Half Life 2: Episode One

omg wat is dit spel idioot mooi :D 

 

Source: Software Virus Spread Through WoW

Submitted by RaiseR RoofeR on 9/24/2005 10:19:01 PM 12 Comments

In a bizarre case of art imitating life, players of the Blizzard Entertainment game World of Warcraft suddenly found themselves dying from a mysteriously rampant plague that ravaged their virtual world.

The plague began innocently enough. Blizzard introduced a new dungeon area in the world, intended to give high-level players a bit of a challenge. But when players reached the boss at the end of the dungeon, they got more than they bargained for -- and unknowingly took a little something back to town to share with their friends. The dungeon boss, called Hakkar the Soulflayer, cast a spell called Corrupted Blood. The powerful spell caused about 280 damage points to anyone it hit, and spread to other members of the attacking party as well. Such powerful spell attacks aren't unusual in the World of Warcraft game world. But what happened next was just plain weird.

When infected adventurers returned to town at the end of their quest, they inadvertently passed along the Corrupted Blood infection to those nearby. In short order, the plague ravaged the population. Soon entire cities fell victim to the artificial disease. And while 280 damage points may be easy for a level-58 Night Elf warrior to contend with, it's enough to kill a lower-level player in seconds.

Game administrators were baffled. As they scrambled to quarantine areas of the game world, the disease quickly spread beyond their control. Partially to blame was the game's "hearthstone" feature, which allows players to essentially teleport from one area to another, and which made it possible for the plague to reach the most distant regions of the map in just minutes.

Eventually the game's administrators came up with a "spell" to cure the plague and managed to distribute it to the players en masse. But the legacy of Corrupted Blood remains. While software viruses are nothing new, Corrupted Blood is unique in that it's the first such infection ever to spread through a virtual environment without being deployed by malicious intent. It was, in a certain sense, naturally occuring in its environment. You might even say it evolved and sought self-propagation, just as any lifeform would do.

In the days since Blizzard eradicated the plague, the company has remained surprisingly quiet about what happened. But you can still find plenty of players willing to talk about it. One 14-year-old Orc told me openly of the incident: "Humans were dying left and right. We just laughed and laughed."

en daar zijn we weer. nu weer niet private :)

gister met joost dingen gedaan. :) hij heeft gewoon zijn pc in de olie gezet. echt ziek. ieg we gingen robbie lastig vallen en zn bier jatten. omg hij heeft er echt een slechte hobby bij gekregen. was ieg erg gezellig. volgensmij vond hij het alleen ietsje iritanter :P
maaaarja :P

daarna naar sarah waarna we een beetje gingen rondrijden en uiteindelijk bij joost zitten. we gingen toen film familly guy kijken. hij was wel grappig maar ik was echt zo moe en geobsedeerd door joost zijn lava lamp :S . het zag er volgensmij echt super asociaal uit :P

daarna nog beetje gitaar spelen en weer naar huis. we gingen sarah naar huis brengen en toen weer terug fietsen. we stopte bij een bord dat op de grond lag en we stonden beetje dicht bij de stoep. op geven moment komen er echt barrys voorbij rijden. eentje besluit om tussen de stoep en joost te fietsen en rijdt over het bord.

FSSSSSJ

lekke band. echt serieus zo dom gewoon. joost en ik moesten echt moeite doen om niet te in lachen uit te breken :P
maarja daarna naar huis en lekker slapen.