I noticed a World of Warcraft Free Trial shortcut on my desktop after updating my Catalyst drivers from 8.7 to 8.8 (and sometimes wish I hadn't... damn temperatures...) and well...

From opening the icon on the desktop to actually playing the game only took about 5 minutes! It was a brilliant trial experience. It basically downloads only a tiny portion of the game required to just log in, create a character, select a server etc., then the rest of the game is streamed as you play! There doesn't appear to be much bandwidth overhead and it worked really well on an already overloaded connection!

Unfortunately, it seems I downloaded the US version and not the EU version...

lol, i just deleted the shortcut when i found it after installing my catalyst drivers

if you want to play for free join the private server wowscape.
they have 5 servers for wow, such as wowscape: which is fast lvling, takes about 10 hours to get to 70, wowcrack: normal wow ect ect
if u want to play wow and get the full experience for free go to www.wowscape.com i highly recomend it : ) even though i dont play any more XD

WoW is great, I play quite alot and it's really worth it, I don't know much about private servers but they sound cool (haxx...but cool)

After playing the trial for a few days, it's just like it was at the beginning... lacking depth

I'm going to be renewing my EverQuest II subscription pretty soon.

Hey, I played WoW up to level 43, was fun, but then all my friends stopped, and it got boring soon after, Dungeons are awesome, but everything else is so time consuming....
Warhamemr Online looks brilalnt though, I pre-ordered it this morning, you guys should check it out!

Yes, I would like to get in to Warhammer Online... looks like it's going to be very successful indeed. Or at least I hope so. From the videos I have seen so far I really want to play it!

Rennac, do you have Beta access now that you have preordered?

Nah I'm afraid not, I pre--ordered from Play,a nd now I'm not sure they're gicing it me... but I hold out hope, because the open Beta won't begin till Sunday anyways.
IF you plan on getting the game awesome! WE need to ensure we start on the same server.

Agreed I think I will sign up for a trial... there will inevitably be one I mean EQ2 offers a 14 day trial and WOW offers a 10 day trial!

Yeah I guess, though judging from AoC, that takes about 4 months... hmmm it sounds liek you can pre-order teh game, try it out in the Open Beta, and then cancel if you didnt like it, that is if Play do give me my code....
If I didnt hate them so much, I'd have ordered it from the EA store, which I KNOW would get me into Beta.
Sorry if I sound like I'm forcing you to get the game, I just want to get as many people as possible to see if we could get some kinda guild started.

I think before I place any more preorders I need to sort out the stability issues with my PC!
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