The Boston Marathon

Mark Asher on the overcrowding problems that the European players of World of Warcraft are currently experiencing:

Tim Edwards:
The launch of WoW in Europe has really brought this issue into focus. In popular areas (I’m thinking of Skull Cave in Durotar, for instance, where every Horde player will pass within the first days) we’re seeing hundreds of players crammed into a tiny space, bitching and shouting at eachother for a single monster. That’s not fun – it’s just stressful.

Mark Asher:
This is just a temporary issue. It’s like the start of the Boston Marathon with thousands of people elbow to elbow. It won’t take long for players to spread out, and starting in the low to mid-teens the instances appear. It would be overkill to instance things like Skull Cave. In fact, after awhile instancing something like Skull Cave would be a negative – a few months down the road new players would go to Skull Cave and not find anyone to group with.

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