as I hate having to use Cedega or Wine to get programs running. A native client for WoW surely couldn't be too hard, as the game appears to run 95% now, all they would need to do is a) work towards 100% compatibility with WINE or b) port the front-end of the current Windows client to native linux and get the ALSA support fixed. OpenGL in WoW means 75% of the game port to linux is already done!

I used to play SWG until I moved to Gentoo, and never got around to getting a copy of Cedega or WINE installed for the games. Too much effort, and I got bored of SWG anyway.

But WoW looks like a stayer, and a native linux client would have me playing it many hours a day

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Aynjell · Veteran Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 1117

Signed, 14,000 and something. If blizzard doesn't acknowledge this soon, I'm going to start festering.

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Aynjell · Veteran Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 1117

If the numbers are right, and I think they are, and that everyone on that list agreed to buy the game and a years subscription, blizzard' be looking at about 3 or 4 million for making an unofficial linux port. To me, I don't think it'd be TOO hard. And for that kind of money, shit, ID does it for free. I don't get some companies....
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legine · Guru Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 555 Location: Germany

As far as I read there was a Linux client for wow in the Beta. But it dissapeared...

Maybe this is a myth maybe not.
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Cagnulein · Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 12:13 pm Post subject:

Signed...15000+ users...i hope something happened at blizzard's home :wink:

frenkel · Veteran Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 1034 Location: .nl

Signed: #15048

zerojay · Veteran Joined: 09 Aug 2003 Posts: 1033

Guys, online petitions carry absolutely zero weight with game publishers and just about anyone else. It's far too easy to just sign an online petition. For all they know, it could just be the same person signing multiple times. If you really want to make a difference, send them actual pieces of mail asking them for Linux ports. If they had gotten ten thousand pieces of mail asking them for Linux ports, they might actually do it. In the meantime, you're all wasting your breath on a petition that no one at Blizzard will ever see or think is legit.

frenkel · Veteran Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 1034 Location: .nl

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Aynjell · Veteran Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 1117

I have contacted blizzard regarding this, I'm waiting thier response now.
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lord_ph · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:39 pm Post subject:

The place to send these porting requests is ( at least that is what the support guy said):

Blizzard Entertainment
PO box 18979
Irvine, CA 92623

The tech support rep said we could also put something like "Attention: Development Team" or something. I would recommend agreeing to send the letters to one place, so they can see the demand that is out there. But i could be wrong on this.

Let the Petition letters begin. I know i will send mine out later today. I will also try to post a copy of it in this forum to make other people's lives easier.

avieth · Veteran Joined: 17 Sep 2004 Posts: 1945 Location: Canada

Nagging a big company will never work. They care about money, thats it, (nothing bad about that, thats how most successful companies are) and they just don't think enough linux users will pay for the game.

But then again, they are bringing in millions, maybe billions of dollars from the ****ing *****y *** **** **** ****y**** ****ed monthly fees.

lord_ph · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:59 pm Post subject:

Its all in how you write it, which was why i am going to post something up. If i bitch, moan, & whine to them that they aren't putting out a linux client, then they won't listen to me. However, if i ( and everyone else that signed that petition) write up "user friendly" letter, then maybe they might pay attention to us.

If we can show that there is a demand for their products in the linux community, and that this demand is large enough to produce profit for them; i see no logical reason why they would continue to reject creating a linux version of their games.

I know its an old saying but, "you catch more bees with honey than you do with vinegar".

curtis119 · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:22 pm Post subject:

I moved a bunch of duplicates of this thread to Dupes. This is now the "official" WoW petition thread.
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elBivio · n00b Joined: 22 May 2005 Posts: 13

Signed #15674 :lol: