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So many of you out there know how much I love to hate on World of WarCraft…I have made it clear on many podcasts…

Here’s the rub.  I was at home on Friday night watching the free parts of the BlizzCon Virtual Ticket and the wonderful people at Blizzard have decided to put out an offer that I just couldn’t refuse…and it was reinforced while over at Fascinator’s house on Saturday watching the real Virtual Ticket.

Sign up for a year of WoW and get Diablo III free…hmmmmmm!!!!

http://us.battle.net/en/int?r=wow

So I said to myself, “self, it has been over 3 years since you played except that couple of weeks you were on the beta for Cataclysm – do you want to play again?  Let us run the numbers…”  So I run the numbers as you see below.

Here are my calculations.

You can sign up using one of three schemes

1. Monthly payment – $14.99/month for one year ($179.88)
2. Quarterly payment – $13.99/month for one year ($167.88)
3. Bi-Annual payment – $12.99/month for one year ($155.88)

My brain said ouch instantly – but I told it to hold on and let’s run another number with this.

My guess on the price of Diablo III is $59.99, as that seems to be the going price for new games lately; now let’s figure that into the schemes above.

1. Monthly payment – $14.99/month for one year ($179.88) minus Diablo III ($179.88 – $59.99 = $119.89) divided by 12 months ($119.89 / 12 = $9.99 per month WoW)
2. Quarterly payment – $13.99/month for one year ($167.88) minus Diablo III ($167.88 – $59.99 = $107.89) divided by 12 months ($107.89 / 12 = $8.99 per month WoW)
3. Bi-Annual payment – $12.99/month for one year ($155.88) minus Diablo III ($155.88 – $59.99 = $95.89) divided by 12 months ($95.89 / 12 = $7.99 per month WoW)

So on Friday night (very late and sleepy) I opted for choice #3 and could (in my mind) justify playing WoW for the next year for less than $8/month and getting Diablo III since I planned on buying Diablo anyway.  So I talked with Fascinator, Kommie, and BarMan on Saturday and they were also interested in this scenario and wanted to play on a PvE server which is where I have always played in the past…after talking they all three went online and created characters on the server I play on [Eonar - Alliance].

Add wilrmoore@gmail.com [real ID] or Nachohealer [character ID] to your friends list…  So come join us, Fascinator has created a guild [The Dredd] and I bet if you ask nicely, he will invite you.

As a kicker you also get with the one year sign-up…

1. Tyrael’s Charger – Exclusive WoW mount
2. Guaranteed Beta Entry – into the next WoW expansion

So let the ribbing begin as I know that a LOT of you out there will hammer me for all the grief I have given WoW in the past, and the fact that I said I wouldn’t play again – but remember it has been over 3 years since I last “paid-to-play” on WoW so I stuck to my convictions for a bit…LOL!!!

P.S.  For those that have been living under a rock…there is a new expansion coming out soon which will have – wait for it -

PANDAS as the new race…no kidding!!!!  Kommie is beside himself.