http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ A World of Warcraft Raiding Guild en Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:04:21 +0000 http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9284#post-39826 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:15:26 +0000 Dutty 39826@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ <p>If you're not going the digital download route, and you still want to get everything installed on your computer so you don't have to deal with it launch night, you can download the data early.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>This article explains what to do to start the ~700MB download</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/29/want-to-preload-cataclysm-without-pre-ordering-heres-how/">wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/29/want-to-preload-cataclysm-without-pre-ordering-heres-how/</a></p> http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9284#post-39521 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:59:25 +0000 Drabus 39521@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ <p>You're also forgetting the *leagues*&nbsp;of people that have multiple accounts.</p> <p>2 accounts on same computer? Only need one copy. 3? 4? still one copy. =)</p> http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9284#post-39501 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:27:10 +0000 Gardorian 39501@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ <p>&nbsp;well consider only 1/2 will buy in first 24 hours, of that half, at least 1/4 i would say, will buy special edition and can't download.</p> <p>another % of the 6 million buying won't be able to download due to limited internet so i would say, that digital download in first 24 hours, will likely be under 2-3 million</p> <p>Totally guestimating off the top of my head, but will be interesting to see</p> http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9284#post-39453 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:29:01 +0000 fishknuckles 39453@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ <p>&nbsp;edit: thanks, google</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><b>6 gigabytes x 13 million = 74.3865967 petabytes</b></span></p> http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9284#post-39452 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:28:06 +0000 fishknuckles 39452@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ <p>&nbsp;i cant even begin to fathom the bandwidth required to service 13 million people downloading 6 gigs. &nbsp;they must've contracted out to every CDN on the planet.</p> http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/topic.php?id=9284#post-39428 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:30:46 +0000 Tangki 39428@http://www.vanquish-guild.com/main/forum/ <p>Apparently Cataclysm will be available on release day as a download, according to the new banners on the 4.0 wow launcher.</p> <p>&quot;Activate&nbsp;Your Background Downloader NOW&nbsp;and Be Ready for Day One!&quot;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>MMO also has a thread regarding this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/763894-Cataclysm-Digital-Download" rel="nofollow">http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/763894-Cataclysm-Digital-Download</a></p>