Petition: WoW for Linux

[drfalkor]

While you guys run WoW with Wine, sign this petition:
http://www.blizzpub.net/petition/

20.000 signatures requested !
19.450 signatures signed ! :KS

Soon we Linux users have won the fight, to get 20.000 signatures! :cool:
And, remember to check your email after you have signed the petition !

[XDevHald]

Thank you for signing the petition.

Thanks!

[drfalkor]

Hehe, no problem ! ;)

[jrib]

I don't really play WoW but I signed it anyway :D

[ThirdWorld]

I dont play games in my computer, but i want to support you guys and our plataform. i already signed.:D

[drfalkor]

Wow :o thank you guys ! :KS

[jeffreyvergara.NET]

We have 19480 signatures
just a few more! hehehe.. keep on signing!!!

[GazaM]

I'm not sure I understand fully... have the WoW guys actually said that they will make a linux version if you get 20,000 signatures or is it just a target you have set for yourselves?

[wishyjr]

oh go on then :)

[JOKe]

wow ROX :) i will sign it too.

[Syphin]

I'm not sure I understand fully... have the WoW guys actually said that they will make a linux version if you get 20,000 signatures or is it just a target you have set for yourselves?

This petition is being made in the attempt to convince Blizzard enough people are willing to use a native Linux port of World of Warcraft, to make it a viable consideration.
:p


Anyways.. lost most of my interest not long after Beta was over.. But still signed, hope it works out. Though alot of these kind of patitions dont make an effect, from my experience. :)

[GIBson3]

:p


Anyways.. lost most of my interest not long after Beta was over.. But still signed, hope it works out. Though alot of these kind of patitions dont make an effect, from my experience. :)

I've been playing WoW since closed beta, and it is the only "good" reason windows is still on any of my Boxes at home. That said, I agree with the effect of most online petitions, they don't do much except collect marketing Data ;P But being that the "less wow.exe|grep isLinuxClient" actually returns a result is enough hope on my end to sign it ;)
We have 19503 signatures

[Artificial Intelligence]

I have heard a rumor that Blizzard actual did build a linux client, but for unknown reason droped it again.

A.I. who runs Wow through Cedega smoothly

[jyank]

I have heard a rumor that Blizzard actual did build a linux client, but for unknown reason droped it again.

A.I. who runs Wow through Cedega smoothly

Yes, they had one in the early stages of closed beta. I was in the first round and they had it for download, it was insanely bugged and once the second wave started they scrapped it.

[the_purulent]

I have a copy of WOW but have been unable to make it work in linux properly. I kinda lost interest anyhow...

[cydizen]

Hey guys, I signed last night, however I already have it running under cedega. it runs nearly PERFECT. In fact, my buddy (win user) came over the other night and was like "wft, it doesn't run that well for me". Hey bottom line, if any of you need help getting this game going, I would be happy to send out config files etc. Here are my system specs:


AMD Sempron 2800+
1GB PC3200
Nvidia 6600GT (7667 driver)

Breezy Badger

Have a great day,
Bruce

[GIBson3]

Hey guys, I signed last night, however I already have it running under cedega. it runs nearly PERFECT. In fact, my buddy (win user) came over the other night and was like "wft, it doesn't run that well for me". Hey bottom line, if any of you need help getting this game going, I would be happy to send out config files etc. Here are my system specs:


AMD Sempron 2800+
1GB PC3200
Nvidia 6600GT (7667 driver)

Breezy Badger

Have a great day,
Bruce

Once I've got something with a little more "nut" behind it running linux I'll be running it in cedega... but WoW doesn't like running on a 600 mhz proc... I know I've played it that way... ;)

intel p3e 600MHz
1GB PC133 CL 2.5 (smoking I know)
nVidia Geforce 3 (64 Meg) 7667
Breezy Badger

Runs Q3A like a champ =)

[Zodiac]

Hey guys, I signed last night, however I already have it running under cedega. it runs nearly PERFECT. In fact, my buddy (win user) came over the other night and was like "wft, it doesn't run that well for me". Hey bottom line, if any of you need help getting this game going, I would be happy to send out config files etc. Here are my system specs:


AMD Sempron 2800+
1GB PC3200
Nvidia 6600GT (7667 driver)

Breezy Badger

Have a great day,
Bruce

I am running Windows XP on my desktop just because I fear my games not working in Linux (and I am nervous about having an extras HD plus burning CDs is so damn easy in Nero, plus it is a lot of work to configure a new OS)... I don't really have a reason to switch other than my desire to be different...

