The World of Warcraft Conspiracy...Subliminal Messaging & Blizzard gold spammers!, page 2
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reply posted on 12-1-2009 @ 03:17 AM by zephyrs
Originally posted by Griffo515
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But the audio is right there...blizzard have even admitted to intentionally putting it there, listen to it once and realize its there...from then on, that's all you hear!


Link to Blizzard admitting to placing subliminal messages to get people to play more please?

And like I stated before, Blizzard gets nothing extra from having someone play 8 hours per day as opposed to playing 8 hours per month..

Also, you're acting as if video game addiction only occurs with WoW, which it does not and it's not limited to subscription based games either. Does every video game have subliminal messages telling it's players to play more? Do games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero hide messages in their songs? Did Pac-Man and Galaga hide subliminal messages in their bleeps and bloops?



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reply posted on 12-1-2009 @ 03:25 AM by Griffo515
Originally posted by zephyrs
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like I stated before, Blizzard gets nothing extra from having someone play 8 hours per day as opposed to playing 8 hours per month..

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A serious gamer knows its more beneficial to buy the gold instead of farming it...like you could spend 2months or $40 farming it, or just buy it...so its a golden commodity worth millions of dollars per year on tap for blizzard if they were selling it (and i sincerely believe they are)

Ill post the video when i find it...its on youtube, have a look



reply posted on 12-1-2009 @ 03:39 AM by zephyrs
Originally posted by Griffo515
Originally posted by zephyrs
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like I stated before, Blizzard gets nothing extra from having someone play 8 hours per day as opposed to playing 8 hours per month..

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A serious gamer knows its more beneficial to buy the gold instead of farming it...like you could spend 2months or $40 farming it, or just buy it...so its a golden commodity worth millions of dollars per year on tap for blizzard if they were selling it (and i sincerely believe they are)

Ill post the video when i find it...its on youtube, have a look



I'm sorry. I don't follow. What does buying gold have to do with subliminal messages? If Blizzard chooses to covertly sell gold to players that's their choice. It's actually a rather smart thing for them to do but I think power leveling characters and selling them would yield the most profit for the company. I never said anything about gold selling so I don't understand why you're bringing it up?

What I'm interested in are your statements regarding subliminal messages put into the game. I can't wait to see the link that will back up your statements that Blizzard has admitted to intentionally placing subliminal messages into it's game.


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reply posted on 12-1-2009 @ 03:43 AM by Griffo515
Originally posted by zephyrs
Originally posted by Griffo515
Originally posted by zephyrs
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post by Griffo515


like I stated before, Blizzard gets nothing extra from having someone play 8 hours per day as opposed to playing 8 hours per month..

[edit on 12-1-2009 by zephyrs]


A serious gamer knows its more beneficial to buy the gold instead of farming it...like you could spend 2months or $40 farming it, or just buy it...so its a golden commodity worth millions of dollars per year on tap for blizzard if they were selling it (and i sincerely believe they are)

Ill post the video when i find it...its on youtube, have a look



I'm sorry. I don't follow. What does buying gold have to do with subliminal messages?


Sorry that was half of my original post
Here is one of the videos, its not the one i was thinking of...but here it is anyway

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reply posted on 12-1-2009 @ 05:10 AM by zephyrs
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I did do a few searches. All I found were people confessing their love for WoW (Entered: "world of warcraft subliminal message Confession" into google).

I was hoping that the proof of Blizzard admitting that they used subliminal messages would be more along the lines of a corporate statement posted online, not more youtube videos. With the number of hacked/private servers out there, I take any in-game evidence with a grain of salt.

In the video you posted there only seems to be one character on the screen. Why is the play sending /s messages? You would think that they'd be sending /t since GM's always communicate through whispers. Also, I did notice in the chat box that the player did have a conversation with a GM at some point, but the chat box is scrolled up as evidenced by the flashing down arrow.

