Google Code - Featured Projects: MapWoW

Source: Google Code - Featured Projects: MapWoW

It was really needed. A map of WOW using the tools of Google maps. A bit slow (and sometimes does not work) you can see the entire land -- zoom works; but not always. Note that on the side you have advance features like "show Ore" or "Show Treasure.

The map utilizes the Google Maps API and therefore behaves just a like a Google Map. Clicking on the controls on the left side of the map will let you zoom in and out. Dragging the map around lets you scroll the map and view different areas. It's that easy.

Use the menu to the right of the map to select resources and labels that you wish to display. Currently you can display herbs, ore, treasure, zone names, and city names. There are over 15,000 data points covering 69 resources with their exact map location in our database. The bottom of the menu provides quick links to popular locations in the game. Found a great area that you want to share with your friends? Go to the location on the map, click on the "Link to this Location" and then copy the URL.

Surprise your kids and show them who is the real Master. Share it. http://mapwow.com/

Number of users in MMORPS

http://www.mmogchart.com/ has good data on numbers of MMORPs users. The table says one thing: WOW is booming (green line). The numbers are from June, 2006. The site has the actual excel numbers of many other games. Interesting data. By the way, according to video blogger (on Jan 11, 2007):

Blizzard Entertainment announced today that World of Warcraft, its subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), is now played by more than 8 million gamers around the world.

World of Warcraft has also achieved new regional subscriber milestones, with more than 2 million players in North America, more than 1.5 million players in Europe, and more than 3.5 million players in China.

So it is possible to build a massive MMORP for the metaverse. (well, baring in mind that true Metaverse is a bit more difficult).

Dance Party Guild Wars vs World of Warcraft

I can not help it: Amazing video that compare the dance abilities of WOW and Guild Wars. Note the amazing dancing steps.

Link in youtube