Comments on: WoW Downloader Updated After Ruckus http://dungeonrun.com/2006/03/31/wow-downloader-updated-after-ruckus/ How is your gaming kung foo? Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:49:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Koskun http://dungeonrun.com/2006/03/31/wow-downloader-updated-after-ruckus/#comment-171 Koskun Sat, 01 Apr 2006 02:44:34 +0000 http://dungeonrun.com/2006/03/31/wow-downloader-updated-after-ruckus/#comment-171 Little bit more detail on this. The updater does not take up all your available bandwidth, it actually uses a very small amount. I personally monitored less than 2KB when it was running. Blizzard called it a trickle, and I agree with that definition. I do find it rather humerous that the person quoted said they wouldn't be a "patch mule" when then patches are done thru bittorrent. Now that said, I do wish they would have been upfront about it. Put it in the ToS in a spot easy to see (at the top or bottom so it isn't easy skip over), and put it in the News Loader up front. The fact that they hid it is a bad mark for them. As a note, if you delete the patch files after you are updated this doesn't happen anyways. Little bit more detail on this. The updater does not take up all your available bandwidth, it actually uses a very small amount. I personally monitored less than 2KB when it was running. Blizzard called it a trickle, and I agree with that definition.

I do find it rather humerous that the person quoted said they wouldn’t be a “patch mule” when then patches are done thru bittorrent.

Now that said, I do wish they would have been upfront about it. Put it in the ToS in a spot easy to see (at the top or bottom so it isn’t easy skip over), and put it in the News Loader up front. The fact that they hid it is a bad mark for them.

As a note, if you delete the patch files after you are updated this doesn’t happen anyways.

]]> By: Joe http://dungeonrun.com/2006/03/31/wow-downloader-updated-after-ruckus/#comment-176 Joe Sat, 01 Apr 2006 15:05:03 +0000 http://dungeonrun.com/2006/03/31/wow-downloader-updated-after-ruckus/#comment-176 Blizzard has always been a bit slow when it came to customer support, especially with World of Warcraft. <strong>However...</strong> the customers of Blizzard have to take into consideration that they are dealing with the most aggressive online community in the world, as far as I'm concerned. They deal with many people who are very picky when it comes to what they want, and whatnot. Either way, Blizzard does have a bit of toning up to do in their customer relations center. Blizzard has always been a bit slow when it came to customer support, especially with World of Warcraft.

However… the customers of Blizzard have to take into consideration that they are dealing with the most aggressive online community in the world, as far as I’m concerned. They deal with many people who are very picky when it comes to what they want, and whatnot. Either way, Blizzard does have a bit of toning up to do in their customer relations center.

]]> By: Adam http://dungeonrun.com/2006/03/31/wow-downloader-updated-after-ruckus/#comment-185 Adam Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:17:50 +0000 http://dungeonrun.com/2006/03/31/wow-downloader-updated-after-ruckus/#comment-185 This is a bit rediculous. I for one like the fact that it uses a bittorrent type update system as it gets me my update faster than I can download from anywhere else. This is a bit rediculous. I for one like the fact that it uses a bittorrent type update system as it gets me my update faster than I can download from anywhere else.

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