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Ariel<Legacy of Steel> top 100 most influential people
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 3:35 pm
by Tikker
Ariel<Legacy of Steel> top 100 most influential people in the world?
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187331,00.html
kinda surreal, jeje
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 3:55 pm
by Durothil Skyreaver
Yeah, thats a just a tad weird.
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 4:33 pm
by Dylan
Pardo didn't invent this kind of game (which enthusiasts refer to as "massively multiplayer"); he merely perfected it.
I love it when people who know nothing about the topic do articles.
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 4:40 pm
by Tikker
well, he could be a fanboi too
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 8:15 pm
by Dylan
Don't get me wrong, I think its definately cool that he is all successful and all that junk, but the person who wrote the article pisses me off.
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:22 pm
by Vincenti
Ariel was really Surreal?
This dude Pardo is Ariel, so Pardo was Surreal? Pardo <sounds like> Parv, was there any link? coincidence? I think not.
Man I missed out on so much by not being LoS
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 1:55 am
by Kaemon
/smack
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 2:52 am
by Narrock
I dismiss that because they list Howard Stern as number 3 most influential...
Then again, he does have quite a few sheep in his flock.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 6:01 am
by KaiineTN
I wonder if any of the Blizzard folks linger around these message boards. They're probably not allowed to post for some stupid reasons, but they could be around~ o_O
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 6:59 am
by Ginzburgh
In those kind of Time articles, the word "influential" directly translates to cash dollars generated. Pardo is on there over say the VP of Everquest II because WoW currently boasts more subscribers.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 7:05 am
by Martrae
Perfected? If it was perfect it'd still be interesting after a couple months. And Rain? Who the hell is that? This is a list for Asia isn't it?
Oh, Time magazine....no wonder....
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 7:10 am
by Ginzburgh
Is that 6 million subscribers number right?
At $15 a month that's $90,000,000 a month...
...minus a few million for people who pay in 3 or 6 month figures or friends that get accounts for free or something.
In any case, that is some serious bank.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 7:20 am
by Lyion
You're missing the 25 bucks Vivendi gets for each sale, too.
Anyways, I know Ariel since we were guilded together for a few months, but I doubt 99.9999% of the US, or even 3/4 of the Blizzard players have a clue who Rob Pardo is. Heck, 3/4 of the WOW subscriber base doesnt even speak English, and the WOW Forums certainly don't even have 2% of that 6 million active.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 9:22 am
by vonkaar
Hey, I just think it's cool as hell that a person I grouped with a few times in OS is written about in fucking Time magazine.
That's like, knowing the Dali Lama or something.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 9:24 am
by Zanchief
Better even, cause the Dali Lama is a n00b.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 9:24 am
by vonkaar
He probably couldn't get out of the newbie gardens.
HAHA, Tibet sucks at WoW!!!
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 9:26 am
by Zanchief
We should train their ass.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 10:52 am
by Kaemon
haha
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 11:15 am
by Captain Insano
i dunno aren't monks basically ninja's? You think they would make good rogz.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 10:18 pm
by Tae-Bo
ive had lunch with him on multiple occasions so yall can suck my cock
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 11:52 pm
by Jay
D. Duck wrote:ive had lunch with him on multiple occasions so yall can suck my cock
Can Jesus watch?
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 12:01 am
by Treehorn
Jay wrote:D. Duck wrote:ive had lunch with him on multiple occasions so yall can suck my cock
Can Jesus watch?
Just you try and stop him.
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 9:10 am
by Adivina
WoW is so addictive that among gamers, it's known by the nickname Warcrack
Way to take the EverCrack thing and randomly apply it to another game. Good job time magazine, I've never heard anyone say WarCrack.
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 10:42 am
by Harrison
Time magazine doesn't know its head from its ass.
I try reading it, I used to like it, but I've stopped the past few months. It turned into garbage...or my views changed.
Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 10:43 am
by Bigrozz
I can belive he's on the list. Especially if he drives his employees the way he would to drive clerics in Old Seb. Doing disco with Ariel were some of the most draining times in my entire time playing eq.