Blizzard take more than they should in EUFollow

Hmm....Euro is soon to be dead I hope, it was a bad idea from the beginning, interesting to see that Ireland and Greece are realising their folly, I was stunned way back when Germany took on the Euro.

It makes a change from UK getting the ******** of the deal. Big props to Blizzard-EU!!

Btw I saw WotLK Collectors Edition in HMV yesterday, for £49.99. I was so tempted but instead I bought the presents I'd gone in for.

CPY, you come in and whine about the cost of the game- there's a simple answer: don't play it.

A lot of British people I know didn't like the Euro because it tied the whole EU's economy together. When the British pound was the British standard, the pound was strong. The Euro is tied to the combined economies of all the European Union- thus, it's value is not considered as strong as the pound was before the euro. The British people I spoke to said it felt like they were having to carry the members of the EU whose economy wasn't very good, which devalued the British economy.

However, that is a very oversimplfied reason why a lot of Brits may feel that the Euro was not good for them. This isn't a political or economic debate forum. It's also not a forum where we appreciate people responding to replies with personal insults. I rated you down for those. Next time, leave the angry socioeconomic ranting out of your posts and stick to the game.

Edited, Dec 19th 2009 8:43am by Wondroustremor

I never said I have feelings about the Euro one way or the other. In fact, I don't give a rat's *** about the Euro. I said you're acting like a tool.



People who post things like "Uaaaaaaa mommy uaaaaa i don't like euro i no like it! It has mean pictures on it, i want pretty colorful ones. Is that your argument?" shouldn't be allowed on forums.

You see how that works?

While I don't agree with cpy's way of going about this matter, I do agree that it's a bit tiresome that Blizzard apparently fails at math when it comes to currencies and values. Especially since I don't have the option to pay in sterling pounds and thus have to shell out quite a bit more money for the same product every month.

Well, that and the fact that I can't use the Recruit-a-Friend system because they couldn't be ***** to read our laws about competition and decided to just block us from it. It's silly, really, because it's on the grounds that "you can't hold a competition if purchase is involved." Fair enough, right? Win a car if you buy this - no thanks, not allowed. However, this is nothing like that. It's more of a 'you already own a car and your friend wants to buy one - we'll style your car for free if he buys one' but it falls into the same category, apparently.

And we've had this debate before, haven't we?

Anyway, yeah, it sucks to shell out almost double the price of my British friends, but hey, what can you do?

Edit: And I'm against the Euro for a lot of reasons I won't dive into here.

Edited, Dec 19th 2009 4:52pm by Mazra

I pay US$14.99 per month.

I'm lucky they don't bill in C$. When I first subbed to WoW in 2004, the C$ was low. I ended up paying $18+/mo in Canadian $$ to play WoW. Now, the US$ and C$ are basically equal, so I pay less than 16 =D

@Euro - it's fine, UK people L2understandthattheworldhasntrevolvedaroundyoursillylittleempireinoverhalfacentury. The Euro is quickly becoming the world's most powerful currency, with the greenback fading into obscurity thanks to Wall St greed and the incredible undoing of the past 2 years.



Edited, Dec 19th 2009 12:32pm by Jordster

But I bet none of the countries enjoying prosperity on it's heels are complaining?

Eh, yeah, like we don't call Pounds Pfund, Lira Lire and Crowns Kronen or whatever.


And coming from a member state, I really like the Euro. Especially since the EU as a whole is a lot better than that particular member state.

With the Pound, I wonder all the time why 2p coins have a ridiculous size like that. I realise the British wonder the same thing about the 1 Eurocent (Okay, I agree with that name being a bit weird) coins but it makes more sense because it's small, and worth very little.

Euro notes, now, the paper they used for those is ******* weird, but you get used to it and it's held its weight as a currency.

Keep dreaming, Mountie.

Hmmm, my troll radar just kicked in...

That would be awesome for an Alliance character on a PvP server.

I hate it simply because France and Germany are behind it. I loathe the European Union for the same reason. I get what they want to do with it, but I don't like the way they want to take to get there. For instance, to join the European Union and the Euro currency, your country needs a certain economic strength. This kept some of the eastern countries out of it for some time. Then there was talk about one of the countries having some sort of large debt and France demanded that a commission was set out to investigate. The commission also found that France had quite a large debt, but they managed to sneak that under the carpet quite well.

France and Germany want to be the hotshots in Europe and I don't blame them, but honestly, I don't want either to lead a continental union. One has the spine of a jellyfish the other tried to conquer the world twice in barely 50 years. Yeah, no thanks.