uruloki’s lair

World of Warcraft is up and running about as well as you can expect for a MMORPG. We’re in the middle of shutdown for a lag bug that is ongoing, which is to be expected that not everything can go right from the beginning. Roki and I think it is the database server, since the problem seems to be unrelated to individual server population and the lag monster only appears after a loot window (with an item that isn’t another one of something in inventory already) is emptied.

With the release of World of Warcraft in North America, Australia, and New Zealand yesterday, we have already seen an incredible level of demand for the game. We launched with 41 servers in the U.S. yesterday, and we are bringing up an additional 34 servers today to accommodate the influx of players. Over 200,000 accounts were created in just a single day! Based on this, we can clearly tell that players are very excited about getting into the game, and as a result, we expect to see high concurrency on the servers for the first days that the game is available. As the rush to get onto the servers evens out and additional hardware is made available, the necessity for waiting queues will decrease.

200,000 accounts on the first day is an outstanding number. We’ll see how many there are in a couple of months, after the 10-day passes and free months expire.

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