but I am going to take you up on that offer if I ever do switch to Linux on my desktop. My Specs are almost identical to yours:

AMD Athlon XP 2200+
1GB PC3200
Nvidia 6600
ASUS A7N8X nForce2 Mainboard

[Artificial Intelligence]

Hey guys, I signed last night, however I already have it running under cedega. it runs nearly PERFECT. In fact, my buddy (win user) came over the other night and was like "wft, it doesn't run that well for me". Hey bottom line, if any of you need help getting this game going, I would be happy to send out config files etc. Here are my system specs:


AMD Sempron 2800+
1GB PC3200
Nvidia 6600GT (7667 driver)

Breezy Badger

Have a great day,
Bruce


Same here. I tried with a linux via cedega and WinXP, amazingly Wow runs more smoothly on linux via cedega than windows. Ran it on both OSs with 1600x1200 full graphic animation

[seethru]

yep, WoW runs great under Cedega. I unfortunately recently grew tired of the game :/

[makushimu]

signed. also spread the word of this petition to my fellow guild members.

[jyank]

Yes cedega runs the game great for most solo and small instance runs, which I love. BUt when I get with my guild and do MC/other high end raids that require lots of people i've noticed cedega likes to fart out during them (always at the wrong times too) so when I'm doing something like that I usually boot into windows so I don't cause problems during our raids

[Shadow6363]

i too signed, hopefully theyll listen...

[drfalkor]

19593 signatures, wooah!! :eek:
Keep it coming baybe ! :KS

And thanks for signing, remember to check your e-mail after you`ve signed the petition! :KS :p

[Cheizzz]

Signed. i was number 19601 to sign the petition. :)

[aljones15]

what I've never understood about this or second life etc is if your charging for the ability to connect to a virtual world i.e. you got the money in the bag to begin with even if the software doesn't fly off shelves and people download it indepdently why not just release the damn thing open source and let people hack it to their heart's content? seems like a much better way to market a game than just requiring a 50 dollar cd that's not going to do anything after you pay the additional 20.95 per month for the ability to play with your friends and get new content.

peace,
A

[drfalkor]

19.642 signatures holy **** ! this is going fast ! maybe to fast ? (just kidding) but its going forward ! *starting to see the light coming* !

Come on, moooooooore *hungry*
Thanks a LOT for the signatures !

Sign here at http://www.blizzpub.net/petition/
and, remember to check your email after you`ve signed ! :D

A star to all of you guys ! :KS

[Hephaestus]

Just signed to :p

I was number 19659
341 to go...

sooooooooonnnnnn

[GameManK]

if i say i dont plan on buying the game, does that count?

i want to support a linux port, but i am just not going to pay a monthly fee for a game!

[Mantra Locust]

I signed up! It'd be nice to have a decent MMORPG on Linux. :)

[jmonteiro]

Signed. And I have translated it to portuguese and posted it on the biggest brazilian news website about Linux and opensource (http://www.br-linux.org). :)

[themainecane]

I've been back and forth trying Linux in bits and pieces for the past ten or so months. After finally jumping ship, I've fallen in love with Ubuntu. The only reason I keep Windows around and dual-boot, though, is World of Warcraft.

I recently installed WoW through the newest version of WINE, and even got the patches and Blizzard Updater to work flawlessly. The problem, however, is when I run the game (I have to use opengl), it gets to Handshaking when I log in, then the screen goes black. I still hear the menu music, and nothing's frozen... I just can't proceed from here. Any suggestions of what might be causing this hang?

-MC

[jyank]

I'd try using Cedega, seems to work far better with wow

[dmn_clown]

I'd try using Cedega, seems to work far better with wow

Won't buy the game, nor will I sign the petition. http://www.eff.org/IP/Emulation/Blizzard_v_bnetd/

Blizzard has lost a customer because of their actions against BnetD.

[drfalkor]

Humm, blizzard has lost me as a customer too, cuz there is no Linux port !
If they`r gonna make a Linux port, then I`ll start WoW`ing again !

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand sign here at http://www.blizzpub.net/petition/

19.726 signatures woooooh ! HOT ! :razz: :razz:
We just need a few more! weee !:KS

thank you guys for the signatures ! :D

[djSeverin]

Signature 19727

I doubt Blizzard will do anything about it, but its good to demonstrate that the numbers are growing year by year :p

[themainecane]

Cedega's not free though, is it?

