Just saw the news on the WoW transition site — NetEase is about to roll out a brand-new Battle.net account system in mainland China:

Warcraft Chronicle: In the explosion of the Well of Eternity over 10,000 years ago, Mount Hyjal in Kalimdor survived, and Illidan released the waters of the Well of Eternity into the lake at the mountain’s summit, turning it into a new Well of Eternity. Later, the red dragon planted an acorn from an oak tree in the new Well of Eternity, and it grew into Teldrassil_ the Crown of the World.

WoW has left us for the time being — I really miss it. Over the past few days I played through the campaign again, starting from Reign of Chaos, and then I stumbled across “The Official History of Warcraft, Audio Edition” on verycd! A real gem from several years back.

Not long ago I finally realized that a May 30 release for StarCraft II was nothing but a wishful fantasy, and I was instantly crushed and heartbroken. Today I saw a news item on CNBETA: “Blizzard ...

So I’m leaving Shanghai next week. Today was my last game of Red Alert 3 with leo.

Red Alert 3 has 9 damage types in total: cannon, autocannon, gun, rocket, anti-air, explosion, magnetic storm, prism, and concussion damage. Each unit has different resistances to the various damage types. See the guide in this article for details:

After installing the cracked version of Red Alert 3 downloaded from the link http://www.verycd.com/topics/421468/ in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is now available for download, you can’t install the official patch. So you have to find Reloaded’s perfect upgrade crack instead.

Lately I’ve been playing classic strategy games like The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth. Playing off a pirated disc naturally gives you the self-destruct treatment:

News source: China Court Network. Blizzard Entertainment, the well-known American game company, applied to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce of China to register the English name of the new StarCraft title — STARCRAFT: GHOST — as a trademark for esports services and other items. The application was rejected by the Trademark Review and Adjudication Board on the grounds that the name involves promoting feudal superstition. Blizzard then filed suit with the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court, asking the court to overturn the Board’s decision to reject the review of the “STARCRAFT: GHOST” trademark application. This morning, reporters learned from the court that Blizzard’s claims were not upheld.

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