After one week's test, the number of subscribers from World of Warcraft(CN) hits one million with a sharp rise. It beat the game's previous publisher the9's peak number. These shows wow fans' sense of belonging, even they should suffer the incredible changes. Many servers require queuing up anew, and you will find PvP can be seen all the world over, like a festival marked by merrymaking.
While after its first maintain service, WOW(CN) didn't turn into final release, but instead of continued FREE test. It's a common guessing that Chinese censorship is still checking whether there is any other wrong things which should not display to public. And the NetEase's announcement proved this more or less. They confirmed that the BOXes are not just applied in Beta Test temporarily. You will see them in final release.
WOW(CN) 3.1.3 CB: Blood Turn Black, Icons Become Boxes?
http://news.mmosite.com/content/2009-07-29/20090729175936714,1.shtml
Some Chinese WOW fans lampoon that the edits are quite incomplete. They digg up that many areas, monsters and weapons need to be BOXed. "It's a tragedy in Chinese MMO's history, we watched boxes without resignation and burst into tears..."
[Rumor]WoW China Operating Rights May Return to Blizzard
http://news.mmosite.com/content/2009-08-04/20090804221941294.shtml
"BOX,BOX! Now it's not Skeleton!" WOW fans lampooned.
"The dragons need to be covered with flesh!" WOW fans lampooned.
Dead characters changing to grave remain edited. You will find the screenshots below looks like a big cemetery.
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