[Septor]

Just for those who don't want to play WoW in (non-free) Cedega, WoW also works with any fairly recent version of Wine. I wouldn't count on perfect DirectX support, but playing with "wine WoW.exe -opengl" works really well. There are various problems/fixes/hacks (not the cheating kind!) if you want to read through the massive thread at: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-246098.html?sid=01ef588e795013811f8f00d10571f3fd

[stefan_chirila]

signature 19754

[themainecane]

Okay... so the weirdest thing. I finally got Ubuntu to show me my Windows partition (I dual-boot with XP for now). Then, I simply copied the existing WoW installation from my Windows partition into Linux... and ran it in wine with -opengl. Works fine, no more blank screen at the login. I can get in, and it plays as smoothly as in Windows, save for two things. First off, I can't target enemies, right-click anything, or loot corpses... and secondly, the sound is really scratchy at times... any suggestions from here? Heh...

-MC

[cydizen]

This thread should get you through, it's what I used:

http://transgaming.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3149




Regards,
Bruce

[Felipe_U]

I just Signed! We have 19911 signatures

[Master Shake]

I signed,...

We have 19918 signatures



Slightly over 80 more sigs required!

[jwolf]

Signed. I have WoW but haven't played in a while. Since my retirement, I have blown away my Windows partition and gone 100% Ubuntu (WoW was one of the few things keeping me on Windows). If I could play WoW on linux I think I might reactivate my subscription.

[newbie2]

as of now only 6 votes to go :)

[newbie2]

we have 20000 votes now!!!!!
:D :D :D

[themainecane]

So... what happens now?

-MC

[[L|eWiOn]]

yeah indeed. what happens now????

[Harbinger]

Done! Thanks for this link.


Harbinger

[jyank]

Nothing happens now (or most likely, ever)

[danron]

LOL! Everybody got all worked up until it reached 20000 and the it came to them... "What now?" ... jyank is probably right in that it will never happen. But we allways have MUD !!

[themainecane]

Well, hey... it was a cool while it lasted, right? Heh...

Anyways, so I've gotten WoW working in Wine, quite nicely at that. However, I've been hit with the mouse bug where I cannot target anything. I've been searching for fixes, and found several ideas involving "patches" and whatnot... but to no avail thus far. Any help?

-MC

[newbie2]

Nothing happens now (or most likely, ever)
you are probably right...those **ssholes aren't even bothered :( :(
http://www.blizzpub.net/forums/thread.php?tid=31083

[extarbags]

Come on, why are they ********? Because they don't just make a linux port of anything anyone asks them to?

[newbie2]

ok...i apologize for my 'misbehaviour' ... i now got an email (which is probably a misunderstanding from the starter of this petition(MEDIEVALDRAGON) ; he thinks i am Crast(the starter of this petition-link) -->http://www.blizzpub.net/forums/thread.php?tid=31083;page=1

MEDIEVALDRAGON says this to me(henke54 on the end of the thread-->http://www.blizzpub.net/forums/thread.php?pid=645954#pid645954 )

on his email to me : quote :

Ehh? I guess you are Crast.
You are kidding me. You got 20,000 O_o
I wasnt expecting this. I thought you had abandoned this.
At least you havent contacted me in ages. I was seriously thinking you would never send this to Blizzard. It is been like year and a half since the petition started. Heck, maybe more. We removed phpnuke back on May-June 2004.
Im mind-blown. I wasnt expecting this. Im right now dealing with a deadline for next Tuesday. Got a Public Q&A with a Warcraft d20/RPG developer.
Contact me on AIM/AOL/TRillian at medievaldragon01

sooo...some people on that forum are really trying to 'get things done' :D

so i need to get these 2 people to contact each other again :smile:
some help would be appreciated ;)

[bored2k]

I renamed the thread because its old name incredibly was tricky.

[NeoChaosX]

No offense, but does anyone expect this petition to work? While I'd like to see more ports of games to Linux, I don't expect that 20,000 anonymous users with no guarateed way to validify that all the signatures are legit is going to convince Blizzard/Vivendi. This article (http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.htm) sheds some light on the true effect of online petitions.

[bored2k]

It has already sold enough copies so that there are at least 500,000 users online at the same time, I don't expect this to work. I don't expect them to hire or put linux developers to work just because of this mere quantity.