It may be nothing, but to me it seems the person is being purposefully deceptive by having the chat window purposely scrolled up like that. If the scroll bar was all the way down, we would at least be able to see the blue Blizzard logo next to the GM's name popping up during the player's alleged conversation with the GM about the subliminal messages.

There's just too much in this video that makes me think that, even if we could ready what's being typed by the player at least, the video is a hoax.

It's funny, but screenshots of the chatbox highlighting the conversation between the player GM would have been pretty than the video.

But let's pretend the video is legitimate. This is only a GM speaking. GM's are nothing more than in game customer service reps. That's a far cry from one of Blizzard's higher ups admitting that they use/d subliminal messages to get people hooked on the game. Something like the use of subliminal messages would be a secret that Blizzard would keep very close to their chest. It's not something that they would share with their lowly customer service reps.


reply posted on 12-1-2009 @ 06:04 AM by Valhall
Originally posted by Griffo515

A serious gamer knows its more beneficial to buy the gold instead of farming it...like you could spend 2months or $40 farming it, or just buy it...so its a golden commodity worth millions of dollars per year on tap for blizzard if they were selling it (and i sincerely believe they are)

Ill post the video when i find it...its on youtube, have a look


A serious gamer would never buy gold. That's a joke. I've played WoW for over 2 years now. It is addictive, but so are a lot of other things in life...including ATS. Everything takes self-discipline. As has been repeated several times in this thread, a lot of people (like serious gamers), don't play with the game sounds on at all, so the theory that some whispering message in the short amount of time you're running back to your corpse is somehow hooking the world doesn't seem to be the factor for why people continue to play WoW.

I enjoy playing WoW, and will continue to play for the unforeseen future, because of two things: new content (i.e. I enjoying questing when a new patch or expansion pack comes out), and fellowship - I enjoy being part of a team working toward a common goal. When an expansion pack comes out I tend to put more hours on the game to level, and once I have leveled out I tend to reduce my hours to what is needed for raiding.

The only pressures I have ever felt to be on the game for any minimum amount of time have come from whatever guild I'm in - not Blizzard or game content.

In short, I think people need to moderate themselves and learn to set priorities.


reply posted on 12-1-2009 @ 06:45 AM by Ocelot
Originally posted by Valhall
A serious gamer would never buy gold. That's a joke. I've played WoW for over 2 years now. It is addictive, but so are a lot of other things in life...including ATS. Everything takes self-discipline. As has been repeated several times in this thread, a lot of people (like serious gamers), don't play with the game sounds on at all, so the theory that some whispering message in the short amount of time you're running back to your corpse is somehow hooking the world doesn't seem to be the factor for why people continue to play WoW.

I enjoy playing WoW, and will continue to play for the unforeseen future, because of two things: new content (i.e. I enjoying questing when a new patch or expansion pack comes out), and fellowship - I enjoy being part of a team working toward a common goal. When an expansion pack comes out I tend to put more hours on the game to level, and once I have leveled out I tend to reduce my hours to what is needed for raiding.

The only pressures I have ever felt to be on the game for any minimum amount of time have come from whatever guild I'm in - not Blizzard or game content.

In short, I think people need to moderate themselves and learn to set priorities.



Exactly. I've been playing WOW since the game came out back in nov. 2004. It's an addictive game sure, but so are a lot of things in life. It's just a matter keeping it under control and not forgetting what your priorities are. I've always enjoyed MMO's, from Everquest to Star Wars Galaxies, Lord of the Rings Online, Guild Wars, Everquest 2 and others. These games offer something unique in that they put you in a vast fantasy world, and let you be whatever you want to be.

I've seen first hand the negative effects playing MMO's has on some people. I had a friend who dropped out from college because all he wanted to do all day everyday was play WOW. I felt sad for the dude because he just couldn't control himself. But then again I don't blame the game for his problem, some people are just more prone to addictive behaviors than others. If it wasn't MMO's it would be something else.

I play WOW because it provides me world where I can escape to and have some fun playing with my friends.
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