[newbie2]

It has already sold enough copies so that there are at least 500,000 users online at the same time, I don't expect this to work. I don't expect them to hire or put linux developers to work just because of this mere quantity.
maybe then for a follow-up of the game...it is only a matter of convincing people that there are more linux users than mostly expected...if you look at what advertizing at the right forums can do...look at what happened in only 5 days : from 19450 votes to now 20110 votes...it is also a matter of the 'chicken and egg' thing ; when a linux user want to game more on native linux games and sees that there is no linux compatible game on a specific game available, then he/she is only forced to buy a window$ version from it or workarounds like cedega/wine etc. and also a window$ OS.
:rolleyes:

[jmonteiro]

Well, now with more then 20.000 signatures, I hope at least Blizzard take a look in the petition and think in porting WoW to Linux :).

[Sp1ice]

I can run it with just plain old Wine.. though after the 1.8 patch I have a mouse over bug that I am trying to find a fix for.. which I can grind just can't turn in quests or anything like that unless I switch over to Windows.. need to try Cedenga..

[Crast]

20,000 wasn't some required number by Blizzard, as far as I know Blizzard knows nothing about this petition, unless someone linked them (this has been on the WoW forums a few times, of course)

the number 20,000 was just our original target when this petition was started last year. The number is of course insignificant given that since then, the WoW userbase has ballooned past 5 million people, but it's something.

']yeah indeed. what happens now????
What happens now is that two of us are reviewing the signatures for obvious fakes.

If people confirmed their email addresses, we know they're valid, but many people did not.

After which, the petition will be re-written, printed out with all the signatures, and simultaneously faxed and posted to blizzard, with a full disclaimer stating that blizzard is not authorized to use this information for anything but contact regarding the petition. (e.g. no marketing of any sort)

I don't think blizzard's going to do much, even with 20,000 people. it's not even 0.1% of the player's userbase. But I'm just trying to finish what was started.

[newbie2]

20,000 wasn't some required number by Blizzard, as far as I know Blizzard knows nothing about this petition, unless someone linked them (this has been on the WoW forums a few times, of course)

the number 20,000 was just our original target when this petition was started last year. The number is of course insignificant given that since then, the WoW userbase has ballooned past 5 million people, but it's something.


What happens now is that two of us are reviewing the signatures for obvious fakes.

If people confirmed their email addresses, we know they're valid, but many people did not.

After which, the petition will be re-written, printed out with all the signatures, and simultaneously faxed and posted to blizzard, with a full disclaimer stating that blizzard is not authorized to use this information for anything but contact regarding the petition. (e.g. no marketing of any sort)

I don't think blizzard's going to do much, even with 20,000 people. it's not even 0.1% of the player's userbase. But I'm just trying to finish what was started.

thanks Crast ;)

[trian]

A.I. who runs Wow through Cedega smoothly

How do you run it smoothly? nvidia? fancy configuration files?
I tried Cedega and Wine and it runs like ****.
On Windows XP it runs smooth as a baby bottoms.
I have installed ATI drivers correctly (Yes GLXgears and fgl_glxgears run great around 600-700 fps.)

computer specs:
Aopen 1557 Laptop with M11 Radeon 9700 128MB RAM
1024 MB RAM
1.7Ghz Dothan
5400rpm 80 GB Samsung HD drive.

It draws my brains out to figure this out.
However. this laptop will always dualboot because of Photoshop, Autocad, ARCview GIS and other Windows only programs I use in school.

[brdweb]

I had it running through Cedaga at about patch 1.2 or so. Specs are the same as yours other than me using a desktop Athlon64 3200 and the AWI 9700 Pro. Ran just as well at that time as in windows. I haven't used with with cedega since however......

For tips, google for the 'unofficial transgaming wiki'. There's a ton of good info there for a lot of different games.

[drfalkor]

Sorry, I have been gone for awhile now - but, the reason of this petition is to show blizzard that we linux users are not "dead"(I think).. etc ... !
Maybe their next release will be for linux too, because of this petition ? Who knows ?
And thank you guys for signing the petition ! :KS

[Mr_J_]

I signed it. If they make a linux version I can install then i'll buy it and play it.
Even if it has to come threw mail.

[Rovenhot]

My guess is that they won't feel enough of a need, due to the fact that WoW works perfectly on Wine, which is free, and Cedega, which, although isn't free, has already attracted many Linux users/Wow players because of its ease of use.

[Kimm]

I signed, even though I never played the game

[akurashy]

i signed.. but i think i stick with guild wars (which im going to order soon)